{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d37c569acb5182caa493b12c","clusterId":"c_5cc71f81bbd72f919ac7e5ee","slug":"vivant-adds-theme-by-azerbaijan-s-alim-qasimov-and-fargana-qasimova","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"VIVANT Adds Theme by Azerbaijan's Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova","summary":"TBS announced that Alim Qasimov, a national singer of Azerbaijan's mugham tradition, and his daughter Fargana Qasimova recorded vocals for a new VIVANT theme. Akira Senju, the drama's music director in Season 1, composed \"Qarabag Sikestesi in VIVANT.\" The production team encountered mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. A vinyl release, \"'VIVANT' THE VINYL,\" is set for December 2.","whyItMatters":"TBS is building the drama's music identity out of a tradition its own crew found on location rather than through the usual J-pop theme song route, which gives the Sunday Theater slot a theme it can promote on its own terms.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAlim Qasimov\u0026#39;s vocals and Fargana Qasimova\u0026#39;s came from recordings made specifically for the drama, according to the announcement. The song grew out of the production team\u0026#39;s time in Azerbaijan, where it heard mugham during location shooting and asked Akira Senju to compose around it. Senju returns as music director after handling the same role in Season 1. Masato Sakai stars in the series, which airs Sundays at 9:00 PM on TBS. The accompanying LP, \u0026#34;\u0026#39;VIVANT\u0026#39; THE VINYL,\u0026#34; goes on sale December 2 at record shops and online stores.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Akira Senju wrote the theme after the VIVANT production team heard mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. That is a drama borrowing a regional music tradition rather than a studio assembling a soundtrack in Tokyo.","twitterPost":"Akira Senju composed the new VIVANT theme after the production team heard mugham while filming in Azerbaijan. The score came from the shoot.","threadsPost":"Akira Senju composed the new VIVANT theme after the production team encountered mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova recorded the vocals. The music came out of the location work, not a separate studio commission in Tokyo.","newsletterBlurb":"TBS's VIVANT has a new theme composed by Akira Senju, with vocals from Azerbaijani mugham singer Alim Qasimov and his daughter Fargana Qasimova. The production team heard mugham during location shooting in Azerbaijan and asked Senju to compose around it. The song also appears on \"'VIVANT' THE VINYL,\" due December 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157254\",\"title\":\"Azerbaijan's National Singer Joins New Theme by VIVANT Music Director Akira Senju\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4337,"outputTokens":642,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791205170,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T12:54:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T12:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5cc71f81bbd72f919ac7e5ee","canonicalTitle":"「VIVANT」音楽総監督・千住明の手掛ける新テーマにアゼルバイジャンの国民的歌手が参加","representativeArticleId":"a_7a93f9a9da545d403de9d73b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"VIVANT\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Akira Senju\",\"Alim Qasimov\",\"Fargana Qasimova\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T12:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T12:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T12:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157254","title":"「VIVANT」音楽総監督・千住明の手掛ける新テーマにアゼルバイジャンの国民的歌手が参加"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["VIVANT"],"studios":[],"people":["Akira Senju","Alim Qasimov","Fargana Qasimova"],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}