Kuro No Keiyakush Darker than Black

"No ones home" is my favorite track on the album. Mai Yamane is the vocalist for that song. She also sings on the track "Scatcat". I bought the album for one song. The album is good overall, though most of it is soundtrack filler...Mai Yamane is one of my favorite singers. "Real folk blues" and "Gotta knock a little harder" from Cowboy Bebop are amazing. So any decent song I can buy of Mai's or Yoko Kanno I do.

If you loved the background music from the hit serise Darker than Black, or if you have a taste for the sweet sound of Jazz, Im telling you to get this CD!!! Also the added bonus of the opening Howlling, ending, and between episode theme music is included! I've become so adicted to it, I play it to dance in my mior, in the car when I go to work, and before I go to sleep. Such catchy tunes suit anyone. I give this one a 10 star rating!!!

Love the anime and the soundtrack. A few tunes missing. But great!

Got it for the songs from the Darker Than Black anime, which are great. Other work on this CD is only ok.

It's amazing! I love the jazzy feel.

Song Listing:1. GO Dark2. HOWLING (TV size)3. Highheel Runaway4. Tenderly5. Sid6. Was7. Outside8. No Ones Home9. Guy10. ScatCat11. Keiyakusha12. Shadow13. Kuro14. Deadly Work15. Tentai Kansoku16. BlueCat17. Tsuki Akari (TV size ver.)18. Water Forest19. Blend in20. In no PianoCertainly not on the level of Yoko Kanno's work on the Brain Powerd, Cowboy Bebop, or Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OSTs, the Kuro No Keiyakush/Darker than Black OST provides some lovely but mostly forgettable tracks. An interesting mix of jazz and easy listening (and a couple of random rock song thrown in just for fun), this album is great for background music while working or writing reviews on Amazon, but just doesn't convey the deep emotion, joie de vivre, or musical genius Kanno has shown in the aforementioned earlier works. Of course, there are a few gems here that shine and stand out from the rest:No Ones Home: A sweet track with English vocals sung by Mai Yamaname, the crooner of "The Real Folk Blues" and "Rain" from Cowboy Bebop. Her deep, raspy voice is accompanied by piano, strings, and horns. Definitely a must listen for fans of her Bebop songs.ScatCat: Another Mai Yamaname track, this one has her humming and scatting over a guitar riff. Very simple, and at two minutes and thirteen seconds, doesn't overstay its welcome. This song would have fit well into Cowboy Bebop, but does justice here as one of only a few really great tracks.Blend In: A Steve Conte track! Synthesizers, guitar, drums and some odd whistling at the end. Conte's vocals never overshadow the music in any of Yoko Kanno's work, and although a heavier emphasis on the vocals rather than the instruments might have made this song better, it's still one of the best on the OST.In no Piano: As the name implies, a piano solo. It doesn't invoke any particular emotion as many of Kanno's piano pieces do, but stands alone well as just a beautiful piece of music. This one goes great with a glass of wine and a desire to just relax.Other songs on this album aren't bad, but they're not as notable as the ones mentioned or as moving as songs from Kanno's other OSTs. I recommend this one to newbies to anime OSTs (nothing really groundbreaking, so it's a good starter album), rabid Yoko Kanno fans who absolutely must have every OST with her name attached to it, and anyone who enjoyed the BGM while watching the series. I don't mind this OST at all, but I fear fans of her earlier works may be disappointed...

１０年ぶりに見て完成度の高さに改めて感動してサントラを買ったのですが、当時のレビューからある通り収録曲の漏れがかなり気になります。デスパレートな気分に浸りたくてＴｏｔａｌ　Ｅｃｌｉｐｓｅを聞きたかったのですが、入ってませんでした。後期ＯＰ／ＥＤなどが入ったＯＳＴも無いようですし、ファンとしては寂しい話です。このサントラが悪い訳ではありませんが、分割商法やるには高すぎだったんじゃないかなと。

今頃になってDTB一期本編を視聴し出し、改めて既に購入済だった、菅野よう子のこの「劇伴」を聴き始めている。が、菅野よう子という、その名を裏切らぬ素晴らしい内容には、さすがと唸らされてしまう。これまでの数々のアニメサントラと比べると、むしろ肩の力を抜いた、「ちょっと劇伴してみました」という感じが、何とも言えず心地よい。本作に相応しい音楽背景を作り出すに当たって作品志向を正しく理解し、どういう音を持って来たらよいのか的確に判断している。その彼女独特の一種の"勘"のようなものが冴え渡り、軽快なブラスサウンドやクレイジィなバトルシーンを喚起させるVocal曲、あるいは浮遊感あふれる非日常感覚...その上で少々渋めな路地裏の映画音楽を思わせる、DTB独自の世界観を縦横無尽に見事に形作っており、その引き出しの豊かさで常に飽きさせない。その意味での「劇伴」。様々な音楽を聴いていて「心地よい」と感じる、その独特の空気感を常にリスナーに提供する彼女の巧みな手腕に、今回も漏れなく魅了された。まさにハズレなし。そのうち未収録曲の多くも、何らかの形で世に出されることを切に祈って―星に希（ねが）いを...

正直、石井さんのDARER THAN BLACKを探して見つからなかったから手にしたCDなんですが曲はカッコイイのからのんびり系まで詰まった最高なCDでした！さすが菅野よう子さんさすがやでー。カッコイイ曲が聴きたい人や菅野ファンにもオススメのCDです。

どの曲もかっこいいです、探偵BGMとエンディング曲と予告時のBGMが収録されていて嬉しかったですね。

収録曲は素晴らしいのだが作中で印象に残った曲がことごとく入っていない、消費者を馬鹿にしているのか