"Attack on Titan" Season 2 Original Soundtrack (進撃の巨人 シーズン 2 オリジナルサウンドトラック Shingeki no Kyojin Shīzun 2 Orijinarusaundotorakku?) is the third soundtrack album containing music from the anime adaptation of Attack on Titan. It is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. In addition to the original music from Season 2, it compiles songs from "Attack on Titan" Original Soundtrack II, YAMANAIAME, Attack on Titan -Guren no Yumiya- Original sound track, TheDOGS, and Attack on Titan -Jiyu no Tsubasa- Original sound track.
Track listing
Disc One
- Barricades | Lyrics: Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: yosh, Gemie, mpi
- APETITAN
- YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T | Lyrics: Rie | Vocal: Gemie
- son2seaVer
- Call of Silence | Lyrics: cAnON. | Vocal: Gemie
- ERENthe標
- attack音D
- YAMANAIAME | Lyrics: Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: Mica Caldito, mpi, Mika Kobayashi
- 2Volt
- 進撃st-hrn-egt20130629巨人
- So ist es Immer | Lyrics: Rie, Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: Benjamin
- 進撃st-hrn-gt-pf20130629巨人
- ymniam-orch
- The Reluctant Heroes <MODv> | Lyrics: mpi | Vocal: Mica Caldito
- 進撃st-hrn-gt20130629巨人
- theDOGS | Lyrics: Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: mpi
Disc Two
- 進撃pf-medley20130629巨人
- EMAymniam
- 進撃pf20130218巨人
- 進撃gt20130218巨人
- TWO-lives
- 進撃st20130629巨人
- 進撃vn-pf20130524巨人
- ymniam-MKorch | Lyrics: Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: Mika Kobayashi
- 進撃pf-adlib-c20130218巨人
- 進撃pf-adlib-b20130218巨人
- 進撃vc-pf20130218巨人
- TheWeightOfLives
- YAMANAIAME <FMv> | Lyrics: Benjamin & mpi | Vocal: Mica Caldito
- AOTs2M他1
- AOTs2M他2
- AOTs2M他3
- AOTs2M他4
Naming Terminology[1][2]
Hiroyuki Sawano uses his own version of abbreviations for instruments, which closely resembles the Italian instrument abbreviations standard.
- st - String Instruments
- hrn - Horns
- pf - Piano/Pianoforte (Italian)
- gt - Guitar
- egt - Electric Guitar
- vn - Violin
- vc - Cello/Violoncello (Italian)
- vc (2nd Meaning) - Vocal Score: A arrangement using the notes of a vocal on a instrument (vocal parts of an opera, cantata, or similar)
- f - Pianissimo: to perform on a piano very softly and gently. Written like (p or f) [p or f being soft] [ppp or fff being the softest.]
- medley - A piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping.
- adlib - Improvised or unrehearsed (Written ad lib)
- st (2nd meaning) - Stringendo: Gradually getting faster (literally, tightening, narrowing) (i.e. with a pressing forward or acceleration of the tempo, that is, becoming stretto)
Liner Notes[3]
- Music Composed & Produced by Hiroyuki Sawano
- Co-produced, directed by Yasushi Horiguchi (Legendoor)
- Recording & Mixing Engineer / Protools Operator: Mitsunori Aizawa (SIGN SOUND), Junichiro “Ojiy” Ojima
- Recorded at LAB recorders, Studio Sound Valley, Bunkamura Studio, Sound City, Studio Green Bird, ONKIO HAUS
- Mixed at Studio Sound Valley
- Mastering Engineer: Mitsunori Aizawa (SIGN SOUND), Yuta Tada (PONY CANYON)
- Mastered at Studio Sound Valley, PONY CANYON
- Score Copy: Shoji Kobayashi
Musicians
- Strings Section: Koichiro Muroya strings
- Violin: Koichiro Muroya
- Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Yasushi Katsumata, Hitoshi Imai, Tsutomu Isohata, Takato Saijo, Hirofumi Wada, Maire Fujita, Yu Sakuma, Shinichi Kotani, Takanori Takahashi, Atsushi Doyama, Eri Yanagawa, Mitsuo Matsuura
- Trumpet: Kenichi Tsujimoto, Shiro Sasaki
- Trombone: Wakaba Kawai, Yukihiro Nomura, Koichi Oshida, Kan Nishida
- Drums: Yu “masshoi” Yamauchi, Yasuo Sano
- Guitars: Hiroshi Iimuro, Tetsuro Toyama
- Guitars & Cello: Harutoshi Ito
- Vocal: Yosh, Gemie, mpi, Benjamin, Mica Caldito, Mika Kobayashi, Ruka
- Background Vocal: Hiroyuki Sawano, Yosh, Gemie, mpi, AKIKO SHIMODOI, Hajime, cAnON.
- Piano, Keyboards & All Other Instruments: Hiroyuki Sawano
References
- ↑ "IMSLP:Abbreviations for Instruments". IMSLP.
- ↑ "Glossary of music terminology". Wikipedia.
- ↑ ""Attack on Titan" Season 2 Original Soundtrack". VGMdb.