Awesome Music / Anime: A to G

• Accel World has several iterations of "Silver Wing", for all kinds of badass, action-filled moments.
  • The first ending, "unfinished" by KOTOKO.
  • Accel World uses heavy amounts of electronic music in the soundtrack, to ear-meltingly awesome effect. Two tracks in particular stand out:
    • The Chrome Disaster's theme, "Core". Also contains Ominous Latin Chanting in the form of repeated miserere mei, Latin for "Have mercy on me". Quite appropriate.
    • Black Lotus' theme, "Alert Sign", first heard in Episode 5. During her fight with Yellow Radio in Episode 11, it gains a kickass beat that firmly cements her reputation as one of the best Burst Linkers currently in existence.
  • The second opening "Burst The Gravity" by ALTIMA.
• The Air Gear theme, "Chain" by BACK-ON. The whole soundtrack is pretty sweet, in fact.
• Most of the music for the AIR game was considered good enough to be used directly the anime release as well—and with very good reason. Especially noteworthy is the track "Aozora" (Blue Sky) sung by Lia, whose mournful vocals set the perfect mood for the already very sad ending. The instrumental version is used all through the series to maximum effect as well.
  • The anime and game opening "Tori no Uta" by Lia. As an iconic trance song from the turn of the millenium, it's often hailed as the anthem of anime/manga culture among otakus. It won the Key 20th anniversary music poll in 2019, to boot.
  • "Farewell Song", which is a very epic piece of music.
  • "Natsukage", which is lovely in both its original instrumental version and in the vocal reinterpretation by Lia. And in the other vocal reinterpretation. Done by Chata of Dango Daikazoku fame, it's about as cute as you might expect.
• Akame ga Kill! has the haunting song "Le Chant Roma" which captures the mish-mash Western and Eastern flavour of the Empire that the anime is set in.
• The score of AKIRA may be even better than the film. "Rasse-ra, rasse-ra, rasse-rasse-rasse-ra..."
  • Dolls Polyphony conveys a sense of Surreal Horror and perfectly fits the scene while staying slightly low-key.
  • "Requiem", the final track made of 5 movements of pure win. (Part 1 Part 2)
  • "Tetsuo", the eerie gamelan one with the chorals. Very powerful and scary.
  • "Battle With the Clowns", the music that plays during the famous motorcycle battle sequence near the beginning of the film.
  • You know what? Have the entire soundtrack. A choice to not be regretted!
• Amagi Brilliant Park always starts off with a bang, thanks to its terrific opening "Extra Magic Hour".
• For Amnesia: Memories, the OP for the anime, "Zoetrope" by Nagi Yanagi, definitely qualifies. It's frequently highlighted as one of the best things about the anime adaptation.
• "Theme of Gemini" from Android Kikaider: The Animation.
• Aneki: My Sweet Elder Sister - The Animation has a very delightful ending—a bossa nova-themed instrumental cover of the opening song, "Kuchibiru ni Hi wo Tsukete" by Isshiki Mayu.
• Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day has "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 years after Ver.)", which always starts playing towards the end of an episode. Often times to Tear Jerker effect.
  • At least we've got the opening song, "Aoi Shiori" to perk us right?
  • The theme song to The Movie, "Circle Game" more than lives up to the awesomeness of the series' opening song.
• The first season of Arakawa Under the Bridge gave us "Venus to Jesus" and "Title Nante Jibun de Kangaenasai na", the rather quirky but still very awesome opening themes.
  • In season 2, we got "COSMOS vs ALIEN" and "Kou-sama Go! Summer! ~Iya, Iku no wa Kinsei Dakara~", which somehow managed to top the first season's opening themes in quirkiness.
  • Once again, Suneohair shows us why ending themes are freaking amazing.
• The opening from Area 88, "Mission (Fuga)".
• Aside from copious amounts of excellent Scenery Porn, ARIA has an impressive soundtrack, consisting of slightly classically tinted, soft pieces that fit the mood of the series perfectly. Most of the tracks are produced by Choro Club, who also did excellent work on the second OVA release of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.
  • "Tenki Ame" is probably one of the best instrumental songs in the series. It just has that warm, fuzzy, Heartwarming feel to it. They played it when they found Maa.
  • "Lumis Eterne, Loomis Etlune" is a very nice song played in a very important/touching manner.
  • Still the most beautiful piece is probably the opening theme of the Arietta OVA, performed by SONOROUS, with its slow and immensely melancholic melody. It is a strong departure from the more lighthearted tunes of the other OPs and sets the mood for the rest of the episode extremely well.
  • And while we're at it Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou deserves its own, proper entry. When Nai takes Alpha up in his airplane in particular, but there are other moments that qualify too. And everything that applies to ARIA in this trope carries over to Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou as well.
