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Foreign Music in Anime (Part 2)

Anime
byYa_B0i
Jul 03 2025, 2:42 PM | Updated Jan 18, 5:14 AM
PART 1: https://xss.now.cc/stacks/55234

A (hopefully) comprehensive list of all foreign songs used in anime.

CRITERIA OF ADDITION:
- For a song to count as "foreign," it has to be sung in a language other than Japanese and written/composed by non-Japanese people (though I will count in Japanese covers of foreign songs)
- All listed pieces must be featured in the anime's original release (so, for example, Sydney Forest's songs used in the US Disney version of Kiki's Delivery Service will NOT be counted in)
- I won't be adding compilation movies here unless they feature a foreign song that was not included in the initial release

TO SEE MY NOTES CONTAINING SONG NAMES, PLEASE SET THIS STACK TO LIST VIEW MODE

If you know of an anime that should've been included here, please let me know and I'll add it!

Sorted by release date in ascending order.
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
TV, 2017, 12 eps Me:- Author:10
Insert song: "Barricades" by Hiroyuki Sawano (co-written by British lyricist Benjamin Anderson)
Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
TV, 2017, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening theme: "Scarborough Fair" by Tamaru Yamada (a cover of an English folk song)
Hisone to Maso-tan
TV, 2018, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending theme: "Le temps de la rentrée" by various artists (the ending of each episode features a cover of a French pop song originally performed by France Gall)
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3
TV, 2018, 12 eps Me:- Author:10
Insert songs: "Zero Eclipse" by Hiroyuki Sawano (co-written by British lyricist Benjamin Anderson), "K21" by Hiroyuki Sawano (written and performed by American musician David Whitaker)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze
TV, 2018, 39 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending themes: "Freek'n You" by Jodeci, "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma
Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos
TV, 2020, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening theme: "William Tell Overture" by Jin Katagiri & Akihito Hayashi (a cover of a 19th-century opera piece composed by Gioachino Rossini)
Great Pretender
TV, 2020, 23 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending theme: "The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
TV, 2020, 16 eps Me:- Author:9
Insert songs: "Memory Lane" by Kohta Yamamoto (co-written by British lyricist Benjamin Anderson and performed by Hannah Grace - couldn't find her exact nationality but I'm pretty sure she isn't natively Japanese), "K21" by Hiroyuki Sawano (written and performed by American musician David Whitaker), "Splinter Wolf" by Kohta Yamamoto (co-written by Benjamin Anderson)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean
ONA, 2021, 12 eps Me:- Author:8
Ending theme: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2
TV, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:9
Insert songs: "Barricades" by Hiroyuki Sawano, "Splinter Wolf" by Kohta Yamamoto (both co-written by British lyricist Benjamin Anderson)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean Part 2
ONA, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:8
Ending theme: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy

Instrumental: "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA, 2022, 10 eps Me:- Author:10
Opening theme: "This Fffire" by Franz Ferdinand

Ending theme: "Let You Down" by Dawid Podsiadło

Insert songs: "Who's Ready for Tomorrow" by RAT BOY (IBDY), "Nieważne" by Diego Cichy Don ft. Martyna Baranowska, "Juss Wine" by Diego Cichy Don, "Little Stranger" by Dawid Podsiadło, "Nie Pytaj Nas" by Zjednoczenie Soundsystem, "Żurawie" by Ugory, "Where Did Your Love Go?" by Dawid Podsiadło, "History" by Gazelle Twin & Trash Generation, "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" by Rosa Walton & Hallie Coggins

Instrumentals: "Modern Anthill" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Cloudy Day" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Consumer Cathedral" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Juiced Up" by P.T. Adamczyk, "Run to the Edge" by Marcin Przybyłowicz & P.T. Adamczyk, "On My Way to Hell" by Połoz
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean Part 3
ONA, 2022, 14 eps Me:- Author:8
Ending themes: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy, "Roundabout" by YES
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen
TV Special, 2023, 2 eps Me:- Author:9
Insert songs: "Splinter Wolf" by Kohta Yamamoto, "theDOGS" by Hiroyuki Sawano (both co-written by British lyricist Benjamin Anderson)
Beyblade X
TV, 2023, ? eps Me:- Author:-
Ending theme: "Stay Gold" by Jax Jones & Ado (the song does contain a few lines in Japanese, but it has been written, composed, and produced primarily by foreigners, so I say it still counts)
Yaneura no Rudger
Movie, 2023, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Ending theme: "Nothing’s Impossible" by A Great Big World ft. Rachel Platten
Kaijuu 8-gou
TV, 2024, 12 eps Me:- Author:8
Opening theme: "Abyss" by YUNGBLUD

