Macross Frontier Music Rundown

[westfall]

Ok, lets get this show on the road.

For starters, be warned, this will be a LONG post. And for those who haven't watched the whole show BE WARNED there will be SPOILERS when deemed necessary.

Also, this is the first topic i start so any suggestions on how to improve it will be welcomed.

After giving it a lot of thought i decided the best way to give you a rundown of Macross Frontier's music would be to do it on an episode by episode basis.

To help you understand the data presented, here's how it works.

In Each episode i'll list ALL the music played in it, be it BGM's or songs, in the order they are presented in said episode.

Here's how it will look:

00:10 ~ 01:16 --- Welcome to my Fan Clubs Night! SOS ( 1 )

start_~_finish_---_______song or BGM title_________(OST)

To simplify work OSTs will be referenced to as:

1 - OST 1 Nyan Fro

2 - OST 2 Nyan Tra

VC - OST 3 Nyan Tama Vocal collection

Sg1 - “Triangler” Single

Sg2 - “Diamond Crevasse / Sagittarius! 9pm Don’t Be Late” Single

Sg3 - “Seikan Hikou” Single

Sg4 - “Lion” Single

Sg5 - “Sheryl’s Brother Spaceship and More” Single

Sg6 - “Ranka and Bobby’s SMS Platoon Theme and More” Single

Pretty simple.

As for the UNRELEASED tracks (wich were the reason for this exercise in the first place) each will be presented like this:

- When first listed the title will be displayed in Bold and underlined with (UNR) instead of the OST number;

- Following that they will be only in Bold, the rest remains the same.

The titles of these are totally unofficial and given to the track based on key scenes they were used in. If anyone has a better title for any of them, feel free to post them.

If anyone finds any cue or song missing from this list, just point it out. I saw each episode and believe i have picked them all but... you never know...

The start and finish times are based on broadcast raws, different raws or the actual DVDs will have slightly different times but as far as i’ve seen they’re all within a 10 second interval. They should be seen as nothing more than a basic guide line to help you find that particular cue in that particular episode.

The point of this “project” was to find and catalog the unreleased BGM cues, therefore, greater attention will be given to these cues rather than the already published music wich has been reviewed by better people than me. Reference to these tracks will only be made when relevant to the subjet at hand.

I can’t think of anything else right now, whatever comes up, will be adressed in due time. (What this means is... expect extensive foot notes (or as some will soon call them “Westfall rants”) in some episodes and info added/updated/replaced to this section.

So on to business:

Click on the links below to view the music info for each episode or just scroll down

#1 - CLOSE ENCOUNTER

#2 - HARD CHASE

#3 - ON YOUR MARKS

#4 - MISS MACROSS

#5 - STAR DATE

#6 - BYE-BYE SHERYL

#7 - FIRST ATTACK

#8 - HIGH SCHOOL QUEEN

#9 - FRIENDLY FIRE

#10 - LEGEND OF ZERO

#11 - MISSING BIRTHDAY

#12 - FASTEST DELIVERY

#13 - MEMORY OF GLOBAL

#14 - MOTHER'S LULLABIE

#15 - LOST PEACE / LOST PIECE

#16 - RANKA ATTACK

#17 - GOODBYE SISTER

#18 - FOLD FAME

#19 - TRIANGLER

#20 - DIAMOND CREVASSE

#21 - BLUE ETHER

#22 - NORTHERN CROSS

#23 - TRUE BEGIN

#24 - LAST FRONTIER

#25 - YOUR SOUND

FINAL THOUGHTS

Edited February 23, 2009 by westfall

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#1 - CLOSE ENCOUNTER

Deculture Edition

00:55 ~ 02:38 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

02:50 ~ 04:27 ----- High School Life (2)

05:21 ~ 05:43 ----- Sagittarius! 9pm, Don't Be Late (1, Sg2, VC) ((from this point on this track will be refered to as S!9pm DBL))

05:58 ~ 06:44 ----- This Sky Is Too Low (UNR) (This seems to be an early version of "Take Off" wich replaces it in the following versions of this episode)

-- : -- ~ -- : -- ----- a small part of "S!9pm DBL" overlaps the final seconds of the previous cue

07:15 ~ 07:32 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

11:52 ~ 12:46 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

12:13 ~ 12:22 ----- Nyan Nyan Eyecatch (UNR)

13:09 ~ 14:52 ----- S! 9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC)

15:44 ~ 16:17 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

17:18 ~ 19:19 ----- Vajra (1)

19:21 ~ 24:43 ----- The Target (1)

24:50 ~ 26:54 ----- Ai Oboete Imasu Ka (Sg3, VC) (serves as the end credits song for this edition)

26:54 ~ 27:29 ----- S! 9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC) (Here its used as BGM for a brief preview of future episodes)

Standard TV Edition

00:00 ~ 00:51 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

00:52 ~ 02:22 ----- OP1-Triangler TV Size (Full size in 1, Sg 1, VC)

05:58 ~ 06:44 ----- Take Off (1)

-- : -- ~ -- : -- ----- a small part of "S!9pm DBL" overlaps the final seconds of the previous cue

04:57 ~ 06:51 ----- S! 9pm DBL / without Sheryl (Sg 2)

07:04 ~ 07:19 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

09:01 ~ 09:13 ----- Vajra (1)

09:45 ~ 11:17 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR) (Alto and Ranka meet. The character fits with the theme, hence the name)

11:26 ~ 11:46 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR) (scene where... hum! NUNS fighters launch!)

