Xenogears ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Catalog Number SSCX-10013
Barcode 4517331100133
Release Date Mar 01, 1998
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 2854 JPY
Media Format 2 CD
Classification Original Soundtrack, Prototype/Unused
Publisher DigiCube Co.,Ltd.
Distributor SME Intermedia Inc.
Phonographic Copyright DigiCube Co.,Ltd., SQUARE

Music Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda
Arranged by Yasunori Mitsuda, Petar Liondev
Performed by Yasunori Mitsuda
Sound Programmed by Hidenori Suzuki
Sound Engineered by Tomohiro Yajima
Sound Effect Kazumi Mitome, Jun Nakamura
Recorded by Kenzi Nagashima, Shuji Yoshida (GREEN BIRD), Philip Begley, Dimitar Dimitrov, Roumen Entchev
Mixed by Kenzi Nagashima, Shuji Yoshida (GREEN BIRD), Philip Begley
Mastered by Jun Miura
Directed by SQUARE Sound Team, Kishio Ozawa
Sales Promotion Saiko Fukui
Art Direction Shinichi Hara, Toshiyuki Tomoda (EXPLORE JAPAN)
Design Keiichi Yamashita (RICE)
Produced by Tadashi Nomura, Yasunori Mitsuda
Co-produced by Kenichi Funayama (STUDIO GUIDO), Hirofumi Nakamura
Executive Producers Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hisashi Suzuki, Hirofumi Yokota
Special Thanks Naoko Asari, Tetsuya Takahashi, Masato Kato, Mie Mizushima, Miyako Watanabe, Sachiko Okamoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, All Staffs of “Project NOAH = XENOGEARS”, Simon Hicks, Deirdre Costello (WESTLAND STUDIO), Gerald Brooks, Many many people in Bulgaria
Music Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Lyrics Masato Kato, Tetsuya Takahashi
Vocal Joanne Hogg (from IONA)
Low Whistle Davy Spillane
Electric Bass Hitoshi Watanabe
Acoustic Guitar HATA (from GUIDO)
Electric Guitar HATA (from GUIDO)
Drums KALTA (from GUIDO)
Percussion KALTA (from GUIDO)
Keyboards Yasunori Mitsuda
Assisted by Yoshifumi Negishi (GREEN BIRD), Ed Kenehan, Danail Ivanov
Recorded at Westland Studio , Dublin, Green Bird Studio , Tokyo, Radio Studio , Sofia
Harp Anne-Marie O’Farrell
Recording Coordinated by Yoko Nozaki (RANK UP), Yuichi Sugiyama (WHITE BOX)
Bulgarian Translation Milcho Spassov
Conducted by Zdravko Iliev Mihaylov
Chorus THE GREAT VOICES OF BULGARIA
Choir Snejanka Radoulova, Iordanka Alexieva, Nina Stanimirova, Tania Dosseva, Zlatina Ouzounova, Iva Gidikova, Tzvetanka Varimezova, Zoia Jeleva, Sylvana Pravtcheva, Hristiana Ignatova, Galina Nedekova, Svetla Anastassova, Veronika Hristova, Svetla Tzvetkova, Mariana Gueorguieva, Ivanka LuBomirova, Valentina Lavtcheva, Maria Naydenova, Virgina Antikadjieva, Ludmila Stoyanova, Silviya Nenkova, Kouna Staykova, Daniela Entcheva, Hristinka Vassileva, Lpra Beltcheva, Stoyanka Boneva, Hristina Lutova, Daniela Malamova, Donka Stoyanova
Tenors Veliko Totev, Nikolay Varionov, Karlo Hristov, Petar Todorov, Alexandar Alexandrov
Bass-Barytons Benedikt Molhov, Dentcho Belev, Ivan Rendov
Bass Teodor Hristov, Anton Donkov, Alexandar Stoyanov, Kiril Stoyanov
Mixed at Green Bird Studio , Tokyo

Products represented
Xenogears

Tracklist:

Disc 1 Original Soundtrack

01 Dark Daybreak 4:53
02 STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) 2:58
03 Bonds of Sea and Flame 3:09
04 My Village is Number One! 4:05
05 Valley Where the Wind Is Born 2:33
06 Faraway Promise 1:52
07 Steel Giant 2:29
08 The Blackmoon Forest 4:04
09 Where the Egg of Dreams Hatches 3:04
10 Dozing Off (Short Version) 0:10
11 Dazil, Town of Burning Sands 3:28
12 Aspiration 3:09
13 Grahf, Ruler of Darkness 3:51
14 Fuse 2:34
15 After the Soldiers’ Dreams 5:09
16 Unstealable Jewel 3:27
17 Aveh, The Ancient Dance 1:52
18 Invasion 3:14
19 Stage of Death 2:40
20 In A Dark Slumber… 0:23
21 The Gentle Breeze Sings 4:11
22 Our Wounded Bodies Shall Advance Towards the Light 1:58
23 lost… Broken Shards 1:06
24 Thames, Spirit of the Men of the Sea 3:51
25 The Blue Traveler 3:12
Disc length 73:22

