WHEN THEY CRY... THEME SONG COLLECTION (ひぐらしのなく頃に テーマソングコレクション, rom. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Theme Song Collection) is a compilation album released for the Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni series. It contains all the opening and ending themes of the following adaptations up to when the album was released—
Anime:
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2006)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2007)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (2009)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira (2011)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak (2013)
Live Action Movies:
The album was performed, composed and arranged by various artists' most notably by Eiko Shimamiya who has performed and written a vast majority of the songs. The album was published by M:X and Frontier Works Inc. on 4th February, 2015 and originally sold for 2700 JPY. Frontier Works Inc. was in charge of distribution alongside NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan LLC.