Music of Heat Guy J

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This article lists the albums and singles attributed to the anime series Heat Guy J .

Contents

Soundtrack albums

Heat Guy J: Original Soundtrack – Burn

Heat Guy J: Original Soundtrack – Burn
Heat Guy J OST.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Try Force
ReleasedDecember 25, 2002 (2002-12-25) [1]
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)(U.S.) [2]
Recorded2002
Studio
  • Sound Valley Studio
  • Landmark Studio
  • Studio Greenbird
Genre
Length57:47
57:48 (U.S.)
Label Lantis
Pioneer Entertainment (U.S.) [2]
Producer

Heat Guy J: Original Soundtrack – Burn is the sole soundtrack album of Heat Guy J, released by Lantis on December 25, 2002, and by Pioneer Entertainment in the U.S. on August 19, 2003. [2] It contains the background music composed and performed by Try Force, a side project of Japanese singer-songwriter Hironobu Kageyama. [1] The U.S. version replaces the first ending theme "Kokoro no Sukima" by WYSE with the second ending theme "Hikari" by Saeko Chiba.

Track listing

All music is composed by Try Force, except where indicated

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Tribe" (Main Theme of HGJ)   3:10
2."Face" (90 Sec. Edit)   1:35
3."Rainbow Gate Park"   4:00
4."Bay Side Slider"   3:10
5."Smoke"   2:30
6."Plastic Cowboy"   2:37
7."Death Metal Riot"   3:16
8."Mad City Sunset" (Type 1)   2:18
9."Backstreet Guys"   3:13
10."Interchange"   2:17
11."God Never Knows"   3:30
12."Fragmentation"   3:38
13."Slow Dance"   1:31
14."Shadow Hunter"   2:47
15."Black Box"   2:45
16."Mad City Sunset" (Type 2)   4:07
17."Full Moon Serenade [fn 1] "   3:05
18."Omerta (Family Affair)"   4:25
19."Rock and Roll Hard"   2:21
20."Kokoro no Sukima (心の隙間, "Gap in the Heart")" (90 Sec. Edit)TakumaTakuma WYSE 1:32
Total length:57:47
U.S. version
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
20."Hikari (ひかり, "Light")" (90 Sec. Edit) Yuki Kajiura Kajiura Saeko Chiba 1:33
Total length:57:48

Personnel

Try Force

  • Hironobu Kageyama – lead vocals, guitar
  • Kenichi Sudoh – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Yohgo Kohno – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Yoshichika Kuriyama – synthesizers

WYSE

  • Tsukimori – lead vocals
  • Takuma – bass, backing vocals
  • Hiro – guitar
  • Mori – guitar
  • Kenji – drums

Singles

"Face"

"Face"
Heat Guy J Face Single.jpg
Single by Try Force
from the album Heat Guy J: Original Soundtrack – Burn
LanguageJapanese
B-side "Inside Touch"
ReleasedOctober 23, 2002 (2002-10-23)
Recorded2002
Genre
Length18:39
Label Lantis
Songwriter(s) Try Force
Producer(s) Try Force

"Face" is the first single for Heat Guy J by Try Force, released by Lantis on October 23, 2002. It features the series opening theme, plus the image song "Inside Touch". [3] [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Try Force

No.TitleLength
1."Face"5:04
2."Inside Touch"4:17
3."Face" (Instrumental)5:04
4."Inside Touch" (Instrumental)4:14
Total length:18:39

"Hikari"

"Hikari"
Saeko Chiba - Hikari.jpg
Single by Saeko Chiba
from the album Melody
LanguageJapanese
B-side "Hello Goodbye"
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2003 (2003-01-22)
Recorded2002
Genre
Length18:40
Label Lantis
Songwriter(s) Yuki Kajiura
Producer(s) Yuki Kajiura
Saeko Chiba singles chronology
"Sayonara"
(2002)
"Hikari"
(2003)
"Ice Cream"
(2003)

"Hikari" (ひかり, lit. "Light") is the second single for Heat Guy J and the sixth single by Japanese voice actress and singer Saeko Chiba, released by Lantis on January 22, 2003. Written and produced by Yuki Kajiura, the song was the series' ending theme from episodes 14 to 25. Chiba also voiced Kyoko Milchan in the series. [5] [6]

The single peaked at No. 163 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yuki Kajiura

No.TitleLength
1.""Hikari" (ひかり, "Light")"4:56
2."Hello Goodbye"4:26
3."Hikari" (Off Vocal)4:55
4."Hello Goodbye" (Off Vocal)4:23
Total length:18:40

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Japan (Oricon) [7] 163

Footnotes

  1. Misspelled "Full Moon Selenade" on the Japanese release.

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Heat Guy J: Original Soundtrack – Burn

"Face" single

"Hikari" single