avex to produce musical: "Kokoro no Kakera"

[truehappiness]

Music label Avex has announced that it is producing a musical this September, titled "Kokoro no Kakera." The soundtrack is said to feature 21 songs, chosen from the company's hits over the past two decades. This is the first time that a record company has put together a musical based on songs by several of its artists.

The story, set in a fantasy world, centers around a wounded OL who roams a futuristic city searching for mysterious "heart fragments." Avex talents such as Takahiro Nishijima (AAA) and Hiroki Aiba have been cast. Playwright Tsuyoshi Kida wrote the script, and Shunichi Okamura is directing.

Some of the songs being used are Namie Amuro's "Can You Celebrate?," Ayumi Hamasaki's "SEASONS," and Kumi Koda's "Koi no Tsubomi."

The musical will be performed at Tokyo's Aoyama Theatre from September 15 to September 29.

From Tokyograph.


Complete list of songs to be used:

「Feelin' Good～It'sPARADISE～」DA PUMP
「パピヨン」島谷ひとみ [Papillion]
「LOVE2000」hitomi
「恋のつぼみ」倖田來未
「友達の詩」中村中 [Tomodachi no Uta]
「恋心」相川七瀬 [Koigokoro]
「寒い夜だから・・・」TRF [Samui Yoru Dakara]
「fragile」Every Little Thing
「SEASONS」浜崎あゆみ
「Lovers Again」EXILE
「CAN YOU CELEBRATE?」安室奈美恵
「VALENTI」BoA
「Day By Day」MEGARYU
「DEPARTURES」globe
「comea gain」m-flo
「プラネタリウム」大塚 愛 [Planetarium]
「柊」Do As Infinity [Hiiragi]
「ＤＯＷＮ　ＢＥＡＴ　ＳＴＯＭＰ」東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ
「のうぜんかつら（リプライズ）」安藤裕子 [Nouzen Katsura]
「月光花」Janne Da Arc [Gekkouchou]
「Delightful」鈴木亜美

I wonder how interesting this will end up.. @_@

[zoomzoom]

Wow that sounds interesting. SEASONS would make a nice musical song.

[Amai Yume]

avex keeps doing things to celebrate...good for them
And yay for picking a Kuu song!!!

[milky_way]

Wow O_O

^That's what I thought.

But at least my Nissy's going to be in it!

[Huaka]

This sounds really interesting! I want to see it. >.<!

[Raiu-Ayu]

Originally Posted by KaoriNeko

But at least my Nissy's going to be in it!

Umm excuse me, but what do you mean 'your Nissy'??

NISSY IS MINE! LOOK AT THE SIGGY!! I HAVE CLAIMED HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Yeah this sounds cool!! It'll be cool to hear Nissy sing an ayu song anyway

[stickyrice]

off all the songs they could've used from Shima, they HAD to use Papillion -_- oh well this sounds like an interesting project.

[jiarongisme]

I KNEW IT! Someone from AAA is sure to be on the musical.

Well, sounds interesting. I wanna see the outcome of it. Lol.

[prussian blue]

i dont understand about the musical...

will it be sth instrumental? or orchestra mix? or what...?

and YAY for hitomi

[truehappiness]

Musicals are technically like.. a play with a story/script and stuff, but there are also many musical numbers that are featured with choreography and stuff.

It will probably be the same instrumental/mix we know, but probably performed by someone else.

[♥ you!]

Wasn't there just a thread of Ayu's songs being in a musical?

The tracklist is nice.

[nmskalmn]

Cool!

[Kobayashiwoof]

You forgot to romaji Koda Kumi's Koi No Tsubomi

「ＤＯＷＮ　ＢＥＡＴ　ＳＴＯＭＰ」東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ -

Tokyo Suka (Ska?) paradise Orchestra

[TITANIC]

eww. there's no Ami.. T__________T

but there's Ayu ^______^

[CatGirl]

^ Ami's in it! :O It says Delightful will be used at the bottom of the track list on this site: http://www.nelke.co.jp/stage/avex20th/

[ville]

Can you celebrate, YAY ^_^