Shirō Sagisu
Japanese composer and arranger From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, Sagisu Shirō, born August 29, 1957)[5] 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 | |
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 Sagisu c. 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 29, 1957 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Website | http://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.[6] Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.[7] Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.[8]
Discography
Solo
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | EYES | With Somethin' Special | [9] |
| 1980 | Pole Position 2 | With Somethin' Special | [10] |
| 1994 | Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale | Orchestral arrangement of 11 tracks from the game Final Fantasy VI Co-arranged with Tsuneyoshi Saito |
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| 1999 | Shiro's Songbook | [12] | |
| 2000 | Shiro's Songbook 2 | [13] | |
| 2001 | Tribute to Cool! Shiro's Songbook 2.5 | [14] | |
| 5.1 Gospel Songbook | [15] | ||
| 2002 | Shiro's Songbook "Remixes and More" | [16] | |
| 2003 | Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir | [17] | |
| 2005 | Shiro's Songbook Ver 7.0 | [18] | |
| 2013 | Shiro's Songbook Xpressions | [19] | |
| 2017 | Shiro's Songbook The Hidden Wonder of Music | [20] | |
| 2018 | Shiro's Ani-Songbook | [21] | |
| 2022 | Shiro’s Songbook 11 | [22] | |
| 2022 | Shiro's Songbook Bleach Bankai! | [23] |
T-Square
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lucky Summer Lady | [24] |
| Midnight Lover | [25] | |
| 1979 | Make Me A Star | [26] |
Works
Anime
TV series
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Attacker You! | [27] |
| 1987 | Kimagure Orange Road | [28] |
| 1990 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | [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
Theatrical films
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Love Quotient | [77] |
| 2010 | Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu | [78] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Project GAMM | [79] |
Songwriting credits
1980s
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
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| 1981 | "Sentimental Journey" | Iyo Matsumoto | Sentimental Journey |
| "Hitokakera no Natsu", "Time Capsule", "Yakan Hikou", "Scramble no Koutsuuten" | Sentimental Iyo | ||
| 1982 | "Love me Tender", "Nijiiro no Fantasy" | Iyo Matsumoto | Love me Tender |
| "TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira", "Pata Pata" | TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira | ||
| "Otona Janaino", "Koi wa Ban Ban" | Otona Janaino | ||
| "Dakishimetai", "Kiss In The Dream" | Dakishimetai | ||
| "Majokko Seventeen", "Pandora no Yume", "Frio no Natsu", "Nageki no Nightingale", "Tasogare no Poem" | Only Seventeen | ||
| "Crystal Love", "Born to be a star", | Hideki Saijo | Crystal Love | |
| "Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido", "Ai no Bracelet" | Yu Hayami | Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido | |
| "Meguriai" (めぐりあい)[80] | Daisuke Inoue | Meguriai | |
| 1983 | "Taiyou ga Ippai", "Namida no Handkief" | Iyo Matsumoto | Taiyou ga Ippai |
| "Toki ni Ai wa", "Shinju no Earring" | Toki ni Ai wa | ||
| "Oshare Namida" | Endless Summer | ||
| "Akai Ribbon no Present", "Shigeki Kudasai Boy", "Snow Flake Samba", "Koigokoro 3 Octave", "For you, Christmas" | Yume Hitotsu Shinkirou | ||
| "Chinese Kiss", "Elliot" | Chinese Kiss | ||
