![]() ![]() Fairy Tail's soundtrack aims for mix of celtic/folk mixed with heavy metal, and as such bagpipes are featured in several tracks, including the main theme.It's also obvious during the ending as they're one of the last instruments to fade out. A strange place to find them, but when the chorus and the musical bridge of the ED of Ragnarok: The Animation, Alive plays, you can hear bagpipes as an accompaniment.Technically, they're Scottish, but Iggy apparently represents the whole UK at World Meetings, and Scotland has only ever been alluded to. England/The UK's versions of Marukaite Chikyuu and Hattafutte Parade contain surprisingly good bagpipes.Bagpipes are used quite a bit in the soundtrack to Spice and Wolf.Aramaki's Theme in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex features bagpipes in its second half.The first ending theme of Pokémon Best Wishes uses bagpipes, though you might not notice because of the adorable sight of Pokabu blowing into them.Because Clare is so Badass that only bagpipes are good enough for her motif. Claymore has a bagpipe motif for Clare.What does Celtic has to do with it? Read The Other Wiki's article again - There are types of bagpipes from Scandinavia as well (though none from Norway, but that's splitting hairs on the definition of "Norse"). ![]() Yes, the goddesses are nominally Norse, not Celtic. The second season opening of the Ah! My Goddess TV series.Little Wing, the JAM Project-produced opening to Scrapped Princess, opens with bagpipes and has a short interlude with them in the full version of the song.Word of God has it that the bagpipes were chosen because Kazuki Akane thought it was a Rated "M" for Manly instrument, and J is always bringing up what it means to be a man.Kind of appropriate given J's signature cooling pipes. The Crowning Music of Awesome from Heat Guy J is Epic Rocking on the pipes.The extended version of the Vision of Escaflowne opening theme has bagpipes.Also see Loud of War.Įxamples of Everything's Louder with Bagpipes include: Anime and Manga Most often used for a Regional Riff of Scotland. They have a nifty list of songs with bagpipes as well. Though there are many kinds of bagpipes used in traditional music throughout Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus, in fiction you almost never see anything but the Great Highland Bagpipe just take a look at The Other Wiki on the subject. Other types of bagpipes have different, less screechy sounds. Since the original bagpipes, as well as the modern Great Highland Bagpipe originally were signaling instruments, meant to be heard over the sounds of a couple thousand dudes banging at each other with bits of metal, one can argue that this is the point. How loud? Well, if the wind is in the right direction and you listen a bit, you can hear the buskers on Edinburgh's Royal Mile from a couple of miles away. Also, a lot less painful outdoors than inside, as they are also quite loud. Hearing somebody unskilled learning to play bagpipes, though, is just as painful as media makes it out to be. Bagpipes are fantastic instruments, if you know how to play them.
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