History Music / HiroyukiSawano

* ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'' (anime)

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Used frequently in both lyrics and track titles, though GratuitousGerman is a particular favourite.

* PunnyName: Many of his bizarre track titles are actually complicated puns making use of wingding fonts and wordplay based on kanji or {{Goroawase Number}}s. Some examples include AL°C-@ (''[[AldnoahZero Allusia]]''), 2chi城 (''[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Nichijou/Daily Life]]''), and 美♂-K+$タすpAd ('''[[GuiltyCrown Bios]]''' feat. '''K'''obayashi Mika with '''S'''trings and Synth'''pad''').

* PunnyName: Many of his bizarre track titles are actually complicated puns making use of wingding fonts and wordplay based on kanji or {{Goroawase Number}}s. Some examples include AL°C-@ (''[[AldnoahZero Allusia]]''), 2chi城 (''[[AttackOnTitan Nichijou/Daily Life]]''), and 美♂-K+$タすpAd ('''[[GuiltyCrown Bios]]''' feat. '''K'''obayashi Mika with '''S'''trings and Synth'''pad''').

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Several songs have perfect English grammar, like "DOA" for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', performed by Aimee Blackshleger (an American singer living in Japan), who also sung for ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'', ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' and the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' anime.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Several songs have perfect English grammar, like "DOA" for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', performed by Aimee Blackshleger (an American singer living in Japan), who also sung for ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'', ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', and the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' anime.

** ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' continues the trend with titles like "Bre@thless" and "[aLIEz]".

* StarMakingRole: His ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' soundtrack really made anime fandom stand up and take notice of this guy.

!!Tropes associated with Hiroyuki Sawano:

* ''[[VideoGame/UntitledMonolithSoftRPG X]]'' (working title)

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: His pieces tend to have exceedingly strange titles, featuring a jumble of symbols and letters from various different alphabets. For example, the title theme for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is "ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn", whilst another track, "Titan's Attack", is transcribed as "凸】♀】♂】←巨人". In fact, the entire second soundtrack of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' one ups the first by being filled with these.

** And apparently, one of the tracks from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'' also has a dose of this: The light-hearted track named "H@R0".

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** Ditto for ''Anime/KillLaKill'', which is mostly consisting of different variations of the anime's title (save for the vocal themes like Ragyo's {{Leitmotif}} "Blumenkranz" and Ryuko's "Before my body is dry")

* OneWomanWail

* AutobotsRockOut: Often combined with OrchestralBombing. Examples include '[[Anime/KillLaKill Before my body is dry]]', '[[Manga/AttackOnTitan The Reluctant Heroes]]' and '[[Videogame/SengokuBasara Blaze]]'.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: His pieces tend to have exceedingly strange titles, featuring a jumble of symbols and letters from various different alphabets. For example, the title theme for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is 'ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn', whilst another track, 'Titan's Attack', is transcribed as '凸】♀】♂】←巨人'. In fact, the entire second soundtrack of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' one ups the first by being filled with these.
** Ditto for ''Anime/KillLaKill'', which is mostly consisting of different variations of the anime's title (save for the vocal themes like Ragyo's {{Leitmotif}} 'Blumenkranz' and Ryuko's 'Before my body is dry')

* OminousLatinChanting: Usually not in Latin, but certainly ominous. This crops up a lot in his 'villain' themes, like 'Sixth Heaven Devil King' and 'This Is A Fight To Change The World' from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' and 'XL-TT' from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''.

* PsychoStrings: Uses jarring electronics to achieve the same effect, as in 'Banshee' from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Several songs have perfect English grammar, like 'DOA' for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', performed by Aimee Blackshleger (an American singer living in Japan), who also sung for ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'', ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', and the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' anime.
* VictoriousChorus: Regularly used to give a TriumphantReprise some extra zing. An example would be 'Zero Gravity', a reworking of the main theme from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.

** Ditto for ''Anime/KillLaKill'', which is mostly consisting of different variations of the anime's title (save for a few songs like Ragyo's {{Leitmotif}} 'Blumenkranz' and Ryuko's 'Before my body is dry')

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Several songs have perfect English grammar, like 'DOA' for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', performed by Aimee Blackshleger (an American singer living in Japan), who also sung for ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' and ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII2''.

* ''[[VideoGame/UntitledMonolithSoftRPG "X"]]'' (working title)

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: His pieces tend to have exceedingly strange titles, featuring a jumble of symbols and letters from various different alphabets. For example, the title theme for ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is 'ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn', whilst another track, 'Titan's Attack', is transcribed as '凸】♀】♂】←巨人'.

* VictoriousChorus

Hiroyuki Sawano is a relatively new arrival on the Japanese entertainment scene. Born in 1980, he first became famous for the soundtrack of the LiveActionAdaptation of ''Manga/TeamMedicalDragon''. Since then, he has composed music for movies and TV series both live-action and animated, fusing electronic and orchestral music in a sweeping, bombastic style that imbues anything he works on with as much Hollywood-esque grandeur as it can support.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: His pieces tend to have exceedingly strange titles, featuring a jumble of symbols and letters from various different alphabets. For example, the title theme for Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is 'ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn', whilst another track, 'Titan's Attack', is transcribed as '凸】♀】♂】←巨人'.