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pitch, what pitch
1 Jun 2007 06:29 pmOne day, the music director for Saiyuki called the cast to him and said, "Goku and Sanzo and Hakkai and Gojyo can't sing, so I want you all to sing as direly as possible."
That's obviously what happened.
=_________=
I'm not sure about Ishida Akira's singing, since there was no Athrun image song and I haven't heard him being forced into singing for anything else other than Saiyuki, so I'll forgive the music director for Ishida's entirely embarrassed earnestness in Hakkai's "singing".
I really don't know what's going on with Hoshi Souichirou. Maybe he has a twin and they alternate or something. He can sound really good in one song (DNAngel's "Hearts" comes to mind) and in the next make you want to claw your eardrums out (although sometimes both can happen in the same song). In Saiyuki, he sounds consistently the latter. AND he doesn't sound like Goku. Well okay, neither does Ishida sound like Hakkai. He sounds more like one of those tryhard busker on the streets who makes you increase your walking speed as you pass them.
Allow me to snicker for a moment at the irony of Seki Toshihiko singing Sanzo's song "Freedom". Seki Toshihiko, is, of course, the guy who played both Raww and Rey, who, of course, both fought against Freedom *Snickers* The song itself is so full of tinkling bells and jazzy saxophones (or jazzy something) and brimming optimism that Sanzo himself would probably start pumping bullets into the CD player the moment he hears it. Or at least, the moment he hears it and realises that it's supposed to be his song. Having heard Seki's rendition of Duo's song before and labelled it as one of the worst anime songs I've ever heard (although, to be honest, 95% of all character songs I listen to are jammed into that category), he does a good job at this one. But for what it's worth, he sounds like someone the trigger-happy temperamental Sanzo might want to shoot. At least he didn't go out of tune, in spite of several key changes ==;;;;
Possibly the best character song I've heard was actually (Host Club) Tamaki's "Guilty Beauty Love". I know...it's an incredibly cheesy, flamboyant song, but it's so Tamaki, and Miyano Mamoru manages (under the circumstances) a wonderfully natural, unforced singing. He might, in fact, be the only voice actor that I really like who can actually sing. Fushigi Yuugi Amiboshi's "Nocturne" is an old sentimental fave, and I still like it now. X Kamui's "Kesshou" and "Yakusoku" are probably the best amongst Suzumura Kenichi's repertoire (although the comparison isn't much - Host Club Hikaru's song or GSD Shinn's song are both mundane at best, frequently off-tune at worst).
I need to clean up my music folder(s). I have nearly 600MB just in my Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny folder =0=;;;;;
Edit: I can't remember what trailer it was for, but I think it's the Simpson's one, with a rabbit jumping across the grass? Yeah, the music was Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (it was the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy bit). Hehe, what a guess XD
That's obviously what happened.
=_________=
I'm not sure about Ishida Akira's singing, since there was no Athrun image song and I haven't heard him being forced into singing for anything else other than Saiyuki, so I'll forgive the music director for Ishida's entirely embarrassed earnestness in Hakkai's "singing".
I really don't know what's going on with Hoshi Souichirou. Maybe he has a twin and they alternate or something. He can sound really good in one song (DNAngel's "Hearts" comes to mind) and in the next make you want to claw your eardrums out (although sometimes both can happen in the same song). In Saiyuki, he sounds consistently the latter. AND he doesn't sound like Goku. Well okay, neither does Ishida sound like Hakkai. He sounds more like one of those tryhard busker on the streets who makes you increase your walking speed as you pass them.
Allow me to snicker for a moment at the irony of Seki Toshihiko singing Sanzo's song "Freedom". Seki Toshihiko, is, of course, the guy who played both Raww and Rey, who, of course, both fought against Freedom *Snickers* The song itself is so full of tinkling bells and jazzy saxophones (or jazzy something) and brimming optimism that Sanzo himself would probably start pumping bullets into the CD player the moment he hears it. Or at least, the moment he hears it and realises that it's supposed to be his song. Having heard Seki's rendition of Duo's song before and labelled it as one of the worst anime songs I've ever heard (although, to be honest, 95% of all character songs I listen to are jammed into that category), he does a good job at this one. But for what it's worth, he sounds like someone the trigger-happy temperamental Sanzo might want to shoot. At least he didn't go out of tune, in spite of several key changes ==;;;;
Possibly the best character song I've heard was actually (Host Club) Tamaki's "Guilty Beauty Love". I know...it's an incredibly cheesy, flamboyant song, but it's so Tamaki, and Miyano Mamoru manages (under the circumstances) a wonderfully natural, unforced singing. He might, in fact, be the only voice actor that I really like who can actually sing. Fushigi Yuugi Amiboshi's "Nocturne" is an old sentimental fave, and I still like it now. X Kamui's "Kesshou" and "Yakusoku" are probably the best amongst Suzumura Kenichi's repertoire (although the comparison isn't much - Host Club Hikaru's song or GSD Shinn's song are both mundane at best, frequently off-tune at worst).
I need to clean up my music folder(s). I have nearly 600MB just in my Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny folder =0=;;;;;
Edit: I can't remember what trailer it was for, but I think it's the Simpson's one, with a rabbit jumping across the grass? Yeah, the music was Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (it was the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy bit). Hehe, what a guess XD
