Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared two pieces of music from his score for new Netflix anime series Exception.
The series, which is written by Hirotaka Adachi (AKA Otsuichi) and directed by Yuzo Sato, will premiere on October 14, with the soundtrack set to be released the same day through Sakamoto’s usual label home Milan Records. You can listen to ‘Oxygen’, which is an extended reprisal of the series’ opening theme, above, and find ‘Opening For ‘Exception”, the shortened main theme, here.
In a statement about the score, Sakamoto said: "I wanted to make the main theme a symphonic piece – the kind that has become a staple in science fiction since Star Wars. As for the soundtrack as a whole, I worked towards keeping it darkly ambient, wanting it to feel like one piece of music rather than separated by scene. That said, I did include a degree of harsh sounds in the fighting scenes. Overall, I was able to make a soundtrack I like very much."
Milan Records will release Exception (Soundtrack From The Netflix Anime Series) on October 14, 2022.
