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Elfen Lied's opening, Lilium, is a symphony sung in Latin.

Was it written/composed just for Elfen Lied (like for example, the opening
songs for Pokemon)?


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Was Lilium written or composed solely for Elfen Lied?


As is almost always the case with anime music, Lilium was composed just for
Elfen Lied. KONISHI Kayo and KONDO Yukio collectively handled the composition,
arrangement, and lyricwriting (and also did [the rest of the
soundtrack](http://vgmdb.net/album/19050)).


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The answer is yes.

According to the pamphlet included in the Elfen Lied OST, the melody of Lilium
just surfaced to MOKA, the two-person musician group who was appointed the
music producer staff of the Elfen Lied anime TV production team, when they
looked at Elfen Lied from a certain perspective: it's not that Lucy wants to
be born special — what she desires, the mundane happiness, that which appears
to be easily obtainable is in fact obtainable by only a small handful of
people.

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> 望んで特別に生まれたわけじゃない、欲しいものは簡単に手に入りそうでほんの一握りの人しか手に入れられないであろう、ありふれた幸せ……そんな角度からこの『エルフェンリート』を感じた時に、メインテーマである「LILIUM」の祈るような旋律が浮かびました。

MOKA later included rearrangements of Lilium in [Ryugu Genka](http://moka-
song.com/discography/index.cgi?no=3), [Shinra Soloist](http://moka-
song.com/discography/index.cgi?no=4), [Felix Culpa](http://moka-
song.com/discography/index.cgi?no=46) and [LILIUM MOKA☆ Produce Mixed
Chorus](http://moka-song.com/lilium/).


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Lilium was inspired by the poem 'Elfenlied' which is in the Manga, written by
Eduard Mörike, and later adapted to a Lied by Hugo Wolf.


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Nope I don't think so guys.. maybe the music was composed solely for Elfen
lied but the words (lyrics) are taken from the bible and other catholic
prayers.. Like chapters of the bible Psalms and James and a prayer of the Holy
Mary.. as the peeps before me have said yes the two yukio and kayo composed it
but they themselves have said they have taken the words from the places which
I mentioned above..


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