Kirite

Infobox Album
Name = Kirite
Type = studio
Artist = Yasunori Mitsuda


Released = May 18, 2005
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 49:45
Language = Japanese
Label = Sleigh Bells
Producer = Yasunori Mitsuda
Reviews =
Last album = "Moonlit Shadow"
(2005)
This album = "Kirite"
(2005)
Next album = "" (2005)nihongo|"Kirite"|キ リ テ, officially spelt "Unicode|kiЯitɘ" or "kiRite", 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 "Unicode|kiЯitɘ" incorporates Celtic music, jazz and ambient noise influences.

Creation

Yasunori Mitsuda and Masato Kato devised the concept of "Kirite" in 2003. The story is about a girl who explores the dreams of another girl, who was victim of an accident. [cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=2&cId=3162780 |title=Radical Dreamer: Yasunori Mitsuda's Interview from 1UP.com |accessdate=2008-07-25 |publisher=1UP.com |author=Sam Kennedy |date=2008-01-28 |pages=p. 3]

Track listing

tracklist
lyrics_credits = yes
title1 = Is Kirite Burning?
length1 = 4:25

title2 = Volfino City
length2 = 4:28

title3 = Promise of the Wind ~ Where the Petals Are
lyrics3 = Junko Kudo
length3 = 4:51

title4 = Lapis Lazuli Forest
length4 = 3:19

title5 = Blue Sky
lyrics5 = Junko Kudo
length5 = 5:27

title6 = Sneering Drawn Blade
length6 = 3:53

title7 = Melody of the Moon
lyrics7 = Eri Kawai
length7 = 2:02

title8 = Encounter ~ Curtain of Darkness
length8 = 2:58

title9 = Nocturne
length9 = 2:33

title10 = Dying Autumn
length10 = 3:40

title11 = The Snow's Howl
length11 = 3:29

title12 = Trees of Prayer
length12 = 2:10

title13 = The Name of Hope
lyrics13 = Junko Kudo
length13 = 4:53

title14 = Eternal Ring
length14 = 1:32

Personnel

*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

References

External links

* [http://mitsuda.cocoebiz.com/discography/kirite.html "Kirite"] page at Yasunori Mitsuda's website
* [http://www.procyon-studio.com/sleighbells/kirite/index.html "Kirite" official website] ja icon