Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra ORIGINAL SOUND BEST TRACKS

Catalog Number VICL-61975~6
Barcode 4988002505418
Release Date Jul 12, 2006
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 3255 JPY
Media Format 2 CD
Classification Original Soundtrack
Label Victor
Manufacturer Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Distributor Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., Victor Entertainment, Inc.

All Music Yuki Kajiura
Composer Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement Yuki Kajiura
Lyricist Yuki Kajiura
All Keyboard Yuki Kajiura
Programming Yuki Kajiura
Electric Guitar Koichi Korenaga
Electric Bass Vagabond Suzuki, Tomoharu “Jr” Takahashi
Drums Masuke Nozaki
Acoustic Piano Masato Matsuda
Flute Rie Akagi, Hideyo Takakuwa
Percussion Tamao Fujii, Ikuo Kakehashi
Oboe Tomoka Hirota
Uilleann Pipes Jerry O’Sullivan
Violin Hitoshi Konno
Viola Amiko Watabe
Cello Ayano Kasahara
Strings Kido Strings, Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra, RUSH by TAKASHI KATO, Shinozaki Strings
Trumpet Shigeo Ohkura, Yoshikazu Kubo
Trombone Kouichi Akiyama, Yuri Iguchi
Horn Maro Abe, Shigeaki Hisanaga, Masato Yoshinaga, Junji Takemura
Conductor Larry Hochman, Koji Haishima
Vocal Emily Curtis, Eri Itoh, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Chorus Eri Itoh, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Strings Score Support Hiromitsu Ishikawa
Produced by Yuki Kajiura, Keiichi Nozaki (VICTOR)
Co-producer Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)
Recording Engineer Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB), Yoshi Tamla (N.Y), Joe Chiccarelli (N.Y), Dylan Curtis (N.Y)
Mixing Engineer Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB), Yoichiro Kano (MIXER’S LAB)
Recording Studio SOUND VALLEY STUDIO, SOUND CITY STUDIO, CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y), THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
Mixing Studio SOUND VALLEY STUDIO
Musicians Co-ordination Fumio Takano (Tokyo Shitsunaigaku Kyokai), Noriko Sekiya (FACE MUSIC)
Recording Coordinator Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (BLUE SUN FILM COMPANY)
Executive Produced by Shinichiro Okamoto (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.), Shiro Sasaki, Shigeaki Komatsu (VICTOR), Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)
Promotion Chief Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)
A&R Desk 飯田尚子 (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion Kou Yamashita, Masakazu Sato (VICTOR)
Artist Production SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE
Design Riichiro Yoshida (G-MONKS)
Post Pro Editor Yasuko Kobayashi (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)
Special Thanks Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi, Tomohiro Hagiwara (MONOLITH SOFT), Kei Umeki, 大嶋清太, Ayako Morikawa (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
Liner Notes Keiichi Nozaki, Tomohiro Hagiwara, Tetsuya Takahashi

Products represented
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra

Tracklist:

Disc 1 [VICL-61975]

01 a prelude to the tragedy 2:00
02 fallout 2:03
03 we’ve got to believe in something 3:06
04 a dark omen 2:27
05 forgotten sanctuary 2:26
06 creeping into 2:15
07 the battle of your soul 3:07
08 rolling down the U.M.N. 2:07
09 in a limestone cave 2:17
10 inferno 1:54
11 on our ways 2:36
12 a new world 2:11
13 T-elos 2:22
14 the Miltia incidents 3:05
15 Febronia 2:51
16 promised pain 3:07
17 mother, I miss you 2:21
18 fate 2:11
19 Zarathustra dangeon 2:17
20 shifting territories 3:21
21 hepatica#2 1:42
22 the harsh truth 2:08
23 to the last place 1:53
Disc length 55:47

Disc 2 [VICL-61976]

