Yuki Kajiura to compose for "Boku dake ga inai machi" TV Anime

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Got my copy of Sore wa Chiisa na. The download link is also already available on hikarinoakari. Still really like the song. It does have the Kajiura signature of keychange at the end of second chorus but the bridge is wonderful. If the song is sung by Kalafina pretty sure it'll also have unnecessary kajiurago bridge, so the song not sung by Kalafina is a good thing in its own way :p Really like the ending. I still really like the arrangement. The other songs on the single aren't bad either. I got the LE A, but the link from hikarinoakari has all songs from all 4 versions. I really like Hikari to Yami -hikigatari ver- ever since I watched Sayuri performing it on YouTube.

Haven't got the time to catch up with the anime ever since college starting. I enjoy what I've watched so far (until episode 3, that is).
 
I really like all the songs except ちよこれいと which has good melody but is way too repeatitive.
sore wa chiisana has really fresh arrangement, and the part after the bridge is imo the most interesting. The lack of chorus made Kajiura be more creative with the lyrics and the ones at the very end were sung in chorusy style.
03 光と闇-弾き語りver- is the second best in the disc. I kinda want Kajiura to make simple songs with guitar like that sometimes too.
we havent really got any since chiba saeko and akatsuki no kuruma
 
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I'm still not sold on her voice. I think it's growing on me a little, but I reckon it'll be a couple more releases from her until she perfects it a little more. Composition is decent though.
 
The drumming was a little weird for me, but overall, this is a great song. The arrangement was really fresh, and the song never got repetitive. I really like it when Kajiura writes one off songs for artists. They're not always good (Haruna Luna), but it's better than getting another Kalafina song.
 
Meh, I still don't like her voice either. Even on the other songs. It kind of reminds me of Satori on Shinkai no Kudou, but her voice isn't quite as high. Maybe if someone like Minami Kuribayashi or Aika Yoshioka would have sung it, it would be better. Oh well. I still like the verses. Yes, a Kala version of the song needs to happen. Is this series getting recognition in Japan at all?
 
Liana_Ilia said:
Meh, I still don't like her voice either. Even on the other songs. It kind of reminds me of Satori on Shinkai no Kudou, but her voice isn't quite as high. Maybe if someone like Minami Kuribayashi or Aika Yoshioka would have sung it, it would be better. Oh well. I still like the verses. Yes, a Kala version of the song needs to happen. Is this series getting recognition in Japan at all?
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what satori ? Its houko kuwashima who sung the original shinkai no kodoku, and sayuri isnt a seiyuu

dont worry, kala version will happen eventually.
 
Okay listening to Sore wa Shiisana Hikari no Youna (ugh that's a mouthful) is like listening to two different songs smashed into one. Okay maybe not quite two different but the second half of the song feels almost like it would be a reprisal instead of part of the same song. I think the drumming is a little too heavy for the song's own good during the second half of the song and the rest kind of feels like an upbeat rock song.

This might be another rare case for me where I ultimately like the short TV version instead of the full version still think this song would have fared better with Kajiura's own arrangement. Also is it my imagination or does the song just kind of end? I guess I'm used to Kajiura songs and pieces having much longer trail offs and there's a quick fade and it's just over.

I don't mind the singer much I think she's okay even if a little typical pop. I guess in the end the song is okay I like the first half but the second is kind of a turn off. Guess I can say it's rather different from what I've grown used to with Kajiura, her style has very much been like this

intro -
verse -
chorus -
verse -
instrumental/vocal solo -
verse(often solo) -
chorus -
trail.
 
^ indeed, and the difference from that formula is the main reason why this song sounds so much freshier imo also the melody is more diverse that usually too, since the last chorus isnt a copy paste.
 
Oh, sorry I got the name wrong. Yes, that is who I was talking about. Though she sounds prettier I guess in Shinkai? If that makes sense, than Sayuri does. I really like the verses. Then the chorus does get chaotic. And with the background instrumental (if there are even real instruments here) it's kind of ear piercing, for me anyways. The verses kind of remind me of Kino's Journey or Haibane Renmei for some reason
 
Episode 8
subs here
- sfx (new?)
OP
- new music with musicbox
- new sfx
- old a.guitar bgm
- new piano bgm
- new bgm with sfx and metalophone sounds
- sfx (old?)
- sfx (new)
- bgm with a.guitar and flute (old?)
- new bgm with piano and cello - uses theme music)
- new bgm with eguitar and
- new bgm with musicbox
- more new bgm with some keyboard and then piano (really touching)
- sfx and string bgm (probably old)
- ED

this had alot of new music, most of which i really liked. Especially the gloves scene and the breakfast one. Kayo <3

I see this had some plot holes. if they touch the items with bare hands, cant police suspect the kids from the fingerprints ? (especially since they probably also touched the killing equipment)

 
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Wtf at full ED. Are they trying to murder my ears with those cymbals. This.. would probably be a song I don't want to hear with a live band.
 
y'all are just bitter kajiura didn't give this song to Kalafina and/or arrange the song herself. people in this forum are just way too accustomed to kajiura sound that anything other sounds less pretty. :p
 
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But I actually liked the arrangement in the first half. Then all that noise came in.
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Same with me. The acoustic guitar on the verse sounds heavenly, and the drums in the pre-chorus sounded good as well (though they could be a bit quitier), reminiscent of a waltz. The chorus is where it all breaks down imo, the violin part especially. I normally like how YK uses violins in the backgrounds of songs with it having a different melody and rhythm, but it still needs to fit in with the vocals, like in To the beginning's chorus. Here, it seems like it is playing random notes, and completely ignoring the lead part. Plus the synths and that high-pitched noise toward the end of the chorus are are terrible :notlistening:

I'm trying not to be too critical of Sayuri's voice, but I don't like it in the least bit. It's a stereotypical J-pop voice, which is annoying.
 
In my opinion it's only her voice I don't like, the composition is fine. I prefer the OP, anyway.

Oh man, just seen episode 8. This show is too good, and the OST is working perfectly :love:.
 
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