List of Kanon soundtracks

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This is a list of soundtracks attributed to the visual novel and anime media types of the Japanese series Kanon. The first music album released was Anemoscope which came bundled with the original release of Kanon in June 1999. The next release was a single, "Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives", which contained the opening and ending themes plus arranged versions of three background music tracks and a male vocal version of the opening theme. A compilation album containing tracks from the two albums was released in December 2001 called Recollections. The game's original soundtrack was released in October 2002 containing twenty-two different tracks along with short versions of the two theme songs. A piano arrange album was released in December 2003 called Re-feel which contained five tracks from Kanon and five from Air. Excluding the first two albums, each of the albums released for the visual novel version were released on Key's record label Key Sounds Label; this is due to the first two albums being released before the label was formed.

The first anime's first original soundtrack was released in May 2002, and a second followed in July 2002. The first anime's opening theme was "Florescence" and the ending theme was "Flower", both sung by Miho Fujiwara; the maxi single containing the anime's opening and ending themes was released in June 2002. An album containing music box arranged tracks of music from the first anime was released in July 2003 called Orgel de Kiku Sakuhin Shū. The albums released for the first anime were produced by Frontier Works and Movic. A single was released in commemoration for the second anime called "Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho" which contained the game's original opening and ending themes in original, short, and remixed versions; the album was produced by Key Sounds Label.

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[edit] Visual novel

[edit] Anemoscope

Anemoscope
Remix album by Shinji Orito and Magome Togoshi
Released June 4, 1999
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 54:47

Anemoscope is an arrange album released by Key for the Kanon visual novel, and was packaged with the first edition of the Kanon visual novel on June 4, 1999. Ten of the twelve tracks on the album are arrange versions of background music featured in the visual novel, with the last two being the original versions of the game's two main theme songs "Last regrets" and "Where the Wind Reaches" sung by Ayana. The ten tracks were arranged by Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, and Kazuya Takase of I've Sound.[1]

[edit] Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives

“Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives”
Single by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Ayana
Released November 23, 1999
Genre Single
Length 46:24

"Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives" (風の辿り着く場所 Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho?) is a single for the Kanon visual novel first released as a limited edition on November 23, 1999, but was also sold at Comiket 57 on December 24, 1999.[1] The single contains seven tracks which includes original and instrumental versions of the game's two theme songs "Last regrets" and "Where the Wind Reaches", and three arrange versions of background music featured in the visual novel. The first half of the last track is the instrumental version of "Where the Wind Reaches", and after a lengthy pause a hidden track of a male vocal version of "Last regrets" plays sung by Kazuya Takase of I've Sound. Other produces of the single include Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, and Magome Togoshi, with Ayana providing vocals for the original versions of the game's two theme songs.[1]

[edit] Recollections

Recollections
Compilation album by Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi and OdiakeS
Released December 29, 2001
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 64:20
Label Key Sounds Label

Recollections is a best arrange album for the Kanon visual novel, and was first released on December 29, 2001 at Comiket 61 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0003,[2] and was widely distributed on November 29, 2002.[3] The album contains one disc with thirteen tracks which primarily takes tracks from the first two albums released for the Kanon visual novel, Anemoscope and "Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives"; seven are from the former, and three are from the latter. The album also contains three new arrangements of songs featured in the Kanon visual novel: two background music tracks, and a remix of the game's opening theme "Last regrets" as an acoustic version sung by Lia. The tracks on the album were arranged by Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, and Ryō Okabe.[1]

[edit] Kanon Original Soundtrack

Kanon Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Jun Maeda, OdiakeS, and Shinji Orito
Released October 25, 2002
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 73:50
Label Key Sounds Label

The Kanon Original Soundtrack, from the visual novel Kanon, was first released on October 25, 2002 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0006.[3][4] The soundtrack contains one disc totaling twenty-four songs composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, OdiakeS, and Kazuya Takase of I've Sound. Ayana provides vocals for two songs, "Last regrets" and "Where the Wind Reaches". The first half of the last track is the short version of "Where the Wind Reaches", and after a lengthy pause a hidden track of an arrange version of "Girl in the Snow" plays which was originally featured in the album Anemoscope.[1]

[edit] Re-feel

Re-feel
Remix album by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, OdiakeS, and Ryō Mizutsuki
Released December 28, 2003
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 41:33
Label Key Sounds Label

Re-feel is a piano arrange album with songs taken from the Kanon and Air visual novels and arranged into piano versions. It was first released on December 28, 2003 at Comiket 65 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0010.[3] The album contains one disc with ten tracks; the first five songs are from Kanon while the last five are from Air.[5] With the exception of track two which is arranged by Riya of Eufonius, all the tracks are arranged by Ryō Mizutsuki, who is credited as Kiyo on the album.

