Xenosaga II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse ~Movie Scene Soundtrack~

Xenosaga II－善悪の彼岸－ MOVIE SCENE SOUNDTRACK

Catalog Number VICL-61431~2
Barcode 4988002462087
Release Date Jul 07, 2004
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

All Songs Yuki Kajiura
All Arrangements Yuki Kajiura
Lyricist Yuki Kajiura
All Keyboards Yuki Kajiura
Programming Yuki Kajiura
Vocal Margaret Dorn, Deb Lyons, Yuriko Kaida
Drums Masaharu Ishikawa
Bass Motofumi “Mecken” Ogiwara
Electric Guitar Susumu Nishikawa
Acoustic Guitar Masayoshi Furukawa
Violin Hitoshi Konno
Uilleann Pipes Jerry O’Sullivan
Percussion Ikuo Kakehashi
Flute Rie Akagi
Female Chorus Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Strings Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra, RUSH by TAKASHI KATO, Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Conductor Larry Hochman, Koji Haishima
Produced by Yuki Kajiura, Keiichi Nozaki (VICTOR)
Production Co-Produced by Yasunori Mori
Recorded at SOUND VALLEY, SOUND CITY, CLINTON RECORDING STUDIOS, THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIOS, SOUND TRACK STUDIOS
Engineered by Yoshi Tamla, Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB), Joe Chiccarelli, Dylan Margerun
Mixed at SOUND TRACK STUDIOS
Mixed by Yoshi Tamla, Yuki Kajiura, Joe Chiccarelli, Tony Volante
Assisted by Akira Kobayashi, Yoshio Ohira (MIXER’S LAB), Yasuhiro Shirai (SOUND CITY), Jeremy Welch, Stive Sisco, Travis Call, Mike Scielizi
Mastered by Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR)
Executive Produced by Shiro Sasaki, Shigeaki Komatsu (VICTOR), Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)
Recording Project Coordinator Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (BLUE SUN FILM COMPANY), Fumio Takano (Tokyo Chamber Music Society), Noriko Sekiya (Face Music)
Score Advisor Megumi Ohashi
Promotion Chief Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)
Domestic Promoter Shosei Ito, Yoshinori Sugawara (VICTOR)
A&R Desk Chikako Ando, Rie Tomokane (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion Kou Yamashita, Masakazu Sato (VICTOR)
Cooperator 棚倉佳織 (VICTOR)
Artist Promotion SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE
Design Riichiro Yoshida (Graphicate MONKEYS)
Post Pro Editor Maiko Tanimoto (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)
Special Thanks Shinichiro Okamoto (NAMCO LTD.), Tomohiro Hagiwara (MONOLITH SOFTWARE INC.)
Text Shiho Miyai, Keiichi Nozaki
Interview Yuki Kajiura

Products represented
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Tracklist:

Disc 1 [VICL-61431]

01 in the beginning, there was… 2:01
02 first meeting 2:48
03 Xenosaga II opening theme 2:33
04 assault 3:41
05 strain~Jin 3:55
06 here he comes 1:58
07 fatal fight (Jin & Margulis) 4:14
08 R&D report 1:51
09 chase 2:39
10 surrounded 2:56
11 lamentation 5:24
12 Albedo 1:59
13 communication breakdown 4:14
14 Sakura (theme-piano ver.) 1:38
15 Sakura #2 (theme-simple voc.ver.) 2:32
16 strained 1:09
17 Jr. #2 1:42
18 strained #2~Albedo #2 3:55
19 in the beginning, there was… #2 2:00
20 battle of Elsa 3:03
21 here she comes (KOS-MOS) 2:38
22 battle of Elsa #2 2:10
23 gate out 3:30
Disc length 64:30

Disc 2 [VICL-61432]

01 here he comes #2 3:31
02 creeping fear 2:06
03 U-DO~Febronia 3:48
04 final crisis 2:15
05 presentiment~Jr. #3 3:16
06 a field of battle~bitter #2 2:57
07 inside~Sakura #3 1:25
08 I am free 1:40
09 Sakura #4 (theme-gentle strings ver.) 2:06
10 Sweet Song (Xenosaga II ending theme) 5:33
11 Jr. 3:27
12 Jr. #4 2:37
13 fatal fight #2 2:21
14 bitter 2:53
15 Nephilim 1:29
16 the image theme of Xenosaga II #piano ver. 3:11
17 the image theme of Xenosaga II 3:24
Disc length 47:59

