Neon Genesis Evangelion III is a soundtrack album featuring music from the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series. The album reached a peak of rank 1 on the Oricon album database, with 11 frequent appearances. Shiro Sagisu created the music, the label Starchild distributed the album and produced by Hideaki Anno, it was released on May 22, 1996 in Japan and in America on August 3, 2004 by Geneon Entertainment. It was later re-released as a DVD audio disc with catalog number KIAW-23 on December 22, 2004. It was also re-released in Japan on December 18, 2013 as a remastered version called NEON GENESIS EVANGELION III [2013 HR Remaster Ver.].