Milan (2023)
I don't buy a lot of soundtracks on vinyl, but I have been picking up some of the cooler ones that get released. If it's Godzilla or Toho related, that's probably an instant buy. Then there are others that pop up randomly like Cowboy Bebop and Star Wars type stuff. I don't buy all of it, but I will pick up the occasional record that I think is cool.
I don't watch much anime. In fact, I really don't watch any. The only exceptions are the aforementioned Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion. I stumbled across Evangelion in college, maybe in 1997 or so? It was recommended to me and I started buying the VHS tapes that were being released at the time. Two episodes per tape and lots of trips to Suncoast Motion Picture Company. I loved that show and though it was so interesting and powerfully written. Until the last couple of episodes anyway, then it just kind of goes a little crazy and I don't really understand what's going on.
The thing I always remember about the soundtrack is "Angel Attack," a rousing piece that captures the sound of impending doom perhaps better than anything since the Imperial March. The rest of this soundtrack is only kind of OK. I mean, nothing is bad or anything, but when I listen to it I'm not getting that immersive experience that I tend to while listening to other soundtracks. Maybe I'm just not as familiar with the music of Evangelion, but it's not until the closing version of "Fly Me To The Moon" that those nostalgic memories hit again.
This was out of print for a while, as best I can tell. It recently got repressed and I was able to pick it up for pretty cheap, so I did. I'm glad to have it, but as far as soundtracks that I'm going to listen to often, this one will end up being lower on the priority list.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Original Series Soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kymSzIaRe3oEW786pYicK32t9v_c7A0f0
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