Music

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Orchestra | Large Ensemble

組曲『スタァライト』～星摘みの旅～ (2025) ~17:00 Note
Full orchestra
「今、幸せ？」〜３月２６日に生まれたあの子へ〜 (2025) ~2:00 Note
Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Mark Tree, and String orchestra
Cinematic and Epic Orchestral (2024) ~2:00 Note
Full orchestra

Chamber

炎上～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2026) ~1:30
String quartet
アゾール家～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2025) ~2:30
String quartet
アディラって呼んで～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2025) ~1:30
String trio
雨が降ってきた～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2025) ~2:30
String trio
Alone at Night Fantasia (2025) ~2:30
2 Guitars
赤き女王と蒼き騎士〜メインテーマ〜 (2025) ~2:30 Note
String quartet
ふたりの女の子～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2025) ~2:00
2 Violins
Smugness (2024) ~1:00
2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Piano, and Vibraslap
Lust and Loneliness (2024) ~1:00 Note
Jazz band with Saxophone solo
Masquerade Quartet (2023) ~3:00 Note
String quartet
A Small Village (2023) ~2:00
2 Violins
Hurry Danger (2011) ~1:19
2 Electric Guitars and Electric Bass

Vocal/Choral

I slept, and dreamed that life was joy (2025) ~1:30 Note
SATB Choir, a cappella
尊い推し讃美歌 (2024) ~2:00 Note
SATB Choir, a cappella
Storm (2023) ~1:00 Note
Violin, Piano, and SSAA choir

Solo

To Yuki (Tender Love) (2026) ~3:00 Note
Piano
Happy Birthday (2025) ~1:00 Note
Clarinet in Bb
Requiem Lullaby (2025) ~3:30 Note
Piano
あなたと出逢えてから (2025) ~3:00
Acoustic Guitar
A Lonely Solo (2025) ~2:00
Alto Saxophone
To Yuki (Christmas) (2024) ~1:40 Note
Piano
G 點之亂 (2024) ~7:00 Note
Erhu
騎士の最期～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～ (2023) ~3:00 Note
Viola

Musical Theatre

最後一次綵排 The Final Rehearsal (2023) ~7:00 Note
SSATB Voices and Piano
一天 (2023) ~5:00 Note
2 Vocals and Small orchestra

Pop Song

一燈大師 (2023) ~2:32
1 Female Vocal
最親的友人 (2023) ~3:54
1 Female Vocal
誤字ノお菌 (2021) ~3:26
1 Female Vocal
雷打たれ隊ライトマン (2021) ~2:27
1 Female Vocal
使徒が見つからないんだ (2020) ~3:25
1 Female Vocal
にゃんっぼぼっぼの歌 (2020) ~2:00
1 Female Vocal
見送り者 (2020) ~4:03
1 Female Vocal
仲良し（仮）～ハゲときれてんだー～ (2020) ~2:05
2 Female Vocals

組曲『スタァライト』～星摘みの旅～
The Starlight Gatherer Suite: The Journey of Starlight Gathering

星はそのすべてを見届けてきた
激昂が再び情熱を胸に
呪縛が再び信念を胸に
逃避が再び勇気を胸に
嫉妬が再び慈愛を胸に
絶望が再び希望を胸に
傲慢が再び誇りを胸に
星はそのすべてを、キラめきとともに見届けてきた

星摘みは罪の赦し
星摘みは夜の奇跡
星の光は希望の光
あなたの光が星の光
お持ちなさい、あなたの望んだその星を――

The Star has seen it through.
When Fury regained Passion.
When Curse regained Faith.
When Escape regained Bravery.
When Jealousy regained Affection.
When Despair regained Hope.
When Arrogance regained Pride.
The Star has seen it through, together with its twinkles.

Starlight gathering is forgiveness of sins
Starlight gathering is a wonder of night
Starlight, the shining of hope
Your shines are the starlight
And it shall be bestowed upon you, the Star which you have longed for—

「今、幸せ？」〜３月２６日に生まれたあの子へ〜

まゆちゃん、どうかあなたが幸せでありますように。

Wish you have a simple happy life.

