Akira Kosemura

Honey Lemon Soda (TV Anime Series Original Soundtrack)

$22.00

January 29th release. 

The original soundtrack album for the TV anime “Honey Lemon Soda”, composed by Akira Kosemura, is being released.

This anime TV series adaptation of a popular Japanese girls manga series by Murata Mayu has sold more than 13 million copies in total.  It is a milestone of an adolescent love story about Uka Ishimori, whom entered a high school with a liberal atmosphere in order to change herself, then meets a popular boy in class with lemon-hair named Kai Miura, and the two become acquainted with one another and gradually grows up together.

This beautiful gem of a soundtrack plays the vibrant worldview of the story and the dazzling yet gentle distinctive scent and colours of Uka and Kai.

The musical works were produced based on Akira Kosemura's peculiar beauty touch on the piano, and the interweaving strings and other acoustic instruments, featuring Hollie Kenniff and Julia Kent from the United States.  The mastering was completed by his ally Lawrence English.  This remarkable soundtrack produced with international acclaimed artists, marks a completely difference from the ordinary anime soundtrack.

All Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by 小瀬村晶

Co-Write: Hollie Kenniff for Ambient Elements (Track 9, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Co-Write: Julia Kent for Cello (Track 16, 17)

Score Recordist: 小瀬村晶, 檜谷瞬六
Score Mixer: 檜谷瞬六
Mastering Engineer: Lawrence English

Recorded at Schole Tokyo, Studio Tanta
Mixed at 54it
Mastered at Negative Space

Assistant Engineer: 鈴木健太 (Studio Tanta)

Piano, Synthesizer, Electronics, Sound Programming and All Other Instruments: 小瀬村晶
Ambient Elements: Hollie Kenniff
Cello: Julia Kent
Strings Quartet: Yui, 藤崎美乃, 田中詩織, 井上真那美

Designer: 菊地慎

Production Management: SCHOLE INC.

℗&© 村田真優／集英社・ハニーレモンソーダ製作委員会

TVアニメ「ハニーレモンソーダ」
原作： 村田真優（集英社「りぼん」連載）
監督： 錦織博
アニメーション制作： J.C.STAFF
製作： 「ハニーレモンソーダ」製作委員会

音楽協力： 金野沙矢香 (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC.)

Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.
Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira's music was ranked in Spotify's "Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10", and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.
Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers' CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan's debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.
In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L'OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.
In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira's music was also sampled in John Legend's song "The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody" included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

“It feels impossible to get tired of, circumscribed and boundless at once.”
by Pitchfork

“Fantastic stuff.”
by Gilles Peterson

“Peaceful, evocative music”
by Fact Magazine