Hiroyuki Sawano
Hiroyuki Sawano 澤野 弘之 | |
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Also known as | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | September 12, 1980
Origin | Japan |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Website | Hiroyuki Sawano: Official Website |
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之, Sawano Hiroyuki, born 12 September 1980) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for his work on many anime, TV series, and movies. He was represented by Legendoor between 2006 and 2017, and is currently represented by VV-ALKLINE. In 2014, he started a new vocal project under the name ''SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]''.
Biography
Sawano was born in Tokyo, Japan. He began playing piano in elementary school. From the age of 17 he studied composition, arrangement, orchestration, and piano under Nobuchika Tsuboi.[1] He has been active as a composer since 2004.[2]
In 2014 he launched a new vocal song project under the name "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]", producing the first album UnChild with Aimer as the vocalist under the name SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer.[3] Since then his songs under this vocal song project have also been used as the opening and ending themes for various anime, including Aldnoah.Zero, Seraph of the End, and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096. Sawano's vocal song project was moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017.[4]
On July 2, 2017, Sawano's contract with Legendoor was terminated after approximately 12 years.[5] He is now represented by VV-ALKLINE.[6]
Discography
As Hiroyuki Sawano
Original albums
Title | Album Details |
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musica |
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Compilation albums
Title | Release Date |
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BEST OF VOCAL WORKS [nZk] |
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BEST OF SOUNDTRACK [emU] |
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Singles
Title | Release Date | Album | Notes |
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YAMANAIAME |
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Attack on Titan Season 2 Original Soundtrack | YAMANAIAME was used as the ending theme song in the first Attack on Titan compilation film, Attack on Titan Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow |
theDOGS |
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theDOGS was used as the ending theme song in the second Attack on Titan compilation film, Attack on Titan Part 2: Wings of Freedom | |
βiοç <MK+nZk Version> / Ω | Guilty Crown Complete Soundtrack | ||
KABANERIOFTHEIRONFORTRESS / Warcry | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Original Soundtrack |
Other / Production
Title | Artist | Work | Album |
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Prelude -we are not alone-[11] | Fumi Oto |
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non-album single |
Ima wo Dakishimete(今を抱きしめて)[12] | Hitomi Nabatame |
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Umikara Hajimaru Monogatari (海から始まる物語)[13] | Minami Kuribayashi | arranger | dream link |
RE:I AM[14] | Aimer |
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Midnight Sun |
StarRingChild[14] | Aimer |
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NEO FANTASIA[15] | Minori Chihara |
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NEO FANTASIA |
ninelie[16] | Aimer with chelly (EGOIST) |
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daydream |
Ah Yeah!! (produced by Hiroyuki Sawano)[17] | SukimaSwitch |
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re:Action |
Game works
Game Title | Role(s) | Year |
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Composer | 2012 |
3594ε | Composer | 2014 |
Xenoblade Chronicles X | Composer | 2015 |
Anime works
Anime Title | Role(s) | Year |
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Soul Link | Composer | 2006 |
Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love | Composer, Opening theme song composer and arranger | |
Project Blue Earth SOS | Promotional video music creator | |
Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula | Composer | 2007 |
Zombie-Loan | Composer | |
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | Composer | 2009 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Composer, 6th theme song composer, arranger and lyricist | 2010 |
Sengoku Basara II | Composer | |
Blue Exorcist | Composer | 2011 |
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party | Composer | |
Guilty Crown | Composer[18] | |
Blue Exorcist Movie | Composer | 2012 |
Attack on Titan | Composer[19][20] | 2013 |
Kill la Kill | Composer[21][22] | |
Aldnoah.Zero | Composer, Ending theme song composer, arranger and lyricist[23][24] | 2014 |
The Seven Deadly Sins | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada) [25] | |
Attack on Titan Movie Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow | Composer, Ending theme song composer and arranger[26] | |
Aldnoah.Zero Part 2 | Composer, Opening theme song composer, arranger and lyricist[27] | 2015 |
Seraph of the End | Composer, Music Producer, Opening and Ending theme song composer and arranger (other tracks by Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana & Megumi Shiraishi)[28][29] | |
Attack on Titan Movie Part 2: Wings of Freedom | Composer, Ending theme song composer and arranger[30] | |
Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya | Composer, Music Producer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana & Megumi Shiraishi)[31] | |
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | Composer, Ending theme song composer and arranger[32] | 2016 |
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 | Composer, Opening and Ending theme song composer, arranger and lyricist | |
The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada) | |
Attack on Titan S2 | Composer | 2017 |
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga | Composer (other tracks by Kohta Yamamoto) | |
Re:Creators | Composer, Opening theme song composer |
TV works
TV Show | Role(s) | Year |
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Ns' Aoi | Composer (other tracks by Yuko Fukushima) |
2006 |
Team Medical Dragon | Composer (other tracks by Shin Kono) | |
Taiyō no Uta (A Song to the Sun) | Composer | |
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Composer (other tracks by Shin Kono) |
2007 |
Kodoku no Kake ~Itoshiki Hito yo~ | Composer | |
Team Medical Dragon 2 | Composer (other tracks by Toshiaki Matsumoto & Steve Vai) | |
Binbō Danshi (Bomb Bee Men) | Composer | 2008 |
NHK Special: Miracle Body | Composer | |
81diver | Composer | |
Maō | Composer | |
The Sunday NEXT | Composer and arranger for main theme | |
Prisoner | Composer | |
Triangle | Composer (other tracks by Yuki Hayashi, Hiromi Uehara & Kazumasa Oda) |
2009 |
Sunday Sports | Composer for opening and ending theme songs | |
BOSS | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada & Yuki Hayashi) | |
My Girl | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada) | |
