Komm, süßer Tod (song)

"Komm, süßer Tod" (German, "Come, Sweet Death" in English, 甘き死よ、来たれ in Japanese) is the title of a song, sung in English, featured prominently in Hideaki Anno's 1997 animated film "The End of Evangelion". The song is performed by Arianne, who is backed by piano, pipe-organ and various string arrangements by Shiro Sagisu. The chord progression of the verses is very similar to that of Pachelbel's Canon (itself used in ""), and also bears a stylistic similarity to "Hey Jude" by The Beatles.

The original lyrics were written by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno for the Japanese language version of the song and very loosely translated into English by Mike Wyzgowski, with the two versions differing noticeably in emphasis and meaning. A remix of the song is featured in "Super Robot Wars Alpha 3", appropriately during the "End of Evangelion" mission. It is mostly faithful to the original song, though only about the first half of the entire original song is remixed. Also, there is no vocal singer. An R&B version of the song, called "Komm, Susser Tod Tumbling Down-Mix", is on the "Evangelion VOX" album. The song is performed by a different artist, and sounds a bit more cheerful and positive than the original.

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050429191009sh_re_/evamonkey.com/reichu/misc/reichu_s2works_amaki.html Japanese and English Lyrics of Komm, Susser Tod"]