Editing Neon Genesis Evangelion (section)

===Soundtracks and music===
{{Main|Music of Neon Genesis Evangelion{{!}}Music of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''}}
[[Shirō Sagisu]] composed most of the original music for the series. The soundtracks released to high rankings on the [[Oricon]] charts, with ''Neon Genesis Evangelion III'' reaching the number one slot for highest sales in 1997;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://j-pop.com/anime/archive/feature/03_evangelion/anno1.html|title=Anno Mirabilis|last=Horn|first=Carl Gustav|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010217062324/http://j-pop.com/anime/archive/feature/03_evangelion/anno1.html|archive-date=February 17, 2001|work=J-pop.com|access-date=November 29, 2015}}</ref> that same year, Sagisu received the [[Kobe Animation]] award for "Best Music Score" for his work on ''Evangelion''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/special/evamovie/kobe-e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000712142501/http://www.gainax.co.jp/special/evamovie/kobe-e.html|archive-date=July 12, 2000|title=Animation Kobe 1997: An Attendee's Report|publisher=[[Gainax]]|access-date=February 14, 2010}}</ref> Classical music by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]],{{sfn|Napier|2002|p=428}} [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Giuseppe Verdi]] and [[George Frideric Handel]]{{sfn|Camp|Davis|2007|p=249}} were also featured throughout the series and the movies.

Additional classical works and original symphonic compositions were used to score later movies produced within the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise. In total, the series' discography includes twenty-one full studio, live, compilation and soundtrack albums and six CD singles. The series' opening theme is "[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis]]", performed by [[Yoko Takahashi]]. It ranked on two [[TV Asahi]] polls, reaching 55th for best anime theme songs of all time, and eighteenth for best anime theme songs of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema-de-pon.at.webry.info/201002/article_133.html|title=忘れられないアニメソングベスト100 シネマでぽん！Ｓ cinema-game-toy/ウェブリブログ|date=August 3, 2002|access-date=April 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001223436/http://cinema-de-pon.at.webry.info/201002/article_133.html|archive-date=October 1, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best/updating_dex/ranking/013.html|title=決定！これが日本のベスト|access-date=April 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065332/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best/updating_dex/ranking/013.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Fifteen years after its release, the theme won [[JASRAC]]'s annual award for the royalties it continues to generate from its usage in [[pachinko]], [[pachislo]], [[karaoke]] and other venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-25/songs-from-evangelion-other-anime-win-jasrac-awards|title=Songs From Evangelion, Other Anime Win JASRAC Awards – News|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 7, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172158/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-25/songs-from-evangelion-other-anime-win-jasrac-awards|archive-date=May 27, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The ending theme of the series is "[[Fly Me to the Moon]]", sung by Claire Littley and various other singers from the main vocal cast.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion|others=ShiroSagisu|year=1995|page=8|type=booklet|publisher=[[King Records (Japan)]]|id=KICA 286|location=Japan}}</ref>