Let me be the first to say that Gurren Lagann BEST SOUND is disappointing. I wouldn’t be surprised if I were the only one, too.

I can forgive Iwasaki for using Tarantura as much as he did (even if I still think he ruins perfectly fine BGMs by this rap fascination he seems to have since Kekkaishi), but I am just VERY disappointed that the tracks I wanted from the show are not included on this CD. Most importantly, I’m missing the track that played in episode 10 when Adeine revealed that Nia was abandoned by her father. That was ONE BGM that I wanted, and instead I get 5 ‘fight the power’ versions.

Once I look past the omissions and the poor “rap” on Tarantura’s part, this is a very solid CD though. My favorite (surprisingly) is the track that was used (mostly?) in the Anti-Spiral arc, The Blue Monday E“R”Ectrical Parade. It’s a really good effort on Iwasaki’s part to give Anti-Spirals a different feel from the Beastmen in the first 15 episodes. My other favorites are: どうだ！オレのトランペットは凄いだろう！！, 回って回って回って回ってててて… & BafBaf！そんなに燃えるのが・・・好きかい？