Fighting Gold
"Fighting Gold" is the first opening theme song of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and the eighth overall opening theme of the series's TV anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was performed by Coda, with lyrics by Neko Oikawa and composition/arrangement by Toshiyuki Omori.
The full version of the song was released for purchase in download stores on October 13, 2018, while the CD single was released on November 14, 2018, where an additional version of the song with English lyrics and an instrumental were included, along with access on music streaming platforms.[2]
Opening animation
The opening begins on a pedestal shot of a stone statue standing and posing dramatically (similar to the Volume 62 cover) on a rock, surrounded by a crimson scarf and a chain. Rolling Stones adopting the form of Bucciarati is behind its legs. Another shot follows of the chains being dragged upward by an Arrowhead. At the same time, flashes of "J", "O", and "JO" letters and symbols are displayed leading up to the title being shown.
A bleeding hand appears, the blood dripping onto the floor before chains sprout forth from the puddles and surround Giorno, who keeps a defensive pose, but a determined gaze. Rose petals fly past him, turning him into a silhouette of himself. The scene changes to Mista running into the light. Surrounded by the chains, the gunslinger draws his revolver, prepared to shoot. He too turns into a silhouette before the camera zooms into the barrel. The rifling suddenly transforms into a spiral of chains, in the middle of which Trish helplessly falls, her face apathetic. She fades into her silhouette before she falls out of the frame and the chains shatter.
The scene cuts to a stone head of Abbacchio's former partner hitting the ground and turning into sand, the same sand which flows into and out of Abbacchio's hands. Abbacchio finds himself in a hourglass (framed by a pattern featured on a certain Stand), revealing his feet sinking into the sand while the camera pans to reveal the other side, his silhouetted double burdened by a mass of chains flowing upside-down into its hands from the hourglass' neck where the stream of sand would be coming in. The camera zooms towards his hands before multiple chains zoom forward past the camera, revealing multiple interposed shots of Narancia framed inside chain links with different lighting until his full silhouette is seen from the back staring away with the wind blowing.
The scene cuts to a symmetrical shot of Fugo, the screen slit in a mirrored fashion as he turns to look at the camera before leaning back, before his silhouetted face emerges and lunges back. Cue another chain link transitioning into Bruno walking with resolve among the chains and a blocky wall to his right, as well as a small sun rotating behind his head, submerging him in shadow and gradually silhouetting his body. Suddenly, the silhouettes fade to reveal the members of Team Bucciarati, save Mista, who all summon their Stands. Cut to a black and white scene where a bloodied hand (possibly Giorno's from the beginning) taps the chains and recoils as they turn into green vines, and the background becomes stark white.
A series of attacking animations commences for each member of the gang: Giorno summons Gold Experience who pummels the camera, Mista shoots a bullet which Sex Pistols kicks into a different direction, Abbacchio uses Moody Blues to rewind the scene and change the background to a red tunnel that resembles a gun's scope, Aerosmith comes in performing a loop, then shoots bullets identical to Bucciarati's spoon-like symbols into the camera before landing on Narancia's arms, Fugo summons Purple Haze who bumps its fists together and releases a thick cloud of its virus, and Bruno summons Sticky Fingers, who jumps out of a zipper and pummels the camera in turn.
Sticky Fingers opens a zipper revealing a panning shot of a figure in a fetal position draped in a cloth among floating rose petals. The figure is revealed to be Trish, under different coloring, who turns and looks into the light. Cut to a scene where all the members of the gang firmly gaze at the light before they all follow Bucciarati towards it, in the foreground, the vines revert back into chains and three of the six chains are broken as the path to the light opens up for the characters to thread on. The opening ends of a shot of Vento Aureo's symbol in the trademark checkered background of the series.
