"Song 4 u" arrange version featured in Tales of Xillia 2 OST releasing November 2nd
 

Download the two arranged versions of Song 4 u here!


Tada Hitori Kimi no Tame Nara ~Song 4 u~ and Shinjiteru Shinjirareteru ~Song 4 u~.

ただひとり 君のためなら ~Song 4 u~
信じてる 信じられてる ~Song 4 u~



Tada Hitori Kimi no Tame Nara ~Song 4 u~



Shinjiteru, Shinjirareteru ~Song 4 u~

so is there going to be a single?
I never got to hear it... hope it sounds great!

Interesting news. It should have an orchestral version and some remixes!

I'm terribly disappointed that it's not a physical single though...wtf :(

Wish it would have been a physical single too !
I would have loved to buy it. :<

I don't think we know exactly how this will be released but the iTunes release early on seems to at least point at a potential instrumental.

Also keep in mind that most of her stuff that has been digital at some point was also released in a physical form. I expect a mini album to be announced soon.

she's teasing fans for physical single, so the next physical single will be big XD
the song title is really simple :/

I could care less if we get some form of physical release or not.
I want a single!!

It's very unlikely that we'll get a single. However, if we do that'd be great... but there's the potential for a #1 mini album with this.

yeah... I guess a mini wouldnt be too bad...
but an album, a BEST, and a mini all in one year is sooooo much, lol.

Well, if you think about it, it's kind of like how she did Love songs/Rock'n'Roll Circus in the same year though instead of the singles before Love songs, we have A SUMMER BEST.

thats true...
It just hurts the wallet.. lol

the song already on rechocoku, titled, "Song 4 u (XILLIA2 ver.)"

Well, I can see in the coming week we will get the announcement of a single or mini... maybe even a new album?

Hmm... so when they say "full" do they just mean it's the Xillia 2 cut?

it says xillia version... I wonder if their is an original version and how different it is??

A mini is not a bad idea, instead of one single with 1 or 2 songs, we could get 5 or 6

I hope that means...the actual version in whatever form SINGLE/MINI ALBUM...will surface around that time as well >.<

Why is it so hard releasing a 51st single? Hmmm

I'm just realizing it's just saying released in November...but it doesn't say which format. Do we have confirmation that it's just a digital single...?

I hope not...
If we dont get a real single I would rather have a mini then a digital...

Most (All?) of Ayu's digital singles so far have actually gotten released on something else on CD so I wouldn't worry.

sounds like 'progress' type, but 'song 4 u' have ballad side..?! hmmm....

its not the fact that they get released on albums...
I hate digital singles and would rather have a physical single, thats all.

Tell me why. I would like to know. I hear lots of people saying this and I am not dissing any of them but I would love the hear the reason why they prefer the physical singles.

^Because the only point in buying something you can download for free on the internet is to have an actual item with a cool cover in your hands. I don't mind Ayu releasing digital singles, but I'd never pay for a MP3 file.

Even on 2ch people say they want a single release because this song is very good ! Though people on 2ch are very nasty when it's about ayu ...

Well, it depends on where you go.

The Ayu fan areas are fine but the rest of 2ch.. BLAH.

kinda. I just like having it. The photo shot is pretty good and it makes it part of my collection, while a digital single is just that... digital. It's on my hard drive and I cant display it, its not really there.

I don't really know if I can explain my view in a good way. People prefer physical cd because they can hold in their hand ok but don't you think that digital song is more reasonable? On the CD's price, the artists only win 10% of the price while the label take at least 70%. As the digital price is lower, the label doesn't steal the artist as much as with a physical cd.

^ artist dont really make money off of album sales.
take for example avex. avex contracted ayumi to make music. She is paid wither you buy that single or not.
But it is up to the single sales on wither avex wants to renew that contract with ayumi. If she doesnt sell any singles (just for this example) then avex will not want to renew the contract and she doesnt make any more music.

labels are in the business to make money. pure and simple. and the labels make money buy selling CD's and what not.

EDIT:
oh and the label still gets the same amount of money, it's just lowered because the price is lowered. I guess a better way of saying it is that they still get the same percentage of money.

^Nopes, it's not distributed on the same way because the expenses are different. The label gets most of the profit from physical releases not because they are evil or whatever, but because they have to pay for more aspects of the production: The photoshoot, the team of graphic designers, the printing, the outfits, the plastic box, the cd media, the shipping to the stores, logistic, etc, etc, etc... All of those are payed by the label that recovers from those spents with the sales. When you have a digital release, most of those, mainly the most expensive parts (printing, transportation, logistic, buying the cds and boxes, etc.) are eliminated... What makes it overall cheaper to sell in order to have a positive income AND reduces the amount of people you need to share the final income with.

