Roman

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Information
Length 73:50
Type Story Album
Release Date 22 November 2006
Band Sound Horizon
Label KING RECORDS
Product Code KICS-1286KICS-91286
Price ¥3,000¥3,500

The fifth story CD Roman was released on 22 November 2006. It is canonically the fifth Horizon, and the first album with many lead vocalists, including for the first time Revo.

Track List

# Title Length
1 Asa to Yoru no MonogatariThe Story of Morning and Night 7:27
2 HonooFlame 5:33
3 Miezaru UdeThe Unseen Arm 6:58
4 Norowareshi HousekiThe Cursed Gem 6:21
5 Hoshikuzu no KawahimoThe Leash of Stardust 6:22
6 Hiiro no FuushaThe Crimson Windmill 6:00
7 Tenshi no ChouzouThe Angel Sculpture 6:54
8 Utsukushiki MonoBeautiful Things 6:33
9 Yorokobi to Kanashimi no BudoushuThe Wine of Happiness and Sadness 6:55
10 Tasogare no KenjaThe Sage at Dusk 7:35
11 11 Moji no Dengon11-lettered Message 7:08

Bonus Content

Secret Track

Secret tracks can be obtained by answering the riddle on the webpage linked on booklet's credit page. These songs were also included in the collection album Chronology's secret disc.

Filename Title Length
truemessage.mp3 Le vrai messageTrue Message 7:09
yaneuraroman.mp3 Yaneura MonogatariAttic Story 2:48
Bonus Track

This bonus track was included on another CD as a purchasing bonus at Tower Records.

# Title Length
1 Asa to Yoru no Monogatari ~Another Roman Mix~The Story of Morning and Night ~Another Roman Mix~ 5:45

Limited Only Bonus

Item Description
Roman Box + Message Handkerchief A decorative storage box and a handkerchief with five codes on it. The sale was limited to 20,000 copies.
Roman Perfect Guide Book A guide book containing a description and discography of Sound Horizon.
Purchase Bonus
Store Bonus Description
Tower Records Another Roman CD + Special live lottery ticket Only available until October 15th, 2006.
TSUTAYA Another Roman lyrics booklet The lyrics booklet for Another Roman CD, with Yokoyan’s original art cover for Another Roman on the back.
Toranoana Roman box + Original Revo Edit Roman Digest CD A box and CD that contains 14 minutes of various Roman songs personally edited by Revo.
Animate Another Jacket A different version of the Roman jacket with both sides vertically mirrored so they can be viewed together.
Gamers Original Postcard A postcard of the Roman CD jacket with Revo’s signature and a hand-written message "Soko ni Roman wa Aru no Darou ka?""Can Roman be found there?" on it.

Information

Quotes

  • "Soko ni Roman wa aru no darou ka?" — Obi Strip Quotes"Can Roman be found there?" — Obi Strip Quotes

Credits

Sound Producer: Revo
Producer: Koji Takahashi (Rap Products)
Director: Mayumi Takagi (Rap Products)

Lead Vocals:


Chorus: KAORI, YUUKI, REMI, RIKKI, Jimang

Voices:


Computer Programming & Keyboard & Guitar: Revo
Guitars: Shingo Jake Saito
Keyboards: Kyoko Osako
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Drums: Kenichi Fujimoto
Percussions: Naomi Ishikawa
Harp: Tomonori Asakawa (M4, M7)
Acoustic Piano: Kenichiro Shinzawa (M1, M11) & Kyoko Osako (M4, M9)
Flute: Ryo Sakagami (M3, M7)
Harmonica: Hirofumi Mizuno (M8)
Oboe: Hiroshi Shibayama (M7)
Clarinet: Tadashi Hoshino (M7)
Fagotto: Jun Fujita (M7)
Mandolin & Balalaika: Hideki Wachi (M9)
Sax: Watanabe Fire (M5)

Solo Violin: Kana (M2, M6)
Strings
Kana Strings (M3, M7, M10, M11)
〈1st Violin〉 Kana Ito, Ado Matsumoto, Izumi Hisanaga, Michiko Miura
〈2nd Violin〉 Emiko Hagino, Makiko Yamamoto, Makoto Motoi, Miyoko Tsubuku, Nagisa Kiriyama, Noriyo Odayashi, Yuki Sato, Yuko Okubo
〈Viola〉 Kaoru Hagiwara, Miho Kisanuki, Rieko Kouno
〈Cello〉 Makoto Osawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Toshihiko Tsuchida

Gen Ittetsu Strings (M1, M4, M5, M9)
〈1st Violin〉 Gen Ittetsu, Maki Nagata, Yuko Kazitani, Jun Takeuchi, Daisuke Kadowaki
〈2nd Violin〉 Takuya Mori, Yoshiko Kaneko
〈Viola〉 Yuuko Kajitani, Syouko Miki
〈Cello〉 Kaori Morita, Tomoki Iwanaga

Sound Effect: Hirokazu Ebisu (Walla-Works, Inc.)

Making of Credits

Recording Engineers: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station Inc.), Hisae Yahagi (Studio Z'd), Toshiyuki Takahashi (Wonder Station Inc.) & Takahiro Suzuki (Sunrise Music Inc.)
Assistant Engineers: Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station Inc.), Hisae Yahagi (Studio Z'd), Rie Mimoto (Sunrise Music Inc.), Hayato Iguchi (BEC) & Itsutaka Takusawa (Triumph)
Mixing Engineer: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station Inc.)
Mastering Engineer: Yukie Fuse (Bernie Grundman Mastering)

Recording Studio: Studio Z'd, Wonder Station, Malibu Studio, Sunrise Studio, Towerside Studio, Triumph
Mixing Studio: Studio Z'd, Wonder Station
Mastering Studio: Bernie Grundman Mastering

Booklet Illustration: Yokoyan

Desk: Takako Saito (Rap Products)

Design: Takafumi Kitsuda (KING RECORDS)
Art Work Coordination: Yoriko Kamano (KING RECORDS)

A&R: Shinya Yamada (KING RECORDS) & Mitsue Yokota (Bellwood Records)
Sales Promotion: Emiko Hosoda (KING RECORDS) & Hiroyuki Terui (Bellwood Records)

Executive Producer: Masato Asanuma (Bellwood Records)

Special Thanks

Masayoshi Okawa (Blc-River)
Eiko Konoo (Legato Music)
Yuuka Shimokawa (Legato Music)
Hironobu Tanaka (Legato Music)
Yasuko Endo (Fillin Inc.)
Yukari Ohashi (Office RIKKI)
Itaru Nishimura (SPACE CRAFT)
Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT)
Kosuke Imao (DoReMi)
Hiroaki Hirakata (Weeks)
Toru Miyama (Weeks)
Yoshiaki Takami
Imamu
Shunji Okada (FINE LINE COMMUNICATION)
Azusa Kawakami (FINE LINE COMMUNICATION)