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo:
  • The opening, "Scarlet Ballet" which is a epic combination of dance music and music you'd hear in a ballet.
  • The ending, "Camellia no Hitomi" is a combination of pop and metal. It has a very classic 90's anime feel to it.
• Armitage III: "Silent War" is deceptively simple, yet also the one track that everyone remembers from this show. It doesn't hurt that the scene it plays to is the climactic battle of the show, and quite painful to watch. Someone even wrote an analysis of how the two work together.
• The anime adaptation of Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Ars Nova, contains several:
  • The opening theme, "Savior of Song", has a nice tune, and is in Surprisingly Good English, owing to the main singer, Nano, who is a Japanese-American born in New York and fully fluent in both languages.
  • "Blue Field" has its charms as well.
  • The anime's soundtrack offers us "SAVIOR", "Stirring-Soul", "Speed Battle" and "Tempest".
• Avenger features "Gesshoku Grand Guignol" by ALI PROJECT. It also sports a similar outro, "Mirai no Eve".

• Azumanga Daioh has "Raspberry Heaven". "Soramimi Cake", while less "epic", is still awesome (and addicting).
  • Speaking of which, the Kuricorder Quartet, who did the background music for the series, has an epically cute rendition of the Imperial March. Yes, that Imperial March.
    • The Maya songs are just awesome for what they represent and when they're used.
  • Look, have you heard the soundtrack? It's pure cute, quirky, sometimes sad awesome—in short, it's Azumanga Daioh. For example, "Shingakki" (sometimes referred as "Osaka's theme" or "Sakaki's theme") in its many variations. The perfect slice-of-life anime background music piece.
• Okay, so it's actually a Real Song Theme Tune rather than one made for the anime itself but "Guns & Roses", the OP for Baccano!, is still friggin' glorious.
  • As awesome as "Tank!" is, it might have to move over for this OP. The saxophone. My god, THE SAXOPHONE.
  • The recurring track "Baccano! no Theme", much like the "Ayato kill theme," seems to pop up during moments of total pwnage.
  • "Utakata no Inori", which is the theme of the Victorious Childhood Friend.
• Bakemonogatari:
  • "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (The Story You Don't Know) is a great piece when you just hear it, but when you understand it it's heartbreaking...
  • The bitchin' character songs:
    • Hitagi Senjougahara: "staple stable", "Futakotome", and "Kogarashi Sentiment" (with Deishuu Kaiki).
    • Mayoi Hachikuji: "Kaerimichi" and "happy bite".
    • Suruga Kanbaru: "ambivalent world" and "the last day of my adolescence".
    • Nadeko Sengoku: "Renai Circulation" and "Mousou Express".
    • Tsubasa Hanekawa: "sugar sweet nightmare", "perfect slumbers", and "chocolate insomnia".
    • Karen Araragi: "marshmallow justice".
    • Tsukihi Araragi: "Platinum Disco".
    • Yotsugi Ononoki: "Orange Mint".
• "Kouya Ruten", the rather excellent opening from Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto.
  • "Eien no Shikaku". Same anime, awesome theme.
• Barakamon gives us the fitting "Rashisa" as the opening theme and the beautiful "Innocence" as the ending theme.
• The second opening to Basquash! is one hell of a song. The first opening was dreadfully boring, which made the new opening even more exciting in comparison.
  • "nO limiT" was a badass song.
  • "Hoshiwatari" from Episode 24 and of course from the finale "After The Rain Heart".
  • "Running On" from Episode 9. That music makes for the most epic game of basketball ever, even if Rouge does get hit by a ball halfway through the song. Especially because the length of the game is defined by the song.
• Beastars has Wild Side, an opening that has Jojo levels of awesome. You know how awesome it is when even Jojo fans enjoy it.
• One of the best parts about watching Beyond the Boundary was listening to its mellow ending theme, "Daisy".
• The theme song of The Big O: It kicks ass! And has two versions!
• From Birdy the Mighty Decode, "-Side Birdy-", and its derivative work "wonder woman", the theme song for whenever Birdy is about to perform a Moment of Awesome, such as punching her way into a spaceship's bridge. From outside the hull.
• Black Bullet has the excellent "black bullet" as its opening and the ending "Tokohana" to offer to this list.
• Plenty of examples in Black Butler, including the opening, "Monochrome no Kiss", and several of the background themes. Just listen to "Si Deus Me Relinquit", "Die Hasen!", "Shitsuji Tarumono", "Urashakai no Chitsujo", and "Diabolic Waltz".
  • "Lacrimosa", the series' second ending theme, by Kalafina. It's beautifully atmospheric and much more fitting for the series than the first ending.
  • "The Slightly Chipped Moon", from the second season. It's Alois' Leitmotif, and it's more haunting than any other song in the soundtrack.
