Shirō Sagisu



Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎 Sagisu Shirō, born August 29, 1957) is a well-known Japanese music producer and composer. With a career spanning over 25 years (beginning in the late 1970s), Sagisu has worked as a film composer for several anime and films and is well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially the soundtrack to Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion, for which he won the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.

Shiro Sagisu's music has been highly credited for its high quality production and great sound. The music he has composed for the popular anime show Neon Genesis Evangelion has received high praise amongst many anime fans in Japan and in other nations alike. Although he has created music for many other anime shows and movies, Sagisu is most credited for his music from Neon Genesis Evangelion receiving not only awards, but also releasing a CD album which became a best seller compared to other anime sound tracks that get released as albums, earning millions of sales across Japan and overseas in many other nations, especially in the United States and various parts of Europe.

Singles

 * Komm, süsser Tod (arrangements)
 * Thanatos: If I can't be yours

Soundtrack albums

 * Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion II
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion III
 * Evangelion: Death
 * The End of Evangelion
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion: S² Works
 * Music from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
 * Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Original Soundtrack
 * Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack
 * Music from Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
 * Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo Original Soundtrack
 * Shiro Sagisu Music from “Shin Evangelion"

Compilation albums

 * The Day of Second Impact (ANGEL ATTACK (E-6))
 * Refrain of Evangelion
 * Outtakes From Evangelion (Vol.1)
 * Evangelion Infinity

Arranged albums

 * Evangelion-VOX
 * Evangelion Symphony