Disc 2 Original Soundtrack

01 In a Prison of Peace and Regret 2:43
02 Jaws of Ice 2:54
03 Crimson Knight 2:43
04 October Mermaid 4:29
05 The Wind Calls to Shevat in the Blue Sky 3:32
06 The Sky, the Clouds, and You 2:37
07 A Gathering of Stars in the Night Sky 3:05
08 Tears of the Stars, Thoughts of the People 3:36
09 Flight 4:50
10 Wings 2:22
11 Solaris, Celestial Paradise 3:44
12 Dozing Off (Long Version) 0:14
13 The One Who is Torn Apart 5:08
14 A Prayer for the Joy Man Desires 3:27
15 Premonition 4:56
16 Awakening 4:23
17 One Who Bares Fangs at God 6:07
18 The Beginning and the End 4:37
19 SMALL TWO OF PIECES ~Broken Shards~ 6:20
Disc length 71:47

Music Composed, Arranged and Performed by Yasunori Mitsuda

Sound Programmed by Hidenori Suzuki
Sound Engineered by Tomohiro Yajima
Sound Effect by Kazumi Mitome, Jun Nakamura
Recorded and Mixed by Kenzi Nagashima (Disc1-M1,M3,M9, Disc2-M3)
Mastered by Jun Miura

Directed by SQUARE Sound Team & Kishio Ozawa
Sales Promotion: Saiko Fukui

Art Direction: Shinichi Hara, Toshiyuki Tomoda (EXPLORE JAPAN)
Design: Keiichi Yamashita (RICE)

Produced by Tadashi Nomura, Yasunori Mitsuda
Co-Produced by Kenichi Funayama (STUDIO GUIDO), Hirofumi Nakamura

Executive Producers: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hisashi Suzuki, Hirofumi Yokota

Special Thanks to Naoko Asari, Tetsuya Takahashi, Masato Kato, Mie Mizushima, Miyako Watanabe, Sachiko Okamoto, Takeshi Sugimoto
All Staffs of “Project NOAH = XENOGEARS”

IRELAND SESSION, Recording Date: 18~20 Nov. 1996
Opening Theme (Out Take) “STARS OF TEARS” ~やさしく星ぞ降りしきる~
Music: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Lyrics: Masato Kato

Vocal: Joanne Hogg (from IONA)
Low Whistle: Davy Spillane
E.Bass: Hitoshi Watanabe
A.Guitar & E.Guitar HATA (from GUIDO)
Drums & Percussion: KALTA (from GUIDO)
Keyboards: Yasunori Mitsuda

Recorded and Mixed by Shuji Yoshida (GREEN BIRD)
Assisted by Yoshifumi Negishi (GREEN BIRD) at Green Bird Studio, Tokyo

Recorded by Philip Begley
Assisted by Ed Kenehan at Westland Studio, Dublin

Ending Theme “SMALL TWO OF PIECES” ~Broken Shards~
Music: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Lyrics: Masato Kato

Vocal: Joanne Hogg (from IONA)
Low Whistle: Davy Spillane
Harp: Anne-Marie O’Farrell
E.Bass: Hitoshi Watanabe
A.Guitar & E.Guitar: HATA (from GUIDO)
Drums: KALTA (from GUIDO)
Keyboards: Yasunori Mitsuda

Recorded by Shuji Yoshida (GREEN BIRD)
Assisted by Yoshifumi Negishi (GREEN BIRD) at Green Bird Studio, Tokyo

Recorded and Mixed by Philip Begley
Assisted by Ed Kenehan at Westland Studio, Dublin

Recording in Ireland coordinated by Yoko Nozaki (RANK UP)

Special Thanks to Simon Hicks, Deirdre Costello (WESTLAND STUDIO)

BULGARIA SESSION, Recording Date: 17 Feb. 1997
Epilogue “The Beginning and the End”
Music: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Lyrics: Tetsuya Takahashi
Bulgarian Translation: Milcho Spassov

Arranged by Petar Liondev and Yasunori Mitsuda
Conducted by Zdravko Iliev Mihaylov

Chorus by “THE GREAT VOICES OF BULGARIA”
<I. Choir>
1. Snejanka Radoulova
2. Iordanka Alexieva
3. Nina Stanimirova
4. Tania Dosseva
5. Zlatina Ouzounova
6. Iva Gidikova
7. Tzvetanka Varimezova
8. Zoia Jeleva
9. Sylvana Pravtcheva
10. Hristiana Ignatova

<II. Choir>
1. Galina Nedekova
2. Svetla Anastassova
3. Veronika Hristova
4. Svetla Tzvetkova
5. Mariana Gueorguieva
6. Ivanka LuBomirova
7. Valentina Lavtcheva

<III. Choir>
1. Maria Naydenova
2. Virgina Antikadjieva
3. Ludmila Stoyanova
4. Silviya Nenkova
5. Kouna Staykova
6. Daniela Entcheva

<IV. Choir>
1. Hristinka Vassileva
2. Lpra Beltcheva
3. Stoyanka Boneva
4. Hristina Lutova
5. Daniela Malamova
6. Donka Stoyanova

<Tenors>
1. Veliko Totev
2. Nikolay Varionov
3. Karlo Hristov
4. Petar Todorov
5. Alexandar Alexandrov

<Bass-Barytons>
1. Benedikt Molhov
2. Dentcho Belev
3. Ivan Rendov

<Bass>
1. Teodor Hristov
2. Anton Donkov
3. Alexandar Stoyanov
4. Kiril Stoyanov

Recorded by Dimitar Dimitrov and Roumen Entchev
Assisted by Danail Ivanov at Radio Studio, Sofia

Mixed by Shuji Yoshida (GREEN BIRD) at Green Bird Studio, Tokyo

Recording in Bulgaria coordinated by Yuichi Sugiyama (WHITE BOX)
Special Thanks to Gerald Brooks, Many many people in Bulgaria

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