''Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the TV series ''
Paranoia Agent
is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to ''Shōnen Bat'' ...
'' composed by
Susumu Hirasawa
is a Japanese musician and composer.
In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band. ...
. The CDs catalog number is #5274, and is labeled by
Geneon
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distributi ...
Entertainment, the same company that holds the
English language
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rights to the anime series in the US.
Track listing
*"Condition Boy" contains a sample of "Kun Mae #3" by
Syun, from the album ''Kun Mae on a Calculation''.
*"Cultivation" was sampled by Kaku P-Model for "Cruise Psyclaon", from the album ''
Vistoron''.
Outtake Collection
On May 16, 2004, Hirasawa released outtakes of the soundtrack, which are alternate arrangements of song melodies that were included in the final soundtrack and one unused theme, on his website.
Personnel
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Susumu Hirasawa
is a Japanese musician and composer.
In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band. ...
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Voice
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Electronic keyboard
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Amiga
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Personal computer
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Digital audio workstation
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Synthesizer
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Sampler,
Sequencer
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Programming,
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*Masanori Chinzei -
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Mixing,
Mastering
*mediaHYPERIUM Studios - Mastering (US release)
*Rihito Yumoto and Mika Hirano (Chaos Union) -
A&R
*Kiyoshi Inagaki - Design
*Koyo Graphic International - Design (US release)
*Masaru Owaku - Photography, Photographic Processing
*Syotaro Takami - Translation
*Michiko Powers - Production (US release)
*Nobu Yamamoto - Executive production (US release)
External links
''Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack''official website
''Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack on NO ROOM''*
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Reverie Hill released for free at Hirasawa's official website
Songs from the series not found in the soundtrackat Hirasawa's official website
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Anime soundtracks
Paranoia Agent
Susumu Hirasawa albums
2004 soundtrack albums