^ they still get the same set percentage of money. It's all in how the contract is handled and each contract is different.

It's just lowered because its a digital release. When you are dealing with labels they take most of the money when it comes to any kind of release.

THIS!! I demand for physical single for this song than only digital >__<

I give up...:no

You know what I want more than a Song 4 u physical release? For avex to re-release Ayu's albums like the did with Namie. Then I could afford two for the price of one, they'd be brand new AND Japanese press. It's a win win win.

Not sure why, but I'm reminded of Naturally. Feels very "oldschool Ayu" to me :) :)

^ they might do that for her 15th? Next year...

It would be cool if she went back and chose some that didnt have PV's make new PV's and rerecorded them!

Well... this is possible for her 15th year... or 20 year that is surprisingly near too @_@

http://tales-ch.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=346

There will be two instrumental arrange versions of Song 4 u on the soundtrack.

its not VERY soon..lol..its just 6 days before the actual release..
cant wait already.. ><

Cool! Now I want this sondtrack

http://i.imgur.com/o0gxf.jpg

The tracks have names on disc 3! The titles come from the lyrics after 2 u / 4 u.

Tada Hitori Kimi no Tame Nara ~Song 4 u~ and Shinjiteru Shinjirareteru ~Song 4 u~.

ただひとり 君のためなら ~Song 4 u~ and 信じてる 信じられてる ~Song 4 u~.

I want to hear them! Hope they get ripped somehow.

^ oh cool!
Is that out now?!

Mmm
That's just the kind of news I need for a slow, drolé Sunday.

I love Sundays... lol

I never liked sundays, unfortunately. They're too close to Monday.

Mondays suck for me... it's the start of a new week and it takes so long for the end of the week to come back...
although some of my fav TV shows come on monday... so...
but we are getting away from topics!

I want to know when the OST for the game is being released! Aww... I wish Ayumi had more tie ins like this!

ただひとり　君のためなら～Song 4 u～ is on youtube now. It seems a battle theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsgF458nLQ

Tada Hitori Kimi no Tame Nara ~Song 4 u~

is this one of the songs from the tales album?
I wonder when this plays during the game... battle? boss battle?? when they are running through a town? lol

Shinjiteru, Shinjirareteru ~Song 4 u~

Very pretty!

Thank you for sharing! Its indeed very nice! So empowering!

I listened to one of them and it sounded cheap, giving me a feeling of seeing a NOKLA or SCNY

It probably fits way better in-game since the tracks are probably in a battle/post-battle or something. Maybe someone will play it and let us know where they play?

cant wait to get my hands on this OST!
it sounds amazing!

I don't think this is really necessary.
We already have love single.

^ its part of the Tales of Xillia 2 OST... it has nothing to do with ayumi's LOVE mini.

AMAZING!! very very beautiful. Goosebumps.

imagine if Ayu ends her concert with the 7 times "arigatou" and then they play this music :luv2

Is there a rip already?

You can use this web site for make a mp3 rip of a Youtube video ! =)

http://keepvid.com/

Well, I really like this instrumental version of Song 4 u, thanks a lot !

I believe someone has posted the ToX2 OST on a download site. I can try to find it.

Uploaded the 320k rips to the Downloads forum.

Very nice instrumental. "Song 4 u" has been able to amaze me far beyond my first admittedly low expectations. Too bad it's so short but I really appreciate this song.

Please do so, if you are willing to. I really want to have this song in HQ, and I'm very interested to hear the other tracks on ToX2's soundtrack!

Thanks a lot!

Oh I see.
I thought this was going to be a shorter version of the song, like for the commercial.
This is so cool, the instrumental versions.

Gawd, I just realized that it was Motoi Sakuraba who arranged those instrumental versions of "Song 4 u" :thud

He is a complete genius. He created the soundtrack to videogames such as "Valkyrie Profile" and "Golden Sun". I absolutely admire him and his talent!!

oh both versions are hot. very empowering

I haven't listened yet, but do these two versions have vocals?

^ nope!
its just BG music for the game.

I think one will be just a battle/ on the run from something.

^That's what I thought, but wasn't sure. Still grabbing them, thanks ;)

they are amazing tracks...
I wish ayumi could do more stuff like this.

^She has some stuff similar to this for songs like Dearest, since that was a big tie in.

Im really move by the orchestra music in the "I believe" version. its superb and heavenly!