Lunar Month

Cover of "Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa Original Soundtrack."

All of the music for the Fullmetal Alchemist soundtrack was composed and arranged by Michiru Oshima, who won the 5th Tokyo Anime Award in the category "Best Music" for Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa.

TV Animation Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 1 was released on March 24, 2004 in Japan and contained thirty-three tracks, incluiding several of the background sounds used during key points in the main series and the first opening and ending theme songs. The Russian track "Brothers" was also recorded in English by Vic Mignogna, the voice actor who played Edward Elric in the series.

TV Animation Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 2 was released on December 15, 2004 and contained thirty tracks. TV Animation Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 3, released on May 18, 2005 contained twenty-seven tracks, including Song of Parting, a classical piece written by Felix Mendelssohn, as is Symphony no. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Fullmetal Alchemist - Complete Best and Fullmetal Alchemist Hagaren Song File -Best Compilation- are compilations of the soundtracks that were released in Japan on October 14, 2004 and December 21, 2005, respectively. A bonus DVD, included only on the U.S. release, contains a music video for Nana Kitade's "Indelible Sin". Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie Conqueror Of Shamballa OST, which contained forty-six tracks, was released on December 21, 2005. All of them are tracks used in the featured film "Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa."

During the month of December 2004, "Tales of Another Festival" was staged in Tokyo and Osaka, featuring performances by several of the musical artists from the television series as well as narrations by the voice actors and actresses. A DVD of the concert entitled Fullmetal Alchemist Festival - Tales of Another was released in Japan on April 27, 2005.