#excellent soundtrack

[thebeautyofgaming]

#lovely #gaming #screenshots #PC gaming #Papetura #excellent soundtrack #point and click #Papetura spoilers

[empty-movement]

I remember seeing a post floating around on Tumblr about a 1980s anime movie that had some strong parallels to utena (especially with the rose bride and rose related imagery I think) but now I can't remember the name or find the post. Since you're the resident utena expert I wondered if you have any idea about what movie that could be or if you knew of any other stuff that might have had influence on utena and would be worth checking out. If not no worries and thanks for all the great work you do.

I'm going to guess the movie you're thinking about is Belladonna of Sadness, though that's much older, at 1973. Note: EVEN THE TRAILER HAS EXPLICIT NUDITY AND STYLIZED BUT HONESTLY PRETTY SHOCKING DEPICTIONS OF RAPE.

I honestly can't recall if anyone in Be-Papas ever brought this movie up specifically, but I cannot stress enough how obviously it is part of the DNA of Revolutionary Girl Utena. This was a film absolutely all of the creative team would likely have seen. Not only is it a major work of animation from the era, it's very much adjacent to the world of 70s ass musical theater abstract rage art that Ikuhara ate up so hard that alumni of it ended up working on Utena. (Seazer doing the duel choruses, there's even a lost musical by Ei Takatori, more on that another day.)

This isn't one of those 'lol check out this shot to shot comparison it's identical' kinds of things. While Ikuhara makes explicit references more often in later work to pop culture of note, Utena's vibe is more about digesting those inspirations, instead of decorating with them. Belladonna of Sadness is a film that feels like Utena content when you watch it. Visually, it's so much its own thing, but the shocking delicacy of Utena's most explicit scenes, the way rape is depicted, those sensibilities definitely have their origin in this film, in part.

It's not an easy watch, definitely look into content warnings for it, but those pass for you, it's probably one of, if not my top, recommendations for what to explore to find Utena's inspirations.

Another film with similarly deeply obvious vibes:

Lost Highway: This David Lynch film came out while Utena was being produced. I saw it before seeing Utena because I was Smashing Pumpkins trash as a teenager and they did a bop for the OST. I can't stress enough how much the Akio Arc is inspired by this film. Don't believe me? Listen to this:

The work of Shuji Terayama is very obvious as inspiration spiritually for Utena, especially Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets. However, I caution anyone interested in that end of the Utena universe to tread *very* carefully, this content gets honestly fucking horrifying sometimes. Explicit abuse and rape will be depicted in much of this content. Themes Utena shares, but depicts very differently, for a very different audience.

Anyway, hope that helps! Or at least is interesting!

-Vanna

#utena #revolutionary girl utena #belladonna of sadness #lost highway #david lynch #psychedelic anime #it's no mistake both of these films have absolute bangers for soundtracks just excellent content

[swordshapedleaves]

I love parallel play! I love just hanging out and doing my own thing in the company of people I like who are also just hanging out!

#this post brought to you by the truly excellent soundtrack of whatever vintage nintendo game my partner is playing in bed next to me #he is fighting for his life and im microblogging over here #but we #re in bed together listening to some excellent ominous retro sci fi soundscapes

[orions-bolt]

tagged by the handsome @fell-contract to post 6 albums that i've been listening to lately.

Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé

Orquídeas - Kali Uchis

BB/ANG3L - Tinashe

Komachi - Meitei

Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee

For Your Consideration - Empress Of

and yes i'm aware that BB/ANG3L is not technically a full album but i'm going to take any opportunity to plug Tinashe because she's severely underrated.

tagging @crouchingfawn, @tamale-papi, @thatleolion, @forxstboyfriend, and @gayestginger

#music #if y'all want some ambient excellence to soundtrack your day i highly recommend this Meitei album #and tigers blood is high key AOTY so far sorry i don't make the rules #and stream Beyonce of course etc.

[dragonsongmakhali]

Five Songs I'm Into Right Now

Tagged by @sealrock - thank you! I don't get to talk about music often :> Tagging: @gatheredfates @iron-sparrow @archaiclumina @airis-ray @vasheden @ungrateful-cyborg @ahollowgrave

My favorite song list depends on my mood, the weather where I live, the weather at a point equidistant from the equator in the opposite direction, the end results of 6 daisy-chained random number generators, my current hyperfixation, and how much front-end code I've had to deal with that week; but for y'all. I will try and compile a list of my general go-to songs of the now.

Fair warning that I don't latch to lyrics often, so there's not gonna be any like. Insanely cool quotes or nothin. I tend to like things based on melody and rhythm.

[Pegasus Seiya] - The Struts

I don't even go here, but I was introduced to this song by my brother-in-law who represented it to us as an absolute banger. He was 100% correct, there are hundreds of lines of code that have that song on repeat to thank.

[Yellow Line] - James Shimoji

If you haven't seen REDLINE, do yourself a favor and do so asap. We advertise it as "seven years hand-drawn" because that's exactly what it is! It also has a kickass soundtrack, and this is the first song that you hear in the movie.

[Sleep Walking Orchestra] - BUMP OF CHICKEN

Yeah, yeah, me and everyone else watching Dungeon Meshi. This song got me through 7.6 kilometers, mostly uphill, when we were walking part of the Nakasendo. It really feels like a "my friends and I are on a big adventure!" kind of D&D song, and since we went in a group of 9 this really had that feeling!

