Guess that Anime Melody
 

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #001

I thought this would be a good way to perhaps spice up this section of the forum a bit. Basically I will play various melodies from Anime opening and ending songs on a piano and you all can try guessing what Anime it is from. The one who guesses it correct first can then message me a suggestion for the next song to do and we will continue in that fashion.

1. First I will start with a short intro like this:
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2. Then after a few days (if no one gets it right) I will post more of the melody :
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

3. Then finally if no one still gets it I will post the melody mixed in with a backing/karaoke track :
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

4. I suppose sometime around this point I will post the lyrics from the song excerpt as well :


5. If no one still guesses correctly after about a week at the most, I will post what the song was and choose a new one.


BTW can anyone guess this song yet?


I hope you all enjoy the guessing.
As long as people keep guessing I will keep posting new songs.


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*If you guess the song correctly please try to choose a popular song from a recent Anime for your request, and avoid obscure songs no one will recognize.

A long long time ago we used to have a "Guess the anime tune" or something like that, where people would post excerpts of an anime's soundtrack. It proved to be both challenging (due to the sheer amount of BGM a series might have) and tedious (creating excerpts) and the thread died soon after that.

So I applaud you in your effort to bring some life to this forum, but I hope you are aware of how much a hassle generating new audio clips frequently is going to be.

Oh yeah

It really doesn't take me that long to transcribe a short section of a song like this (I will probably keep just doing to the first bridge or ~1 min. sections), and it would probably only be once a week or so that there would be a new one created.

Also, if we keep it to relatively new and popular OPENING and ENDING songs it shouldn't be too difficult to keep the thread active.

It would get a little annoying with BGM I agree, it would get tedious transcribing complicated pieces with their multiple voices and harmonies as well.



P.S. If anyone knows how I can get this [mp3] tag working with 4shared or some other free hosting please share. I can't seem to find a direct link to the mp3 that stays fresh.


Your right, private message me a song you want to do next if you feel like it Sakabadger.

For the record, please define "popular" (different things are popular in different circles, after all) and "recent" (how many years back are we talking?).

No clue about 4shared. Don't suppose you know anyone with hosting you can bum off of?

By "popular" I mean those series that quite a few people are following -- for instance if you go to anidb or another similar site and the series has a ton of tags and votes. Just try to avoid obscure animes like web only ones, animes that groups never subbed, one ep ovas, or childish/strange shows that only the hardcore otakus would be following.

By "recent" I would say within the last several years (preferably this year), possibly as far back as the early 2000s, but I would even avoid that and try to stick with newer series.


I will keep looking into a way to embed the audio files but for now I guess I will just continue linking until I find a solution.

I never visit most anime sites like anidb, so I'll just have to rely on my own fabulously great taste in animu instead. Woo

Submission sent, have fun with it.

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #002

Here is the first hint for Sakabadger's suggestion.

Hint #1 :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Let me help you out with hosting, Lauro.

Thanks.., but after reading one of Mersenne's old posts I think I figured out how to use/abuse 4shared to get the job done. ^^

When someone offers private hosting, use it. Forget the 4shared bullshit.

I will see how stable 4shared is for a few days first, if it starts messing up I might take him up on the offer. I just don't want to waste his bandwidth if it isn't needed. ;)

"I am offering you stable hosting on my website!"

"Sure thanks let me just use this random-ass place that even RapidShare laughs at instead"

I'll take this one by guessing ARIA the NATURAL. Specifically Natsumachi by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino?

Yeah, you got it man.

OK, guess I'll put this one up. Hope it's not too hard :V

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I wonder if Lauro intends for other people to post samples up, and for it to include non-OP/EDs?

In other news, I can't tell what that is. Derp.

Actually, I think his intent was to transcribe the song, and make it progressively more elaborate if people can't guess what it is.

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #002


zzeroparticle got it correct, but here are the other three hints anyways.

Hint #2 (more of melody) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #3 (combined with karaoke track) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #4 (lyrics) :: Solution ::

I would rather just stick to the four hints like I was doing for the first two as well zzeroparticle, it is sort of more fun that way instead of just submitting a recording of the song and having people guess off that.


Please private message me a new anime opening/ending song to transcribe if you could zzeroparticle.

BAH! All right. I sent him a PM with a new OP theme from a different series than the one that I had used in post#15.

Still, if anyone can figure out which anime the BGM I posted is from feel free to take a stab at it to make me happy :3

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #003

Here is the first hint for zzeroparticle's suggestion.

Hint #1 (introduction) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:


No guesses after a day so here is the second hint.

Hint #2 (more of melody) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:


Still no guesses so here is the third and final hint for this one -- since it has no lyrics.
I will post a new song sometime Saturday if no one figures out this one by then.

Hint #3 (combined with a makeshift backing track) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:


It has been several days, and I think this one might have been misnamed and background music anyways, so here is the solution.
Hopefully someone will be able to guess the next melody.

Solution ::

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #004

Since it seems no one was able to guess the last song I'm going to go ahead and put up a new melody.

Hint #1 (introduction) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Uhhh... I have no clue how popular this event is going to become, but to hell with it:

Saki's OP: Glossy:MMM

I'll give my turn to someone else.

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #004


zzeroparticle got it correct again, but here are the other three hints anyways.

Hint #2 (more of melody) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #3 (combined with karaoke track) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #4 (lyrics) :: Solution ::

I'm sort of skeptical as to if it will catch on or not as well. I will probably keep it going for at least a few more though to see how it goes before I decide to give up or not.

The first one to send me a private message can choose the next anime opening/ending song for me to transcribe the melody from.

If no one chooses anything tomorrow I will post another one I had previously created.

It's only going to be as popular as it is accessible. I've never seen The Twelve Kingdoms, so obviously I was never going to get that one. And if I dunno the source, why post, right?

Anyway, I do hope this catches on somewhat. More activity is always nice.

EDIT: Might I suggest not waiting so long before posting new hints? Attention span is a problem, after all.

Guess that Anime OP/ED Melody #005

No one PMed me so here is another one I created a few days ago.

Hint #1 (introduction) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:


slayer25k got it correct! Here are the other three hints though.

Hint #2 (more of melody) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #3 (combined with a makeshift backing track) :: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Hint #4 (lyrics) :: Solution ::