Savano, Hiroyuki

Hiroyuki Savano began playing the piano in elementary school after his older sister. His mother’s words also influenced him, that his son “fingers like a lady are designed to play the piano”. The first album, bought by Hiroyuki Savano back in elementary school, was Dragon Quest Original Soundtrack. Then he became interested in creating background music.

From the age of 17 he studied composition, arrangement, orchestration and piano under the guidance of Nobutiki Tsuboi ^[3] .

After graduating from music school, Hiroyuki Savano sent his recordings to many record companies, but they were little interested in releasing soundtracks. Hiroyuki Savano began to take part in various music competitions to be noticed. And he was soon hired by one of the companies. However, after some time, Savano left her to continue working towards the creation of background music.

Subsequently, Hiroyuki Savano was admitted to the Legendoor Agency, established in 2006. Legendoor's goal was to recruit composers to create soundtracks, and Hiroyuki Savano was the first composer to be accepted into this agency.

The first serious work of Hiroyuki Savano was the soundtracks for the TV series "Nurse Aoi", co-written with Yuko Fukushima in 2006. In the same year he created music for the series “Iryu - Dragon medical team”, thanks to which he became famous in Japan ^[4] . The song "Aesthetic" performed by Aiki Sekiyama, sounded in the series, was included in the collection Best Scene from Drama & Cinema along with the works of Jo Hyisaishi , Naoki Sato and others, released by EMI Music Japan .

The soundtracks for the anime series Savano began writing in 2006. In 2009, Savano released his first original album, Musica.

The music for the series is sometimes written in collaboration with other composers of the Legendoor agency - Yuki Hayashi, Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana. For their projects, Hiroyuki Savano often attracts artists such as Mika Kobayashi, Aimee Blackschleger, Aimer, Cyua, mpi, David Whitaker, Yumiko Inoue. A symphony orchestra was invited to record music for Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and Blue Exorcist ^[5]

According to Hiroyuki Savano himself, Hans Zimmer , Jo Hisaishi , Tetsuya Komuro and Ryuichi Sakamoto had a great influence on him and his work.

In July 2017, Hiroyuki Savano terminated the contract with Legendoor agency, where he worked for 12 years ^[6] , and transferred to VV-ALKLINE.

In July 2018, he launched the project "[-30k] re: tuneS", in which already released songs will be rewritten with new arrangements and vocalists. The debut song was "Bios" performed by Laco. ^[7]

In September 2019, he wrote the music for the trailer for the timed release of the event in the League Of Legends game called "Star Defenders - Light and Dark" ^[8]

In 2006, Hiroyuki Savano received the 50th Television Drama Academy Awards in the Best Arrangement nomination for music for the Taiyou no Uta drama.

In 2013 - Newtype Anime Magazine Award in the nomination “Best Soundtracks” for music for the Shingeki no Kyojin anime series.

In 2014, Hiroyuki Savano was awarded the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music of the Year. Also in 2014, he was awarded the Newtype Anime magazine prize in the nomination “Best Soundtracks” for music for the anime series “ KILL la KILL ”.

In 2015, Hiroyuki Savano was again awarded the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music of the Year. Also in 2015, he received the silver JASRAC 2015 award for music for the anime Shingeki no Kyojin . For music for the anime series " Aldnoah.Zero " was awarded the prize of the magazine "Newtype Anime".

In 2016, he received the VGMO website's Annual Game Music Awards 2015 award in the nomination “Outstanding New Artist” for the music for the game “ Xenoblade Chronicles X ”. Also for the fourth time, he received the Newtype Anime magazine award (for the music for the anime series Koutetsujou no Kabaneri ).

In 2017, he won the Tokyo Anime Award for the best music of the year for the third time.

How Savano Hiroyuki

Anime

• Soul Link (2006)
• Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- (2007)
• Zombie Loan (2007)
• Kishin taisen gigantic formula (2007)
• Sengoku Basara (2009)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010)
• Sengoku Basara Ni (2010)
• Sengoku Basara Last Party (2011)
• Blue Exorcist (2011)
• Guilty Crown (2011)
• Blue Exorcist The Movie (2012)
• Shingeki no Kyojin (2013)
• Kill la Kill (2013)
• Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
• Nanatsu no Taizai (2014)
• Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season (2015)
• Owari no Seraph (2015)
• Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (2016)
• Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou Hen (2017)
• Shingeki no Kyojin 2 (2017)
• Re: Creators (2017)
• Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu (2018)
• Gekijouban Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2: Kakusei no Houkou (2018)
• Shingeki no Kyojin 3 (2018)
• Gekijouban Nanatsu no Taizai: Tenkuu no Torawarebito (2018)
• KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS: Unato Decisive Battle (2019)
• Promare (2019)
• Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin (2019)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash

