| Ash Crow | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Longtype: | / Compilation album / Remix album |
| Artist: | Susumu Hirasawa |
| Cover: | Susumu Hirasawa - Ash Crow.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1999–2016 |
| Studio: | Studio WIRESELF, Tsukuba, Ibaraki |
| Language: | Japanese, Hirasawan |
| Label: | Chaos Union, TESLAKITE CHTE-0079 |
| Producer: | Susumu Hirasawa |
| Chronology: | Susumu Hirasawa compilation |
| Prev Title: | Symphonic Code |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
Ash Crow - is an album by Susumu Hirasawa.
Ash Crow contains a series of compositions written by Susumu Hirasawa for adaptations of the manga Berserk. Tied to the 2016 TV adaptation, the album includes both insert songs made for it, with the title track being a previously unannounced alternative arrangement. Besides those, the album contains both original versions of various tracks and re-recordings with new arrangements, as well as some instrumental mixes of recent songs.
It contains both tracks from the 2012 "Aria" single. The presence of "Sign" marks the second time the track has appeared in a compilation, after 2007's Music for Movies.
"Aria", "Sign" and "Sign-3" have lyrics written in, a language Hirasawa created by mixing together elements of Thai, German and Latin.[1] [2]
Although not specifically written for any Berserk project, "Horde of Thistledown" was used as the ending theme of, a 2013 TV special narrated by Skull Knight voice actor Akio Ōtsuka that summarized the events of the first two Golden Age Arc movies.[3]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Albums Chart | 16 |
| Oricon Dance & Soul Albums Chart | 1 |
| amazon.co.jp dance/electronica sales ranking | 1 |