Komm, Susser Tod plays over the literal apocalypse and it's a breezy 70s pop ballad about wanting to die. Shiro Sagisu's End of Evangelion score might be the most emotionally violent soundtrack from the 90s. Bach's Air on the G String shows up during Third Impact like some cosmic joke about beauty and annihilation happening simultaneously.
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Thanatos (If I Can't Be Yours) carries this desperate longing that fits Shinji's whole deal almost too well. The Japanese-titled tracks underneath are pure anxiety, dense orchestral dread that never lets you breathe. Then Bach's Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring appears and you just...
sit there. If you've seen the film you already know. If you haven't, the music alone will wreck you.