Uzumaki anime soundtrack is now available on music streaming platforms

Milan Records has announced the original soundtrack release for the Uzumaki anime series on various music streaming platforms.

Uzumaki anime soundtrack is now available on music streaming platforms

The soundtrack, consisting of 13 songs, is created by Colin Stetson, a saxophonist and Grammy award-winning musician (Hereditary, The Menu). The original score for this series is known for Stetson's unique technique of "circulating and winding saxophone melodies" that feature sustained, repeated, and folded notes creating a "hypnotic sound."

Based on the original graphic novel UZUMAKI by Junji ITO published by Shogakukan Inc. © Junji ITO, Shogakukan / Production I.G., LLC
Based on the original graphic novel UZUMAKI by Junji ITO published by Shogakukan Inc. © Junji ITO, Shogakukan / Production I.G., LLC

Various songs also feature "distorted layers of woodwind and string instruments" accompanied by plucked strings played by Matt Combs.

Below is the complete list of songs in the soundtrack:

  1. Uzumaki
  2. Join me in the spiral
  3. The eye follows the pattern
  4. Obsession
  5. For a split second, the drifting smoke
  6. Kirie and Shuichi
  7. Ruins Alive
  8. The Labyrinth
  9. Eerily in the dark
  10. Hey! Are you trying to escape?!
  11. The Eternal Spiral
  12. Twisted souls
  13. Medusa

The anime adaptation of Junji Ito's horror manga began airing on Adult Swim on September 29, 2024 and was written about by unicorn fantasian. Four episodes are planned to be released, with the final episode scheduled to air on October 20, 2024.

Synopsis:

"Let's leave this town together," Shuichi Saito invited Kirie Goshima, a high school student who was born and raised in Kurouzu-cho and was a former classmate of his. Everything starting from strange gusts of wind, smoke emerging from the crematorium, and the residents turning into spirals. The eyes of the people spin around, their tongues stick out, and their bodies turn in an unnatural way. In an attempt to escape the spiral curse, Kirie decides to flee from Kuouzu-cho, but can she escape from this chaos?