Tomoki was born in Osaka, Japan, and lived the majority of his youth in Syd… Read Full Bio ↴Tomoki was born in Osaka, Japan, and lived the majority of his youth in Sydney, Australia. During his time in Sydney, he began taking piano and composition lessons at the age of 14. He studied piano under Ms. Gibney, and composition with Trevor Pearce and William (Bill) Motzing at the Sydney Conservatorium, University of Sydney. In 2011, he was selected as one of the 8 composers to be a part of the ’Composer’s Institute' at Berklee College of Music. He began his studies at the Koyo Conservatory of Music and graduated in 2012 with professional and master diplomas in music composition and theory. In 2013, he continued his studies with a concentration in Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA where he received a scholarship in composition and piano-performance.

Tomoki has since worked on the music for various video games and motion pictures including 'I Am Setsuna', 'Soulcalibur V', 'ARK IX' and 'Steins;Gate'. In 2011, he debuted as a video game composer with 'Soulcalibur V' at the age of 16. In 2013, he debuted as an anime composer with 'ARK IX'. In April of the same year, he collaborated with Grammy-nominated composer, Austin Wintory as part of the album, 'Monaco/Gentleman's Private Collection'. Later that year, he worked on the cinematic music for ‘Majin Station’, a game developed by Level-5 and Razest. In 2014, Tomoki was announced as one of the co-composers to be working on the music for ‘Project Phoenix’, an upcoming game developed by Creative Intelligence Arts alongside legendary composer, Nobuo Uematsu. He has also worked as an orchestrator for music commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for concert, 'Symphony of Legends: Video Games Unplugged' , and as an arranger for animated series, 'Steins;Gate’. In 2016, he worked on the soundtrack for ‘I Am Setsuna’ , a new JRPG game developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix.

Beyond the Snow
Tomoki Miyoshi Lyrics

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雪よ雪よ
谷の中の鳥は
いついつ出やる
王家の門に
空を越えて帰りたい
あの日の思い出雪

雪よ雪よ

谷の中の鳥は
いついつ出やる
王家の門に
空を越えて帰りたい
あの日の思い出雪

雪よ雪よ
谷の中の鳥は
いついつ出やる
王家の門に

空を越えて帰りたい
あの日の思い出雪

Overall Meaning

The song "Beyond the Snow" by Tomoki Miyoshi is a beautiful and haunting melody that captures the essence of a longing for something lost in the past. The lyrics, sung in Japanese, express a desire to travel back to a particular memory that is tied to the snow. The repetition of the lines "yuki yo yuki yo" (snow, oh snow) creates a sense of melancholy and longing, while the image of the bird in the valley waiting to cross the sky to return home adds another layer of longing and desire.

The reference to the king's gate hints at a sense of nostalgia for a time in the past when there was a sense of grandeur and majesty that may have been lost. The return home is not just a physical journey, but an emotional one, a yearning for the feeling of being somewhere safe and warm. The snow itself becomes a metaphor for memory, preserving the beauty of the past, but also creating a barrier that makes it difficult to access.

Overall, "Beyond the Snow" is a song that captures the essence of a desire to return to a lost memory through the imagery of snow, birds and gates, and the repeated refrain of "yuki yo yuki yo".

Line by Line Meaning

雪よ雪よ
Snow, oh snow,

谷の中の鳥は
The birds in the valley

いついつ出やる
When will they come out?

王家の門に
To the gate of the royal palace

空を越えて帰りたい
They want to fly over the sky and return

あの日の思い出雪
Snow, the memory of that day

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