User:Solidstate/Sandbox music

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The scene from EP001.

At the start of most episodes in the original series, a tune can be heard which also features in the games. The purpose for the music is like many other animated programming , to set mood of the show.

The music is played in times of hardship , influencing a more sad soft tone .It can then progress getting loud when the show is in a serious tense moment such as One example from the anime is when Ash flees from a flock of attacking Spearow during Pokémon - I Choose You. The music playing sets scene for the more serious side of the anime, adding emotion.

Every time their is a Pokémon battle ,the battling music from the game is heard.

Composers

Anime music composed by 宮崎慎二 Miyazaki Shinji

Music based on the game music:

• 増田順 Masuda Jun'ichi
• 之瀬剛 Ichinose Gō
• 青木森 Aoki Morikazu.

Trivia

• Ash himself has even hummed along to the music playing in the start of ..., thus breaking the fourth wall.

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.