LINO LEIA

[CloisteredFlame]

LINO LEIA (リノレイア)
@LINO_LEIA
きました〜！珠久さんよろしくお願いします

#ビバラー
https://x.com/LINO_LEIA/status/1956193614977229127

 

[george1234]

Horizon MV https://youtu.be/tDozaNk7-PQ?

 

[CloisteredFlame]

I would be interested in hearing Kajiura and the other ladies' comments about the song.

I think it's a very quietly powerful and emotional composition, with LINO LEIA's voice floating above the steady drums, guitar, and so on.

This is already one of my favorite songs of hers. I just don't know what the lyrics mean, yet.

And she has a kinda "kajiurago" with the Belgian choir sample.

 

[george1234]

The lyrics are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpOzuoa23o , you can paste them on Deep L or other machine translation

《CREDITS》
Lyrics & Music : LINO LEIA
Arrangement, Guitar, Bass & Programing： DAIKI(AWSM.)
Drums：KYOICHI SATO
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Su_ka_no (SIGN SOUND)
Recording Studio : Studio Earkth
Producer : YASUNORI MORI (HIGHWAY STAR)
Artist Management : ASAKO OHNO (HIGHWAY STAR)
Management Office : HIGHWAY STAR

Belgian choir ? Sounds like African to me

 

[grunty]

It's this choir track. I hope they cleared the sample roghts.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKzUnt_4_Do

I don't know if Leia's song originated from this track or if it was an arrangement idea but, as far as I'm concerned, it didn't need this choir in the final version - it could've been strong enough on its own.

 

[wat11]

george george george ! It's Bulgarian chant, and unmistakably so. c'mon man it's right there

The question is why is it used? It seems it's just placed there for some "artistic" effect. I mean when Xena's theme has it, it fits perfectly but here it seems a bit superfluous.

 

[george1234]

Still, Bulgarian isn't the same as Belgian though :3
oh i remember it was in Xena OP but was associating it with Amazonas back when i was watching that show and btw bulgarians have nothing to do with the greek mytholody setting Xena is set in, as they came south much later, but whatever.

@grunty If its actually folk and not folk -style, then it doesnt have copyright.

 

[grunty]

@grunty If its actually folk and not folk -style, then it doesnt have copyright.

I'm not going to argue because I don't know the details on this recorded track BUT a specific recording of a performance can still have copyrights. LL's song is using THAT specific recording in its mix, not a brand new performance of the same folk melody.

 

[george1234]

Youtube says the track is part of this album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyH4O258ESE

description of the choir

Song can be found here https://music.apple.com/us/album/le-mystere-des-voix-bulgares/151627271

copyright is from the 1990s

 

[CloisteredFlame]

It's this choir track. I hope they cleared the sample roghts.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKzUnt_4_Do

I don't know if Leia's song originated from this track or if it was an arrangement idea but, as far as I'm concerned, it didn't need this choir in the final version - it could've been strong enough on its own.

Yep. Bulgarian.

They were used in the "Ghost In the Shell" anime soundtrack and BGM.

 

[grunty]

Yep. Bulgarian. They were used in the "Ghost In the Shell" anime soundtrack and BGM.

They were not.

@george1234 so you agree with what I said. Kay.

 

[CloisteredFlame]

They were not.

@george1234 so you agree with what I said. Kay.

Oh really? I had heard somewhere that they were used.

 

[CloisteredFlame]

I took it for a fact, but just learned that the composer was inspired by the Bulgarian chant but couldn't secure their presence so he improvised with Japanese singers imitating the Bulgarian choir style.

I had heard the singing and assumed it was sung by them.

 

[wat11]

sorry I should have teased CloisteredFlame for saying Belgian instead of Bulgarian but it's more fun to tease you @george1234 :)