H.T. is ninety seconds of blazing guitar that might be the hardest anime opener of its era. Tsuneo Imahori's Trigun soundtrack on Spicy Stewed Donut pulls together the best cuts from both original Japanese releases into one disc, and every track drips with that dusty western-meets-rock energy.
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Blue Funk leans into blues guitar so hard it's borderline hypnotic, just letting the riff breathe and wander. Philosophy in a Tea Cup throws like five genres into a blender and somehow it all works. Permanent Vacation has this slow, smoky groove.
The whole album carries that Vash the Stampede contradiction, serious weight disguised under something loose and playful. If you watched Trigun and never grabbed the OST, you've been missing half the show.