Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra ORIGINAL SOUND BEST TRACKS

ゼノサーガIII [ツァラトゥストラはかく語りき] ORIGINAL SOUND BEST TRACKS

Catalog Number	VICL-61975~6
Barcode	4988002505418
Release Date	Jul 12, 2006
Publish Format	Commercial
Release Price	3255 JPY
Media Format	2 CD
Classification	Original Soundtrack
Label	Victor / Victor / Victor
Manufacturer	Victor Entertainment, Inc. / / Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Distributor	Victor Entertainment, Inc. / / Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / / NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., Victor Entertainment, Inc. / / Victor Entertainment, Inc.

Credits

All Music / All Music	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
Composer / 作曲	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
Arrangement / Arrangement	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
Lyricist / 作詞	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
All Keyboard / All Keyboard	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
Programming / Programming	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記
Electric Guitar / Electric Guitar	Koichi Korenaga / 是永巧一
Electric Bass / Electric Bass	Vagabond Suzuki / バカボン鈴木, Tomoharu "Jr" Takahashi
Drums / Drums	Masuke Nozaki / 野崎真助
Acoustic Piano / Acoustic Piano	Masato Matsuda / 松田真人
Flute / Flute	Rie Akagi / 赤木りえ, Hideyo Takakuwa / 髙桑英世
Percussion / Percussion	Tamao Fujii / 藤井珠緒, Ikuo Kakehashi / 梯郁夫
Oboe / Oboe	Tomoka Hirota / 広多智香
Uilleann Pipes / Uilleann Pipes	Jerry O'Sullivan
Violin / Violin	Hitoshi Konno / 今野均
Viola / Viola	Amiko Watabe / 渡部安見子
Cello / Cello	Ayano Kasahara / 笠原あやの
Strings / Strings	Kido Strings / 城戸ストリングス, Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra, RUSH by TAKASHI KATO, Shinozaki Strings / 篠崎ストリングス
Trumpet / Trumpet	Shigeo Ohkura / 大倉滋夫, Yoshikazu Kubo / 久保義一
Trombone / Trombone	Kouichi Akiyama / 秋山鴻市, Yuri Iguchi / 井口有里
Horn / Horn	Maro Abe / 阿部麿, Shigeaki Hisanaga / 久永重明, Masato Yoshinaga / 吉永雅人, Junji Takemura / 竹村淳司
Conductor / Conductor	Larry Hochman, Koji Haishima / 蓜島公二
Vocal / Vocal	Emily Curtis, Eri Itoh / 伊東恵里, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus / 東京混声合唱団
Chorus / Chorus	Eri Itoh / 伊東恵里, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus / 東京混声合唱団
Strings Score Support / Strings Score Support	Hiromitsu Ishikawa / 石川洋光
Produced by / Produced by	Yuki Kajiura / 梶浦由記, Keiichi Nozaki / 野崎圭一 (VICTOR)
Co-producer / Co-producer	Yasunori Mori / 森康哲 (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)
Recording Engineer / Recording Engineer	Takashi Koiwa / 小岩孝志 (MIXER'S LAB), Yoshi Tamla / ヨシタムラ (N.Y), Joe Chiccarelli (N.Y), Dylan Curtis (N.Y)
Mixing Engineer / Mixing Engineer	Takashi Koiwa / 小岩孝志 (MIXER'S LAB), Yoichiro Kano / 加納洋一郎 (MIXER'S LAB)
Recording Studio / Recording Studio	SOUND VALLEY STUDIO, SOUND CITY STUDIO, CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y), THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
Mixing Studio / Mixing Studio	SOUND VALLEY STUDIO
Musicians Co-ordination / Musicians Co-ordination	Fumio Takano / 高野文男 (Tokyo Chamber Music Society), Noriko Sekiya / 関谷典子 (FACE MUSIC)
Recording Coordinator / Recording Coordinator	Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (BLUE SUN FILM COMPANY)
Executive Produced by / Executive Produced by	Shinichiro Okamoto / 岡本進一郎 (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.), Shiro Sasaki / 佐々木史朗, Shigeaki Komatsu / 小松茂明 (VICTOR), Kazuoki Ohnishi / 大西一興 (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)
Promotion Chief / Promotion Chief	Shiho Miyai / 宮井紫帆 (VICTOR)
A&R Desk / A&R Desk	Naoko Iida / 飯田直子 (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion / Sales Promotion	Kou Yamashita / 山下宏, Masakazu Sato / 佐藤正和 (VICTOR)
Artist Production / Artist Production	SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE
Design / Design	Riichiro Yoshida / 吉田理一郎 (G-MONKS)
Post Pro Editor / Post Pro Editor	Yasuko Kobayashi / 小林泰子 (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)
Special Thanks / Special Thanks	Hirohide Sugiura / 杉浦博英, Tetsuya Takahashi / 高橋哲哉, Tomohiro Hagiwara / 蘒原智洋 (MONOLITH SOFT), Kei Umeki / 梅木馨, 大嶋清太, Ayako Morikawa / 森川綾子 (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
Liner Notes / Liner Notes	Keiichi Nozaki / 野崎圭一, Tomohiro Hagiwara / 蘒原智洋, Tetsuya Takahashi / 高橋哲哉

Tracklist

English

Disc 1 [VICL-61975]

