All Music Composed & Produced by NOBUO UEMATSU (SMILE PLEASE)
Arranged by SATOSHI HENMI, HIROYUKI NAKAYAMA

conductor
KOJI HAISHIMA

flute & piccolo
HIDEYO TAKAKUWA, KAZUHIRO IWASA, IKUE KOIKE,
RYOSUKE MIKAME, NOZOMI SATO

oboe & english horn
KAZUHIRO MIYAMURA, ERIKO ARA, TOMOKO KUSUMEGI,
KOUHEI SODA, YUKI SAITO

clarinet
KIMIO YAMANE, KAORU MIKI, NAOKI AOUDA

bass clarinet
KEN MATSUMOTO

bassoon
AYAKO KUROKI, NORIKO KAKIUCHI, YUUKI MAEZEKI,
ASAMI NAKAHIRA

horn
TAKATO SAIJO, MASATO YOSHINAGA, SHUNSUKE WAKIYA,
HIROFUMI WADA, TAKESHI HIDAKA, NOBUAKI FUKUKAWA,
SATOSHI TSUKADA, YU KUMAI, KEIJI OOMORI, YOSHIHIKO SAITO

trumpet
KOJI NISHIMURA, SHINSUKE GOTO, TSUJIMOTO KENICHI,
HITOSHI YOKOYAMA, MASAHIKO SUGASAKA

trombone
MASANORI HIROHARA, HISATO YAMAGUCHI, MOTOKI NISHIOKA,
TAKAYUKI KIYOSUMI, HIROSHI ISHIKAWA, KANADE SHISHIUCHI,
HIROYUKI KUROGANE, AKITO KAJIWARA

tuba
KIYOSHI SATO, SUSUMU OGINO

percussion
MIDORI TAKADA, YOTA MORI, AKIYO SHITOU, HARUMI NAKAMURA,
MAYUKO UCHIDA, MIYAKO YONESHIGE

harp
TOMOYUKI ASAKAWA, ETSUKO CHIDA

piano
KEITA EGUSA, YOSHIHIKO ISHIZAKA, HIROYUKI NAKAYAMA,
AI KAYUKAWA

strings
SHINOZAKI MASATSUGU STRINGS, AYUMI HASHIMOTO STRINGS,
ABE MIO STRINGS

vocal
YURIE KOKUBU

voice
KATAN HIVIYA

soprano
TOMOMI ISHIGAMI, NAOMI KANEKO, CHIKA HIGASHINAKA

alto
MIKA KANEKO, YASUKO KINOSHITA, NATSUMI WATANABE

tenor
AKIRA KAKIZAKO, IKUO MANO, TOMOAKI WATANABE

bass
DAISUKE OOYAMA, HARUKI OSHIMI, TOSHIYA YABUUCHI

guitar/bass/programming

SATOSHI HENMI

percussion
ID:10 TEN

quena
ERNESTO KAWAMOTO (Grupo KHANTATI), KOUHEI TAKEDA (Grupo KHANTATI)

zampona
KOUHEI TAKEDA (Grupo KHANTATI)

charango.chajchas
SHIZUE SHIMADA (Grupo KHANTATI)

guitarra.bombo
ERNESTO KAWAMOTO (Grupo KHANTATI)

taiko
OSAMU MIYAKE (WAKAJISHI)


---STAFF---

producer
KENSUKE TANAKA (MISTWALKER)

assistant producer
KYOKO SAITO (MISTWALKER)

recording director
YOSHIAKI ISHIWATA (Voice&Heart)

recording coordinator
TAKAYOSHI IKEDA (Voice&Heart)

recording & mixing engineer
TAKASHI SASAKI (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

assistant engineers
SEIJI ITABASHI (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
HIROAKI OKUDA (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
MOTOHIRO NOGUCHI (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
KEN MATSUOKA (VICTOR STUDIO)
FUMI SHINOHARA (VICTOR STUDIO)
AKITOMO TAKAKUWA (VICTOR STUDIO)
NORIKO MIHARA (VICTOR STUDIO)

mastering engineer
MACHIKO SUZUE (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

artist management
WATARU MATSUOKA (OFFICE OSAWA)
DAISUKE FUJIMOTO (OFFICE OSAWA)
HIROKI OGAWA (Dog Ear Records)

"What You Are" & "Eclipse of Time"
Vocals : SHEENA EASTON
Sheena Easton's manager : HARRIET WASSERMAN (Emmis Management)
Lyrics : HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI
Arrange : SATOSHI HENMI, HIROYUKI NAKAYAMA
Studio : IGLOO MUSIC
Operator : GUSTAVO BORNER
Engineer : BRIAN KAHANEK
Assistant : JOSEPH GRECO

"Kaette kuru, kitto..." ("I Will Return, No Matter What...")
Vocals : FLIP FLAP
Lyrics : HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI
Music : NOBUO UEMATSU
Arrange : SATOSHI HENMI

LA recording coordinator
MARK SUZUKI (Stellar MUSIC)
RURIKO DUER (Power 2 Entertainment Inc.)

english translation
RIE ETOH
MIHO HORIUCHI
CAESAR FILORI
MICHELE SATO

A&R producers
SOICHIRO SANO (Aniplex)
JIRO AMBE (Voice&Heart)

A&R assistant producer
KAZUKI ADACHI (Aniplex)

music product coordination
Dog Ear Records Co.,Ltd.

art direction & design
YASUHIRO KATO (bishop)

cover illustration
TAKEHIKO INOUE

interview text
ERIKO TAKAHASHI

interview photography
KOU SAKAI (atelier "sora-87")

package coordinator
YUKIKO MATSUNAGA (Aniplex)
MINA MITSUI (Aniplex)


executive producer
HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI (MISTWALKER)