46-:ri9
| 46-:ri9 | |
|---|---|
| Original Title | 46-:ri9 |
| Composer(s) | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Length | 5:12 |
| Used in | Xenoblade Chronicles X |
| Other versions | PianoX3 |
46-:ri9 (called シロノ タイリク on the JASRAC database) is Disc 3, Track 11 on the XenobladeX Original Soundtrack. It is split into two parts: the first plays from the start until 2:27, and the second plays from then until the end.
The first part plays in Sylvalum during the day. The second part is a brighter remix of the first and plays in Sylvalum at night.
The brighter part of the track being used as the music during the night makes Sylvalum the only area in the game (or, for that matter, the Xenoblade series as a whole) whose day theme is significantly more subdued than its night theme; this is reflective of the continent itself, which uniquely becomes significantly more luminescent at night.
Etymology[edit]
4 is read in Japanese as 'shi', 6 as 'ro', '-' (potentially) as 'no', ':' (potentially) as 'tai', and 9 as 'ku'. Together (along with the 'ri') they make 'Shiro no Tairiku' ('the white continent'), which is similar to the Japanese name for Sylvalum. This also aligns with the JASRAC version of the title.
On PIANO[-30k][edit]
On the 10th of February 2022, Hiroyuki Sawano released a new piano cover of 46-:ri9 (arguably making it another take of PianoX3) to his fanclub n30k. Alongside, he included the following notes:
- Album notes written by Hiroyuki Sawano. No official translation exists.
Original text
そういえば先日公開されたPIANO[-30k]では 「Xenoblade X」の楽曲を弾いてみました。 ゲーム内のとあるフィールド用に制作した曲 だったのですが、サントラの中でも個人的に気 に入っている曲でした。がっつりゲーム音楽を 制作した作品だったので、今でも聴き返す事が 多々あります。 RPGゲームは中学生から二十歳くらいまでは熱 中してやっていて、それらのサントラもよく聴 いていました。ゲームをプレイしていると、 フィールドの楽曲を何回も繰り返し聴いている のとレベルを上げるのに必死な気持ちがリンク したりして、より音楽に思い入れが強くなった りしますよね。 最近はあまりゲームをする機会 がなくなってしまいましたが、どこかで久々に 熱中してやってみたいなと思うこの頃です。笑
Unofficial translation
Now that I think about it, I played a song from "Xenoblade X" in PIANO[-30k], which was released a while back. It's a song I composed for a certain area of the game, and I'm particularly fond of this song out of the entire soundtrack. I got to really focus on making video game music for this project, so I revisit the soundtrack a lot even now. I was really into playing RPGs from middle school up until I was about twenty, so I listened to their music a lot too. When you play these games, the area themes that play over and over again ends up getting linked with that feeling of desperately grinding for levels, and that creates a strong emotional attachment to the music, y'know? I don't really have many opportunities to play games any more, but recently a part of me has been in the mood to throw myself into gaming again. (laughs)
This piano solo was released on YouTube on the 4th of June, 2025, along with a music video.