| “ | Freebies are often overlooked because they have the word free in the name. A word that we’re used to associating with bad and low quality. And while that can be true in lots of situations, when it comes to music production you can find a lot of gold under this tag. | ” |
―Max Shirshov, ( Free Sample Library Guide - Freebies) | ||
Maxim "Max" Shirshov (born: February 17, 1998), formerly known as Max AnimePianist, is a Russian-Spanish composer and producer known on YouTube for his epic orchestral music in the style of anime and videogame soundtracks (often mixing styles/hybrids) along with many piano and guitar covers from the earlier days of his YouTube career.
Shirshov's works includes fan-made original soundtracks inspired from the franchises of Made in Abyss, Tower of God, Shield Hero, Attack on Titan, & Kingdom. His covers includes music from the franchises of My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Super, Vinland Saga, One Piece and many others.
Through the years, Shirshov worked as a composer on indie projects, done sound design, taught music production and have been running a YouTube channel for a while, posting compositions inspired by franchises and their composers.
Musical-Style and Influences.[]
Shirshov cited composers Kevin Penkin, Thomas Bergersen and Hiroyuki Sawano as his main musical influences, through the use of instrumentation, arrangement & other aspects that make the composers stand out.
His musical style could be classified as Epic, as it consists of both electronic sounds and instruments as well as traditional orchestral instruments.
Genres[]
- Orchestral
- Ambient
- Fantasy
- Electronic
- Soundtrack
- Anison
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He is of Russian descent living in Spain.
- His earlier videos featured Guitar & Piano Tutorials and Covers, later on he moved to making Soundtracks.
- He has around 45.4K subscribers with 18,418,447 views. (subjected to change)
- He has 28,042 monthly listeners on Spotify. (subjected to change)
- He uses FL Studio as his DAW for his music production.
- He is both a skilled Pianist and a Guitarist.
- His YouTube icon is Daichi Manatsu from the Anime-series Captain Earth.
Affiliates[]
Discography[]
| N°. | Year | Title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 | Ignition | Tower of God Epic Medley | |
| 2 | 2020 | Guardian | Tower of God Epic Medley | |
| 3 | 2020 | Berserker Bam | Tower of God Epic Medley | |
| 4 | 2021 | Crown Game | Tower of God Epic Medley 2 | |
| 5 | 2021 | Rak | Tower of God Epic Medley 2 | |
| 6 | 2021 | Bam | Bam | Tower of God Inspired OST #1 |
| 7 | 2021 | The Music of Deception
(From "Re:Zero") [Dubstep Version] |
The Music of Deception
(From "Re:Zero") [Dubstep Version] |
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| 8 | 2021 | Khun | Khun | Tower of God Inspired OST #2 |
| 9 | 2021 | Torches (Acoustic Version) | Torches (Acoustic Version) | Acoustic Version of "Torches" |
| 10 | 2021 | Miya Atsumu
(From "Haikyuu!! To The Top") |
Miya Atsumu
(From "Haikyuu!! To The Top") |
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| 11 | 2021 | Goblin Slayer Takes Off Helmet | Goblin Slayer Takes Off Helmet | |
| 12 | 2021 | Jin Sakai/Lord Shimura | Ghost of Tsushima Epic Medley: Jin Sakai/Lord Shimura | |
| 13 | 2022 | Shield | Shield, Rikio & Attack | Shield Hero x Tower of God Inspired OST |
| 14 | 2022 | Rikio | Shield, Rikio & Attack | Attack on Titan x Kingdom Inspired OST |
| 15 | 2022 | Attack | Shield, Rikio & Attack | |
| 16 | 2022 | Zero-0 | Zero-0 | Tower of God Inspired OST #5 |
| 17 | 2023 | Rak (2022 Version) | Rak (2022 Version) | 2022 release of Rak - Tower of God Inspired OST #6 |
| 18 | 2022 | Orth | Orth | Made in Abyss Inspired OST #1 |
| 19 | 2022 | FAPUTA | FAPUTA | Made in Abyss season 2 Inspired OST #1 |
| 20 | 2022 | 20th Floor | 20th Floor | Made in Abyss season 2 Inspired OST #2 |
| 21 | 2023 | Meet Again | Meet Again | Made in Abyss x Porter Robinson Inspired Orchestration |
| 22 | 2023 | Endorsi | Endorsi |