Kirite
| Kirite | ||||
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| Released | May 18, 2005 | |||
| Length | 49:45 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Sleigh Bells | |||
| Producer | Yasunori Mitsuda | |||
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Kirite[a] is a 2005 album composed by Yasunori Mitsuda based on The Five Seasons of Kirite, a story by Masato Kato. Unlike their other previous major collaborations like Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Chrono Cross, Kirite was never developed and published as a video game, but published as musical album bundled with Masato Kato's story text in Japanese and a collection of artistic nature photographs. The music of Kirite incorporates Celtic music, jazz and ambient noise influences.
Story[edit]
"The Five Seasons of Kirite" by Masato Kato set inside a world of magic and fantasy, tells the story of a boy by the name Kirite, a girl by the name Kotonoha and a darkness by the name Orochi. When those three would meet, the world would silently start to go mad.
Creation[edit]
Yasunori Mitsuda and Masato Kato devised the concept of Kirite in 2003.[1]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Is Kirite Burning?" | 4:25 | |
| 2. | "The Market in Volfinor" | 4:28 | |
| 3. | "Promise with Winds - Petal's Whereabouts" | Junko Kudo | 4:51 |
| 4. | "The Forest of Lapis Lazuli" | 3:19 | |
| 5. | "The Azure" | Junko Kudo | 5:27 |
| 6. | "Scorning Blade" | 3:53 | |
| 7. | "Upon the Melodies of the Moon" | Eri Kawai | 2:02 |
| 8. | "The Fall of Darkness" | 2:58 | |
| 9. | "Nocturne" | 2:33 | |
| 10. | "As Autumn Passes Away" | 3:40 | |
| 11. | "The Snow Howling" | 3:29 | |
| 12. | "Prayer Tree" | 2:10 | |
| 13. | "The Name of Our Hope" | Junko Kudo | 4:53 |
| 14. | "Circle of Eternity" | 1:32 |
Personnel[edit]
- Yasunori Mitsuda – composer, sound programming, piano
- Masato Kato – story
- Junko Kudo – lyrics
- Eri Kawai – vocals, lyrics, piano
- Haruo Kondo – "early instruments"
- Akihisa Tsuboy – violin
- Tomohiko Kira – guitar, bouzouki
- Hitoshi Watanabe – bass guitar
- Kinya Sogawa – shinobue, shakuhachi
- Laurie Sogawa – tin whistle
- Hidenobu Ootsuki, Yutaka Odawara – drum kit
- Tamao Fujii – percussion
- Masumi Takahashi – photos
References[edit]
- ^ Stylized as kiЯitɘ
- ^ Sam Kennedy (2008-01-28). "Radical Dreamer: Yasunori Mitsuda's Interview from 1UP.com". 1UP.com. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
External links[edit]
- Kirite page at Yasunori Mitsuda's website
- Kirite official website (in Japanese)
