Raison d'être
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Raison d'être is a French phrase meaning "reason for existence." It may also refer to:
- Raison d'être (band)Raison d'être (band)Raison d'être is a Swedish industrial ambient music project formed by Peter Andersson.The name of the band was taken from a sentence in a book by Carl Gustav Jung: "the individuation is the raison d’être of the self"....
, a Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project - Raison D'être (album)Raison D'être (album)-Personnel:*Frank Gambale – electric guitar, arrangement, mixing, production, executive production*Billy Cobham – drums, percussion*Ric Fierabracci – bass guitar*Steve Billman – bass guitar*Robert M. Biles – engineering, mixing*Dave Frederic – engineering...
, an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank GambaleFrank GambaleFrank Gambale is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released eleven studio albums over a period of more than two decades, and is renowned for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques.-Recording career:... - "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir en grey on the album Gauze and compilation album Kai
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Nightmare used as opening theme of the anime Claymore
- "Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of the Chobits anime by Japanese singer and voice actress Rie TanakaRie Tanakais a singer and voice actress . Notable among her numerous roles are Lacus Clyne in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, Chii and Freya in Chobits, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke in Strike Witches and Suigintou in the anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden.-Personal life:As a child, Tanaka took singing classes...
- "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album A Different Kind of TensionA Different Kind of Tension-Personnel:*Pete Shelley – guitar, vocals, keyboards*Steve Diggle – guitar, vocals*Steve Garvey – bass*John Maher – drums-Vinyl information:*A blue vinyl version was re-released around 1986....
- "Raison d'être～交差する宿命～", a song by Tomosuke FunakiTomosuke Funakiis a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution...
under the alias Zektbach for the video game Beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS - Raison d'être, a central theme in the Japanese anime series Ergo ProxyErgo Proxyis a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy has been described as dark science fiction mystery with...
- Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by Dogfish Head
- Raison d'être, a solo marimba and vibraphone piece by late American composer Art JarvinenArt JarvinenArthur Justin Jarvinen was an American composer who grew up in Ohio. He attended the California Institute of the Arts, studying percussion with John Bergamo, Karen Ervin Pershing, and Ruth Underwood. He eventually studied composition there with Morton Subotnick, Stephen Mosko, and Earle Brown...