Michiru Oshima -- Chariot's Theme

The latest incarnation of "Little Witch Academia"（リトルウィッチアカデミア）finished its run several weeks ago but my anime buddy just got the soundtrack for the show a few days ago, and he's been quite smitten with it.

Furthermore, the folks who did the design for the soundtrack probably were inspired by "Chariot's Theme". Have all of the main characters dress up like a marching band a la "Hibike! Euphonium"...check. For the Little Witch Academia category, I've already talked about a couple of the theme songs bracketing each episode but the overarching song that truly accompanied the adventures of Akko, Lotte, Sucy and Diana has been "Chariot's Theme".

But even though composer Michiru Kojima（大島ミチル）titled this grand march for Shiny Chariot, the heroine and inspiration for Akko's quest, I think "Chariot's Theme" probably applies as the theme for the entire series and perhaps even as the school anthem for Luna Nova (plus if anyone needed a song to commemorate any sort of proud declaration anywhere at any time, it's this song). It's as if John Williams decided to go for a re-do for the theme for "Harry Potter". As such, I think for me to just categorize it as a "Pop" song would be somewhat insulting to the composer so it's getting the first nod to belong to the "Orchestra" category (which means that I will have to search for similar orchestral pieces on the blog and re-categorize them).

Since Oshima has been involved with "Little Witch Academia" since 2013 when it began as an Anime Mirai project (which I did see), I think my memory recalls the theme being used for that first short. In any case, if a new movie or new series ever comes out in the future, those heralding horns will get everyone's attention and perhaps stop a few hearts as well.