sharaness's Last.fm Journal

Favourite vocal themes (from games, yay!)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:31 +0000

Hello everyone, long time no write!
As you must have realized by now, I'm a huge VGM fan (DURR). And this type of music is mostly instrumental. Aaaand, vocal themes from it vary from being cheesy and completely unnecessary to being mind-blowingly great. There are some ear worms too, obviously. Let me share some of my favourite vocal tracks from various games I've come across.

~~Oh, and I'm definitely not connecting this to artists and songs.~~

15. Noriyuki Iwadare, Kaori Kawasumi - A Deus
14. Shoji Meguro, Yumi Kawamura - Dream of Butterfly
13. SAWA - Twister
12. Yasunori Mitsuda - Pain
11. Hikaru Utada - Hikari (PLANITb remix)
10. Akira Yamaoka, Joe Romersa - Cradel of Forest
9. Shoji Meguro, as - Time Capsule
8. Akira Yamaoka, Joe Romersa - Hometown
7. Yuki Kajiura - hepatica (KOS-MOS)
6. Takami Asano, Aya Ishihara - Reset Vocal
5. Bump of Chicken - Karma
4. Shoji Meguro - Heartbeat, Heartbreak
3. Yasunori Mitsuda - Kokoro
2. Yoshitaka Hirota, Hiroko Kasahara - Shadow Hearts
1. Shanachie - ODIN SPHERE's Theme -Shanachie ver.-

Yay! ♥

Top Ten Artists Meme!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:06:48 +0000

Man, it's been a while since I wrote anything here. Might as well update my Top 10 artist meme, I guess. ~~And you know it's totally an excuse to give Shoji Meguro even more love.~~

Post your top ten bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favourite.

1. 崎元仁
First song: Bland Logo - Haha, you know it!
Fell in love with: Trisection
Current favorite: Espionage, Heteromorphic Person, Ifrit, Mad Dash!

2. 植松伸夫
First song: Fighting - Yup, saw my friend playing FFVII many, many years ago.
Fell in love with: Anxious Heart
Current favorite: The Dreadful Fight, The Prelude Of Empty Skies, To the End of the Abyss ... and many, many more. ♥

3. 桜庭統
First song: The True Nature of All - In an online radio, 2001/2, I believe. But it took quite a few years before I've realized it. :')
Fell in love with: Behave Irrationally
Current favorite: The True Nature of All, Never surrender, Chronic Trembling Category, How Wicked Ruler ... ♥

4. 光田康典
First song: Chrono Trigger
Fell in love with: Chrono Trigger - Yeah, well, it's Mitsuda, what did you expect? ♥
Current favorite: Last Battle, Frozen Flame, Dragon God, Awakening

5. 目黒将司/Shoji Meguro ♥♥♥ (please, last.fm, merge his pages.)
First song: Battle for Survival - And again, it took a while before I became his fan.
Fell in love with: Manipura - the first time I heard it I couldn't help but wonder if I hadn't heard it before. Truth to be told, I'm still not sure.
Current favorite: Hunting - Comrades, Tower of Reunion, Long Way, The Almighty ...and about five other albums worth of pure awesome.

6. 岩垂徳行/Noriyuki Iwadare
First song: FIGHT!! Ver. 1 - It's true! GII was my very first RPG ever.
Fell in love with: Village of Carbo ~ Pious Adepts
Current favorite: Domu Ruins, Theme of Grandia, Dungeon 2, Purification of Darkness ~ Battle with the Parts

7. 三浦憲和/Norikazu Miura (pleeeeeeease, last.fm, merge his pages.)
First song: The Return
Fell in love with: The Return - what can I say, both my jaw and heart landed on the floor when I first started playing SuikoV
Current favorite: Couneroffensive, ruins locked in snow and ice, clash!, Move Out!

8. 下村陽子
First song: Hand in Hand
Fell in love with: Scherzo Di Notte
Current favorite: U.B., Deep Drive, Night of Fate

9. Zero 7 (s-someone who's not a VGM composer? Awesome!)
First song: I Have Seen
Fell in love with: Destiny
Current favorite: Today, The Pageant of the Bizarre, Throw It All Away, The Fine Social Scene

10. 中鶴純一
First song: Tales Of Souls
Fell in love with: Confrontation
Current favorite: Confrontation, Sail Over The Storm, Bred From the Gap, Face Your Fate, Labirynth Of Moonlight

Well, that was fun~ And now to spam all those artist pages... (is there any way to avoid doing this?)