Drama

• Nurse Aoi (2006)
• Iryu - Dragon Medical Team (2006)
• Tayiou no Uta (2006)
• Tokyo Tower (2007)
• Kodoku no kake (2007)
• Iryu - Dragon Medical Team 2 (2007)
• Binbo Danshi (2008)
• Hachi-one Diver (2008)
• Maou (2008)
• Prisoner (2008)
• Triangle (2009)
• BOSS (2009)
• My girl (2009)
• Massuguna Otoko (2010)
• W 'Marks no Yama' (2010)
• Marumo no Okite (2011)
• Suitei Yūzai (2012)
• Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de (2013)
• Lady Joker (2013) (used the soundtrack of the drama "Marks no Yama")
• Link (2013)
• Mare (2015)
• Sign - hōigaku-sha Yuzuki Takashi no jiken - (2019)

Movies

• Catch a wave (song "Surf battle") (2006)
• Jigyaku no Uta (2007)
• Kagehinata ni Saku (2008)
• Box (2010)
• Higanjima (2010)
• Akutou (2012) (used the soundtrack of the drama "Marks no Yama")
• Platina data (2013)

Original Albums

• Musica (2009)
• FANTASIA (2017) (released as part of "Artist Book")

Singles

• Single Lena Park "Fall In Love" (2004)
• The single "Prelude -We are not alone-" performed by Fumi Oto (2006)
• The song "Ima wo Dakishimete" performed by Hitomi Nabatane (single "Crescent Love ~ Tsuki no Namida ~") (2006)
• The song "RE I am" performed by Aimer (single "RE I am") (2013)
• The song "StarRingChild" performed by Aimer (single "StarRingChild") (2014)
• The single "YAMANAIAME" with the participation of performers: Mica Caldito, mpi, Mika Kobayashi, Benjamin Anderson (2014)
• The single "theDOGS" with the participation of mpi and Mica Caldito (2015)
• Aimer single “ninelie” (songs “ninelie” and “Through My Blood <AM>”) featuring chelly (2016)
• The single of the band “Do As Infinity” - “Alive / Iron Hornet” (2017)
• The single of the band “Do As Infinity” - “To Know You” (2017)
• The single of the band “Do As Infinity” - “Keshin no Juu” (2017)
• The single "His / Story / Roll The Dice" performed by Nishikawa Takanori (2018)
• Single "Crescent Cutlass" performed by Nishikawa Takanori (2019)

Collections

• Best Scene from Drama & Cinema (Aesthetic) (2011)
• Sawano Hiroyuki NHK Works (2013)
• Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen Z Jigoku-hen & Tengoku-hen Original Soundtrack (tracks from “ Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn” ) (2015)
• Repose: A Music Box Collection (track "Vogel im Käfig" arranged by Marc Straight) (2018)

Vinyl Records

• GUILTY CROWN ORIGINAL TRACKS (2016)
• KABANERIOFTHEIRONFORTRESS / Warcry (2016)

Other works

• Song "Feel the Moon" performed by Chen Ming (album "Moon - Getsuryoshin -") (2004)
• Song “Feng DIVA” performed by Chen Ming (album “Koigoromo”) (2005)
• Kenuichi Suzumura's 2005 Inu and Cal songs for Box Universe mini album
• Song "Chiisana ginga" as part of "REC Character Song Aka Onda" (2006)
• Song “Tsuki no Yoru” performed by Liu yifei (album “All My Words”) (2006)
• Song "Grief-kuwayuepeisyan-" performed by Chen Min (album "Inori - two as one") (2007)
• Album "ZOMBIE-LOAN CHARACTER ALBUM" (2007)
• As a pianist: track “Rip Slyme's Nagare no naka de” (album “FUNFAIR”) (2007)
• The song "NEO FANTASIA" performed by Minori Tihara (album "NEO FANTASIA") (2013)
• Mobile game "3594e" (2014)
• Musical accompaniment for the video “Siki”, demonstrated at the opening of the fountain at Sunshine Square in Tokyo (2016). ^[9]
• Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touri-ken Yuuki Puppet Soundtrack (2016)
• Nihon TV Ongaku Music Library - Bangumi BGM 03 (Musical accompaniment of the program "Sunday Next") (2017)
• The album of the band “Do As Infinity” - “Alive” (2018)
• RPG-game "KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS -Ran- Hajimaru" (2018)
• Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touri-ken Yuuki 2 Puppet Soundtrack (2018)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Unreleased Soundtrack (2018)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn New Best Soundtrack CD (2019)
• Soundtrack and opening theme of the mobile game "Iron saga" (2019)
• Soundtrack to the trailer for the game "League of legends Star Guardian" (2019)

