Search - Sato Naoki :: Eureka Seven

A Great Match for an Amazing Anime

Antonio D. Paolucci | Beaver Falls, PA | 06/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Eureka Seven is one of those anime that has everything going for it. Heck, it could have stood up to even the greatest anime out with the animation quality alone. But add in the excellent soundtrack and it propels this anime right into the mix of Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, and FLCL. It covers nearly every sound known to man, and in the anime it perfectly matches the mood of every scene, whether it be tense or heartfelt. So, obviously, a soundtrack release would be a perfect compliment to the anime release.



And here it is. Boy is it a beast. After two discs and 45 tracks later, I'm still not sure that I can remember half of the songs I heard. I do know that I skipped very few along the way. I also noticed that the CDs seem to follow patterns. The first CD opens with the opening credits edited version, has one more song with lyrics, then goes into a series of orchestral instrumentals, followed by some techno, then a few funny tracks, then some rather tense instrumentals, and finally some rising, inspirational instrumentals before the closing ending credits edit song. The second, smaller CD, opens and ends the same as the first CD, with the alternate opening and ending credit songs. After that a lot of serious instrumental tracks follow until a brief techno track interrupts everything for a moment. While I'd say the first CD is more varied, the second CD still has a few tracks worth listening to, especially later on.



Most people may have already gotten this soundtrack in the special edition of the first volume of the anime. If you haven't gotten this yet, and love the anime and, more importantly, like anime soundtracks, then I'd recommend this collection to you. The sheer volume of tracks alone guarantees that at least a few of the songs will catch your interest, but I'll personally guarantee that you'll enjoy far more than that."

Decent Soundtrack With Short Songs

Jola K. Schaar | 09/23/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'll start by saying this: Eureka Seven is an awesome anime. It starts off slow, but really kicks it up by the end of the first season. The music for Eureka is also very good. In this soundtrack, there are many different types of music. There's everything from techno to dramatic instrumentals to light instrumentals to some good old rock.



If you're one for techno, then you'll be pleased by this soundtrack. It has four techno songs (two on each disc) and all of them are at least five minutes. My personal favorite, Get It By Your Hands, is long, clocking in at 7:41. The other ones are pretty decent, but if you like techno, you'll love these songs. They are: Tiger Track, Acid Track Prototype, Get it by Your Hands, and Trance Ruined.



There's also some great instrumentals in this soundtrack. Some of them are slow-moving, while others are pounding, and there are some that sound purely majestic. Others are of the light-hearted variety that you hear during the earlier part of the series when Renton first boards the Gekko. If you go for the slow-moving, sad music, I recommend Truth, Eureka, and Undefying Fate. If you really like the pounding, intense music, definitely listen to Leap from the Indication, Combat Zone, Uncontrolled Self, and Type theEND. For light-hearted stuff, definitely look at Terror of the Smile, Sexy Lady Bluesy, and Forbidden Fruit. For majestic sounds, definitely check out Long Journey, Distant Memory, and Renton Thurston.



There are two opening themes and two ending themes in the sountrack, one of each on each disc. I really enjoy the open feel of all of the themes. The only real problem with them, and indeed the only real problem with the entire soundtrack, is that almost all of the songs are under two minutes. There is one instrumental song that is over two minutes, along with all of the techno songs. The others are under two minutes. The opening and ending themes are TV edits of the songs, only letting us enjoy them for about 90 seconds until they end.



Overall, you'll definitely find some pieces you like on this soundtrack. As I've pointed out, it has quite a lot of different stuff. It has techno and rock along with several different types of instrumental music. But in total, it's only 95 minutes of music between the two discs. This number should at least be over 100. That is the only reason that I'm giving this soundtrack four stars instead of five. If you like the anime, then you'll like the soundtrack. If you don't watch the anime, you may still like the soundtrack. But it's not for everyone."

Excellent OST from an excellent anime.

A. Christian | United States | 02/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Eureka Seven OST1 is the first soundtrack of the series, and its music covers Episodes 1-26 of the show. It was composed by Naoki Sato and consists of music of varying themes; such as techno and symphonic.



Okay then. Review, ready go!



Naoki Sato did an amazing job creating the music for the series, and this soundtrack certainly shows. There's a huge variety of tracks such as "Tiger Track" with a techno feel to it, and "Eureka" which is a more slow-moving song. What I think makes the music so gripping is that I can listen to a track and instantly have the correlating scene from the anime play in my mind. It shows how well the music itself fit in with the moment of an episode. "type TheEND" is a piece that has a tone of foreboding death to it; while a piece like "Nirvash typeZERO" has an uplifting and hopeful feel to it. One of my particularly favorite tracks is "GET IT BY YOUR HANDS", which clocks at almost 8 minutes long and makes for easy listening music.



This OST also contains the first 2 openings and endings from the series, but they've been reduced to about 1 minute long shorts.



In short, I think this is a great soundtrack that really shows off how well the music from the series is, and if you're a fan of the series then you should pick this up. However, if you don't know anything about the series...er....well, you probably wouldn't be interested too much."