11:46 ~ 12:02 ----- Nyan Nyan Eyecatch (UNR)

12:10 ~ 14:42 ----- S! 9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC)

15:15 ~ 15:49 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

16:06 ~ 17:13 ----- Vajra (1)

17:18 ~ 23:10 ----- The Target (1)

23:14 ~ 13:58 ----- Aimo (1, VC) (Plays during the end credits for this version of the episode. Though it has Brera's harmonica mixed with it i won't post it as unreleased - i like Aimo but enough is enough, they threw us every variation of this except the kitchen sink edition)

24:02 ~ 24:17 ----- High School Life (serves as Preview BGM for all episodes, will only be refered when used in the episodes themselves)

Yack Deculture Edition

01:10 ~ 02:52 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

03:05 ~ 04:41 ----- High School Life (2)

05:35 ~ 05:52 ----- S!9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC)

06:12 ~ 07:08 ----- Take Off (1)

-- : -- ~ -- : -- ----- a small part of "S!9pm DBL" overlaps the final seconds of the previous cue

------------------------OP1-----------------------

08:44 ~ 10:24 ----- S! 9pm DBL / without Sheryl (Sg 2)

10:46 ~ 11:02 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

12:51 ~ 13:35 ----- Vajra (1)

14:09 ~ 14:42 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR) (here its used to follow the scouting Ghosts)

14:47 ~ 16:19 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

16:21 ~ 17:00 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR) (this was used for the first time in episode 6, when they discover

the damaged Kaitos wich inspired the name. Here, it replaces "Fighters Launch" in the launching sequence)

17:00 ~ 17:16 ----- Nyan Nyan Eyecatch (UNR)

17:24 ~ 19:55 ----- S!9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC)

20:44 ~ 21:19 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

21:36 ~ 23:36 ----- Vajra (1)

24:34 ~ 29:54 ----- The Target (1)

30:02 ~ 32:09 ----- ED1-Diamond Crevasse TV Size (Full size in 1, Sg2, VC)

Edited February 20, 2009 by westfall

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#2 - HARD CHASE

00:00 ~ 01:04 ----- Vajra (1)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

02:38 ~ 06:41 ----- Hard Chase (UNR) (Suite wich mixes reorchestrated versions of several main themes)

08:52 ~ 10:17 ----- Alto’s Theme (1)

11:22 ~ 11:29 ----- Eyecatch (UNR) (The standard eyecatch used in most of the episodes)

11:35 ~ 12:02 ----- Arrest (UNR)

12:23 ~ 13:15 ----- Star Date (UNR)

14:42 ~ 15:13 ----- Totsugeki! Love Heart (Fire Bomber /Macross 7 OST Lets Fire)

15:30 ~ 16:54 ----- Private Army (1)

17:14 ~ 19:21 ----- Vajra (1)

21:00 ~ 21:43 ----- Diamond Crevasse~In The View Park (VC)

21:46 ~ 22:17 ----- Zero Hour~Reprise (UNR) (Actually, this IS "Zero Hour" with some intrumental layers removed, giving it a calmer sound. I find it different enough from the original to deserve a release)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 19, 2009 by westfall

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#3 - ON YOUR MARKS

00:00 ~ 00:41 ----- Prologue F (2)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

02:18 ~ 03:43 ----- The Target (1)

04:04 ~ 04:47 ----- Vajra Rampage (UNR) (One of the most noticed absenses from the OST, this hard edged track is used mostly in melee combat scenes with the Vajra)

06:47 ~ 07:30 ----- Embarrassment (UNR) (Tit-like dumplings in-a-box, pretty much explains it)

08:10 ~ 09:38 ----- Ai-kun (UNR) (Yep, the little green guy names this one, mostly because of what he does in episode 8, with this same theme)

11:23 ~ 12:17 ----- Shimes of Doom (UNR) (Heavy theme with a doomsday aura about it. Seeing Ozma all bloodied in this scene helped to name it, too)

12:07 ~ 12:14 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

13:09 ~ 14:44 ----- Shimes of Doom (UNR) (Believe me, its the same track. Called it something else for most of my review until i discovered a larger segment in episode 23 and found this is part of it)

17:20 ~ 17:40 ----- Aimo (1)