Print Editions

• Sawano Hiroyuki (Piano Works) [Sheet Music] (2015)
• Artist Book (2017)

Arrangements

• Kudo Shintaro's single "Chef Message" (2006)
• Catch a Wave Theme, Inori, and Take Off (Catch a wave Original soundtrack) (2006)
• Song performed by Minami Kuribayashi's “Umikara Hajimaru Monogatari” (“Summer Days ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK”) (2006)
• Single Kudo Shintaro "Koe Wo Nakushitemo" (2007)
• Composition “THIS WAY BOR ver.” Of the group “DEPAPEPE” (“BEGINNING OF THE ROAD 〜 Collection of early songs〜”) (2007)
• Songs “Squall” and “Kuro haku no tsuki” performed by Kudo Shintaro (album “AI DE IKOZE!”) (2007)
• Liu yifei's song “That's The Way It Is” (single “Haruka”) (2008)
• Single Yuichi Komatsu “Together” (2008)
• “To You” song by Skoop On Somebody (STAY or SHINE album) (2008)
• Songs performed by Akikawa Masafumi “Nagasaki no Kane” and “Kodou” (album “Sen No Kaze Ni Natte Ichigoichie”) (2008)
• Songs performed by Yuichi Komatsu “Sakura dokei”, “Have A Nice Day !!”, “Little Wing”, “Together” and “Tsuite oide” (album “Have a Nice Day”) (2008)
• Song “PRAY” of the group “indigo blue” (album “indigo blue 3 ～ magic carpet ～”) (2008)
• Song "Itoshi Setsuna Namida" by "Peaky SALT" (single "Itoshi Setsuna Namida") (2008)
• ETERNAL WIND -hohoemi wa hikaru kaze no naka- song by Aki Misato (GUNDAM TRIBUTE FROM LANTIS) (2009)
• Song "SAKURA Road" by "indigo blue" (album "SHORELY") (2010)
• Composition “Bolero ~ Passion on Ice” (compilation “Fugure Skate Best 2010-2011”) (2011)
• Composition "Bolero ~ Passion on Ice" with vocals by Tomotaki Okamoto (album "IO LE CANTO PER TE") (2011)
• The song "Yamiichi e" performed by Miki Kobayashi (album "Itoguruma") (2011)
• Song "Ah Yeah!" Of the group "SukimaSwitch" (album "re: Action") (2017)

How SawanoHiroyuki [nZk]

Singles

• "A / Z | aLIEz" performed by mizuki (2014)
• "＆ Ｚ" performed by mizuki (2015)
• "XU | scaPEGoat ”featuring artists: Gemie, Yosh, Mica Caldito (2015)
• “Into the Sky” with the participation of performers: Tielle, naNami, Aimer (2016)
• Digital single “CRYst-Alise” for the mobile game “VALHAIT RISING” performed by Tielle (2016)
• Digital single “e of s” for the mobile game “SOUL REVERSE ZERO” performed by mizuki (2016)
• “GravityWall / shØut” with the participation of performers: Tielle, Gemie, mizuki (2017)
• “Binary Star / Cage” with the participation of performers: Tielle, Gemie, Uru (2018)
• “Narrative / NOISEofRAIN” with the participation of performers: LiSA, Nishikawa Takanori, Tielle, mizuki (2018)
• Tranquility / Trollz with artists: Anly (2019)

Albums

• Aimer's UnChild Album (2014)
• 01 (2015)
• 2V-ALK (2017)
• R∃ / MEMBER (2019)

Soundtracks

• Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015)
• Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (2016)
• CRISIS Kouan Kidou Sousa-tai Tokusou-han (2017)
• Re: Creators (2017)
• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM NT (NARRATIVE) (2018)

Collections

• BEST OF VOCAL WORKS [nZk] (2015)
• BEST OF SOUNDTRACK [emU] (2015)
• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE: 0096 COMPLETE BEST (2016)

• Hiroyuki Savano Official Website (Japanese)
• The page of Hiroyuki Savano on the official website of the Legendoor Agency (Japanese)
• Savano, Hiroyuki in the Anime News Network personal encyclopedia
• Hiroyuki Savano's official twitter page (jap.)
• Official site of the SawanoHiroyuki [nZk] project on twitter (Japanese)