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Sound Horizon is a Japanese symphonic rock musical group with composer Revo (Japanese pronunciation: [ɾebo]) as the leader and only permanent member. They describe themselves as a "fantasy band" and have released works that closely resemble classical suites. Their songs often revolve around historical events and classic fairytales. When creating music based on other people's stories, the band uses the name Linked Horizon.

History

Sound Horizon began with Revo releasing his music creations on the internet on his website in the late 1990s. In 2001, Sound Horizon participated in Comic Market as part of a dōjin music circle and released their first story CD, Chronicle, an all-instrumental track CD, with occasional narration, background chorus and sound effects. The inclusion of actual singing began from their second release (Thanatos) onwards. Their subsequent works were released at Comic Market and M3.

Sound Horizon's first major release was in 2004, with the album Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~ (lit. Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~). Their first maxi-single, "Shōnen wa Tsurugi o...", which was released in 2006, includes "Shūtan no Ou to Isekai no Kishi ~The Endia & The Knights~", the theme for the PlayStation 2 simulation RPG Chaos Wars, and "Kamigami ga Aishita Rakuen ~Belle Isle~", the opening theme for the MMORPG Belle Isle.

Although Aramary was their main female singer through the Elysion album, her departure afterward led Sound Horizon's style to shift quite a bit, to having many vocalists, rather than just one main female one (previously Aramary) and one main male vocalist (Jimang). Revo himself also tended to sing more often in the later albums, beginning with Roman.

On September 3, 2008, Sound Horizon released the album Moira. The album featured Takashi Utsunomiya of TM Network as one of the vocalists. Moira debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon weekly album charts, selling over 45,000 copies in its initial week.

Sound Horizon released the single "Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido" on June 16, 2010. The single featured guitarist Marty Friedman and Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, along with a beta voicebank for Vocaloid known as "Junger März PROTOTYPE β".

In 2012, Revo began a new project called Linked Horizon, beginning with his work on the score for the Nintendo 3DS game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a series of EPs and album. In 2013 and subsequent years, Linked Horizon performed the first, second, third, fifth and eighth opening themes, as well as the fourth and series finale ending themes, for the anime adaptation of Attack on Titan along with a series of EPs and albums.

In June 2014, Revo also composed the first opening theme of Sailor Moon Crystal, "Moon Pride".

In September 2020, as part of their major debut's 15th anniversary projects, Sound Horizon announced a Blu-ray story album, Ema ni Negai wo!, which would allow listeners to make choices and experience the story differently depending on those choices. The "Prologue Edition" was released on January 13, 2021, and the "Full Edition" was originally scheduled for release on March 15, 2023, but was delayed to June 14 of the same year.

Band members

Discography

Sound Horizon's main albums are called 'Stories' or 'Horizons' and are numbered, starting with Chronicle.

Pico Magic, Pico Magic Reloaded, Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~ and Chronology are compilation albums and are not counted as story albums.

Chronicle 2nd is an expanded reissue of the first Chronicle album.

The ninth story Nein was released in 2015, even though the eighth story, with the working title Rinne, hasn't been released yet.

Doujin albums

Sound Horizon major releases

Albums

Singles

Live recordings

Story Concerts are a type of theatre concerts, that each reproduce a Story Album on stage, with the singers all in costumes and acting their roles in addition to singing.

(This list does not include live recordings released as extra content with albums)