17:42 ~ 18:50 ----- Aimo (1) (Instrumental only)

19:34 ~ 21:01 ----- Aimo (1)

21:46 ~ 22:20 ----- Private Army (1)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 19, 2009 by westfall

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#4 - MISS MACROSS

00:00 ~ 00:40 ----- Prologue F (2)

01:00 ~ 01:35 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

03:08 ~ 04:04 ----- SMS Squadron Song~That Chick’s an Alien (1, VC)

04:14 ~ 05:06 ----- Ranka’s Fan Club (UNR)

05:54 ~ 06:56 ----- S! 9pm DBL – Instrumental Version (Sg 2)

07:43 ~ 07:54 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

08:52 ~ 10:04 ----- Miss Macross (UNR) (Thinking of changing the title to either “Panties Parade”, because of its use in episode 8’s Ai-kun moment, or simply “High School Queen” for that same episode)

10:34 ~ 11:13 ----- Private Army (1)

11:24 ~ 11:30 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

11:23 ~ 12:32 ----- High School Life (2)

14:40 ~ 15:59 ----- My Boyfriend Is A Pilot~Ranka Version (Sg3, VC)

16:26 ~ 17:01 ----- Vajra (1)

17:07 ~ 18:05 ----- Vajra Rampage (UNR)

18:17 ~ 19:02 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR)

19:46 ~ 20:02 ----- Miss Macross (UNR)

21:04 ~ 21:56 ----- Aimo (1) (Instrumental only)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 19, 2009 by westfall

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#5 - STAR DATE

00:00 ~ 00:41 ----- Prologue F (2)

00:41 ~ 01:10 ----- My Boyfriend Is A Pilot~Ranka Version (Sg3, VC)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

03:15 ~ 04:47 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

05:18 ~ 06:22 ----- Ozma (UNR)

08:07 ~ 09:36 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

10:06 ~ 10:53 ----- Kira Kira (1)

12:45 ~ 13:13 ----- Brother Spaceship (VC)

13:13 ~ 14:02 ----- Star Date (UNR)

14:53 ~ 15:44 ----- Vajra (1)

16:19 ~ 17:20 ----- Aimo (1) (Instrumental only)

17:56 ~ 20:11 ----- What 'bout My Star?@ Formo (1, VC)

21:02 ~ 22:03 -----Innocent Green (1)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 19, 2009 by westfall

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#6 - BYE-BYE SHERYL

00:00 ~ 00:35 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

01:15 ~ 01:53 ----- Motteke! (UNR) (Instrumental and jazzed up version of S! 9pm DBL)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

04:57 ~ 06:38 ----- Ranka's Fan Club (UNR) (For those keeping track, this is the scene that gave this cue its name)

07:58 ~ 08:21 ----- Alto's Theme ~ Music Box Version (UNR) (Just what it says, a music box-type version of "Alto's Theme")

08:37 ~ 10:13 ----- Vajra (1)

10:18 ~ 10:23 ----- Kabuki Eyecatch (UNR)

11:05 ~ 11:19 ----- Fighters Launch V.2 (UNR) (A slight variation of this theme, with more instruments and faster tempo)

12:49 ~ 14:05 ----- Big Boys (1)

14:52 ~ 15:29 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR) (The cue is named after this scene, wich is where it was first used. The Yack Deculture Edition would be released later when Volume 1 DVD and Blu-Ray were published)

17:19 ~ 18:40 ----- Prologue F (2)

19:11 ~ 23:51 ----- Diamond Crevasse (1, Sg2, VC) (The song begins in the episode itself, with Sheryl on stage and continues to the end credits)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 19, 2009 by westfall

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#7 - FIRST ATTACK

00:00 ~ 01:00 ----- Diamond Crevasse (1, Sg2, VC)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

04:20 ~ 08:31 ----- S! 9pm DBL (1, Sg2, VC)

10:38 ~ 11:52 ----- Vajra (1)

11:56 ~ 12:07 ----- What 'bout My Star? (1, VC)

14:07 ~ 15:50 ----- Infinity #7 (VC)

16:53 ~ 18:27 ----- Vajra Rampage (UNR)

19:02 ~ 21:04 ----- Infinity #7 (VC)

21:43 ~ 22:22 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

22:31 ~ 22:41 ----- Brera and Young Ranka's Aimo (VC) (Brera's Harmonica only)

22:41 ~ 23:51 ----- Aimo (1, VC) (Plays as this episodes end credits)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 20, 2009 by westfall

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#8 - HIGH SCHOOL QUEEN

00:00 ~ 00:47 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

00:48 ~ 01:48 ----- Ninjin Loves You, Yeah! (1, VC)

02:44 ~ 03:03 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

04:33 ~ 05:17 ----- Ranka's Fan Club (UNR)

06:16 ~ 06:42 ----- Sheryls Mambo (UNR)

08:09 ~ 08:38 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

10:24 ~ 11:16 ----- High School Life (2)

11:40 ~ 11:46 ----- Squeeky Eyecatch (UNR)

12:16 ~ 13:25 ----- Nanase-chan (UNR) (Shower scene with naked girls talking about Nanase's body... what else would you have me call it?)

