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I listen to a variety of music when coding, but most frequently it's metal or heavier rock. Queen through Meat Loaf, Iron Maiden and Nightwish are typically on that list.
And today, I present the latest addition to my coding tracklist.
Greatest Battle Music Of All Times: To Glory(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2zA3lZk9Y#ws)
There's just something awesome about coding to something like this.
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I tend to have many different styles of music when I'm playing around on the computer. This guy helps inspire me quite a bit:
Harry Potter Meets Metal(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mieXVkSGb4#)
And Mike Relm is always good for a rush:
MIKE RELM - THE DOCTOR WHO REMIX(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RJvKPt1qGA#ws)
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The Original Video! Tommy Emmanuel - Guitar Boogie & Stevie's Blues - July 2006(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQhECkexmSI#)
I tend to go for the acoustic style of string shredding...
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That's pretty neat for an acoustic guitar, and quite nice as coding backdrop actually :)
Also, I'd come across Eric (from the above poster), in particular his Pirates of the Caribbean meets Metal and Castlevania meets Metal. Links are not hard to find from the video...
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Tommy Emmanuel & Joscho Stephan - "Honeysuckle Rose" Live in Raalte, April 2006(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDF6XwjFBc#)
I've been getting into Gypsy Jazz more and more lately. Tommy Emmanuel & Joscho Stephan are my two favorites. Sometimes you'd swear that the ghost of Django Reinhardt is living in the both of them.
Emmanuel is also the protege of the late-great Chet Atkins, and excels at the finger picking style of Atkins. Here he is playing a medley of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.
Tommy Emmanuel Jerry Reed/ Chet Tribute HIDef(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xak7cp258YQ#ws)
And then seeing how much fun Emmanuel has playing with his older brother Phil... makes me long for the days when my brothers and I would have this kind of fun at anything.
Tommy and Phil Emmanuel,1999, - El Cumbanchero - Rarity.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpkX24AfVPY#)
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ARIA - Lost paradise (English subtitles).(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnNwtZDSIac#)
:cool:
Aria - The Calm (with English subtitles)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSUKks6V0Ts#)
:yahoo:
Symfomania - Улица роз / Ария, кавер (live)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nRHzQF2mtA#)
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My current playlist, in order:
Conan the Barbarian OST
Darwinia OST
Jean Michel Jarre Rarities
Jochen Hippel compilation
Shatter OST
Attack Number 1 OST (an old '69 Japanese show...)
Mike Oldfield Incantations Remastered
Kourosh Yaghmaei - Arayeshe Khorshid
Daft Punk vs Basic Slack
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST
Alcest - a couple of albums (post-metal)
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Holon (post-jazz?)
Mike Oldfield - The Space Movie OST
Kourosh Yaghmaei - Back from the brink (3 LPs)
Agalloch - The Mantle (post-metal)
X-Men: First Class OST
Mutyumu - 2 albums (post-metal or post-pop, not sure, pretty good stuff)
Radiant Historia - Piano Arrange OST
Jets'n'Guns OST
DRC Music - Kinshasa one two (Damon Albarn + Congo artists)
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
Urusei Yatsura - OST Lum's Best Selection 2
Kino no tabi - Image Album OST
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt 2 OST
Bandyta OST
Some of these things are well known... Others are quite obscure. I just love looking like I'm a specialist :P But I'm just basically a sucker for OSTs. Today's discovery is Bandyta (the playlist is sorted by date added), and it's very much like Goran Bregovic stuff -- a keeper!
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I can't resist showing off one more Tommy Emmanuel number. It'll mean more to you if you're familiar with Nat King Cole's rendition of "Mona Lisa." I'm not sure how popular that song ever got outside of the USA.
Tommy Emmanuel (2001): 15.MonaLisa(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q7x9nQ_6jU#)
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Nao, you might like the OST for Angel Beats. Also in the anime they had their own rock band which was really good called Girls Dead Monster (or GirlsDeMo as they are sometimes called). I saw some J-Music in your playlist which is why I feel I should recommended them to you.
Also, does anybody use any kind of online music service to listen to songs? Like Spotify or Pandora?
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How shall I put it... I've given a look at the first episode. Uh.
If I want to watch a show where the music was composed by the creator/writer, I'll watch Kaamelott. Plus, the man is also the director, main actor and generally a nice guy.
If I want to watch a surrealistic high-school show with a fantastic soundtrack, I'll watch Revolutionary Girl Utena.
