Ashita e no Sanka
Ashita e no Sanka is the debut Japanese-language single released by alan. The single peaked at #69 on the Oricon charts. The single was also released in Taiwan on June 20, 2008 and charted at #20 on the G-Music Jpop/Kpop charts and #9 on the Five-Music Jpop/Kpop charts.
The orchestral version of "Ashita e no Sanka" was included in the later single Red Cliff: Shin-Sen. The Chinese version of the B-side song "Sakura Modern", titled "San Sheng Shi San Sheng Lu", was included in the Chinese maxi-single Xin Zhan (Red Cliff).
Marty Friedman covered "Ashita e no Sanka" in his 2009 instrumental album Tokyo Jukebox.
Track Listing
CD
- Ashita e no Sanka (明日への讃歌; A Hymn for Tomorrow) (Lyrics: Nojima Shinji; Music: Kikuchi Kazuhito, Arrangement: Nakano Yuuta)
- Sakura Modern (桜モダン; Modern Cherry Blossoms) (Lyrics: Watanabe Natsumi; Music: Kikuchi Kazuhito, Arrangement: tasuku)
- Ashita e no Sanka (Instrumental)
- Sakura Modern (Instrumental)
DVD
- Ashita e no Sanka (Music video)
- Making of Ashita e no Sanka
References
ja:明日への讃歌 zh:明日への讃歌