@tsubasa1988 of course, this was before. In fact, all the guitar parts (and all other) in Art of life are composed from note to note by Yoshiki. Hide and Pata were only playing the parts.
this was actually called "The End of the World" in the mid - late 80's. there is a demo of it. it was called Art of Life for the Lyrics, check the demo out, it's sure to be on youtube.
I'm surprised no one has asked Yoshiki about this when he gives live press conferences w/Q&A. Remember, he said he was working on Art of Life Chapter II ;) What better way to segway into that by releasing this on CD? Or maybe we can ask him when Chapter II comes out to include this symphonic version as the B-side?
i was about to give him my first born and then i realized there are 2 piano players... Don't get me wrong hi is a genius and a virtuoso, is only nice to know he is human and that i can keep my son xD.