Recommended Songs!

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:11:27 +0000

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

• Sorrow : Michiru Yamane, Keiko Fukami, Masahiko Kimura (Score = 158.14)

• Lebanese Blonde : Thievery Corporation (Score = 125.32)

• HOPPING SUN : 岩垂徳行 (Score = 108.8)

• The Final Battle -3- : Tsuyoshi Sekito, Keiji Kawamori (Score = 88.29)

• My Favorite Trick : Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki (Score = 84.67)

• ~~My Village Is Number One : 光田康典 (Score = 84.33)~~

• ~~Mission to the Deep Space : Motoi Sakuraba, Toshihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Hasegawa (Score = 82.38)~~

• ~~Abyss : 松尾早人 (Score = 79.47)~~

• ~~A Premonition =Styx= : Yukihiro Jindo~~ (Score = 79.15)

• Channel 1 Suite : The Cinematic Orchestra (Score = 79)

• At The River : Groove Armada (Score = 75.69)

• ~~The Final Battle -THE BLACK MAGES Ver.- : The Black Mages (Score = 75.34)~~

• Holographic Universe : Thievery Corporation (Score = 74.35)

• Moon : Sia (Score = 73.64)

• ~~Doorway to Heaven : Motoi Sakuraba, Toshihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Hasegawa (Score = 73.4)~~

• ~~Let's go! : Go Shiina~~ (Score = 72.84)

• ~~Prison : Hitoshi Sakimoto and Nobuo Uematsu (Score = 72.04)~~

• Awakening Memories -The Battle with Sherah- : Tsuyoshi Sekito (Score = 70.61)

• Thumbs Up! : 植松伸夫 (Score = 69.47)

• Over and Over : Morcheeba (Score = 68.57)

• ~~Beyond the Wasteland : Hitoshi Sakimoto and Nobuo Uematsu (Score = 68.46)~~

• Battle #1 : Yasunori Shiono (Score = 66.22)

• ~~Blade : Michiru Yamane, Keiko Fukami, Masahiko Kimura~~ (Score = 65.87)

• On Your Marks : Bonobo (Score = 65.17)

• Brave Heart : 佐野信義 (Score = 64.55)

• Main Theme : Tsuyoshi Sekito (Score = 62.71)

• Soaring Wings 2ch Mix Ver. : Mio Kashiwabara (Score = 60.13)

• The Earth : Yasunori Shiono (Score = 59.52)

• Maybe, Goodbye : Yuji Hasegawa, Manami Kiyota (Score = 59.46)

• Sealed Time : Yukihiro Jindo (Score = 58.62)

• Booby Trap : 伊藤賢治 (Score = 58.12)

• The Darkness Nova : 下村陽子 (Score = 57.38)

• Victory! : 伊藤賢治 (Score = 55.79)

• Passion : Nightmares on Wax (Score = 54.73)

• Rondo acapricio : Tosca (Score = 54.67)

• Eternity : Ian Gillan (Score = 54.33)

• Gabriel : Lamb (Score = 54.27)

• ~~Fantasia alla marcia for piano, chorus and orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Score = 53.63)~~

• Sealed Door : McVaffe (Score = 53.25)

• Ramblin' Man : Lemon Jelly (Score = 52.95)

• ~~presentiment~Jr. #3 : 梶浦由記 (Score = 51.27)~~

• Shock : なるけみちこ (Score = 49.73)

• Perfect : Supreme Beings Of Leisure (Score = 48.61)

• Heidi Bruehl : Tosca (Score = 48.59)

• Ain't Got Nothin' : Supreme Beings Of Leisure (Score = 48.58)

• Tower of Evil Fog : 山根ミチル (Score = 47.58)

• Nuclear Fusion : 菊田裕樹 (Score = 47.32)

• Mitsui 07 : "Mitsui" (Score = 47.11)

• Seelsorge : 浜渦正志 (Score = 46.95)

• Dictionary : Hooverphonic (Score = 46.81)

• Positive : 菊田裕樹 (Score = 46.63)

• First Emperor : 青木佳乃 (Score = 45.94)

• Death of a Piano Salesman : Waldeck (Score = 45.85)

• Dark Temple Espina : Falcom Sound Team jdk (Score = 45.67)

• Wind Over Time : Ken Nakagawa, Daisuke Achiwa, Akira Tsuchiya (Score = 45.43)