01	a prelude to the tragedy	2:00
02	fallout	2:03
03	we've got to believe in something	3:06
04	a dark omen	2:27
05	forgotten sanctuary	2:26
06	creeping into	2:15
07	the battle of your soul	3:07
08	rolling down the U.M.N.	2:07
09	in a limestone cave	2:17
10	inferno	1:54
11	on our ways	2:36
12	a new world	2:11
13	T-elos	2:22
14	the Miltia incidents	3:05
15	Febronia	2:51
16	promised pain	3:07
17	mother, I miss you	2:21
18	fate	2:11
19	Zarathustra dangeon	2:17
20	shifting territories	3:21
21	hepatica#2	1:42
22	the harsh truth	2:08
23	to the last place	1:53

Disc length 55:47
Disc 2 [VICL-61976]

01	hepatica (KOS-MOS)	5:14
02	battleland	3:34
03	a memory of a tragedy	1:40
04	testament	3:44
05	survive	3:08
06	T-elos#2	2:12
07	she's coming back	1:57
08	when the grief lets you go	2:33
09	godsibb	3:23
10	Febronia#2	2:13
11	crisis coming	2:50
12	a new world#2	1:55
13	outrageous	2:41
14	when the grief lets you go#2	3:22
15	I love you, sincerely	3:32
16	hepatica#3~I believe in you	7:52
17	maybe tomorrow~ending medley	7:43

Disc length 59:33
Total tracks 40 Total length 1:55:20

Notes

-Music Credits-

All music & arrangement by YUKI KAJIURA
Composer, Arranger & Lyricist: Yuki Kajiura (Disc2-17)

MUSICIANS

All Keyboard & Programming : Yuki Kajiura

E.Guitar : Koichi Korenaga (Disc1-13,20 / Disc2-6,9,13,17)
E.Bass : Vagabond Suzuki (Disc1-8)
             Tomoharu "Jr" Takahashi (Disc1-13 / Disc2-9,17)
Drums : Shinsuke Nozaki (Disc1-8,13 / Disc2-9,17)
A.Piano : Masato Matsuda (Disc1-8 / Disc2-1,17)
Flute : Rie Akagi (Disc1-3 / Disc2-17)
          Hideyo Takakuwa (Disc1-15)
Percussion : Tamao Fujii (Disc1-7,11,12 / Disc2-5,17)
                  Ikuo Kakehashi (Disc2-17)
Oboe : Tomoca Hirota (Disc1-11,17)
Uilleann Pipes : Jerry O'Sullivan (Disc1-18)

Violin : Hitoshi Konno (Disc1-13 / Disc2-8,10,14,16,17)
Viola : Amiko Watabe (Disc2-14)
Cello : Ayano Kasahara (Disc1-9 / Disc2-8,14,16)
Strings : Kido Strings (Disc1-1,2,4,5,7,10,12,14,16,20,21,22,23 / Disc2-1,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17)
             Dunn Pearson Strings Orchestra (Disc1-18)
             RUSH by TAKASHI KATO (Disc1-3 / Disc2-2,13,17)
             Shinozaki Strings (Disc2-7)

Trumpet : Shigeo Ohkura, Yoshikazu Kubo (Disc1-7,10,14 / Disc2-5,17)
Trombone : Koichi Akiyama, Yuri Iguchi (Disc1-7,10,14 / Disc2-5,17)
Horn : Maro Abe, Shigeaki Hisanaga, Masato Yoshinaga, Junji Takemura (Disc1-1,7,10,14 / Disc2-3,5,11,17)
Conductor : Larry Hochman (Disc1-18)
                  Koji Haishima (Disc1-3 / Disc2-2,7,13,17)
Vocal : Emily Curtis (Disc2-17)
Vocal & Chorus : Eri Itoh (Disc2-1,9)
                         Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus (Disc1-3,16 / Disc2-4,17)

Strings Score Support : Hiromitsu Ishikawa

Produced by Yuki Kajiura with Keiichi Nozaki (VICTOR)
Co-Producer: Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Takashi Koiwa (MIXER'S LAB)
Mixing Engineer: Yoichiro Kano (MIXER'S LAB)
Recording Engineer: Yoshi Tamla
                              Joe Chiccarelli (N.Y)
                              Dylan Curtis (N.Y)
Recording Studio: SOUND VALLEY STUDIO / SOUND CITY STUDIO
                          CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
                          THE CUTTING ROOM RECORDING STUDIO (N.Y)
Mixing Studio: SOUND VALLEY STUDIO

Musicians Co-ordination: Fumio Takano (Tokyo Chamber Music Society)
                                    Noriko Sekiya (FACE MUSIC)

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

Executive Produced by Shinichiro Okamoto (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
                                 Shiro Sasaki, Shigeaki Komatsu (VICTOR)
                                 Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT GROUP)

Promotion Chief: Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)
A&R Desk: Naoko Iida (VICTOR)
Sales Promotion: Kou Yamashita, Masakazu Sato (VICTOR)

Artist Production: SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE

Design: Riichiro Yoshida (G-MONKS)
Post pro editor: Yasuko Kobayashi (VICTOR DESIGN CENTER)

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi, Tomohiro Hagiwara (MONOLITH SOFT)
Kei Umeki, 大嶋清太, Ayako Morikawa (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)

Liner Notes: Keiichi Nozaki, Tomohiro Hagiwara, Tetsuya Takahashi