2V-ALK (pronounced "walk") is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017, through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC. 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".
The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.
Background "Into the Sky" was used in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme.
"CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game VALHAITRISING.
"e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero, while "ninelie <cry-v>" was used as the ending theme for the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.
"gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series Re:Creators, while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme.
"Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game Border Break.
Track listing
Credits Adapted from Booklet. Production Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer Kei Izawa – assistant engineer Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer Erika Shimada – assistant engineer Yuji Chinone – mastering Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer Aya Murakami – hair & make-up Yuko Mori – products coordination Toru Takeuchi – a&r Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion Keiichi Tonomura – superviseVocals Aimer – vocals (track 8) Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17) Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14) mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10) naNami – vocals (track 13) Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6) Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11) Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10) Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17) Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) Kohta Yamamoto – background vocals (track 4) Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) Instruments Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6–8, 10–13, 15, 17) Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6–13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2–14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks) Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2–4, 9, 13) Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14) Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–13, 15) Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–10, 12–13, 15)
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