Original soundtracks

This article lists the soundtracks attributed to the Death Note franchise.

Anime soundtracks
Three soundtracks were released for the Death Note anime series. All were composed by Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi and were released under the VAP label.

Film soundtracks
Four soundtracks have been released for the Death Note film series. The first three were composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai and released under the VAP label. The fourth soundtrack was composed and arranged by Yutaka Yamada and released under the avex trax label.

Death Note Tribute
Death Note Tribute is a tribute album dedicated to the live action movie for the Death Note (film). Published by BMG Japan on June 21, 2006 (Japan), it contains 15 tracks performed by various artists, such as Shikao Suga (feat. Amazons), M-Flo, Buck-Tick and Aya Matsuura. The soundtrack came with a cosplay Death Note notebook.


 * Track listing
 * 1) "Secret Society"|秘密結社|Himitsu Kessha}} by Shikao Suga feat. Amazons
 * 2) "37.0C°" by Hitomi Yaida
 * 3) "Hands" by M-Flo
 * 4) "Real Days" by MCU
 * 5) "Straight to Hell" by Char
 * 6) "Diabolo -Lucifer-" by Buck-Tick
 * 7) "Avant Garde"|アヴァンギャルド|Avangyarudo by Coil feat. Kyōko (杏子)
 * 8) "Navigator of Darkness"|暗闇のナビゲイラ|Kurayami no Nabigeira by Kreva
 * 9) "Vendetta Code" by Aggressive Dogs / Death Note Allstars "D-Crew"
 * 10) "Pursuit" by Aggressive Dogs / Death Note Allstars "N-Crew"
 * 11) "Garden" by Kirito
 * 12) "L↔R" by Dēmon Kogure Kakka
 * 13) "We are five samurai"|我ら五人の侍なり ～We are five samurai～|Warera Gonin no Samurai Nari ~We are five samurai~ by PE'Z
 * 14) "Good Night"|オヤスミナサイ|Oyasuminasai
 * 15) "My Wonderful Method"|私のすごい方法|Watashi no Sugoi Hōhō

The Songs for Death Note the movie～the Last name Tribute～
The Songs for Death Note the movie～the Last name Tribute is a tribute album dedicated to the live action movie for the second Death Note (film). Published by Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc. on December 20, 2006 (Japan), it contains 14 tracks performed by various artist, such as Orange Range, abingdon boys school, High and Mighty Color, Doping Panda and Galneryus.


 * Track listing
 * 1) "Hakai (Deathtroy)"
 * 2) "Light Your Fire"
 * 3) "Chest"|チェスト|Chesuto
 * 4) "Current Void This Word"|～流れ・空虚・THIS WORD～|~Nagare・Kūkyo・THIS WORD~}}
 * 5) "Fre@K $HoW"
 * 6) "Energy"
 * 7) "Miracle"
 * 8) "Ninja Night School"
 * 9) "My Soul"
 * 10) "Zinnia"|ジニア|Jinia}
 * 11) "Drive"
 * 12) "Strange Days"
 * 13) "Serenade (D.N.mix)"
 * 14) "The Distorted World 'Lead to Spin off L'" by Daita

Musical
The Japanese production of Death Note: The Musical released two soundtracks in 2015: one featured the vocals of Kenji Urai as Light, and the other featured the vocals of Hayato Kakizawa as Light. Both soundtracks were recorded live in April 2015.

The music was composed by Frank Wildhorn. The lyrics were originally written in English by Jack Murphy and translated into Japanese by Ako Takahashi.

Television drama
One soundtrack was released for the Death Note television drama in 2015. The soundtrack was composed by Takayuki Hattori.