SHIRO’S SONGBOOK BLEACH Bankai!

Catalog Number SVWC-70600
Barcode 4534530139948
Release Date Dec 14, 2022
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 3300 JPY
Media Format CD
Classification Arrangement
Label Aniplex
Manufacturer Aniplex Inc.
Distributor Sony Music Solutions Inc.

Music Shiro SAGISU
Composer Shiro SAGISU
Arranger Shiro SAGISU, CHOKKAKU, Masamichi Amano, Shu Kanematsu, Miho Hazama, KOTETSU, Eliot James
Lyricist Mike Wyzgowski
Featuring Hazel Fernandes, KOTETSU, Adam Brown, Ian Michael G Pitter, Mike Wyzgowski

Products represented
Bleach

Tracklist:

01 Overture – on the precipice of defeat 0:58
02 Number One – oldskool 4:31
03 Treachery – ominously 1:24
04 Treachery – treacherously 4:30
05 Love is waiting – intro (999) 1:13
06 Love is waiting (999) 4:04
07 999 – orchestra 5:01
08 Number One – voice orchestra 4:34
09 Here to Stay – you’re here to stay 5:36
10 Here to Stay – orchestra 5:54
11 Into the Fire – orchestra 4:56
12 Number One 2008 3:11
13 Going Home – her sights 3:18
14 Going Home – his sights 5:05
15 Nothing can be Explained – variations 6:42
16 Slip Away (Never Meant To Belong) 7:30
17 It’s Easy (Will of the Heart) 6:50
Disc length 75:17

MUSIC CREDITS

CD01 Overture – on the precipice of defeat
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
Bankai special shout: Masakazu Morita (森田成一)

CD02 Number One – oldskool
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by CHOKKAKU

Backing vocals: Derek Green and Gina Foster
Backing vocals arrangement: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Programming and Guitars: CHOKKAKU

CD03 Treachery – ominously
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎) and Masamichi Amano (天野正道)

Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
The voice in a play: Ian Michael G Pitter

CD04 Treachery – treacherously
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎) and CHOKKAKU

Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Choir (soprano principal): Catherine Bott
Choir (alto principal): Deborah Miles-Johnson
Choir (tenor principal): Andrew Busher
Choir (bass principal): Michael George
Orchestra leader: Perry Montague-Mason
Programming: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎) and CHOKKAKU
Guitars: CHOKKAKU

CD05 Love is waiting – intro (999)
Arranged by Shu Kanematsu (兼松衆)

Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills

CD06 Love is waiting (999)
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)

Backing vocals: Hazel Fernandes
Backing vocals arrangement: Fred Johanson
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita (松下誠)
Bass: Seiji Kameda (亀田 誠治)
Percussions: Karlos Edwards
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Strings leader: John Mills

CD07 999 – orchestra
Arranged by Miho Hazama (挾間美帆)
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano (天野正道)

CD08 Number One – voice orchestra
Featuring vocalist: KOTETSU
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by KOTETSU

CD09 Here to Stay – you’re here to stay
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shu Kanematsu (兼松衆)

Backing vocals: Hazel Fernandes
Backing vocals arrangement: Fred Johanson
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita (松下誠)
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills

CD10 Here to Stay – orchestra
Arranged by Masamichi Amano (天野正道)
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano (天野正道)

CD11 Into the Fire – orchestra
Arranged by Masamichi Amano (天野正道)
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano (天野正道)

CD12 Number One 2008
Featuring vocalist: Adam Brown
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by Eliot James
Backing vocals: Adam Brown
Keyboards, Guitars, Bass & Drums: Eliot James

CD13 Going Home – her sights
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)

Programming: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita (松下誠)
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason

CD14 Going Home – his sights
Featuring vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Miho Hazama (挾間美帆)

Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: Nick Ingman
Orchestra leader: Perry Montague-Mason

CD15 Nothing can be Explained – variations
Featuring lead vocalist: Mike Wyzgowski
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Guitar solo: Steve Homes
Introduction strings arranged by Miho Hazama (挾間美帆)
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)

Rhythm guitar and backing vocals: Mike Wyzgowski
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: Nick Ingman
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason

CD16 Slip Away (Never Meant To Belong)
Featuring lead vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Cello solo: Anthony Pleeth
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)

Programming: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Piano: Yasuharu Nakanishi (中西 康晴)
Rhodes: Makoto Kuriya (クリヤ ・マコト)
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason

CD17 It’s Easy (Will of the Heart)
Featuring lead vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Trumpet solo: Eric Miyashiro (エリック宮城)
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)

Programming: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Piano: Yasuharu Nakanishi (中西 康晴)
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa (朝川 朋之)
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason

Produced, composed, arranged by Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Co-produced by Yuiko SAGISU (鷺巣由比子)

Recording engineers: Philip Bagenal, Lewis Jones, Rupert Coulson, Jonathan Allen, Andrzej Sasin, Aleksandra Nagórko, CHOKKAKU, Masahiro Kawaguchi (川口昌浩) and Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Recording studios: Abbey Road, Air, Eastcote (London), Beethoven, d’Hallwyll (Paris), Printz (Angoulême), ∠R (Yokohama) and Ro-JAM (Tokyo) Recording hall: Lyndhurst Hall (London) and National Philharmonic (Warsaw)
Mixing engineer: Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎)
Mixing studios: Ferber, Beethoven, d’Hallwyll (Paris), Printz (Angoulême) and Ro-JAM (Tokyo)
Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman and Patricia Sullivan
Mastering studios: Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood)
Post Mastering engineer: Machiko Suzue (鈴江真智子)
Post Mastering studio: SONY Nogizaka (Tokyo)

Orchestra contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Lucy Whalley, Amy Stuwart, Jenny Goshawk (London) and Wojciech Nowak (Warsaw)
Librarian: Yuiko SAGISU (鷺巣由比子), Yukiko Tanimoto (谷本由紀子) and Ron Shillingford
Productions managers: Philip Bagenal, Fiona Gillott, Tori Sunnucks, Alison Burton, Lucy Matthews, Jean-Christophe Le Guennan, Jack Doutt, Shiro SAGISU (鷺巣詩郎), Yuiko SAGISU (鷺巣由比子), Mai Sato (佐藤 舞), Yukiko Tanimoto (谷本由紀子), Masaharu Yamanouchi (山内 真治), Naritoshi Sato (佐藤成俊) and Akiko Yodo (淀 明子) and Haruka Aoki (青木遥)

Special thanks to Tite Kubo (久保带人先生),
Noriyuki Abe(阿部記之監督),
Tomohisa Taguchi (田口智久監督),
Pierrot Co.,Ltd. (studioぴえろの皆様),
Yukio Nagasaki (長崎 行男), Yuichi Sugiyama (杉山雄一), Irène Marques and Masumi Suzuki (鈴木ますみ)

追悼 Martin Loveday (1958-2020)
追悼 John Ashton Thomas (1961-2021)
追悼 Philip Bagenal (1950-2021)

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JACKET ILLUSTRATION
Illustrated by Masashi Kudoh
Color Concept by Mieko Takai
Color Design by Hideo Kamitani
Painted by Miyako Hoshi

Art Direction: Tsuyoshi Kusano

Tracks 01-11 are new Arrangers.
Tracks 12-17 are previous Arrangers from SHIRO’S SONGBOOK ‘Xpressions’ (YMCL-10015~6).

The album title Bankai (盤解) is a pun on Bleach’s in-universe lore’s Bankai (卍解).

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