THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above

Catalog Number SQEX-10111 (reprint of UPCH-1377)
Barcode 4988601461016
Release Date Mar 19, 2008
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 2300 JPY
Media Format CD
Classification Arrangement, Original Work
Publisher SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Distributor Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
Phonographic Copyright SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

All Music Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
All Music Produced by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kenichiro Fukui, Michio Okamiya
Synthesizer Programmed Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kenichiro Fukui, Michio Okamiya
Performance THE BLACK MAGES
Electric Guitar Tsuyoshi Sekito, Michio Okamiya, Kenichiro Fukui
Organ Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui
Bass Keiji Kawamori
Drums Arata Hanyuda
Synthesizer Kenichiro Fukui
Acoustic Guitar Tsuyoshi Sekito
Piano Kenichiro Fukui
Lyrics Alexander O. Smith
Vocals KAZCO, mr.goo
Voice Alexander O. Smith
Recording Engineer Kenichiro Fukui
Mixing Engineer Kenichiro Fukui
Recorded at STUDIO 1043 / Yoyogi, Tokyo
Mixed at STUDIO 1043 / Yoyogi, Tokyo
Mastering Engineer Shigeki Fujino
Mastering Studio Universal Music Studio
Illustrated by Hideo Minaba
Package Art Direction Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio), Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)
A&R Directors Masako Miyoshi (SQUARE ENIX), Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)
Assistant Director Soshi Yoshida (SQUARE ENIX)
Promotion Planner Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)
Sales Planner Naoko Iwasaki (Universal Music)
Artwork Coordinator Hitomi Miyamoto (Universal Music)
Executive Producer Kensuke Matsushita (SQUARE ENIX)
Supervisors Yoichi Wada (SQUARE ENIX), Atsushi Kitamura (Universal J), Toshiyuki Takano (MCA-Records)
Special Thanks Chie Mitsui, Masayuki Tanaka, Masashi Kitagawa, Rie Tsukamoto (SQUARE ENIX)

Products represented
FINAL FANTASY
FINAL FANTASY III
FINAL FANTASY IV
FINAL FANTASY VIII
FINAL FANTASY IX
FINAL FANTASY X

Tracklist:

01 The Rocking Grounds 3:56
02 Zeromus 3:52
03 Vamo’ Alla Flamenco 4:25
04 Hunter’s Chance 4:45
05 Otherworld 3:15
06 Matoya’s Cave 4:44
07 The Man with the Machine Gun 4:17
08 Maybe I’m a Lion 5:35
09 Battle with the Four Fiends 3:59
10 The Skies Above 7:19
11 Blue Blast – Winning the Rainbow 4:49
Disc length 50:56

Track 1 from Final Fantasy III
Tracks 2, 9 from Final Fantasy IV
Tracks 3, 4 from Final Fantasy IX
Tracks 5, 10 from Final Fantasy X
Track 6 from Final Fantasy I
Tracks 7, 8 from Final Fantasy VIII
Track 11 is an original piece specifically written as a theme song for Japanese wrestler Takehiro Murahama.

“The Rocking Grounds”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Zeromus”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Synthesizer & Organ: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Vamo’ Alla Flamenco”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Hunter’s Chance”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Synthesizer & Piano: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Otherworld”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics by Alexander O. Smith
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Michio Okamiya
Vocals: KAZCO
Electric Guitar: Michio Okamiya
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui
Synthesizer: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Matoya’s Cave”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Acoustic Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Electric Guitar: First Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito
Second Solo / Michio Okamiya
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“The Man with the Machine Gun”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui
Electric Guitar: Backing & First Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito
Second Solo / Michio Okamiya
Synthesizer: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Maybe I’m a Lion”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Michio Okamiya
Electric Guitar: First Solo / Michio Okamiya
Second Solo / Tsuyoshi Sekito
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda
Voice: Alexander O. Smith

“Battle with the Four Fiends”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Organ: Nobuo Uematsu
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“The Skies Above”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics by Alexander O. Smith
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui
Vocal: mr.goo
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Synthesizer, Organ & Piano: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

“Blue Blast – Winning the Rainbow”
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & Synthesizer Programmed by Kenichiro Fukui
Electric Guitar Intro: Kenichiro Fukui
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Sekito
Synthesizer & Organ: Kenichiro Fukui
Bass: Keiji Kawamori
Drums: Arata Hanyuda

All Music Composed & Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenichiro Fukui
Recorded & Mixed at STUDIO 1043 / Yoyogi, Tokyo

Mastering Engineer: Shigeki Fujino
Mastering Studio: Universal Music Studio

Illustrated by Hideo Minaba

Package Art Direction: Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design: Tadashi Shimada, Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)

A&R Directors: Masako Miyoshi (SQUARE ENIX), Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)
Assistant Director: Soshi Yoshida (SQUARE ENIX)
Promotion Planner: Tsuyoshi Takemura (MCA-Records)
Sales Planner: Naoko Iwasaki (Universal Music)
Artwork Coordinator: Hitomi Miyamoto (Universal Music)

Executive Producer: Kensuke Matsushita (SQUARE ENIX)

Supervisors: Yoichi Wada (SQUARE ENIX), Atsushi Kitamura (Universal J), Toshiyuki Takano (MCA-Records)

Special Thanks: Chie Mitsui, Masayuki Tanaka, Masashi Kitagawa, Rie Tsukamoto (SQUARE ENIX)

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