Death Note the Musicals soundtrack is full of brilliantly crafted pieces that perfectly encapsulate everything fans love about the animated series. The musicals source material, the Death Note manga series, was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. Furthermore, it was first serialized in Weekly Shnen Jump on December 1, 2003. Three years later, on October 4, 2006, the Death Note anime series aired on television in Japan. However, the iconic thriller also has a musical adaptation that few fans know about.