Music of 428: Shibuya Scramble and Canaan
Music of the video game 428: Shibuya Scramble and the TV series Canaan
428: Shibuya Scramble is a visual novel video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Sega. The game was released in 2008, and spawned the sequel anime series Canaan, created by Type-Moon and animated by P.A. Works and aired in 2009. The music of 428: Shibuya Scramble and Canaan spans two soundtrack albums, four singles, and one character song album.
The soundtrack of 428 was primarily composed by Hideki Sakamoto and Naoki Sato, with 9 tracks done by guest composer Shingo Yasumoto. The soundtrack is varied in genre and style, which Sakamato said provided the composition process with several obstacles. The music was released on a soundtrack album by the label Lantis on February 4, 2009, with three discs and 73 tracks. J-pop artist Aya Kamiki performed the theme song to 428, "Sekai wa Sore demo Kawari wa Shinai", a rock song that describes positivity despite an unchanging world.
The music of Canaan, consisting of 101 tracks, was headed primarily by Hikaru Nanase. A three-disc soundtrack album, titled Ai, was released by Lantis on November 25, 2009. The opening and ending themes to Canaan were both of their artists' major debut singles, released by Lantis.
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