I was really out! I didn't know anything about Yuki Kajiura's new release "FICTION II", until this morning I saw from my google reader. :cry: Like what I've complained before, my fondness for Yuki Kajiura was decreasing seriously. Yet, I do like her album "FICTION", so I hoped this vol.2 would be better than her other recent works.
Before I began to listen to this album, I was also a bit afraid of what if I don't like it. Well, that emotion flied away as soon as I tried the first song.
"L.A."
I didn't know more information about "FICTION II". I thought it was similar to "FICTION", which contains both of new songs and old re-arranged songs. That's why I tried "L.A." at very first. I love Yuriko Kaida's voice, you know. :megane:
But immediately, I found something weird. This "L.A." sounds the same as the one in "EL CAZADOR OST"... how come? Aren't all songs supposed to be new or re-arranged? I was not 100% sure about it, anyway, I haven't played Yuki's works for such a long while, so I compared the original version and "this version". Hmm... the same... no matter how many times I tried to find something different, my trying was just in vain. Then, I compared other songs that have been released before. God, there are 5 out of 14 songs are completely repeats! Yuki, it's unfair to your "FICTION II"... :gloom:
So here, I'll post the cover (which is nice) and the tracklist (got from JVC):
01：in this winter (FICTION ※新録音)
02：the image theme of XenosagaⅡ（XenosagaⅡ ※新録音）
03：lotus（※新曲）
04：my long forgotten cloistered sleep (unreleased work of Xenosaga)（※未発表曲）
05：I swear（※新曲）
06：forest （エルカザドOST 1）
07：Sweet Song (Xenosaga II ending theme)
08：E.G.O.（アクエリアンエイジ ※新録音）
09：everytime you kissed me（PandoraHearts）
10：I reach for the sun（エルカザドOST2）
11：L.A. （エルカザドOST2）
12：March（※新曲）
13：heigen（※新曲）
14：maybe tommorrow (Xenosaga III ending theme ※新録音)
Fortunately, those repeats are all my loves. :tea:
After confirmation of repeats, I tried the song after "L.A.", which was "March".
Oh My God!
That voice, Emily was back!!!!! Kyaaa~~ You know how much I love her voice? xDD More than any one from Kalafina, more than any from FJ series (except for Yuriko :P). Really! It seems every song she collaborated with Yuki was an epic one. Like those from ".hack", or "forest", or "everytime you kissed me". Yes, those songs do have similar style, but that is the style I can love forever.
After "March", I copied this album into my digital player and played it all day in lab. Then, I found the one I love the most. "my long forgotten cloistered sleep". Like what I said, all these songs sung by Emily are similar, but, I just love them. Who cares about the similarity? At least I won't. :bubble2:
While looping "my long forgotten cloistered sleep", I had never realised that I could be so concentrated to my RNA works. My efficiency reached the highest point this afternoon. That song was a bit sad yet had such a beautiful melody, plus the working screen I was facing to was in dark blue... what a superb match! (do I sound hyper-excited? Or maybe not, because I don't know what word I can use to describe my feeling at that time.)
For other new or re-arranged tracks, they were also good! The old songs are in my favorite list, and the new ones, though they lacks the very point I love, they were much, much better than her other recent works. Plus, is that only I felt "lotus" is like "aura"?? o_O
No, no, I'm not gonna write any review for her new album today!!! And that's all what I wanted to express. Just, I regained my fondness of Yuki Kajiura and her fantastic music, her nostalgic melody. Since this morning, without any premonition, the small piece of happiness fell in front of me.
あの懐かしいメロディー、今日は再び聞くことができて本当に嬉しいです～