  • In the second season, we get an insert song, "Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa" that is also performed by Kalafina. It's just as lovely and atmospheric as their previous song, "Lacrimosa", and also downright depressing in context.
• Black God: The Animation:
  • The anime's first opening, "Sympathizer".
  • The 2nd opening theme, "tRANCE" by GRANRODEO, is 100% pure awesome, with metal-esque riff, some awesome soloing, a hooky chorus, and liberal Engrish ("Death Through Trance" indeed). After the cheesy synth-pop 1st Opening Theme this is downright refreshing, just like "WHAT'S UP PEOPLE" was to Death Note.
• "Destiny -Taiyou no Hana-", the opening theme for Black Jack 21. Doctors, apparently, get really epic theme songs. Similarly, the background song "Miracle". Whenever you hear this track, you KNOW that lives are going to be saved.
• The opening theme of Black Lagoon, called "Red fraction", is primarily barely-comprehensible Engrish, but nonetheless is incredibly badass and sets the tone of the series perfectly.
  • Along with this is the ending theme of the last episode of the second season.
  • "The World of Midnight" as it was sung over the end credits of the Hansel and Gretel story was just beautiful. Especially considering how the end credits had gone over the previous 14 episodes.
  • And "Tear Drops To Earth", the music of the cigarette scene.
• Blood Blockade Battlefront:
  • The ending song "Sugar Song and Bitter Step" by Unison Square Garden is ridiculously funny, very funky, and just plain fun.
  • The opening theme, "Hello, world!" by industry heavyweights Bump of Chicken ain't nothing to scoff at either.
• Despite its mixed reception, Blood-C still has some awesome music done by Naoki Sato.
  • "Spiral" from DUSTZ has so much desperation, pain, and loneliness.
  • "Destiny" and its creepy version, "A Price for A Winner, A Punishment for A Loser".
  • The movie also has "Final Battle in Tokyo".
• Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma has the ethereally creepy Counting Song.
• Blue Exorcist is chock full of great music. From the badass openings "CORE PRIDE" and "IN MY WORLD" to the catchy endings "Take off" and "Wired Life", you won't be disappointed.
  • The theme song to The Movie, "REVERSI" is too ridiculously badass to be overlooked.
  • "Kekkai" from the movie's OST manages to be terrifying yet blood-pumpingly awesome at the same time.
  • And then there's "Battle Scars", the lyricized version of one of the battle themes from the main anime, itself a CMOA.
  • For all their Gratuitous English, "Call Me Later" and "Me & Creed" are pretty great.
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo has some great and catchy tunes, the OPs: Wild Challenger, and Baka Survivor, as well as the 3rd ending: H.P.J.S.
• The opening of Bokurano, Uninstall, is delightfully creepy.
• The long, slow building intro of Bubblegum Crisis, "Say, Yes!", is brilliant.
  • "Konya Wa Hurricane" from the first episode is quite possibly one of the best opening songs and opening sequences ever. Bubblegum Crisis set the standard for anime music, and set it very high.
• The German opening of Captain Future. No singing. No exposition. Just a really sweet instrumental peace.
• Captain Tsubasa:
  • The opening theme of the first series has a catchy rhythm that makes it memorable, apart from a good instrumental.
  • The Spanish opening theme was one of those songs every kid knew by heart.
  • The J series opening theme, "Fighting", though lesser known, is really good and the lyrics have a great message of not giving up despite the odds.
  • The Road to 2002's opening theme, "Dragon Screamer", is possibly the best opening of the entire franchise, as it has a frenetic rhythm and a performance by the singer that can simply be described as epic.
• Carnival Phantasm has what is probably the catchiest, sugariest opening song you will ever hear with "Super Affection". To balance it out, we have the mellow ending theme, "Fellows".
• Case Closed has had a lot of theme songs, many of them very good, or even great.
  • The very first one (the English translation).
  • The Main Theme, both the instrumental version and the vocal version, "Kimi ga Ireba". As well as this English cover.
• Celestial Method has fhana's "Hoshikuzu no Interlude" as an ending song. It will leave you chilled out, but at the same time, its beautiful, hopeful lyrics really fit this anime as well.
• "Haritsuke no Missa" ("Crucifixion of Faith") from Chaos;Head.
• The Dark Chi Theme from Chobits, highlights the few action sequences and manages to invoke a sense of mystical powers, suspense and a great deal of emotion all at once.
• Okay, so the Chrono Crusade anime royally screwed the characters over in pretty much every way imaginable, but the opening song, "Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line", never fails to give chills. Chrono Crusade's ending theme "Sayonara Solitaire" also provides an amazing mood for the series.
• The ending theme of Claymore, "Danzai no Hana ~Guilty Sky~" is just all kinds of awesome. The singer has such a powerful voice and the music mixes classical and rock seamlessly.
