More than 100 musical CDs have been created for the media franchise built around Eiichirō Oda's

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''. Various

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and

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s were released on a total of 51

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, many of them were also released in collected form on the 8

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s or the 17

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CDs, along with background music from the anime television series, the

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, and

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. Kohei Tanaka and

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are the main composers for ''

'' anime soundtracks including OVAs, TV specials,

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except '' One Piece: Film Gold'' which was composed by Yuki Hayashi and there are numerous other artists who have worked with Kohei Tanaka and

to produce the soundtracks. On August 11, 2019, it was announced that Sakuramen, a musical group will be collaborating with Kohei Tanaka to compose music for the anime's Wano arc. The anime television series currently consists of 41 pieces of theme music, 23 opening themes and 18 ending themes. As of episode 279, ending themes were omitted and, starting from episode 326 onwards, opening themes were extended from 110 seconds long to 150 seconds long. In episodes 1-206 of

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's English-language release of the series, the opening and ending themes were dubbed into English by various voice actors, before reverting to the Japanese versions from episodes 207 onward and later some openings were not licensed by Funimation's release, leaving only the narration dubbed on select opening themes. __TOC__

Albums and track lists

Charts

Compilation albums

All album were released by

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record label.

Theme songs

Reception

Carl Kimlinger of

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states that "One Piece has always stood out for its use of music", which they describe as a "usual mix of trumpeting pirate bombast, rocking action music, and catchy individual themes". Margaret Veira of Active Anime states that the anime television series' "background music sets the mood and the scenes perfectly."

Notes

References

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