13:54 ~ 14:17 ----- Ai-kun (UNR) (There goes the little green dude!!!)

14:19 ~ 15:36 ----- Miss Macross (UNR) (This is why i thought of renaming this one "Panties Parade")

16:23 ~ 16:30 ----- Aimo (1, VC)

16:56 ~ 18:24 ----- Miss Macross (UNR) (Sheryl in pursuit mode has a "DUH!" moment at the end)

18:37 ~ 19:44 ----- Big Boys (1)

20:32 ~ 21:16 ----- Aimo (1, VC) (Like the end credits of ep. 1 TV Version it has Brera's harmonica mixed with it)

21:28 ~ 21:55 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR)

22:05 ~ 22:21 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

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#9 - FRIENDLY FIRE

------------------------OP1-----------------------

01:55 ~ 02:48 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

03:56 ~ 05:52 ----- Vajra Rampage (UNR)

07:20 ~ 08:35 ----- Shadow of Michael (2)

10:01 ~ 12:04 ----- Shadow of Michael (2)

12:06 ~ 12:12 ----- Sheryl Mambo Eyecatch (UNR) (Just what the title says)

13:41 ~ 14:54 ----- Neko Nikki (Sg3, VC)

17:03 ~ 20:27 ----- The Target (1)

21:02 ~ 22:20 ----- Shadow of Michael (2)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#10 - LEGEND OF ZERO

00:06 ~ 01:08 ----- Legend of Zero (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

02:38 ~ 03:27 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

05:37 ~ 06:19 ----- Ranka's Fan Club (UNR)

06:57 ~ 07:41 ----- Star Date (UNR)

10:21 ~ 10:51 ----- Aimo~Tori no Hito (1, VC) (If i was a Hydra listening to Aimo for the nth time, i'd be pissed off too )

11:15 ~ 11:52 ----- D-Pulse Bust (UNR) (Far into my review, this cue was called "Crawler". Later in the series i realised it was part of a larger theme along with the cue "D-Pulse Burst". This, being a cooler name, won the title)

13:14 ~ 14:38 ----- Hydra Attack (UNR)

14:49 ~ 15:28 ----- Brother (UNR)

16:52 ~ 18:53 ----- Legend of Zero (UNR)

19:36 ~ 22:34 ----- Aimo~Tori no Hito (1, VC) (Plays through the last scenes and the in-episode Movie End Credits)

23:02 ~ 23:51 ----- Prologue F (2)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#11 - MISSING BIRTHDAY

00:00 ~ 00:19 ----- Nyan-Nyan CM Song (Ranka Version) (1, VC)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

03:01 ~ 04:07 ----- Ranka-chan (UNR)

08:05 ~ 09:28 ----- Brother (UNR) (Brothers just keep popping up when this theme plays, hence the name)

11:49 ~ 12:40 ----- Frontier 2059 (1)

13:04 ~ 15:09 ----- Shadow of Michael (2)

15:10 ~ 15:17 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

15:24 ~ 16:53 ----- Alto's Theme (1)

17:36 ~ 18:42 ----- Alto's Theme ~ Music Box Version (UNR)

19:20 ~ 22:20 ----- Take Off~Reprise (UNR)

22:22 ~ 23:52 ----- Neko Nikki (Sg3, VC) (This episode's End Credits song)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#12 - FASTEST DELIVERY

00:21 ~ 01:17 ----- VF-25 Messiah (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

03:32 ~ 03:56 ----- Star Date (UNR)

03:59 ~ 05:25 ----- Test Flight Delight (2)

05:39 ~ 06:25 ----- Hydra Attack (UNR)

06:42 ~ 07:15 ----- Aimo (1, VC) (intrumental only)

07:18 ~ 09:22 ----- Vajra (1)

10:25 ~ 11:16 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR)

11:17 ~ 11:22 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

11:22 ~ 12:48 ----- "Arma Zentran" (UNR) (Title comes from the line spoken by the rebel Zentradi leader when this starts)

13:52 ~ 17:18 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC)

17:34 ~ 19:01 ----- Aimo (1, VC)

19:43 ~ 21:24 ----- Neko Nikki (Sg3, VC)

22:17 ~ 23:50 ----- Ai Oboete Imasu Ka (Sg3, VC) (This episode's End Credit song)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#13 - MEMORY OF GLOBAL

00:10 ~ 01:19 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

05:47 ~ 06:44 ----- Dog-ears Ranka~Piano Version (UNR)

06:59 ~ 07:53 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

09:38 ~ 10:46 ----- Brother (UNR)