  • What about the opening "Raison D'etre"? Beautiful lyrics, awesome riff, and that voice... so deep and melancholy it fits way too well.
• Corpse Princess: Aka's opening theme "Beautiful fighter" definitely qualifies.
• Cromartie High School: The manga and anime version are full of pop-culture references which extend to the music as well:
  • The ending song "Cromartie Koukou Kouka" is a parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and the cover image for Nevermind is also parodied in the drama CD release of the show.
  • The original soundtrack is full early hard-rock and glam-metal inspired tracks that are quite reminiscent of the music of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Queen, such as "Freddy's Theme" for this character.◊
• From Cross Ange:
  • "Kindan no Resistance", the opening of the series sounds like a typical Nana Mizuki song. Suffice to say, it's awesome. The show's soundtrack is composed by Akiko Shikata. In other words... also awesome.
  • "Towagatari" ^note "Eternal Story" in all of its incarnations.
    • "Hikari no Uta" ^note "Song of Light" is sung by Nana Mizuki within the show's first minutes, and reappears when appropriate. Toshihiko Seki reprises it as Embryo while delivering the biggest You Have Outlived Your Usefulness moment in the series.
    • "Kaze no Uta" ^note "Song of Wind" first appears as Sala makes her glorious entrance by blowing up half of Arzenal with her Yang Dragon's Golden Super Mode.
    • "El Ragna" ^note "The God", a duet between Ange and Sala that happens to fit as they ready up for an epic Beam-O-War.
  • "Villkiss ~ Kakusei", the main activation theme for the titular Para-Mail's asskickery.
• The Cutey Honey opening in all its different versions (original series, New Cutey Honey, Cutey Honey Flash and Re: Cutie Honey) is a damn good song... provided you can ignore what the lyrics actually mean.
• "Senshi Yo Tachiagare" from Cybaster/Cybuster. The lyrics are already awesome (seriously, hear it and read the translation). Now hearing it live, there are no words that can tell about it. Now hearing it in an acoustic version is simply death...
• You could buy Dai-Guard based on the opening theme alone.
• Darker than Black's opening theme song, "HOWLING", by abingdon boys school is rock-tastic. It makes one think of dark thoughts, and kicking some ass along the way.
  • NOW I'VE LOST IT, I KNOW I CAN KILL.
  • The second opening, Kakusei Heroism, is quite awesome as well.
  • The ending "Tsukiakari" by Rie fu is calm and very soothing.
  • The rest of the soundtrack is by Yoko Kanno, which pretty much clinches it. "GO Dark" and "Deadly Work" in particular tend to punctuate something insanely cool.
  • As divisive as the second season is, you cannot deny that "Tsukiakari no Michishirube" and "From Dusk Till Dawn" (the opening and ending themes) are awesome.
• The OP for Dear Brother, the magnificent and clasically-inspired "Kin no Utsuwa, Gin no Utsuwa" by Satomi Takada. Awesome.
• From Death Parade, the opening theme "Flyers" by BRADIO is rather jazzy and catchy. "Everybody, put your hands up..."
  • On the other hand, the ending theme of the series, "Last Theater" by NoisyCell is an intense and melancholy song that really matches the tone of the series.
• Most of the soundtrack to Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. Especially the OP, "Re-sublimity", and the ED, "agony".
• Devil May Cry's anime adaptation is full of awesome music.
  • The opening has two remixes. The Full Band Version rocks, but the Gut Guitar Version gives any Dante moment undeniable awesome.
  • "faint" is a truly amazing display of Spanish Guitar skill.
• D.Gray-Man's "Doubt & Trust" is just awesome. The full version is even better.
  • D Gray-Man has a lot of good music, including "SNOW KISS" and "INNOCENT SORROW".
  • Along with "INNOCENT SORROW", we've also got "Brightdown", "Gekidou", "Pride of Tomorrow", "Anata ga Koko ni Iru Riyuu", "Regret", "Wish", and "Changin'".
  • The 14th's song,"Tsunaida Te ni Kisu wo" From the moment Allen started playing the piano, you could tell this was going to be awesome.
  • Also, "Lala's Lullaby". Particularly awesome considering the lyrics are from the 18th verse of the "Dies irae".
  • The song Jasdero and David sing was pretty cool.
  • Many tracks from the OST, such as Tyki Mikk's Theme, Kyory/Elaide Theme, Or either of Komui's Themes!
  • "Antoinette Blue" is incredibly pretty.
• From the anime of Dies Irae, the awesome opening, Kadenz. Its got a brisk energetic pace, chanting, sweet guitar work and is pure epic.
• The theme tune from Digimon.
  • This from the English dub of Digimon Frontier.
• D.N.Angel: The ending song of Episode 24 "Caged Bird" is heartbreakingly beautiful.
