SONY Music Japan taps into childhoods and releases official remixes for several anime theme songs including Naruto and Boruto.
For people who have kept up with the anime, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations’, the recent arcs have started to spice up. To help celebrate and share their own love for the Naruto series, dance music artists including Slushii, CORSAK, and James Landino show their fanaticism with official remixes for several songs from both Naruto and Boruto. These releases arrive as part of the excitement surrounding SONY Music Japan‘s rebranding of the Sakura Chill Beats YouTube channel that occurred on June 19.
This channel is the first of its kind to be centered around official anime song remixes as it blends the worlds of electronic music and anime together, and has its own story centered around a young girl traversing her way through the anime world in search of friends. Finding out she’s alone due to natural and man-made disasters, she finds a unique Sakura tree that helps give her the courage to face the journey she sets off on.
Slushii leaves you with no time to get in your feelings with his cut of “Blue Bird.”
Sakura Chill Beats released Slushii’s remix of Naruto: Shippuden’s third opening, “Blue Bird” by Ikimonogakari as the second release on the channel. No stranger to the anime scene, Slushii has previously included remixes of songs from the wildly popular Attack on Titan in his live sets, hyping up crowds to new heights.
The Los Angeles-based producer swooped in with a high-octane version of the Naruto song, trading in energetic electric guitar riffs for even livelier basslines. “Blue Bird” demonstrates Slushii’s ability to have fans throwing down to even emotional and nostalgic tracks. Slushii commented on the song’s own meaning to him, saying, “Remixing ‘Blue Bird’ was very unique for me because I watched Naruto: Shippuden when it was airing on TV, so I got nostalgia from remixing this song!”
CORSAK offers the perfect soundtrack for a spirited battle with a remix of “Baku.”
Ikimonogakari returned to the Naruto franchise with their song “Baku” acting as Boruto’s eighth opening. Stepping up next, CORSAK added his own spin on the track. CORSAK noted his goals for the remix and explained, “For the remix, I had this vision of Boruto in the middle of a fight, and wanted to create a feeling through the music of the power swinging back and forth in the battle like a pendulum.”
Needless to say, CORSAK achieved the sound, quietly building the initial tone with percussions before breaking into a focused drop that highlights the track’s lyrics. The synths add their own type of flare, almost as though they mimic the rapid movements illustrated in Boruto’s battles.
James Landino pulls listeners into a bitter-sweet atmosphere with his remix of “Kimi ga Ita Shirushi.”
Continuing the flurry of remixes, James Landino provided his rendition of halca‘s “Kimi ga Ita Shirushi,” the most recent ending theme song to Boruto. “I grew up watching the ‘Naruto’ anime and working on ‘Boruto’ is a childhood dream,” Landino shared.
As a video game composer, Landino’s background lent a hand in flawlessly splashing a renewed dash of vitality in the song. Opting for a sweeter sound, the track hits higher notes and revs up the speed for a vibrant tone. The producer fully revamps the track and complements the song’s emotive lyrics surrounding friendship.
