I wish CircleTempo announced this when I made the last Umineko music post… lol. I wouldn’t even bother to make a seperate post now, but one track from the CD turned out just too awesome for me to not mention it. I’m talking about 「ウサンノカオリ」 of course, which is a vocal version of 「胡散の香り」 (lol katakana). The rest sure ain’t any bad either. Can’t wait.

You can find a sample of all the vocal tracks here. Comiket 76 release.

PS. Frontier Works is also releasing some sampler disc with samples of a new track, ANIME soundtrack and music box version of the anime OP.

Yuki Kajiura’s score to Rekishi Hiwa HISTORIA “documentary” series. Scheduled for August 26, 2009.

「 歴史秘話ヒストリア 」 オリジナル・サウンドトラック Title : Rekishi Hiwa HISTORIA Original Soundtrack Artists : Yuki Kajiura 2009.08.26 : SECL-778

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2CD soundtrack to last years Kuroshitsuji by Taku Iwasaki. About time. Scheduled for August 26, 2009.

「 黒執事 」 サウンドコンプリート BLACK BOX Title : Kuroshitsuji Sound Complete BLACK BOX Artists : Taku Iwasaki 2009.08.26 : SVWC-7646~48

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Comiket 76 is about to come upon us (August 14-16, 2009) with plethora of Touhou crap, so here’s a list of Umineko related CDs coming out soon: :P

• CT/Luck Ganriki 「黄金シンドローム」
  Comiket 76. Fuck yes. Just fuck yes. More info.
• RoundBooster 「DisCode」
  Comiket 76. More info. Episode 4 ending theme.
• pre-holder 「Observer ～Witch who lives～」
  Comiket 76. More info. Love the cover & one I’m looking forward to the most.
• -45 「アムリタ」 (Amurita)
  2CD. Comiket 76. More info. Random -45 stuff with some Umineko.
• zts & dai 「musicbox」
  2CD(Red)+3CD(Blue). Comiket 76. More info (LOL 509). zts&dai overload. :/
• 「うみねこのなく頃に」 Episode.1 Original Soundtrack Essence
  2CD. Comiket 76. Retail: Aug 26, 2009. More info. Tracklisting fucking where?
• Anime OP & ED info @ here.

tl/dr: lots of Umineko releases are coming.

Thank you for giving me an awesome episode (#26) after all that KugiRie dullness. On the other side though, the (aho) KugiRie story still ain’t done so I’ll be fearing its return every week… well played. As long as you keep pushing out good episodes like this I won’t mind though, so good luck!

Love, grunty.

Ohey, slowpoke.jpg news - Kanako Itou is releasing a new album on August 26. Seems like only 11 tracks are expected.

Bump: cover and tracklist.

「 <<<STARGATE>>> 」 Artists : Kanako Itou 2009.08.26 : GRE-009

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Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol.#4 DVD release has just been announced on Victor’s site. The 2-part concert will be released over two seperate discs:

1. FictionJunction YUUKA: October 21, 2009 (VTBL-7, 3,990 yen)
2. FictionJunction: December 23, 2009 (VTBL-8, 3,990 yen)

Below you can find the setlist from the final concert @ JCBHall (as listed in the concert report by toublog). Chances are the DVDs will have the same tracklist, since they used all the performed tracks on the previous LIVE DVD.

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I have just watched your 25th episode and I’d like to share my thoughts. Can we please finally end the KugiRie/Paku Romi shit? It’s not funny, it’s not cute, nor easy on my ears. More Russia instead, please.

Love, grunty.

Couple of things I figured I’d say about Umineko.

• The anime is surefine so far but gamefags are going to ruin it for anime-only viewers with all their complaining. If you gamefags want a rushed story, go watch FMA:Brohood where everyone, including non-manga fags (me), can feel it’s rushed. You’re also making it sound like Umineko was supposed to be some Key/KyoAni CLANNAIDS drama - I’m glad it’s not.
• The new game, Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru: End of the golden witch, is coming out on the next Comiket (C76, August 14-16). The new OP is available here - as Kaze said, it’s a Kanako Ito wannabe.
• The next Comiket will also see the release of Dai’s 2nd Umineko related album, subtitled “musicbox Blue”. In addition to old stuff it apparently also includes new BGMs from Chiru. More info here. Update: “musicbox Red” featuring music from zts will also be out during C76. More info here.
• Umineko Episode 1 (Game) Original Soundtrack is supposedly also coming out on Comiket, then followed by an August 26 selected store release with KNIL-0004 cat# (Akiko Shikata’s OP was KNIL-0003). Not much info is available about this product at this time though, it might just be a rumour. It’s now on getchu and animate so it’s confirmed.
• The first two character singles for Umineko are coming out on October 7 and November 6, 2009 (FCCM-0290 & FCCM-0291).

Shiro Sagisu is a wannabe Hans Zimmer (TLnote: this is not a compliment) and I’m pretty sure he thought he was composing for some antient greek drama, not Wevangeriwon. The only thing he’s good at is those daily life BGMs, but they are all lifted straight from the TV series - much like half the other tracks anyways, so fuck it.

Megumi Hayashibara’s rebuild of Komm Susser Todd is also ear cancer. Oh wait, it’s Tribute to Sound of Music… Right. Still ear cancer.