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The Sound Horizon website has announced the title of the Dream Port 2008 Maxi Single KIZM-15～16, a collaboration between Revo and Yuki Kajiura to be released on June 18, 2008. The song, 砂塵の彼方へ (Sajin no Kanata e) which translates roughly to “Beyond the Sand Clouds”, will also be on the DVD. The CD will also contain an arranged version of the song, which seems to be the Main Theme of Dream Port 2008.

In addition, it has been announced that starting this Friday (April 18, 2008), video interviews with Revo and Yuki will be posted on the Dream Port 2008 website, and we are instructed to not miss out on it!

Unfortunately the interview will probably be in Japanese, and we will all miss out on it, so if anyone reading this is able to help translate and is willing to volunteer, please please please let us know! 6.19% of all visits to this site are from Japan, so I know you’re out there!!

If you scroll down a bit on Sound Horizon’s news page, you’ll also see a series of stickers that will be given out as a free gift when you purchase the CD, and they differ from store to store. (Does that mean if we want them all, we have to buy a CD from each store? XD

The Kalafina website has posted three samples from the Re/oblivious mini-album to be released on April 23, 2008. Visit their site or click below to stream the samples.

Tracklist 1. oblivious ～ Fukan Fukei mix Sample 2. interlude #01 3. Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Yuku ～ acoustic ver. Sample 4. interlude #02 5. Kizuato ～ piano2 mix Sample 6. finale

Kazado has kindly ripped the sample tracks for download here.

Thanks yet again to grunty for the news.

the Kara no Kyoukai website has updated with the DVD trailer from TAF2008, promoting the next four films in the series. The trailer contains new Kajiura music, including what sounds like a remix/instrumental version of oblivious.

The site also states that the fourth movie, Garan no Dou (伽藍の洞), will be in theatres on May 24, 2008. Thanks to grunty for the news. 🙂

[EDIT2] They’ve replaced the DVD trailer with the real trailer for the 4th movie, with more Kajiuran music 🙂 Thanks again to grunty for noticing!

[EDIT] Kazado has ripped the instrumental oblivious portion from the trailer, and can be downloaded here.

george1234 has also ripped the four 37-second soundtrack samples from the Kara no Kyoukai website, and uploaded them: Sample 1 – 2 – 3 – 4

In other news, Yuki Kajiura Live Vol. 1 concert was on Saturday. Juicy details here. Also, the Endless Sky single was released yesterday.

That edit section is longer than the actual post. >_<;

The final episode of the Negima drama has aired, with the ending theme composed by Yuki Kajiura, and performed by Sara Wakatsuki and Mihoko Kondo who play Asuna and Kazumi. The single (KICM-3166) will be released on April 9, 2008.

Thanks again to Kazado for posting the link to the video ^_^.

As mentioned earlier this month, Yuki Kajiura will be composing the ending theme for the anime Amatsuki, with Kaori Hikita as the vocalist, titled Namae no Nai Michi. Today, the Amatsuki website posted a 1.5 minute preview video of the anime, with a song whose vocalist that sounds a lot like Kaori Hikita.

Examples of Kaori Hikita’s voice: Michiyuki and Egao no Wake.

The single is set for release on June 18, 2008.

[EDIT] This page confirms that the song in the preview is indeed Namae no Nai Michi, by Yuki Kajiura and Kaori Hikita!