I think I might have posted my Yuri Kasahara Anime Compilation Album a bit too early! Indeed, a new Kasahara song was just released in the Soul Eater OST 2 by amazing composer Taku Iwasaki! It is intitled Kindertotenlied (which means "song on the death of children" in german!).
Listen to the song here:
8/10 The latest Iwasaki/Kasahara collaboration is yet another amazing song. Kindertotenlied feels like a true classical track that could well be a part of some 19th century Opera! It's also full of despair and fits perfectly with the dark Soul Eater atmosphere. It truly amazes me how, both Iwasaki's and Kasahara's combined talents always make for the most wonderful songs.
The name of Yuri Kasahara is probably unknown to most anime and anime music fans, but I'm quite certain her voice isn't. She can be heard in anime series such as Gurren Lagann, Mai Otome, Madlax, Noir, Persona Trinity Soul, Black Cat... So, here's an album I put together with all of her anime related songs.
Yuri Kasahara (or Yuri Shinada) is one of Japan's best known opera singers. She has performed in a multitude of operas, such as in "The Magic Flute" by Mozart (playing The Queen of The Night) or "La Traviata" by Verdi. She has also sung over 100 songs in commercial and has composed music and written lyrics for a number of plays and operas.
For her anime related performances, she has worked with two of the best anime composers out there: Yuki Kajiura and Taku Iwasaki. The songs they have created together are some of my favorite anime songs of all-time. Her incredible voice is one of the best, if not the best I have ever heard in any anime related music. Songs such as Materialise, Places of the Holy, Salva Nos, ACCETTAMI, Der Mond zeigt mir meine eigene Gestalt or Libera me from Hell are simply masterpieces and give me the chills everytime I listen to them. That's why I urge every classical, anime or opera follower to listen to her songs... You won't be disappointed!
Tracklist
1. Materialise! (Mai-Otome) 2. Places of the Holy (Madlax) 3. To Find Your Flower (Madlax) 4. Salva Nos (Noir) 5. Maze (Noir) 6. Secret Game (Noir) 7. Red Rose (Yuki Kajiura Fiction album) 8. Chigiri ~ Reverie Metherlence (Erementar Gerad) 9. Kasukanari Aogi no Sai (Erementar Gerad) 10. In a Beautiful Morning of May (Le Portrait de Petit Cossette) 11. Moonflower (Le Portrait de Petit Cossette) 12. Liminality (.Hack//Liminality) 13. ACCETTAMI (Black Cat) 14. TI UCCIDO MA NON MI SODDISFO (Black Cat) 15. Der Mond zeigt mir meine eigene Gestalt (Persona Trinity Soul) 16. Der Mond zeigt mir meine eigene Gestalt 2nd version (Persona Trinity Soul) 17. Libera me from Hell (Gurren Lagann)
Listen to some of her songs here: Libera Me from Hell
Congratulations fricken-chicken for finding the answer to the Anime Music Blind Test 8. It was indeed the track Fearful Dream from the Now and Then, Here and there OST (Ima, Sokoni iru boku) by brilliant anime composer Taku Iwasaki. Now and Then is one of my favorite animes, it has one of the darkest and saddest story I've ever seen in anime, so it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
I think I might have posted my Yuri Kasahara Anime Compilation Album a bit too early! Indeed, a new Kasahara song was just released in the Soul Eater OST 2 by amazing composer Taku Iwasaki! It is intitled Kindertotenlied (which means "song on the death of children" in german!).