Appearances
Lyrics
{yume wo shibaritsukeru - omotai sadame no ishi ni - marude oshitsubusarete } { - doko ni mo nigerarenai - hitasura agakinagara - dakedo akiramenai } { - gareki no soko ni umoreta kibou no kakeratachi - kitto kono te de mitsukedasu sa - sekai wo kaeru tame ni } { - Fighting Gold - jibun no michi wo shinjita mono dake ga - itsuka kagayakeru inochi no kagiri } { - kami ni mo sakarai tatakai tsuzukeru - fukutsu no tamashītachi yo - Fighting Gold } { - inoru yori mo tada - motomerareru no wa - mae e to susumu kokoro } { - jibeta wo hainagara - miageta ano sora no - hoshi wo tsukamaerun da } { - daremo shiranai mirai e yurugi nai kizuna to - kizudarake no kakugo mo mata - dakishimete arukidase } { - Fighting Gold - hikari wo hanate subete wo nuritsubuse - jounetsu no iro de ikari mo tsumi mo } { - chikara ni kaeta nara ima wo ikinuku no sa - oretachinari no seigi de - Fighting Gold } { - yasuragi ni senaka wo mukete } { - Fighting Gold - jibun no michi wo shinjita mono dake ga - itsuka kagayakeru inochi no kagiri } { - kami ni mo sakarai tatakai tsuzukeru - fukutsu no tamashītachi yo - Fighting Gold } English Version- Are you still trapped in your cage? Am I still bound by my chains? Is the world stopping dead in its tracks? Let me show how to break out now Crush the stones of Fate into atoms In a way you've never seen before Inside the Chaos of Gray, dry all the way Search for your Crimson it will be your guide Feeling all that you feel Knowing just who you are You'll see a new world and we'll make it ours Fighting Gold Deep in my rumbling blood There is something like the grains Of Stardust in the Sky My Soul shines - a light that never will fade From under any wreckage Fly higher than the gods A force of nature, I'm Phenomenal Fighting Gold Tell me are you really free? Tell me am I really free? Is the world frozen right in its tracks? Let me show how to kick off now Crush the doors of fate into atoms In a way you've never seen before Between the Sky and the Sea, blue as can be Search for your Crimson it will be your guide Being just who you are Knowing just what you are To see a new world and we'll make it ours Fighting Gold Deep in my blood lineage There's a cascade of passion (It) flows through space and time My Soul shines - a light of high resolve As promised in my body (I'll) fly higher than the gods A force of nature, I'm Phenomenal Fighting Gold So sharp the rain Keeps falling down on me Fighting Gold Deep in my rumbling blood There is something like the grains Of Stardust in the Sky My Soul shines - a light that never will fade From under any wreckage Fly higher than the gods A force of nature, I'm Phenomenal Fighting Gold }
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夢を縛り付ける
It’s as if you’re being crushed
重たい
By the heavy will of fate
まるで押し潰されて
That holds your dreams in bondage
何処にも逃げられない
There’s nowhere to run
ひたすら足掻きながら
Struggling desperately all the while
だけど諦めない
But you’ll never give up
瓦礫の底に埋もれた 希望のカケラたち
The shards of hope buried beneath the rubble
きっとこの手で 見つけ出すさ
Will be found by those very hands
世界を変えるために
So that you can change the world
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
自分の道を信じたものだけが
Only those who believe their own path
いつか輝ける 命の限り
Will eventually shine until their lives burn out
神にも逆らい 戦い続ける
Opposing even God, you fight on
不屈の魂たちよ
Ye who have indomitable souls
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
祈るよりもただ
More than prayers
求められるのは
The most sought after thing
前へと進む心
Is an ever-advancing heart
地べたを這いながら
As we crawl across the Earth
見上げたあの空の
Seek to grasp
星を捕まえるんだ
The stars in the sky above
誰も知らない未来へ 揺るぎない絆と
Heading for a future no one’s seen
傷だらけの 覚悟もまた