• Dragon's Heaven is an old and very obscure single episode OVA about ancient mechs that few people have ever seen. However, it has one of the most beautiful, touching, and badass pieces of music ever. It has just the right mix of Heroic Resolve epicness and seriousness that makes you want to never give up, no matter what.
• From Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Fly, Fly, Fly! Quer a paz que o inimigo destrói! Fly, Fly, Fly. Um pouco de mago e muito de herói!
• Fans were clamoring for the "episode preview" track from Durarara!!, "Ikebukuro West Exit Five-way Intersection", for its delicious sax licks long before the OST came out and the full version could be enjoyed in its glory.
  • "Ryokushoku no Kioku/Green Memories", which is first heard with beautiful scenery as our protagonist has a lovely dream of "being whole again." It plays again later on, when said protagonist is riding on her motorcycle thinking about the man who loves her. She tosses her arms into the air and says (paraphrased): "If there is someone that can find redemption in me, then why can't I find redemption in them?" It is one most beautiful scenes in the series, and the lovely piece only amplifies it.
• Dream Eater Merry opened to the incredibly badass "Daydream Syndrome".
• Dusk Maiden of Amnesia has this awesomeness for its opening.
• The Eccentric Family gave us a high energy and totally kickass opening theme in "Uchouten Jinsei" and a sweet pop number in the ending theme, "Qué Será, Será".
• The opening ("Falling Down" by Oasis) for Eden of the East certainly qualifies as Awesome Music. Add it to the wicked-fun opening and you've got one of the best openings for the best new series of 2009.
  • The music that plays in the final episode when Akira intercepts the missiles also counts.
  • School Food Punishment, the band who did the ending theme ("futuristic imagination"), also provided the themes to the sequels. In Movie I: The King of Eden we got "light prayer" while in Movie II: Paradise Lost, we got "future nova" and "after laughter".
• EDENS ZERO's ending theme is catchy as all get out, and the accompanying animation showing all the characters as chibis is really cute as well.
• ef: A Tale of Memories has the ending theme for Episode 2, "euphoric field", which turns out to be the opening for the rest of the series and also what comes out when you take the first letter of each episode's title. The song itself is mostly correct, if mispronounced Engrish, and was performed by Tenmon, of 5 Centimeters per Second fame. Tenmon also composed the rest of the series' incredibly touching soundtrack. The most awesome part is the opening to Episode 12, which was exactly the same as the other openings, except the song was in Japanese and the visual symbolism was completely changed. When you think about how this must have affected the primary audience, who now understand the lyrics, it becomes doubly awesome.
  • The series' ending themes are also inspiring, being each heroine's Leitmotif.
  • Tenmon makes a return in the sequel, ef: A Tale of Melodies, with the opening "ebullient future" (yes, ebullient is a real word).
• Elfen Lied's opening theme "Lilium" is one of the most hauntingly beautiful themes you will ever hear.
  • Lilium ~saint version~ and Lilium ~violin version~ are just as gorgeous as the original version.
  • The metal version of that song, while losing that 'haunting beauty', is still rather badass in its own right.
  • The ending theme "Be Your Girl". It's surprisingly upbeat for such a dark show, but it almost sounds like They Might Be Giants!
• Ergo Proxy has some great music.
  • The opening theme, "Kiri". It's even in surprisingly good English. Combine it with a visually striking opening and you'll be blown away.
  • The ending theme was done by Radiohead! RADIOHEAD!
  • "Last Exit to Paradise".
• Escaflowne (yes, the movie) has Maaya Sakamoto's "Yubiwa (Ring)". The lyrics make it all the sweeter (see also Gravity under Wolf's Rain).
• Eureka Seven. "Days" and "Sakura" are euphoric.
  • And anyone who finds Days euphoric will positively slip into an awesome-induced coma upon hearing the Piano House Mix.
  • And speaking of euphoric, the beautiful and simultaneously happy-and-sad "Himitsu Kichi (Secret Base)". And the blood-pumping "Taiyou no Mannaka e (To The Center of The Sun)".
  • It's not just those songs; the soundtrack, composed by Naoki Sato, is a delicious mix of music that not only fits the different moods of the series, but can move the listener to tears with its pure awesomeness.
  • "Dewey Novak's Theme" should be the theme of every Magnificent Bastard.
  • "Niji (Rainbow)" is a highlight of the last episode.
  • "Storywriter", IE the song that, when you start to hear it, you know something awesome is about to happen.
  • "Sprinting Spirits" is just epic.
  • "Jump From Running" was designed to get the blood pumping. You hear this playing, something's big's about to go down.
  • "Nirvash TypeZERO" is pretty damn epic too.
  • "Get it by Your Hands" pretty much defines epic.
  • "Shounen Heart", the second opening.
