Covers & Collabs: AniSong Version

So here's yet another way TV Tropes Has Ruined My Life: I've been wasting an inordinate amount of time listening to selections from Crowning Music/Anime, then clicking on the 20-or-so Youtube links to related songs... and so on, and so forth. Naturally, I ran into a fair number of covers along the way - it seems as though artistes have a tendency to cross-cover at their communal concerts, with varying degrees of success. (Also, Rinbu Revolution's been covered by everyone and their mother by now, but I digress.)

Anyway, as the title suggests, this is a thread for covers/collaborations/rearrangements of anime songs. Any song with different vocalists, arrangements or instrumentation from the original releases will do, but you get bonus points (assuming the points meant anything in the first place) if they're awesome.

Here're a few to kick things off. Note that I'm currently fanboying over Yuki Kajiura's harem (I'm a sucker for good harmony and cute girls), so you can guess where most of the examples are from.

• Shangri-La, originally by angela:
  • Atsuko's voice is an acquired taste, but it definitely grows on you after a while. The May'n/Faylan cover here is pretty decent, if conventional.
  • Covered by Hironobu Kageyama and angela here: Sadly, it doesn't quite match the Nekki Basara/Sheryl Nome (Yoshiki Fukuyama/May'n) rendition of Totsugeki Love Heart, mainly because Kageyama has a little difficulty with the high notes.
  • The Domestic Love Band rendition is interesting, and I like the beat (I'm a music layman here - what style is this?) - but the high notes strike again, this time on the scat singer at the bridge. *sigh*.

• Synchronicity, originally by Yui Makino:
  • (Covered by FictionJunction's KEIKO with KAORI as backup.) I'll be honest, I heard Keiko's rendition first, so I had to find the original to compare with. I like the lower register better, and the heavy beats provide a nice atmosphere.

• Nowhere, originally by FictionJunctionYUUKA:
  • Complete with full FictionJunction backup: Yes, it's a repost. So sue me.

• Anna ni Issho Datta no ni, originally by See-Saw (Chiaki Ishikawa/Yuki Kajiura):
  • ...I heard Kalafina's rendition and was impressed. Probably as good as the original.

(Backup link in case the above fails.)

So, post away!

edited 20th Feb '11 9:59:19 AM by Pyrite

(Also, Rinbu Revolution's been covered by everyone and their mother by now, but I digress.)

Indeed, but I think Minori Chihara still comes out on top. And as a bonus, her duet with Masami Okui at Animelo 2009.

Shangri-la

JAM Project

As for a contribution of my own... Pegasus Fantasy has been covered to hell and back, but if I were to pick a version of it, it'd probably be the one with both Nobuo Yamada and Masaaki Endoh singing.