The following is the solo discography of Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese musician and composer. Since the beginning of his professional activities in 1973, Hirasawa has produced a prolific number of recordings, with a constant stream of releases since 1978, under his own name as well as multiple bands and side projects. See Mandrake (Japanese band), P-Model and Shun (band) for more output.
Original albums Title Album details Oricon peak chart position Released: 1 September 1989 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD — Released: 25 May 1990 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Virtual Rabbit Released: 1 May 1991 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Aurora Released: 25 February 1994 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD 98 Sim City Released: 2 August 1995 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD 91 Siren Released: 1 August 1996 Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Formats: CD — Released: 21 August 1998 Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Formats: CD Released: 6 October 2000 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD, Digital download Blue Limbo Released: 13 February 2003 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD 202 Released: 2 February 2006 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD 171 Released: 18 February 2009 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD 42 Released: 23 November 2012 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD 43 Released: 18 November 2015 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD 32 Beacon Released: 28 July 2021 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD, Digital download 12
Mini-albums Title Release details Root of Spirit: Charity Original Tape(魂のふる里: Charity Original Tape) Released: 10 April 1988 Label: Self-released Formats: Hirasawa Energy Works Released: 27 December 2001 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: Digital download Released: 29 June 2005 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: Digital download ICE-9 Released: 30 August 2005 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD Released: July 2006 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD Released: 21 July 2020 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: Digital download Released: 17 September 2024 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD, Digital download
1 The track "Ruktun or Die" was a limited-time offer, and was taken out of sale in January 2002. 2 Five of the seven ringtones were released by twenty2product on their website for free under the name "22p_rto01".
Soundtracks Besides the works listed below, he also contributed pieces for the anime X-Bomber (see "other projects").
Original work Type Release Release details radio drama — National Color Trans-Am X30 commercial (radio) Riki Choshu and André the Giant entrances live-action (wrestling matches) Released: 1980 Label: King Formats: LP various commercial Model House Works Released: May 1985 Label: Model House Formats: CS entrances live-action (wrestling matches) Released: 25 March 1986 Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record Formats: LP live-action (television film) — Detonator OrgunTrish Ledoux; Doug Ranney. "Video Directory". The Complete Anime Guide. First edition. pp. 100–101. December 1995. .Second edition. p. 93. February 1997. . anime (OVA) Detonator Orgun 1 Released: 25 August 1991 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Detonator Orgun 2 Released: 25 October 1991 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Detonator Orgun 3 Released: 25 March 1992 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Glory Wars novel trilogy Glory Wars Released: 25 January 1993 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD Tadashi Shimada's Forest MessageKamui Mintara[Akan, Hokkaidō] live-action (nature/ethnographic documentary) — Released: 29 February 2012 Label: Chaos Union, Teslakite Formats: CD Sword-Wind ChronicleBERSERK anime (TV series) Sword-Wind ChronicleBERSERKOriginal Soundtrack Released: 6 November 1997 Label: VAP Formats: CD LOST LEGEND theme park stage show LOST LEGENDLegend of the Lost ContinentOriginal Sound Track Released: 1 March 1999 (show opening)25 April 1999 Label: Chaos Union, biosphere Records Formats: CD Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage video game BERSERKMillennium Falcon ArcChapter of the Flowers of OblivionOriginal Game Soundtrack Released: 15 December 1999 Label: Hakusensha, Marine ENTERTAINMENT Formats: CD densha american animation/live-action (short film) — Lagnacure Legend video game loop american animation/live-action (short film) Far Nation video game Millennium Actress anime (film) Millennium ActressOriginal Sound Track Released: 6 September 2002 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: CD AmigaOS 4 operating system — Released: April 2004 Label: Hyperion Entertainment Formats: CD Paranoia Agent anime (TV series) Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack Released:12 May 2004 5 April 2005 Label:Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Chaos Union, Geneon Entertainment USA Formats: CD Paranoia Agent Outtake Collection Released: 16 May 2004 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: Digital download IdN My Favorite Conference 2004 intro sequence american animation (short film) — Adobe Expert Support trade show loop BERSERKMillennium Falcon ArcChapter of the Holy Demon War video game BERSERKMillennium Falcon ArcChapter of the Holy Demon WarOriginal Soundtrack Released: 25 November 2004 Label: VAP, ULF Records Formats: CD Paprika anime (film) "Paprika" Original Soundtrack Released:23 November 2006 22 February 2007 22 May 2007 Label:Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Milan Records Formats: CD, Digital Download Dreaming Machine — — online news Free Music for Free-Lance Journalists and Independent Media Released: 24 March 2011 Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Formats: Digital download BERSERKGolden Age Arc anime (films) BERSERKGolden Age Arc IISiege of Doldrey Released: 5 December 2012 Label: VAP Video Formats: DVD, BD Berserk anime (TV series) TV Animation Berserk Original Soundtrack Released: 30 November 2016 Label: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Formats: CD Opus anime (film) —
