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Extra Eclectic

The music of anime

Extra Eclectic - Jan. 8, 2025

Steve Seel presents a unique installment on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with the help of YourClassical MPR Fellow (and anime enthusiast) Akshaj Turebylu: two hours of music from the world of anime — Japanese animation. We hear from Michiru Oshima and Akira Senju’s scores to the series Full Metal Alchemist, Yoshihisa Hirano’s music for Death Note, Shigeaki Saegusa’s Gundam, Shiro Sagisu’s scores to the massive anime phenomenon Neon Genesis Evangelion, and much more. Listen now!

Playlist

Full Metal Alchemist Original: Hagane no Kokoro
Akira Senju
Michiru Oshima
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Xing Symphony - Overture
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: The Fullmetal Alchemist - Legato
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Nocturne of Amestris - Duet
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Entr’acte
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Crisis in the North
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Lapis Philosophorum
Akira Senju
Haruki Mino, piano

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Battle Scherzo
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: To Be King
Akira Senju
Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor: Akira Senju

Death Note: Kyrie
Yoshihisa Hirano

Death Note: Teleology of Death
Yoshihisa Hirano

Death Note: Requiem
Yoshihisa Hirano

Death Note: Dirge
Yoshihisa Hirano

Death Note Symphony: L’s Theme (Orchestral Version)
Yoshihisa Hirano

Berserk: Behelit
Susumu Hirasawa

Berserk: Guts
Susumu Hirasawa

Gundam: Aurora
Shigeaki Saegusa
Masatsugu Shinozaki Orchestra Project
Conductor: Shigeaki Saegusa

Bleach: On Precipice of Defeat
Shiro Sagisu
London Studio Orchestra
Masakazu Morita, vocals
Conductor: James Shearman

Bleach: Into the Fire (orchestra)
Shiro Sagisu
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano

Bleach: Here to Stay (orchestra)
Shiro Sagisu
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano

Hunter x Hunter: The World of Adventurers (Kanzenban)
Yoshihisa Hirano

Hunter x Hunter: Ginpatsu No Shonen (Killua's Theme)
Yoshihisa Hirano

Evangelion: EVA-01
Shiro Sagisu

Evangelion: A Step Forward Into Terror
Shiro Sagisu

Evangelion: The Beast
Shiro Sagisu

Evangelion: Marking Time, Waiting for Death
Shiro Sagisu

Evangelion II: Thanatos
Shiro Sagisu

End of Evangelion: Taikou eno Kinkyuuhinan
Shiro Sagisu
Conductor: Shiro Sagisu

End of Evangelion: II Air
Shiro Sagisu
Conductor: Shiro Sagisu

End of Evangelion: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Shiro Sagisu
Jan Panenka, piano

Made in Abyss: Made in Abyss
Kevin Penkin
Synchron Stage Orchestra
Conductor: Kevin Penkin

Made in Abyss: Roar of the Abyss
Kevin Penkin
Synchron Stage Orchestra
Conductor: Kevin Penkin

Made in Abyss: Underground River
Kevin Penkin
Synchron Stage Orchestra
Raj Ramayya, vocals
Conductor: Kevin Penkin

Made in Abyss: The First Layer
Kevin Penkin
Synchron Stage Orchestra
Conductor: Kevin Penkin

Made in Abyss: Depths of the Abyss
Kevin Penkin
Synchron Stage Orchestra
Conductor: Kevin Penkin

Look Back: Nagareyuku kisetsu
Haruka Nakamura

Look Back: RE: SIN
Haruka Nakamura

Look Back: Kagayaita kisetsu
Haruka Nakamura

Look Back: Final One
Haruka Nakamura

Attack on Titan: eye-water
Hiroyuki Sawano
nZk Philharmonic Orchestra

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