[edit] Anime

[edit] TV Animation Edition Kanon Sound Track Volume 1

Kanon Soundtrack Volume 1
Soundtrack by Hiroyuki Kōzu, Kōji Ueno, Shinji Orito
Released May 5, 2002
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 56:27
Label Movic

'TV Animation Edition Kanon Sound Track Volume 1 is the first original soundtrack released for the first Kanon anime series and was released on May 5, 2002 in Japan by Movic bearing the catalog number MACM-1155.[6] The soundtrack contains one disc totaling thirty-one songs composed, arranged, and produced by Shinji Orito, Kōji Ueno, and Hiroyuki Kōzu. Miho Fujiwara provides vocals for two songs, "Florescence" and "Flower". Some of the tracks are new arrangements of music featured in the Kanon visual novel. The first edition release of the soundtrack came in a tall case, the same type for a DVD.

[edit] Florescence / Flower

“Florescence / Flower”
Single by Miho Fujiwara
Released June 7, 2002
Format Maxi
Genre Single
Length 26:58
Label Movic

"Florescence / Flower" is single by the J-pop artist Miho Fujiwara first released in Japan on June 7, 2002 by Movic in Japan bearing the catalog number MACM-157.[7] The single was first released as a limited edition version containing two more tracks than the regular edition. The first is an instrumental version of "Flower" with background vocals by Miho Fujiwara, and the second is a background music track for Akiko Minase not featured in the first Kanon anime series by Toei Animation. The songs "Florescence" and "Flower" of the single were featured as the opening and ending theme songs of the first Kanon anime respectively.

[edit] TV Animation Edition Kanon Sound Track Volume 2

TV series Kanon Sound Track Volume 2
Soundtrack by Hiroyuki Kōzu, Kōji Ueno, Shinji Orito
Released July 5, 2002
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 115:19
Label Movic

TV Animation Version Kanon Sound Track Volume 2 is the second original soundtrack released for the fist Kanon anime series and was released on July 5, 2002 in Japan by Movic bearing the catalog number MACM-1156.[8] The soundtrack contains two discs totaling fifty-five songs composed, arranged, and produced by Shinji Orito, Kōji Ueno, and Hiroyuki Kōzu. Miho Fujiwara provides vocals for two songs, "Florescence" and "Flower". Some of the tracks are new arrangements of music featured in the Kanon visual novel.

Track listing

[edit] Orgel de Kiku Sakuhin Shū

Orgel de Kiku Sakuhin Shū
Remix album by Minami Nozaki, Kōji Ueno, Hiroyuki Kōzu
Released July 25, 2003
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 50:51
Label Movic

Orgel de Kiku Sakuhin Shū (オルゴールで聴く作品集? lit. Listen to Music Box Work Collection) is an arrange album released for the first Kanon anime series which went on sale on July 25, 2003 in Japan by Movic bearing the catalog number MACM-1167.[9] The album contains one disc with fifteen tracks of arranged versions of background music featured in the first Kanon anime which includes arrangements consisting of music boxes, pianos, harps, flutes, acoustic guitar, and other string instruments. All the tracks were composed by either Kōji Ueno, Hiroyuki Kōzu, or Masato Kamato, and arranged by Minami Nozaki.

[edit] Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho

“Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho”
Single by Ayana
Released December 28, 2006
Genre Single
Length 28:22
Label Key Sounds Label

"Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho" is a single released in commemoration of the Kanon anime by Kyoto Animation. It was first released on December 28, 2006 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0026.[3] The single contains original, short, and arrange versions of Kanon's two theme songs "Last regrets" and "Where the Wind Reaches" sung by Ayana. The tracks are composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Kazuya Takase of I've Sound, and Manack.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Key Sounds Label albums with contributions by Jun Maeda (Japanese). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  2. ^ Chudah's Corner on Recollections. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  3. ^ a b c d Key Sounds Label discography (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  4. ^ Chudah's Corner on the Kanon Original Soundtrack. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  5. ^ Chudah's Corner's page on Re-feel. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
  6. ^ TV Soundtrack Vol.1. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  7. ^ "Florescence / Flower". Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  8. ^ TV Soundtrack Vol.2. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  9. ^ Orgel de Kiku Sakuhin Shū (Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.


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