L’Arc~en~Ciel to sing for Eita’s upcoming movie

Rock band L’Arc~en~Ciel will be singing the theme song for Eita’s upcoming movie, “Wild 7“.

Although the title and release date of the song are not known at this time, it was revealed that the song was written especially the movie. Member hyde commented, “We wrote a song that will captivate people into the movie.”

“Wild 7″ is based on a manga by Mochizuki Mikiya, which was serialized in “Weekly Shonen King” from 1969 to 1979. It portrays the story of a group of ex-cons turned cops, called ‘Wild 7′, who persecute criminals. In the movie, Eita’s character will be involved in many motorcycle action scenes. hyde expressed, “I made it in a sense that I was the one riding the bike. If it wasn’t for this opportunity, I wouldn’t have been able to make such a cool song.”

Executive producer Koiwai Hiroyoshi explained his reason for choosing L’Arc~en~Ciel to sing for the movie with, “‘Not childish’, ‘A major band with a great amount of masterpieces’, and ‘Has an amorousness that is fit for bad men’. That is only L’Arc~en~Ciel.”

Meanwhile, director Hasumi, who has heard the song, gave his seal of approval saying, “I believe that this song will scale up the movie, and will mesmerize many viewers!”

“Wild 7″ will hit theatres on December 21st.

Source : tokyohive & Oricon