| "Sayonara no Monogatari", "Yasashisa no Yokogao" | Chiemi Hori | Sayonara no Monogatari | |
| "Natsuiro no Diary", "Taiyou no Romance" | Natsuiro no Diary | ||
| "Good-by Winter", "Anemone no Shoukei", "Love Me!", "Morning Ranvedouz", "Shyna Boy", "12Gatsu no Inori" | Yuki no Concerto | ||
| "Sweet Surrender", "WANGAN High Way" | Miki Matsubara | Sweet Surrender | |
| "Moonlight Review" | Revue | ||
| "Weather Song", "45 Nichi" | Naoko Kawai | Half Shadow | |
| 1984 | "Kaze no Magical" | Kyoko Koizumi | Nagisa no Haikara Ningyou |
| "Control" | Naoko Kawai | Control | |
| "Kuchibiru no Privacy", "Mebius no Kagami" | Kuchibiru no Privacy | ||
| "Taiyou no Shita no Stranger", "Machikado", "Maboroshi no Natsu" | Summer Delicacy | ||
| "Ai wa Kagirinaku", "Still Love Me" | Hiromi Go | Ougonkyou I: 2oku 4senman no Hitomi | |
| "Haru wa Sara Sara" | Youko Nagayama | Haru wa Sara Sara | |
| "Shabon", "Pianissimo" | Shabon | ||
| "100Man Tsubu no Namida" | Shibugakitai | Beranmee! Dandy | |
| "Kokuhaku: Aisuru Hito he", "Hoshizora kara Merry Christmas" | Honesty: Maji | ||
| "Seishun Prelude" (青春プレリュード)[80] | Harumi Kamo | Seishun Prelude | |
| "Love with You: Ai no Present" (Love with You ～愛のプレゼント～)[80] | Chie Kobayashi | Love with You: Ai no Present | |
| 1985 | "Gekka Bijin", "Otanoshimi wa Korekara..." | Iyo Matsumoto | Gekka Bijin |
| "Dokuritsu Sengen" | Pony Tail wa Nusubanai | ||
| "Nantetatte Idol" | Kyoko Koizumi | Nantetatte Idol | |
| "Yokosuka Day Dream" | Today's Girl | ||
| "Flapper", "Someday" | Flapper | ||
| "Debut: Fly me to love" | Naoko Kawai | Debut: Fly me to love | |
| "I'm in love" | Lavender Lips | ||
| "Oriental Eyes (Sometimes, Somewhere)", "Eien no Cinema House (Thousands Frames)" | Stardust Garden | ||
| "Kishuu" | Naoko Ken | Kishuu | |
| "Kanashii Opera", "Kakashi" | Deep | ||
| "Imagination", "Communication", "1984", "Reaching Out" | Junko Yagami | Communication | |
| "Gold Wind" | Youko Nagayama | Gold Wind | |
| "Kill", "Yabanna Shuumatsu" | Shibugakitai | Kill | |
| "Moon Venus" | Moon Venus | ||
| "Kibun wa New Orleans", "One More Night", "Namida no Amtrak" | Burrow Gag from New San Francisco | ||
| "Tsumi Daze! New York", "Kanashimi no Kageki", "Good-bye Hollywood", "Otosareta China Town" | Exotic | ||
| "Transformer"[80] | Satoko Shimonari | Transformer | |
| ""Moete Hero" (燃えてヒーロー)"[80] | Takayuki Takemoto | Moete Hero | |
| ""Hadashi no Soldier" (裸足のソルジャー)"[80] | Kōsuke Shimoyama | Hadashi no Soldie | |
| 1986 | "Mind Game", "Mosaic no Shiro", "Pink Champagne", Exotica", "Jealous Candle" | Akina Nakamori | Crimson |
| "Yuujou no Monogatari" | Toshihiko Tahara | Hard ni Yasashiku | |
| "Friendly you", "Utsukushiki Grotesque" | Kyoko Koizumi | Hard ni Yasashiku | |
| "Tasogare no Monologue" | Miki Imai | Tasogare no Monologue | |
| "Melting Point", "Hitomi ni I love you | Yoko Oginome | Non-Stopper | |
| "Venus" | Youko Nagayama | Venus (sg) | |
| "Sushi Kuinee!" | Shibugakitai | Sushi Kuinee! | |
| "Koufuku no One Eight Ticket" | Tonde Hi ni Haire Natsu no Reijou | ||
| "Arabian Kiss Club" | Arabian Kiss Club | ||
| "Ano Koro no Oretachi" | Koibitotachi no Bldv. | ||
| "Summer Night Carnival", "Manatsu no Dekigoto", "Hatachi no Pinocchio", "City" | Passionate Paradise | ||
| "Poo-side Clash", "Andromeda no Namida", "Youki na Holy Night" | Horoscope | ||
| "City Dreams From Tokyo", "Madness" | Hideki Saijo | From Tokyo | |
| "Transformer 2010"[80] | Shō Hirose | Transformer 2010 | |
| "Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo" (アニメじゃない〜夢を忘れた古い地球人よ〜), "Jidai ga Naiteiru" (時代が泣いている) [80] | Masahito Arai | Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo | |
| 1987 | "Star", Moshi Mouichido Aerunara | Yui Asaka | Star |
| "Escape no Natsu" | Hitomi ni Storm | ||
| "To be late" | Rainbow | ||
| "Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite" | Miho Nakayama | 50/50 | |
| "Bad Boy" | Catch Me | ||
| "Liberty Girl", "Okkochai na Randevouz", "Linne Magic" | One and Only | ||
| "U Bu" | Kyoko Koizumi | Kyouko no Kiyoku Tanoshiku Utsukushiku | |
| "Sleepless Heart", "Odosarete..." | Junko Ohashi | Question | |
| "Lonely Liar" | Yu Hayami | Lonely Liar | |
| "Makkana Miniskirt" | Onyanko Club | Circle | |
| "Killer Toori ga Mainichi Party", "Babylon A Go Go", "Shonen no Saigo no Natsu", "Wangan Taiyōzoku (version II)", "Karuizawa Collection" | Yoko Oginome | Route 246 Connexion | |
| "Nile in blue" | Momoko Kikuchi | Nile in blue | |
| "Off Limits" | Glass no Sougen | ||
| "Dreamin' Rider", "Yokohama City of Lights", "Sundial" | Escape from Dimension | ||
| "Mister Monday", "Two of hearts, "I like you", "Sunny", "Papa Don't Preach", "Give me up" | Youko Nagayama | Venus (al.) | |
| "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Yajuu no Bigaku" | Shibugakitai | Tora! Tora! Tora | |
| "Natsu no Mirage" (夏のミラージュ)[80] | Kanako Wada | Natsu no Mirage | |
| "Orange Mystery" (オレンジ・ミステリー)[80] | Hideyuki Nagashima | Orange Mystery | |
| "Yumeiro Chaser" (夢色チェイサー)[80] | Mami Ayukawa | Yumeiro Chaser | |
| 1988 | "Kanashimi no Tsubasa" | Yui Asaka | Cecile |
| "Heartbreak Bay Blues", "All My Love" | Candid Girl | ||
| "Sugar Baby Love", "Kaze no Prelude" | Wink | Sugar Baby Love | |
| "Dance with me", "Anata no Kata ni Hoho Umete " | Moonlight Serenade | ||
| "Yumeiro Club" | Yoshie Kashiwabara | Aishita dake yo | |
| "Checking Out" | Yu Hayami | Get Up | |
| "In the room", "Megami no Migite" | Miki Matsubara | In the room | |
| all songs | Wink | ||
| "Superstition", "Suteki ni Fade Away" | Yoko Oginome | CD-Rider | |
| "Lonely Goodnight" | Youko Nagayama | Lonely Goodnight | |
| "Show Me", "Toy Boy", "I Think We Are Alone Now", | Tokyo Menu | ||
| "No Escape", "Atarashii Yesterday", "Lahaina no Kaze", "Akirakani Ai ni Natteta", "Bananafish no Hi", "Be-Song" | F-1 | ||
| "I Should Go Away", "Once Again" | Hideki Saijou | 33sai | |
| 1989 | "Night Dancer" | Yui Asaka | True Love |
| "Bandit", "White Nights" | Melody Fair | ||
| "No to iu Aijou", "Anymore Ai Nante", "Bara Jikan", "Yoake no Metro" | Yoshie Kashiwabara | Yes I Love You: Unmei wo Koete | |
| "Sennen Roman", "Rhetorica" | Yoko Oginome | Fair Tension | |
| "Sukoshizutsu no Ai" | Noriko Sakai | Sayonara wo Sugite | |
| "All Right" | All Right | ||
| "Anata ni Home Sick", "100% no Koibito", "Koi to Ai no Nuance", "Blink", "Arigatou Heart Beat" | My Dear/Noriko Part V | ||
| "Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku" (ボクらの夢によろしく)[80] | Cha-cha | Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku |
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1990s–2000s
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Omatsuri Ninja" | Ninja | Omatsuri Ninja |
| "Ressha" | Ninja | ||
| "Shake My Day", "Monalisa" | Hideki Saijo | Shake My Day | |
| "Yōshun no Passage" (陽春のパッセージ)[80] | Yoko Yanaka | Yōshun no Passage | |
| ""Zettai! Part 2"" (絶対!Part2)[80] | Yoshie Hayasaka | Zettai! Part 2 | |
| 1991 | "Growing Up" | Hikaru Genji | Growing Up |
| "Heart no Chikyuugi" | 333 (Thank You) | ||
| "Ringo Hakusho" | Ninja | Ringo Hakusho | |
| "Ooi! Kurumayasan"[80] | Ooi! Kurumayasan | ||
| "Overture (Festival Music)" | Summer Fiesta | ||
| "Gyakuten Typhoon", "Harahorohirehare"[80] | Yoshie Hayasaka | Gyakuten Typhoon | |
| 1992 | "Futari no Birthday" | Kohmi Hirose | Futari no Birthday |
