Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica OST

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tokyostateofmind said:
YAY! more Kajiura music to love! just wondering does anyone have a fanmade cd cover for the Madoka soundtracks?
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I thought of the original DVD cover art but I prefer this:
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@ninetales
While you think Confessio resembles KnK, I can say that it is definitely Xenosaga III. And Sagitta Luminis makes me think of a bad Hepatica 3, somehow.

Well, the whole soundtrack is out now, so I can give my opinion about the whole product. For me, this soundtrack was nice: some songs that I consider to be real gems here and there but overall nothing outstanding. Add to that the fact that most of them were badly used in the actual show, and I definitely take this into account.
 
@KP-X: Actually, Confessio makes me think of the Noir OST. (Snow, At Dawn, Zero Hour, etc.) Cor destructem and a few others remind me of KnK. Confusing Latin titles... I haven't listened to Xenosaga III yet, so I can't really judge on that front :spotlight:
 
Oh yes, my mistake. It's just that you said that at least 4 tracks resembled KnK, so I got confused as well.
 
^ That's okay! You made me want to go listen to Xenosaga III now :stars:

Plus, I forgot to give my impressions of the Madoka Magica OST as a whole...

Basically, I like it, but I don't love it. I think there are OSTs (El Cazador in particular) that I love much more than this one. Although there are songs I adore like Puella in Somnio, Pugna Cum Maga, Incertus, etc., there are also songs that aren't my cup of tea. So all in all, it's a solid work, but not one of my favorites.
 
Numquam vincar: Intresting combination of many instruments.... This trick is something fresh for me... I love the string melody but the guitar and drum give a special flavour to this piece and makes it more yummy..:P. (Oh..ok..it isn't a food at all...:tea:) But they still don't blend really well IMO. Seems like we have many 'innovations' from Yuki in these days...(just think of In your eyes&Mune no Yukue from After Eden. Magia is also very fresh for us when it's out.)

Quamobrem: Quite like an ordinary melancholy piano track...nothing special..but this kind of tracks from Yuki is always ok for me.

Cor destructum: I love bell... A dark omen coming track... It's quite blank in aspect of melody.

Surgam identidem: It's epic!!! BTW,..like many vocal songs in PH Ost2&SatoyamaOst...Yuri's voice is faded into the background too much... I want to hear more&clearer from her...

Confessio: I love it...>____<.. I love this kind of music so much...omg.

Sagitta luminis: God Madoka...not my cup of tea. Bye bye...wake me up when the song ends..zzzZZZ. I think the use of a percussion instrument when the song comes to its peak is what make me remind Symphonia.

Nux Walpurgis: The opening sounds so classic... I love its elegant&dark atmosphere. Sounds like a grand sad ending of some great saga.. Like RHH2's outbreak, I think the instrumental only song would be better. Yuri's part sounds a bit out of place.

Cubilulum album: Creepy&Mysterious...like being alone in the dark of unbounded space.

Taenia memoriae: Another basic Piano piece. Always like it, but not much impressed.

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin: A beautiful violin solo, but nothing touching.

Symposium magarum: What I can say is...I want the longer one!!! It's too short!! Really great!!! I want MORE of this kind of music from Yuki!!! BTW, I feel that in some part, the strings&violin voices sound a bit too weak... It's more aggressive and strong in my imagination...

Pergo pugnare: A happy (yet it's still a bit sad) ending track... not my style.., but still ok. Good ending..maybe..?

The best album from the whole OSTs for sure... Since Numquam vincar, Surgam identidem, Nux Walpurgis, and Symposium magarum are so interesting and cool for me but also contain their own flaws IMO (As for the last three, I guess that it's due to my too high expectation.), my favourite surprisingly go to Cubilulum album.

As for George's 'just SFX' pieces.. I'm afraid that it's Yuki's own attention to create those melodyless songs for OST, and I guess that we may have more of them in Fate Zero...
 
Is Confessio like the songs in Noir (solitude by the window, that kind of style?) that have a kind of Italian feel? Ah I can't wait to get mine. Friday I hope. I can scan in the booklet too if no one else does it before me. :dote:
 
^ If you really want to know (and haven't looked at my previous posts), it's
solo electric piano, rather like Zero Hour, Snow, or At Dawn.
 
