“Twilight” is a song recorded and performed by the legendary band Electric Light Orchestra in 1981. The song being both the second track and single from the album Time was released in October 1981 in the United Kingdom. In the United States the song was released in November the same year. “Twilight” was recorded at the Musicland Studious in Munich. It is also worth mentioning that the frontman of Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne was the writer as well as the producer of the song in question. “Twilight” follows the very first song from the Time album: “Prologue”.
It should be noted that the given song became very popular in Japan. “Twilight” was a great success among people interested in Japanese comics and animation (also called as Otaku). It served as the music theme (without receiving authorization) for the renowned opening animation to the Daicon IV sci-fi convention held in 1983. One year previously, the song in question was used for an advertisement created for the Toyota Celica XX (Supra). This time “Twilight” was used with authorization and credit.
In 2005, one resorted to the song “Twilight” again to esteem the DAICON IV opening. This was the animation that represented the opening for the serial Densha Otoku. The central character of these television series was an otaku (along with a number of periodic extras). In the issue, such uses of “Twilight” developed into the following: the song has become a hymn for otaku in its own way.
In addition, the given song was used as the final one in the film “The B Movie” (Burton Snowboards). The film that was released in 2009 depicts the Burton team snowboarding on a huge “B” formed of snow.
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