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I selected these musics according to the theme and title of the website version 8: Old Times Tales. This one-hour long playlist is an invitation to daydream, to remember some of your tragic tales, it may evoke passages of stories told by Kaori Yuki, or some of her characters. For example, I associate the piano theme of "Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut" (No. 4) with Alexiel (Angel Sanctuary), or "La Mort sur le Dancefloor" (No. 10) with Alice (Alice in Murderland).

This playlist was created in 2024 to replace the one from 2012. The sound quality is poor on purpose, my goal is to reduce the overall size of the files for a lighter streaming.
 

1. Prélude 80

0:51
Compositrice : MilaMarina
Album: 2014, Pull
♦ Jut a mysterious and ethereal short intro, to get in the mood. ^^

2. Kirameku Hamabe ("glittering beach")

4:13
Composer: Keiichi Suzuki (sung by Yuiko Ohara)
Album: 2017, Houseki no Kuni OST (anime "Land of the Lustrous") [lyrics]
♦ A song of dreams and hope, which would be well suited to lovers... or to Belle's romantic dreams in "Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost."

3. Other Side

3:47
Composer: Miyavi
Album: 2019, No Sleep Till Tokyo [lyrics] (ED of the anime "ID: Invaded")
♦ Alice's past, when she becomes a killer for the Kuonji. Or, the dialogue between Stella and Alice (where's who?). But this theme also suits Adrian when he wants to join Lawrence ("Boy's Next Door")...

4. Covert Operation "N Project"

1:50
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Album: 2021, Tsuki to Raika to Nosuferatu OST (anime "Irina the Vampire Cosmonaut")
♦ This secret "projet N" is about a sacrificial "shipment" with no guarantee of return. This deep melody reminds me of Alexiel's choice of rebelling, full of heavy consequences. And you?

5. Le Sang de Mon Prochain ("The blood of my neighbour")

3:30
Groupe : La Femme
Album: 2021, Paradigmes [lyrics]
♦ Mephistofeles from "Demon from Afar". ;)

6. Le cristal

2:11
Composer: Vladimir Cosma
Album: 1985, Les Mondes Engloutis OST (French cartoon)
♦ The mystery in tales. ♥

7. Le jour le plus froid du monde ("The coldest day ever")

4:52
Band: Dionysos (feat. Emily Loiseau)
Album: 2007, La Mécanique du cœur (animation movie) [lyrics]
♦ A romance in the same spirit as Kaori Yuki's universes. ^^

8. Masquerade

3:55
Composer: Kenichiro Suehiro (sung by the duet ClariS)
Album: 2022, Shadows House 2 OST [lyrics]
♦ Regrets and melancholy. A bit like the desperate relationship between Rutile and the queen Gem Silica ("The Royal Doll Orchestra").

9. La Mort sur le Dancefloor ("Death dancing on the dancefloor")

3:29
Composer: Vitalic (feat. Rebeka Warrior)
Album: 2012, Rave Age [lyrics]
♦ We're takling here about Alice of course!!

10. Faceless

3:44
Composer: Kenichiro Suehiro
Album: 2021, Shadows House OST (anime)
♦ I could see this waltz used as a furious dance for the characters in "Alice in Murderland".

11. Who Am I Now?

3:44
Band: Air
Album: 2012, Le Voyage dans la Lune [lyrics]
♦ Stella, lost in Alice's mind... Who am I? Where am I?

12. Gollum's Song

3:44
Composer: Howard Shore (sung by Emiliana Torrini)
Album: 2002, The Lord of the Rings II OST [lyrics]
♦ There are a few characters to whom we can attribute this nostalgic song, song of a character destined for a lonely and corrupt life, like some found in "Count Cain" and "Angel Sanctuary".

13. Vale of Imladris

2:38
Composer: Chance Thomas
Album: 2007, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (online video game)
♦ It could be some musical background in "Angel Sanctuary" skies.

14. Rum

3:14
Composer: Kenichiro Suehiro
Album: 2021, Shadows House OST
♦ Melancholic atmosphere...

15. Aquarium

3:36
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, remix by William Orbit
Album: 2010, Pieces in a Modern Style 2 (original from 1886)

16. Lacrimosa (day of tears)

4:02
Composer: Zbigniev Preisner
Album: 1998, Requiem for my friend
♦ I dedicate this prayer to all the characters the mangaka killed in her mangas... It could be the perfect conclusion to "Camelot Garden".
Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla, judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce, Deus. Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem.
("That day of tears, From the dust of earth returning, Man for judgement must prepare him. Spare him, O God. Lord, Jesus blest, Grant them Thine eternal rest.")

Previous playlists or BGM

2012 - Mainly inspired by Devil's Lost Soul

1. Umineko no Naku Koro ni OST - Majo ga Sumu Shima  [The island where the witch lives]
2. Umineko no Naku Koro ni OST - Akiko Shikata - VII
3. Steve Hackett - Hands of the Priestess, part I (instrumental)
4. Akiko Shikata - Kin'iro no Choushou ~Uruwashii no Bansan~  [Lovely banquet]
5. KanonxKanon - The Doll House!
6. Vocaloid Meiko & Miku - Shado - Kurayami no Oku ni  [In the depth of darkness]
7. Esper Gakuen - Akui to ai no Sukima no Puzzle  [The puzzle of the gap between malice and love]
8. Mozart l'Opéra Rock - Bim Bam Boum
9. Dead Can Dance - Anabasis
10. Vampire Knight OST - Theme of Maria Kurenai (instrumental)
11. Steve Hackett - Pièces Froides n°1 - Airs à faire fuir I (Erik Satie cover)

2009 - Mainly inspired by The Royal Doll Orchestra

1. Kokusyoku Sumire - Circus no Uma  [Circus horse]
2. Ali Project - Kimi ga Tame, Oshi kara Zarishi Meisa he  [Just for you, I don't regret my life]
3. Ali Project - Gokuraku Ibarahime  [Heaven's Sleeping Beauty]
4. Miranda Sex Garden - Caravan (Ellington, Mills, Tizol cover)
5. Epica - The Last Crusade (live at Miskolc)
6. Emilie Simon - Alicia (live at l'Olympia)
7. Tarja Turunen - Damned Vampires and Gothic Divine
8. John Playford - Moll Peatly, or the old Marinett
9. Kokusyoku Sumire - Junketsu ha Aka  [Purity is Red]
10. Buck-Tick - Die
11. Miranda Sex Garden - Sleeping Beauty
12. Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Cantara (Dead Can Dance cover)
13. Leila - In the Garden (based upon an Ukrainian folk song)
14. Wizo - Poupée de Cire (Serge Gainsbourg cover)
15. Ali Project - Illness and Ruins
16. Zabadak - Ningyou tachi no Nagai Gosui (live ''Noren Wake'')  [The long nap of the dolls]

2006

1. Heroes of Might and Magic IV - Asylum
2...?

2004 - Inspired by Ludwig Revolution

Le Pacte des Loups OST - La Tessier (beginning only)

2003 - Inspired by God Child

Chopin - Mazurka in A minor, opus posthumous 68, no 2

2002

Edward Scissorhands OST - Theme

2001

Satie - Gnossienne no 3