[1] - MOB CHOIR

All of the Mob Psycho openings are excellent, but the third season's is my favorite. Something about the melody of the bridges is really quite excellent, and the chorus is a banger. Also not gonna lie, "So do what you can now" is something that pops into my head whenever I try and put things off.

[Twister] - Takeharu Ishimoto

Specifically the original. I'm way back into TWEWY music since I had a minor religious experience playing "Calling" through my bluetooth headset while standing in the Shibuya Scramble, and there's little that beats OG Twister. It was a perfect choice for the accompaniment of the opening - it really sets up expectations for the vibe of the game perfectly.

#really i should have some showing by linkin park because they are my favorite band overall #but these are what the brainworms coughed up and so here we are #also seeing some correlation between my love of REDLINE and twewy. both very strong stylistically very tightly designed #both make excellent use of their soundtracks to cement the vibe #...both have heavy use of full black-as-shadow #there's likely a name for that in art but ~shrugging emoji~ #the mun speaks #tagged

[leletha-jann]

Me: "There can't possibly be a song that's exactly breakthrough point Agatha with Gil as witness, that also foreshadows both Castle Heterodyne and Lucrezia."

Best friend, who has not (yet) read Girl Genius: "Hey, listen to this."

...well okay then, shows what I know!

#girl genius #soundtrack #agatha heterodyne #excellent yes #slowly compiling a soundtrack list from everyone else's good work #Youtube

[robotpussy]

the ninja turtles are literally my cousins.... they are 4 black boys who just want to go to school, eat some pizza and get a bacon egg and cheese from the bodega

#mutant mayhem was pure excellence actually! #like the soundtrack... yea.

[warriorsatthedisco]

Babe wake up the new castlevania soundtrack just dropped

#castlevania nocturne #Trevor morris #listen Trevor morris is one of my top show composers by now #he did excellent on this one #honestly I’m still listening but it may be possible that it surpasses the og castlevania soundtrack #we will see tho. #top tracks so far are Divine Bloodlines #will update later #personal

[red-akara]

not me listening to themes for enemies I have yet to encounter in Returnal, but this is sooooo good <3

#what a haunting tune #PLUS THERE'S PIPE ORGAN #returnal #video game #music #housemarque #this whole soundtrack is excellent writing music #especially if you're writing weird horror or dark sci-fi #Youtube

[personinthepalace]

Went to some local bookstores with my friend today and couldn’t resist buying the Spy x Family manga!

#I haven’t bought a book for myself in years #and I’ve never read a manga before so this is going to be fun haha #quite a fun day today #had a shadow intern ask me if I had a boyfriend #and I’m like lol never (ace for the win) #and then later while hanging out with my best friend #she drops the news that SHE has a boyfriend #things from the last two months makes so much sense now hahaha #anyway we originally planned on going to one bookstore but ended up going to two #the second one turned out to be one that her dad was a member of years ago #and then we got salt and straw bc we bought never ate there before haha #and then we went through a fancy carwash bc her car needs cleaning #and I told her I’ve never been in one before haha #and we listened to the some like it hot soundtrack in the car #so yes an excellent day out today haha #also that is my bookshelf with some of my favorite books in the back #spy x family #spy x family manga #what I did today #about me #personal #rambles in the palace #books #bookshops

[thecanvasofmadness]

#deaths game #soundtrack #excellent kdrama #amazon prime #Youtube

[daandori]

hellfire is one of if not the best villain song ever and im not accepting any criticism at this time

i dont recall seeing this ask and its like two years old but you are SO right like hellfire had no right being that legitimately good. i cant even imagine disney exploring those themes today tbh

#the entire hunchback soundtrack was so excellent #you know what other soundtrack pops off completely? prince of egypt #like my god #they rly did that for us

[ghostedrider]

wakes up in a cold sweat. on the prev post i should have put tgaa first in the tags . people are goingnto think its an afterthought instead of smth i listen to actively all of the time always

#i cant focus with lyrical music when im doing work so its almost always video game soundtracks #and its so versatile too because i have shit from that soundtrack on character playlists that are Completely unrelated #like elegance... and excellence that i recommended my friend to put on its furina playlist #and adjucation that i put on a neuvillette playlist #its so wonderful mwahh #julio blabs

[thelighthouseandthekraken]

Everyone is firing on all cylinders on this one

#ofmd #ofmd season 2 #like costuming? superb #acting? incredible #script? transcendent #lighting? magnificent #cinematography? sublime #sound? excellent #soundtrack? inspired #props? phenomenal #fandom? fabulous #and Daddy David? divine

[sirdindjarin]

One of the aspects that The Mandalorian does so well (that other, recent movies have failed at) is embracing the cheese and the alienness of Star Wars

#personal #star wars #the mandalorian #pedro pascal #pedro certainly helps. and timothy olyphant. what an excellent cast #sequel trilogy #din djarin #timothy olyphant #cobb vanth #grogu #ALSO THE FUCKIN SOUNDTRACK

[kingslayerstew]

🎃🧙‍♂️🍄 HAPPY HALLOWEEN STREAM DOROHEDORO BY IGORRR 🍄🧙‍♂️🎃

#the entire soundtrack 🥰 blaka smoko is my fav it introduced me to voodoom #the fact that hayashida approached her fav musicians to make it. excellent taste #i dont care for halloween aesthetics but hayashida has the midas touch. i want to inject her art into my veins #it would be the equivalent injecting. well. mud and sludge. #holy shit doro hedoro is such a perfectly chosen name it even suits the art style #drhdr #dorohedoro en