11:16 ~ 12:19 ----- Vajra (1)

12:24 ~ 12:30 ----- Ranka's SMS Chant Eyecatch (UNR)

12:36 ~ 13:26 ----- Forgotten (UNR)

13:26 ~ 14:08 ----- Brera's Aimo (UNR) (harmonica version plyed by Brera, here its big enough to earn the status of BGM. One more for Aimo lovers)

15:08 ~ 17:02 ----- Rampaging Vajra (UNR)

17:26 ~ 19:22 ----- Rising Armada (UNR)

19:25 ~ 22:21 ----- The Target (1)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#14 - MOTHER'S LULLABY

00:02 ~ 00:37 ----- Dimension Eater (UNR)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

02:32 ~ 04:25 ----- Shadow of Michael (2)

06:17 ~ 08:12 ----- Vajra (1)

08:29 ~ 10:13 ----- Transformation (2)

10:14 ~ 10:19 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

11:34 ~ 12:13 ----- Motteke (UNR) (Same as previously used but with Sheryl singing "Motteke" instead of the backup vocal "du-du-du")

12:35 ~ 13:02 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR)

14:05 ~ 15:44 ----- Vajra Rampage (UNR)

16:07 ~ 17:07 ----- VF-25 Messiah (UNR)

17:27 ~ 19:27 ----- Mother and Young Ranka's Aimo (VC)

19:33 ~ 21:52 ----- Tally HO! (1)

------------------------ED1-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#15 - LOST PIECE / LOST PEACE

00:04 ~ 01:40 ----- Grace (UNR) (Having become the top vilain in the show, Grace uploads into a new body)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

03:13 ~ 04:08 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

05:25 ~ 08:59 ----- Welcome to my Fan Club's Night (1, VC)

08:59 ~ 09:26 ----- What 'bout my Star? (1, VC)

09:29 ~ 10:01 ----- Infinity #7 (VC)

10:01 ~ 12:24 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC)

10:58 ~ 12:15 ----- Brother (UNR)

12:24 ~ 12:49 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR)

12:50 ~ 13:08 ----- Nyan Nyan CM Song~Ranka Version (1, VC) (This episodes eyecatch)

13:19 ~ 14:20 ----- Vajra (1)

15:20 ~ 16:01 ----- Miss Macross (UNR)

16:05 ~ 18:01 ----- What 'bout My Star?@Formo (1, VC)

18:01 ~ 19:45 ----- What 'bout My Star?@Hospital (UNR) ( Pardon the pun)

19:45 ~ 20:30 ----- What 'bout My Star?@Formo (1, VC)

22:00 ~ 23:49 ----- Diamond Crevasse 50/50 (VC) (This episodes End Credits song)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#16 - RANKA ATTACK

00:12 ~ 01:15 ----- Protoculture (2)

------------------------OP1-----------------------

04:03 ~ 04:11 ----- "Arma Zentran" (UNR)

04:40 ~ 05:00 ----- "Arma Zentran" (UNR)

06:35 ~ 08:42 ----- Aimo O.C. (2, VC)

09:15 ~ 10:23 ----- Sad Ranka (UNR)

10:53 ~ 11:25 ----- Legend of Zero (UNR)

11:25 ~ 11:30 ----- Ranka's SMS Chant Eyecatch V2 (UNR)

11:54 ~ 12:31 ----- Brother (UNR)

13:05 ~ 13:42 ----- Grace (UNR)

15:50 ~ 16:33 ----- 117th Fleet (UNR)

17:24 ~ 20:33 ----- Aimo O.C. (2, VC)

20:38 ~ 22:21 ----- VF-25 Messiah (UNR)

22:21 ~ 32:09 ----- ED2-Northern Cross TV Size (Full size in Sg4, 2, VC)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#17 - GOODBYE SISTER

00:00 ~ 01:45 ----- My Soul For You (Fire Bomber /Macross 7 OST Ultra Fire)

02:01 ~ 03:31 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC) (Serves as this episode's Opening)

03:31 ~ 04:16 ----- Nanase-chan (UNR)

03:31 ~ 04:16 ----- Grace (UNR)

07:38 ~ 08:26 ----- Try Again (Fire Bomber /Macross 7 OST Ultra Fire)

08:37 ~ 09:49 ----- Dog-ears Ranka (2)

10:18 ~ 11:18 ----- Alto's Theme~Tender (UNR) (A very soft version of Alto's theme with a violin lead, played mostly in scenes where he recalls his mother)

12:19 ~ 12:43 ----- 117th Fleet (UNR)

12:45 ~ 12:50 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

13:06 ~ 13:31 ----- Hydra Attack (UNR)

14:10 ~ 14:38 ----- Fighters Launch (UNR)

14:50 ~ 16:05 ----- Transformation (2)

