List of Higurashi When They Cry soundtracks explained

This article lists the soundtracks to the Japanese visual novel and anime series Higurashi When They Cry.

Visual novels

PC

Thanks/you

Italic Title:no
Thanks/you
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:dai
Released:August 2005
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Length:54:21
Label:M.Graveyard

Thanks/you is a music album composed by Japanese dōjin music artist, dai, for use in the "answer" arcs to the visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Unofficially, fans had originally referred to this as the original soundtrack, even though it does not have all the scores that were used in the game.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Thanks"
  2. "Iru"
    1. "Soul scour"
    2. "Confession"
  3. "you"
              1. "feel"
      2. "Birth and Death"
    2. "you" (Vocal)
Production staff

dai

Yuki, Yuzuki[3]

capital of sea[4]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack

Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack
Type:Soundtrack
Released:August 23, 2006
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:Lantis

The for the visual novels playable on the PC was first released by Lantis on August 23, 2006.[5]

Track listing
CD 1
  1. "air pizz"
  2. "Testament"
    1. "feel"
  3. "you" (M.Box)
    1. "Soul scour"
    2. "Fearlessness"
  4. "you – destructive"
  5. "C-examination"
  6. "search and destroy"
      1. "being"
  7. "Birth and death"
  8. "confession"
  9. "conviction"
  10. "Iru"
    1. "Cradle song"
  11. "Gray"
  12. "years"
  13. "LIVE"
  14. "Thanks"
      1. "you"
CD 2
    1. "utu"
  2. "Frozen memories"
  3. "Solitude"
  4. "door"
  5. "Liberating"
  6. "Over the sky"
  7. "Rain"
  8. "Squall"
      1. "daily passing by"
  9. "daily passing by" (celesta)
  10. "soak"
  11. "what is wished"
  12. "Amber"
  13. "Bellflower"
  14. "Big Bear"
      1. "pros"
  15. "Sheep counts"

Higurashi Daybreak Original Soundtrack

Italic Title:no
Higurashi Daybreak Original Soundtrack
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:dai, Akiyama Uni, Tabiuta
Released:April 22, 2007
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:Twilight Frontier

The for the derivative game Higurashi Daybreak was released by the game's developers Twilight Frontier on April 22, 2007 in the thirty-fifth Sunshine Creation convention. Although a soundtrack for Higurashi Daybreak, it includes tracks only featured in the fandisc Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei and the demos of the original games. A forty-page short story "Higurashi Outbreak", written by Ryukishi07, was included in the CD jacket.[6]

Track listing
CD 1
  1. "from the sky"
  2. "today's hero"
  3. "2 on 2"
  4. "close mission"
  5. "prize machine"
  6. "far east"
  7. "elastico"
  8. "just cause"
  9. "thanks"
  10. "speedster"
  11. "sacred curry empire"
  12. "antiguo"
  13. "dernier"
  14. "camouflage legend"
  15. "fearlessness"
  16. "night chaser"
  17. "victory"
  18. "defeat"
  19. "to the sky"
CD 2
                        1. "kneecap"
  2. "bright sun"
  3. "spinning seesaw"
  4. "close mission" (Arrange)
  5. "far east" (Arrange)
  6. "elastico" (Arrange)
  7. "night chaser" (Arrange)
  8. "to the sky" (Arrange)

PlayStation 2

Nageki no Mori

Nageki no Mori
Type:single
Artist:Ayane
Released:February 22, 2007
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Length:20:34
Label:Geneon
Composer:not stated

is a single by Ayane. The song "Nageki no Mori" was used as the opening theme to the PlayStation 2 version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri, while "Complex Image" was used as the opening theme to the Miotsukushi-hen on the same game. It was released the same day as the ending theme song single on February 22, 2007 by Geneon.[7]

Track listing
  1. – 5:18
  2. – 4:59
  3. – 5:18
  4. – 4:59

Escape

Escape
Type:single
Artist:Kanako Itō
Released:February 22, 2007
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:Geneon
Composer:Not stated

Escape is a single by Kanako Itō. The song "Escape" was used as the ending theme to the Tsumihoroboshi-hen on the PlayStation 2 version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri, while "Friend" was used as the ending theme to the Miotsukushi-hen on the same game. It was released the same day as the opening theme song single on February 22, 2007 by Geneon.[8]

Track listing
  1. "Escape"
  2. "Friend"
  3. "Escape" (off vocal)
  4. "Friend" (off vocal)

Nintendo DS

Tsuisō no Despair

Tsuisō no Despair
Type:single
Artist:Kanako Itō
Released:June 26, 2008
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Length:19:15
Label:5pb.
Composer:Not stated

is a single by Kanako Itō. The song "Tsuisō no Despair" was used as the opening theme song to the first volume of the Nintendo DS version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Tatari. It was released on the same day as the game was released, on June 26, 2008 by 5pb..

Track listing

Place of Period

Place of Period
Type:single
Artist:Mio Isayama
Released:December 3, 2008
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:5pb.
Composer:Not stated

is a single by Mio Isayama. The song "Place of Period" was used as the opening theme song to the second volume of the Nintendo DS version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Sō. It was released on December 3, 2008 by 5pb..

Track listing

Hikari no Sora no Qualia

Hikari no Sora no Qualia
Type:single
Artist:Cyua
Released:June 10, 2009
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:5pb.
Composer:Not stated

is a single by Cyua. The song "Qualia of the Shining Sky" was used as the opening theme song to the third volume of the Nintendo DS version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Rasen. It was released on June 10, 2009 by 5pb.. The second song on the single was sung by Velforest.