If I want to watch a Japanese production with a soundtrack of timeless classic proportions, and that's about a purgatory world where you have to help your friends 'cross over', I'll watch the Haibane Renmei anime show. If I just want a purgatory story stuck in reality with a nice OST, I'll go for the 'Afterlife' (Beautiful Life) live action movie.
What I mean is, I'm not really sure what's in it for me with Angel Beats. It looks like a basic high-school show for zettai-ryôiki otakus. The guy wrote Kanon -- I've heard so many people say it's a fantastic show, but it doesn't cut it for me because the character-design is so awfully lolicon with wide eyes that make me wanna puke.
Alright, I didn't put it properly but I'm all ears :P
Great anime soundtracks for me: Saint Seiya, Kaze no tairiku (Weathering continent), Kamui no ken (Dagger of Kamui), Arete Hime (Princess Arete), Ie Naki Ko (Nobody's Boy Rémi), The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Berserk, Kaiba... This one being probably the most recent show that drew me to it. It was like 5 years ago... I haven't since seen a show that grabbed my interest, soundtrack-wise. Apart maybe from the psychedelic 30-minute version of the opening to Eden of the East, but it was written by Noel Gallagher... Hardly a typical anime song... ;)
Oh my, I so want to discover new interesting Japanese soundtracks!
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I have to admit, Japanese music hasn't ever really been my thing; I'm not an anime fan though I suspect it's because I've just never found quite the right material to introduce me to the genre properly, but my tastes are pretty specific for things I really get into.
Another one that's quite good for coding, daft as it sounds is:
Why is the Rum Gone? - Remix(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8#)
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Super lame, thus pretty cool ;)
As for anime -- it's hard to recommend anything when (1) 95% of what was produced in the 2000's is horribly formulaic and anything that was done before will probably show its age, (2) I have no idea what you're looking for in TV shows or movies -- story, characters, originality, good music (if yes, which genre? For jazz fans look at Cowboy Bebop or Blue Submarine 6, for classical music fans look at Saint Seiya, for tribal rock look at Dagger of Kamui, and I could go on for hours), design (and if yes, which type? European, Japanese, Disney?), animation quality (some people don't bother, some care about it), etc... Or maybe you need all of the above to enjoy something :P
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I like a TV show and a film that's interesting to watch, reasonably well paced (I have a lowish boredom factor when it comes to passive entertainment), and is sufficiently deep that there's something for my brain to dig into. That's why, for example, watching DW season 4 was interesting but nowhere near the levels of excitement I had watching seasons 5 and 6, because there's more going on in the background for me to chew over.
Music... really, the music in TV and film doesn't tend to grab me unless it's *seriously memorable* or *seriously epic*. I don't own many film soundtracks, for example. It's mostly because they don't do a lot for me, as it were. If the dialogue's good, that's going to keep my attention more than the music is.
Musically I tend to favour rock, not-so-heavy metal and stuff like that. My playlist is primarily Queen, Meat Loaf, Iron Maiden, Nightwish and Murray Gold(!) with interludes from Bon Jovi, ABBA(!!), David Bowie, Aerosmith and stuff like that, plus whatever I happen to find of interest on YouTube.
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Why is the rum gone? LOL! :) I loved that one.
You guys like to bang around a lot when programming. I usually play unobtrusive music of a high melody symmetry, and the rhythmic portion is carried largely by the melody. For instance, I believe that J. S. Bach is one of the greatest programming music composers ever. He closes every loop, defines every variable, remembers every close paren. It's mathematical precision of a very high order, and it gets my brain on the same wavelength.
This song right here, played just audibly, would be my style if I were coding to save my life. :)
J. S. Bach: Allemande from Suite in e-minor BWV 996(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQrxeSfKfsY#)
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I find coding to be somewhere between art and science, so having a rhythm to work with stimulates my brain through the tedious bits and counterpoints the exciting, daring artistic bits. Or something, anyway.
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I like a TV show and a film that's interesting to watch, reasonably well paced (I have a lowish boredom factor when it comes to passive entertainment), and is sufficiently deep that there's something for my brain to dig into.
I'd tend to suggest Paranoia Agent.
Try to watch a fansub of it. It's a 13-episode show that could be a good entry point into anime. It's a thriller about a roller-skating boy with a cap who assaults random people with a baseball bat, and people are trying to figure out who he is. It's both weird and deep. Especially from episode 5 on. Has some surrealistic stuff, opportunities to ponder over what's being shown versus what you think you've figured out, etc... I watched the entire show twice and even the second time, I didn't figure it all out. Well, I suppose it's mostly targeted to those who like The Prisoner, things like that ;)
From the same director (who sadly passed away last year from cancer) -- Millennium Actress is an excellent 'romance' movie about an old actress who's reliving her memories under the prism of her major movie roles -- they're intertwined so much that you're not sure whether you're watching reality, or an idealized version of it. And Tokyo Godfathers is a Christmas story about three bums who discover an abandoned baby and decide to take care of her. It's a character-driven comedy/drama. Mostly comedy.
