#5-Come Down
Come Down perfectly matches the energy of both of the
special “Manga” scenes from FLCL. It’s
starts off like you’re waking up from a long nap and are just wandering around
aimlessly throughout the house. And then
suddenly…BOOM the strange, the unexpected and the kind of things that totally
come out of left field and freak you the frak out happen all at once. People are acting more out of character than
usual and everyones trying to make sense of everything…yeah that’s kind of the
heart of FLCL as a whole when you think about it. You’ll be trying to catch your breath big
time when the song finally calms the heck down.
#4-Stalker Goes to
Babylon
Sometimes FLCL can be as surreal as it is hilarious and
it’ll take you down some occasional dark roads.
Stalker Goes to Babylon captures the very effective change in tone that
is all throughout FLCL Episode 4 “Full Swing”.
To label this one as the “theme of the bad place” I don’t think would be
very far off. It’s a kind of chaos that most people in a fit of
combined confusion and despair would feel.
All in all, this is one of the more darker tracks of the soundtrack and
for some reason I was thinking about it a lot during the nightmare opening
sequence of FLCL: Progressive’s premiere…could that season be heading down a
darker road of its own?
#3-One Life
This was the first song we ever heard in FLCL and it’s
kind of a high bar to set right out the gate for everything else to follow
(thankfully every song matches it blow for blow). I think you could call One Life “Naota’s
Theme” in a way. After the first minute
of the song you can get a feel for a character who is more lost than chill like
the emotions the song invokes. Which is
kind of sad because I think One Life is a great, start of the morning kind of
song and Naota should appreciate it more.
How can you say “nothing amazing ever happens here” when you have this
song to start the soundtrack of your life?
#2-Hybrid Rainbow
This is the song I was referring to when I said in my
intro that there are songs to jam to while driving by the sea. Hybrid Rainbow is very chillax and reflective
in a way I wish I could describe better.
What’s more, not only does this song play when Haruko is riding Naota
past said sea, it’s also when Mamimi sees Conti floating in the sky like an
angel. Not that Hybrid Rainbow gives off
a spiritual vibe but it does give off an epic build up kind of vibe to a reveal
like that for Naota’s oddball girl who’s his friend who wants to make out with
him.
#1-Bran New Love
Song
Adolescence and love summed up in two short minutes. This definitely feels like a song that
instantly calls to mind first romances, first crushes, first experiences with
those pesky feelings that drive us crazy and, when the moment is right, make us
remember how magical they were and how we try to hold on to the good they made
us feel. This song is played during two
such moments: when Mamimi holds Naota and tells him about how his brother makes
her feel and when Naota breaks down when Haruko asks him to come with her
(after being away for a short period of time).
I wouldn’t classify FLCL as a romance but young love is a key component
of the grander story…and Bran New Love Song is one of the best “love themes”
ever made for any Anime, EVER.
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