Sheet music publishers in the US may go as far as publishing tablatures or piano arrangements of only the biggest hitmakers. But scoring an entire recording? Let alone a full album? Of even obscure independent bands? That’s where Japan has the US beat.
When my fascination with popular music from Japan first burgeoned, I would order “band scores” from online booksellers just to get the lyrics of my favorite songs Romanized. Having a full arrangement of said songs was certainly an added bonus.
Armed with such knowledge, a Japanese cover album was inevitable. In fact, it was almost derailed when I couldn’t track down scores to a few tracks. (For that, I had to lean on my ear and scores of “cover” videos on Youtube.)
Perhaps it’s less a cover album and more a karaoke album. Where possible, I stuck to the arrangements on hand and tried not to inject too much outside influence on the songs.
Tracks
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your Song |
| 2 | ワンダーフォーゲル |
| 3 | FAIRWAY |
| 4 | Raven |
| 5 | 星に願いを |
| 6 | プラスチックルームと雨の庭 |
| 7 | Be My Last |
| 8 | 波動 |
| 9 | 月に負け犬 |
| 10 | DESTRUCTION BABY |
| 11 | コトノハ |
![[新曲モラトリアム日本語版]](http://cdn.observantrecords.com/artists/eponymous-4/albums/shinkyoku-moratorium-nihongohan/obrc-007c-dl/images/cover_front_medium.jpg "[新曲モラトリアム日本語版]")