Yzabel / October 6, 2005

When I write, I can’t do it properly without music—come to think of it, there aren’t many things I like to do without music, anyway. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one in this case. In a way, I’ve been quite lucky in my respective jobs so far: in almost all the jobs i’ve done until now, I’ve always had music with me, except when I was teaching. It’s been part of my life for so long that I can’t even remember a time when I didn’t listen to whatever I’d lay my hands on (alright, almost whatever).One of my long-lasting crushes lie with KAJIURA Yuki. It’s been four years I first stumbled upon her compositions, which at the time was the Noir OST, and since then, not only did I fell in love with her style, but I sticked to it through other, different soundtracks. Whether it is for Noir, .hack//sign, Madlax or Boogiepop, I always find several pieces on each album that really trigger my inspiration. My favorite ones definitely are on Noir (Canta Per Me, Ode to Power, Salva Nos, as well as Intoccabile‘s theme, that I can’t find anywhere, only in the series) and .hack//sign (In The Land of Twilight, A Stray Child, Limits, Aura and its “evil”, creepy counterpart). Some of the themes for Madlax are also pretty interesting. I’ve already put a few of Kajiura’s compositions in the radioblog here a few weeks ago, and I’m pondering making a “special Kajiura” playlist someday, if only to give a full-fledged preview of her music. When I prepare my list for NaNoWriMo, I’ll no doubt include some as well.In general, anyway, OSTs will often be a good source of inspiration and writing music for me; moreover, when the music doesn’t have any lyrics, I can focus better, so it never harms to have a stack of pieces without words lying around.music, OST, writing, yuki+kajiura