History Music / SoundHorizon

* {{Bokukko}}: The main character in "Kuroki Okami no Yado" refers to herself with masculine pronouns, making her sound unrefined. This is actually not that uncommon in [[TohokuRegionalAccent the dialect she speaks in]].

* TohokuRegionalAccent: The main character in "Kuroki Okami No Yado" speaks like this.

* BadassBaritone: Ike Nelson exists to give songs epic English narrations.

* ShortHairWithTail: Revo, for awhile. Now it's just long.

[[caption-width-right:350:Revo, ''the'' [[FaceOfTheBand leader]] of the band--[[InsistentTerminology um, Kingdom]] of Sound Horizon, sitting in all his majestic glory. [[note]]Not pictured: [[CoolPet his pet winged lion.]][[/note]]]]

* KillEmAll

* IllGirl: When she was young, Elisabeth was so sick, she was ''dying'' when her mom brought her to Therese. Luckily, she was cured.

* [[IllGirl Ill Children]]: The children of the protagonists of track 3 and 4 fell seriously ill at some point in their respective songs. [[spoiler: The former didn't manage.]]

* BlindingBangs: Sported by Sean, Kathleen’s husband.

* PunnyTitle: "Nein" is [[GratuitousGerman German for no]], which clearly signifies R.E.V.O.'s denial against the cruel fates of the protagonists featured in this album. It's read exactly how "Nine" sounds, which is the number Revo gave to this album. When you reverse the words, the pronunciation should sound like "Nyan", the Japanese onomatopoeia for cat sound. Additionally, there's this common belief that a cat has ''nine'' lives.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Well over a 100.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Don't be surprised takes a brief turn from SymphonicMetal to jazz in the middle of a song.

* {{Bokukko}}: The main character in "Kuroki Okami no Yado" refers to herself with masculine pronouns. This is actually not that uncommon in [[TohokuRegionalAccent the dialect she speaks in]].

* FantasyTavern: Kurokitsunetei, where the second song “Kuroki Okami No Yado” takes place.

* GenkiGirl: The main character in "Sei to Shi wo Wakatsu Kyōkai no Furuido".

* MusicalChores: "Sei To Shi Wo Wakatsu Kyoukai No Furuido"

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Noël's hair is silver. marie*marie's is purple.

* IllBoy: Lenny. [[spoiler: He dies, possibly of heart attack, right after he celebrates his first Halloween party.]]

* DoubleMeaningTitle

* TheIngenue: Elisabeth.

* SeparatedByTheWall: März and Elisabeth.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hans and Tom, the men InTheHood who captured Therese.

* {{Grimmification}}
* GroundhogDayLoop: Implied in the concerts.

* LooksLikeCesare: Märchen

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Märchen is basically a type R, brought back into the world only to indulge in his impulses for revenge.

* StarCrossedLovers

* MulticoloredHair: Layla, post transformation.

* MulticoloredHair: Elef, Misia, and Leontius

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Again, Märchen.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Scattered everywhere.

Märchen is the 7th Story CD of Sound Horizon, the first Story CD to have a Prologue Album Maxi - Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido. The album is based on medieval Germany, commonly affiliated with FairyTales. The album focuses on 7 different fairy tales with equivalent sin.

* BadassMustache: Savant.

* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Leontius and Alexandra
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie
* AngstySurvivingTwin

* AnyoneCanDie

* BadassCape: Elef, Leontius, and Scorpius

* {{BFS}}
* BigBrotherInstinct
* {{Bishounen}}: Orion. And arguably, Elef. And probably Leontius, Orpheus...

[[folder: ''Shounen wa Tsurugi wo...'']]
* NoNameGiven: The main character of the story is known in Japan simply as Sword Boy.

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-->''Although we do not share''
-->''The same place of birth''
-->''We embrace the same homeland in our hearts''
-->''And crown the same King[[labelnote:wait, who?]] [[CreatorWorship Revo]] [[/labelnote]]''
-->''[[FanCommunityNickname Laurant! Laurant!]]''

-->''Gloria! Oh... Gloria!''
-->''Sound Horizon Kingdom!''
-->''Gloria! Oh... Gloria!''
-->''Sound Horizon Kingdom!''
-->--'''[[AudienceParticipationSong The band's anthem.]]'''

* ShoutOut: The single is filled with allusions to Creator/KenjiMiyazawa's ''The Nighthawk Star''.

* DuelToTheDeath: "Shiseru Eiyūtachi no Tatakai - Heromachia"

* FamousLastWords:
** "[[SorryThatImDying I'm sorry]] ... [[spoiler: Elef]] ..." [[spoiler: Misia]]
*** "Farewell, farewell, [[spoiler: my other half]]." [[spoiler: Misia]] as a ghost, before departing to the underworld.
** "[[spoiler: Leon]] ... [[spoiler: Elef]] ... Please stop ..." [[spoiler: Isadora]]
** "[[spoiler: Mother]] ... Oh, Moira ..." [[spoiler: Leontius]]
** "[[HowDareYouDieOnMe Don't you dare leave me behind!]] I won't forgive you, [[spoiler: Leontius]]!" [[spoiler: Alexandra]]

* Gamebooks The 2021 single ''Ema ni Negai wo!'' was relased on Bluray, rather than cd. This was done as a way to let the listener choose their own route through the songs. As it is only a ''Prologue Edition'' there is only one choice to make, which determines which song you get to hear later on. But there are several different versions of some of the tracks and it's random which one you get on each replay. Also, there's a special track with a lower probability of being played and each time a song starts, there's a 0.1% chance that you'll get a version where the character dies.

* Gamebook The 2021 single ''Ema ni Negai wo!'' was relased on Bluray, rather than cd. This was done as a way to let the listener choose their own route through the songs. As it is only a ''Prologue Edition'' there is only one choice to make, which determines which song you get to hear later on. But there are several different versions of some of the tracks and it's random which one you get on each replay. Also, there's a special track with a lower probability of being played and each time a song starts, there's a 0.1% chance that you'll get a version where the character dies.

* GoOutWithASmile: in "Rinne no Sunadokei"

* [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech World of Cardboard Song]]: In the second half of "Takkei no Seijo".

Sound Horizon is a Japanese band consisting of songwriter Revo and [[IAmTheBand some other people]] (who tend to vary from one album to the next). Their albums are nearly all {{Concept Album}}s, if not {{Rock Opera}}s, usually with [[HeavyMithril fantasy or science fiction themes]]. The creator of the band has also done an [[ImageSong image album]] for ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' (translations of which can be found [[http://www.freewebs.com/penguinsjlyrics/anime.htm here]]), an Image Album for the Leviathan manga, a [[http://www.freewebs.com/penguinsjlyrics/vgame/aigfschwarzweiss.htm theme song]] for ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Iris 3|Grand Phantasm}}'', the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', and the opening song for the anime adaptation of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (the latter two under the new project known as Linked Horizon). They are known for their play-like live performances, and [[GratuitousForeignLanguage lots of foreign languages]].