    • The full version is even better. JPop Hip-Hop Jazz Fusion. HOME MADE Kazoku does not fail to disappoint. ~We wanna make the dream come true, tsumari... Sakasou! Sakasou! Sakasou! Jounetsu hana wo sakasou! Sakasou! Sakasou! Sakasouuooouu!~
  • "Combat Zone", particularly for the Big Damn Heroes moment it accompanies in the penultimate episode.
  • And for The Movie, there's "Space Rock", a fitting track for the incredibly trippy end credits.
• Eureka Seven AO continues the tradition of amazing music started by the original series.
  • The very first track is the titular "Astral Ocean", already played during a couple CMOAs.
  • The theme of "Generation Bleu" is gorgeous.
  • Eureka's "Nirvash M-1".
  • Ao's "Nirvash M-2" is euphoric, and served to score his CMOA in his first fight with a Secret.
    • LAMA (the band behind Parallel Sign) sampled Ao's Theme and gave us the incredible rock jam, "Know Your Rights".
  • Fleur's "Alleluia".
  • Elena's "Kyrie", which sounds very techno and alien.
    • The insert song in Episode 11, "Mirror Mirror", is a sweet and funky combination of both Kyrie and Alleluia.
  • The first opening, "Escape", freaking rocks!
  • The first ending, "Stand by Me", also rocks.
  • The second opening, "Brave Blue", is also euphoric.
  • "Iolite", the second ending, is such cute and happy song.
  • Remember how awesome Storywriter was? Well now we have its lovechild in the form of "Parallel Sign". And it definitely doesn't disappoint.
  • Just like "Niji", Seven Swell -based on "Niji"- is a highlight of the last episode.
• Be Survivor from Eyeshield 21 is a classic opening theme.
• Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor's soundtrack actually credits the orchestra that recorded it (the Warsaw Philharmonic). It has a certain rich sound to it, and is an enjoyable listen on its own. Try the OP, "Shangri-La". Or Blue Sky of Sorrow, the French horn duet at the beginning is just beatiful, and sets the mood for the piece. There are many other awesome pieces in the score including Opening of Nightmare's Gate, Fafner in the Azure, Battle (m9), False Paradise (which is simply beautiful), A Girl's Wish (an interesting theme and variations), and Epilogue:Prologue (which opens the show).
• The Familiar of Zero's "Gandaaruvu" is ridiculously awesome. It's quite saddening that throughout the whole first season it's only used twice, and once during a totally irrelevant moment.
  • Also, there's 'I Say Yes', which appears as (Season 2's opening. And then there's the accoustic version,) which play just before and during quite possibly the greatest combination of One-Man Army, Last Stand, You Shall Not Pass!, Self-Destructive Charge and Dying Moment of Awesome outside of Fate/stay night's Archer v. Berserker.
• From the New World had the wonderful "Wareta Ringo" and "Yuki ni Saku Hana" as its ending themes.
• "Tada Nakitakunaru no" from Fruits Basket is both adorable and heartwrenching at the same time.
  • "For Fruits Basket" and "Chiisana Inori" are just so sweet and heartwarming to listen to.
• "Tokkou Yoraou" from Full Metal Panic!. Sound familiar?
  • "Arashi no Mae" is one of the very best from FMP's OST.
  • As is "Counterattack".
  • The whole soundtrack for the entire run (FMP!, Fumoffu, and TSR) is so made of awesome that it's almost impossible to decide on a "best".
  • "Sore ga, Ai Deshou".
    • The 9 Que Version (Mikuni Shimokawa self cover album) is even better.
  • "Shouri" ("Victory"), which accompanies Sousuke's epic He's Back! as he takes down Gate's Venom squad.
• "New Future" from Full Moon.
• The OP for Futari wa Pretty Cure. Pretty badass for a Magical Girl show. But then, this is Magical Girl as directed by the guy who did Dragon Ball Z.
  • For a peppy shoujo version of your average Hot-Blooded shounen theme, check out "Full Throttle", the OP to Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go.
  • Two Words: Shining Star.
  • From Episode 25 of Heart Catch Pretty Cure, a gospel song! And lo, it was called "Song of Tomorrow", and it was awesome! Hallelujah!
    • Heart Goes On, which is Heartcatch's version of Shining Star and just as awesome!
• Future Diary:
  • The first opening and ending themes definitely qualify for Awesome Music, not to mention the OST.
  • The second opening, "Dead END" is also very good if you can get past the fact that it's purely Engrish (Not that you'd ever know by listening to it.)
  • And finally, the second ending, "filament" is now out to be added to this list!
  • All the songs in the OST are unnamed, but the songs that played when Yukiteru was fighting Sixth, when Deus told everyone the rules of the Survival Game in the first episode, and whenever all-around badassery is going down are some of the best.
  • Speaking of Deus, we also have his theme, "EGOIST".
