Sheet Music from Crying out of love, in the center of the world Soundtrack

Music by Ken Hirai

About the movie  In a regional town, Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto and Aki Hirose, who are placed in the same class in junior high school by chance, become high school students and fall in love naturally. However, Aki suffers from leukemia and weakens day by day. Saku runs to take Aki, who isn't able to go because of being in hospital, to a school excursion in Australia (Uluru etc.), and they leave.

        Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (Japanese title: Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai wo Sakebu, 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ) is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama (片山恭一). It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation (illustrated by Kazuki Kazui) are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title "Socrates in Love".

       When initially released only 8,000 copies of the book were printed. A year after its publication Japanese celebrity Kou Shibasaki wrote an article, highly praising the book, "I read it thoroughly even though it made me cry. I wished to have a relationship as such in my life." The book instantly became a bestseller. By May 2004 over 3 million copies were sold, exceeding the sales record of Norwegian Wood, previous record keeper of the biggest issue in Japan since 1987. In 2004, a movie derived from the novel was presented, and Shibasaki acted in it.