KINGDOM HEARTS II ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK / キングダムハーツ II オリジナル・サウンドトラック / KINGDOM HEARTS II ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

All Music Composed by Yoko Shimomura

Except
⚪Passion (DISC1-02,03/DISC2-33)
Written by Utada Hikaru

⚪Beauty and the Beast (DISC1-34)
Music by Alan Menken and Words by Howard Ashman

⚪Mickey Mouse Club March (DISC1-45)
Words and Music by Jimmie Dodd

⚪Winnie the Pooh (DISC1-50)
Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

⚪Part of Your World (DISC2-04)
Music by Alan Menken and Words by Howard Ashman

⚪Under the Sea (DISC2-05)
Music by Alan Menken and Words by Howard Ashman

⚪He's a Pirate (DISC2-09)
Music by Klaus Badelt, Geoffrey Zanelli and Hans Zimmer

⚪This is Halloween (DISC2-14)
Words and Music by Danny Elfman

⚪One-Winged Angel (from Final Fantasy VII) (DISC2-24)
Music by Nobuo Uematsu


<OPENING THEME> Passion ~opening version~ / <ENDING THEME> Passion ~after the battle~
Written by Utada Hikaru
Arranged by Utada Hikaru
Produced by Utada Hikaru, Miyake Akira and Utada Skingg Teruzane
Keyboards and Programming: Utada Hikaru, Matt Rohde
Additional Programming: Alexis Smith
Guitar: Ben Mauro
Acoustic Piano: Matt Rohde
Drums: Forrest Robinson
All Vocals: Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Pat Woodward and Matsui Atsushi
Pro-Tools Operation: Glenn Erwin
Recorded at Westlake Audio, L.A., Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo
Mixed by Goetz B. for 365 Artists
Mixed at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo

⚪Dearly Beloved (DISC1-01)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano Solo: Shinko Ogata
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Flute: Takashi Asahi
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Satoshi Kobayashi
Horn: Masato Yoshinaga
Percussions: Marie Oishi, Mari Kotake
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

⚪Passion -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- (DISC1-02)
Written by Utada Hikaru
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masahiro Yamada
Recording Hall: TOKYO OPERA CITY CONCERT HALL

⚪Lazy Afternoons (DISC1-04)
Sax: Hitoshi Ohori

⚪Showdown at Hollow Bastion (DISC2-23)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Flute: Takashi Asahi, Nami Kaneko
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Satoshi Kobayashi
Bassoon: Masashi Maeda
Horn: Masato Yoshinaga, Masato Abe, Mayumi Anduchi
Trumpet: Shigeo Okura, David Herzog, Kazuhiko Ichikawa
Trombone: Kouichi Akiyama, Hiroyuki Odagiri
Bass Trombone: Kou Okumura
Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato
Percussions: Marie Oishi, Mari Kotake
Timpani: Midori Takada
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Chorus: MUSICCREATION

⚪Fantasia alla marcia for piano, chorus and orchestra (DISC2-34)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano Solo: Shinko Ogata
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic
Chorus: MUSICCREATION
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masahiro Yamada
Recording Hall: TOKYO OPERA CITY CONCERT HALL

⚪Destiny Islands (DISC2-35)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano: Shinko Ogata
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Quena: Takashi Asahi
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Horn: Otohiko Fujita
Percussion: Marie Oishi
Guitar: Hiroshi Imaizumi

⚪Hand in Hand (DISC2-36)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano Solo: Shinko Ogata
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Flute: Takashi Asahi
Oboe: Gaichi Ishibashi
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Bassoon: Masao Oosawa
Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Taro Shimoda, Tsutomu Isohata
Trumpet: Shigeo Okura, Yoshikazu Kubo, Jyunichiro Sugiki
Trombone: Kenji Nishiyama, Ryota Fujii, Akira Kuwata
Tuba: Shinpei Tsugita
Percussions: Marie Oishi, Mari Kotake
Timpani: Midori Takada
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

⚪Sunset Horizons (DISC2-37)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Orchestra Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano Solo: Shinko Ogata
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Oboe: Gaichi Ishibashi
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Bassoon: Masao Oosawa
Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Taro Shimoda, Tsutomu Isohata
Percussions: Marie Oishi, Mari Kotake
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Chorus: MUSICCREATION

⚪Dearly Beloved -Reprise- (DISC2-38)
Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Piano Arrangement: Kaoru Wada
Piano Solo: Shinko Ogata

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masahiro Yamada
Recording & Mixing Studio: AVACO CREATIVE STUDIO INC.
Recording Coordinator: Kazuyuki Doki (REBIRTH INC.)

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KINGDOM HEARTS II ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Music Composed & Produced by Yoko Shimomura
Synthesizer Operator: Takeharu Ishimoto for SQUARE ENIX
Sound Programmer: Hitoshi Ohori for SQUARE ENIX
Production Manager: Masayuki Tanaka for SQUARE ENIX
Mastering Engineer: Yuka Koizumi (Orange)

Product Manager: Takashi Okamoto for Buena Vista Music Group
Executive Producer: Akitoshi Nakata for Buena Vista Music Group

Illustration: Tetsuya Nomura for SQUARE ENIX

-Game-
Director + Concept design: Tetsuya Nomura for SQUARE ENIX
Associate Producer: Patrick Chen for SQUARE ENIX
Publicity Producer: Kakuko Obinata for SQUARE ENIX

Yoko Shimomura Thanks to
Hitoshi Ohori (Soprano Saxophone Play), Tsuyoshi Sekito (Guitar Play), Keiji Kawamori (Bass Play), Masashi Hamauzu, Kazco Hamano, Kaoruko Iwase, Noriko Iwahara and Sachiko Ikoma