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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Original Soundtrack 01
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Catalog Number: VTCL-60014
Release Date: January 10, 2008

  1. EXERCISE
  2. UNKNOWN
  3. ALARM BELL
  4. INTERVENTION
  5. INNOVATION
  6. POWER
  7. ATTACK
  8. TURN BACK
  9. WINDLESS
  10. TENSION
  11. SETSUNA
  12. UNION
  13. CONTROL
  14. BEATING
  15. COMMUNIST CAMP
  16. DAILY
  17. LEAGUE
  18. UNREST
  19. CRISIS
  20. ADMINISTRATION
  21. HALLELUJAH
  22. EYES
 

Mini-review: Another beautiful soundtrack from Kenji Kawai. Unlike Fate/stay night, Gundam 00 OST 01 has a more distinct style, with the theme of war and battles as the main topic. No spare moment for happy and upbeat tracks, as there are few of them. The whole atmosphere is quite dark and somber yet so dramatic and heroic at the same time. Notable tracks include “INTERVENTION” (being arranged many times), “SETSUNA”, “CONTROL”, “LEAGUE”, “HALLELUJAH” and “EYES”. Maybe I’m being bias because I love Gundam 00 so much but this OST is even more awesome than Darker Than Black’s or Fate/stay night’s.

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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Original Soundtrack 02
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Catalog Number: VTCL-60022
Release Date: March 26, 2008

  1. IMPERIAL PRINCESS
  2. PEACE
  3. EACH OTHER
  4. EVER
  5. HOLIDAY
  6. APPROACH
  7. THIRST
  8. SEIZURE
  9. FIRELIGHT
  10. FORWARD
  11. MORTIFY
  12. EXPECTATION
  13. REACTION
  14. NEW MOON
  15. DESPAIR
  16. SORROW
  17. DESERT
  18. PALACE
  19. REASON
  20. FIGHT
  21. LOVE SONG
  22. SEPARATION
  23. UPROAR
  24. SOLITUDE
  25. STRATAGEM
  26. RECOVER
  27. REBOOT
  28. POSSIBILITY
  29. COUNTERATTACK
  30. TEARS
  31. MEMORY
  32. SCENERY
  33. BEATING
  34. CROSS ROAD
  35. DAYBREAK’S BELL (Gundam 00 Edit) / L’Arc~En~Ciel
  36. Wana (TV SIZE-EDIT) / THE BACK HORN
  1. IMPERIAL PRINCESS
  2. PEACE
  3. EACH OTHER
  4. EVER
  5. HOLIDAY
  6. APPROACH
  7. THIRST
  8. SEIZURE
  9. FIRELIGHT
  10. FORWARD
  11. MORTIFY
  12. EXPECTATION
  13. REACTION
  14. NEW MOON
  15. DESPAIR
  16. SORROW
  17. DESERT
  18. PALACE
  19. REASON
  20. FIGHT
  21. LOVE SONG
  22. SEPARATION
  23. UPROAR
  24. SOLITUDE
  25. STRATAGEM
  26. RECOVER
  27. REBOOT
  28. POSSIBILITY
  29. COUNTERATTACK
  30. TEARS
  31. MEMORY
  32. SCENERY
  33. BEATING
  34. CROSS ROAD
  35. DAYBREAK’S BELL (士ガンダム00 Edit) / L’Arc~En~Ciel
  36. 罠 (TV SIZE-EDIT) / THE BACK HORN

Mini-review: I hate to say this but if you don’t really want to be a collector, you only need to get this OST and forget the first one. OST2 comes with more tracks, has the TV-Size of the OP1 and ED1, and the best tracks in OST1 make it back with even more awesome arrangements. And that doesn’t even count the whole bunch of new great tracks that are present in the second half of the first season. “MORTIFY”, “REASON”, “FIGHT”, “SEPARATION”, “COUNTERATTACK”, “MEMORY” are just a few best examples.

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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Original Soundtrack 03
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Catalog Number: VTCL-60088
Release Date: December 24, 2008

  1. Unified World
  2. Distortion
  3. Determination
  4. Strike
  5. Katharon
  6. A-LAWS
  7. Fighting Forces
  8. 00 GUNDAM
  9. Affection
  10. Extermination
  11. Take-Off
  12. Power Attack
  13. Repose
  14. Agitation
  15. Secret Maneuver
  16. Threatening Sign
  17. The Ballroom
  18. Innovator
  19. Interception
  20. The Devine
  21. Restart
  22. Ash Like Snow (Anime ver.) / the brilliant green
  23. Friends (Anime ver.) / Stephanie
  1. Unified World
  2. Distortion
  3. Determination
  4. Strike
  5. Katharon
  6. A-LAWS
  7. Fighting Forces
  8. 00 GUNDAM
  9. Affection
  10. Extermination
  11. Take-Off
  12. Power Attack
  13. Repose
  14. Agitation
  15. Secret Maneuver
  16. Threatening Sign
  17. The Ballroom
  18. Innovator
  19. Interception
  20. The Devine
  21. Restart
  22. Ash Like Snow(アニメver.) / the brilliant green
  23. フレンズ(アニメver.) / ステファニー

Mini-review: Just like the previous soundtracks, OST3 comes just as great as it should. The style, which is now more “rocky” and “modern”, is somewhat different from the previous ones. Not all the songs appearing so far in the anime make it to this album, which is a little bit disappointing. I guess they are saved for OST4. My favorite tracks include “Determination”, “Strike”, “00 GUNDAM” (which is probably the most anticipating song in the album due to its association with 00 Gundam’s debut), “Take-Off”, “Affection”, “The Ballroom” and “Innovator”. Since some of my favourite tracks are still missing, I rank this one and OST2 at the same level.

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Title: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Original Soundtrack 04
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Catalog Number: VTCL-60099
Release Date: April 1, 2009