memória! / The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura

Catalog Number SQEX-10431
Barcode 4988601463928
Release Date Mar 26, 2014
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 3150 JPY
Media Format CD
Classification Arrangement, Vocal
Publisher SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Distributor Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
Phonographic Copyright SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

Original Music Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Arranger Sachiko Miyano (Shangri-la inc.), Hiroyuki Nakayama, Natsumi Kameoka, Yoko Shimomura
Band Arrangement HIDEAWAYS
Orchestration Kaoru Wada
Vocal Aina Kase, Annika
Lyrics Yoko Shimomura, Lisa Gomamoto, Norio Joseph Aono
Lyrics Original Planner Takashi Tokita
Translation Carina
Drum Yasuhiro “jimbo chan” Kojima
Bass BOH
Guitar MARS (code from here)
Keyboard Ryo Kawaguchi, MegMIX
Percussion MegMIX, Midori Takada, Takafumi Fujita, Mari Kotake, Marie Ooishi
Flute Hideyo Takakuwa, Michiyo Morikawa, Satoshi Shoji, Akiko Mori, Takashi Asahi
Piccolo Hideyo Takakuwa, Michiyo Morikawa, Satoshi Shoji, Akiko Mori
Original Lyrics Tetsuya Nomura
Clarinet Kimio Yamane, Yumiko Itoi, Tadashi Hoshino
Bassoon Toshitsugu Inoue, Takao Kogo, Masashi Maeda
Horn Otohiko Fujita, Takanori Takahashi, Shu Ohigashi, Kazuko Nomiyama, Masato Yoshinaga, Masato Abe, Yoshiyuki Uema
Trumpet Sho Okumura, Shintaro Ishii, Shigeki Iwabuchi, Shigeo Ohkura, Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Hajime Someya
Trombone Eijiro Nakagawa, Nobuhide Handa, Koichi Nonoshita, Hiroyuki Odagiri, Yuri Iguchi
Tuba Masanori Honma, Kazuhiko Sato
Piano Yoko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Takehiko Yamada, Ryota Kikuchi, Shinko Ogata
Violin Yuma Ito
Cello Shinichi Eguchi
Strings EKS Masters Orchestra
Violin Takumi Komoriya, Masakatsu Tateichi, Akihiro Iwamura, Takayuki Oshikane, Nagisa Kiriyama, Kanako Ito, Tomoko Joho, Ayaka Notomi, Kota Nagahara, Yoshitaka Hirooka, Yoshiyuki Kosugi, Hiroko Imai, Naoko Wakatabi, Shiori Nishiura
Viola Takahiro Enokido, Shinichiro Watanabe, Tomoko Shimaoka, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Seiji Oinuma, Asumi Muragishi
Cello Ayano Kasahara, Takaya Kimura, Yuki Shinozaki, Yoshifumi Murono, Masaru Tamagawa, Maiko Sato
Contrabass Koji Akaike, Kyoichi Watanabe, Tetsuro Ichikawa
Strings Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Contrabass Jun Saito
Oboe Satoshi Shoji
Harp Yo Saito
Choir OMNIS LACRIMA Choir
Acoustic Guitar Mitsuhiro Ohta
Produced by Yoko Shimomura
Recorded at PHILIA HALL, CRESCENTE STUDIO, AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS INC.
Recording Engineer Toru Okitsu (Shangri-la inc.), Ayato Taniguchi, Masahiro Yamada
Mixing Engineer Yasuo Sato, Toru Okitsu (Shangri-la inc.), Ayato Taniguchi, Masahiro Yamada, Toshiyuki Yoshida
Assistant Engineers Yuta Tateishi (Shangri-la inc.), Kei Izawa
Technical Support Satoshi Nakazawa (if-team)
Artist Management Kazutoshi Matsumura
Contractor Tsutomu Satomi (Shangri-la inc.)
Data Manipulation Tadashi Yatabe
Mastering Engineer Masao Nakazato (ONKIO HAUS Inc.)
Package Art Direction Ryota Nakazono (Masamune Inc.)
Package Design Shinnosuke Yoshida (Masamune Inc.), Yukiko Okamoto (Masamune Inc.)
Package Coordinator Isao Kobayashi (Sony Music Communications)
Photographer Makoto Hada
Production Coordinators Soshi Yoshida, Nozomi Miyazawa
Production Assistants Hideki Umezu, Kai Ishikawa
Promotion Coordinator Akio Shiraishi
Production Desk Yuka Kato, Tomomi Matsuo, Yui Yasutomi
Production Manager Yasuhiro Takamatsu
Division Executive Izumi Tsukushi
Corporate Executive Shinji Hashimoto
Executive Vice President Keiji Honda
Special Thanks Tetsuya Nomura, Hajime Tabata, Keiji Kawamori, Noriko Watanabe, Kakuko Obinata, Kazuki Hamamoto, Masayuki Tanaka, All Staff of “memória!”
Liner Notes Yoko Shimomura

