.::. Ai no Melody

June 23, 2007

Yup, another music review. This time it’s a single. Another emotional song I would say. A opening and ending single by KOKIA, not NOKIA folks. :P

Thanks to Aizat for playing it during GACC and thanks to Naz for sending me the single, I’ve been listening to this song ever since. This song is the ending song for the anime Giniro no Kami no Agito. I never heard or seen the anime myself. I’ve got to say, this music is a nice and relaxing piece of music. The music is nice and touching, and the lyrics really gets to you if you read the English translation of it. I heard the opening song, which I would say it’s so-so. The main highlight in this single is definitely this song, Ai no Melody ( Melody of love ). Furthermore, there are 2 versions of this song in this single, which is the single version and the soundtrack version. The single and soundtrack version both are nice, but the soundtrack version is the best in my opinion. The only difference between the soundtrack and single version is the length. Other that that, they’re pretty much the same.

I’ve let my brother who isn’t a fan of anime music listened to this, and ever since then he added this into his playlist and loop it for about…a few hundred times ! O_o Seriously, anyone who’d listening to this song would definitely fall in love with it. If you haven’t heard it yet, go do yourself a favor and go listen to it, and then dream. :D

.::. Honey & Clover COMPLETE BEST

Well, another music review from me, hehe. Why ? Well, I’ve got nothing to blog about, might as well blog about this.

Okay, I think I don’t need to give an introduction about this series. Well, apparently they decided to release a another album. Well, for those who already have the OST, you should know that it is a great piece of work. So, what does this COMPLETE BEST offers ? Well, inside the album comes the songs that you should have already have listen, like Dramatic, Waltz, and MISTAKE. So, why should you even bother with this OST ? Well, how about the fact that this album contains the piano version of the opening songs ? :D From Dramatic too Split, its all in this album. Yeah, for those who have been hunting down that piece of music for quite some time like me, you don’t need to despair, because that music is in this OST. Nope, the piano version’s are not available in the single or the OST. Also, this album comes with a DVD that contains the creditless intro and outro of the TV anime versions. So yeah, I would say this album is worth getting.

This album is for fans only I guess, but I don’t think it will stop anyone from enjoying this compilation album.

.::. Inori ~ You raise me up

June 20, 2007

YES YES ! R x J OP single is finally out ! Yahoo !! XD This season, this is one of the OP single that you should look out for. This song is the opening song for R x J. I’ve been waiting for this single ever since I heard it. Finally, after the long wait, it’s finally out.

This song is like the original one, but with a little changes of the lyrics. It was quite weird hearing it in a different light from Josh Groban’s version, but then, when I heard it again, it took my breath away. It really suits the opening scene’s very well With Lena Park’s ( not Linkin Park folks ;P ) powerful and amazing voice, this song was able to make me dream about a wonderful love that awaits us all. Okay, I’m getting jiwang ( lovey-dovey ) here. :P But this song is certainly a very powerful love song that would fit in any love scene in my opinion. Josh Groban’s version could made me sing like a madman, what more could this version do ? Fantasize about my own love story. XD

I’m quite surprise when I heard the single is a bit different from the opening version in the anime, but it doesn’t really matter, since it sounds awesome too. The Japanese version is the best, while the English version is take sometimes to digest because Lena’s pronunciation in English is a bit weird sometimes, but it’s great too.

This is a great piece of music, so do yourself a favor and go listen to it ! :D