Kirite

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Kirite is a 2005 album by the composer Yasunori Mitsuda, based on The Five Seasons of Kirite, a story by Masato Kato. Mitsuda and Kato had previously collaborated on Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Chrono Cross. This time it was not made into a computer game. They conceived the concept in 2003. The album was released together with Kato's story in Japanese and a collection of nature photographs.

The story is set in a world of magic and fantasy, where a boy, a girl and a darkness meet and the world quietly begins to go mad. The music contains influences from Celtic music, jazz and ambient sound. Besides piano and vocals, violin, bouzouki, tin whistle, shinobue and shakuhachi are heard, among others.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Is Kirite Burning Up?4:25Apple Music ↗
2. 2The Market in Volfinor4:28Apple Music ↗
3. 3Promise With Winds - Petals' Whereabouts4:52Apple Music ↗
4. 4The Forest of Lapis Lazuli3:20Apple Music ↗
5. 5The Azure5:27Apple Music ↗
6. 6Scorning Blade3:53Apple Music ↗
7. 7Upon the Melodies of the Moon2:02Apple Music ↗
8. 8Fated Encounter - The Fall of Darkness2:58Apple Music ↗
9. 9Nocturne2:33Apple Music ↗
10. 10As Autumn Passes Away3:40Apple Music ↗
11. 11The Snow Howling3:30Apple Music ↗
12. 12Prayer Tree2:11Apple Music ↗
13. 13The Name of Our Hope4:53Apple Music ↗
14. 14Circle of Eternity1:33Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