My favorite and Least-Favorite Heisei Kamen Rider theme song

[Painted_Outlaw]

Why so much hate for Ryuki's theme? I actually like it quite a bit.

I know, right? Rica Matsumoto's an amazing singer who deserves more love for her work.

 

[Guardian07]

If you disagree with my pick. Which is your favorite and least-favorite theme song of HEISEI KAMEN RIDER!!!!! (NO SHOWA RIDER SONG!!! TOO OLD-FASHIONED FOR NEW FAN!!!!!!!!)

Damn young'un:shakefist!! Don't look down on the Showa themes! Sure, different styles and beats, but they're all awesome!

Joking aside, really, give some of them a listen. Particularly Black and Black RX's opening and ending themes.

Since this is a question of favorites, it obviously will be heavily influenced by my own personal bias, on what I like in music. As far as songs go, I love the really rhythmic, melodious and passionate songs and I don't tend to like the chaotic, heavy rock stuff. Now, Japan's music is a weird thing because they're really partial to the fusion of genres and styles of music. A song can have a heavy rock tune and then change to become slower and more rhythmic and vice versa. What I'm saying is, it's hard to pick a top favorite and a least favorite because I like them all at some level.

Top favorites
- Kamen Rider Agito (Agito) - Epic hero ballad. I'm kinda pining for a return to this style of songs in Kamen Rider, but I'm guessing today's youth prefers loud and fast stimulating beats for their hero shows.
- Alive A Life (Ryuki) - Epicly passionate and full of emotions.
- Blade Brave (1st Blade op) - Apparently I'm one of the few who prefers this to the second opening. Again, this list is based on my tastes in music. Elements is a better hero theme compared to this really poppy song.

Least favorite
- Break the Chain(Kiva) - Didn't like it much apart from the violin solo.
- Switch On(Fourze) - While I love it because it's very joyful, uplifting and spirited, it's kind of boring music-wise.

Middle
-Everything else.