All songs & arrangements by YUKI KAJIURA
Lyricist: Yuki Kajiura (2.10)

All keyboards & programming: Yuki Kajiura

Vocal: Margaret Dorn Disc 1-15 / Disc 2-10, 11
Deb Lyons Disc 1-1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19 / Disc 2-1, 13, 16, 17
Yuriko Kaida Disc 1-17 / Disc 2-6, 7, 14
Drums: Masaharu Ishikawa Disc 1-9, 11
Bass: Motofumi “Mecken” Ogiwara Disc 1-11
Electric Guitar: Susumu Nishikawa Disc 1-7, 10, 20, 22, 23 / Disc 2-3, 5
Acoustic Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa Disc 1-5, 15 / Disc 2-5, 11, 12
Violin: Hitoshi Konno Disc 1-9 / Disc 2-5, 11
Uilleann Pipes: Jerry O’Sullivan Disc 1-1, 5, 7 / Disc 2-17
Percussion: Ikuo Kakehashi Disc 1-3, 5, 10, 13 / Disc 2-4, 10, 11, 14
Flute: Rie Akagi Disc 1-3, 4, 10, 11, 21 / Disc 2-4, 6, 10, 14
Female Chorus: Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus Disc 1-7, 13 / Disc 2-10, 13, 17

Strings:
NewYork session: Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra Disc 1-1, 7 / Disc 2-17)
Conductor: Larry Hochman

Tokyo 1st session: RUSH by TAKASHI KATO Disc 1-2~4, 11)
2nd session: Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings Disc 1-12, 13, 18, 21 / Disc 2-3, 4, 6, 8~10)

Conductor: Koji Haishima

Produced by Yuki Kajiura with Keiichi Nozaki (VICTOR)
Production Co-Produced by Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT PRIDUCE)

=TOKYO Session=
Recorded at SOUND VALLEY, SOUND CITY
Engineered by Yoshi Tamla
Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB)
Assisted by Akira Kobayashi, Yoshio Ohira (MIXER’S LAB)
Yasuhiro Shirai (SOUND CITY)
Mixed by Yoshi Tamla Disc 1-1~14, 16~20, 22, 23 / Disc 2-1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 13
Yuki Kajiura Disc 2-15, 16

=NEW YORK Session=
Recorded at CLINTON RECORDING STUDIOS
Engineered by Joe Chiccarelli
Assisted by Jeremy Welch

Recorded at THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIOS
Engineered by Dylan Margerun
Recorded at SOUND TRACK STUDIOS
Engineered by Takashi Koiwa (MIXER’S LAB)
Assisted by Stive Sisco

Mixed at SOUND TRACK STUDIOS
Mixed by Joe Chiccarelli Disc 2-17
Tony Volante Disc 1-15, 21 / Disc 2-3, 4, 6, 8~11, 14
Assisted by Travis Call, Mike Scielizi

=Mastering Session=
Mastered by Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR)

Executive Produced by Shiro Sasaki, Shigeaki Komatsu (VICTOR)
Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)

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

Score Advisor: Megumi Ohashi
Promotion Chief: Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)

Domestic Promoter: Shosei Ito, Yoshinori Sugawara (VICTOR)
A&R Desk: Chikako Ando, Rie Tomokane (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion: Kou Yamashita, Masakazu Sato (VICTOR)
Cooperator: 棚倉佳織 (VICTOR)

Artist Promotion: SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE
TOKYO Recording Project Coordination: Fumio Takano (Tokyo Chamber Music Society)

Noriko Sekiya (Face Music)

Design: Riichiro Yoshida (Graphicate MONKEYS)
Post Pro Editor: Maiko Tanimoto (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Shinichiro Okamoto (NAMCO LTD.)
Tomohiro Hagiwara (MONOLITH SOFTWARE INC.)

Text by Shiho MIYAI
Interview: Yuki Kajiura

Text by Keiichi NOZAKI

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