This is a list of Pokémon theme songs that includes the media and release information, which is mainly about the American and Japanese opening and ending themes of the Pokémon animated series. They are as follows.
Note: Shortened theme songs were used as the end credit theme songs in the dub, from "Pokémon: Indigo League" Episode 52: Princess vs. Princess to "Pokémon: Advanced Battle" Episode 145: Pasta la Vista, and shortened instrumentals of the theme songs were used as the end credit theme songs in the dub, starting from the "Diamond & Pearl" series.
Other songs
Anime soundtracks
There are many soundtracks from the anime. The following is just to list a few.
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection is the licensed soundtrack from the anime. It was released by Pikachu Records on June 10, 1998, in Japan only. This collection consists of composer Shinji Miyazaki's orchestrated arrangements of musical compositions from the first four Pokémon games by composer Junichi Masuda and exclusive musical cues heard throughout the first series. These instrumental tracks are categorized as sixteen chapters included with the show's first opening theme song "Mezase Pokemon Masutā" and second closing theme "Poketto ni Fantajī". Each of the instrumental tracks are followed by a brief commentary featuring Satoshi's Pokémon Zukan voiced by its voice actor Shin-ichiro Miki explaining each composition's association with the story and at what point it plays. Included with the album is a hard bound picture book, stickers, and a merchandise catalogue.
Pokémon Christmas Bash is a soundtrack CD album of Pokémon-themed Christmas songs performed by cast of the 4Kids Entertainment English anime dub. It was only released in America and Germany, called "Pokémon Weihnachts Party".
Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon is an album released for the tenth anniversary of Pokémon. This CD consists of nine Pokémon theme songs from the first nine seasons, including several tracks from other albums. A CD sampler was released alongside the DVD release of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea exclusively at Toys "R" Us. U.S. Target stores also released a sampler with the movie and included an exclusive bonus remix of the Hoenn Pokérap. Both samplers contained five tracks taken from Pokémon X.
Track list
Pokémon X: Toys "R" Us sampler track list
Pokémon X: target sampler track list
Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010
Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010 is an album that is released two weeks before the debut of in Japan. It has all of the songs divided into two volumes.
