Frank Wildhorn's Your Lie in April—The Musical, which closed in London last summer, will receive a cast recording.
Produced by Ghostlight Records, the release will be available in streaming and digital formats on April 4.
Written by Grammy, Tony, and Emmy-nominated composer Wildhorn, the show is the second musical manga adaptation of Wildhorn's, following Death Note the Musical. Based the multi-million-selling Your Lie in April manga by Naoshi Arakawa, the work was first published by Kodansha. The story is a romantic tearjerker, centering on young piano prodigy Kōsei Arima and his inability to play following his mother’s death. When Arima forms an unexpected friendship with violinist Kaori Miyazono, she slowly inspires him to perform again. The manga was previously adapted into a 22-part anime television series and a live-action film.
In addition to Wildhorn, the musical features lyrics by Carly Robyn Green and Tracy Miller, a book by Riko Sakaguchi and an English language book by Rinne B. Groff. Your Lie in April was directed and choreographed by Nick Winston (Fame, Annie, Death Note: The Musical).
Customers who pre-save the album today will receive the track “Catch a Shooting Star” early. You can pre-save at YourLieInApril.lnk.to/OriginalLondonCastRecording.
This recording of Your Lie in April: The Musical is based on the show’s West End production, which ran at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre from June 28 to August 11, 2024. The album’s cast includes Zheng Xi Yong, Mia Kobayashi, Rachel Clare Chan, Dean John Wilson, Theo Oh, Lucy Park, Ericka Posadas, and Ernest Stroud.
The music arrangements and orchestrations are by Jason Howland, with Katy Richardson serving as musical supervisor. The musical director and conductor is Chris Poon. The recording is produced by Nigel Wright and co-produced by Wildhorn and Katy Richardson.
Louis Hobson, Pinnacle Productions, Susan Goulet, MatPat and Stephanie Patrick, Willette and Manny Klausner, and Timothy Laczynski serve as executive producers. The album’s associate producers are Mark and Analee Reutlinger, Lorraine Lettieri, Diane DiVita, Don Lawrence and Mary Ann Hay, Black Irish Productions, Joyce Storey, Annaleise Loxton, and Bartos Entertainment Group LLC.
