Remember (Hiroyuki Sawano album)

R∃/MEMBER
Studio album by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Released	March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)
Recorded	2018–2019
Studio	ABS Recording HeartBeat. Recording Studio LAB Recorders Studio Sound Dali Studio Greenbird SoundCity Studio Studio Sound Valley Victor Studio
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	49:55
Label	Sacra Music
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
2V-ALK (2017) R∃/MEMBER (2019) iv (2021)
Singles from R∃/MEMBER
"Binary Star" Released: April 25, 2018 "Cage" Released: April 25, 2018 "narrative" Released: November 28, 2018 "NOISEofRAIN" Released: November 28, 2018

Remember (stylized as R∃/MEMBER) is the third studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on March 6, 2019, by Sacra Music. Four singles were released from the album: "Binary Star", "Cage", "narrative" and "NOISEofRAIN".[1][2]

Background

"Binary Star" was used at the opening theme for the anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Encounter,[3] while "Cage" was used at the theme song for the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.[4]

"narrative" was used as the theme song for the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative.[5]

"ME & CREED <nZkv>" was revealed to be used as the theme song for the then-upcoming mobile game Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord.[6] The game was later cancelled.

Track listing

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by	Length
1.	"Glory -into the RM-"	Yosh	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:SUGIZO	5:07
2.	"EVERCHiLD"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Akihito Okano	4:25
3.	"never gonna change"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Sukima Switch	4:02
4.	"narrative"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:LiSA	4:20
5.	"i-mage"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer	5:46
6.	"NOISEofRAIN"	Sawano cAnON.	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Takanori Nishikawa	4:08
7.	"Binary Star"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Uru	4:43
8.	"ME & CREED ᐸnZkvᐳ"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Sayuri	3:26
9.	"Unti-L"	Sawano	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:ASCA	4:03
10.	"Cage"	Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle	4:46
11.	"REMEMBER"	Sawano Benjamin mpi	SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]	5:09
Total length:				49:55

Sample credits

• "Binary Star" features a sample from "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren and performed by Starship.

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	6
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[8]	4
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[9]	5

Credits

Adapted from booklet.[10]

Production Hiroyuki Sawano – producer, arranger Mitsunori Aizawa – recording engineer, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator Junpei Ohno – recording engineer (only on track #1) Yasuhiko Miyasaka – recording engineer (only on track #2) Hiromitsu Takasu – recording engineer (only on track #4) Masatake Ohsato – recording engineer (only on track #6) Ayaka Toki – recording engineer (only on track #8) Satoshi Morishige – recording engineer (only on track #9) Eriko Ijima – assistant engineer Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer Hiroshi Manabe – assistant engineer Ayumu Musha – assistant engineer Sora Tamiya – assistant engineer Yuji Chinone – mastering Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design Taichi Nishimaki – photographer Junko Fukuda – hair & make-up Yuka Moriyama – Stylist for cover Reina Chida – products coordination Toru Takeuchi – A&R in chief Tomoyo Yamazaki – A&R Koichi Baba – A&R SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion Yu Tsuzuki – sales promotion Keiichi Tonomura – supervise VV-ALKLINE Inc. – management Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer

Vocals Aimer – vocals (track #5) Akihito Okano – vocals (track #2) ASCA – vocals (track #9) Gemie – vocals (track #11), background vocals (track #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) LiSA – vocals (track #4) mizuki – vocals (track #11) naNami – vocals (track #11), background vocals (track #8) Sayuri – vocals (track #8) Takanori Nishikawa – vocals (track #6) Takuya Ohashi – vocals (track #3) Tielle – vocals (tracks #10, 11), background vocals (track #1, 2, 3, 5) Uru – vocals (track #7) Yosh – vocals (tracks #1, 11) Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) Akiko – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11) Benjamin – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) Miho Matsumoto – background vocals (track #8) mpi – background vocals (tracks #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) Rie – background vocals (track #7) Ruka – background vocals (track #7) Instruments Harutoshi Ito – guitar (tracks #2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks #1, 2, 4–11), keyboards (all tracks), all other instruments (all tracks) Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks #1, 3–4, 6) Koichiro Muroya – violin (track #4) Koichiro Muroya Strings – strings (track #7) Shintaro Tokita – piano (track #3) SUGIZO – violin (track #1) Toshino Tanabe – bass (all tracks) Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (all tracks)

References

1. "R∃/MEMBER | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. "VVCL-1098~9 – R∃/MEMBER / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] – VGMdb". Vgmdb.net.
3. Valdez, Nick (March 26, 2018). "New 'Legends of the Galactic Heroes' Anime Reveals Key Visual". ComicBook.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
4. Komatsu, Mikikazu (September 24, 2017). "Watch Video Reports on Life-Size Unicorn Gundam Statue at Odaiba". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
5. Sherman, Jennifer (October 16, 2018). "'Gundam NT' Anime Reveals Trailer, Theme Song, Additional Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
6. "Hiroyuki Sawano & Sayuri Perform Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord Smartphone Game Main Theme". moshimoshi-nippon.jp. December 23, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
7. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-18" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
8. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
9. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
10. "VVCL-1409~10 | R∃/MEMBER / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

External links

• Official website