Shirō Sagisu

Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, Sagisu Shirō, born August 29, 1957)[4] is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi Tomiie, and Ken Hirai. Sagisu has also worked as a film composer for several anime and films, being well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially in the soundtrack of Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Shirō Sagisu
鷺巣 詩郎
Background information
Born (1957-08-29) August 29, 1957
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active1978–present
Websitehttp://www.ro-jam.com

Sagisu's career in music started in 1977, when he became one of the members of jazz fusion band T-Square. He made three albums with the group before becoming a full-time composer and writer in 1979. By 1997, he had composed over 2,000 songs, advertising jingles and TV and movie pieces.[5] Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.[6] Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.[7]

Discography

Solo
Year Title
1979 EYES[note 1][8]
1980 Pole Position 2[note 1][9]
1994 Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale[note 2][10]
1999 Shiro's Songbook[11]
2000 Shiro's Songbook 2[12]
2001 Tribute to Cool! Shiro's Songbook 2.5[13]
5.1 Gospel Songbook[14]
2002 Shiro's Songbook "Remixes and More"[15]
2003 Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir[16]
2005 Shiro's Songbook Ver 7.0[17]
2013 Shiro's Songbook Xpressions[18]
2017 Shiro's Songbook The Hidden Wonder of Music[19]
2018 Shiro's Ani-Songbook[20]
2022 Shiro’s Songbook 11[21]
2022 Shiro's Songbook Bleach Bankai![22]

T-Square
Year Title
1978 Lucky Summer Lady[23]
Midnight Lover[24]
1979 Make Me A Star[25]

Works

TV series
Year Title
1984 Attacker You![26]
1987 Kimagure Orange Road[27]
1990 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water[28]
Ranma ½ Nettōhen[note 3][29]
1995 Neon Genesis Evangelion[30]
1998 His and Her Circumstances[31]
2002 Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi[32]
2004 Bleach[33]
2007 Skull Man[34]
2012 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic[35]
2013 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic[36]
2014 Black Bullet[37]
2016 Berserk[38][39]
2018 SSSS.Gridman[40]
2021 SSSS.Dynazenon[41]
2022 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition[42]
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War[43]

Films and original video animations
Year Title
1985 Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko[44]
Megazone 23 Part I[45]
1986 Ai City[46]
1987 Megazone 23 Part II[47]
Battle Royal High School[48]
1988 I Want to Return to That Day[49]
1991 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water – The Motion Picture[50]
1992 Macross II[51]
Ushio & Tora[note 4][52]
1996 Garzey's Wing[53]
1997 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth[54]
The End of Evangelion[55]
2006 Bleach: Memories of Nobody[56]
2007 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone[57]
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion[58]
2008 Bleach: Fade to Black[59]
2009 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance[60]
2010 Bleach: Hell Verse[61]
2012 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc[62]
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo[63]
2014 until You come to me.[note 5][64]
2015 On a Gloomy Night[note 5][65]
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen[note 5][66]
2021 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time[67]
2023 Gridman Universe[68]

Theatrical films
Year Title
2001 Musa[69]
2004 Casshern[70]
2006 The Restless[71]
2015 Attack on Titan[72]
2016 Shin Godzilla[73]
2020 Wotakoi[74]
2022 Shin Ultraman[75]
2023 An Endless Sunday[76]

Television dramas
Year Title
2002 Love Quotient[77]
2010 Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu[78]

Video games
Year Title
TBA Project GAMM[79]

See also

Notes
  1. Shirō Sagisu with Somethin' Special.
  2. Orchestral arrangement of 11 tracks from the game Final Fantasy VI. Co-arranged with Tsuneyoshi Saito.
  3. 4th opening theme song arrangement.
  4. Composer for the first six episodes.
  5. Japan Animator Expo's short.

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