1 Hirasawa only made sound effects for the show, and only worked on it for about a year. 2 A jingle for a radio/TV/cassette recorder combo. Performed with Yasumi Tanaka. Broadcast 1980. Never officially released. 3 Choshu's theme, , is credited to "Hanmyō Ibo" for writing, a play on the Japanese word for "beetle" picked by happenstance; and "Z.Z.Z." for performance. Disowned by Hirasawa. Included on multiple subsequent wrestling over the decades, Hirasawa's recording only appears on King releases. Various artists have covered the song, including Ken Ishii. André's theme is attributed to E-Project. 4 A collection of ten assorted commercial jingles for Shiseido, Tama-Plaza, Matsuzakaya/Kansai Yamamoto, Sony, Nestlé/Nescafé, Teijin and Marui. Six variations of a jingle for Matsuden Home Shopping by Teruo Nakano are also included. Released as a bonus for the first volume of the Moire Club newsletter. 5 Writing and performance are credited to "Yoshio Fukurai", a tribute to Tomokichi Fukurai. Out of the album's eleven tracks, "Furukai" is only present on the title track. 6 Aired once by KTV, who co-produced it with Toho, on 2 February 1987. Based on the 1974 Seiichi Morimura suspense novel of the same name. Hirasawa made its backing music, Shin'ichi Sako made the sound effects and the theme song was done by George Winston. 7 A month before the release of the first episode, Polydor released a "making of" tape titled Detonator Orgun 0, containing an interview with Hirasawa and clips of a press conference he participated with others in the anime's staff. 8 Image mini-album commissioned by , author of the Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko series and Detonator Orgun writer. 9 The first installment of , a now defunct series of television documentary specials produced annually by Hokkaido Television Broadcasting. It was originally broadcast on 29 April 1992 and later re-edited for home video release (released 25 January 1993 on VHS and LaserDisc). Hirasawa appears in the TV edit paddling a canoe. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release: The title track was originally released on Root of Spirit -Essence of Hirasawa Solo Works- and Music for Movies - Great Movie Sounds of Susumu Hirasawa compilations, while the only release of the soundtrack proper is on Disc 11 of the Haldyn Dome box set, 20 years after the documentary aired. 10 A "spectacle show" summer attraction at the Parque España in Shima. When it premiered, the soundtrack could be only bought from the park's gift shops. 11 A short movie about the JR Shinjuku Station. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release; the only kind of sound played on the short (which bears some resemblance to Syun's "Kun Mae #4" from 1996's Kun Mae on a Calculation) was originally released on Illegal Dumping (spelt "Densha", see "other releases"), it was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the Haldyn Dome box set (spelt "densha"). 12 An Artdink PlayStation RPG. Hirasawa only composed and performed the opening theme: . Originally released on From Hirasawa: Solo Songs Not on CD (see "other releases"), a live performance with a new arrangement is included on the Phonon 2553 Vision DVD, a studio recording of that (named "2010 version") is included with other miscellaneous tracks on Disc 16 of the Haldyn Dome box set. 13 A looping presentation on alternative energy, part of the "Hirasawa Energy Works" project. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release. The audio, recorded during a surge of "Surplus Power" (see "other releases") was originally released on Hirasawa's Phantom Notes website (named "LOOP The Sound Track β1"). It was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the Haldyn Dome box set (named "loop"). 14 MMORPG developed by Sega originally for the Dreamcast, moved to the Xbox after the discontinuation of the former console, and ultimately cancelled. The exact extent of Hirasawa's involvement is unknown; one track ("Nation-F") saw release on the Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks compilation. 15 Hirasawa only composed and performed the boot jingle: "Eastern-boot". Two additional tracks were included on the AmigaOS 4.0 CD to showcase Hirasawa's music. The jingle was later released in the FAMIGA (Japanese Amiga community involved with Hirasawa) forums and with Hirasawa's Near Future Never Come e-book. 16 The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release; the only kind of sound played on the short was originally released on Live Byakkoya – White Tiger Field Memorial Package (named "Bonus Spot"), it was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the HALDYN DOME box set (named "IDN"). 17 The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release. 18 Hirasawa only composed and performed the opening theme "Sign" and the ending theme "Sign-2", two different arrangements of the same song. 19 Production on the film was halted for financial and artistic reasons following the death of director Satoshi Kon. Only a few scene/song combinations were set by Kon before his death. Hirasawa made some music for the film. 20 A collection of various songs by Hirasawa and PEVO 1go from their careers that have been edited to serve as film score to be freely used by independent media and free-lance journalists delivering news via the Internet. 21 Hirasawa only composed and performed the theme song: "Aria". While there have been soundtrack releases for the films, none of them include Hirasawa's work. "Aria" was originally a single-only release; it was then included in the Ash Crow compilation 5 years later, with the single CD being discontinued.