Biography
Please fix your tags, 天空のエスカフローネ is NOT an artist. The actual composers of the music are 菅野よう子 and 溝口肇. The opening theme "Yakusoku Wa Iranai" is preformed by 坂本真綾.
The Vision of Escaflowne (天空のエスカフローネ, Tenkū no Esukafurōne?, lit. Escaflowne of the Heavens) is a 26-episode anime television series created by Sunrise and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. on TV Tokyo and ended September 24, 1996. It has elements from the genres of shōjo, shōnen, romance, and mecha, and has since inspired a shōnen manga and shōjo manga series, a video game, and an Escaflowne theatrical movie.
The series focuses on the heroine, Hitomi Kanzaki, and her adventures after she is transported to the world of Gaea, a mysterious planet where she can see Earth and its moon in the sky. On Gaea, Earth is known as the Mystic Moon or "Phantom Moon" (幻の月, Maboroshii no tsuki?). Hitomi's latent psychic powers are enhanced on Gaea and she quickly becomes embroiled in the conflicts between the Zaibach Empire and several more peaceful countries. As the series progresses, many of the characters' pasts and motivations, as well as the true nature of the planet Gaea, are revealed.
This series marked the anime debut (in a lead role) of Maaya Sakamoto as the voice of the main character Hitomi Kanzaki and as the singer of the opening song "Yakusoku wa Iranai", as well as of many other songs in the series.
The music, composed by Yoko Kanno and Hajime Mizoguchi, is of a decidedly European flavor, though it also incorporates different styles such as contemporary, classical, and Gregorian chant.
SOUNDTRACKS:
The albums released for the anime includes the following:
1. Vision of Escaflowne Original Soundtrack.
Yoko Kanno - Composer , Hajime Mizoguchi - Composer, Hiroki Wada - Composer/Vocals(Mystic Eyes Only), Maaya Sakamoto - Vocals (Promises Not Necessary, Empty the Pocket, ACEILUX - Vocals (White Dove), Yuuho Iwasoto - Lyrics (Promises Not Necessary, Empty the Pocket).
2. Vision of Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 2.
Yoko Kanno - Composer, Lyrics and Vocals(as Gabrielle Robin) on Medicine Eater and Cat's Delicacy, Hajime Mizoguchi - Composer, ACEILUX - Vocals (Love), Lyrics (Love, If You), Mai Yamane - Vocals (If You).
3. Vision of Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 3
Yoko Kanno - Composer, Lyrics(as Gabrielle Robin) on Arcadia, Hajime Mizoguchi - Composer, Maaya Sakamoto - Vocals (Blue Eyes, Into the Light), Artur Stefanowicz - Vocals (Arcadia), Masayoshi Furukawa - Vocals (Perfect World), Julia Wilson - Vocals (I Recommend Instincts), ACEILUX - Lyrics (Perfect World, I Recommend Instincts), Yuuho Iwasoto - Lyrics (Into the Light).
4. Vision of Escaflowne: Lovers Only
Yoko Kanno - Composer, Lyrics (as Gabrielle Robin) on Arcadia, Hajime Mizoguchi - Composer, Hiroki Wada - Composer/Vocals (Mystic Eyes), Maaya Sakamoto - Vocals (Promises Not Necessary, My Best Friend, The Day the Wind Blows), Masayoshi Furukawa - Vocals (Perfect World), Ikue Ohtani - Vocals (Cat's Feelings), ACEILUX - Lyrics (Perfect World), Yuuho Iwasoto - Lyrics (Promises Not Necessary).
5. Escaflowne The Movie Soundtrack
Yoko Kanno - Composer, Lyrics (as Gabriela Robin) on Sora, Sora's Folktale, Drinking Song, Hajime Mizoguchi - Composer, Maaya Sakamoto - Vocals (Ring, You're Not Alone, Call Your Name), Lyrics (Call Your Name), Shanti Snyder - Vocals (Sora, You're Not Alone English Version), Lyrics (You're Not Alone English Version), Midori - Vocals (Sora's Folktale), Children of Adom - Vocals (Drinking Song), Yuuho Iwasoto - Lyrics (Ring), Warsaw Chorus - Vocals (Into GAEA).
DRAMA CD:
* Thought of the Jeture
* Escaflowne Prologue 1: Earth
* Escaflowne Prologue 2: Gaea
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