Madoka Magica Movie 1+2 OST

I just watched both Madoka movies and I can say that the new OST fits perfectly with the tv anime ones, as if it was composed at that time :dote:

glad they used a new track during the kyoko and sayaka fight (I think it was 'a human bullet') instead of Agmen clientum since I didnt like that one and the first fits much better

also I would love an extended version of Symposium magarum, its too epic but too short, I think they played it twice in a row in the Sayaka witch fight.

also the "fateful" rearrangements of sis puella magica helped so that the original played only twice in both movies (grunty will be happy)

"she's a witch" is really creepy when heared at the scene where its used :dote: (when sayaka turn into witch in front of kyoko)

oh and what was totally off was the
ClariS "connect" that played while giberish credits were flowing upwards on the 2nd movie (the normal ending credits where later with Hikari furu)
 
Thanks for your sharing...<3. Here is my review:

1. encounter This is nice... I like this piece. Love the melody and the choices of instrumental. I think that it's proper for a magical girl animation. Fantasy, a bit creepy, but not that dark.
2. warning #1 A short creepy song that isn't that dark... I mean..it isn't as dark as what the anime is..lol. Well...it's proper for the 'beginning' of the anime...:P.
3. warning #2 Another creepy song.. not bad, but not outstanding.. I'd say that it's kind of generic for Yuki..lol. I think it's similar to a specific track in F/Z ost...(the battle to come or sth. like that..I guess.)
4. odd world #1 This is so scary....like a track from a horror film or sth...= [ ] =. I'd like to change the song names from 'odd world' to 'scary world'....Orz
5. odd world #2 The beginning is so creepy but after that it's a kind of...more like a battle theme and quite generic, but not that bad.
6. no more fear Since I'm not a fan of Credens Justitium....so..you know... I'm not that impressed for this track...
7. wo ist die Kase? What..= [ ] =...that kids' voice is cute and not that creepy..(I think adding some proper filter can make it better) All in all, it's a track that I feel fun to listen to.
8. short action Nice upbeat track... A good battle theme even it isn't much outstanding.
9. fateful #1 The melody of Sis Puella Magica is so subtle... It turns out to be a nice arrangement that isn't too close to the original.
10. something unusual Nice creepy and scary track...>_____<. I love it..lol. That voice is so....
11. crises happening Another track with that creepy voice with the percussion in the background... I think I like the instrumental part in 'something unusual' more.
12. witch world #1 Umm...it sounds like a soundtrack from Disney animation or sth. like that... Is it only me who feel that it change to sth. creeper around 0.50-1.10. I think it's a nice idea but I don't like this track that much.
13. odd world #3 Love this track. It's fantasy-like&creepy...and not boring at all. I guess that I haven't heard Kyrie&Kouya Ruten for a very long time coz I couldn't feel any similarity between these songs and this one like many members pointed out...:XD:
14. wicked I think it's a cello track and there is nothing outstanding here...
15. a human bullet The guitar sounds nice, but I may not a fan of this kind of music.
16. mother and daughter You know...me and this kind of track....lol... skip...
17. touch-and-go I know that it may sound quite like a 'generic Yuki's OST', but I like the atmosphere built in this song.
18. fateful #2 I like this arrangement of Sis Puella Magica...let say that I like the instrument choices..lol.
19. she has a past This is creepier than I've thought. The beginning sounds like a song for the haunting mansion or sth. like that.. It's really nice... the next part of the song sounds like it's intended to depict the happy past and it ended in sorrow.
20. she has a heart Warm and sad song...but not outstanding for me.
21. complicated mind Another arrangement of Sis Puella Magica..I like this one as well.
22. wounded feeling A generic sad piano track from Yuki... but it's nice for me.
23. witch world #2 Even I've thought that decretum with Yuri's voice must be nice.., but I feel that her singing and the melody doesn't go well together. I like the original Decretum more...and if there is the track with Yuri's voice only, it'd be nice too. The reason may be because the melody of Decretum and Yuri's part aren't exactly the same and I like Decretum's melody more...
24. collapse Hmm...I think that I like it...but it's too short..!!
25. fateful #3 Organ at the beginning..? It seems that I like that as well..
26. deep in grief This track really gives me grief... Even it's simple and may be generic, but it moves my heart. I love this.
27. threatening Kind of a generic sound effect track one..
28. she is a witch I like its melody. Two vocal parts and the instrumental part is kind of..discontinuous. I also wonder that who provided the vocal for this track..- -"...I think of Eri and Remi at the start and then it sounds like Yuri at the second part. It also reminds me of Point Zero and We have to defeat it.
29. fateful #4 It sounds more different from Sis Puella Magica than the other arrangements and I love it.
30. facing the truth #1 I like the sound of flute playing the main melody behind the piano voice. The melody is also nice..and then the viola comes in....(or it should be cello..?) Love it.
31. I’ll be with you Sweet violin melody.
32. I miss you This is so sweet and sad... it reminds me of some other song that I can't remember..- -". Is it Hanae?
33. time-manipulation The instrumental sounds are interesting at the start... but it turns into a non-melody sound effect-like track again...- -"
34. facing the truth #2 It's a sad but simple track that I like. Just like what I feel with deep in grief.
35. her wings This one really sounds like a song in church or sth. like that. So I'm not that interested in it... but it must be nice in the movie.
36. rebirth Is like her wings...but I love this more. (Maybe because of the chime..:P.) BTW, it sounds extremely familiar...like a well-known song that isn't from Yuki...- -".
37. for the next episode I love the melody and the celtic-like feeling.

