Music of Fruits Basket

There are two CDs containing music for the anime series Fruits Basket, Memory for You released in 2004, and Four Seasons (also known as Song for Ritsuko Okazaki), released in 2005, a year after Ritsuko Okazaki's death.

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Memory for You

Memory for You
Soundtrack album by Seiji Muto, Jun Abe
Released February 17, 2004
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 45:16
Label Geneon
Producer Seiji Muto, Jun Abe

Memory for You is the first soundtrack to be released for the anime adaptation of Fruits Basket, featuring all the instrumentals featured throughout the series' 26 episodes. It also features the TV sized versions of For Fruits Basket (the opening to the show) as well as A Small Prayer, both sung by the late Ritsuko Okazaki. In the English version of the anime, the original instrumentals are kept, but translated and sung in English by the English voice actress of Tohru Honda, Laura Bailey (the English versions of the songs, however, are not included on any of the soundtracks).

Track list

All songs are composed by Jun Abe, and arranged by Seiji Muto, except where stated.

No. Title Also Involved Length
1. "For Fruits Basket (On Air Version)"   Composed by Ritsuko Okazaki
Arranged by Tatsuya Murayama
Vocals by Ritsuko Okazaki
1:25
2. "Memory~for You~"     2:36
3. "Secret"     1:47
4. "Solitude"     1:26
5. "Both Styles"     1:57
6. "I'm "Drummer""     1:20
7. "Memory~In Daily Life~"     0:49
8. "On the Stage"     1:52
9. "I'm "Chin-Don-Ya""     1:41
10. "Going My Own Way"     1:58
11. "I'm "Fairy""     1:16
12. "Psycho-Doctor"     3:38
13. "Mysterious Family"     2:32
14. "Memory~At Home~"     1:10
15. "Theme for the Landlady"     1:00
16. "Theme for the Landlady (So Hard)"     0:36
17. "I'm "Hard-Working Fellow""     1:48
18. "Black-and-White (Normal)"     1:19
19. "Black-and-White (Hard)"     1:20
20. "Teru-Teru-Momiji"     0:50
21. "Mogeta's Song (Instrumental Version)"     0:59
22. "Memory~On Vacation~"     0:41
23. "A Hot-Blooded Man"     1:24
24. "So Gorgeous!"     3:03
25. "Forward-Looking Attitude"     2:50
26. "Reason of Quibble"     1:41
27. ""Fruits Basket" in Waltz"     0:42
28. "A Small Prayer (On Air Version)"   Composed by Ritsuko Okazaki
Arranged by Tatsuya Murayama
Vocals by Ritsuko Okazaki
1:53

Four Seasons/Song for Ritsuko Okazaki

Four Seasons/Song for Ritsuko Okazaki
Soundtrack album by Ritsuko Okazaki
Released February 8, 2005
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 39:44
Label Geneon

Four Seasons, also known as Song for Ritsuko Okazaki is the second soundtrack to be released for the Fruits Basket anime, as an ode to the memory of Ritsuko Okazaki, who had died of septic shock, as a result of septicaemia.

Track list

No. Title Performed By Length
1. "Overture"   Emai Music Orchestra 2:35
2. "A Small Prayer"   Ritsuko Okazaki 3:21
3. "It Makes Me Want to Cry Without Reason (Orchestra Version)"   Emai Music Orchestra 3:44
4. "Serenade"   Ritsuko Okazaki 6:06
5. "For Fruits Basket (Orchestra Version)"   Emai Music Orchestra 2:40
6. "Loveable Tomorrow (Fruits Basket Version)"   Ritsuko Okazaki 3:59
7. "Sunlight Sifting Through the Trees"   Emai Music Orchestra 2:37
8. "Sky Blue"   Ritsuko Okazaki 4:49
9. "A Small Prayer (Orchestra Version)"   Emai Music Orchestra 2:39
10. "For Fruits Basket"   Ritsuko Okazaki 4:24
11. "Epilogue"   Emai Music Orchestra 2:52

Fruits Basket OST2: Eternal memories

Fruits Basket OST2: Eternal memories
Soundtrack album
Released February 8, 2005
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 39:47
Label Geneon

Little info is known about Eternal memories although the name suggests that it was compiled as a token of remembrance for the Fruits Basket anime. There is little information on this third and final soundtrack, as it can only be found on various file sharing websites on-line. It was never officially released

Track list

No. Title Length
1. "memories ~sunshine~"   1:18
2. "Shackles of the heart"   1:36
3. "Abyss of despair"   1:13
4. "Solitude [piano ver]"   1:12
5. "Sea of illusion"   2:48
6. "Labyrinth"   1:43
7. "The most foolish warfare in the world"   1:51
8. "Extreme girl's heart"   2:32
9. "King's march"   2:31
10. "Image ~hanajima family~"   1:19
11. "Prince Yuki"   2:37
12. "Momentary storm"   2:37
13. "Melody for episode eight"   0:43
14. "One-way love"   2:21
15. "Breath of spring"   2:03
16. "Young leaves"   2:08
17. "Memory ~beginning~"   1:07
18. "A thaw"   2:13
19. "Serenade [solo ver]"   4:55
20. "Mogeta no uta"   1:00

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