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Kagaribi no Hanabira said:
As for George's 'just SFX' pieces.. I'm afraid that it's Yuki's own attention to create those melodyless songs for OST, and I guess that we may have more of them in Fate Zero...
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I know that, and that's fine for OSTs snice these tracks do fit the scenes that are used, howerver I had nothing to say about them since like you said they are "melodyless" :XD:
 
Add to that the fact that most of them were badly used in the actual show, and I definitely take this into account.
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I'm glad I won't have this problem, then, since I haven't seen the show. :ohoho:
 
According to Puella Wiki, Quamombrem is that BGM we heard in the first Drama CD. I gotta give that to your credit, Sony. :sohappy:
Cor Destructum and Cubilulum Album are scene-driven SFX, but tey're good at it as George said.
Taenia Memoriae and Quamombrem are sweet piano pieces, and Confessio is indeed reminiscent of some Noir or Madlax songs. Long awaited by me despite its simple nature. :TdT:
Numquam Vincar surpassed my expectations, because in the anime onlythe intro was clear enough, and I certainly didn't see the upbeat part coming plus the guitar solo coming. I suspected it to be a highlight, but it's one if the definite bests of the OST.
Surgam Identidem - pure awesome. Nothing more to add.
Nux Walpurgis - so trollish considering we expected Surgam Identidem to have this title. :XD: A masterpiece most clearly outlining Homura's tragedy. And you may laugh, but THIS track is actually where I can compare the mood to The Lion King OST. Check out the final part of "To die for" (the post-stampede scene in the movie) for reference. :TdT:
Sagitta Luminis - majestic beyond belief. Whoever doesn't like it are free to do so, but I didn't imagine a slow orchestral piece to maje my spine tingle as much as A Song of Storm and Fire, Contractor and Credens Justitiam usually do. Maybe the impresion of the context plays its part, too - it is an excellent tribute to a girl who stood up to defy the horror she faced for the sake of others, giving up her human existence in the process, becoming THE magical girl and justifying her status as the titular character. Godoka theme? YMMV. Madoka Kaname anthem? Definitely. And Yuki did a fantastic job on that. :love:
Simposium Magarum - one of the most awaited gems in the whole OST, and worth the wait even despite lasting half as long now. The tragedy of two embittered, outburned and disillusioned souls falling prey to the system couldn't sound any stronger. :TdT: May these two's afterlives be as much of a nice dream as possible...
Pergo Pugnare - a gentle yet elating piece. It was a decisive finale BGM in ep 12 and would have easily reprised the role here if not for a certain DDR track... :knife:

Concerning Deboussi's track, it's very nice, although my favourite insert here is still Rachmaninov's Vocalise (never mind that I can't remember its number :spotlight: :XD: ).

Now, to sum up all three volumes, take the cream of my choice and see how this would hold water as a one-cour (i.e., one CD) OST it really was supposed to be. Skipping inserts and accepting the fact that tracks like Cor Destructum would have likely found themselves overboard :comeback: :XD: ). Of course, I'm going by my own ratings, so the following playlist is as IMHO as it may seem... :innocent:

1. Sis Puella Magica!
2. Salvae, Terrae Magicae
3. Gradus Prohibitus
4. Credens Justitiam
5. Postmeridie
6. Puella in Somnio
7. Terror Adhaerens
8. Pugna cum Maga
9. Decretum
10. Agmen Clientum
11. Venari Strigas
12. Amicae Carae Meae
13. Incertus
14. Pugna Infinita
15. Numquam Vincar
16. Surgam Identidem
17. Confessio
18. Sagitta Luminis
19. Nux Walpurgis
20. Taenia Memoriae
21. Simposium Magarum
22. Pergo Pugnare

The hypothetical official playlist would most certainly differ both in arrangement and contents (something tells me that Desiderium, Scaena Felix and Inevitabilis would have a bigger chance of being included, while Confessio would have a lesser one... Oh, and there'd probably be OP/ED tv-sizes, too :ayashii: ). And everyone's welcomed to disagree and make their own playlist. :stars:
But it still seems like we're up to a dozen and a half damn good pieces here. So, while Madoka Magica doesn't have to be liked by everyone and claimed ZA BESUTO, it seems light years away from being an unsuccessful work. Both Petite Cossette and Aquarian Age were packed just as rich. :sparkleguy:Though it's up to you whether to choose Petite Cossettte for comparison, since that amount of tracks was for a 3 part OVA, not a 12 episode series. :ayashii:
 
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george1234 said:
Kagaribi no Hanabira said:
As for George's 'just SFX' pieces.. I'm afraid that it's Yuki's own attention to create those melodyless songs for OST, and I guess that we may have more of them in Fate Zero...
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I know that, and that's fine for OSTs snice these tracks do fit the scenes that are used, howerver I had nothing to say about them since like you said they are "melodyless" :XD:
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I actually fell in love with the KnK OST (and YK :psst:) because of such pieces.... :XD:
 
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