User:Raykyogrou0/Pokémon albums discography

The Pokémon franchise has released several soundtracks mainly containing music from the anime TV series and its related cinematic movies and shorts. Albums containing background music and theme songs from the anime up to the Advanced Generation were released internationally, and any subsequent soundtracks have been released exclusively in Japan. The video games have also spawned accompanying soundtrack releases, which were initially only released in Japan but have mostly been released worldwide via online platforms.

Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection (ポケットモンスター サウンドアニメコレクション ― 音楽集・名場面集) is the first soundtrack from the anime, containing mainly background music from the initial Indigo League episodes based on music from the first-generation video games. It also contains the first anime opening theme song "Mezase Pokémon Masutā", sang by Rica Matsumoto and the third ending song "Pocket Fantasy" by Sachi & Juri. It was released by Pikachu Records on June 10, 1998, exclusively in Japan. This collection consists of composer Shinji Miyazaki's orchestrated arrangements of musical compositions from the first four Pokémon games by composer Junichi Masuda and exclusive musical cues heard throughout the first series. These instrumental tracks are categorized as sixteen chapters included with the show's first opening theme song "Mezase Pokemon Master" and second closing theme "Pocket ni Fantasy" (both are the TV-size edits). Each of the instrumental tracks are followed by a brief commentary featuring Satoshi's Pokémon Zukan voiced by its voice actor Shinichiro Miki explaining each composition's association with the story and at what point it plays. Included with the album is a hard bound picture book (the Meibamen Shū (名場面集)), stickers, and a merchandise catalogue.