Music Inspirations? For Kanno and Myself…
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Been kind of busy the last few weeks… so here’s just a little thing that I’ve been meaning to post.
Lots of people love Kanno Youko’s stuff for various anime and games. Many love the fact that she just hits the mark with such a diverse range of music. I personally loved some of her older stuff; Brain Powerd is such an “honest” soundtrack, and that sort of honesty is something I strive for in my own music. Her new stuff? Eh. Not super awesome stuff, I think.
Regardless, I was really surprised when someone sent me to this website: 【菅野よう子】インスパイア？類似曲比較動画まとめ ([Kanno Youko] Inspired? A Comprehensive Music Soundtrack Comparison)
Basically, check out the various Youtube and Nicovideo links. Come to your own conclusions.
Me… well… it’s interesting thinking about it since over here, someone recently accused me of grabbing the Phantasm theme in order to make this first track from Castlevania: Order of Shadows. Eh… I guess it’s possible to see it that way. If you really want to compare, the stuff that’s similar are pretty different from a functional standpoint. In my track, that beginning motif is there primarily as a backing for the guitar solo, and the phrase length is twice as long as that in Phantasm, which is more a theme than a motif. It’s also there for the entirety of the song in Castlevania, while in Phantasm, it drops out as soon as the soloistic part develops. I mean, really, it just feels very different to me as a song. Take it or leave it, but any resemblance is purely coincidental, as I’ve never heard of Phantasm until a few days ago. I’m just not a horror film kind of guy.
(Also… man, what’s up with that music in that Phantasm youtube link? That performance is pretty bad.)
Oh yeah, my thoughts on those Kanno comparisons? I definitely think she or her assistants were a bit more than inspired. Yeah, my little Castlevania song contained a primary element that sounded similar to another primary element in another piece of music, but the pieces themselves were quite different. Many of those Kanno pieces don’t just have one or two similar elements, but many elements coming together to create a very similar song structure with similar arc and similar feel.