Anime Limited has announced that it has acquired the physical distribution rights for the Suzume Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by RADWIMPS and Kazuma Jinnouchi for North America and Europe.

This soundtrack marks the third collaboration between film director Makoto Shinkai and RADWIMPS, following your name. and Weathering With You. Kazuma Jinnouchi, whose previous credits as a composer include Detective Pikachu and Star Wars: Visions, joined with RADWIMPS on the soundtrack, providing additional experience from Hollywood and anime alike. TikTok star Toaka provides vocals for one of the theme songs, “Suzume feat. Toaka.” Notably, several of the recordings for the soundtrack were held at Abbey Road Studios in London, with both Kazuma and Yōjirō Noda of RADWIMPS conducting the orchestra at the famous site.

Pre-orders for the Japanese import edition of the Suzume Motion Picture Soundtrack Limited Vinyl Edition are available at AllTheAnime.com for North America, the United King & Ireland and AllTheAnime.fr for mainland Europe.

Anime Limited will release the international edition of the soundtrack on vinyl and CD in the same territories later this year – additional information on the release as well as pre-order details will be available in February 2023.

Additionally, all 29 tracks of the Suzume soundtrack are currently available to stream or download via Ingrooves on the following platforms (depending on territory):

  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • Deezer
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • Tidal
  • YouTube Music

Suzume joins the growing pantheon of physical soundtrack releases by Anime Limited’s music label specializing in anime soundtracks across film and television, alongside previously announced 2023 releases such as soundtracks for Macross Plus, Godzilla Singular Point, Attack on Titan, Spy x Family, and Jujutsu Kaisen.

The tracklist for the Suzume Motion Picture Soundtrack is as follows:

Side A

  • The First Encounter
  • Abandoned Resort
  • First Aid
  • Cat Chase
  • At Night in Ferry
  • Cat me if you can
  • Abandoned School
  • Time for two

Side B

  • Hitchhike
  • Two Little Terrors
  • Dreaming on Ferris Wheel
  • Soldier’s Break
  • Shinkansen Super Express
  • History of Mimizu
  • Significant Precursor
  • Sky Over Tokyo

Side C

  • Suzume’s Departure
  • Possessed
  • Double Riding
  • It wasn’t a dream
  • The Other Side of the Door
  • Aftermath
  • To be with Sota
  • Prayer
  • Closing the Door

Side D

  • KANATA HALUKA
  • Suzume feat. Toaka
  • Tamaki
  • Tears of Suzume

RADWIMPS recently announced a North American tour starting in San Jose, California on April 16, 2023, with additional stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico City, Toronto, and New York City. Presale information and VIP packages can be found on the band’s website.

Suzume won the hearts of critics and audiences alike during its theatrical release in Japan in November 2022, becoming the country’s fourth highest-grossing film of the year with $97 million in sales. The film will be released in cinemas outside of Asia by Crunchyroll in collaboration with Sony Pictures and Wild Bunch International starting in April 2023.

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