Today is May 27th, which is a very ordinary day for ordinary people. But for Conan fans, for fans of Sakai Izumi's sister, this day is a very heart-wrenching day. Fourteen years ago today, the lead singer of the band ZARD, who sang many classic songs for Conan, Sakai Izumizu, died of a brain contusion at the age of 40.
Sakai Izumi's 26-year career as a singer has created countless well-known songs. And her song, "Brilliant Faith" (グロリアス マイン), became the 21st opening song of "Detective Conan". Today, let us commemorate the spring sister in our hearts through this song.
Why did you choose this song to commemorate Sakai Izumi? This is because the song is of great significance to Sakai Izumi. The song was written when Sakai Izumi was suffering from cancer. It is said that the sister who is seriously ill has been singing and listening to it repeatedly, which is part of the passage of this song. During the recording of the demo, the sister's mother also accompanied her throughout the process, giving her warmth and comfort. The song gave her sister and the patients around her a great inspiration. Although her condition has improved, she still has not been able to overcome the accident, and perhaps God wants to listen to her sister's spring-like singing...
Glorious Mind Glorious Sky
Glorious mind Glorious sky
If you cry all the time
Since I have cried bitterly
Let's forget everything until yesterday.
Then forget the past of yesterday
Seaside moon Seaside sky
I want to deliver my heart to you again that will never change
Present this eternal and unchanging mind to you again
Glorious Mind
My heart is still happy
(The above is the lyrics of the chorus)
Among the 8 songs that Sakai Izumi has sung for Conan, there have been dark rock music (such as "Love in the Dark"), there have been songs full of philosophical thinking (such as "Turning the Wheel of Destiny"), and there have been light and warm lyrical songs (such as "Like a Sail Waiting in Summer"). However, no song is like "Brilliant Faith", with a deep "mourning".
By the time she wrote the song, my sister knew she was seriously ill. In such a context, how can there be no feelings of loss?! My sister is the kind of person who likes to write her life into the lyrics, so we can feel her helplessness from the lyrics. After all, when she was hospitalized, Sakai Izumi also mentioned to her good friend Mr. Kenichi Suzuki: "Treatment, a little terrible..."
With the continuous growth of age and the shadow of the disease, these things have changed my sister's mentality, and I have written lyrics that can make my soul more comforting.
From the lyrics of this song, we can also see the difference between the previous and late works of Sakai Izumi. After experiencing various things, compared with the previous works, the sister's later works have reduced the direct depiction of love and paid more attention to inner communication. Some of the lyrics in the early works "Spread Your Wings" (although this song was used as the theme song of "Shudder's Score", but the song was composed in the 1990s and belongs to the early works), such as "Talking Side by Side", can be depicted when you see the lyrics. But when it comes to "Glorious Faith", it is completely different, "forgetting yesterday's past events" and "conveying the wish that will never change", and "Brilliant Faith" wants to express the artistic conception to some extent, far more than the "love" or "expression of body language" expressed in the previous works, but also includes the inner communication in the later works, like in-depth communication with the past self.
However, in Sakai Izumi's songs, what remains unchanged is the hope for the future. Although I have wept bitterly, after forgetting the past of yesterday, I will still present an eternal and unchanging wish with a happy mood, and such a glorious belief is very inspiring. My sister, who is seriously ill, was able to compose this song, perhaps to encourage herself and her fellow ill friends to be full of strength to move forward.
After sakai Izumizu's death, The Being company sorted out the demo of her sister, and had Garnet CROW lead singer Yuri Nakamura and composer Aigo Ono jointly harmonize, and the music was arranged by Takeshi Hayama, and "Brilliant Faith" was officially formed. The song is a bit too sad to be used in the opening track of Detective Conan. However, in honor of Sakai Izumi, the anime team began to appear on the TELEVISION screen as the 21st opening song of "Detective Conan" from October 15, 2007, and until the end of the year, there were 7 special episodes (3 of which were digitally edited).
To this day, although Sister Izumi has passed away for fourteen years, her works still survive in "Detective Conan", still alive in the hearts of Conan fans and Izumi sister fans, and will never be erased. In the minds of many Conan fans, they still regard "Turning the Wheel of Destiny" as their favorite song; whenever their sister's song sounds, it will evoke the memories of many people; every May 27, there are many Conan fans and fans, silently remembering their favorite sister in their hearts...
A gentle sister who has healed generations of listeners. Sister Quanshui, above the kingdom of heaven, we must also have a glorious faith, do not admit defeat, and create better songs for the people in heaven!