"Scarlet Love Song" is a song released by X Japan

X Japan

is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...

 on June 8, 2011 as a digital download

Music download

A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

. It was composed specifically to be the theme song for the animated movie adaptation of the Buddha

Buddha (manga)

is a manga drawn by Osamu Tezuka and is Tezuka's unique interpretation of the life of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The critically acclaimed series is often referred to as a gritty, even sexual, portrayal of the Buddha's life. Buddha received the 2004, 2005 Eisner Award...

manga, which was released May 28, 2011. The song, first performed at "Asia Girls Explosion" on March 6, 2011 at Yoyogi National Stadium, reached number 1 on iTunes

ITunes

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 Japan. It is the band's second single since reuniting in 2007 and the first to feature newest member Sugizo

Sugizo

, born , is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Referred to by his stage name Sugizo, he is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band Luna Sea, who were popular in the 1990s. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists...

 on guitar.

Track listing

Written and composed by Yoshiki.

1. "Scarlet Love Song -Buddha Mix-"