Elysion —Rakuen e no Prelude—

Elysion —楽園への前奏曲—

Prelude to Elysion

The Fourth Horizon that has yet to arrive... Dedicated to those who have fallen into paradise... Fantasias of the past and two preludes...
—From the obi

Mada otozurenu daiyon no chiheisen... rakuen e ochite shimatta karera ni sasagu... sugishi hi no gensou kyoku to futatsu no zensoukyoku...
—From the obi

未だ訪れぬ第四の地平線… 楽園へ堕ちてしまった彼等に捧ぐ… 過ぎし日の幻想曲と二つの前奏曲…
—From the obi

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Type	Major Debut Album
Band	Sound Horizon
Record Label	Bellwood Records
Release Date	27 October 2004
Product Code	BZCS-5004
Track Count	8
Length	43:29
Release Medium	CD
CD Count	1

Sound Horizon's major debut album Prelude to Elysion released on 27 October 2004.

Dedicated to those who have fallen into paradise...
—From the booklet

Rakuen e ochiteshimatta karera ni sasagu...
—From the booklet

楽園へ堕ちてしまった彼等に捧ぐ…
—From the booklet

Track List

Disc 1

#	Title	Length
1	Ark Ark Ark	5:10
2	The Song of Arrival Tadoritsuku Uta 辿りつく詩	6:11
3	The Day I Shot Down My Lover Koibito wo Uchiotoshita Hi 恋人を射ち堕とした日	4:00
4	The World of Rein Rein no Sekai 澪音の世界	5:27
5	Sarabande, the Magician Mahoutsukai Sarabande 魔法使いサラバント	4:21
6	Genealogy of the Thunder God Raijin no Keifu 雷神の系譜	8:09
7	The Flower within the Cage Ori no Naka no Hana 檻の中の花	4:54
8	Yield Yield Yield	4:09

History

Credits

Produced by Yoshio Usuda (CRASYS.co)
Sound Produced by Revo (Sound Horizon)

Gensoh-Gakudan［Sound Horizon］Original Members
Lyrics, Compose, Arrangement, Guitar, Keyboards, Computer Programming, etc...: Revo
Vocal, Chorus, Voice, Narration: Aramary

Support Musicians
Vocal, Chorus, Voice, Narration: Jimang (M2, M4, M5, M6, M7)
Vocal, Chorus: Haruka Shimotsuki (M5)
Violin: Yukari Shinozaki (M2), Mutumi Suzuki (M4)
Cello: Shigeru Ohara
Oboe: Masayo Miyata
Clarinet: Kazuhisa Kojima
Flute: Ryo Sakagami
Uilleann Pipe: Toyoaki Haraguchi
Irish Harp: Michiyo Umezu

『Elysion』Special Strings Section
1st Violin: Mutsumi Suzuki, Ayako Kayukawa, Ayako Himata, Nobuko Sakota
2nd Violin: Izumi Murayama, Yumiko Shimamura, Kanako Noto, Ayumu Koshikawa
Viola: Shiori Tanaka, Keita Ishii
Cello: Shigeru Ohara, Mao Tomonoh

Sound Engineers
Recorded at Studio C5, WONDER BEAT STUDIO, studio-EAST
Recorded by Revo (Sound Horizon), Kazuto Sato (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) (M1, M8)
Mixed by Revo (Sound Horizon) (M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7) , Shyoichi Shimura (studio-EAST) (M1, M8)
Assistant Engineer: Manabu Ito (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) & Naomi Irie (studio-EAST)

Cover Illustration: Yokoyan
Booklet & Label Design: Hazeri Kuri
Executive Producer: Tetsuhito Yoshizawa (Harvest Entertainment)

Special Thanks
Toshihiro Tsuruhashi
Keiko Yamaguchi
Yumiko Nagayama
GEN (Dur moll)
CRASYS.co
and All Listeners...