- Sound Horizon【 8 albums 56 lyrics 】
- Sound Horizon is a Japanese musical group with composer Revo (Japanese pronunciation: [re̞vo]) as the leader. They describe themselves as a 'fantasy band' and have released works that closely resemble classical suites. Their songs often revolve around historical events and classic fairytales.
Sound Horizon began with Revo releasing his music creations on the internet on his website in the late 1990s. In 2001, Sound Horizon participated in Comic Market as part of a dōjin music circle and released their first story CD, Chronicle, an all-instrumental track CD, with occasional narration, background chorus and sound effects. The inclusion of actual singing began from their second release (Thanatos) onwards. Their subsequent works were released at Comic Market and M3.
Sound Horizon's first major release was in 2002, with the album Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~ (lit. Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~). Their first maxi-single, 'Shōnen wa Tsurugi o...', which was released in 2006, includes 'Shūtan no Ou to Isekai no Kishi ~The Endia & The Knights~', the theme for the PlayStation 2 simulation RPG Chaos Wars, and 'Kamigami ga Aishita Rakuen ~Belle Isle~', the opening theme for the MMORPG Belle Isle.
Although Aramary was their main female singer through the Elysion album, her departure afterward led Sound Horizon's style to shift quite a bit, to having many vocalists, rather than just one main female one (previously Aramary) and one main male vocalist (Jimang). Revo himself also tended to sing more often in the later albums, beginning with Roman.
On September 3, 2006, Sound Horizon released the album Moira. The album featured Takashi Utsunomiya of TM Network as one of the vocalists. Moira debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon weekly album charts, selling over 45,000 copies in its initial week.
Sound Horizon released the single 'Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido' on June 16, 2010. The single featured guitarist Marty Friedman and Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, along with a beta voicebank for Vocaloid known as 'Junger März PROTOTYPE β'.
In 2012, Revo began a new project called Linked Horizon, beginning with his work on the score for the Nintendo 3DS game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a series of EPs and album. In 2013, Linked Horizon performed the opening themes for the 2013 anime adaptation of Attack on Titan collected on their single 'Jiyū e no Shingeki'.
In June 2014, it was announced that Revo would also be composing the opening theme of Sailor Moon Crystal, 'Moon Pride'.
Members Revo
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- Album name Release Date Song
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Vansihing Starlight
2014-10
1.夜鷹之星
2.Mother3.Interview with Noël (Provided) -
イドへ至る森へ至るイド
2010-06
1.光と闇の童話
2.この狹い鳥籠の中で3.彼女が魔女になった理由 -
Moira
2008-09
1.冥王-Θανατοｓ-
2.人生は入れ子人形-Матрёшка-
3.神話-Μυθοｓ-
4.運命の双子-Διδυμοι-
5.奴隷市場-Δουλοι-
6.雷神域の英雄-Λεωντιυｓ-
7.死と嘆きの風の都-Ιλιον-
8.聖なる詩人の島-Λεσβοｓ-9.遥か地平線の彼方へ-Οριζονταｓ-
10.死せる者達の物語-Ιστορια-
11.星女神の巫女-Αρτεμισια-
12.死せる乙女その手には水月-αρθενοｓ-
13.奴隷達の英雄-Ελευσευｓ-
14.死せる英雄達の戦い-Ηρωμαχια-
15.神話の終焉-Τελοｓ- -
聖戰のイベリア
2007-08
1.争いの系譜
2.石畳の緋き悪魔3.侵略する者される者 -
Roman
2006-11
1.朝と夜の物語
2.焔
3.見えざる腕
4.呪われし宝石
5.星屑の革紐
6.緋色の風車7.天使の彫像
8.美しきもの
9.歓びと哀しみの葡萄酒
10.黄昏の賢者
11.11文字の伝言 -
Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～
2005-04
1.エルの楽園 [→ side:E →]
2.Ark
3.エルの绘本【魔女とラフレンツェ】
4.Baroque
5.エルの肖像
6.Yield7.エルの天秤
8.Sacrifice
9.エルの絵本【笛吹き男とパレード】
10.StarDust
11.エルの楽園 [→ side:A →] -
Elysion－楽園への前奏曲
2004-10
1.Ark
2.辿りつく詩
3.恋人を射ち堕とした日
4.澪音の世界5.魔法使いサラバント
6.雷神の系譜
7.檻の中の花
8.Yield -
Miscellaneous
1.死せる乙女その手には水月-Παρθενοｓ-2.エルの絵本【魔女とラフレンツェ】
【Correction of errors in the album information】