16:13 ~ 17:15 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

17:37 ~ 18:16 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

17:22 ~ 19:30 ----- Try Again (Fire Bomber /Macross 7 OST Ultra Fire)

19:32 ~ 21:15 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC)

21:26 ~ 22:50 ----- SMS Squadron Song~That Chick’s an Alien ~ Instrumental Version(Sg 6)

------------------------ED2-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#18 - FOLD FAME

00:00 ~ 00:37 ----- Protoculture (2)

00:38 ~ 01:21 ----- Grace (UNR)

00:52 ~ 02:52 ----- OP2-Lion TV Size (Full size in Sg 4, VC)

03:38 ~ 04:47 ----- Infection (UNR)

06:38 ~ 07:47 ----- Memories (UNR)

07:47 ~ 08:43 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC)

09:14 ~ 10:39 ----- Grace (UNR)

12:44 ~ 12:50 ----- Sheryl's Aimo (VC) (This episode's Eyecatch)

14:04 ~ 15:35 ----- Ai Oboete Imasu Ka (VC)

15:55 ~ 17:53 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

18:00 ~ 21:02 ----- Aimo O.C. (2, VC)

21:42 ~ 22:19 ----- Aimo (1, VC)

------------------------ED2-----------------------

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#19 - TRIANGLER

00:50 ~ 01:10 ----- Brera's Aimo (UNR)

------------------------OP2-----------------------

03:01 ~ 03:37 ----- Frontier Parade (UNR)

04:21 ~ 04:56 ----- Nanase-chan (UNR)

05:39 ~ 07:00 ----- What 'bout My Star@Formo (1, VC)

07:47 ~ 08:04 ----- Mother (UNR)

09:00 ~ 10:19 ----- Legend of Zero (UNR)

10:31 ~ 11:14 ----- Infection (UNR)

11:14 ~ 11:20 ----- Bobby's Eyecatch (UNR)

11:42 ~ 13:05 ----- Mother (UNR)

14:23 ~ 15:19 ----- Sad Ranka (UNR)

15:23 ~ 17:26 ----- Seikan Hikou (2, Sg3, VC)

17:52 ~ 20:56 ----- Anata no Oto (2, VC)

20:48 ~ 21:36 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR) (The begining overlaps Anata no Oto's end)

22:10 ~ 23:50 ----- Triangler (1, Sg1, VC) (Serves as this episode's end credits song)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

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#20 - DIAMOND CREVASSE

00:00 ~ 01:40 ----- Anata no Oto (2, VC)

------------------------OP2-----------------------

03:55 ~ 04:45 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

04:50 ~ 05:35 ----- Leon's Coup (UNR)

06:06 ~ 06:46 ----- Memories (UNR)

07:21 ~ 08:59 ----- Aimo O.C. (2, VC)

09:07 ~ 10:57 ----- Grace (UNR)

11:19 ~ 11:59 ----- Prologue F (2)

12:11 ~ 12:20 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

12:20 ~ 12:25 ----- Eyecatch (UNR)

13:06 ~ 13:26 ----- Hydra Attack (UNR)

16:04 ~ 16:50 ----- Reminiscence Trumpet (2) (Although it was only used this once... boy, what a scene and what a BGM)

17:51 ~ 18:27 ----- Voice of Despair (UNR)

18:39 ~ 23:45 ----- Empty Diamond Crevasse (2) (If you thought this song couldn't get any sadder or more awesome, you were wrong as this version turns out to be both, specially in the context of this scene. Goes on through the end credits) (Note: The song pauses from 20:57 to 21:30 while something really bad happens)

----------------------PREVIEW-------------------

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

#21 - BLUE ETHER

00:14 ~ 01:29 ----- Dimension Eater (UNR)

------------------------OP2-----------------------

03:24 ~ 03:52 ----- Tally HO! (1)

04:28 ~ 06:35 ----- Grace (UNR)

07:21 ~ 08:34 ----- Sorrow (UNR) (This is just a very sad theme)

09:10 ~ 10:37 ----- Aimo (1, VC)

10:44 ~ 11:47 ----- Transformation (2)

11:49 ~ 11:55 ----- Goofy Luca&Nanase Eyecatch (UNR)

12:49 ~ 13:50 ----- Legend of Zero (UNR)

14:50 ~ 15:07 ----- Voice of Despair (UNR)

16:00 ~ 17:55 ----- Mother (UNR)

18:17 ~ 18:51 ----- Voice of Despair (UNR)

18:57 ~ 20:11 ----- Memories (UNR)

20:17 ~ 23:36 ----- Ao no Ether (2, VC) (Goes through the last scenes and serves and this episode's end credits song)

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Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

#22 - NORTHERN CROSS

00:43 ~ 01:13 ----- Grace (UNR)

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04:30 ~ 04:55 ----- Alto's Theme~Tender (UNR)

05:12 ~ 06:33 ----- Fairy (2, VC)