Of course there's always the Ghibli movies to start with... If you want a sense of adventure, there's Laputa (Castle in the sky), or a sense of wonder, go for Kiki's Delivery Service or Howl's Moving Castle. If you want drama, there's Nausicaä or Princess Mononoke. Ghibli's most popular movie is Spirited Away but I'm not a big fan myself. If you like tragedies, best of all is Grave of the Fireflies.
Also in the 'weird surrealistic' area, I could think of Utena, but the main drawback here is that out of the 39 episodes, most are of the 'formulaic' kind, i.e. it's always the same structure, character has a problem, it's analyzed in the first half, then they get to fight, and their problem is solved (or not). Plus it has a soundtrack that could be seen as either genius or pure crap. (I personally love it but I can understand it's not something everyone will like.) Hmm... Probably not a good entry point.
One of my favorite movies is Princess Arete, if Liz ever wants to watch a slightly feminist movie, and you both don't mind with the very quiet pace, it's really great.
Actually, Milady hates Japanese animation in general (with a passion!), but over the years she liked all of the anime I mentioned above (except for Utena which I wouldn't dare to even introduce her to.)
Oh... If you like over-the-top animation/story, you may enjoy Giant Robo: The Animation (1993 or so). Yeah there are giant robots in it, but it's a cult show that pays homage to the old Japanese 60's shows. A labour of love, really. I particularly recommend episodes 4, 5 and 7 (mostly because the first episodes are mostly exposition.)
And Evangelion (1996)... Because it doesn't deliberately choose a retro style, it looks kind of dated by now. They recently made new movies out of it which are high budget and everything, but you may want to wait for a couple more years until they're done with the remakes. Otherwise, well... It's another giant robot show with kid pilots, but this time it's on a Freudian level... Guy has a complex around his father, father is obsessed about reviving his dead wife or something like that, mix it up with tons of esoteric references, trauma, and a share of typically Japanese gags. It's kind of... special. If you manage to get through the first half of the show, which is quite commercial and a bit boring, the second half rewards anyone with a brain. It's basically the first prime-time anime series to show an orgasm off-screen (in episode 20), or have an episode entirely built on intertitles and still images (the very controversial episode 25).
Oh, and Cowboy Bebop... A pretty good jazz/funk soundtrack, stand-alone episodes that allow for casual viewing, mostly a comedy show with action scenes. I'm not a big fan (except of the very Batman TAS-inspired episode 20) but it's one of the best loved shows of its kind.Music... really, the music in TV and film doesn't tend to grab me unless it's *seriously memorable* or *seriously epic*. I don't own many film soundtracks, for example. To put in perspective, the film soundtracks I own are: Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, Flash Gordon, the three Lord of the Rings soundtrack albums, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Labyrinth, and Clerks II.
I have almost more computer game soundtracks than I do film soundtracks.
And still looking... Anything that sounds like the 16-bit era is what I'm seeking after. Not the 8-bit era though... Except if it sounds like a Commodore 64, in which case it's okay :PThat said, I do have the soundtracks from the first 5 seasons of Doctor Who, because somehow that's actually more memorable to me.
It's mostly because they don't do a lot for me, as it were. If the dialogue's good, that's going to keep my attention more than the music is.
Although I watched 'The Sky Crawlers' this morning (from Mamoru Oshii), and I found it to be really well written. Only problem is, the story wasn't so great... (Well, I'm not a big fan of depressing movies with no encouraging ending :P) One of Kenji Kawai's best soundtracks though (along with Patlabor 2), if you like minimalism. I have a feeling you don't, though!Musically I tend to favour rock, not-so-heavy metal and stuff like that. My playlist is primarily Queen, Meat Loaf, Iron Maiden, Nightwish and Murray Gold(!) with interludes from Bon Jovi, ABBA(!!), David Bowie, Aerosmith and stuff like that, plus whatever I happen to find of interest on YouTube.
ABBA is great, just like A-HA. Gotta love old Scandinavian pop. Anyone who says otherwise is lying! Ahah.
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I'd tend to suggest Paranoia Agent.
