7DOORS ~Bluebeard's Castle~
Many people already know this,
but the play “7DOORS ~Bluebeard's Castle~” starts from today (March 16).
I am the musical director for this play and am also performing in it for the first time.
Since 2012 began I’ve been constantly immersed in composing the music for this play
at the same time we’ve been working on LUNA SEA’s new single.
It is a new interpretation of an old European fable,
which was made famous by the only opera written by Bartók (who I have loved since I was a child).
It is produced by Katsuhide Suzuki and depicts a condensed version of his universe and philosophy. “7DOORS~Aohigeko no Shiro” is degenerate, deep, crazy, and beautiful.
The original theme of “seven doors” is synched with the Christian concept of the Seven Deadly Sins
to express the emotions, desires, virtues, and vices that all humans possess.
It seems like a type of warning or purification,
and I think this theatrical performance has become a very rare and unique piece of work in the best way.
It is a wonderful production that conveys the worldviews and concepts of Katsuhide Suzuki.
This play stars Natsuki Mizu,
a former top performer of male roles from the Snow Troupe of the Takarazuka Revue.
Her bearing, aura, beauty, and persuasive power are all what could be expected of such a true star.
I truly respect her – she is a true professional as shown by her attitude of dedicating
her whole soul to her work as well as her overwhelming passion and shrewd discernment.
The seven veteran actors are also all wonderful performers,
and they taught me various types of intuition in a range of different ways.
All of the actors are profound and beautiful;
I made great efforts and demonstrated my potential as much as possible while surrounded by a fantastic cast
and staff. Of course, I always devote my entire power to everything I do…
I’ve been a huge fan of Bartók since I was a child,
so it was both frightening and a true honor to be involved with the sounds and works he created.
While paying him the highest respect I attempted to create music for this play through methods
that were the most suitable for my style.
Based on ambient compositions that resemble work by Brian Eno and David Sylvian,
I also made free use of modern and contemporary musical approaches from the eras after Bartók.
The result is simultaneously acoustic, ethnic, and religious music.
Although this music is fairly different from the image of my usual “SUGIZO Music,”
I am confident that it still has a SUGIZO-esque style.
I also used and reconstructed motifs from a certain song on my first album to create a song
that occupies a very important place in the play.
This exciting song inspires involuntary emotion together with experiences of music,
passing time, and the cycle of death and rebirth.
If you are a devoted fan – and certainly if you are a member of SOUL’S MATE
– I’m sure you will take notice of this piece of trivia.
I play a lord who doesn’t appear for a very long time in the play.
But because he rules the entire castle, and through the music that expresses these things,
I think he has a fairly strong presence through the entire performance.
The words spoken by Judith, the heroine who enters the labyrinth,
and the butler, who serves as the narrator, are beautiful, deeply meaningful, poetic, and cruel.
The theme is a personification of human desires and sins, from which it is hard for anyone to escape.
This concept is very deep and also important for everybody to learn about.
In any case this play is becoming a wonderful piece of work, so I hope that SUGIZO fans, Takarazuka fans,
and people who are fans of neither will come to see and experience it.
When you do so, please “feel” the play while giving yourself up to its inspiration.
New doors will definitely be opened.
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