Products represented
Kingdom Hearts
Legend of Mana
LIVE A LIVE
Front Mission
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Heroes of Mana
Parasite Eve (Game)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
FINAL FANTASY XV
DEMONS’ SCORE

Tracklist:

01 Dearly Beloved 3:30
02 Beware the Forest’s Mushrooms 3:25
03 Kiss of Jealousy 2:32
04 The Revolving Wheel of Fate 4:54
05 Elegie 4:14
06 Vector to the Heavens 5:46
07 Going Through the Flame ~Seiken Densetsu Legend of MANA Dragon Killer Medley~ 6:01
08 A.Y.A. 3:08
09 Pain the Universe 3:15
10 MEGALOMANIA 3:16
11 Song of MANA – Orchestral Version – 5:33
12 Goodbye Geno… ~ Seeking Dreams Through the Window of the Stars 4:31
13 OMNIS LACRIMA 4:27
14 The Masked 3:18
15 Kiss of Jealousy (Karaoke) 2:33
16 MEGALOMANIA (Karaoke) 3:15
Disc length 63:38

KINGDOM HEARTS: 01
Super Mario RPG: 02, 12
LIVE A LIVE: 03, 10, 15, 16
Seiken Densetsu HEROES of MANA: 04
FRONT MISSION: 05
KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days: 06
Seiken Densetsu LEGEND of MANA: 07
(Theme of Aya) PARASITE EVE: 08
Seiken Densetsu LEGEND of MANA: 09, 11
FINAL FANTASY XV: 13
DEMONS’ SCORE: 14

Produced & Original Music Composed by Yoko Shimomura

Arrangement : Sachiko Miyano (Shangri-la inc.) (M-05, 06, 07, 12)
Hiroyuki Nakayama (M-01, 08)
Natsumi Kameoka (M-02, 04, 11)

Band Arrangement : HIDEAWAYS (M-03, 09, 10)

Recorded by PHILIA HALL, CRESCENTE STUDIO, STUDIO VITO

Mixing Engineer : Yasuo Sato

Recorded & Mixed Engineers : Toru Okitsu (Shangri-la inc.), Ayato Taniguchi

Assistant Engineers : Yuta Tateishi (Shangri-la inc.)
Kei Izawa (CRESCENTE STUDIO)

Technical Support : Satoshi Nakazawa (if-team)

Artist Management : Kazutoshi Matsumura

Contractor : Tsutomu Satomi (Shangri-la inc.)

– Performer –

Lyrics : Yoko Shimomura (M-03, 11)
Lisa Gomamoto & Norio Joseph Aono (M-10)

Lyrics Original Planner : Takashi Tokita (M-10)

Translation : Carina (M-11)

Vocal : Aina Kase (M-03, 10)
Annika (M-11)

Drum : Yasuhiro “jimbo chan” Kojima (M-03, 09, 10)

Bass : BOH (M-03, 09, 10)

Guitar : MARS (code from here) (M-03, 09, 10)

Keyboard : Ryo Kawaguchi (M-03, 09, 10)

Keyboard & Percussion : MegMIX (M-03, 09, 10)

Flute & Piccolo : Hideyo Takakuwa, Michiyo Morikawa
Satoshi Shoji, Akiko Mori (M-02, 06, 07, 11)

Clarinet : Kimio Yamane, Yumiko Itoi (M-02, 06, 07, 11)

