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

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

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]

Àlainn's 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]

In 2015, David Foster offers Sarah Àlainn to sing Colors of the Wind for the Japanese version of the album We Love Disney (2015 album).[6]

In 2017, she plays the violin for Ludovico Einaudi's concert at the Sumida Triphony Hall.[7]

Since 2018, she has been the co-host of Kabuki Kool (alongside Kataoka Ainosuke VI), a Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) TV program used to introduce kabuki to foreign audiences.[8][9]

Àlainn is known for playing various instruments in concert. While her main instruments are her voice and the violin (acoustic and electric), she also plays the piano and keyboards, the kalimba,[10] and occasionally the guitar,[11] the harpsichord or the pipe organ.[12]

Albums

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Number Release date Title Catalog Number
Limited Edition Regular Edition
1st 2012-6-20 Celeste UCCY-9014 UCCY-1025
2nd 2014-9-24 SARAH UCCY-9021 (Blu-ray)
UCCY-9020 (DVD)
UCCY-1040
2015-4-8 SARAH – Deluxe Edition UCCY-1054/5
3rd 2015-11-25 f UCCY-9025 UCCY-1059
4th 2017-2-22 ANIMA UCCY-1074
5th 2017-10-25 Cinema Music UCCY-1084

Video Game Songs

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Release Year Game Song Title Composer
2010 Xenoblade Chronicles Beyond The Sky Yasunori Mitsuda
2012 Time Travelers The Final Time Traveler Hideki Sakamoto
2017 Valkyria 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
2022 Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Sunbreak Satoshi Hori
2024 Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Flags of Brave Michiko Naruke, Motoi Sakuraba[13]
2024 SaGa: Emerald Beyond
  1. Crazy For Who?[14]
  2. Beyond the Doors[15]
Kenji Ito

Anime and TV Music

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

TV and radio shows

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References

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  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. ^ "Sarah Àlainn joins star-cast on Disney's "We Love Disney" album produced by David Foster!". www.facebook.com. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Sarah Àlainn ~サラ~". Tumblr. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "「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.
  9. ^ "Kabuki Kool". NHK Global site. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ^ "八ヶ岳カラマツ・カリンバ Yatsugatake Karamatsu Kalimba". Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Sarah Àlainn ~サラ~". Tumblr. December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ 【LIVE】Shchedryk Carol of the Bells /Pipe Organ, Voice & Choir|Sarah Àlainn サラ・オレイン | パイプオルガン弾き語り. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  13. ^ "Flags of Brave - Official Eiyuden Chronicle Wiki". Official Eiyuden Chronicle Wiki. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  14. ^ Crazy for Who? / Diva No.5【SaGa Emerald Beyond official MV】. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  15. ^ "SQEX-11121~3 | SaGa Emerald Beyond Original Soundtrack - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  16. ^ "KABUKI KOOL | NHK WORLD-JAPAN". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  17. ^ "《TOKYO FM新番組》音楽の女神 サラ・オレイン、初のラジオレギュラー番組!『Peace of Mind:土曜の朝のサラ・オレイン』". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1|PR TIMES (in Japanese). 27 March 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2024.