Remember (Hiroyuki Sawano album) explained

R∃/MEMBER
Type:studio
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Remember (stylized as R∃/MEMBER) is the third studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on March 6, 2019, by Sacra Music. Four singles were released from the album: "Binary Star", "Cage", "narrative" and "NOISEofRAIN".[1] [2]

Background

"Binary Star" was used at the opening theme for the anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Encounter,[3] while "Cage" was used at the theme song for the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.[4]

"narrative" was used as the theme song for the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative.[5]

"ME & CREED " was revealed to be used as the theme song for the then-upcoming mobile game Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord.[6] The game was later cancelled.

Track listing

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[7] 4
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[8] 5

Credits

Adapted from booklet.[9] Production

  • Hiroyuki Sawano – producer, arranger
  • Mitsunori Aizawa – recording engineer, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
  • Junpei Ohno – recording engineer (only on track #1)
  • Yasuhiko Miyasaka – recording engineer (only on track #2)
  • Hiromitsu Takasu – recording engineer (only on track #4)
  • Masatake Ohsato – recording engineer (only on track #6)
  • Ayaka Toki – recording engineer (only on track #8)
  • Satoshi Morishige – recording engineer (only on track #9)
  • Eriko Ijima – assistant engineer
  • Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer
  • Hiroshi Manabe – assistant engineer
  • Ayumu Musha – assistant engineer
  • Sora Tamiya – assistant engineer
  • Yuji Chinone – mastering
  • Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design
  • Taichi Nishimaki – photographer
  • Junko Fukuda – hair & make-up
  • Yuka Moriyama – Stylist for cover
  • Reina Chida – products coordination
  • Toru Takeuchi – A&R in chief
  • Tomoyo Yamazaki – A&R
  • Koichi Baba – A&R
  • SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
  • Yu Tsuzuki – sales promotion
  • Keiichi Tonomura – supervise
  • VV-ALKLINE Inc. – management
  • Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer

Vocals

  • Aimer – vocals (track #5)
  • Akihito Okano – vocals (track #2)
  • ASCA – vocals (track #9)
  • Gemie – vocals (track #11), background vocals (track #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • LiSA – vocals (track #4)
  • mizuki – vocals (track #11)
  • naNami – vocals (track #11), background vocals (track #8)
  • Sayuri – vocals (track #8)
  • Takanori Nishikawa – vocals (track #6)
  • Takuya Ohashi – vocals (track #3)
  • Tielle – vocals (tracks #10, 11), background vocals (track #1, 2, 3, 5)
  • Uru – vocals (track #7)
  • Yosh – vocals (tracks #1, 11)
  • Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Akiko – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11)
  • Benjamin – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Miho Matsumoto – background vocals (track #8)
  • mpi – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
  • Rie – background vocals (track #7)
  • Ruka – background vocals (track #7)

Instruments

  • Harutoshi Ito – guitar (tracks #2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
  • Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks #1, 2, 4–11), keyboards (all tracks), all other instruments (all tracks)
  • Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks #1, 3–4, 6)
  • Koichiro Muroya – violin (track #4)
  • Koichiro Muroya Strings – strings (track #7)
  • Shintaro Tokita – piano (track #3)
  • SUGIZO – violin (track #1)
  • Toshino Tanabe – bass (all tracks)
  • Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (all tracks)

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: R∃/MEMBER SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]]. Oricon. January 15, 2019. ja.
  2. Web site: VVCL-1098~9 – R∃/MEMBER / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] – VGMdb]. Vgmdb.net.
  3. News: ComicBook.com. New 'Legends of the Galactic Heroes' Anime Reveals Key Visual. Valdez. Nick. March 26, 2018. January 15, 2019.
  4. News: Crunchyroll. Watch Video Reports on Life-Size Unicorn Gundam Statue at Odaiba. Komatsu. Mikikazu. September 24, 2017. January 15, 2019.
  5. News: Anime News Network. 'Gundam NT' Anime Reveals Trailer, Theme Song, Additional Cast. Sherman. Jennifer. October 16, 2018. January 15, 2019.
  6. Web site: Hiroyuki Sawano & Sayuri Perform Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord Smartphone Game Main Theme. December 23, 2018. moshimoshi-nippon.jp. January 21, 2019.
  7. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Hot Albums Charts. March 18, 2019. March 14, 2019.
  8. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Charts. March 18, 2019. March 14, 2019.
  9. Web site: VVCL-1409~10 R∃/MEMBER / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb ]. 2022-03-11 . vgmdb.net . en.