doing an anime music vid for school and need some sugestions

fireslayer · Post by **fireslayer** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:12 pm

ive already made 2 anime vids for my special projects class, my teacher now wants me to do an anime vid with a classical song to see if i can. im wondering where to get any half decent classical songs and what animes to use. man i really need help on this one diffenity not my usually field of listening

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:15 pm

Maybe try classically inspired bands, like Savatage and Stratovarius.
They are both metal bands, but their instrumental songs are heavily inspired by classical music.
My personal recommendations are "Mozard and Madness" and Christmas eve" by Savatage and "Stratosphere" and "Stratovarius" by Stratovarius.

On the truelly classical songs i'm at a loss, definatly not my field, but i can check to see if anything comes up

fireslayer · Post by **fireslayer** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:16 pm

yah my tech wants it completly classical so im lost

HurQlez03 · Post by **HurQlez03** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:28 pm

How about Beethoven's 9th symphony? or 5th? (Watch the movie "Fantasia/Fantasia 2000" for more ideas. Like the Blue Rhapsody.) Classical Music is pretty long so this sounds difficult.

fireslayer · Post by **fireslayer** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:31 pm

yah it should be difficult i think that was my techers whole idea behind it, but yah ill try that any good anime to use, and easy to get preferably

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:32 pm

For music selection, you might try turning on your radio. Most areas have at least one classical station, or at least some dedicated timeslots for classical programming on your public radio affiliate. The airstaff will usually announce the composer, title of the work, and performing group both before and after the piece finishes, so you can make a note of these and hunt up the recording.

You might try asking your teacher if he or she has a preference for the music used, and ask to borrow a CD if that is the case. Otherwise, you'll be buying/borrowing your own; while compression technology continues to improve, any kind of lossy compression is going to run roughshod over the over- and under-tones that many classical pieces rely on for full effect.

Be prepared for a long haul: most popular songs run between two and four minutes, but decent classical pieces will usually run in the 6 to 10-minute range. The rhythmic structures are different as well: nearly everything popular currently is in a 4 feel, but a lot of classical is in 3 or 6 -- when the composer isn't fucking with the orchestra by throwing them a 5/4 or 12/8.

Some favorite composers of mine (though they may not be what your teacher is expecting for "classical"):
Percy Grainger (slow, deep, tone-complex)
Charles Ives (the master of key signature as a practical joke on the musicians)
Dan Bukvich (taking alternate notation and found sounds to the next level)

hth,

--K

yumi+chan · Post by **yumi+chan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:49 pm

I don't really know much about classical music, but maybe you could make a video to Mozart's "Mondscheinsonate". But I don't know what Anime could fit to this.

DTJB · Post by **DTJB** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:21 pm

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is one of my favorites, one of the movements features a nice upbeat piano piece, good for chase music or something more mysterious.

That's really all I can think of off hand, but I would recommend just about any of Beethoven's works. My other two recommendations would be Mozart or Bach.

odian0 · Post by **odian0** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:28 pm

umm, i dunno about the classical music, most of the suggestions sound pretty good thus far. animes that i'd suggest are ones with strong imagery and don't rely as hevily on the words the characters say but more on the feelings the scenes convey. my suggestions:

excel saga (hyper)
kare kano (calm)

eh, that's all i can think of right now.

BunofGovt · Post by **BunofGovt** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:23 pm

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee

You might try going to Borders, Barnes and Noble, Virgin or Tower Records, some shops that allow you to listen to samples from cds without buying and see if anything catches your fancy. Find maybe a Classics collection cd, or something like Classical Music for Kids, so you can get a variety.

As for anime, I'll be any action anime would be kind of cool. That scene from the movie Fifth Element that took place during the concert might give you an idea. As a matter of fact, someone did make an amv to that song (gee I hope it's okay to post the link here):

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=45892