Week 40 Day 3 - Elysion

Welcome to a 3rd post, and today I shall feature the first album released by Sound Horizon since they went professional (and not just a doujin circle) in October 2004 - April 2005, with the album of Elysion.
There are actually 2 albums to it, one being Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~ [ELYSION ～楽園への前奏曲～ | Elysion ~Prelude to Paradise~] and the other being Elysion ~Rakuen Gensō Monogatari Kumikyoku~ [Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～ | Elysion ~Paradise Fantasy Story Suite~]; the former being the preview to the latter. Just letting viewers know really.

And therefore, I shall start off with:-



Song: エルの楽園 ［→ side：Ｅ →］ by Sound Horizon
Eru no Rakuen ( El's Paradise) [-> side:E ->] by Sound Horizon


A great starting song from the album, it has a very... pity-ing feel to it. Again, I do not know the full story to the song, but I generally feel from the mood of the song and the conversations within it. All I can say is, it is a very good song, and I like it.

Without much ado, here's the additional stuffs:-


[A PV to the song. The doll did creep me though, be warned]


[A concert 'encore' performance, taken from the Moira concert]


[A piano cover, from a masque masquerader]


[A great band edition of the song. Watch this truly. Also, a nico-cover by A-neesan]

Moving on to the next song, I shall give you a more cryptic-styled:-



Song: Ark by Sound Horizon


[Concert performance. You have to skip the first minute to get straight into the song]


[Another such performance, done by the two main guys of the band (incl. the composer himself ie. Revo)]


[Piano cover. Another such one found here.]


[An interesting Acoustic Guitar, Bass and flute collaboration instrumental cover.]


[A admittedly weird KAITO cover]


[And an Elfen Lied MAD. Other MADs include Black Lagoon (the best) and Higurashi]

One final song? Oh wells, why not?



Song: StarDust by Sound Horizon


[A fan-made PV. That is fantastically made]


[Another fan-made PV, this time with TOUHOU-related characters and setting! You can view the version 1 of the PV here. It is almost as complete and very very well done too]


[Piano cover of the song]


[A nico-cover/parody of sorts. Unfortunately, I do not know the song well-enough to pick out what he changed. But it's an nice cover in it's own right, hence why it is here.]

Alright, that's all I have today. Look forward to tomorrow for my next post.
Until then, ciaoz

Note: I actually only know 2 songs from this album well. Oh wells, good enough I suppose?