For some reason the music video doesn't show above, but it can be found on Vimeo:
View: https://vimeo.com/394801904
It was definitely the first one I thought of.
Yes! I removed the link in my post. This is much better.
For some reason the music video doesn't show above, but it can be found on Vimeo:
View: https://vimeo.com/394801904
It was definitely the first one I thought of.
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Once again I'm bringing up How to Eat Life and Fight Song both by Eve
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.youtu.be
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.youtu.be
Wonderful thread idea. I'm going to be soaking up the posts.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N000qglmmY0
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This thread would be inexcusably incomplete without Caravan Palace's Lone Digger
View: https://youtu.be/UbQgXeY_zi4?si=vQVf1Zur4-h7gyzm
So, what are everyone's favourite examples of animated music videos? To not have the thread clogged up with (some admittedly great) AMVs, the criteria is that the animation was created to accompany the music. Fan edits of Evangelion scenes with Rammstein or Pet Shop Boys music are not admissible while something like AHA's "Take on Me" video would totally be admissible.
I will start out with two of my favourite examples.
Starlight Brigade
With music by Dan Avidan/TWRP and animation done by the studio Knights of the Light Table, this video tells a straightforward tale of a young hero who leaves home to battle an intergalactic evil that blocks out the stars. The animation is gorgeous with character designs heavily inspired by Studio Ghibli. This video will make you despair that there isn't a whole series based on this concept. Visuals and lyrics accompany each other beautifully with the song literally telling the story we are watching. The cast are Personally the music is not something I normally would listen to, but it is actually hightened by how well it fits with the animation. The end product is pretty much perfect.
Bonus info: The other members of the Brigade are animated representations of the band members.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Q3i5w6-Ug
Starship Velociraptor
With music by metal-head Jonathan Young and animation by the studio Volta this is a very strange and mesmerising video. Is there a story? Stories maybe? Yes and no. This can best be described as a fast-paced series of commercials for prospective buyers of the product "Starship Velociraptor" - all having the same bewildered protagonist thrust into various scenarios. Some original, some inspired by classics such as Akira or Galaxy Express. The animation is like a series of set pieces from series finales where the animation director blows the remainder of the budget on his favourite scene. The weirdness and high production values at times is reminiscent of FLCL while the style is clearly inspired by anime without having that jarring "westerners trying to do anime but it looks like westerners trying to do anime" look. It's totally bananas and thrilling. The song, while not following the visuals as literally as Starlight Brigade, fits very well with the visuals and sells the tempo and action on display.
Bonus: If you like Starship Velociraptor, Volta and Jonathan Young also teamed up for the slightly less weird but still wonderful 10,000 Light Years. Well worth a watch.
View: https://youtu.be/2n_Ae9DGC0U?si=_o5QHVsx2bB11Y4S
Sounds like a Mcbaise joint. Someone posted Water Slide earlier, but my favorite is "She's a Big Boy." Might be what you're thinking of.Ooh, this is a thread I'll need to keep an eye on. Glad to see that "Lonesome Digger" got posted.
Hopefully I'll see the video for a song I've been trying to find for a while now. I came across it in a thread here or on GAF years ago and can't even remember the genre of music it was anymore. All I remember is that it was a rubber-hose/Cuphead animation style and it involved the Sun as a character I think, and maybe someone floating down a river (maybe a jungle river?). Either the musician had several videos in that style, or the person who animated it had done several for different people. That's all I can recall about it but there is a chance it might pop up in here.
This thread would be inexcusably incomplete without Caravan Palace's Lone Digger
View: https://youtu.be/UbQgXeY_zi4?si=vQVf1Zur4-h7gyzm
Genuinely surprised that Sledgehammer hasn't come up yet as it's a pioneer of animated music videos.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q
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Celebrating music videos with bespoke animation
So, what are everyone's favourite examples of animated music videos? To not have the thread clogged up with (some admittedly great) AMVs, the criteria is that the animation was created to accompany the music. Fan edits of Evangelion scenes with Rammstein or Pet Shop Boys music are not admissible...www.resetera.com
Wait, am I misreading this thread or why has nobody posted any Daft Punk videos yet?
Their older videos were all following a connected animated storyline.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8