Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Otomo Yoshihide

Ultra Miracle Love Story

(Little More Records, LMCE-1005) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Yojin of the Song (2:30)
  2. Opening (0:26)
  3. Juvenile (1:52)
  4. Soil and Worm (1:00)
  5. Yojin and Machiko: Encounter (5:57)
  6. Helicopter: Breathe (1:14)
  7. Letter (9:28)
  8. Yojin and Machiko: Collision (4:26)
  9. Whiteboard (1:10)
  10. Draft Horse (1:01)
  11. The Sun (2:10)
  12. Helicopter: Heartbeat (5:39)
  13. Yojin and Machiko: Evolution (5:26)
  14. Into the Forest (2:48)
  15. The Forest and the Bullet (0:57)
  16. Yojin of the Sound (2:44)
  17. Ending (0:22)

Original soundtrack of the movie Ultra Miracle Love Story (2009) directed by Satoko Yokohama

All music by Otomo Yoshihide except "Neko Funjatta" on track 1 and "Donpan Bushi" on track 16
Words ("Dynamite Night" and "Goodbye" on track 1) by Satoko Yokohama

Ultra Miracle Band
Otomo Yoshihide: Portuguese guitar, electric guitar
Naoko Eto: piano, prepared piano
Kumiko Takara: marimba, panart, vibraphone
Sachiko M: sinewaves
Ko Ishikawa: sho

The Otoasobi Project (1, 6, 7)
Shiori Aoki, Chiho Aoki, Yui Iiyama, Ayako Udo, Erika Udo, Mariko Udo, Makiko Kamata, Yuta Goto, Rika Goto, Tomoharu Shinnai, Yugo Shinnai, Masaru Suzuki, Yudai Takayama, Mitsuru Tokisato, Michiko Tomisaka, Yuri Tomisaka, Makoto Nakamura, Miyuki Nakamura, Itsuko Nagai, Takafumi Nagai, Kaori Nakajima, Akane Nishi, Maki Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Hama, Tsubasa Hama, Tsugumi Harayama, Hideki Harayama, Takahiro Hiraki, Tomoko Hirota, Madoka Fujii, Kazuko Fujimoto, Yu Fujimoto, Koreyuki Mitsunaga, Hiroko Miyake, Shinichi Miyakeo, Sonoko Miyoshi, Yuka Miyoshi, Taisei Mori, Mayu Mori, Ari Morimoto, Katsuya Yoshimi, Kayoko Yoshimi, Masaharu Yoshimi, and Rie Numata (supervisor)

Recorded and mixed by Masato Tachikawa at BS&T Studio
Edited by Otomo Yoshihide at Grid605
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound
Sound recording for the motion picture by Yamato Kato
Sound effects for the motion picture by Aya Kojima
Design by Osamu Ohashi and Yuichi Ishii
Photos by Eri Okamoto
Includes 12-page booklet with unreleased color movie stills and liner notes in Japanese by Satoko Yokohama

Released in May 2009