  • On the Blu-Ray and DVD releases, we got an alternate opening and ending: "Kyouki Chinden" by Yousei Teikoku and "Happy End" by faylan.
• "Meaning of Truth" from F-Zero: GP Legend. It's especially awesome in the famous FALCON PUNCH! scene!
• Only one anime opening theme (besides Baccano's Guns & Roses) has even challenged Tank's position as the best jazz opening of all time: "Boomerang Boogie" from Gad Guard. It's more swing than bebop, but when it swings, it SWINGS!
• Psychic Lover, who is better known for their Super Sentai and Kamen Rider music (see Live-Action TV), brings us several awesome tracks from Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu, proving that they have as much chops as JAM Project when it comes to kickass Super Robot music:
  • The OP: GAI GAI GAI DAIKU-MARYU GAIKING!
  • The theme of Gaiking the Great: Sono Na wa Gaiking the Great.
• "Renegade", the opening from Gangsta., has gotten a lot of deserved love for its style and general awesomeness.
• Gankutsuou's ending theme, "You Won't See Me Coming".
  • "Kaishou" qualifies as well.
  • And the opening theme, "We Were Lovers".
• Gantz, despite being absolutely gruesome and pointless, has the annoyingly catchy, Engrish-laden Super Shooter to add to the repotoire.
• The GaoGaiGar theme song, "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou" is one of the catchiest pieces of music ever, successfully emulating the classic Super Robot style without feeling dated for its time, or even ten years after its time. It also makes it easier to remember for those who call it a tongue-twister.
  • Also. Yuuki Aru Tatakai, the track reserved for battles such as the one with EI-01, the Primevals, and Mamoru.
  • And, of course, Dividing Driver, the prelude to many of the show's greatest Moments of Awesome.
  • The themes for Soldat J and King J-der are also pretty awesome. In fact, ANY music, used as the motif for ANY main character/ robot, 99.99% of the time, it's Awesome Music. However, the themes for the Goldion Hammer and the Goldion Crusher in the OVA are probably the most epic ones there are.
  • While not even remotely "hell yeah!" awesome, kudos have to be given to the track on the other end of the spectrum...Guy's Theme. It makes you want to cry, give him a hug, and salute him all at once.
    • The saddest song on the soundtrack, though, is the one for the other protagonist. Mamoru's Theme is such a beautiful, sad song, and the show knew just WHEN exactly to use it. Mamoru's Character Development after The Reveal, the exposition about the fate of Mamoru and his replicant at the beginning of Episode 8 of FINAL, it justs works so well with what's going on.
  • The epic remix of the Final Fusion music used for The Birth of Genesic GaoGaiGar.
  • And if you though Yuusha-Oh Tanjou couldn't get any more awesome, the epic Grand Glorious Gathering theme used for GaoGaiGar Final blows it right the hell out of the water. And then, the Perfect Yell Version goes and blows THAT out of the water.
  • Last, but not least, Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan. "The Strongest Robot Brave Corps" is the hotblooded leitmotif of the Braves. Every time this song is playing, one of the Braves—or all of them—is doing something awesome.
• Most of the Brave and Eldoran series are studded with Awesome Music, usually in the openings or Stock Footage.
  • Exkaiser had this one, which was never included on its soundtrack CDs. Thankfully, stuff like this was.
  • Fighbird's titular robot's initial and second transformations are inspiring. Even the support team gets good music.
  • Might Gaine: the theme song alone is awesome but other great songs include the first combining theme, Let's Might Gaine, the second, Great Dash , and and the second ending, Black Diamond.
  • Raijin-Oh's epic base transformation and launch sequence music (transformations/combinations/attacks included here) can't be overlooked.
  • Epic as they were, Ganbarugar managed to outdo them, from summoning (with variants) and combination to final attack.
  • Gosaurer tops both of them in theme song, Launch, finishing move music. And that's not even getting into King Gosaurer's theme
• Ga-Rei -Zero-, two words: Paradise Lost.
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet has some superb music in the form of the opening, "Kono Sekai wa Bokura wo Matteita", the ending, "Sora to Kimi no Message", and the epic theme during scenes of Ledo and Chamber kicking massive amounts of ass.
• Galaxy Express 999: Brave Love.
• Gasaraki. Tomoko Tane's OP 'Message #9' is absolutely haunting. The series' ending theme, 'Love Theme', is even better.
• Geneshaft's metal score simply screams awesome. Have some Shaft Drive, the OP.
• Genesis of Aquarion's self-titled opening theme "Sousei no Aquarion" is pretty damn awesome.
  • Then you've also got the same song remixed in English, "Genesis of Aquarion" by the same singer, which was nothing short of amazing.
  • "Kouya no Heath" too?