My favourite
1. odd world #3, for the next episode
2. she is a witch
3. witch world #2
4. I miss you, encounter
5. facing the truth #1, wo ist die Kase?

I'd like 'she is a witch' and 'witch world #2' more if they had better arrangements .____. (For witch world #2, it may not about arrangement...but I just feel that there is sth. in this track that makes me feel weird...) I definitely like it more than the OST for TV series. (Even I miss some tracks like Symposium Magarum or Surgam identidem.)

In fact, as for the vocal tracks, I remember that in PMMM TV series era, I felt uncomfortable with the way that Yuri's voice is filtered and that Eri's tracks with no chorus sounds more piercing and plain. But I don't find those problem with this OST. (Just...well...what I feels wrong with the vocal tracks in this OST is a different issue..Orz.)

I rate this one higher than SAO, but for F/Z, I think that PMMM movie OST are better in average (fewer SF tracks...:XD:), but when I compare kind of 'elite' tracks from these two OSTs, I prefer tracks like Point Zero, Let the stars fall down, The battle is to the strongs, dogfight, etc. from F/Z. The styles of these two OSTs are also different...it may be my personal taste as well.
 
^I was just saying that odd world #3's beginning sounds a lot (if not exactly) like Kyrie's opening as well. The same sound effects. I did not see it being like Kouya though. And I agree that deep in grief is one of my favorites from the soundtrack too. It's so Yuki and so pretty but also sad.
 
Kirara Magica Vol. 7, interview with Yuki Kajiura. Anyone wanna translate?

http://i.imgur.com/6jWDL4p.jpg

Also, a kind anon from 4chan scanned the movie booklet.

http://i.imgur.com/uodxO1M.jpg

It doesn't specify who sings what. Since Yuriko is included, I'll assume she sings the chants from She is a Witch, while Yuri sings the rest.

Vocals: Kasahara Yuri, Kaida Yuriko, Tomaru Hanae
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei
Guitar: Korenaga Koichi
Drums: Sato Kyoichi, Nozaki Masuke
Bass: Takahashi “Jr.” Tomoharu
Strings: Kiyo Kido strings, Hitoshi Konno strings
Flute: Akagi Rie, Takakuwa Hideyo
 
^
The chorus is not Tokyo Konsei (東京混声合唱団). It's the Suginami Junior Chorus (杉並児童合唱団/Suginami Jidou Gasshoudan) which I assume are the ones responsible for the chorus in tracks like wo ist die kase?. There are obviously non-junior choruses in the tracks like rebirth and her wings but I have no idea why they did not list Tokyo Konsei. It's either a mistake or the Suginami Junior Chorus has a non-junior team. According to the profile, there are around 170 members, ranging from 3 year old children to University undergrads (現在3歳から大学生まで１７０名程在団). So it could be just the Suginami Junior Chorus in this OST.

@the Kirara interview
I remember skimming through this interview before. I have yet to read the through the whole thing properly but I don't recall picking up anything new or interesting so I didn't bother mentioning its existence to you guys. That is not the only page, btw. I have the magazine so I suppose I'll go take another look at it...
 
The chorus is not Tokyo Konsei (東京混声合唱団). It's the Suginami Junior Chorus (杉並児童合唱団/Suginami Jidou Gasshoudan)
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Ah, I see. I assumed it was the Tokyo Konsei :ohoho: .
 
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Kowz said:
It doesn't specify who sings what. Since Yuriko is included, I'll assume she sings the chants from She is a Witch, while Yuri sings the rest.

Vocals: Kasahara Yuri, Kaida Yuriko, Tomaru Hanae
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I believe that in shes a witch its all Yuriko since the voice doesnt change from vocal part one to two.
 
^ I put it like that because despite your opinion, im only hearing Yuriko in "she's a witch". we can discuss it if you want :)
 
1.- The second part doesn't sound like Yuriko's voice at all, specially the note from 1:09.
2.- The vibrato is different. Compare Yuri's Materialise or In a beautiful morning of may (or Wie Schon from Kuroshitsuji) with the song, then compare Yuriko's This day and never again or Materialise live with the song. At 2:26 from In This day... you can clearly hear how Yuriko sings her high notes, which doesn't sound like the note from 1:09 from she's a witch.

There are two singers in the song; Yuri sings main, and Yuriko is in the background.
 
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Kowz said:
1.- The second part doesn't sound like Yuriko's voice at all, specially the note from 1:09.
2.- The vibrato is different. Compare Yuri's Materialise or In a beautiful morning of may (or Wie Schon from Kuroshitsuji) with the song, then compare Yuriko's This day and never again or Materialise live with the song. At 2:26 from In This day... you can clearly hear how Yuriko sings her high notes, which doesn't sound like the note from 1:09 from she's a witch.

There are two singers in the song; Yuri sings main, and Yuriko is in the background.
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Heard all songs you suggested, and now it look like first part is Yuriko and the second Yuri main Yuriko background
 
Speaking of Kasahara, that dubstep opera track on Gatchaman OST sure is something new to me.
 
*downloaded the ost just to check this out*

The track is called "Ziel der Hydra" its sure something new in terms of genres combination. It reminds me of the rap + orchestra combination in "reverse the destiny" from Persona trinity soul anime, as it combins something old with something new. Gonna listen to the rest of OST now :XD:
 
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grunty said:
Speaking of Kasahara, that dubstep opera track on Gatchaman OST sure is something new to me.
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Ooh, it's out?

I haven't seen the anime, but I heard a few samples of the OST and it sounds pretty cool.
 
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