My favorite duel chorus... it has to be a three way tie between Internal Clock, Duelist ~ Revive!, and No One Has Anything to Tell.


...oh shit, I just realized who those duels were with. Go me for not breaking my own stereotypes.

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Giovanna wrote:

The duel chorus version of Virtual Star Embryology, which is where 'Empty Movement' comes from. This might have just a tiny bit to do with the kinda nerdy scientific theme and the rather planetary chorus. Or liking Saionji a bunch.

I like the regular version of Virtual Star Embryology.  Sorry I don't know the proper artist or anything.  Not the TV version, not the chorus.  I think her voice is very crisp, clear, and she does a great job at hitting the notes she does, not to mention the lovely melody.  The clincher is the bells because I always think of the bells that rang before and after each duel. 

I have to say that I like the duel chorus of VSE so much just because I do like Saionji a whole bunch.  That and because it's a freaking chorus, which is just awesome...

Even more than Virtual Star, I like Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku, the version (agian I know no names,) when the gondola appears.  The first was pretty, but now it sounds like the apocalypse isn't f-ing around. So to speak.

I'd have to go with Duelist ~ Revive! Infinite History [The Middle Ages] even if it has a rediculously long name! OST 4's version of Angelic Creation, Namely, Light comes in a very, very close second.

I have to mention Astragalous Earth Backgammon as well. (Even though it's already been mentioned.)

And, on the topic of the OSTs, I sure wish Geneon hadn't skipped over releasing OST 3 for NO REASON

The duel chorus versions of "Virtual Star Embryology" and "Earth as a Character Gallery", as well as the OST 4 remix of "No One Has Anything To Tell". The original track for the last one is kind of boring -- I liked the lyrics but not the music until I finally got my hands on the remix, which is downright sinister and, well, hot.

Ragnarok wrote:

Oh wow, I can't believe I forgot to mention All the Mysteries in Creation.

But more importantly, Dona Dona!

Absoutely! Without the duel version of Dona Dona, Utena's second fight against Nanami would just be... eh. But when the speed kicks up a notch about halfway through the song, you know it's on.

My favorite duel choruses, when narrowed down, would be:

Last Evolution
Earth as a Character Gallery
Conic Absolute Egg Algebra
Magic Lantern Butterfly Moth 16th Century
An Immortal Emperor in a Mundane Universe
The Angel Androgynous
I Am All The Mysteries In Creation
The Natural Compatriots' Palace Perspective Book
Internal Clock, Municipal Orrery
Revive! Never-Ending History of the "Middle Ages" (the unedited one not found in the film)

Yes, that's still a long list. But I can't narrow it further.

Last edited by Rosemary Bats (10-24-2006 01:46:36 PM)

Ragnarok wrote:

Hm, am I the only one to prefer Duelist ~ Revive in its edited form?

I like both versions, but the unedited music just has this weird, almost haunting, spooky quality that I love to death. I think it's a refreshing break from the "normal-sounding" duel tracks (haha, as if any of them sound normal ).

Okay, I just dowloaded the last of the extra Seazer tracks, and I add to my list:

Astragalous Earthly Backgammon (this should have been Mikage's duel song, dammit!)
We Who Have Cast Ourselves Aside Become Fallen Angels
Deforme - Deja Vu
Oceanic Moon Dies in Indigo

This list made me rip all my Utena OSTs onto iTunes.  I've been listening to duel choruses pretty much nonstop for the past three days, so I'm afraid this list won't be short.

My favorites, with no biases as to whose duel gets what chorus (at least, no biases that I know of...):

My favorite version of "Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku" is the musical's version (OST 5, disc 2).  Hands down, no contest, forever and ever amen.  Though "...with Universal Gravitation" (the version used in the latter part of the series) is a close runner-up.

I like the line in "When Where Who Which": "Sabaku no fuyu no/Sufinkusu/Finkusu."  It's a rather clever Japanese/English pun ("the desert winter sphinx thinks").  Because I'm studying Japanese, I'm a geek for this kind of stuff--though I must add that this is my own interpretation influenced by CPM/Software Sculptors' subtitles.

"Nikutai no Naka no Koseidai" ("Paleozoic Inside the Body," although I'm usually never happy with the way this title is translated) for its "Umi no..." progression.  Especially the "umi no anata/umi no watashi..." verse, which reminds me of the tide rushing forward and pulling back just as quickly.

The drums in "Fuuin Jubaku" ("A Sealed Spell") near the end of the song.

"Nanibito mo Kataru Koto Nashi" ("No One Has Anything to Tell") is another favorite.  The harmonies in the second half, espeically the end, holy crap!  And the weird time signature (or is it merely syncopation?) they break into, followed by that round-type section.

"Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu Chinretsushitsu" ("The Earth as a Character Gallery"), of course!  I think it's safe to say this one rocks, in the most literal sense.  Key changes ahoy!

I like "Gentouchouga Juuroku Seiki" ("Magic Lantern Butterfly Moth 16th Century") only because it puts one singer in the forefront.  Switches things up a bit.

"Heizoku Uchuu ni Fumetsu Koutei" ("An Immortal Emperor in a Mundane Universe") for the onomatopoeia (in capitals here, which would be in katakana in Japanese)--
"KIRAKIRA   musou   YURAYURA   souzou
KARAKARA   kuusou   SERASERA   hassou
SARASARA   mousou   CHIRACHIRA   shikou
HIRAHIRA   soui   HARAHARA   kasou..."

How can you not love that?  I always have to bob my head to that part.

And I'm a dork for forgetting "Tainai Tokei Toshi Oruroi" ("Internal Clock, Municipal Orrery").  The bells, the bells!  *flips out Edgar Allan Poe-style*

Oh, yeah.  "Virtual Star Hasseigaku" ("...Embryology"), both versions, though I prefer the ED version just a liiiittle bit more.

Last edited by mercurynin (10-27-2006 04:21:35 PM)

Hmm.

Probably gonna have to go with Internal Clock, VSE (both versions), Imaginary Living Body, and Magic Lantern.  Really, though, I likes 'em all.  Dramatic rock choruses with borderline nonsense lyrics FTW!  As an aside, for some reason I always imagined the the Shadow Girls to be the ones singing these songs in the background.

- Leah, who can't do algebra at all, paleolithic or otherwise.

My favorites are Imaginary Living Body, Earth as a Character Gallery, and Time Machine.

I really love Earth as a Character Gallery, because I like the lines about twins.  I thought those were neat lyrics. (I would write them here, but I forgot the exact wording and I can't find the DVD lyrics on the internet. )