If you miss a music track you heard in anime, YouTube often has your back, but this method has its disadvantages.
Anime is the result of many elements coming together, and one of them is music. We are not talking about just openings and endings, even those are wonderful! There is also the regular music that sets the tone and lets you immerse yourself in the setting. Unfortunately, producers do not seem to realize that this music can also be sold, and many people would love to buy it.
Opening and endings usually get special treatment in anime, and rightfully so! They are created to give an anime a personality and hook the viewer straight away. They are often recorded specifically for the anime, and if not — painstakingly selected from many, many options. They get released and sold, and you can generally buy them. For example, the old Hellsing anime had two CDs released, even though it might be difficult to get a hold of one now, twenty years later.
Indeed, sometimes you cannot buy a copy because the anime is too old, but even then, you typically have options. In fact, you can probably find openings and endings for the majority of anime on YouTube. It might not be so easy with older pieces, but even when the thing you are looking for is older than YouTube, it is worth a shot.
Sometimes, though, you want to find something more obscure. We are talking about background music, which is way too often ignored. It is unlikely to get an official release, and you have to resort to what you can find on YouTube.
Naturally, this approach has important flaws, from not being able to find what you want to finding it in extremely poor quality to, eventually, not being able to support the creators. And it is important to show creators, from manga artists to musicians, that we are grateful for their contribution to the anime we watch. In this example, unfortunately, we are literally unable to do that.
The decision to release music is not made by us; it is between anime producers and music labels and other important people. We cannot really ask them why they do not release that music, but we can guess. While solid soundtracks are a great source of pleasure for fans and a wonderful source of money for the studio, background music is probably not considered profitable enough.
And so, the best we can do in this situation is try to show our interest… but be prepared to search YouTube for unreleased gems.
If you miss a music track you heard in anime, YouTube often has your back, but this method has its disadvantages.
Anime is the result of many elements coming together, and one of them is music. We are not talking about just openings and endings, even those are wonderful! There is also the regular music that sets the tone and lets you immerse yourself in the setting. Unfortunately, producers do not seem to realize that this music can also be sold, and many people would love to buy it.
Opening and endings usually get special treatment in anime, and rightfully so! They are created to give an anime a personality and hook the viewer straight away. They are often recorded specifically for the anime, and if not — painstakingly selected from many, many options. They get released and sold, and you can generally buy them. For example, the old Hellsing anime had two CDs released, even though it might be difficult to get a hold of one now, twenty years later.
Indeed, sometimes you cannot buy a copy because the anime is too old, but even then, you typically have options. In fact, you can probably find openings and endings for the majority of anime on YouTube. It might not be so easy with older pieces, but even when the thing you are looking for is older than YouTube, it is worth a shot.
Sometimes, though, you want to find something more obscure. We are talking about background music, which is way too often ignored. It is unlikely to get an official release, and you have to resort to what you can find on YouTube.
Naturally, this approach has important flaws, from not being able to find what you want to finding it in extremely poor quality to, eventually, not being able to support the creators. And it is important to show creators, from manga artists to musicians, that we are grateful for their contribution to the anime we watch. In this example, unfortunately, we are literally unable to do that.
The decision to release music is not made by us; it is between anime producers and music labels and other important people. We cannot really ask them why they do not release that music, but we can guess. While solid soundtracks are a great source of pleasure for fans and a wonderful source of money for the studio, background music is probably not considered profitable enough.
And so, the best we can do in this situation is try to show our interest… but be prepared to search YouTube for unreleased gems.
