If you're ever looking for classical music that is full of excitement, movie and TV soundtracks have always been a go-to.
However, there's nothing like jamming along to an anime soundtrack.
Today, the official "Sword Art Online" Twitter account revealed the cover art for the upcoming "Sword Art Online" soundtrack collection. Set to be released on Jan. 27, the new collection will include four discs of music from the anime and a fifth disc featuring composer Yuki Kajiura's "Sword Art Online All Overture" concert performance on Blu-ray.
【SAOミュージックコレクション】 abec描き下ろしジャケットイラストとテレビCM４種を公式HPにて公開しました！未発表・未収録曲含め、CD4枚組131曲収録で、1/27発売です！ https://t.co/eR8Sndw12c pic.twitter.com/RleYBbs43y
— TVアニメ「ソードアート・オンライン」 (@sao_anime) November 25, 2015
Crunchyroll reports that the "Sword Art Online" soundtrack collection will cost 4,500 yen plus tax (about $36) and is now currently available for pre-sale. The four discs of music from the anime series contain 131 tracks and includes previously unreleased material.
"Sword Art Online" was originally a light novel series by Reki Kawahara. The light novel has yielded two seasons of anime, several video games, a manga adaptation, and a new feature length animated movie that is set to be released sometime next year. Aniplex USA streamed the "Sword Art Online" anime series to fans outside of Japan, and licensed the series for home video release.
For those who are not familiar with the series, My Anime List describes "Sword Art Online" as follows:
"In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players can control their avatars through brain waves using technology called 'NerveGear'."
It goes on:
"When players enter the game, they discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive. To escape, players must beat the game by defeating each boss on all 100 floors; however, if they die in the game, they die in real life too. Their struggle for survival starts now."
