Elysion −楽園への前奏曲−

Major 1st Album Elysion −楽園への前奏曲− (Hepburn: Elysion −Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku−, lit. "Elysion −Prelude to Paradise−") is Sound Horizon's first commercial debut album. Released on October 27th, 2004, this album marks the anniversary of Sound Horizon. The album contains 8 tracks, with 6 being from the doujin era and 2 teasing their next release Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～. Because it is a commercial debut album, it was made for new audiences to understand the style of SH. In September of 2004, after this album was scheduled for preorder, the number of reservations ranked number 1 in Japan's Amazon reservations list. This album, along with 10 others, was remastered in 2020 for Sound Horizon's 15th Anniversary.

Tracklist
=Re:Master Project=

Personnel

 * Sound Horizon
 * Revo – music production, lyrics, composition, arrangement, guitar, keyboards, computer programming, recording (tracks 1-8), mixing (tracks 2-7)
 * Aramary – vocals, backing vocals, voice acting, narrations


 * Additional musicians
 * Jimang – vocals, backing vocals, voice acting, narrations (tracks 2, 4-7)
 * 霜月はるか (Haruka Shimotsuki) – vocals, backing vocals (track 5)
 * 篠崎ゆかり (Yukari Shinozaki) – violin (track 2)
 * 鈴木睦美 (Mutsumi Suzuki) – violin (track 4)
 * 小原茂 (Shigeru Ohara) – cello
 * 宮田麻沙代 (Masayo Miyata) – oboe
 * 小嶋和久 (Kazuhisa Kojima) – clarinet
 * 坂上領 (Ryō Sakagami) – flute
 * 原口豊明 (Toyoaki Haraguchi) – uilleann pipes
 * 梅津三知代 (Michiyo Umezu) – celtic harp


 * Technical
 * Recorded at Studio C5 and WONDER BEAT STUDIO
 * Mixed at Studio C5 and studio-EAST


 * Kazuto Sato (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) – recording (tracks 1, 8)
 * 志村省一 (Shoichi Shimura) (studio-EAST) – mixing (tracks 1, 8)
 * Manabu Ito (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) – assistant engineering
 * Naomi Irie (studio-EAST) – assistant engineering


 * Artwork
 * yokoyan – cover art
 * Hazeri Kuri – booklet and label design


 * 『ELYSION』Special Strings
 * 1st violins
 * 鈴木睦美 (Mutsumi Suzuki)
 * 粥川綾子 (Ayako Kayukawa)
 * 日俣綾子 (Ayako Himata)
 * Nobuko Sakota
 * 2nd violin
 * Izumi Murayama
 * 嶋村由美子 (Yumiko Shimamura)
 * 能登佳奈子 (Kanako Noto)
 * 越川歩 (Ayumi Koshikawa)
 * Violas
 * 田中詩織 (Shiori Tanaka)
 * 石井啓太 (Keita Ishii)
 * Cellos
 * 小原茂 (Shigeru Ohara)
 * 友納真緒 (Mao Tomonō)


 * Production
 * 臼田美夫 (Yoshio Usuda) (CRASYS.co) – production
 * 吉澤徹人 (Tetsuhito Yoshizawa) (Harvest Entertainment) – executive production