Cinematic and Epic Orchestral

This piece is based on a brief titled "Cinematic and Epic Orchestral." I envisioned it as the opening theme for a fantasy TV series featuring battle scenes and epic wars. Inspired by Ramin Djawadi's "Main Title" from the TV series Game of Thrones, I adopted a similar structure and instrumentation to compose this piece. To enhance the emotional depth, I included a slower and softer passage before the buildup in the final part of the piece.

赤き女王と蒼き騎士〜メインテーマ〜

この曲は『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』のメインテーマ。女王アディラ・シャーロット・バイヤンは、古い慣習と対立する改革を進める中で、国の未来のために冷静さと責務を優先する。女騎士セルア・アレッシア・アゾールは女王に忠誠を捧げ、自分を犠牲にしてでも女王を守ろうと誓っている。権力争いや天災、憎悪が国を引き裂く中で、二人の抑えた想いは静かに圧を増していく。誰も愛する人の死を望まない。だが、死はいつも突然訪れる。

Akaki joou to aoki kishi ~Main teema~ (The Red Queen and The Blue Knight ~Main Theme~) is the main theme for the story of a progressive queen, Adira Charolette Vaillant, and her female knight, Sellua Alessia Azor. There are deaths caused by power struggles, natural disasters, and hatreds; as well as bonds between masters and subordinates, family members, friends, and lovers. No one wants to let their loved ones die, but death usually comes suddenly.

Lust and Loneliness

The concept of Lust and Loneliness is based on the result of a random emotion generator—lust. Inspired by funari's music in the adaptation of Kouya Takao, one of the classic rakugo stories, during "Yuyuko Tanaka's Classical Rakugo Theater" of the Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- Reading Theatre series, I chose to create a slow, sultry, and smoky atmosphere in a small pub to set the scene and introduce the loneliness of oiran, the highest-ranking courtesans in the Edo period in Japan, alongside the emotion of lust. It is a slow jazz ballad with a solo saxophone expressively improvising the melody. I adopted the chord progressions of Autumn Leaves, a jazz standard, and made use of the timbre of a soft piano, brush sounds on a snare drum, some pads, and a drop-C double bass to create the atmosphere.

Masquerade Quartet

This music is inspired by the story with the same title in Japanese written by the Composer in 2019. The four members in the quartet in the story wear masks and dress up as a queen, a knight, a princess, and a prince respectively when performing to hide their identities because of their personal struggles and difficulties. The piece is supposed to be one of their standard repertoire representing their mysterious and anxious nature.

The piece begins with an introduction led by the second violin's volume swells. The first violin adds a layer to it later but then gives way to the melody played by the viola and cello. It rejoins when the second violin starts playing the waltz motif which signifies the start of the masquerade ball.

The ball is interrupted by the viola and cello's snap pizzicato. The lower strings bring an increasingly nervous and tense atmosphere by playing the minor 2nd interval and increasing the speed on one note played repeatedly, followed by the first violin's dissonant chord. The quartet then plays a series of quick C whole tone scales which forms an augmented chord at the end of the section.

The tense and creepy atmosphere continues with the soft tremolo played by the violins and viola in their high registers. The motif used in the waltz earlier reappears but its accompaniment changes to relatively eerie swells, and later to loud and staccato broken chords, bringing the music to the climax.

Here comes an interlude in a slower tempo. The first violin plays a depressing variation of the motif, representing the first violinist's upset mood caused by her severe stage fright in the original story. Reflecting the relationships among the members of the quartet in the story, the second violin responds to the first violin with an ascending variation and leads the quartet back to their full strength.

I slept, and dreamed that life was joy

I slept, and dreamed that life was joy takes its text from Rabindranath Tagore's poem, and Ellen Sturgis Hooper's poem published in 1840 in The Dial. I chose these texts with thoughts about life. I serve stories and music.

尊い推し讃美歌

オンのいつふゆもオフのいつふゆも尊すぎて

In Japanese, toutoi (尊い) basically means “precious” or “sacred” or “noble”. When fans describe their oshi (推し, favs) toutoi, it means, for example, their favs are so caring towards one another that the fans find those actions or scenes heartwarming or adorable. This piece is, therefore, a song to praise my two favourite actresses, Yuuka Sugai and Yurika Nakamura, for their precious moments on and off screen.

I chose chorale as the style for this piece because the feeling of toutoi is, in some sense, religious. Our favs are like our gods and goddesses. We are deeply grateful to them and want them to know our appreciation. Chorale is a good way to express this with a twist.