Linked Horizon

Albums

Singles

Live recordings

Revo

Awards and nominations

References

1. Sound Horizon Official Site. Profile
2. ^ "ブレイブリーデフォルト』全楽曲はSound HorizonのRevoによる書き下ろし！ サントラやRevo新プロジェクトも発表" [All songs of Bravely Default are written by Sound Horizon's Revo! Soundtrack and Revo's new project announced]. Famitsu (in Japanese). June 19, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
3. ^ "物語音楽の旗手Sound Horizonが新曲先行配信 さやわかが「並行世界」をキーワードに読み解く". Real Sound (in Japanese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
4. ^ "幻想楽団 Sound Horizonが初TOP10入り?" [Fantasy orchestra Sound Horizon enters the first TOP 10?]. Oricon News (in Japanese). October 4, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
5. ^ Saiseau, Nikkan (December 1, 2013). "「紅白出場は歴史的事件」3分でわかる、Linked Horizonの歴史" [Kōhaku shutsujō wa rekishi-teki jiken, Linked Horizon history in less than 3 minutes]. Niconico News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
6. "超豪華ヴォーカリスト参加で贈る、Sound Horizon待望のStory CD第6弾！". Nifty Music Network (in Japanese). Livedoor. August 19, 2008. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
7. "Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the third week of September 2008" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
8. "Sound Horizon、オリコンデイリーシングルーチャート2日間連続の第1位！". CDJournal.com (in Japanese). June 18, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
9. "Attack on Titan Opening CD Sells 129,000 in 1st Week". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
10. ""Attack on Titan" Theme Song's REVO Composes "Sailor Moon Crystal" Opening". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
11. Music Natalie Editorial Department (September 15, 2020). "Sound Horizon、リスナーが物語を選択できるStory BDリリース" [Sound Horizon to release a Story BD where listeners will be able to choose the story]. Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2024.
12. Music Natalie Editorial Department (March 7, 2023). "Sound Horizon新作Blu-ray「絵馬に願ひを！」発売延期、納得のいく作品に仕上げるため" [Sound Horizon's new Blu-ray "Ema ni Negai wo!" release postponed to polish the work to a satisfactory level]. Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2024.
13. "Sound Horizonのアルバムランキング" [Sound Horizon album ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
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16. "年間 アルバムランキング 2015年度" [Album Ranking of 2015]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-12-26. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
17. "Sound Horizonのシングルランキング" [Sound Horizon single ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
18. "Linked Horizonのアルバムランキング" [Linked Horizon album ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2024.
19. "週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年05月29日付（2017年05月15日～2017年05月21日）" [Weekly CD Album Ranking May 29, 2017 (May 15–21, 2017)]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2017-05-29. Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
20. {{cite web|website Oricon|language=ja|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-08/p/3/%7Ctitle=オリコン月間 アルバムランキング 2024年08月度 21～30位|trans-title= Monthly CD Album Ranking August 2024
21. "Linked Horizonのシングルランキング" [Linked Horizon single ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
22. "週間 シングルランキング 2012年09月03日付（2012年08月20日～2012年08月26日）" [Weekly Single Ranking September 3, 2012 (August 20–26, 2012)]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2012-09-03. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
23. "Japanese CD certifications 2013" (Enter Linked Horizon into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
24. "Linked Horizon to Perform Opening Theme for Attack on Titan: Junior High TV Anime". Anime News Network. August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
25. TVアニメ「進撃！巨人中学校」OPテーマがLinked Horizonに決定!配信は10月5日から開始!. Attack on Titan: Junior High (in Japanese). August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
26. "週間 シングルランキング 2018年10月01日付（2018年09月17日～2018年09月23日）" [Weekly Single Ranking October 1, 2018 (September 17–23, 2018)]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2018-10-01. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
27. "Linked Horizon、「進撃の巨人」3期EDテーマ収めた進撃縛りシングル" [Linked Horizon's Attack on Titan Season 3 ending theme be stuck in tying single] (in Japanese). Natalie. July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
28. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 30, 2018). "Linked Horizon Performs Ending Theme for Attack on Titan Season 3 Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
29. "週間 CDシングルランキング 2019年07月01日付" [Weekly CD Single Ranking for July 1, 2019]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved June 26, 2019.
30. "Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Original Soundtrack ranking on Oricon chart". Oricon (in Japanese). October 22, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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33. "【Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2013】AKB48がアーティスト・オブ・ザ・イヤーを含む4冠を3年連続で達成" [Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2013: AKB48 won 4 awards including Artist of the Year for 3 consecutive years]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). December 14, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
34. Loo, Egan (October 7, 2017). "Fate/Apocrypha, Sword Art Online Movie win Top Newtype Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
35. Orsini, Lauren (January 17, 2018). "Here are all the nominees for The Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Forbes. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

External links

• Sound Horizon official website
• Linked Horizon official website
• Revo's blog
• Revo at IMDb
• Sound Horizon discography at Discogs
• Sound Horizon discography on iTunes
• Linked Horizon discography at Discogs
• Linked Horizon discography on iTunes
• Revo discography at Discogs
• Revo discography on iTunes

• Culture articles needing translation from Japanese Misplaced Pages
• 2001 establishments in Japan
• Crunchyroll Anime Awards winners
• Doujin music
• Japanese progressive metal musical groups
• Japanese progressive rock groups
• Japanese symphonic metal musical groups
• Musical groups established in 2001
• Pony Canyon artists