• Strange Cargo - Million Town (K&D Session) : Kruder & Dorfmeister (Score = 45.41)

• high noon : Kruder & Dorfmeister (Score = 44.65)

• Hayling : FC/Kahuna (Score = 44.57)

• Somewhere Only We Know : Keane (Score = 43.98)

• La mer : Coba (Score = 43.9)

• A Challenge to God -Four Guardian Kings Battle- : Tsuyoshi Sekito (Score = 43.7)

• ~~Secret of Mana : 菊田裕樹 (Score = 43.5)~~

• ~~Brave Heart : 青木佳乃~~ (Score = 43.42)

• Moanin' : Boozoo Bajou (Score = 43.17)

• ~~Lost Painting : 山根ミチル~~ (Score = 42.97)

• Voyage A La Lune : Lemongrass (Score = 41.97)

• Kenopi Volcano : Falcom Sound Team jdk (Score = 41.94)

• Mitsui 03 : "Mitsui" (Score = 41.75)

• Musk Tusk : Baby Mammoth (Score = 41.34)

• Cells : I Monster (Score = 41.2)

• Dg "Listless" : 浜渦正志 (Score = 40.9)

• The Blue Traveler : 光田康典 (Score = 40.72)

• Throw Up Your Hands feat. Djinji Brown : Fila Brazillia (Score = 40.35)

• What Your Soul Sings : Massive Attack (Score = 40.05)

• Adlehyde Castle : なるけみちこ (Score = 39.93)

• ~~You're Beautiful : James Blunt~~ (Score = 39.77)

• Angelica : Lamb (Score = 39.56)

• Breathe In : Frou Frou (Score = 39.41)

• Take Me Out : Franz Ferdinand (Score = 39.08)

• Opening Title : 伊藤賢治 (Score = 38.9)

• Milanor Sortie! : Shigeki Hayashi (Score = 38.83)

• ~~March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra : Kaoru Wada, New Japan Philharmonic (Score = 38.44)~~

• Anohito : Lemongrass (Score = 37.75)

• Personal Stereo : Flunk (Score = 37.55)

• They Can't Take That Away From : Smoke City (Score = 37.53)

• Battle #2 : Yasunori Shiono (Score = 37.51)

• Let Go : Frou Frou (Score = 37.43)

• She Will Be Loved : Maroon 5 (Score = 37.37)

• Encounter! : Minako Adachi (Score = 37.36)

• Totentanz 3 : Dettinger (Score = 37.31)

• Inside My Mind (Blue Skies) : Groove Armada (Score = 36.91)

• ~~Getting Nasty : 弘田佳孝~~ (Score = 36.6)

• ~~Passion - KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Score = 36.11)~~

• ~~Beautiful Day : U2~~ (Score = 35.98)

• Crystal Room : Tsuyoshi Sekito, Keiji Kawamori (Score = 35.85)

• Smile Like You Mean It : The Killers (Score = 35.69)

• Such Great Heights : The Postal Service (Score = 35.62)

• Pots and Pans : Fila Brazillia (Score = 35.61)

• Fiaker /(Driving Home To Hasenearl) : Sofa Surfers (Score = 35.34)

• Never : Terranova (Score = 35.31)

Weekly Results [29 Jun 2008 – 6 Jul 2008] + beta

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:24:04 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [29 Jun 2008 – 6 Jul 2008]
1. Yasunori Mitsuda (+4)
2. Hitoshi Sakimoto (+1)
3. Yoshitaka Hirota (new)
4. Junichi Nakatsuru (+3)
5. Noriyuki Iwadare (-1)
6. Poets of the Fall (+9)
7. Breaking Benjamin (comeback)
8. Yoko Kanno (comeback)
9. Akemi Kimura (comeback)
10. Yoko Shimomura (-7)

Top Tracks of the Week [29 Jun 2008 – 6 Jul 2008]
1. KOS-MOS fighting
2. Last battle
3. U.M.N Mode
4. Durandal
5. Everyday

So, I was picked as one of the beta testers of the new Last.fm (thank you Last.fm staff for giving me such opportunity! <3). Unlike many of the people, I'm really happy with how it looks (needs black though). I especially like the fact that your stats change as you listen and you can get rid of any artist or song any time you want. So no more [unknown]~! Yay for beta Last.fm!

