Shoot The Violist / Joe Hisaishi Ensemble / Shoot The Violist / Joe Hisaishi Ensemble / Shoot The Violist / Joe Hisaishi Ensemble

All composed and arranged by JOE HISAISHI

Joe Hisaishi Ensemble members:

Joe Hisaishi : Piano

Balanescu Quartet
Alexander Balanescu : Violin 1
Thomas Pilz : Violin 2 *
Chris Pitsillides : Viola *
Nick Holland : Violincello

Jun Saito : Bass *
Hirofumi Kinjo : Woodwind *
Masamiki Takano : Woodwind *
Momoko Kamiya : Marimba *
Marie Ohishi : Marimba & Percussion *

*except M-6

Produced by JOE HISAISHI
Recorded at Sound City
                 Wonder Station
Recording & Mixing engineer: Masayoshi Okawa
Assistant engineers: Nobushige Mashiko (Sound City)  
                            Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station Inc.)
Technical engineer: Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station Inc.)
Editor: Hiroya Ishihara (Wonder Station Inc.)
Mastering engineer: Shigeki Fujino (Universal Music K.K.)

A&R: Akira Watanabe (Fujipacific Music Inc.)
       Moto Kitsukawa (Polydor K.K.)
A&R supervisors: Akira Sasajima (Fujipacific Music Inc.)
                       Katsuyuki Usui (Polydor K.K.)
Promotion planner: Yasutake Namiki (Polydor K.K.)
Marketing planner: Kyoko Teradate (Polydor K.K.)
Management Office: Wonder City Inc.
Recording Cooperation: Keizo Maeda (Conversation & Company Ltd.)
                                Motomu Horiuchi (Conversation & Company Ltd.)

Art direction & Design: Norihiro Uehara (Ud)
Illustrator: Shinko Okuhara
Photograph: Ryoichi Saito
Portrait: Katsuo Sakayori
Artwork coordination: Chise Kamimura (Polydor K.K.)
                              Yumi Haga (Universal Music K.K.)

Executive producers: Ichiro Asatsuma (Fujipacific Music Inc.)
                             Ikuzo Orita (Polydor K.K.)
                             Ayame Fujisawa (Wonder City Inc.)

Special thanks: Eiichi FUjimoto (Dr.F Music Co.,Inc.)
                     Seiichi Kawai (Will Power Co.,Ltd.)