09:51 ~ 10:55 ----- Infection (UNR)

11:10 ~ 11:40 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR)

12:44 ~ 13:55 ----- Memories (UNR)

14:05 ~ 15:00 ----- Brera's Aimo (UNR)

16:45 ~ 18:18 ----- VF-25 Messiah (UNR)

18:39 ~ 22:57 ----- Northern Cross (2, Sg4, VC) (Goes through the last scenes and serves and this episode's end credits song)

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Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

#23 - TRUE BEGIN

00:00 ~ 00:48 ----- Protoculture (2)

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04:15 ~ 05:41 ----- Mother (UNR)

06:36 ~ 07:41 ----- Alto's Theme~Melancolic (UNR) (Along the same line as the "Tender" version but with a guitar lead)

08:17 ~ 08:49 ----- Aimo~Tori no Hito (1, VC)

09:05 ~ 09:20 ----- Aimo (1, VC) (Same variation as in the End Credits of Episode 1 Standard TV Edition)

09:23 ~ 09:34 ----- Brera and Young Ranka's Aimo (VC)

09:50 ~ 09:59 ----- D-Pulse Burst (UNR)

10:07 ~ 11:23 ----- Forgotten (UNR)

11:41 ~ 13:30 ----- Grace (UNR)

14:07 ~ 15:35 ----- Shimes of Doom (UNR)

16:49 ~ 18:02 ----- Memories (UNR)

18:02 ~ 18:14 ----- Brera and Young Ranka's Aimo (VC)

18:18 ~ 18:53 ----- Voice of Despair (UNR)

19:44 ~ 21:13 ----- Alto's Theme~Tender (UNR)

21:29 ~ 22:06 ----- Sunken Battleship (UNR)

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Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

#24 - LAST FRONTIER

00:00 ~ 00:16 ----- Brera and Young Ranka's Aimo (VC)

00:22 ~ 01:10 ----- 117th Fleet (UNR)

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04:23 ~ 06:17 ----- Grace (UNR)

06:40 ~ 08:57 ----- Aimo~Tori no Hito (1, VC)

09:23 ~ 11:43 ----- Zero Hour (1)

13:00 ~ 14:14 ----- Prologue F (2)

14:53 ~ 17:14 ----- S! 9pm DBL (1,Sg2,VC)

17:57 ~ 21:36 ----- Ai Oboete Imasu Ka~bless the little queen (2, VC)

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Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

#25 - YOUR SOUND

00:00 ~ 00:34 ----- Ai Oboete Imasu Ka~bless the little queen (2, VC)

00:56 ~ 02:49 ----- Battle Frontier (2)

03:35 ~ 04:01 ----- Battle Frontier (2)

04:07 ~ 06:31 ----- Northern Cross (2, VC)

06:52 ~ 07:41 ----- Battle Frontier (2)

07:41 ~ 09:07 ----- Transformation (2) (The ending is slightly different from the published version)

09:57 ~ 11:47 ----- Anata no Oto (2, VC)

12:42 ~ 17:09 ----- Nyan Nyan Service Medley (2, VC) (Part1 - Description below)

17:38 ~ 20:20 ----- Nyan Nyan Service Medley (2, VC) (Part2 - Description below)

20:39 ~ 21:34 ----- Nyan Nyan Service Medley (2, VC) (Part3 - Description below)

22:34 ~ 23:54 ----- Triangler (fight on stage) (2, VC) (Last scenes and end credits for this episode... and sadly, for the series

THE END ?

Nyan Nyan Service Medley (The time marks presented below are aproximate, due to mix the nature of the song)

Part1

12:42 ~ 13:36 ----- Lion

13:36 ~ 14:12 ----- Infinity

14:12 ~ 14:20 ----- My Boyfriend is a Pilot

14:20 ~ 16:04 ----- Diamond Crevasse

16:04 ~ 16:29 ----- Seikan Hikou

16:29 ~ 17:09 ----- What 'bout My Star

Part2

17:38 ~ 18:17 ----- Ranka sings What 'bout My Star while Sheryl sings Lion

18:17 ~ 18:30 ----- Ai Oboete Imkasu Ka

18:30 ~ 20:20 ----- Lion

Part3

20:39 ~21:34 ----- Aimo~Song of Love (standalone song in VC)

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[westfall]

FINAL THOUGHTS

Here ends the Episode by Episode run of Macross Frontier's music

Although its still under construction and being updated where needed, from this point on you can post your replies, give me your thoughts and feel free to point out any thing you believe is wrong.

The main post will be updated with relevant information and further documentation i might find.

Edited February 21, 2009 by westfall

[VF-25 Messiah]

Nice work! Been looking through the thread during its various stages as you built it up. What specifically interested me, as probably with many others, is the nice overview this gives you of all the unreleased BGM's there are. Like I mentioned elsewhere a BGM compilation seriously needs to happen.