Storm

This music is written in 2023 for An Immortal and a Time Traveler, a novel written in Chinese by the Composer herself in 2017. The novel tells the love story of two young girls. One girl, Shang Qixuan is immortal, while another, Lu Zhaochen, is a time traveler.

The piece is specifically written for the time in the story when the two girls have become a couple but Qixuan is avoiding Zhaochen because she is afraid of physically hurting Zhaochen again. Zhaochen has made every effort to approach Qixuan but she keeps failing to make Qixuan trust herself again.

The music begins with a piano motif which represents Qixuan's anxiety, closely followed by a response by the violin which represents Zhaochen's efforts to empathize with Qixuan. The introduction and the increasing dynamics of the choir symbolize their intensifying conflict. In the latter part of the piece, the violin breaks in with a desperate theme in the high register, bringing both the music and the conflict to the climax. The last chord, played softly, represents a temporary truce to the conflict.

To Yuki (Tender Love)

Love you always.

Yours,
Jun

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday, GoN_5431 !

Requiem Lullaby

エレーナ、サーシャ、イーノ、スノーデビル小隊のみなさん、どうか安らかに。あの世では、笑い合えますように。

Requiem Lullaby is a requiem and lullaby dedicated to Yelena (FrostNova), Sasha (Faust), Eno (Mephisto), and Yeti Squadron who died in a war in the game Arknights.

To Yuki (Christmas)

メリークリスマス
Merry Christmas!

G 點之亂

G 點之亂 (The G Point Rebellion) is an allegory of my friend GoN's real-life story. In December 2020, GoN, a clarinetist and game streamer, announced a betting game during a streaming session. However, he mistakenly set it as a poll, causing the audience to spend their channel points (G points) on voting. After a while, the audience noticed the mistake and requested the return of their G points, but GoN was unable to refund them, causing outrage among the audience, including his close friends. One of his friends then described this incident as the G Point Rebellion during the dynasty of GoN. My piece is based on this story from the point of view of a storyteller, similar to the traditional Han Chinese performing art of storytelling. This is why I wrote this piece for solo erhu, a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument that was usually used for accompaniment in the past.

To better present the narrative, I drew references from various existing music. Inspired by songs about farming life, such as "Yanato Rice Planting Song" from Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and an erhu piece called "Rice-Sprout Song," I used similar rhythms and articulations, especially pizzicato, to recreate the groove of farmers' working life. For Emperor GoN's party, I drew inspiration from the rhythms of Chinese traditional music that represent similar crowd scenes. To highlight the part when people notice that something went wrong, I drew inspiration from a similar scene in Revue Starlight: The Movie, using rhythms different from the previous sections and dissonant notes to create the atmosphere. The rhythms of the rebellion part are inspired from "People's Song" and "At the End of the Day" from Les Misérables and an erhu piece called "Ballad of Lan-hua-hua".

騎士の最期～『赤き女王と蒼き騎士』より～

Kishi no saigo (The Knight's Death) is written in 2023 for Akaki joou to aoki kishi (The Red Queen and the Blue Knight), a script written in Japanese by me in 2022. The script tells the story of a queen, Adira Charolette Vaillant, and her female knight, Sellua Alessia Azor. The story is set in an imaginary universe similar to the Middle Ages in Europe. The story begins with a rebellion led by conservative officials and citizens, forcing Adira and Sellua to escape from the royal palace.

The piece is specifically written for the time when Sellua dies for saving Adira's life at the end of the story during the last battle.

The music is inspired by J.S. Bach's Sonata for Violin Solo No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 - 1. Adagio and Chinese North-eastern folk song River of Tears (Jiang He Shui) rearranged for Erhu by Huang Hai Huai. Similar to River of Tears, it is written from Adira's point of view. It consists of three sections, representing Adira's sorrow, memories, and anger respectively.

The first part begins with a cadenza-like passage which is like san-ban (free rhythm) in Chinese music. It is full of emotions, showing the sorrow and grief of losing the one Adira loves from way back. It utilizes viola's higher positions to express the intensity of the loss.

The second part is performed relatively softly and sweetly, representing Adira's fond and nostalgic memories with Sellua since childhood. The quick arpeggios in bar 14 and 15 symbolize Adira's regret for not spending much personal time with Sellua after her coronation because of their increasing status differences. She wishes Sellua has reciprocated her feelings much more earlier.

