Fighting Gold
The full version of the song was released for purchase in download stores on October 13, 2018, while the CD single will be released on November 14, 2018, along with access on popular song streaming platforms.[2]
Opening animation
The opening begins on a pedestal shot of a stone statue standing dramatically on a rock, surrounded by a crimson scarf and a chain. Another shot follows of the chains being dragged upward by an Arrow head. At the same time, flashes of the JoJo letters and symbols are displayed leading up to show title.
Giorno's 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 and the scene changes to Mista running into the light. Surrounded by the chains, the gunslinger draws his revolver, prepared to shoot as the camera zooms into the barrel. The rifling suddenly transforms into a spiral of chains, in the middle of which Trish helplessly falls. The scene is cut to a stone head of Abbacchio's former partner in the police hitting the ground and turning into sand, the same sand which Abbacchio places into his hands and lets flow out of them. Abbacchio finds himself in a hourglass, revealing his feet sinking into the sand while the camera pans to reveal the other side, his double burdened by a mass of chains.
The camera zooms into a chain and then zooms out, revealing interposed shots of Narancia framed inside chain links with different lighting until he is seen from the back staring away with the wind blowing. The scene cuts to a symmetrical shot of Fugo, slowly revealing his face and turning to look at the camera before leaning back. Cue another chain link transitioning into Bruno walking with resolve among the chains, a small sun rotating behind his head. At the same time, all characters turn into distinguishable color silhouettes.
Suddenly, the silhouettes fade to reveal the members of Bucciarati's Gang, who all reveal their Stands. Cut to a black and white scene where a hand (presumably Giorno's) turns the metal chains into green vines, returning the colors. 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 kick into a different direction, Abbacchio uses Moody Blues to rewind the scene, Aerosmith comes in performing a loop and then shoots into the camera before landing on Narancia's arms, Fugo summons Purple Haze who unleashes its deadly 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 petal roses. The figure is revealed to be Trish, who turns and looks into the light. Cut to a scene where all the members of the gang firmly gaze at the light and walking towards it, the chains/vines breaking down in the foreground 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.
Lyrics
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Song
Tracklist
- Fighting Gold
Lyrics: Neko Oikawa / Composition & Arrangement: Toshiyuki O'mori - Fighting Gold -English Ver.-
Lyrics: Ako Takenaka / Composition & Arrangement: Toshiyuki O'mori - Fighting Gold (Instrumental)
Trivia
- The lyricist, Neko Oikawa and composer, Toshiyuki Omori are best known for their combined efforts 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 trapped in chains and "fading away" foreshadows their roles as the "Sleeping Slaves" whose fates are already decided and their tragic ends known before the story even begins.
