News about 'SHINOBI' theme song

[Queen Bee]

I am very excited!!!!!

[AyuGAME]

WOW!!
i'm waiting for this new single
hopefully it can sales well
it's her first time for becoming movie soundtrack
i'm really sure that it will be a great ballad song
2005 is AYU year again

[s.k.y]

The article is very positive... Through the auto-translator, I can see that this is definitely a ballad. And that I think she wrote the song purposely FOR the movie. It is also said that this movie is going to be like a Japan style 'Romeo & Juliet' and that the song is destined to be a love song that remains in future generations like Celine Dion's song for 'Titanic'. That's some huge praise. It goes on about saying that Ayu is enthusiastic about the song, and that it's going to be a big hit and possibly win the Gold Record Award at the end of the year. So, wow... Thanks for the news!

omg! ballad song! YAY!! the song sounds promising and the movie also sounds great

[BanFan]

Wow. The song and movie sound great, Japanese style Romeo & Juliet...*must see*

I think ballads are definetely Ayu's strong points, though I have yet to get STEP you out of my head. I think it'll be something dramatic like BoA's 'We', which I love.

[Echiko]

x] how coicidental. Now i'm school, i'm reading romeo and Juliet. So it's quite cool! =D THanks for the infor again!

[Deep snow]

thanks for the info, i think it'll be quite awhile until her new single, actually i'm kinda expecting a summer-release...

or MAYBE

she'll release SOMETHING else, like hmmmmm.... let's see... a REMIX ALBUM? or maybe LOADS of DVDs? who knows? she IS full of surprises

[ohsixthirty]

sounds like a ballad? thats great, i miss her ballads, my story really didn't have any great power ballads like dearest or rainbow something.

[extepan]

this is certainly great news! i hope there will be one more single before september cos i cant wait that long

[lolo66]

It's too bad that we aren't too sure about what has been said.
Thanks for the report

[lolo66]

Originally Posted by evolusean

I read that article, and here's my translation.



Singer Hamasaki Ayumi (26) will be singing the theme song of the film "Shinobi" (dir: Shimoyama Ten). Managing the lyrics herself, she plans to have a magnificent ballad prepared to color the fated ninja-love painted by co-stars Nakama Yukie (25) and Odagiri Joe (29). As this is the first time Hamasaki has written a new theme song for a film, the song is drawing a lot of attention to be released this fall along with the film.

The songstress, whose single released last month "STEP you/is this LOVE?" continues to march up the charts, will be singing of star-crossed love for the big screen.

"Shinobi..." is a work which paints the tragic love of Ninja Iga (Nakama) and Ninja Kaga (Odagiri), who bear the fate of having to kill eachother despite falling in a destined love. The distributor, Matsutake, realized the lovecall, "We definitely wanted Miss Hamasaki, who expresses love in her own words, to sing the theme song."

Before now, Hamasaki has been behind the theme song for "Semi-double" (Fuji TV) as well as 5 other dramas; and although the album-track "Who..." was used as the theme song for the film "Tsuki" (2000), this is the first time she has written a new song just for a film's theme. Reading the work's scenario, she will write the lyrics herself.

She is currently selecting the composition, but according to those related, it is set to be a grand ballad. Matsutake expects that "because it's a work like that of a "modern Romeo & Juliet," a "Japanese Titanic," it will be a lovesong lasting through future generations like Celine Dion, who was responsible for the theme from Titanic." Hamasaki is also enthusiastic that she will, "do [her] best so that [she] can sing a theme that will last in everyone's heart, like the image of the film."

The single is set for sale this fall, along with the film's 17 September release. Like her previous fall-release hit ballads, "Dearest," "No way to say," etc., it seems, as she has gotten caught in the year-end award race, like it will be Hamasaki's greatest work.

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I'm excited!! I just hope by "grand ballad" they don't mean like "CAROLS". I hope it's a dramatic ballad like when BoA did "Uri" for Taegukgi. That song gives me chills!

Thanks for your translation, it's great now that we can be sure what the news about.

[sunny]

great to hear that she'll contribute her singing for a movie
it's a great way to make her noticable for those who haven't know her yet

(how pissed of i was to know that FFX-2's theme was sung by kumi koda,though still like the song....)
there're lots of gamer out there
and it'll be a great promotion to contribute a song for a game
the game she was ever contributed to is just "thousand arms"...

so glad to hear about this shinobi soundtrack stuff....

[Deep snow]

evolusean: i LOVE 'uri'! i never liked BoA this much [neither taekugki] but that song is a masterpiece, the BEST song in 'MyName'!

i hope the next single is good...

[miracleofsuzaku]

omg!!!it's like a dream come true...i love ninja-realated stuff and now Ayu will sing the theme song for this up-coming movie!!!

[Moukyoumaru]

I'm hoping (seemingly like a lot of people) for another song that's as good as M or Rainbow... Go ayu! Her ballads are always great =D

[fantaisie.sign]

How exciting! This quote, "Hamasaki is also enthusiastic that she will, 'do [her] best so that [she] can sing a theme that will last in everyone's heart, like the image of the film,'" assures me that the song will be awesome.

[Brittany]

I think it will sell a lot ~ ! Considering it's a ballad .. and many people <3 ballads. Well, at least I do

Songs to movies always sell well
So it's a good idea that the people that made the movie want Ayu to sing it

[hiro]

I find that Ayu's ballads are the worst. Can't she do a downtempo song without making it some sort of epic cheese ballad? She always comes out with one in the fall.

[starr5245]

sigh! zannen desune! I really want to hear a new Ayumi song!

[Ibitsu Kokoro]

We've heard what the movie people think about it ... but I wonder how ayu really feels being expected to create such a masterpeice. I mean ... she is still working on it ... so she must be somewhat stressed out.

[hana_sanctuary]

Yey- thanks for the info ^v^