The last part, which is the recapitulation, represents Adira's anger towards Sellua's death caused by the conservatives. I further stretch the rhythm and ornaments the melody appeared in the exposition to make the music more emotionally intense. The music ends with a slower passage with fading harmonics, express Adira's wish that Sellua may rest in peace after a series of suffering during their escape.

最後一次綵排
The Final Rehearsal

這歌曲的故事圍繞著一個業餘的五人無伴奏合唱團。這合唱團已成立了一段時日，但團長與團員們之間的不滿越來越多。團長覺得團員們不夠努力，連累自己有志未能伸；團員們則覺得團長過份認真刻薄，令他們沒辦法開心唱歌。身為團長好友的合唱團經理則被夾在中間，只能慨嘆為何雙方都不嘗試聆聽對方。

此曲發生於全劇開首，是合唱團一場重要演出前的最後一次綵排，但團員Ａ遲遲不來，團員Ｂ五音不全，團員Ｃ態度懶散，令團長極度不滿。曲中前半段雖然有在排練，但中間不斷插入獨唱部份和各入的特色唱法以反映各人的心中不滿，到了後半段爭吵才浮上水面。最後三位團員憤而退出，團長仍不在意，經理便向團長訴說他的看法，但反而令團長憤然離去。

此曲原只為無伴奏合唱所作，後來因演出上的技術考慮添加了鋼琴。作品經「空白頁」新音樂劇平台培育及作初次發表。

This song tells the story of an amateur five-person a cappella group. The group has been established for a while, but the dissatisfaction between the leader and the members is growing. The leader feels that the members are not working hard enough, and that they are holding her back from achieving her ambitions; the members feel that the leader is too serious and harsh, and hence they can’t enjoy singing. Caught in the middle, The group manager, who is the leader’s friend, can only lament why both sides do not try to listen to each other.

This song takes place at the beginning of the show. As mentioned in the title, this is the last rehearsal before an important performance. However, member A is late. Member B is tone-deaf. Member C is sloppy. The leader is therefore extremely unhappy. The group is mostly rehearsing at the first half of the song, but there are solo parts and distinctive singing styles that reflect each characters' feelings. The argument comes to the surface in the second half. In the end, the three members leave angrily but the leader still does not care. The manager then tells the leader his opinion, but it makes the leader leave in a rage.

This song was originally written for a cappella only, but later added piano for technical reasons. It was developed and premiered through the “Blank Page: New Musicals Platform."

一天

這歌曲背後的故事是關於中世紀兩國公主的一齣悲劇。A 國公主 Louise 和 B 國公主 Yurasia 本是兒時玩伴，感情好得就像姊妹，但多年後 B 國因戰亂亡國，Yurasia 下落不明。七年後，Louise（17）在下個月即將與 C 國王子政治聯姻，但 Louise 憧憬浪漫愛情，不時偷走到城堡外遊玩。流亡在外的 Yurasia（20）一直女扮男裝，隱姓埋名，計劃向背信棄義的 A 國報仇。二人在占卜師的陰謀之下相遇， Louise 更愛上 Yurasia 的男裝身份 Alan。二人最後私奔，但被 A 國騎士追上，Yurasia 更被揭穿身份。不過 Louise 不但不介意，更為了救 Yurasia 傷重而亡。陷入絕望的 Yurasia 毫不留情殺死騎士，並闖進王城大肆屠殺，直至殺到國王面前才被近衛隊刺穿身體而亡。但 Yurasia 死後仍然怨念深重，幾乎陷入瘋狂。此時 Louise 現身，阻止 Yurasia 再執著下去。

此曲為 Louise 和 Yurasia 的二人對唱曲，抒情風格。曲中 Louise 會將一線希望帶進 Yurasia 的一片絕望當中，制止 Yurasia 帶來更多慘劇。歌曲由 Louise 的獨唱開始，試圖喚起 Yurasia 的初心，阻止暴走。之後 Yurasia 反駁 Louise 的天真，道出現實的殘酷。Louise 再以情勸阻，強調 Yurasia 從前的善良，再提示遠在未來的希望。後來 Yurasia 終於回應 Louise 的心意，二人合唱，最後以 Yurasia 的真心剖白安靜結束。