'LOVE again' composers/arrangers and new track lengths

[truehappiness]

Looks like they were released! And surprisingly, Yuta Nakano did untitled for her... story 2!

04. SAKURA - 4:33
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

06. task'n'bass - 1:57
music & arrangement: tasuku

07. Bye-bye darling - 4:02
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: tasuku

10. petal - 4:10
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

11. glasses - 1:45
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

12. untitled for her... story 2 - 5:22
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

13. Gloria - 4:38
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano



Lots of Yuta!

[inspire_rmx]

excited for the new tracks. lots of my fav Ayu composers ^^ too bad DAI and CREA isn't part of the list

[truehappiness]

I sort of wonder where CMJK went, but he just did a cup of tea for Party Queen so he may have just been busy, haha.

DAI at least did Sweet scar!

01. Wake me up
music: Hiten Bharadia, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Bardue Haberg from PhrasedDifferently
arrangement: tasuku

02. Song 4 u
music: HINATAspring, Yuta Nakano
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

03. Missing
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

04. SAKURA
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

05. Melody
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

06. task'n'bass
music & arrangement: tasuku

07. Bye-bye darling
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: tasuku

08. snowy kiss
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: tasuku

09. Sweet scar
music: DAI
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

10. petal
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

11. glasses
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

12. untitled for her... story 2
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

13. Gloria
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

14. Ivy
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

15. You & Me
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: tasuku

This should be complete with all of the composers/arrangers for the album. Soooo much Yuta.

[BlackSilence]

seems like Yuta Nakano & tasuku, owns this lol

[njanjayrp]

You can never go wrong with Yuta.

[AyaCere]

I'm so glad, that Hoshino-san composed at least 3 songs of LOVE again.
He did a great job on ASFXX back then, just love him.

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by AyaCere

I'm so glad, that Hoshino-san composed at least 3 songs of LOVE again.
He did a great job on ASFXX back then, just love him.

he's been around for that long?! damn. bless him.

[yamadashun]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

You can never go wrong with Yuta.

i always love Yuta's arrangement!

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

You can never go wrong with Yuta.

You're right, but at the same time, I feel no originality in his songs... They're all generic. Good, very good, but generic and not "new" at all.
I'm kind of sick of him lately, I hope that Ayu will hire some international composers for future songs (and not just buy some music from foreign studios, like she did with Tell me why or Wake me up), I mean, real collaboration.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

You're right, but at the same time, I feel no originality in his songs... They're all generic. Good, very good, but generic and not "new" at all.
I'm kind of sick of him lately, I hope that Ayu will hire some international composers for future songs (and not just buy some music from foreign studios, like she did with Tell me why or Wake me up), I mean, real collaboration.

I wouldn't say all his songs are generic. I think he's versatile and can be original. He did "Sexy little things" which isn't generic imo.

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by love in music

I wouldn't say all his songs are generic. I think he's versatile and can be original. He did "Sexy little things" which isn't generic imo.

Yes, but in terms of ballads, he's not very innovative, and I tend to hate his little "tinkerbells-winterish" sounds and useless violins -__-

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

Yes, but in terms of ballads, he's not very innovative, and I tend to hate his little "tinkerbells-winterish" sounds and useless violins -__-

Effing LOVE those tinkerbells and winterish type synth sounds!

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

You're right, but at the same time, I feel no originality in his songs... They're all generic. Good, very good, but generic and not "new" at all.
I'm kind of sick of him lately, I hope that Ayu will hire some international composers for future songs (and not just buy some music from foreign studios, like she did with Tell me why or Wake me up), I mean, real collaboration.

International composers will generally try to create western-sounding pop songs. There's a whole host of Japanese artists who are making western-sounding songs, it won't work well for Ayu who has mostly avoided that trap her entire career. International compositions worked very well for tell me why but Wake me up tends to sound too western.

Yuta Nakano's compositions are fantastic if Ayu wants one of her (now) generic pop-rock songs. Seems Ayu seems to want to go for that familiar sound for her 15th anniversary. And that's the compositions she has selected - there's a reason he appears so much here.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Tony G

International composers will generally try to create western-sounding pop songs. There's a whole host of Japanese artists who are making western-sounding songs, it won't work well for Ayu who has mostly avoided that trap her entire career. International compositions worked very well for tell me why but Wake me up tends to sound too western.

Yuta Nakano's compositions are fantastic if Ayu wants one of her (now) generic pop-rock songs. Seems Ayu seems to want to go for that familiar sound for her 15th anniversary. And that's the compositions she has selected - there's a reason he appears so much here.

I couldn't disagree more about Wake me up. That song is the first song in a long time that actually showed that Hamasaki Ayumi "attitude". It was classic Ayumi.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I couldn't disagree more about Wake me up. That song is the first song in a long time that actually showed that Hamasaki Ayumi "attitude". It was classic Ayumi.

There's really no denying the western electropop influence that song has to the point where it comes off as somewhat generic. It's a great song, don't get me wrong, but it's not the kind of music I'd want Ayu to produce on a large scale. I prefer NEXT LEVEL album or Last Angel-type compositions if she was going to continue producing electronic-influenced songs.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Yuta Nakano's compositions are fantastic if Ayu wants one of her (now) generic pop-rock songs. Seems Ayu seems to want to go for that familiar sound for her 15th anniversary. And that's the compositions she has selected - there's a reason he appears so much here.

Yuta only really arranged for the most part on this album, but he's been doing that since GUILTY/NEXT LEVEL. I am guessing Ayu uses him because he's extremely versatile, knows exactly what Ayu wants, and can execute it.

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

he's been around for that long?! damn. bless him.

He actually disappeared for a loooonng time before he came back for MOON/blossom.

[JinHamasaki]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Yuta Nakano's compositions are fantastic if Ayu wants one of her (now) generic pop-rock songs. Seems Ayu seems to want to go for that familiar sound for her 15th anniversary. And that's the compositions she has selected - there's a reason he appears so much here.

Although I think I will enjoy this release a lot, I can't help but wonder and think about how some international influence would help her out a bit. I think keeping her Japanese composers will keep that distinctive "Ayu" sound. Moreover, they know how she likes to stress the "iii" which is something very un-western. But having some other people arrange the music and instrumentals would be nice to kick her out of a rut. Yes, Party queen delved into musicals, but we could use some more upbeat music every now and then .

On the other hand, as a 15th anniversary, I think she is looking to bring back classic Ayu

[BlackSilence]

^ she is deffinitelly bringing stuff back to basics, since all of the songs pretty much make me think "i did hear that before, somewhere..."

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Why are people asking for her to work with new composers? Did you forget about Timmy? Remember how well that turned out?

it turned out well, for me xD I liked everything except PQ and The next LOVE. i think he was good xD *shrugs* wasn't too impressed with BRILLANTE tho, but it wasn't bad either.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Tony G

International composers will generally try to create western-sounding pop songs. There's a whole host of Japanese artists who are making western-sounding songs, it won't work well for Ayu who has mostly avoided that trap her entire career. International compositions worked very well for tell me why but Wake me up tends to sound too western.

Yuta Nakano's compositions are fantastic if Ayu wants one of her (now) generic pop-rock songs. Seems Ayu seems to want to go for that familiar sound for her 15th anniversary. And that's the compositions she has selected - there's a reason he appears so much here.

I wouldn't mind Ayu working with GEO again and Timmy has done quite well so far. Though GEO's compositions aren't really that western sounding...

[ExodusUK]

needs more TK