Fighting Gold
The full version of the song became available for download on October 13, 2018, followed by the release of the CD single on November 14, 2018. The CD included an English version of the song, an instrumental track, and was also made accessible on music streaming platforms.[2]
Opening animation
The opening begins with a pedestal shot of a stone statue striking a dramatic pose (reminiscent of Giorno Giovanna's pose on the Volume 62 cover), surrounded by a crimson scarf and a chain. Positioned behind its legs is a boulder in the form of Bruno Bucciarati. The scene then transitions to chains being pulled upward by an Arrow, accompanied by flashes of the letters "J", "O", and "JO", leading to the reveal of the title.
A bleeding hand is shown, with blood dripping onto the ground. Chains emerge from the puddles, encircling Giorno, who adopts a defensive stance but maintains a determined gaze. Rose petals pass by, turning him into a silhouette of himself. The scene shifts to Guido Mista running into the light. Surrounded by chains, he draws his revolver, ready to fire. He too turns into a silhouette as the camera zooms into the barrel. The rifling transforms into a spiral of chains, in the middle of which Trish Una helplessly falls, her expression apathetic. She fades into a silhouette before falling out of the frame when the chains shatter.
The scene then cuts to a stone head of Leone Abbacchio's former partner hitting the ground and crumbling into sand, which then flows into and out of Abbacchio's hands. Abbacchio is shown inside an hourglass (framed by a pattern from a specific Stand), with his feet sinking into the sand. The camera pans to the other side, revealing his silhouetted double, burdened by chains flowing upside-down from the hourglass's neck. The camera zooms into his hands before multiple chains shoot past, showing interposed shots of Narancia Ghirga framed within chain links under varying lighting, until his full silhouette is seen from behind, staring off with the wind blowing.
The next shot features a symmetrical view of Pannacotta Fugo, the screen split in a mirrored fashion. Fugo turns to face the camera, leaning back as his silhouetted face lunges forward. The scene transitions through a chain link to show Bucciarati walking resolutely amidst chains and a polygonal wall to his right. A small sun rotates behind his head, casting him in shadow and gradually turning his body into a silhouette. The silhouette then fades, revealing the members of Team Bucciarati summoning their Stands. A black and white shot follows, showing Giorno's bloodied hand tapping the chains, which then turn into green vines as the background shifts to stark white.
The gang members then perform a series of attacking animations: Giorno summons Gold Experience, which pummels the camera; Mista fires a bullet, which Sex Pistols kicks into a new direction; Abbacchio uses Moody Blues to rewind the scene, changing the background into a red tunnel resembling a gun's scope; Aerosmith performs a loop and fires bullets identical to Bucciarati's spoon-like symbols, hitting the camera before landing on Narancia's arms; Fugo summons Purple Haze, which smashes its fists together, releasing a cloud of its virus; and Bucciarati summons Sticky Fingers, which leaps from a zipper and pummels the camera.
Sticky Fingers opens a zipper, revealing a panning shot of a figure in a fetal position, draped in a cloth, surrounded by floating rose petals. The figure is revealed as Trish, now in alternate colors, who turns to face the light. The scene shifts to all the gang members staring firmly into the light, then following Bucciarati toward it. In the foreground, the vines revert to chains, with three of the six chains broken as the path to the light opens for the characters to walk upon. The opening concludes with a shot of Vento Aureo's symbol against the series' trademark checkered background.
Appearances
Lyrics
夢を縛り付ける
重たい
まるで押し潰されて
Yume o shibaritsukeru
Omotai sadame no ishi ni
Maru de oshitsubu sarete
It’s as if we’re being crushed
By the heavy will of fate
That holds our dreams in bondage
何処にも逃げられない
ひたすら足掻きながら
だけど諦めない
Doko ni mo nigerarenai
Hitasura agaki nagara
Dakedo akiramenai
There’s nowhere left to run
Struggling desperately all the while
But we’ll never give up
瓦礫の底に埋もれた 希望のカケラたち
きっとこの手で 見つけ出すさ
世界を変えるために
Gareki no soko ni umoreta kibō no kakera-tachi
Kitto kono te de mitsukedasu sa
Sekai o kaeru tame ni
The traces of hope buried beneath the rubble
Will be found by these hands
So that we can change the world
Fighting Gold
自分の道を信じたものだけが
いつか輝ける 命の限り
Fighting Gold
Jibun no michi o shinjita mono dake ga
Itsuka kagayakeru inochi no kagiri
Fighting Gold
Only those who believe their own path
Will someday shine until their lives burn out
神にも逆らい 戦い続ける
不屈の魂たちよ
Fighting Gold
Kami ni mo sakarai tatakai tsuzukeru
Fukutsu no tamashī-tachi yo
Fighting Gold
Opposing even God, we keep on fighting
As those who have indomitable souls
Fighting Gold
祈るよりもただ
求められるのは
前へと進む心
Inoru yori mo tada
Motomerareru no wa
Mae e to susumu kokoro
Even more so than prayer
The thing we seek most
Is an ever-advancing heart
地べたを這いながら
見上げたあの空の
星を捕まえるんだ
Jibeta o hainagara
Miageta ano sora no
Hoshi o tsukamaerun da
As we crawl across the ground
We only seek to grasp
The stars in the sky above
誰も知らない未来へ 揺るぎない絆と
傷だらけの 覚悟もまた
抱き締めて歩き出せ
Dare mo shiranai mirai e yuruginai kizuna to
Kizudarake no kakugo mo mata
Dakishimete arukidase
Heading for a future no one’s seen
Our unyielding bonds and wounded resolve
We hold them close as we keep walking on
Fighting Gold
光を放て 全てを塗りつぶせ
情熱の色で 怒りも罪も
Fighting Gold
Hikari o hanate subete o nuritsubuse
Jounetsu no iro de ikari mo tsumi mo
Fighting Gold
Emitting our light, in the colors of our passion
We paint over all, even anger and sin
力に変えたなら 今を生き抜くのさ
俺達なりの正義で
Fighting Gold
Chikara ni kaeta nara ima o ikinuku no sa
Ore-tachi nari no seigi de
Fighting Gold
If we can make that our power, we’ll live in this moment
Abiding by our own justice and
Fighting Gold
安らぎに 背中を向けて
Yasuragi ni senaka o mukete
Turn your back on peace
Fighting Gold
自分の道を信じたものだけが
いつか輝ける 命の限り
Fighting Gold
Jibun no michi o shinjita mono dake ga
Itsuka kagayakeru inochi no kagiri
Fighting Gold
Only those who believe their own path
Will someday shine until their lives burn out
神にも逆らい 戦い続ける
不屈の魂たちよ
Fighting Gold
Kami ni mo sakarai tatakai tsuzukeru
Fukutsu no tamashī-tachi yo
Fighting Gold
Opposing even God, we keep on fighting
As those who have indomitable souls
Fighting Gold
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 you how to breaking out
Crush the stones of fate into atoms
In a way you've never seen before
Inside a 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 last
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 stones 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
You'll see a new world and we'll make it last
Fighting Gold
Deep in my blood lineage
There's a cascade of passion
Flows through space and time
My soul shines
A light of higher resolve
As promised in my body
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
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.
References
- ↑ http://jojo-animation.com/music/
- ↑ "TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風』ＯＰテーマが“残テ”作詞作曲コンビに決定！", Cho! Animedia, August 17, 2018.