Weekly Results [22 Jun 2008 – 29 Jun 2008]

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:32:36 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [22 Jun 2008 – 29 Jun 2008]
1. Motoi Sakuraba (+1)
2. Yoko Shimomura (+4)
3. Hitoshi Sakimoto (-2)
4. Noriyuki Iwadare (-1)
5. Yasunori Mitsuda (+7)
6. Tenacious D (+20)
7. Junichi Nakatsuru (+4)
8. Moby (+12)
9. Takeharu Ishimoto (comeback)
10. Junya Nakano (comeback)

Top Tracks of the Week [22 Jun 2008 – 29 Jun 2008]
1. Porcelain
2. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
3. Natural Blues
4. To the Last Drop of my Blood
5. Still Alive

Weekly Results [15 Jun 2008 - 22 Jun 2008]

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:52:41 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [15 Jun 2008 - 22 Jun 2008]
1. Hitoshi Sakimoto (+2)
2. Motoi Sakuraba (-1)
3. Noriyuki Iwadare (+5)
4. Poets of the Fall (comeback)
5. Utada Hikaru (new)
6. Yoko Shimomura (-)
7. Masami Ueda (new)
8. Zero 7 (-3)
9. Röyksopp (+6)
10. Hiroshi Yamaguchi (new)

Top Tracks of the Week [15 Jun 2008 - 22 Jun 2008]
1. Hikari -PLANITb Remix
2. Still Alive
3. Chronic Trembling Category
4. Hikari -PLANITb Remix- (Short Edit)
5. To the Last Drop of my Blood

Weekly Results [8 Jun 2008 – 15 Jun 2008]

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:34:01 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [8 Jun 2008 – 15 Jun 2008]
1. Motoi Sakuraba (+2)
2. Junichi Nakatsuru (+2)
3. Hitoshi Sakimoto (-1)
4. Michiru Yamane (new)
5. Zero 7 (+2)
6. Yoko Shimomura (-5)
7. Akemi Kimura (comeback?)
8. Noriyuki Iwadare (-3)
9. Siobhan Donaghy (-1)
10. JigginJonT (new)

Top Tracks of the Week [8 Jun 2008 – 15 Jun 2008]
1. Hydrophone Breakdown (Secret of the Deep Sea)
2. Still Alive
3. Ghosts
4. Deep Drive
5. Chronic Trembling Category

Weekly Results [1 Jun 2008 – 8 Jun 2008]

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:30:01 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [1 Jun 2008 – 8 Jun 2008]
1. Yoko Shimomura (+2)
2. Hitoshi Sakimoto (-)
3. Motoi Sakuraba (-2)
4. Junichi Nakatsuru (-)
5. Noriyuki Iwadare (-1)
6. Alan Menken (new)
7. Zero 7 (+1)
8. Siobhan Donaghy (new)
9. Tina Dico (+24)
10. Röyksopp (+2)

Top Tracks of the Week [1 Jun 2008 – 8 Jun 2008]
1. Deep Drive
2. Ghosts
3. Didier Sinclair
4. Indescribable Grief
5. Daddy O

Weekly Results [25 May 2008 – 1 Jun 2008]

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:55:28 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [25 May 2008 – 1 Jun 2008]
1. Motoi Sakuraba (+1)
2. Hitoshi Sakimoto (+15)
3. Yoko Shimomura (-2)
4. Junichi Nakatsuru (-1)
5. Noriyuki Iwadare (+37)
6. The Dust Brothers (comeback)
7. Akemi Kimura (-2)
8. Zero 7 (-4)
9. Masaharu Iwata (comeback)
10. Stephen Sondheim (new)

Top Tracks of the Week [25 May 2008 – 1 Jun 2008]
1. Chronic Trembling Category
2. Deep Drive
3. To the Last Drop of my Blood
4. at the Facels Evil, at the Rear A Saint
5. Riku

Weekly Results [18 May 2008 – 25 May 2008]

Mon, 26 May 2008 09:22:51 +0000

Top Artists of the Week [18 May 2008 – 25 May 2008]

1. Yoko Shimomura
2. Motoi Sakuraba
3. Junichi Nakatsuru
4. Zero 7
5. Akemi Kimura
6. Yann Tiersen
7. Tenacious D
8. Naoshi Mizuta
9. Kosheen
10. Röyksopp

Top Tracks of the Week [18 May 2008 – 25 May 2008]

1. Deep Drive
2. One Pure Thought
3. Vim and Vigor
4. Throw It All Away
5. Today

Had a tiny break here, but I'm back to spam your favourite artists' pages~ But really, guys, you should write something yourself so that I'm not the one with featured journal entries.