Toshiro Masuda - Mahoromatic
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Artist: Toshiro MasudaEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Music Label: Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Soundtracks:
- On the Way Home
- Eye Catch
- Vesper's Great Soldier
- Yes, That's Me
- Suguru Misato/Middle School Student/Living Alone
- Miss Maid Came to My House
- Mother's Warmth
- Last Wish
- Trouble Arise!
- Take a Break
- The Grade 8, Division 4's Everyone
- Lady Teacher - Saori Shikijo (25 Years Old)
- Shikijo's Eroticism, Pt. 2 (Night Section)
- I Think Dirty Thoughts Are Bad!
- Shikijo's Eroticism, Pt. 2 [Night Section]
- Pretty Beast Trainer vs Flat Boob Maid · Endless Fight
- Clamor! Clamor! Clamor!
- That Brat! Almost Cut to Pieces
- At the Porch
- Last Wish [Variation]
- Sadness Beyond the Battlefield
- Memory of Mistake
- At the Garden of Hydrangea [Instrumental]
- Remaining Time
- Mahoro de Mambo
- On the Way Home [Original Karaoke]
- Mahoro de Mambo [Original Karaoke]
- Mahoro's Wake Up Call [*]
- Mohoro's Comforting Goodnight Call [*]
- Mahoro's Answering Machine Message [*]
- Mahoro's Cup-O-Noodle Timer [*]
- "I Think Dirty Thoughts Are Bad" 5 Stage Inflection [*]
Free Music Notes for Mahoromatic
Free Music Review: Mix of bubbly fun, heartfelt instrumentals, that's Mahoromatic!
Hit: 5 Stars
The songs and instrumentals of Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden, the story of a devoted and gentle android maid to Suguru Misato, an orphaned junior high student, provide a successful mix to the comedy/action anime series. It benefits from strong opening and closing theme songs, cutesy synth pop instrumentals, and is one of my favourite anime soundtracks after Fruits Basket and Azumanga Daioh.
The heartfelt pop strings ballad "On The Way Home" or "Kaerimichi" is sung by Ayako Kawasumi, Mahoro's voice actress, and this is the full-length version, with a second verse not used in the anime. Kawasumi's singing voice is plenty good.
Where as the opening song was a heartfelt pop ballad, the closing theme song-also full length-is an infectious mambo number titled "Mahoro de Mambo," sung by Yumi Kikuchi, Manabi Mizuno, and Asami Sanada, the voice actresses for Suguru's female friends Miyuki, Rin, Chizu, respectively. They shower Mahoro with praises as a femme ideal. However, there are some suggestive lyrics: "Oh my maiden's purity/use force if you have to but just take it." Hokay! However, I got a laugh out of "small b-bies, big eyes, oh, do you know Mahoro?" If I were a girl, I'm not sure how I'd feel being described as such. One of my favourite anime theme songs ever! And yes, there are karaoke versions of both themes.
Most of the instrumentals are brisk and cheery gems, such as "Yes, That's Me," used whenever Suguru leaves for school and Mahoro says "have a nice day" before starting on another hard day cleaning house. "Take A Break" is the same tune, but with a pizzicato synth and a gentle samba-type guitar. The danceable "Miss Maid Came To My House" is also used throughout the series, and for sheer bubbliness, there's "The Grade 8, Division 4's Everyone," used when Suguru's friends are on the scene, though it is used when Chizu's dishing out loud praises over Mahoro's dishes. The frantic "Clamor! Clamor! Clamor!" sports a bouncy synth and some rock guitar matching the tempo. A silly kazoo and squeaky noisemaker makes "That Brat Almost Cut To Pieces" comical.
The quaint classical-like strings of "I Think Dirty Thoughts Are Bad" are used in the Satellite Poem segments of the show, as well as when Mahoro lectures Suguru on her disapproval of dirty magazines.
A funky jazzy motif is used for Saori Shikijou, the busty homeroom teacher of Suguru and friends, on "Lady Teacher." However, "Shikijou's Eroticism (Night Section)," features a wailing naughty sax, used in Shikijou's naughty fantasies with her and her student-hasn't she heard of statutory you-know-what? It's amazing what anime can get away with.
Some of the instrumental tracks are on the grim side. "Vesper's Great Soldier" is a quick-paced action themed number used in the opening narration explaining Mahoro as the ultimate combat warrior. However, "Sadness Beyond the Battlefield" is the haunting , complete with airy synths, tense drums and keyboards, and a haunting vocal chorus. This was used in the first half of the promo trailer for Mahoromatic and also battle flashback scenes, particularly one that fills Mahoro with guilt regarding her master's father. The sombre "Memory of Mistake" is used when Mahoro reflects how if Suguru found out the connection between Mahoro and his father's death, that Suguru would hate her.
The cello and violins of the gentle "Last Wish" is a theme on Mahoro's last wish, of serving Suguru with every fibre of her being until her runtime expires and she dies; it reminds me of some of the emotional tunes in the Ai Yori Aoshi soundtracks. A variation of that song uses some acoustic guitar and a synth sound similar to the sound used in the instrumental section of Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony." And "At The Hydrangea Garden" is an instrumental of the song Mahoro was singing when Suguru hears her singing in his garden before she introduces herself to him.
OK, those who want to play this on random may want to burn songs 1 through 27. Tracks 28 through 32 are spoken word tracks by Ayako Kawasumi, Mahoro herself. Her wake up call and comforting good night call are soothing and gentle, something one'd expect from that maid pure of heart. However, Cup-O-Noodle timer has her counting up to 180, interrupting the countdown by various factoids and advice on cup ramen. Often she has to comically and frantically catch up and count faster.
"This path we walked together. Someday, someday, I will return here. Is my voice being heard? To my love" --"Kaerimichi."
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