Hiroyuki Sawano Celebrates 10 Years of SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] With His New Album

Hiroyuki Sawano is a well-known songwriter and composer, famous for creating music for popular anime series, TV shows, and films like Attack on Titan, The Seven Deadly Sins, Kill la Kill, Guilty Crown, Blue Exorcist, Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Promare, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and many more. His special project, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], focuses on tracks featuring guest vocalists.

To celebrate the project’s 10th anniversary, a greatest hits album called bLACKbLUE is now available – LISTEN HERE.

The album includes 38 songs with various artists as vocalists, including ASKA, Aimer, Akihito Okano (from Porno Graffitti), suis (from Yorushika), and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

It also features two bonus tracks, which are brand new: “Twin Fates,” a collaboration with female rapper Awich, and “B-Cuz,” featuring SennaRin, a singer produced by Sawano.

Before the album’s release, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] debuted the new song “Twin Fates”, featuring Awich. This track was written as the theme song for the new set of the popular trading card game Magic: The Gathering, titled Wilds of Eldraine.

The trailer for this set, produced by Studio Pierrot and aimed at a global audience, was released on YouTube in September 2023.

It quickly gained over 4 million views, and fans eagerly awaited the release of the song. The combination of the beautiful animation depicting the world of Wilds of Eldraine and the song created a lot of excitement, marking a much-anticipated release after a year in development. Watch the trailer HERE.

Comments from Hiroyuki Sawano

“Before I knew it, 10 years have passed. It seemed to go by so fast, but looking back, I was given great opportunities to try and challenge many things in these 10 years.

This greatest hits album consists of two discs, with songs chosen to show two different sides of [nZk]. I hope you enjoy these songs, where I had the chance to collaborate with many different artists, as well as the special tracks that were important and meaningful in this project.”

ABOUT Hiroyuki SAWANO

Hiroyuki Sawano, born in Tokyo in 1980, is a composer best known for creating music for TV shows, anime, and movies. His most famous work includes composing for the global anime hit Attack on Titan as well as other well-known series like Promare, Blue Exorcist, Kill la Kill, and The Seven Deadly Sins.

In addition to his work in soundtracks, he also composes and arranges music for various artists. In the spring of 2014, Sawano started a vocal-focused music project called “SawanoHiroyuki[nZk].”