| "Yakusoku"[80] | Hiroko Kasahara | Mou Ichido Love You | |
| 1993 | "Yumemiru Planet" | Yoko Oginome | Yumemiru Planet |
| 1994 | "Kawaii Onna", "Yumemiru Chikara", "Mama wa Nandemo Shitteru" | Izumi Yukimura | I'm a Singer |
| 1998 | "Never Gonna Cry" | Misia | Mother Father Brother Sister |
| "The Glory Day" | The Glory Day | ||
| 1999 | "One! | Wasurenai Hibi | |
| 2001 | "Still Rain" | Nanase Aikawa | The Last Quarter |
| "Nocturne" | Misia | Marvelous | |
| "Gaining Through Losing" | Ken Hirai | Gaining Through Losing | |
| "C'est la Vie" | Chemistry | The Way We Are | |
| 2002 | "Treat or Goblins", "Anata no Kokoro ni" | Megumi Hayashibara | Treat or Goblins |
| "Running Away" | Chemistry | Kimi wo Sagashiteta | |
| "Move on" | It Takes Two | ||
| "Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit" | Skoop On Somebody | Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit | |
| 2003 | "Flapper" | Smap | SMAP 016/MIJ |
| "The Light: A Journey To The Promised Land" | Junpei Shiina | Amai Yoru no Kaori | |
| "Kokoro Hitotsu" | Misia | Kokoro Hitotsu | |
| 2004 | "Eyes on me", "Diamond" | Mars & Roses | |
| "Fuyu no Etranger" | Singer for Singer | ||
| "My Rivets" | Chemistry | OnexOne | |
| 2005 | "For Isla Bonita" | Kaori Natori | Darling |
| 2006 | "Stay" | Stay | |
| "Hitosuji no Kiseki" | Gospellers | Hitosuji no Kiseki | |
| 2009 | "Standing bird", "Get Ready, "XYZ", "Let Me Be Myself", "Deep Breathing", "Welcome to my fan club", "Hate me hate you", "Paranoia", "Your Rock", "Heart&Soul" | May'n | Styles |
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2010s–2020s
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Ave Maria 2010" | Yoko Takahashi | Doukoku he no Monologue |
| "Shuuketsu no Sadame", "Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara: Maternal Version" | Megumi Hayashibara | Shuuketsu no Sadame | |
| "Kiss of life" | Ken Hirai | Urauta Baka | |
| "Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku" (愛は降る星のごとく)[80] | May'n | Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku | |
| "Shinjitemiru", "My Lovely Thing" | Shinjitemiru | ||
| 2011 | "Kioku" | Misia | Kioku |
| "Soul Quest Overture", "This is me" | Soul Quest | ||
| "Smile", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "This Christmas" | Misia no Mori: Forest Covers | ||
| "Moshimo Kimi ga Negaunara", "Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku", "Phonic Nation" | May'n | If you... | |
| 2012 | "Jewels" | May'n | Heat |
| 2013 | "Arigatou Okagesan", "Yume ga Hontou ni Naru Fune" | Harumi Miyako | Arigatou Okagesan |
| "Lethe" | May'n | Yamai Dare Darlin' | |
| 2014 | "Tomorrow" | Ken Hirai | Soredemo Shitai |
| "Trickstar" | Iori Nomizu | Shikkoku wo Nuritsubuse | |
| 2015 | "Mayonaka no Hide and Seek" | Misia | Shiroi Kisetsu |
| "Orphans no Namida"[80] | Orphans no Namida | ||
| 2016 | ""Meimoku no Kanata" (瞑目の彼方)[80] | Nagi Yanagi | Meimoku no Kanata |
| 2017 | "Who will know - furusato", "Tensions - welcome to the stage", "Who will know - snedronningen" | Yoko Takahashi | Welcome to the stage! |
| 2018 | "Come sweet death, second impact", "The Image of black me", "Dilemmatic triangle opera AYANAMI Version" | Megumi Hayashibara | Fifty-Fifty |
| "Amazing Life" | Misia | Life is going on and on | |
| 2019 | "Lifetime with..." | May'n | Yell |
| 2020 | "Kagayaki no Etude" | Sumire Morohoshi | Tsumuji Kaze |
| 2022 | "Wish" | Mika Nakashima | Wish |
| 2023 | "What If?" | Yoko Takahashi | Evangelion Eternally |
| "The End", "Seiza" | Junna | Dear |
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References
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