Track listing

Angelic Bright

Angelic Bright
Type:single
Artist:Ayane
Released:March 10, 2010
Genre:Video game soundtrack
Label:5pb.
Composer:Not stated

is a single by Ayane. The song "Angelic Bright" was used as the opening theme song to the fourth volume of the Nintendo DS version of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Kizuna. It was released on March 10, 2010 by 5pb..

Track listing

Anime

OP/ED themes

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Type:single
Artist:Eiko Shimamiya
B-Side:all alone
Released:May 24, 2006
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Length:21:02
Composer:Not stated

is the opening theme to the anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

Track listing
  1. – 4:27
  2. "all alone" – 6:04
  3. – 4:27
  4. "all alone" Instrumental – 6:04

Why, or Why Not

Why, or Why Not
Type:single
Artist:Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri
Released:June 28, 2006
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Length:22:22
Composer:Not stated

Why, or Why Not is the ending theme for the anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

Track listing
  1. "Why, or Why Not" – 5:41
    • Lyrics: interface
    • Music/Arrange: Hiroyuki Oshima
    • Sung by: Rekka Katakiri
  2. [9] – 5:30
  3. "Why, or Why Not" Instrumental – 5:41
  4. – 5:30

Naraku no Hana

Naraku no Hana
Type:single
Artist:Eiko Shimamiya
Released:August 22, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Composer:Not stated

is the opening theme single to the anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai. The single was released on August 22, 2007, and is sung by Eiko Shimamiya.

Track listing
    1. "FLOW"
    2. "FLOW" (off vocal)

Taishō a

Taishō a
Type:single
Artist:anNina
Released:August 22, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Composer:Not stated

is the ending theme single to the anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai. The single was released on August 22, 2007, and is sung by anNina.

Track listing

Original soundtracks

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Volume 1
Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Original Soundtrack
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Kenji Kawai
Released:July 21, 2006
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Original Soundtrack is the first official soundtrack released for the series on July 21, 2006.[10]

Track listing
                                                                        1. "Why, or Why Not" ~TV Version~
Volume 2
Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Original Soundtrack Vol. 2
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Kenji Kawai
Released:October 6, 2006
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 is the second official soundtrack released for the series on October 6, 2006.

Track listing

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Volume 1
Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack Vol. 1
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Kenji Kawai
Released:December 12, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 is the third official soundtrack, released for the series on December 12, 2007.

Track listing
Volume 2
Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack Vol. 2
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Kenji Kawai
Released:January 30, 2008
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 is the fourth official soundtrack, released for the series on January 30, 2008.

Track listing

Image album

Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Image Album Kakeramusubi
Type:Soundtrack
Released:September 27, 2006
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

The was first released on September 27, 2006.[11]

Track listing
  2. "my home"
    • Vocals:
  3. "M・A・T・S・U・R・I-Meet Your Match！"
    • Vocals:
  4. "when they cry"
    • Vocals:
      • Composition: zts
  5. "hymn"
    • Composition: onoken
    • Vocals:
  6. "samsara"
    • Vocals:
  7. "you –Visionen im Spiegel"
    • Vocals:

Character CDs

Volume 1

Italic Title:no
Higurashi character CD volume 1
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Soichiro Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Chafurin
Released:March 28, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

was released on March 28, 2007. The tracks on the album were sung by three of the voice actors from the anime adaptation: Soichiro Hoshi (as Keiichi Maebara), Mai Nakahara (as Rena Ryugu), and Chafurin (as Kuraudo Oishi).

Track listing

Volume 2

Italic Title:no
Higurashi character CD volume 2
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Satsuki Yukino
Released:April 25, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

was released on April 25, 2007. The tracks on the album were sung by Satsuki Yukino, who played both Mion and Shion Sonozaki in the anime.

Track listing

Volume 3

Italic Title:no
Higurashi character CD volume 3
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Yukari Tamura, Mika Kanai
Released:July 25, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

was released on July 25, 2007. The tracks on the album were sung by two of the voice actresses from the anime adaptation: Yukari Tamura (as Rika Furude) and Mika Kanai (as Satoko Hojo).

Track listing

Character case books

Volume 1

Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ~Character Case Book~ Vol. 1
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura
Released:December 29, 2007
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

was released on December 29, 2007. The tracks on the album were sung by two of the voice actresses from the anime adaptation: Yukari Tamura (as Rika Furude) and Yui Horie (as Hanyuu).

Track listing

Volume 2

Italic Title:no
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ~Character Case Book~ Vol. 2
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Tōru Ōkawa, Miki Itō
Released:January 16, 2008
Genre:Anime soundtrack
Label:Frontier Works

was released on December 29, 2007. The tracks on the album were sung by two of the voice actors from the anime adaptation: Tōru Ōkawa (as Jirō Tomitake) and Miki Itō (as Takano Miyo).

Track listing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: dai's webpage for Thanks/you. March 20, 2023. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20060805190604/http://www.geocities.jp/iwamud/CD.html. August 5, 2006. dead.
  2. Web site: Yuzuki's personal website. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  3. Web site: Yuki's personal website. March 20, 2023. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311115124/http://members2.tsukaeru.net/yukinohana/index.html. March 11, 2007.
  4. Web site: www.001.upp.so-net.ne.jp on the cover illustrator of Thanks/you. March 20, 2023. Japanese. February 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200208231808/http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/nai/index.htm. dead.
  5. Web site: Amazon.co.jp on the PC OST. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  6. Web site: Twilight Frontier page for the Higurashi Daybreak OST. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  7. Web site: Amazon.co.jp on Nageki no Mori. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  8. Web site: Amazon.co.jp on Escape. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  9. Web site: 2006. why, or why not booklet showing the Kana for Tasokare . March 20, 2023.
  10. Web site: Amazon.co.jp on the first anime OST. March 20, 2023. Japanese.
  11. Web site: Amazon.co.jp on the image album. March 20, 2023. Japanese.

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