AoTs3-3spens/21石 is the 8th track on disc 1 of the "Attack on Titan" Season 3 Original Soundtrack.
As with all the other pre-The Final Season OSTs, it was composed and arranged by Hiroyuki Sawano.
Title[]
"AoTs3" is an abbreviation of "Attack on Titan Season 3". Since the Japanese word for 3 is "san" (abbreviated sa"), "sa-spens" is a homophone for "suspense". The Japanese rendition of the English word "two" is "tsū" (abbreviated "tsu"), 1 in Japanese is "ichi" (abbreviated "i"), and 石 (stone) is "seki", which altogether becomes "tsu-i-seki" a homophone for "tsuiseki", Japanese for "pursuit".
Musical motifs[]
The track is split into 2 parts. The first (0:00-2:34) has a strong metallic percussion and electronic bursts, while the second (2:34-6:29) feature different marching drums and percussion.
All occurrences[]
- Episode 39 - Levi counterattacks Kenny and his men (2nd part)
- Episode 42:
- Opening recap
- The Scout Regiment sets out to rescue Eren
- Episode 44 - The Scouts assault the cavern
- Episode 46 - The Garrison tries to bombard Rod's Titan
- Episode 53 - The Beast Titan throws his first barrage at the Scout Regiment
- Episode 85 - Armin arrives at the port to lure the Jaegerists
The previews of episodes 38 - 48 are accompanied by the synthesized beat followed by the horn swell from 2:17-2:20.