Who is the best anime music composer, and why is it Susumu Hirasawa?

Can't argue with that. A shame nobody works with him seriously since Kon died.

If I find a good Susumu Hirasawa BGM I put it under my Hiroyuki Sawano folder. Any average Susumu Hirasawa BGM I file under Average Jap Music folder. Most goes to the average jap folder.

You answered your own question.
But what about the runners up? I'd say Kajiura is pretty high, despite most of her music sounding the same.

Can you even call him an anime composer if it's just a side job on rare occasion for him?

>>149891957
He's a singer you dingus.

>>149891957
Hirasawa has only one style of music. It's fucking awesome and blows away Kajiura and Sawano, but it doesn't make him the best because he's kind of a one-trick pony.

Kanno and Iwasaki are objectively the best composers. They can tackle any style of music no problem and are adept at it all.

>>149893785
>objectively
I respect your taste but please die in a gutter.

>>149891957
I like Yoko Kanno and Kenji Kawai

The soundtrack he did for the Beeserk Franchise is one of his best works and far more listenable than his more specific work. Outside of anime his music is certainly enjoyable and provocative.

>>149894476
>Kenji Kawai
Same
And Hirasawa of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFhke6HoYQ

Eurobeat is the best anime composer.

His band work is also great.

P MODEL - Homo Gestalt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRouoIYjhYE

>>149891957
No I completely agree, he's such a gifted man. Iwasaki, Kawai, and Okabe/MONACA are great composers too. Kaijura is good but she's been pretty repititive lately and Sawano is okay.

>really like show
>download OST
>1 if any of the songs are familiar
How does this always happen?

People are hyping irrelevant or dead (Yoko Kanno) anime composers based on their past glories, which is a wrong approach.

The best anime composers are the ones making music now based on recent works:
Akito Matsuda
Monaka
Gin

And overall best and most talented - Shinichi Mitsumune.

>>149894870
>dead (Yoko Kanno)
You shut your filthy mouth, homo!

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All hail Hirasawa

Besides the already mentioned, Akiko Shikata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OzkqtuMcYE

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>this thread

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JOE HISASHI the god hello??

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>>149894870
>Kanno
>dead

>>149891957
still kind of upset that the music composer for NHK (forget there name) is literally the only thing the have ever worked

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Susumu Hirasawa, Joe Hisaishi, Michiru Oshima, Yoko Kanno