Liyue is a soundtrack from the album Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds.
The first theme plays in Liyue Harbor during daytime; the second theme was featured in an animated cutscene from the Version 1.3 event Lantern Rite.
On December 19, 2021, this track was re-released in the Featured Original Soundtrack (2021), Genshin Impact's first OST album recorded with Dolby Atmos technology.[1]
This soundtrack is featured as a default tune in the Euphonium Unbound furnishings.
Soundtrack Usage[]
Open-World Locations
Quests
Events
- Lantern Rite
- Part III: Light Upon the Sea (cutscene)
Serenitea Pot
- Unlocked as Realm Music by interacting with Euphonium Unbound furnishings
Event Gameplay
- Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze (Felicitous Festivities interface)
- Canvas of Starlight Memories (The Harbor of Stone and Contracts)
- Starlit Sky
- Shadows in Motion (stage II)
- Overture of Wandering Notes (minigame #3)
Media
Other Arrangements[]
Production Credits[]
| Position | Staff[2] |
|---|---|
| Composer | Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸) |
| Orchestrator | Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸) |
| Violin | Philippe Honoré |
| Dizi | Huabing Tu (屠化冰) |
| Orchestra | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Robert Ziegler |
| Recording Studio | AIR Studios |
| Recording Engineer | Nick Wollage |
| Mixing Engineer | Nick Wollage |
| Mixing Assistant | Laurence Anslow |
| Mastering Engineer | John Webber |
| Production | HOYO-MiX |
Developer Insight[]
Final Remarks on the Music of Genshin Impact
Lastly, I'd like to return to the Lantern Rite video. The surprising musical experience it provided viewers was really just a coincidence. In fact, the music wasn't created for the video itself; it was originally a tune used for the main environment of Liyue, so the instruments and melodic structure were all selected with a grander scale in mind.
The music production team actually never received any request to make background music specifically for the Lantern Rite video, nor did we have any idea about the divine deer, fireworks, and other visual elements. Even the video production team wasn't sure what style of music they were looking for. Despite this ambiguity at the start, we were able to find music that exquisitely matched the aesthetics and content.
Selecting the right music not only involves finding the right melody but also the right emotion, the latter of which is most stirring — the viewer's emotion rises as the divine deer leaps and the fireworks launch into the sky, with the music also carrying the emotion to a climactic height from where we can look down on all of Liyue. We marvel at the view below: a joyous, lively, firework-filled paradise. Here we also witness the magnanimity of Teyvat, which, by giving birth to such a city as Liyue, manifests the glory of a people and world in harmony.
Even though this video isn't exactly the final product of careful planning, it magically possesses the artistic sense we hoped to convey. Perhaps this kind of beautiful coincidence is where the intrigue of music production lies.
Trivia[]
- The following soundtracks share a leitmotif:
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- This soundtrack was performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in GENSHIN CONCERT Special Edition: "Reflections of Spring".
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Liyue | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 璃月 Líyuè | Liyue |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 璃月 Líyuè | |
| Japanese | 璃月 Riiyue | Liyue |
| Korean | Liyue[3] | — |
| Spanish | Liyue[3] | — |
| French | Liyue[3] | — |
| Russian | Liyue[3] | — |
| Thai | Liyue[3] | — |
| Vietnamese | Liyue[3] | — |
| German | Liyue[3] | — |
| Indonesian | Liyue[3] | — |
| Portuguese | Liyue[3] | — |
| Turkish | Liyue[3] | — |
| Italian | Liyue[3] | — |