01 hepatica (KOS-MOS) 5:14
02 battleland 3:34
03 a memory of a tragedy 1:40
04 testament 3:44
05 survive 3:08
06 T-elos#2 2:12
07 she’s coming back 1:57
08 when the grief lets you go 2:33
09 godsibb 3:23
10 Febronia#2 2:13
11 crisis coming 2:50
12 a new world#2 1:55
13 outrageous 2:41
14 when the grief lets you go#2 3:22
15 I love you, sincerely 3:32
16 hepatica#3~I believe in you 7:52
17 maybe tomorrow~ending medley 7:43
Disc length 59:33

-Music Credits-

All music & arrangement by YUKI KAJIURA
Composer, Arranger & Lyricist: Yuki Kajiura (Disc2-17)

MUSICIANS

All Keyboard & Programming : Yuki Kajiura

E.Guitar : Koichi Korenaga (Disc1-13,20 / Disc2-6,9,13,17)
E.Bass : Vagabond Suzuki (Disc1-8)
Tomoharu “Jr” Takahashi (Disc1-13 / Disc2-9,17)
Drums : Shinsuke Nozaki (Disc1-8,13 / Disc2-9,17)
A.Piano : Masato Matsuda (Disc1-8 / Disc2-1,17)
Flute : Rie Akagi (Disc1-3 / Disc2-17)
Hideyo Takakuwa (Disc1-15)
Percussion : Tamao Fujii (Disc1-7,11,12 / Disc2-5,17)
Ikuo Kakehashi (Disc2-17)
Oboe : Tomoca Hirota (Disc1-11,17)
Uilleann Pipes : Jerry O’Sullivan (Disc1-18)

Violin : Hitoshi Konno (Disc1-13 / Disc2-8,10,14,16,17)
Viola : Amiko Watabe (Disc2-14)
Cello : Ayano Kasahara (Disc1-9 / Disc2-8,14,16)
Strings : Kido Strings (Disc1-1,2,4,5,7,10,12,14,16,20,21,22,23 / Disc2-1,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17)
Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra (Disc1-18)
RUSH by TAKASHI KATO (Disc1-3 / Disc2-2,13,17)
Shinozaki Strings (Disc2-7)

Trumpet : Shigeo Ohkura, Yoshikazu Kubo (Disc1-7,10,14 / Disc2-5,17)
Trombone : Koichi Akiyama, Yuri Iguchi (Disc1-7,10,14 / Disc2-5,17)
Horn : Maro Abe, Shigeaki Hisanaga, Masato Yoshinaga, Junji Takemura (Disc1-1,7,10,14 / Disc2-3,5,11,17)
Conductor : Larry Hochman (Disc1-18)
Koji Haishima (Disc1-3 / Disc2-2,7,13,17)
Vocal : Emily Curtis (Disc2-17)
Vocal & Chorus : Eri Itoh (Disc2-1,9)
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus (Disc1-3,16 / Disc2-4,17)

Strings Score Support : Hiromitsu Ishikawa

Produced by Yuki Kajiura with Keiichi Nozaki (VICTOR)
Co-Producer: Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB)
Mixing Engineer: Yoichiro Kano (MIXER’S LAB)
Recording Engineer: Yoshi Tamla
Joe Chiccarelli (N.Y)
Dylan Curtis (N.Y)
Recording Studio: SOUND VALLEY STUDIO / SOUND CITY STUDIO
CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
Mixing Studio: SOUND VALLEY STUDIO

Musicians Co-ordination: Fumio Takano (Tokyo Shitsunaigaku Kyokai)
Noriko Sekiya (FACE MUSIC)

NY Recording Project Coordinated by Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (BLUE SUN FILM COMPANY)

Executive Produced by Shinichiro Okamoto (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
Shiro Sasaki, Shigeaki Komatsu (VICTOR)
Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)

Promotion Chief: Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)
A&R Desk: 飯田尚子 (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion: Kou Yamashita, Masakazu Sato (VICTOR)

Artist Production: SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE

Design: Riichiro Yoshida (G-MONKS)
Post pro editor: Yasuko Kobayashi (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi, Tomohiro Hagiwara (MONOLITH SOFT)
Kei Umeki, 大嶋清太, Ayako Morikawa (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)

Liner Notes: Keiichi Nozaki, Tomohiro Hagiwara, Tetsuya Takahashi

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