Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～

4th Story CD Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～ (Hepburn: Elysion ～Rakuen Gensō Monogatari Kumikyoku～, lit. "Elysion ～Paradise Fantasy Story Suite～") is the first Story CD after Sound Horizon's major debut. Released on April 13th, 2005, the singing and performance credits for this album reached over 40 members. Taking the general public into consideration, the composition and overall style of this album differs from other works like Chronicle 2nd substantially. The composition is fairly simpler and the tracks don't break over 6 minutes in length. The album contains 11 tracks, but there are 45 tracks on the CD. from tracks 12 to 44, they are blank seconds of only audio. Track 44 is the only one of these 45 tracks to contain audio, and track 45 is silent. As a sign of not truly losing their doujin roots, this album is the last to contain a system sound set.

In August of 2012 C&L Music, a Korean CD publisher, released Elysion ～楽園幻想物語組曲～ 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 1205. This album, along with 10 others, was remastered in 2020 for Sound Horizon's 15th Anniversary.

Media Mix
This album inspired numerous spinoffs and original works, including a manga entitled Ark (Manga) written by Yukimaru Katsura in 2006. They were divided into two parts, releasing in ULTRA JUMP, a monthly magazine run by Shueisha inc.

This album also inspired a 2014 novelization entitled Elysion 二つの楽園を廻る物語 in collaboration with Sound Horizon for their 10th Anniversary. Published by Kakukawa Bookstore, there was also a manga with the same name based on the novels. Published in the montly magazine ASUKA, the two part manga's books were released on October 26, 2015 and May 26, 2016 respectively.

Personnel

 * Sound Horizon
 * Revo – music production, lyrics, composition, arrangement, electric guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6, 10), keyboards, etc...
 * Aramary – vocals, backing vocals, narrations, voice acting


 * Additional musicians
 * Jimang – vocals, backing vocals, voice acting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11)
 * 張戸美好 (Miyoshi Harito) – additional soprano vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8, 11)
 * 福田真一朗 (Shin'ichiro Fukuda) – steel-string acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 8)
 * 斉藤"jake"慎吾 (Shingo "jake" Saitō) – electric guitar, nylon-string acoustic guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, steel 12-string acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 7, 9)
 * 田村滋 (Shigeru Tamura) – electric bass guitar, electric fretless bass guitar
 * 南都亮二 (Ryōji Nanto) – drums
 * Toriko Himeno – tambourine
 * Yasurō Yagami – percussion
 * 滝井美雪 (Miyuki Takii) – piano
 * 西山まりえ (Marie Nishiyama) – harpsichord
 * 坂上領 (Ryō Sakagami) – flute
 * 宮田麻沙代 (Masayo Miyata) – oboe
 * 原口豊明 (Toyoaki Haraguchi) – uilleann pipes
 * 梅津三知代 (Michiyo Umezu) – celtic harp
 * 鈴木睦美 (Mutsumi Suzuki) – violin
 * 山縣賢太郎 (Kentarō Yamagata) – trumpet
 * 茅野嘉亮 (Yoshiaki Kayano) – trumpet
 * 五十嵐誠 (Makoto Igarashi) – trombone
 * 大郷良知 (Ryōchi Daigō) – alto saxophone
 * 鈴木圭 (Kei Suzuki) – tenor saxophone
 * 竹村直哉 (Naoya Takemura) – baritone saxophone


 * 『Elysion』Special Strings Section
 * 1st Violins
 * 鈴木睦美 (Mutsumi Suzuki)
 * 粥川綾子 (Ayako Kayukawa)
 * 日俣綾子 (Ayako Himata)
 * Nobuko Sakota
 * 田中大介 (Daisuke Tanaka)
 * 北島綾乃 (Ayano Kitajima)
 * 2nd Violins
 * Izumi Murayama
 * 嶋村由美子 (Yumiko Shimamura)
 * 能登佳奈子 (Kanako Noto)
 * 越川歩 (Ayumi Koshikawa)
 * Kyoko Hamada
 * 田平純子 (Junko Tabira)
 * Violas
 * 田中詩織 (Shiori Tanaka)
 * 石井啓太 (Keita Ishii)
 * 高瀬有美 (Yumi Takase)
 * Cellos
 * 小原茂 (Shigeru Ohara)
 * 友納真緒 (Mao Tomonō)
 * 佐々木友子 (Tomoko Sasaki)


 * Technical
 * Masahiko Ueda (Sound Forest) – sound effects
 * 恵比須弘和 (Hirokazu Ebisu) (Walla-Works, inc.) – sound effects
 * 吉田有希 (Yūki Yoshida) (Walla-Works, inc.) – sound effects
 * 朝野"chara"克彦 (Katsuhiko "chara" Asano) – recording, mixing (tracks 1-11)
 * Kazuto Sato (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) – recording
 * 矢作寿江 (Hisae Yahagi) (STUDIO Z'd) – mixing (Extra Track, etc...)
 * Manabu Ito (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) – assistant engineering
 * 鋤柄務 (Tsutomu Sukigara) (MALIBU STUDIO) – assistant engineering
 * 澁澤賢 (Ken Shibusawa) (KING SEKIGUCHIDAI st.) – mastering


 * Artwork
 * yokoyan – cover art
 * 橘田貴文 (Takafumi Kitsuda) – design
 * 鎌野友理子 (Yuriko Kamano) – art direction


 * Promotion
 * 浅沼正人 (Masato Asanuma) – promotion production
 * 山田慎也 (Shin'ya Yamada) – A&R
 * Hiroyuki Terui – sales promotion
 * Yukari Kobayashi – sales desk


 * Production
 * 高橋幸司 (Kōji Takahashi) (Rap Creative) – production, executive production
 * Yukio Okamoto (OBCAT) – executive production
 * Michiko Shinohara (OBCAT) – executive production
 * 高木真由美 (Mayumi Takagi) (Rap Creative) – direction


 * Notes
 * Recorded at WONDER BEAT STUDIO, MALIBU STUDIO and STUDIO Z'd
 * Mixed at WONDER BEAT STUDIO and STUDIO Z'd