"Moon Pride" | ||||
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![]() CD+Blu-Ray (Sailor Moon Edition) cover | ||||
Single by Momoiro Clover Z | ||||
from the album Hakkin no Yoake | ||||
A-side | "Moon Pride" | |||
B-side |
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Released | July 30, 2014 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 16:10 (Sailor Moon Edition) 25:02 (Momoclo Edition) | |||
Label | Evil Line Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Revo, Sumire Shirobara, Akiko Kosaka ("Moon Pride") | |||
Momoiro Clover Z singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Momoiro Clover Z "Moon Pride" on YouTube |
"Moon Pride" (stylized as "MOON PRIDE") is the 12th single by the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z, released in Japan on July 30, 2014.[1]
Details
[edit]The single contains theme songs for the 2014 anime series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal. ("Moon Pride" is the opening song and "Gekkō" is the ending song.)[2][3]
"Moon Pride" was written, composed and arranged by Revo from the band Sound Horizon.[4] The guitar solos were performed by American rock musician Marty Friedman.[5]
The single was released in two versions: "Sailor Moon Edition" and "Momoclo Edition". The Sailor Moon Edition comes with a Blu-ray Disc featuring a music video. The Momoclo Edition is CD-only, but contains an additional song on it, a cover of "Moon Revenge" from Sailor Moon R: The Movie.[1][6][7]
The music video was directed by Yasushi Uemura, supervised by Crystal series director Munehisa Sakai and animated by Toei Animation. It consists of a montage of video clips from Crystal. In the video, viewers could see for the first time transformation sequences of three soldiers that hadn't yet appeared in the series (in the episodes that had already aired): Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter.[1]
The single debuted at number 3 in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart with the opening day sales in excess of 29,000 copies.
Track listing
[edit]Sailor Moon Edition (CD+Blu-ray)
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Moon Pride" (MOON PRIDE) | Revo | Revo | 3:43 |
2. | "Gekkō" (月虹, "Moonbow") | Sumire Shirobara | Akiko Kosaka | 4:22 |
3. | "Moon Pride" (off vocal ver.) | 3:43 | ||
4. | "Gekkō" (off vocal ver.) | 4:22 | ||
Total length: | 16:10 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Moon Pride" (music video) |
Momoclo Edition (CD only)
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Moon Pride" | 3:43 | ||
2. | "Gekkō" | 4:22 | ||
3. | "Moon Revenge" | Kayoko Fuyumori | Akiko Kosaka | 4:26 |
4. | "Moon Pride" (off vocal ver.) | 3:43 | ||
5. | "Gekkō" (off vocal ver.) | 4:22 | ||
6. | "Moon Revenge" (off vocal ver.) | 4:26 | ||
Total length: | 25:02 |
Personnel
[edit]Momoiro Clover Z
[edit]- Momoka Ariyasu – lead and backing vocals
- Kanako Momota – lead and backing vocals
- Ayaka Sasaki – lead and backing vocals
- Reni Takagi – lead and backing vocals
- Shiori Tamai – lead and backing vocals
Additional musicians
[edit]- Nozomu Furukawa – electric guitar ("Gekkō")
- Marty Friedman – electric guitar ("Moon Pride")
- Kenshō Hagiwara – French horn ("Gekkō")
- Jonathan Hammill – French horn ("Gekkō")
- Atsushi Hasegawa – bass guitar ("Moon Pride")
- Yukari Hashimoto – synthesizer programmer ("Moon Revenge")
- Kōji Igarashi – piano and electric organ ("Moon Pride")
- Hana Inoue – French horn ("Gekkō")
- Gen Ittetsu Strings – string section ("Moon Pride" and "Gekkō")
- Jun-ji – drums ("Moon Pride")
- Akiko Kosaka – synthesizer programmer ("Gekkō")
- Matarō Misawa – timpani ("Moon Pride")
- Susumu Nishikawa – guitar ("Moon Revenge")
- Revo – synthesizer programmer ("Moon Pride")
- Yoshiyuki Uema – French horn ("Gekkō")
- Sachiko Watanabe – backing vocals ("Moon Revenge")
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Oricon Daily Singles Chart[8] | 2 |
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[9] | 3 |
Billboard Japan Hot Animation[10] | 1 |
Other versions
[edit]The Cantonese pop group Super Girls released a cover of "Moon Pride" on May 3, 2016.[11]
The band Pastel*Palettes from the anime franchise BanG Dream! did a shortened cover of "Moon Pride". Arranged by Elements Garden's Ryota Tomaru, the cover was included in the game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Komatsu, Mikikazu (July 20, 2014). "VIDEO: "Sailor Moon Crystal" Theme Song PV Introduces Sailor Mars, Jupiter, Venus Transformation". Crunchyroll.
- ^ "ももクロ、過去最大規模のライブが大熱狂 新セーラームーン主題歌「MOON PRIDE」を披露". Ameba News (in Japanese). 2014-07-26. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
- ^ "「セーラームーン」主題歌 ももいろクローバーZ「MOON PRIDE」のジャケットデザインを公開". OK Music (in Japanese). 2014-07-05.
- ^ "セーラー戦士が日替わり登場! 新セーラームーンOP・ED視聴サイト公開". KAI-YOU (in Japanese). 2014-07-25.
- ^ Sahota, Shalimar (July 19, 2014). "Full theme to Momoiro Clover Z's Moon Pride from Sailor Moon Crystal". MCM Buzz. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ^ "ももクロ、新曲「MOON PRIDE」のMVは全編『美少女戦士セーラームーンCrystal』で構成". Barks (in Japanese). July 19, 2014.
- ^ "ももクロ、美少女戦士セーラームーンCrystal主題歌の朝夜試聴サイト開設". My Navi (in Japanese). July 25, 2014.
- ^ "2014年08月01日のCDシングルデイリーランキング(2014年08月01日付)". Oricon. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "2014年07月28日~2014年08月03日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2014年08月11日付)". Oricon. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Animation│Charts│Billboard JAPAN (2014/08/11 付け)". Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ "Super Girls Release Official Music Video for "Sailor Moon Crystal(美少女戰士)" Cantonese Version Theme Song 'MOON PRIDE'".
- ^ "Music". BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!. Bushiroad. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
External links
[edit]- "Moon Pride" in Momoiro Clover Z discography
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