Ending theme: "Nobody" by OneRepublic
Dandadan
TV, 2024, 12 eps Me:- Author:9
Instrumentals: "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini, "Galop infernal" (from "Orpheus in the Underworld") by Jacques Offenbach (for the anime, the two pieces were remixed by Kensuke Ushio and put together in a mashup called "william hell overture", but both of the original composers were foreigners, so I'm counting these in)

Other: "I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River" by Billy Murray (while this 1915 song written by Bert Kalmar and composed by Joe Cooper doesn't actually make an appearance in the show, fragments of Billy Murray's rendition of the song have been sampled in the anime's opening - "Otonoke" by Creepy Nuts)
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Fukushuu no Requiem
ONA, 2024, 6 eps Me:- Author:6
Opening theme: "Perpetuum Mobile" by Wilbert Roget II

Instrumentals (all by Wilbert Roget II): "The One Year War", "Romania, UC 0079", "Ambushed", "The Red Wolves", "The Principality of Zeon", "Premonition", "Gundam", "Regroup and Riposte", "Country Drive", "Gundam in Pursuit", "Nightmare", "Road to Refuge", "The Ones We Lost", "Gearheads", "Mobile Suit Deathmatch", "Four Gun Salute", "Friendly Fire", "Night Trekking", "Infiltration", "Meeting of the Newtypes", "Last String", "Solari Violin Concerto", "Odessa", "The Ones That Fight", "Last Dance With Death", "The Ones That Stay", "Through the Storm"
Kaijuu 8-gou: Hoshina no Kyuujitsu
Special, 2025, 1 ep Me:- Author:7
Ending theme: "Invincible" by OneRepublic
Lazarus
TV, 2025, 13 eps Me:- Author:10
Opening theme: "Vortex" by Kamasi Washington

Ending theme: "Lazarus" by The Boo Radleys

Insert songs: "Beyond the Sky" by Bonobo & Nicole Miglis, "Dark Will Fall" by Bonobo ft. Jacob Lusk

Instrumentals: "Lazarus" by Kamasi Washington, "Magical Distance" by Kamasi Washington, "Relativity" by Kamasi Washington, "Lie in Memory" by Kamasi Washington, "Follower's Dream" by Kamasi Washington, "Sageness" by Kamasi Washington, "Cold Slaw" by Kamasi Washington, "Hard Way to Wonder" by Kamasi Washington, "Discovery" by Kamasi Washington, "Rumor Has It" by Kamasi Washington, "Prologue" by Bonobo, "Northport" by Bonobo, "Rippling" by Bonobo, "Babylonia" by Bonobo, "Prophets" by Bonobo, "Angels" by Bonobo, "Rings" by Bonobo, "Landfall" by Bonobo, "Hapuna" by Bonobo, "New Prophets" by Bonobo, "Aerials" by Bonobo, "Drifting" by Bonobo, "Hearts" by Bonobo, "Mirror Pursuit" by Floating Points ft. Zongamin, Valentina Magaletti & Miriam Adefris, "Total Eclipse" by Floating Points ft. Miriam Adefris, "Wires (Lazarus Version)" by Floating Points, "Ajar" by Floating Points ft. Zongamin, Valentina Magaletti & Miriam Adefris, "Topaz" by Floating Points ft. Zongamin, Valentina Magaletti & Miriam Adefris, "Dexion" by Floating Points
Takopii no Genzai
ONA, 2025, 6 eps Me:- Author:7
Instrumental: "Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, 'La primavera'" by Antonio Vivaldi (a fragment of the concerto's first movement is incorporated into one of the anime's original tracks - "The Magic" by Yoshiaki Fujisawa)
Clevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no Yuusha
TV, 2025, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending theme: "Destiny" by ︀︀Ellie Goulding
Dandadan 2nd Season
TV, 2025, 12 eps Me:- Author:9
Insert song: "Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125" by Ludwig van Beethoven (the anime notably features the 4th and final movement of the symphony commonly known as "Ode to Joy", which contains vocal parts - that's why I'm not listing it under "instrumentals")

Instrumentals: "Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68" (also known as the "Pastoral Symphony") by Ludwig van Beethoven, "Twelve Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, Maman'" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104" by Antonín Dvořák, "Fugue in G minor, BWV 578" (also known as "Little Fugue") by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Heidenröslein" by Franz Schubert, "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini, "Galop infernal" (from "Orpheus in the Underworld") by Jacques Offenbach (see my Dan Da Dan season 1 notes for detailed explanation on the last two)
Kaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season
TV, 2025, 11 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening theme: "You Can't Run From Yourself" by AURORA

Ending theme: "Beautiful Colors" by OneRepublic
Wandance
TV, 2025, 12 eps Me:- Author:7
Insert song: "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John

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