Hellsing Original Soundtrack: 糾襲 Raid

RAID (糾襲) is the first soundtrack of the Hellsing anime.

Currently, it is unavailable on Spotify or anywhere and it seems it will never be available ever again. This soundtrack, all of the music except for track #20, was composed by Yasushi Ishii, while track #20 was made by the American Band; Mr. Big. It was published by Pioneer LDC, INC. in every region, including North America.

It was released first on November 22, 2001 in Japan, and was released later on July 1, 2003 in North America after the English Dub had already finished airing, and other regions. It is also now considered a "Collectors Item", because of the fact that it was released a decade ago, and how rare it is to find one.

Cover
Cover= The cover of the album includes Alucard, as he opens the elevator with his two guns (Casull and Jackal) after it having nearly closed near him, and shortly before massacring a couple of BOPE members. Interestingly enough, this scene only happens in the manga; this particular scene never happened in the anime as the anime soon departs after having adapted the museum scene from the manga, which happens in the first few chapters of volume 3 of the manga. This scene also happens in Brazil, specifically Rio at the Rio Hotel.

Samples

 * ロゴスなきワールド/A World Without Logos
 * The middle part of the song was sampled from Pinnochio's "When You Wish Upon a Star".


 * 莫迦超えのニルバーナ 〜恨み厳禁〜/Fool Cross Over Nirvana
 * The middle part of the music, just before the vocals, were sampled from The Trombone Album's Playgirl Stroll-Master.
 * The vocals were sampled from Blow Your Whistles "Feel That Funky Groove".


 * 必勝妙法蓮華曲/Certain Victory Lotus Sutra Tune
 * Nearing the end, a gunshot can be heard; it is from Datafile 2's FX 187.
 * A confirmation on Yasushi's blog stated that the piano part was sampled from We've Only Just Begun's "Monticello".


 * 神々への供養/An Offering to the Gods
 * The start of the OST was sampled from A Divine Image by Songs of Experience.


 * カオスの海/Sea of Chaos
 * Electric sounds can be heard, it is from Datafile 2's FX 182.
 * The second half of the OST was sampled from the Prelude of L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 1.


 * 原罪/Original Sin
 * The start of the music's source came from an AKAI S-1000.
 * Original Sin's vocals were sampled from The Omen's Ave Satani.


 * 仮面神父とチャペルの鐘/Bodhisattva of Cathedral
 * The first half of the OST was sampled from Augistin Barrios' "La Catedral".


 * 戦争するなら戦争するなら弓、槍、剣で戦え!/When You Start the War, Fight with Arrows, Spears and Swords!
 * The trumpet part was sampled from Say Blow By Blow Backwards' Circular Motion.

Trivia

 * Two of the Soundtracks from RAID, specifically "When you Start the War, Fight with Arrows, Spears and Sword!" and "P.S. Lord Amitabha Have Mercy On Me" was featured in the Hellsing OVA.