Lost My Music II - More anime music on iTunes UK

Written by A. H. on 22 Jun 2011

When we wrote our first Lost my Music piece back in February, detailing a shedload of official, genuine anime music that is available for purchase via iTunes UK, even we weren't expecting quite the level of reaction the article eventually garnered - certainly, it seems that UK anime fans are hungry for the opportunity to buy music from their favourite shows and movies, as you might expect.

Thanks to this enthusiasm, in the months since that first article we've been helpfully pointed in the direction of even more anime music hidden away in the hard to navigate depths of iTunes, to the point where we felt it was time to give the piece a follow-up outing - the "difficult second article", if you will.

If you didn't get around to reading the original Lost my Music article, or you simply missed it, you'd be well served by giving it a read right here and right now, as this is very much a companion piece that serves to extend upon that first offering rather than supercede it.  So, with that done, grab some headphones and your credit card as we delve back into iTunes to see what else we can find.

Cool Brittania

Perhaps one of the most glaring omissions in our first article is the small but not insignifcant pile of British-produced music that has been used to great effect by anime series over the years.  The most recent example of this is, of course, the original opening theme to the Eden of the East television series, aka Oasis' Falling Down - it might have only featured on a single episode of the opening credits for the UK Blu-Ray and DVD release, but that doesn't stop it being a great track.

Speaking of English language songs that got cut from their western releases, the Japanese broadcast version of Studio Gonzo's Speed Grapher featured none other than Duran Duran's Girls on Film - naturally, it appears on the group's Greatest Hits album as its eighth track.

Elsewhere, the first series of Gunslinger Girl features not one but two songs by Scottish indie group The Delgados, both of which feature on their Hate album - the show's opening theme and track one on the album The Light Before We Land requires no introduction but track three, Woke From Dreaming, will also be instantly recognisable as an insert song from the series.

The Scottish connection also crops up courtesy of Mushi-shi, with its hauntingly beautiful opening song performed by Ally Kerr - The Sore Feet Song is track nine on his Calling Out To You album.

Of course, us Brits don't get all the anime music action, so we have to squeeze in a mention of Mr. Big, whose song Shine closed out the Hellsing TV series - it features as track sixteen on their own Greatest Hits album.