Sarah Àlainn
サラ・オレイン
Àlainn in 2015
Background information
InstrumentsViolin, Vocals, Piano
Years active2010–present
LabelsUniversal Music
Member ofLa Diva[1]

Sarah Àlainn is an Australian singer-songwriter. She is mostly active in Japan.[2]

In 2010, her vocals were featured on the closing theme song "Beyond the Sky" (composed by Yasunori Mitsuda) for the Xenoblade video game on Wii.[3] While studying at the University of Tokyo, she learned that composer Yasunori Mitsuda was looking for a singer with native-language English for a video game song, and she was hired by Mitsuda for the role. After returning to Australia, she learned that the song was very well received, and decided to become a singer. Àlainn returned to Japan with her family's permission (for only a year) only to begin her musical career. Near the end of the one-year period before she had to return to Australia, her demo CD went to Universal Music and they extended her a recording contract. Her father had recently died and she thinks the contract was his gift to her from beyond the grave.[4]

Her second classical music album "Sarah" had originally charted at no. 13 in the Billboard Japan Top Classical Albums. In December 2014 it moved up to no. 1, after Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu had performed to the song "The final time traveler" at the exhibition gala of the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final. Àlainn also presented the song with Hanyu as a live music collaboration at the 2014 edition of the touring ice show Fantasy on Ice.[5]

Since 2018, she has been the co-host of Kabuki Kool (alongside Kataoka Ainosuke VI), an NHK program used to introduce kabuki to foreign audiences.[6][7]

Albums

NumberRelease dateTitleCatalog Number
Limited EditionRegular Edition
1st 2012-6-20CelesteUCCY-9014UCCY-1025
2nd 2014-9-24SARAHUCCY-9021 (Blu-ray)
UCCY-9020 (DVD)		UCCY-1040
2015-4-8SARAH – Deluxe EditionUCCY-1054/5
3rd 2015-11-25fUCCY-9025UCCY-1059
4th 2017-2-22ANIMAUCCY-1074
5th 2017-10-25Cinema MusicUCCY-1084

Video Game Songs

Release Year Game Song Title Composer
2010Xenoblade Chronicles Beyond The SkyYasunori Mitsuda
2012Time Travelers The Final Time TravelerHideki Sakamoto
2017Valkyria Revolution Azure Revolution Yasunori Mitsuda
Lacrimosa ~ Tears to Dust
Feel My Wrath
Requiem in the Dark Night ~Presage and Death~
VALKYRIA ~The Power of Destruction~
Eternal Rest
2022Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak SunbreakSatoshi Hori

Anime and TV Music

Release Year Title Song Title Composer
2018Segodon (TV historical drama) Wa ga kokyô, Segodon Kikô Satsuma-hen, Segodon Kikô Yoshinosuke-hen, Waga kokyô ～Umi no kanata～Harumi Fuuki
2021The Promised Neverland (Anime) Main Theme, Isabella's Theme Takahiro Ōbata
2022Irina (Anime) Simple Life ~ My BelovedYasunori Mitsuda

References

  1. ↑ "PROFILE | Sarah Àlainn 公式サイト「1/F」".
  2. ↑ "Mainichi Weekly CD ウィークリータイプ". Mainichi Weekly CD. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "『XENOBLADE （ゼノブレイド）』のエンディングを歌ったサラ・オレインが駒場祭でライブ". famitsu.com (in Japanese). 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "人生を変えた東大留学時の体験 いやしの歌姫サラ・オレインさん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ↑ 第1位はサラ・オレイン『SARAH』、フィギュアスケート・ベストが初登場第2位. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Minato, Tokyo. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "「KABUKI KOOL」が新ナビゲーターで第5シーズンスタート". kabuki-bito.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Kabuki Kool". NHK Global site. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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