Actually, “Boys Be Smile”'s lyrics reference “Little Busters!” directly, which is kinda brilliant when you listen to it. I think it could probably elicit a whole discussion kinda thing in the KSL topic.
[quote=“Inuconandoyle, post:51, topic:694”]
here’s a track in the Little Busters anime that sounds quite similar to Natsukage aka Summer Lights from AIR.
[/quote]Yes, yes. Unused Track 3. We’ve had this discussion a billion times in the Key Sounds Label discussion thread. Both of them also sound like some track from Love Song.
Actually @zetaFairlight, you’re the one who brought this whole subject up over there a couple months ago; did you completely forget?
Honestly though, composers just tend to sound like themselves. Maeda sounds like Maeda. Orito sounds like Orito. I wouldnt call it self-references, its the same thing as a writer often using the same themes, etc.