• The credits theme for the movie adaptation of Project ITOH's novel Genocidal Organ. Due to studio Manglobe's bankruptcy, the movie was delayed, but the song was released in late 2015, "RELOADED" and it may well be one of EGOIST's finest works.
• Genshiken's first ending theme "Biidama". It isn't bombastic rock or an insanely catchy bubblegum J-Pop hit—it simply captures the bittersweetness of going to university and making friends,then having to leave both of them behind. It's even more heartbreaking with the translated lyrics. Saori Atsumi, take a bow.
  • Genshiken's opening track "My Pace Daiou". It just works. It's also pretty awesome live.
• Ghost Hound has a fantastic OP called "Poltergeist". It's an awesome jazzy piece. Such a shame the series is little known. The ending, "Call My Name ~Kazenari no Oka~" is sad and slow—quite a contrast to the OP, but very welcoming.
• The Ghost Hunt opening theme. It sounds very much like Danny Elfman.
• For Giant Killing, it doesn't get any better than the creative and catchy opening "My Story ~Mada Minu Ashita e~" and the blood pumping ending theme, "Get tough!".
• Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still. The score was composed by Academy Award nominated composer Masamichi Amano, and played by a real orchestra and choir. Is it awesome? You bet.
  • History's Greatest Decisive Battle. The video is abridged (the full song is 13 minutes long), but it's one of the best segments.
  • Another classic CMOA track.
  • Even the On the Next music is epic.
• "Brave" from Gigantic Formula.
• Ginga Densetsu Weed: The opening theme is excellent for getting yourself pumped up, as well as a great excuse to go "YAH!" at the top of your lungs.
• "Shura", the fifth ending theme for Gintama, used to punctuate one of the more badass arcs of the series.
  • And later, the 5th OP "Donten" with probably the best Bait and Switch fight scenes for added awesomeness.
  • While not badass like the other examples, the "Yorozuya Blues" that played while Gintoki and Otae pass each other in the rain as he goes off to fight Benizakura against her orders is pretty awesome (this is a slightly different version than the one from the show). It's laid back and melancholy and perfect.
  • The 7th opening, "Stairway Generation" is so damn catchy and trippy.
  • Gintama's back with a powerful 9th opening: "Tougenkyou Alien".
  • 17th ending, "Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!)". Used for the conflicting Four Devas of Kabukicho Arc.
  • "Madao's Theme". It almost makes up for all the times he's a Butt-Monkey.
• Girls und Panzer has several well done versions of military marches, but the seiyu singing the Soviet-era song "Katyusha" became an instant fan favorite around the world.
• It's a shame that there are no full versions of the really awesome OP for the original Glass Mask series, "Garasu no Kamen" by Mariko Ashibe. Still, the TV version gives a glimpse of what a lovely song this is.
• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi: The OP "Drunken Dream of a Past Life" and the ED "Asking the Zither", sung from the perspective of the two main characters, are definitely amazing with how well they embody the main characters. OP details the main character Wei Wuxian's heroism and fall from grace. ED details the other main character Lan Wangji's mourning of Wei Wuxian, and manages to convey and expand on the melancholy of the original novel.
• The first opening theme for Great Teacher Onizuka, "Driver's High", is a classic example of the greatness that is L'Arc~en~Ciel.
• Grenadier's "Senmetsu Senshi".
• Say what you may about Guilty Crown, but having Supercell compose both their OPs and EDs definitely leads to audio greatness. Observe: "My Dearest" and "The Everlasting Guilty Crown".
  • "pF-AdLib II", possibly one of the biggest Tear Jerker songs in existence.
  • "Planetes", the ending theme to Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas is a gorgeous song.
• In Gunslinger Girl, pretty much the entire first season counts as Awesome Music.
  • "Tema V", but really, the entire OST is amazing.
  • The Delgados' "The Light Before We Land", used as the opening theme in Season 1, is a mesmerizingly melancholy song that perfectly sets the mood of the show. From the same album, "Woke From Dreaming", used as an insert song in Episode 7, is also a beautiful keeper.
  • Other soundtrack highlights include the serene "Ti Amo", the mournful "Chiesa", and the furious "Tema IV".
  • The second season doesn't get the love it deserves. The main theme of the season playing during the final fight against Pinocchio is particularly moving.
    • The opening of Season 2, "Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi" and the endings, "doll (Aoi Tada's Version)" / "doll (Lia's Version)", "Scarborough Fair", and "human" are all worthy of praise.
• The OP from Gunsmith Cats.
  • The English dub of the OVA had a new opening song produced by jazz performer Peter Erskine. It's quite good.
• GUN×SWORD brings with it the single greatest Leitmotif for a giant robot ever, "Dann of Thursday". Here it is during Dann's first summoning.
  • "He Reduces To Memories", one of the most epic fight scene songs ever.

---