# Music of Gunbuster

This article lists the albums attributed to the anime series Gunbuster.

## Top wo Nerae! Ongaku Daizukan

Top wo Nerae! Ongaku Daizukan (トップをねらえ！音楽大図鑑, lit. Aim for the Top! Music Encyclopedia) is the first soundtrack album of Gunbuster, released by Victor Entertainment on 7 June 1989. It features the opening theme "Active Heart" and ending theme "Try Again...!" by Noriko Sakai, plus the insert song "Top wo Nerae! Fly High" by Noriko Hidaka and Rei Sakuma, Kohei Tanaka's score for the series' first four episodes, and two original radio dramas. The CD release also includes "Kimi mo Onkyō Kantoku! Top wo Nerae! Naserifu Dai Kōshin", a collection of sound clips by the voice cast. The album was reissued on 18 December 1996.

### Track listing

All music is composed by Kohei Tanaka, except where indicated.
* Tracks 30–99 are "Kimi mo Onkyō Kantoku! Top wo Nerae! Naserifu Dai Kōshin" (キミも音響監督！トップをねらえ！名セリフ大行進, lit. "You Can Also Be the Sound Director! Aim for the Top! Parade of Famous Lines"), which run at 4–7 seconds each.
* Tracks 28–99 are not available on the LP and cassette versions.

## Top wo Nerae! Ultra Sound Collection: Tanaka Kohei no Sekai

Top wo Nerae! Ultra Sound Collection: Tanaka Kohei no Sekai (トップをねらえ!ウルトラ・サウンド・コレクション ～田中公平の世界～, lit. Aim for the Top! Ultra Sound Collection: The World of Kohei Tanaka) is the second soundtrack of Gunbuster, released on 21 March 1990. It features more of Tanaka's score for all six episodes, plus the image song "Tobe! Gunbuster" by Kazuki Yao, one radio drama, and the symphonic suite "Kōkyōshi Gunbuster". Like the first soundtrack, this album was reissued on 18 December 1996.

### Track listing

All music is composed by Kohei Tanaka, except where indicated.

## Sound Collection of Gunbuster

Sound Collection of Gunbuster (トップをねらえ!響綜覧, Top wo Nerae! Kyōsōran) is a box set released on 24 August 1994. The three-disc set compiles the first two soundtracks and adds more background music and dialogue tracks, as well as new songs and karaoke tracks.

### Track listing

All music is composed by Kohei Tanaka, except where indicated.
* Tracks 15–99 are "Kimi mo Onkyō Kantoku! Top wo Nerae! Mezerifu Dai Kōshin" (キミも音響監督！　トップをねらえ！名台詞大行進, lit. "You Can Also Be the Sound Director! Aim for the Top! Parade of Famous Lines"), which run at 4–45 seconds each.
* Tracks 52–99 are "Kimi mo Onkyō Kantoku! Top wo Nerae! Mezerifu Dai Kōshin", which run at 4–7 seconds each.
* Tracks 10–35 are "Top wo Nerae! Yokoku Henshū (Kanzen-han)" (トップをねらえ! 予告編集(完全版), lit. "Aim for the Top! Preview Edits (Complete Version)").
* Tracks 37–99 are "Kimi mo Onkyō Kantoku! Top wo Nerae! Mezerifu Dai Kōshin", which run at 4–10 seconds each.

## Top wo Nerae! Ongaku-shū

Top wo Nerae! Ongaku-shū (トップをねらえ！音楽集, lit. Aim for the Top! Music Collection) is a soundtrack compilation for Gunbuster, released by FlyingDog on 26 March 2013, exclusively on music download and streaming media platforms. The album compiles the first two soundtracks, omitting the opening and ending themes, radio dramas, and character voice clips. The track "Honō no Tokkun" is also omitted due to its similarity to Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire".

### Track listing

All music is composed by Kohei Tanaka, except where indicated.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Loosely based on Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire".
* ↑ Incorporates "Mars, the Bringer of War", from Gustav Holst's The Planets.
* ↑ Features the song "Rock da Go! Go! Gunbuster" (ロックだGo! Go! ガンバスター) by Kazuki Yao.
* ↑ Incorporates the State Anthem of the Soviet Union.
* ↑ "Largo", from Dvořák's New World Symphony.
* ↑ Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 No. 1
* ↑ Features a rendition of "Ganbaron '77" by Noriko Hidaka and Rei Sakuma and a version of the song "Top wo Nerae! Fly High" by Tamio Ōki and Tomomichi Nishimura.