Bassoon : Toshitsugu Inoue, Takao Kogo (M-02, 06, 07, 11)

Horn : Otohiko Fujita, Takanori Takahashi,
Shu Ohigashi, Kazuko Nomiyama (M-06, 07, 11)

Trumpet : Sho Okumura, Shintaro Ishii, Shigeki Iwabuchi (M-07, 11)

Trombone : Eijiro Nakagawa, Nobuhide Handa, Koichi Nonoshita (M-07, 11)

Tuba : Masanori Honma (M-07, 11)

Percussion : Midori Takada (M-07, 11)

Piano : Yoko Shimomura (M-01)
Hiroyuki Nakayama (M-01, 07, 08, 11)
Takehiko Yamada (M-04)
Ryota Kikuchi (M-05, 06, 12)

Cello : Shinichi Eguchi (M-04)

Violin : Yuma Ito (M-03)

Strings : EKS Masters Orchestra (M-02, 06, 07, 11, 12)

EKS Masters Orchestra are
Violin : Takumi Komoriya, Masakatsu Tateichi, Akihiro Iwamura,
Takayuki Oshikane, Nagisa Kiriyama, Kanako Ito, Tomoko Joho,
Ayaka Notomi, Kota Nagahara, Yoshitaka Hirooka, Yoshiyuki Kosugi,
Hiroko Imai, Naoko Wakatabi, Shiori Nishiura

Viola : Takahiro Enokido, Shinichiro Watanabe, Tomoko Shimaoka,
Tomohiro Kobayashi, Seiji Oinuma, Asumi Muragishi

V.Cello : Ayano Kasahara, Takaya Kimura, Yuki Shinozaki, Yoshifumi Murono,
Masaru Tamagawa, Maiko Sato

Contrabass : Koji Akaike, Kyoichi Watanabe, Tetsuro Ichikawa

Data Manipulation : Tadashi Yatabe (M-06, 07, 12)

– Bonus Track –

“OMNIS LACRIMA” (M-13)

Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestration by Kaoru Wada
Original Lyrics : Tetsuya Nomura

Strings : Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Contrabass : Jun Saito
Piano : Shinko Ogata
Flute : Takashi Asahi
Oboe : Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet : Tadashi Hoshino
Fagotto : Masashi Maeda
Horn : Masato Yoshinaga, Masato Abe, Yoshiyuki Uema
Trumpet : Shigeo Ohkura, Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Hajime Someya
Trombone : Hiroyuki Odagiri, Yuri Iguchi, Koichi Nonoshita
Tuba : Kazuhiko Sato
Percussion : Takafumi Fujita, Mari Kotake, Marie Ooishi
Harp : Yo Saito
Choir : OMNIS LACRIMA Choir

Recorded & Mixed Engineer : Masahiro Yamada

Recorded by AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS INC.

“The Masked” (M-14)

Composed & Arranged by Yoko Shimomura

Acoustic Guitar : Mitsuhiro Ohta
Violin : Yuma Ito

Mixed Engineer : Toshiyuki Yoshida

Mastering Engineer : Masao Nakazato (ONKIO HAUS Inc.)

Package Art Direction : Ryota Nakazono (Masamune Inc.)
Package Design : Shinnosuke Yoshida, Yukiko Okamoto (Masamune Inc.)
Package Coordinator : Isao Kobayashi (Sony Music Communications)
Photographer : Makoto Hada

Production Coordinators : Soshi Yoshida, Nozomi Miyazawa
Production Assistants : Hideki Umezu, Kai Ishikawa
Promotion Coordinator : Akio Shiraishi
Production Desk : Yuka Kato, Tomomi Matsuo, Yui Yasutomi

Production Manager : Yasuhiro Takamatsu

Division Executive : Izumi Tsukushi

Corporate Executive : Shinji Hashimoto

Executive Vice President : Keiji Honda

Special Thanks to
Tetsuya Nomura, Hajime Tabata, Keiji Kawamori, Noriko Watanabe,
Kakuko Obinata, Kazuki Hamamoto, Masayuki Tanaka

…and All Staff of “memória!”

Presented by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

Additional catalog number: TGCS-8012

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