[Info] 24.08.2011 FIVE Mini Album Composers & Arrangers Revealed!

Here's the full list of FIVE Mini Album Composers & Arrangers

1. progress (5:05)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Music: Yuta Nakano (composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger, string arrangements)

2. ANother song feat.URATA NAOYA (5:21)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics), URATA NAOYA (song)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Music: Yuta Nakano (composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger)

3. Why... feat.JUNO (3:57)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Composer: Kazuhiro Hara (Composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger, string arrangements)

4. beloved (5:19)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Composer: Yasuhiko Hoshino (Composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger, string arrangements)

5. BRILLANTE (5:58)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Composer: Tim Wellard (Composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger, string arrangements)

*On CD+DVD version, BRILLANTE is (10:05) long

It could probably a hidden track

6. beloved (Orchestra version) [bonus track] (6:10)
Song: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Composer: Yasuhiko Hoshino (Composer)
Arrangement: Yuta Nakano (arranger)

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[Trans] 13.02.2011 Nobita Blogs About Ayu's Love songs Album 27th December 2010 Entry

*Nobita is one of Ayu's Music Arranger.

Hamasaki Ayumi album 『Love songs』 in LA
27 December 2010. 7:18pm

This is regarding AYU-san’s new album 『Love songs』, which was released on 22 December.

This was a work which was made in the 1 month we spent in LA.

Love song

AYU-san’s comment for this was “The base for the album this time will be this piece called Love song. Please pay special attention to it!” Saying this, she passed me Komuro-san’s demo song, and so the arranging process began.
With the title “Love song” and Komuro-san’s melody, I plumped out the concept and arranged this song.
For me, Love song has a deeper meaning of being “something which any generation of people can relate to”.
And that was how the first and last parts of the song had the classical feel to it.

Digressing a little, I ordered the acoustic guitar player, Mr Eric, to play his track, while keeping an image of AYU-san singing and strumming the guitar herself in mind. This was to create an image of a singer playing her own accompaniment.

sending mail

This song used to have an original drum track, but under AYU-san’s orders, it was replayed live, and so that turned this into a rock song. The back part of the song is intentionally messed up, to reflect the complicated and uncertain mind of the singer. The strings had a little dangerous phrase there too.

Thank U

I like this song. I arranged this song with the lyrics on hand, and they gave me a warm feeling, reminding me of those who are important to me, and that was worked into the arrangement.
Doesn’t the part which couldn’t be put into words still manage to fill your heart somehow?

do it again

This song illustrates the light and dark sides of chasing a dream. Against the pure youthfulness of SEVEN DAYS WAR, do it again was arranged with another image in mind. In the process of becoming an adult, there may be despair and uncertainty hiding behind the happiness. But even so, there is a single ray of light, thin but straight, that leads you to your dream.

That sort of became a long essay. Sorry. (sweatdrop)

Credit: truehappiness @ AHS
Translation by Misa-chan @ AHS
Original source: Nobita's Official Blog
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[Info] 23.09.2010 50th New Single "L" Composers & Arrangers Information

Here are the list of the official composers & arrangers for Ayu's new 50th Single "L"

Virgin Road (5:55)
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Sweet Season (5:05)
music: Noriyuki Makihara
arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi

Last angel (5:44)
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: CMJK

crossroad
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Tetsuya Komuro

SEVEN DAYS WAR
lyrics: Mitsuko Komuro
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: CMJK

Credit: Coelacanth @ AHS
Original source: JBOOK
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[Info] "MOON" Composer & Arranger Revealed!

Through Ayu's latest diary entry, it's been revealed that the new song which is only available for Team Ayu members, "MOON", is composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino and arranged by Yuta Nakano.

Yasuhiko Hoshino is the person who's behind the A Song for XX album~

The songs that composed by him before

ASFXX
Prologue, A Song for XX, For my dear..., FRIEND, Hana, poker face, Present, YOU

LOVEppears
And Then, Kanariya

Duty
End of the World, girlish

Here's his website :)

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Yasuhiko+Hoshino

Credits: truehappiness + Luna62 @ AHS
Source: Ayu's Diary
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