Embrace your unyielding bonds and wounded resolutions
抱き締めて歩き出せ
And begin walking onward
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
光を放て 全てを塗りつぶせ
Emit your light, in the colors of your passion
情熱の色で 怒りも罪も
Painting over all, even your anger and sins
力に変えたなら 今を生き抜くのさ
Once we’ve made it our power, we’ll live on through this moment
俺達なりの正義で
Abiding our own justice
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
安らぎに 背中を向けて
Turn your back toward peace
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
自分の道を信じたものだけが
Only those who believe their own path
いつか輝ける 命の限り
Will eventually shine until their lives burn out
神にも逆らい 戦い続ける
Opposing even God, we fight on
不屈の魂たちよ
Ye who have indomitable souls
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
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Tracklist
All music is composed by Toshiyuki O'mori.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fighting Gold" | Neko Oikawa | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Fighting Gold -English Ver.-" | Ako Takenaka | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Fighting Gold (Instrumental)" | 4:13 | |
| Total length: | 12:39 | ||
Credits
Animation Staff
Yuji Tsuchiya
Toru Iwazawa
Rin Ogawa
Takeshi Morita
Yasutoshi Iwasaki
Yui Kinoshita
Sumire Fukazawa
Wakako Shigemoto
Yuki Sato
Natsue Chibayama
Isao Hayashi
Aya Itou
Masaki Takasaka
Kiko Morifuji
Kai Shibata
Takahito Katayama
Akira Hamaguchi
Kanta Suzuki
Kazuhiro Miwa
Haruka Tanaka
Reki Taki
土屋友次
岩澤亨
小川 隣
森田 岳士
岩崎 安利
木下 由衣
深沢 純怜
重本 和佳子
佐藤 由紀
千葉山 夏恵
林 勇雄
伊藤 綾
高阪 雅基
森藤 希子
柴田 海
片山 貴仁
濱口 明
鈴木 勘太
三輪 和宏
田中 春香
滝 れーき
Hirohisa Onikubo
鬼窪 浩久
Enri Jun
李 媛莉
Photography (Compositing)
Music Staff
- Vocal & Chorus: Coda
- Keyboards & Programming: Toshiyuki O'mori
- Guitars: Shun (DuelJewel)
- Guitars: yuya (DuelJewel)
- Bass: Natsuki (DuelJewel)
- Drums: VAL (DuelJewel)
- Strings: Uchu Yoshida Strings
- Recording & Mixing Engineer: [email protected] at Studio Elephantonica, Mount Artworks Studio, prime sound studio form
- Mastering Engineer: Hiromichi "Tucky" Takiguchi at parasight mastering
- English Instruction: Lynne Hobday & Ako Takenaka
- Sound Producer: Toshiyuki O'mori
Gallery
A silhouetted rock in the background of the statue
Giorno's ladybug emblem
The logo of Golden Wind
Blood dripping from Giorno's hand...
...creating puddles of blood where chains sprout out from...
...which then surround Giorno
The head of Abbacchio's Partner
Giorno with Gold Experience
Sex Pistols appearing in front of Mista
Moody Blues standing beside Abbacchio
Fugo in front of a sitting Purple Haze
Bruno and Sticky Fingers
Giorno's hand turning the chains into vines using his ability
Mista preparing to shoot...
...to then have his Stand redirect the shot
Moody Blues starting a replay
Narancia recalling Aerosmith
Purple Haze releasing its deadly virus
Sticky Fingers emerging from a zipper...
...before bursting into a barrage of punches
...which is revealed to be Trish
Vento Aureo's symbol
Opening Videos
Trivia
- Lyricist Neko Oikawa and composer Toshiyuki Omori are best known for their previous work together on "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", the opening theme of Neon Genesis Evangelion; "Fighting Gold" is their first collaboration in 23 years.
- The trio of Bucciarati, Abbacchio, and Narancia being surrounded by chains, foreshadows their roles as the "Sleeping Slaves" whose fates are already decided and known before the story even begins. This is further solidified with the Stand Rolling Stones appearing for a brief moment at the beginning of the opening, with Bucciarati's face on it.
- This is so far the only opening to not feature a variant with sound effects.