Massugu na Otoko | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada) |
2010 |
Team Medical Dragon 3 | Composer (other tracks by Shin Kono & Ai) | |
Marks no Yama | Composer | |
BOSS 2nd Season | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada & Yuki Hayashi) |
2011 |
Marumo no Okite | Composer (other tracks by Yutaka Yamada) | |
Suitei Yūzai | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada & Kengo Tokusashi) |
2012 |
Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de | Composer (other tracks by Takafumi Wada & Kengo Tokusashi) |
2013 |
Lady Joker | Composer (other tracks by Shuichiro Fukuhiro) | |
LINK | Composer (other tracks by Asami Tachibana) | |
Mare | Composer | 2015 |
Thunderbolt Fantasy | Composer[33] | 2016 |
CRISIS | Composer (other tracks by Kohta Yamamoto)[34] |
2017 |
Movie works
Movie Title | Role(s) | Year |
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Catch a Wave | Arranger, Composer for one track in collaboration with DEPAPEPE (arranged in collaboration with DEPAPEPE and Taichi Nakamura) |
2006 |
Happily Ever After | Composer | 2007 |
Kage-Hinata ni Saku | Composer | 2008 |
Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island | Composer | 2010 |
Box! | Composer | |
Platina Data | Composer | 2013 |
As SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Albums
Album Title | Album Details | Performer(s) |
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o1 |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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Collaboration albums
Album Title | Album Details | Performer(s) |
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UnChild |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer |
Singles
Title | Details | Performer(s) | Notes | Album |
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A/Z ǀ aLIEz |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki | A/Z was used as the first ending theme song, and aLIEz was used as the second ending theme song in the anime Aldnoah.Zero.[35] | o1 |
&Z |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki | &Z was used as the second opening theme song in the anime Aldnoah.Zero.[36] | |
X.U. ǀ scaPEGoat |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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X.U. was used as the first opening theme song, and scaPEGoat was used as the first ending theme song in the anime Seraph of the End.[37] | |
Into the Sky EP |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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Into the Sky was used as the first opening song, Next 2 U -eUC- was used as the first ending song and bL∞dy f8 -eUC- was used as the second ending song in the television rebroadcast of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn original video anime adaptation, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 [38] | TBA |
CRYst-Alise |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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CRYst-Alise was used as the main theme song and Rise Above as the battle theme in the mobile game VALHAITRISING.[40] | |
e of s EP |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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e of s was used as the opening theme song in the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero.[42] ninelie <cry-v> was used as the ending theme in the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.[43] | |
gravityWall / shØut |
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SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:
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gravityWall will be used as the first opening theme song in the anime Re:Creators.[45] |
Music videos
Track | Director(s) | Production |
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A/Z[46] | TAKCOM | OKNACK |
&Z[46] | Ryohei Shingu | 19-juke- |
X.U. (short ver.)[46] | maxilla | maxilla |
scaPEGoat[46] | maxilla | maxilla |
s-AVE[46] | Tatsunori Sato | 19-juke- |
References
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- ^ "HIROYUKI SAWANO OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Works". sawanohiroyuki.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "UnChild (Info) - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "ソニー、新レーベル『SACRA MUSIC』4月発足 Kalafina、ClariSら擁し海外展開". Oricon. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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- ^ "BEST OF SOUNDTRACK【emU】- INFO". www.sawanohiroyuki.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Release "βiοç <MK+nZk Version> / Ω" by 澤野弘之 - MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "MD15-0194001 | KABANERIOFTHEIRONFORTRESS/Warcry - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "FCCM-0163 | Prelude -We are not alone- / Fumi Oto - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "FCCM-0164 | Crescent Love ~Tears of the Moon~ / Hitomi Nabatame - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "LACA-5802 | dream link / Minami Kuribayashi - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ a b "DFCL-2070 | Midnight Sun / Aimer - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "LACA-15361 | NEO FANTASIA / Minori Chihara - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "SECL-1987 | daydream / Aimer - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "AUCL-218 | re:Action / SukimaSwitch - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "ギルティクラウン [ GUILTY CROWN ]". guilty-crown.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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- ^ "CD -終わりのセラフ/Seraph of the End animated TV series-". owarino-seraph.jp. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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- ^ "CRISIS - Kansai Telecasting Corporation". Kansai Telecasting Corporation. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
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- ^ "&Z - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "X.U. ǀ scaPEGoat - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ 3rd single「Into the Sky EP」6月29日リリース!「機動戦士ガンダムユニコーン RE:0096」オープニング&エンディングテーマに決定!. sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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- ^ "CRYst-Alise EP - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music". www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "SEXX-01421 | e of s / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ 【公式】ソウルリバース ゼロ【ソルゼロ】. zero.soulreverse.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ 年末劇場公開の「甲鉄城のカバネリ 総集編」のエンディング・テーマにSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer「ninelie <cry-v>」が決定!. www.sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "gravityWall/sh0ut - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]". sh-nzk.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ "Re:Creators Original Anime's 1st TV Ad Previews Opening Theme Song". Anime News Network. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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- Living people
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