River of No Return (song)

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"Kuon no Kawa"
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Single by alan
ReleasedApril 8, 2009
GenreJ-pop
LabelAvex Trax
Producer(s)Kikuchi Kazuhito
Alan singles chronology
"'Gunjō no Tani'"
(2009) 		"Kuon no Kawa"
(2009) 		"'Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta'"
(2009)

"Kuon no Kawa" is the ninth Japanese single released by alan. The song is the theme song of the movie Red Cliff (Part II), released in Japan on April 10, 2009.

It is a version[1] of the song performed by Marilyn Monroe[2] from lyrics by Ken Darby and music by Lionel Newman,[3] in the 1954-released American Western film, River of No Return, directed and recorded in 1953 by Otto Preminger, starring Monroe and Robert Mitchum.[4] Tennessee Ernie Ford voiced the song in the film's title sequence,[5] they each released recordings of it, and other versions followed, by the Sons of the Pioneers[6] among others.

The 2009 single contains the Chinese version of the song, titled "Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu", which was released in December 2008, before the movie's January release in most of East Asia. It also contains alan's seventh single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" and its Chinese version (also her second Chinese single) "Xin Zhan: Red Cliff".

Slightly different end roll versions of the songs are also included in the movie's original soundtracks, composed by Iwashiro Taro.

Kuon no Kawa was alan's first single to be in the top 10 weekly. On the sixth day of release, it suddenly jumped from #10 to #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, her first #1 daily. This made her the first Chinese singer to reach #1 on the Oricon daily chart. It is also the first single by alan to pass the 30,000 units sold mark on the Oricon, beating "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" by more than twice.

This single was nominated in the "Best Original Film Song" category in the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Track listing[]

CD[]

  1. Kuon no Kawa (久遠の河; River of Eternity)
  2. Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu (赤壁 〜大江東去〜; Red Cliff: Great River Gone East)
  3. Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (Red Cliff: 心・戦; Red Cliff: Heart . War)
  4. Xin·Zhan: RED CLIFF (心・戰 ～RED CLIFF～; Heart . War: Red Cliff)
  5. Kuon no Kawa (Instrumental)
  6. Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu (Instrumental).[7]

CD (special theater version)[8][]

  1. Kuon no Kawa
  2. Chibi ~Da Jiangdong Qu~ (End Roll Version)

DVD[]

  1. Kuon no Kawa (music video)
  2. Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (music video)

References[]

  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Da Jiang Dong Qu. YouTube.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Marilyn Monroe In "River Of No Return" - Song "River Of No Return". YouTube.
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/soundtrack
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/soundtrack
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: River of No Return (1954) title sequence. YouTube.
  6. ^ YouTube, a Google company. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28.
  7. ^ "Kuon no Kawa info page" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  8. ^ "Kuon no Kawa Special Theater Version CD" (in Japanese). avex trax. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.


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