Moira

6th Story CD Moira is the fourth major album released by Sound Horizon on September 3rd, 2008. This album is structured differently from previous releases like Roman; each song is just a sliver of an overarching story, with each song leading seamlessly to the next. This had lead it to be considered one giant song, only divided into sections for narrative clarity. If one listens to it from start to finish, there is no clear indication where songs begin or end, being a seamless collection from start to finish. The length of the album is 79 minutes and 59 seconds, close to the max capacity of a CD. In the production of Moria, the finished work exceeded the limits of a single CD. The publisher, KING RECORDS, did not want to release it on two discs so the album was cut down significantly. The tracks are written in a way to further the seamless track ideal, with each track being a Japanese subtitle with an accompanying Greek subtitle. This is the third Sound Horizon release to feature a riddle website, with the bonus tracks not being physically on the CD but on an external website.

The original release date for Moira was August 13th, 2008, but was postponed to September 3rd. In November of 2009 C&L Music, a Korean CD publisher, released Moira for South Korean audiences. Going forward, C&L Music published 5 other SH CDs, 3 SH DVDs, and 5 Linked Horizon CDs. The release featured an officially translated lyric booklet printed in black and white. The album's catalog number is CNLR 0910. This album, along with 10 others, was remastered in 2020 for Sound Horizon's 15th Anniversary.

Moira's Riddle
To access the "Riddle" page for Moira, one must look at the pattern that emerged for previous riddles. For Roman, the extension was /soundhorizon/moira/, for 聖戦のイベリア, the extension was /soundhorizon/iberia/. So naturally the first link would be http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/soundhorizon/moira/. The text in the text box and answer button reads: However, no matter what you input, Thanatos will grow angry at you, possibly for trying to cheat your way to the bonus track by picking up on the BT patterns from previous releases.

Depending on the version, there are two ways to get the real riddle's link. For the Regular Edition (and the Korean/Re:Master release), take off the CD plate from the jewel case and look deep into Thanatos' eyes. the riddle link will be looped around his iris. For the LE, you must open the CD plate and remove the back cover. On the other side, it would appear to just be a blank white page, until you hold the paper up at a certain angle, revealing the real riddle's link.

After entering the URL, you will be presented with a blank black screen. However, moving your mouse reveals the text and images on the page. Using your mouse pointer like a flashlight, the following text is revealed: TRANSLATE AND FORMAT THE WEBSITE TEXT, AND HOW TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE!!

Personnel

 * Sound Horizon
 * Revo – music production, lyrics, composition, arrangement, computer programming
 * Vocals and voices


 * Θανατος (Thanatos)
 * 宇都宮隆 (Takashi Utsunomiya) (TM NETWORK)
 * 岩崎良美 (Yoshimi Iwasaki)
 * 栗林みな実 (Minami Kuribayashi)
 * 霜月はるか (Haruka Shimotsuki)
 * 内藤彩加 (Ayaka Naitō)


 * MIKI
 * REMI
 * KAORI
 * YUUKI
 * Jimang
 * Ελευσευς (Elefseus)


 * Voices


 * Ike Nelson
 * 深見梨加 (Rika Fukami)
 * 飛田展男 (Nobuo Tobita)
 * 大塚明夫 (Akio Ōtsuka)
 * 桑島法子 (Hōko Kuwashima)
 * ゆかな (yukana)


 * 若本規夫 (Norio Wakamoto)
 * 井上麻里奈 (Marina Inoue)
 * 小山力也 (Rikiya Koyama)
 * 日高のり子 (Noriko Hidaka)
 * 中村悠一 (Yūichi Nakamura)
 * Binchai
 * Ken Summerstone


 * Musicians


 * Юзупикоский (Yuzupikoskiy) – percussion programming support
 * 斉藤"jake"慎吾 (Shingo "jake" Saitō) – guitars


 * 河合英史 (Eiji Kawai) – acoustic piano, keyboards
 * 長谷川淳 (Atsushi Hasegawa) – bass
 * 藤本健一 (Kenichi Fujimoto) – drums