Try to watch a fansub of it. It's a 13-episode show that could be a good entry point into anime. It's a thriller about a roller-skating boy with a cap who assaults random people with a baseball bat, and people are trying to figure out who he is. It's both weird and deep. Especially from episode 5 on. Has some surrealistic stuff, opportunities to ponder over what's being shown versus what you think you've figured out, etc... I watched the entire show twice and even the second time, I didn't figure it all out. Well, I suppose it's mostly targeted to those who like The Prisoner, things like that
From the same director (who sadly passed away last year from cancer) -- Millennium Actress is an excellent 'romance' movie about an old actress who's reliving her memories under the prism of her major movie roles -- they're intertwined so much that you're not sure whether you're watching reality, or an idealized version of it. And Tokyo Godfathers is a Christmas story about three bums who discover an abandoned baby and decide to take care of her. It's a character-driven comedy/drama. Mostly comedy.
I quite like comedy, though, to the point where if I look back at the last half dozen films I've watched, they're all comedy films, so that might be worth trying to find. For context, my all time favourite movie, still unbeaten since I first saw it a decade ago, is Dogma by Kevin Smith. Musically it's nothing special but comedically - and thought-provokingly - I haven't beaten it.Of course there's always the Ghibli movies to start with... If you want a sense of adventure, there's Laputa (Castle in the sky), or a sense of wonder, go for Kiki's Delivery Service or Howl's Moving Castle. If you want drama, there's Nausicaä or Princess Mononoke. Ghibli's most popular movie is Spirited Away but I'm not a big fan myself. If you like tragedies, best of all is Grave of the Fireflies.
Also in the 'weird surrealistic' area, I could think of Utena, but the main drawback here is that out of the 39 episodes, most are of the 'formulaic' kind, i.e. it's always the same structure, character has a problem, it's analyzed in the first half, then they get to fight, and their problem is solved (or not). Plus it has a soundtrack that could be seen as either genius or pure crap. (I personally love it but I can understand it's not something everyone will like.) Hmm... Probably not a good entry point.
Oh... If you like over-the-top animation/story, you may enjoy Giant Robo: The Animation (1993 or so). Yeah there are giant robots in it, but it's a cult show that pays homage to the old Japanese 60's shows. A labour of love, really. I particularly recommend episodes 4, 5 and 7 (mostly because the first episodes are mostly exposition.)
And Evangelion (1996)... Because it doesn't deliberately choose a retro style, it looks kind of dated by now. They recently made new movies out of it which are high budget and everything, but you may want to wait for a couple more years until they're done with the remakes.
Otherwise, well... It's another giant robot show with kid pilots, but this time it's on a Freudian level... Guy has a complex around his father, father is obsessed about reviving his dead wife or something like that, mix it up with tons of esoteric references, trauma, and a share of typically Japanese gags. It's kind of... special. If you manage to get through the first half of the show, which is quite commercial and a bit boring, the second half rewards anyone with a brain. It's basically the first prime-time anime series to show an orgasm off-screen (in episode 20), or have an episode entirely built on intertitles and still images (the very controversial episode 25).
Oh, and Cowboy Bebop... A pretty good jazz/funk soundtrack, stand-alone episodes that allow for casual viewing, mostly a comedy show with action scenes. I'm not a big fan (except of the very Batman TAS-inspired episode 20) but it's one of the best loved shows of its kind.
Interesting, I have none of these soundtracks... I do like the LOTR and Repo! stuff though. Can't remember the others. Haven't seen Flash Gordon, but IIRC the OST was made by Queen? Or maybe Georgio Moroder? I seem to remember it had something in common with Moroder's Metropolis soundtrack...
Labyrinth... David Bowie. Need I say any more.
And yes, Queen did write the OST for Flash Gordon. It's campy, cheesy and over the top, just like the film. Interestingly though quite a few pieces of the film dialogue are in the soundtrack album.And still looking... Anything that sounds like the 16-bit era is what I'm seeking after. Not the 8-bit era though... Except if it sounds like a Commodore 64, in which case it's okay
Didn't even know/remember there were OSTs for it...
I am no good judge for dialogue.
Although I watched 'The Sky Crawlers' this morning (from Mamoru Oshii), and I found it to be really well written. Only problem is, the story wasn't so great... (Well, I'm not a big fan of depressing movies with no encouraging ending ) One of Kenji Kawai's best soundtracks though (along with Patlabor 2), if you like minimalism. I have a feeling you don't, though!
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In other news, found album I haven't listened to in far too long. Auracle by Lesiem.
It's a bit special, it has a New Age feel to it but with a rock type edge to it in places, written by a German band with lyrics in both English and Latin (most of the tracks have a Latin name with the English in brackets)
Here's the opening track which sets the mood for the album.
Lesiem - Humilitas with lyrics(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBxi5jXXEY#)