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Otomo Yoshihide

Otomo Yoshihide Soundtracks Vol. 0

(F.M.N. Sound Factory, FMC-044) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Sono Machi no Kodomo (4:15)
  2. Aruku - Short Version (5:15)
  3. Mirai wa Ima (2:25)
  4. Dust in the Wind 1 (5:18)
  5. Dust in the Wind 2 (4:29)
  6. Watashitachi no Nozumu Mono wa (5:40)

Music on tracks 1-5 by Otomo Yoshihide; music and lyrics on track 6 by Nobuyasu Okabayashi; lyrics on track 1 by Fuyumi Abe

Tracks 1 and 2 composed for the TV movie Sono Machi no Kodomo, broadcast on NHK TV on January 17, 2010
"Mirai wa Ima" composed for the TV docudrama Mirai wa Ima, 10 Years Old, 14 Years After, broadcast on NHK TV on September 4, 2009 (track 3 is a demo version)
Tracks 4-6 composed for the film Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no Kuni, directed by Tatsushi Omori

Otomo Yoshihide: guitar (all tracks)
Fuyumi Abe: vocal (1, 6)
Tatsuo Kondo: harmonica (1), Hammond organ (1, 2)
Naoko Eto: piano (1, 4, 5), celesta (1), strings and trombone arrangement (1), Fender Rhodes (2), Hammond organ (6)
Osamu Matsumoto: trombone (1, 2, 4-6)
Taisei Aoki: trombone (1, 2)
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass (1, 2)
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums (1, 2)
Mirai Moriyama: antique cymbals (1), drums (2)
Miho Kudo: violin (1)
Yukiko Kato: violin (1)
Masako Sato: viola (1)
Tomoko Inoue: cello (1)
Yuji Katsui: electric violin (4-6)
Yusuke Nishimura: bass (4-6)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (4-6)

Tracks 1 and 2:
Recorded and mixed at NHK 506 studio, December 2009-January 2010
Engineered by Osamu Nakagawara
Sound sources provided by NHK/NHK Service Center

Track 3: recorded and mixed at Grid 605, February 2009
Tracks 4-6: recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, August 25-26, 2009

Mastered by Tetsuya Kotani at Omega Sound
Design by rui-D
Includes a 4-page booklet with track information and Japanese lyrics (tracks 1, 6)

Released in June 2010