Edited February 21, 2009 by VF-25 Messiah

[kary]

[Part3

20:39 ~21:34 ----- Aimo~Song of Love (standalone song in VC)

This version of Aimo was sung in English right? Is it available on one of the albums?

[westfall]

This version of Aimo was sung in English right? Is it available on one of the albums?

I think its the same weird language Kanno/Robin have used in the other versions. As for availability, as stated in the list, it was released in the Vocal Collection (VC). It's track #20 of Disc 1, to be more precise, here as a standalone track and full version by Maaya Sakamoto. It's also used in edited form in both versions of the Nyan Nyan Service Medley in both OST 2 and the Vocal Collection.

Edited August 18, 2009 by westfall

[kary]

I think its the same weird language Kanno/Robin have used in the other versions. As for availability, as stated in the list, it was released in the Vocal Collection (VC). It's track #20 of Disc 1, to be more precise, here as a standalone track and full version by Maaya Sakamoto. It's also used in edited form in both versions of the Nyan Nyan Service Medley in both OST 2 and the Vocal Collection.

Thanks very much. I actually just grabbed that Album and yeah it's like some Zentrati made up language or something that they use. I could have sworn it was English that I was hearing though at the end of the episode. I'll just have to check it out again.

Much appreciate the help!

[westfall]

Hi

After 2 years without news, a new soundtrack introduces a couple alterations.

I'm only making a couple of changes, related to previously unreleased BGM, not songs.

Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa ~ netabare album the end of “triangle” includes 5 instrumentals wich apeared on the series. They are:

-Track 02 - "The Isle of Mayan", wich replaces the UNR track "Legend of Zero" in episodes 10, 16, 19 and 21;

-Track 05 - "Ai-kun to Watashi", wich replaces the UNR track "Sad Ranka" in episodes 16 and 19;

-Track 08 - "Nejire Trauma", wich replaces the UNR track "Shimes of Doom" in episodes 3 and 23;

-Track 11 - "Wilder’s", wich replaces the UNR track "VF-25 Messiah" in episodes 12, 14, 16 and 22.

Track 16, "F Refrain", is also mostly instrumental but i don't relate it to any of the unreleased music clips i had, so it's probably a new track exclusive to the movie. With the 2 movies released and no other Macross F related projects on the horizon, except for the 2nd movie's DVD and Blu-Ray release, this is probably the last soundtrack coming out and, therefore, the last BGMs. Hopefully they might still use the Blu-Ray release for another CD but with mostly songs coming out (the last BGM came out around the same time i made this thread), i must sadly accept that this is it. At least we got these 4, being "Wilder's" the best of the 4, IMHO.

[taksraven]

The track "Vajra Rampage" was never released on a soundtrack was it. Too bad, I really like it.

[Major Focker]

don't know how i missed this when you originally started it, but thanks for compiling.

really curious about what you call the unreleased track "Star Date", so i'll go and re-watch.

the irony is, while there's a lot of BGMs that haven't been released, there's a couple of released tracks which i can't trace to an episode: "is this LOVE?" and another called "Twinkle" (or "Kira"). really love these two songs, but for the life of me, i just can't place them in the series

[westfall]

The track "Vajra Rampage" was never released on a soundtrack was it. Too bad, I really like it.

Yeah, that one was/is a personnal favorite. I would love to have a complete BGM score but if i had to choose just a few to a possible future CD, that would be one of them.

The other absolute must would be "Hard Chase", i loved that bit ever since i first saw episode 2, it's an awesome and fast bit with bits of many favorites thrown into the mix. "Wilder's", previously UNR "VF-25 Messiah" was another one but fortunatly, here it is.

don't know how i missed this when you originally started it, but thanks for compiling.

really curious about what you call the unreleased track "Star Date", so i'll go and re-watch.

the irony is, while there's a lot of BGMs that haven't been released, there's a couple of released tracks which i can't trace to an episode: "is this LOVE?" and another called "Twinkle" (or "Kira"). really love these two songs, but for the life of me, i just can't place them in the series

Yeah, "Kira Kira" was only used on episode 5 "Star Date", if memory serves me right, "Is This Love?" was not used. Believe me, if it's not on the list, it was not on the show.

Besides those, other tracks that were not favorites or hardly used were released while others that were feature more heavily didn't. Go figure.

At the time i made this review i cut all the bits of unreleased music. Unfortunatelly any atempt to remove vocals and SFX has had poor results. I can't understand the why the japanese releases feature mostly 2.0ch audio instead of 5.1ch. With a 5.1ch track one could try to get a cleaner score (i'm doing it now for Transformers Prime) but with 2.0 it's virtually impossible. Removing the now released bits, there are still 142 clips making 2h 11m 34s. These have vocals and SFX and some are repeated from other episodes but they are the bulk of unreleased music. If anyone wants them, PM me.

Edited March 10, 2011 by westfall