Utada Hikaru 3.0 theme song Sakura Nagashi

[Sailor Star Dust]

http://room666.blog49.fc2.com/blog-entry-6372.html

桜流し

Sakura nagashi

[bobbyfischer's ghost]

So she came out of Partying...I mean hiatus ?

Anyway, the song sounds great.

[Zaia]

oh wow dude beat me to it haha... I pretty much signed up just to post that haha ;___;

EDIT: deleted the thread I started

[Sailor Star Dust]

oh wow dude beat me to it

Dudette.

I guess Utada is out of hiatus then? Hope this'll be released on US iTunes soon.

[Jayfive]

Woof, that kicks in something fierce with the strings and all :)

[Hatsumi92]

That was pretty great. It makes me speculate what kind of note the movie ends on to have such a moody song.

[riffraff11235]

There's gonna be quite a lot of bawling in the theaters when the movie ends with this song. The first showing ends in about 40 minutes!

[Xard]

huh, that was unexpectedly decent. Songwriting's nothing special but Utada's vocals really carry the song well. Nice.

I can imagine it fitting 3.0 credits very well

[Monk Ed]

I found it boring. Note: This is true of almost all music I have ever listened to on its own. One consistent pattern I have noticed throughout my life is that I only like music once it's been associated with other experiences. E.g., I didn't care one whit for Ode to Joy till Evangelion. So how this song is used in the movie, if at all, will likely change my opinion.

[Hyper Shinchan]

^
Let's voice our unpopular opinion in this case, it really didn't say much to me either. Personally I already cared for Ode to Joy and other classical pieces used in Eva but effectively it was because I already associated them to something since I was a kid (for example Ode to Joy is the European Hymn).

[A.T. Fish]

The entire continent has a hymn? Are you talking about the EU?

[Hyper Shinchan]

The entire continent has a hymn, or are you talking about the EU?

The former, because it's also the anthem of the Council of Europe.

[Shinoyami65]

It was good as far as J-Pop songs go, but I prefer Cruel Angel's Thesis and Komm Susser Tod (I'm still hoping one or both of those will show up in 4.0). Then again, if it's used well i could come to appreciate it more.

[riffraff11235]

It was good as far as J-Pop songs go, but I prefer Cruel Angel's Thesis and Komm Susser Tod (I'm still hoping one or both of those will show up in 4.0). Then again, if it's used well i could come to appreciate it more.

I think a reworked Cruel Angel's Thesis is possible, but I feel like we might only hear small clips of Komm Susser Todd.

[A.T. Fish]

I don't care much for Japanese music, but the latter half of the song was intense enough that I liked it.

[bobbyfischer's ghost]

we might only hear small clips of Komm Susser Todd.

I'm hoping they use "Everything you ever dreamed", even though the chances of that happening are next to impossible.

[Xard]

I found it boring. Note: This is true of almost all music I have ever listened to on its own. One consistent pattern I have noticed throughout my life is that I only like music once it's been associated with other experiences. E.g., I didn't care one whit for Ode to Joy till Evangelion. So how this song is used in the movie, if at all, will likely change my opinion.

The songwriting isn't anything special or too memorable IMO - I've listened to song three times and no hint of melody remains in my memory and the production is kind of stereotypically mushy and overblown. Still, I can imagine it fitting the ED credits well in terms of mood and Utada's vocals are convincing and sell the song for me.


But really, no innate love for 9th Symphony even? Maybe in your case it's just that you're unusually unmusical person or something

[Sailor Star Dust]

Newspost made: http://www.evageeks.org/2012/11/utada-hikaru-new-3-0-end-theme/

[Amitch1991]

I think the song is absolutely amazing, such a beautiful video to go with it, although it seems to me like it is sung in a dark way ( i really can't speak much Japanese other than a few basic phrases), so it seems to me like something happens in the film to warrant such a "dark" closing song.

(Mere Speculation at this point of course ;) )

[Knuckles]

"Everybody fights... in the end."

Oh my god, I'm almost tearing up just THINKING about what this song is going to play after. I'm SO scared to watch 3.0 now....