Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)

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"Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)"
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Single by alan
from the album Voice of Earth
ReleasedOctober 15, 2008
Genre J-pop
Length30:41
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Gorō Matsui, Taro Iwashiro
Producer(s) Kikuchi Kazuhito
alan singles chronology
"Kaze no Tegami"
(2008)
"Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)"
(2008)
"Jiayou! Ni You Me!"
(2008)
Alternative cover
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CD + DVD
Voice of Earth track listing
16 tracks
  1. "Tennyo (Interlude)"
  2. "Ashita e no Sanka"
  3. "Sora Uta"
  4. "Natsukashii Mirai (Longing Future)"
  5. "Hitotsu"
  6. "Kaze no Tegami"
  7. "Brave"
  8. "Yume no Garden"
  9. "Gunjou no Tani"
  10. "My Friend"
  11. "Liberty"
  12. "Tsuki ga Watashi"
  13. "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)"
  14. "Megumi no Ame"
  15. "Together" *
  16. "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen) (Modern Rock Version)" **
* First press bonus track
** Tower Records bonus CD

"Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)"(Red Cliff ~心・戦~, lit. "Heart・War") is a song by Chinese singer Alan, from her debut Japanese-language studio album Voice of Earth (2009). Written by Gorō Matsui and composed by Taro Iwashiro, it was used as the theme song for the Chinese epic film Red Cliff . [1] "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)" is Alan's fourth single in the theme of traditional elements; [1] representing fire in the Japanese Godai and Tibetan Bön. The single released on October 15, 2008, and peaked at number twenty-three on the Oricon charts. [2]

Alan Dawa Dolma Tibetan singer

Alan Dawazhuoma, professionally known as Alan, is a female Tibetan Chinese singer active in both the Chinese and Japanese music industries. She is of Tibetan ethnicity.

<i>Voice of Earth</i> 2009 studio album by alan

Voice of Earth is Chinese singer Alan's debut Japanese-language album released by Avex Trax. The album contains the eight singles alan has released from 2007 to 2009. The album was released on March 4, 2009 in Japan.

Gorō Matsui is a Japanese lyricist born 11 December 1957 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, though he considers Tokyo to be his hometown. Beginning with participation in the Yamaha Popular Song Contests, he made his debut writing the lyrics for the 1981 Chage and Aska album Hot Wind.

Contents

The song is a Japanese version of "Xin·Zhan (Red Cliff)" from Alan's Mandarin-language EP Xin Zhan: Red Cliff (2008). A slightly longer end roll version was included on the Red Cliff original soundtrack album released in Japan. A modern rock version of the song was used to promote the PlayStation 2 video game Dynasty Warriors 6: Special Edition , which later appeared as a bonus track on Voice of Earth, when the album was pre-ordered from Tower Records.

Mandarin Chinese major branch of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China

Mandarin is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of Standard Mandarin or Standard Chinese. Because Mandarin originated in North China and most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as the Northern dialects. Many local Mandarin varieties are not mutually intelligible. Nevertheless, Mandarin is often placed first in lists of languages by number of native speakers.

<i>Xin Zhan: Red Cliff</i> 2008 EP by alan

Xin·Zhan ~RED CLIFF~ is the first Mandarin-language EP released by alan in Mainland China.

Closing credits At the end of a movie: a list of people who have worked in and for a movie

Closing credits or end credits are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television program, or video game. Where opening credits appear at the beginning of a work, closing credits appear close to, or at the very end of a work. A full set of credits can include the cast and crew, but also production sponsors, distribution companies, works of music licensed or written for the work, various legal disclaimers, such as copyright and more. Some long-running productions list "production babies".

Track listing

CD single: [1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Red Cliff (Shin・Sen)" (Red Cliff ~心・戦~; Heart・War) Gorō Matsui Taro Iwashiro Nakano Yuuta 
2."Xin·Zhan (Red Cliff)" (心・戦 ~Red Cliff~; Heart・War)Francis Lee Taro Iwashiro   
3."Ashita e no Sanka (Orchestral Version)" (明日への讃歌 ~Orchestral Version~; A Hymn for Tomorrow)Nojima Shinji Kikuchi Kazuhito Nakano Yuuta 
4."Red Cliff (Shin・Sen)" (Instrumental)    
5."Ashita e no Sanka (Orchestral Version)" (Instrumental)    
Total length:30:41

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Japanese Singles Chart [2] 23

References

  1. 1 2 3 "RED CLIFF ~心・戦~ : alan : avex network". avex network. avex marketing. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "alanのCDシングルランキング、alanのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon Style. Oricon Inc. Retrieved August 16, 2012.