Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (soundtrack) explained

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Original Soundtrack
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Takashi Ohmama
Cover:	Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury OST.jpg
Recorded:	2022
Language:	Japanese
Length:	3:39:46
Label:	Sunrise Music Label
Producer:	Takashi Ohmama

is the soundtrack album to the anime TV series of the same name, released by Sunrise Music Label on July 26, 2023. It features the series' orchestral score by Takashi Ohmama, plus TV-size versions of the opening and ending themes. The album was released in three editions: a regular edition four-CD version, a limited edition four-CD version with LP-sized packaging, and a two-disc LP version.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

The album peaked at No. 15 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and No. 7 on Billboard Japans Hot Albums chart.^{[6] [7]}

Track listing

Standard four-CD release

Analog Edition LP

Personnel

Tokyo session

• Koichiro Muroya Strings – strings

• Koichiro Muroya – violin

• Rina Odera – violin

• Teruka Murata – violin

• Momoko Takeda – violin

• Eriko Ukemura – violin

• Nagisa Kiriyama – violin

• Yuichi Endo – violin

• Nao Tohara – violin

• Tetsuo Tsushima – violin

• Hideki Imaoka – violin

• Nagisa Sasaki – violin

• Akane Irie – violin

• Ryoko Matsui – violin

• Mari Asai – violin

• Emiko Ujikawa – violin

• Shoko Mabuchi – viola

• Tomoko Shimaoka – viola

• Kintaro Hagiya – viola

• Kiyo Kido – viola

• Taiki Suzumura – viola

• Masami Horisawa – cello

• Takahiro Yuki – cello

• Yuki Mizuno – cello

• Mao Tomonoh – cello

• Yu Miyao – cello

• Jun Satoh – contrabass

• Koji Arake – contrabass

• Shigeki Ippon – contrabass

• Hirofumi Taniuchi – contrabass

Budapest session

• Peter Pejtsik – conductor
• Budapest Art Orchestra – woodwinds, string quartet

Vienna session

• Gottfried Rabl – conductor
• Synchron Stage Orchestra – brass, strings

Rome session

• Clara Solace – vocals (disc 2 track 20, disc 3 track 25, disc 4 tracks 21/22/24)

Charts

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Oricon Japanese Albums	15
Billboard Japan Hot Albums	7
Billboard Japan Top Download Albums^[8]	11
Billboard Japan Top Album Sales^[9]	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: 「機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Original Soundtrack」（音楽：大間々 昂） . . 2024-06-12.
2. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Original Soundtrack【初回限定盤】 . Gundam.info . . 2024-06-12.
3. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Original Soundtrack【アナログ盤】 . Gundam.info . . 2024-06-12.
4. Web site: Mobile Suit Gundam THE WITCH FROM MERCURY Original Soundtrack is Now Available . Gundam.info . . 2023-08-15 . 2024-06-12.
5. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Original Soundtrack (Incomplete Edition) . . 2024-06-13.
6. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Original Soundtrack . . 2024-06-13.
7. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums Charts (August 2, 2023) . . 2024-06-13.
8. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Download Albums Charts (August 2, 2023) . . 2024-06-13.
9. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Album Sales Charts (August 2, 2023) . . 2024-06-13.