Utsukushiki Hito Arui wa Sore wa (美しき人 或いは其れは; A Beautiful Person, Or Perhaps It Is) is an insert song from the theatrical animation Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight. It is the insert song for the Soul Revue.
Tracklist[]
Note: Tracks 1-3 are insert songs, while tracks 4-9 are original soundtrack pieces.
- Wagamama Highway (わがままハイウェイ; Selfish Highway)
- MEDAL SUZDAL PANIC◎〇●
- Utsukushiki Hito Arui wa Sore wa (美しき人 或いは其れは; A Beautiful Person, Or Perhaps It Is)
- Chō no Mau ni wa (蝶の舞う庭; Butterfly Garden)
- child stars
- ki-ringtrain
- Sekai wa Watashitachi no... (世界は私たちの…; The World is Ours...)
- Kirin no Tame no Requiem (キリンのためのレクイエム; Requiem for the Giraffe)
- Yakusoku Tower ~echo~ (約束タワー ～echo～; Promise Tower ~echo~)
Music Production[]
- Vocals: Maho Tomita as Maya Tendo, Aina Aiba as Claudine Saijo
- Lyrics: Kanata Nakamura
- Composition: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
- Arrangement: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Musicians[]
- Guitar: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
- Bass: Ryosuke Nikamoto
- Drums: Ken Higeshiro
- Strings: Yu Manabe Strings
- Flute: Kei Sakamoto, Hiromasa Hayashi
- Oboe: Kanami Araki, Namiko Kondo
- Clarinet: Hidehito Naka, Yuki Hamasaki
- Bassoon: Tetsuya Chō, Saori Yoshida
- Horn: Kaname Hamaji, Takato Saijo, Yu Suzuki, Hiroshi Wada, Tsutomi Isohata, Jo Kishigami
- Trumpet: Tatsuhiko Yoshizawa, Shō Okumura, Ayaka Hirota
- Trombone: Nobuhide Handa, Shinsuke Torizuka, Ryota Fujii
- Tuba: Shinpei Tsugita
Lyrics[]
WARNING: These lyrics contain reflections and use of mature themes and content which may be unsuitable for some readers.
Notes[]
- ↑ Santé ! is what one says when making a toast in French, ie. Cheers!. "Let's make a wager" could then be a reference to wagering a drink for a bet.
- ↑ This line starts with Claudine singing まやかし (mayakashi, deception), which is a reference to Maya's name.
- ↑ This line starts with Maya singing くろ (kuro, black), which is a reference to Claudine's name. "Kuro" is also written in hiragana instead of the kanji for black (黒), likely to emphasize this.
Trivia[]
- The song's original title was "Utsukushiki Hito Arui wa Sore wa Koi no Uta ka", (美しき人 或いは其れは恋の歌か; A Beautiful Person, Or Perhaps It Is a Love Song). Director Tomohiro Furukawa decided to remove the end of the title as it stated it too directly, instead wanting to let the viewers fill in the rest of the title.[1]
- Clocking in at 10:51, this is the longest-running original song to come from the Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight movie, as well as the longest-running in the franchise overall.
- During the final chorus of this song, a re-arrangement of the music used for the final chorus of Hokori to Ogori can be heard.
- Both songs were composed and arranged by Yoshiaki Fujisawa.
- According to composer and arranger Yoshiaki Fujisawa, in an interview included in the official pamphlet for the movie, the classical music pieces that provided inspirations for this song's creation are Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition suite, French composer Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), German composer Richard Wagner's Walkürenritt (Ride of the Valkyries), and various pieces by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
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