Shirou Sagisu being the head composer guarantees this series has awesome music. Besides that inherent benefit, Kimagure Orange Road, when taken alone, has many songs that are heavily awash with purely '80s aesthetics and Japanese citypop, no doubt one of the reasons the anime is loved by the Vaporwave/Future Funk community. For further reference, the majority are preserved here
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- The first opening, "Night of Summer Side" by Masanori Ikeda, plunges the viewer straight into the key components of the anime's aesthetic: a lighthearted, energetic showcase of urban young love through an unapologetically late '80s lens (as the falsetto vocals and synthesized cowbells clearly reveal).
- The second opening, "Orange Mystery" by Hideyuki Nagashima, adopts a more wistful and leisurely tone than its predecessor, dually capturing a more summer-esque atmosphere and mirroring the growth in the show's focal romance around the point of its introduction.
- The third and final opening, "Kagami no naka no actress" by Meiko Nakahara, is the most full-blooded J-pop number of the three with its fast-paced tempo and searing guitar backing. It's also a tour-de-force of 2D cel animation.
- The first ending, "Natsu no mirage" by Kanako Wada, further emphasizes the breezily romanticized summer-themed aesthetic of the anime.
- For the second ending, Wada Kanako attacks again with "Sad Heart Burning", with crazy riffs and chords that inspired a generation to mix.
- In the final ending of the main series, "Dance in Memories" by Meiko Nakahara gains a nostalgic, but melancholic feeling to recall sweet teenage years you may never lived.
- Two of the best songs of the series are not featured in openings or endings. "Salvia no Hana no you ni" by Kanako Wada plays in a particularly tense episode of conflict, setting the red string of love between the two main characters. The almost glam rock-sounding "Kaze no Manazashi" by Yuiko Tsubakura, featured in one of the OVAs, is the definitive last scream of '80s Japan and will knock anyone off their chair at the first synth riffs.