 * Additional musicians


 * 朝川朋之 (Tomonori Asakawa) – harp
 * 平原まこと (Makoto Hirahara) – alto saxophone, clarinet
 * 水野弘文 (Hirofumi Mizuno) – accordion
 * 和智秀樹 (Hideki Wachi) – mandolin, balalaika
 * 旭孝 (Takashi Asahi) – pan flute, recorder
 * 田代耕一郎 (Koichiro Tashiro) – bouzouki


 * 相馬充 (Mitsuru Soma) – flute, piccolo
 * 柴山洋 (Hiroshi Shibayama) – oboe
 * 元木瑞香 (Mizuka Motoki) – clarinet
 * 藤田旬 (Jun Fujita) – bassoon
 * 坂上領 (Ryō Sakagami) – flute
 * 弦一徹 (Gen Ittetsu) – solo violin
 * エリック・ミヤシロ (Eric Miyashiro) – solo trumpet


 * 弦一徹ストリングス (Gen Ittetsu Strings)


 * 1st Violins
 * 弦一徹 (Gen Ittetsu)
 * 門脇大辅 (Daisuke Kadowaki)
 * 永田真希 (Maki Nagata)
 * 黒木薫 (Kaoru Kuroki)
 * 照本涼子(Ryōko Terumoto)
 * 藤村正芳 (Masayoshi Fujimura)
 * 小倉達夫 (Tatsuo Ogura)
 * 海和伸子 (Nobuko Kaiwa)
 * 伊能修 (Osamu Iyoku)


 * 2nd Violins
 * 森琢哉 (Takuya Mori)
 * 田尻順 (Jun Tajiri)
 * 城戸喜代 (Kijo Kido)
 * 伊藤彩 (Aya Itō)
 * 牛山玲名 (Leina Ushiyama)
 * 吉田翔平 (Shōhei Yoshida)
 * 村越麻希子 (Makiko Murakoshi)
 * 藤縄陽子 (Yōko Fujinawa)


 * Violas
 * 金子芳子 (Yoshiko Kaneko)
 * 西村知佳子 (Chikako Nishimura)
 * 村田泰子 (Yasuko Murata)
 * 梶谷裕子 (Yūko Kajitani)
 * 真部裕 (Yū Manabe)


 * Cellos
 * 森田香織 (Kaori Morita)
 * 田中雅弘 (Masahiro Tanaka)
 * 堀沢真己 (Masami Horisawa)
 * 謝名元民 (Tami Janamoto)
 * 遠藤益民 (Matsutami Endō)
 * 岩永知樹 (Tomoki Iwanaga)


 * Double Bass
 * 竹下欣伸 (Yoshinobu Takeshita)
 * 一本茂樹 (Shigeki Ippon)
 * 田中伸司 (Shinji Tanaka)


 * Brass section


 * Trumpets
 * エリック・ミヤシロ (Eric Miyashiro)
 * 横山均 (Hitoshi Yokoyama)
 * 木幡光邦 (Mitsukuni Kohata)
 * 小林正弘 (Masahiro Kobayashi)


 * Trombones
 * 片岡雄三 (Yūzō Kataoka)
 * 河合わかば (Wakaba Kawai)
 * Fred Simmons


 * Bass Trombones
 * 清岡太郎 (Tarō Kiyooka)
 * 内田光昭 (Mitsuaki Uchida)


 * Horns
 * 堂山敦史 (Atsushi Dōyama)
 * 村本岳史 (Takeshi Muramoto)
 * 岡村陽 (Yō Okamura)
 * 木村隆 (Takashi Kimura)
 * Natsuko Watanabe


 * Choir


 * Soprano
 * Takako Ishikawa
 * Sumiko Hosokawa
 * Sachiko Watanabe


 * Alto
 * Chise Kikutani
 * Maki Yamanaka
 * Hiroko Oda


 * Tenor
 * Takuya Ieshima
 * 真藤敬利 (Takatoshi Shindō)
 * Takehiko Hokazono


 * Bass
 * Koshiro Ishikawa
 * Takahiko Kimura
 * Kimihiro Sadakuni


 * Production
 * 高橋幸司 (Kōji Takahashi) (Rap Products) – production
 * 高木真由美 (Mayumi Takagi) (Rap Products) – direction