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Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Wait until Dark

Original Soundtrack of the film Daiteiden no Yoru ni (Until the Lights Come Back), directed by Takashi Minamoto

(EWE Records, EWCD 0095) (Japan) (CD)

  1. SE Variation #2 (0:43)
  2. M-4 (Motif #1 Variation) (2:04)
  3. M-23 (Excerpts from M-9) (1:33)
  4. SE Variation #1 (0:19)
  5. M-7 Jazz Sextet (2:46)
  6. M-8 (Motif #1 Variation) (0:49)
  7. M-9 (Motif #2 Variation) (1:57)
  8. M-11(Motif #1 Variation) (1:03)
  9. M-12 (Motif #2 Variation) "Candly" Jazz Piano Trio (2:04)
  10. M-13 Jazz Trio (0:16)
  11. M-14 (Minami Piano Solo #1) (0:55)
  12. M-15 (Motif #1 Variation) (0:29)
  13. M-16 Part 1 (0:36)
  14. M-16 Part 2 (1:57)
  15. M-17 (Motif #1 Variation) (2:36)
  16. M- 20 (Suzuki Guitar Solo #1) (1:04)
  17. M-18 Part 1 (Motif #1 Variation) (1:04)
  18. M-18 Part 2 (Motif #1 Variation) (1:02)
  19. M-19 (Minami Piano Solo #2) (1:31)
  20. M-21 (Motif #3 Variation) (1:55)
  21. M-22 (Minami Piano Solo #3) (0:19)
  22. M-23 (1:38)
  23. "My Foolish Heart" (5:00)
  24. M-25 (Motif #1 Variation) (0:40)
  25. "Wait until Dark" (Closing Theme Long Version) (3:59)
  26. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (5:36)
  27. "Closing Velvets" (5:39)
  28. "Wait until Dark" (Tribute to Benny More) (3:59)

All music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi except track 23, by Victor Young, and track 26, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Words by Naruyoshi Kikuchi (English translation by Toshiyuki Owada) (28)

Piano solo by Hiroshi Minami
Guitar solo by Daisuke Suzuki

<Kukuchi Jazz Session>
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: sax, synthesizer
Wataru Igarashi: synth programming
Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Izumi Misawa: percussion
Keiji Matsushima: trumpet

<Kikuchi Synth Session>
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: synthesizer
Wataru Igarashi: synth manipulation and programming

<Tzboguchi Synth Session>
Masayasu Tzboguchi: synthesizer

<Combo Piano Session>
Combo Piano: arrangement, piano
Daisuke Suzuki: guitar
Wakako Hanada: violin
Susumu Miyake: cello

"Candly"
Hiroshi Minami: piano
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums

"My Foolish Heart"
Nobuyuki Nakajima: arrangement
Hiroshi Minami: piano
Masato Suzuki: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Wakako Hanada: violin
Tomoko Akasaka: viola
Susumu Miyake: cello

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Orchestrated by Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Masayasu Tzboguchi
Kazuhiko Kondo: alto sax
Shuichi Kuwata: alto sax
Osamu Koike: tenor sax
Masanori Okazaki: tenor sax
Andrew Wulf: baritone sax
Shiro Sasaki: trumpet
Sho Okumura: trumpet
Hiroki Sato: trombone
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Masayasu Tzboguchi: piano
Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
Izumi Misawa: percussion

"Closing Velvets"
From the CD Touches & Velvets (Quiet Dream) (EWE, EWCD-0088)
Nobuyuki Nakajima: arrangement
Hiroshi Minami: piano
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
Chiyoko Noguchi: violin
Yuko Kageyama: violin
Hazuki Yamamoto: violin
Yukiko Teraoka: violin
Yuko Araki: violin
Wakako Hanada: violin
Fumiko Kai: viola
Miho Kisanuki: viola
Tomoya Kikuchi: cello
Dohgen Kinowaki: flute

"Wait until Dark"
Orchestrated by Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Masayasu Tzboguchi
Miyahiro Eric: trumpet
Naruhiro Kikuchi: trumpet
Keiji Matsushima: trumpet
Kazuhiko Kondo: alto sax
Kenta Tsugami: alto sax
Manteru Nonoda: tenor sax
Masanori Okazaki: tenor sax
Masakuni Takeno: baritone sax
Satoshi Sano: trombone
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Fumiko Kai: violin
Rei Tsujimoto: cello
Masayasu Tzboguchi: piano
Masato Suzuki: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Gen Ogimi: percussion
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Xiomara Lougart aka Yerba Buena: vocal

Recorded and mixed by Takashi Akaku at Onkio Haus and Syn Studio, December 2004-September 2005
Mastered by Wataru Ishii at Onkio Haus, September 30, 2005
Art direction and design by Tadashi Kitagawa
Produced by Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Released in October 2005