Talk:I've Sound
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According to KOTOKO's panel at Anime Expo 2005, KOTOKO originally performed Chi ni Kaeru at her first live tour in 2004. Interestingly enough, the Geneon production staff were also looking for a theme song for their current production of Starship Operators (SSO) and were informed of KOTOKO's live tour. The Geneon staff attended KOTOKO's concert and immediately requested that KOTOKO allow them to use Chi ni Kaeru as the Ending Theme to SSO.
Other notes regarding SSO and KOTOKO: The version of Chi ni Kaeru used in SSO is an orchestral remix of the original concert version, hence the name "Chi ni Kaeru ~On the Earth~". As people may or may not know, KOTOKO is an excellent lyricist and most of her drafts are accepted on the first try. Her lyrics for Radiance was one such example. Why KOTOKO did not perform Radiance is more of a production/consumer preference issue. Kazuya Takase probably felt that Kawada Mami (MAMI) was better suited to the task and this isn't the first time something similar to this happened. The "I've Girls Compilation Album Vol 4 - Lament" demonstrates this issue with the production of LAMENT. Originally, KOTOKO was tasked with writing the lyrics and MAMI was tasked with singing it but Kazuya requested that KOTOKO give the song a demonstration run. KOTOKO performed the prototype LAMENT and that recording was what Kazuya decided to use in the 4th Album.
LAMENT is my personal favorite of all of KOTOKO's songs and though it is not listed on the official page, the -Hane- album's LAMENT has been remixed to include more electric sounds from the original. The electric guitar just sounds a lot more prevalent in -Hane-'s LAMENT than in its namesake album. (Source: KOTOKO Panel at Anime Expo 2005. Yes, I was the person who asked her the questions regarding how KOTOKO became affiliated with I've Sound AND about why there was a discrepancy with her Chi ni Kaeru.) (Psychoneko 01:28, 26 May 2006 (UTC))
[edit] I've history
It looks to me that the person who wrote this part translated from the Japanese article, but may have had trouble at it. So I've tried my hand at translating and rewrote the section. My draft is here. Would like feedback. If no complains, I'll go ahead and update. -Raica 23:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- Article updated. But I still need confirmation on whether I've had anything to do with the song "Do You Remember Me" (sung by JENNY) or not. My searches show that Katou Kazuhiko (加藤和彦, not I've-related) composed the song, whereas the japanese article lists the other song as "Is This The Way You Kill A Love" by GINA. In the meantime, I have removed the former and inserted the latter. --Raica 17:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mami Kawada
This singer also sang 'being' and 'another planet' from Shakugan no Shana. Someone should add this reference.[http://www.lyricwiki.org/%E5%B7%9D%E7%94%B0%E3%81%BE%E3%81%BF_(Mami_Kawada):Another_Planet_~Twilight~
