A collection of orchestral works by Taro Iwashiro, composed for various films and NHK TV productions.

     M-01 - from NHK's 50th Anniversary Commemoration Drama "A River, Flowing back to the Ocean..." (Kawa, Itsuka Umi e)
     M-02 - from the movie "The Samurai I Loved" (Semishigure)
     M-03 - from the NHK Taiga Drama "Aoi Tokugawa Sandai"
     M-04 - from the movie "Spring Snow" (Haru no Yuki)
     M-05 - from the movie "Blood and Bones" (Chi to Hone)
M-06,09 - from the NHK Taiga Drama "Yoshitsune"
     M-07 - from the movie "SHINOBI"
     M-08 - from the NHK Drama "The Chatham School Affair" (Hiiro no Kioku)
     M-10 - from the original album "12 Vox"

The booklet contains 14 messages to the composer from:
- Yoshino Kimura (actress)
- Jun Kunimura (actor)
- Mitsuo Kurotsuchi (film director)
- Eiko Koike (actress)
- Maki Sakai (actress)
- Hiromi Nagasaku (actress)
- Masahiko Nishimura (actor)
- Akira Fukuzawa (freelance announcer)
- Rintaro Mayuzumi (NHK executive director)
- Nobuo Mizuta (stage director)
- Ryoko Moriyama (singer)
- Koji Yakusho (actor)
- Akiko Yagi (freelance announcer)
- Isao Yukisada (film director)



M-01
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
featuring Fumiaki Miyamoto: solo oboe & Tatsuya Yabe: solo violin
              & Yoko Hasegawa: solo cello (by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Akira Fukada / Released in 2003

℗2003 Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Licensed by Sony Music Japan International Inc.



M-02
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / New Recording



M-03
Conductor: Charles Dutoit & Performer: NHK Symphony Orchestra
featuring Michie Koyama: solo piano & Eri Kawai: female chorus
Recording Engineers: Akira Fukada & Jonathan Allen
Re-mixing Engineer: Akira Fukada / Original Released in 2000
Re-mixing at Bunkamura Recording Studio on August 4th in 2006

℗2006 Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Licensed by Sony Music Japan International Inc.



M-03
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / New Recording



M-04
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Session Orchestra
featuring Mie Kobayashi: solo violin
Recording Engineer: Akihiko Ohno
Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / Released in 2004

Licensed by Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.



M-05
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
featuring Sergei Nakariakov: solo flugelhorn
Recording Engineers: Akira Fukada & Pierre-Yves Roupin
Mixing Engineer: Akira Fukada / Released in 2005

Licensed by Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd.



M-06
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / New Recording



M-07
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Performer:Tokyo Session Orchestra
featuring Anastasia Chebotareva: solo violin
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / Released in 2002

Licensed by KING RECORD Co., Ltd.



M-08
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy & Performer: NHK Symphony Orchestra
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Akira Fukada / Released in 2005

Licensed by Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd.



M-09
Conductor: Taro Iwashiro & Conductor: London Session Orchestra
Recording Engineer: Mike Ross-Trevor
Mixing Engineer: Masashi Goto / Released in 2001

℗2001 Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Licensed by Sony Music Japan International Inc.



Album Producers: Michiharu Sato for avex entertainment inc. and Taro Iwashiro (its 079)
Associate Producers: Seiji Fukagawa for avex entertainment inc.
                              and Akiko Takakuwa for T-Tone Inc.
A & R: Toshikazu Oka for avex entertainment inc.
A & R Desk: Hiromi Owada for avex entertainment inc.

Mastered by Rena Koyanagi for form THE MASTER
Mastered on September 16 in 2006 at form THE MASTER / room R

Promotion: Shintaro Higuchi, Tatsuya Ikeda, Koji Yoshizawa, Kenji Kashihara
              and 1st A&R Promotion Dept. Promoters for avex entertainment inc.
Promotion Desk: Chie Ito for avex entertainment inc.
Sales Promotion: Junichi Tsuchiya, Junichi Nagahama, Hideo Yamamoto
                      for avex marketing communications inc.

Creative Co-ordination: Hayato Mori for avex marketing communications inc.
Art Direction: Koji Kuroda for Dream Package
Photograph: Shinsuke Yamamoto
Hair, Make & Stylist: Seiko Igawa
Costume: TOHO COSTUME Co., Ltd.
Design: Mitsuhiko Chigira

Management for Taro Iwashiro: Akiko Takakuwa for T-Tone Inc.

Supervisor: Tomoaki Sato for avex entertainment inc.
Executive Producer: Katsuro Ohshita for avex entertainment inc.

Welcome to
Taro Iwashiro's Home Page: Its Club www.its-club.com


Taro would like to thank ...
Team T-Bone, Kei Mori of SME, Hiroyuki Wada of Columbia Music Entertainment,
Shuji Tsumori of Avex Entertainment, Chika Okamura, Phillip Neil Martin,
Marina Showay, the late Mr. Hisashi Nozawa, Haruo Kawahara, Shuntaro Tanaka, Takeshi Shinmen,
Shigeyuki Onodera, Kyoko Kitahara, Kai Mitsui,
Hiroshi Kato and Hideto Watanabe of LOE Entertainment Ltd in London,
Shima Yoshioka, Mariko litaka, Hiroshi Yamada of Shin-Shitsu, Yoshiaki Nitta, Takahiko Kodaka,
Hide Fukasawa, Nobuhiko Nakayama, Masashi Goto, Azumi Ono, Mayuko Okayama, Sohun Takeda,
Shinsuke Fujimoto, Kim Moo Ryoung, Sei Sato, Kazuhiro Miyahara, Bong Joon-ho, Yoshitaka Hori,
Koji Okada, TPSC,
Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd, all the staff of Avex Entertainment
also to the talented directors, Youichi Sai, Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, Isao Yukisada,
Ten Shimoyama, Takayoshi Watanabe, Akihiko Shigemitsu, Rintaro Mayuzumi
Special Thanks to the late Mr.Eichiro-Kon
for giving me the delight of music in my life.
Greatest Thanks to
Maestro, Charles E. Dutoit and Maestro, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Warmest Thanks to
all the staff and members of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
and finally,
Endless Thanks to
my family also nephew -baby-Ryu, of course to my wife, Shinobu

This album is dedicated to everyone who love this album. T.


Title Lettering: Sohun Takeda