MOON composer/arranger revealed!
 

Thanks to Ayu's diary entry from Misa-chan, we now know who worked on MOON!

MOON
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino (composed almost all of ASFXX, the album)
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

It's rather amazing, isn't it? After more than 10 years, they're reunited again!

From Luna62:
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

He recently did Kie Kitano's SAKURA SAKU. (Arranged by BOUNCEBACK, who composed/arranged most of what was on Memorial address.)


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

Sounds like an Ayu song, haha.

He also worked on MAX's Give me a Shake.

That's so amazing! The other day I was thinking that after ASFxx they never worked with each other again and now they are~

Does anyone else know what else he's done in the past decade?

woo!

more than 10 years since asfxx!!! Now all comments about: the classic ayu in MOON, are understandable!!

What still don't understand... MOON chaku-uta for TA wa only the chorus? I mean.. I think I read sth about the chorus being a free download or sth... so I thought the whole song was there.. seems liek I thought wrong XD

He did these!:

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

wow that's really cool!!!

And of course lovely Nobita-kun too!!!
I hope this get's on a release in the future!

hell effing yeah!!! And Then and End of the World are like 2 of my fav ayu songs EVER!!! so this is the guy that composed moon. my greatest respects. no wonder though. . .

oh, that's cool!!

OMG.. composer of A song for XX + Yuta Nakano = WIN!

Wow, most of these are not only pretty much my favourites off of those albums, but also some of my favourites in general! I'm really looking forward to HQ MOON now, hah.

Wow--- wow--- wow. The person who did kanariya, A Song for xx, End of the World, girlish, poker face, YOU...??!?!?!?

This song should be an epic then :D.

Interesting.

If he composed End of the World, he must be a genius.:heart

Wow. When she used compositions of the composer, who wrote "Key", I wished she would choose a composition of someone who worked with her on her first album and now it really happened. ^_^

Yeah, first Kunio Tago for Together When... and now Yasuhiko Hoshino for MOON!

We need Tomoya Kinoshita and Raita Ikemono now, haha.

That's really cool =D
I'm looking forward to the full song!

It seems to me that he returned from a long hiatus to work with people again.

He recently did Kie Kitano's SAKURA SAKU. (Arranged by BOUNCEBACK, who composed/arranged most of what was on Memorial address.)


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

Sounds like an Ayu song, haha.

I regret to had said 'this song is nothing special' lol.
I love almost of these songs :heart

Thanks for sharing! It's quite interesting these two came back, after over a decade...

I always wondered what happened to Yasuhiko Hoshino! He worked with her first, and almost for a whole album, and I wondered if they'd ever do it again.

No wonder I like MOON, a lot of great stuff was done with him involved...

OMG....this is awesome!! No wonder it feels very ayu 90s songs.

Oh my.
I knew there was something different about MOON. It really does have this "classic" Ayu vibe, like pre- I am... era.

Oooh I can't wait to listen to it now... I thought I could hold off, but maybe not.

OMG no wonder I love it. This brilliant person did End of the world PLUS there's Yuta Nakano! I can't wait for the full song!

I wish she brought back BOUNCEBACK too.

I didn't know he composed Sakura Saku! I love that song to death! Yay for him!

oh glad Yasuhiko is back. I wonder what happen with him. I thought he was terminated after ASFXX

omg A song for XX and End of the world???? two of my favorites :smitten yay! i havent listened to the song yet but now i will lol

holy shnizzle -- End of the World?! :O I should pay more attention to Ayu's composers!


.... I really want MOON to be a full song now ;~;

Wow, thanks for the info! :thud After 10 years...

well i wonder if it would sound more like her older more generic jpop sounding songs?

well regardless who made it i love MOON funny it reminds me of Moments and they were made by entirely different people

I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE SINGLE LOL funny i'm already craving new stuff

ah~! i love End of the World... might be a good song~!

From the preview, sounds pretty modern.

how interesting! I havent heard the previews for the new song...considering what people have been saying, I'm very excited to hear it.

It's basically a slightly happier version of Last Links, if that helps at all.

Wow! He composed most of my favorites! :D

amazing news. hope they will work together for the next single or album. loving the "old-ayu sound" =)

The melody itself is VERY jpop...but that's what makes it a really good classic. The arrangement is what makes it VERY Ayu...the rock ballad kindaa feel...

Im so happy!! never expected this. I hope he created a tune for A SONG FOR XX II along with it ahaha

I'm a little curious about whether or not this hints at a possible ASFXX resurrection...

that's a great great news

o.O The god who did And then <3 Well I am glad she is working with him again, though I guess Nakano gave the song his own touch.

hurry up TA members, upload asap!

Takakayu, the preview is already available...?

i need a release date now :(

TA members! Please download the ringtone~~~:heart

Thank you! :D

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100239

If you want to hear it, get it here, haha.

omg <3 I knew the song had a real "Ayumi Hamasaki" feeling, and this is why *___*!~

This song needs to come out NOW, new single already Ayu come on :D

is there any way to get a hq version of the clip?

Great. I missed him/her so much

I wonder why she decided to collaborate with him again after so long time.

I think he might've gone MIA.

He had no work after 2000[?] and recently came back to the music scene.

He composed girlish :blove