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So, I always wondered where the name "Alfh Lyra wa Lyra" (and its subsequent reductions) came from. Then I saw that in Soulcalibur IV, Scheherazade's weapon is called Alf Layla Wa Layla. Too close to be a coincidence.
Turns out that it's Arabic for "One Thiousand and One Nights", as in Aladdin, Ali Baba, etc.... Neat. Last edited by mrnutz; Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM. |
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That's right. "アルフ ライラ ワ ライラ" is the original Arabic title for 'One Thousand and One Nights' basically romanized and then written in katakana. Up until the time when the sound team dropped the "wa Lyra" part (late '90, early '91) the Arabic would generally be written together with the katakana on the front covers of their cd releases, as shown in the image below.
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OMG. I've had GSM Capcom 2 forver and never noticed the Arabic text. I must have thought it was just part of the multi-national Strider world... very cool.
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Yeah, the text is rather tiny and easy to miss, too. I always wondered why they choose this name. Perhaps someone at Capcom was a big fan or something =D
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Interesting! I never noticed the Arabic text writing of Alph Lyra either, thanks for the information.
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There's a really good view of the Arabic writing on the bottom of the cover to Capcom Game Music Vol.3
http://vgmdb.net/db/covers.php?do=view&cover=5240 Man, it's weird how I never thought about that writing at all until after reading this thread. I made a Montage Logo Image with the 4 different versions of the Logo I saw, let me know if anyone spots another version so I can add it in. Last edited by Carl; Nov 26, 2008 at 10:54 AM. |
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Space reserved for staff roll researchs.
Spoiler:
Nothing to see here, move along. Last edited by Dag; Mar 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM. |
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Is https://vgmdb.net/artist/39743 really an "alias" of this? I see that on some albums, this Alph Lyla is being used "(as Capcom Sound Team)", but on other albums, https://vgmdb.net/artist/39743 is being used directly instead.
Then there's https://vgmdb.net/album/110377 which only shows up on this Alph Lyla page, and not the Sound Team page. |
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