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Otomo Yoshihide

Hu-du-men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

A Film by Shu Kei

(a Kim Workshop/Sound Factory, STK005) (CD)


  1. Title Theme / Opening (1:37)
  2. Ending Theme 1 (1:54)
  3. Each Morning (1:26)
  4. Latin Cafe (2:46)
  5. Hu-du-men (Mandarin Version) (7:48)
  6. English Lesson (1:19)
  7. Off Stage (1:15)
  8. Yuk-sheung's Tale (3:16)
  9. Title Theme / Alternate Take (0:44)
  10. Hu-du-men (Cantonese Version) (3:47)
  11. Crossing Hu-du-men (5:35)
  12. Mother & Son (1:43)
  13. Last Stage (3:27)
  14. Farewell Greeting (1:45)
  15. Sentiment (2:41)
  16. Ending Theme 1 (3:27)
  17. Ending Theme 2 (3:15)

All music by Otomo Yoshihide
Arrangements by Otomo, the musicians, and Shu Kei
Tracks 3, 8, and 11-17: Sound effects from the film

Shuichi Chino: piano, organ, synthesizer
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: electric guitar, electric bass, banjo
Osamu Matsumoto: trombone (5)
Hirohiko Otsubo: double bass (2, 10, 16, 17)
Mitsuru Nasuno: electric bass (5)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, Latin percussion
Otomo Yoshihide: sampler (1)
Aya: vocal (2, 16, 17)
Cecilia Chan: vocal (5)
Raymond Yan: vocal (10)

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo in January and March 1996
Edited by Otomo Yoshihide at Lost Space, Tokyo in March 1996
Mastered by Jeffrey Chiu at Phantom Music Studio, Hong Kong in April 1996

Design: Portia Wu
Produced by Kim Suzuki Kiyofumi
Includes liner notes in Chinese and English by Shu Kei

Released in 1996