Okuribito Original Soundtrack / 「おくりびと」オリジナルサウンドトラック / Departures Original Soundtrack

Original soundtrack to the film Departures (Okuribito) composed by Joe Hisaishi.

All Music, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi
Except M-14 "Ave Maria" Written by Giuseppe Verdi and Volgarizza da Dante

Recording & Mixing Engineer : Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station)
Assistant Engineers : Takamitsu Kuwano (Victor Studio)
Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station)
Mastered by Hiroyuki Hosaka (Hitokuchi-zaka Studios)

Production Management : Nobumasa Uchida (Wonder City Inc.)
Kayo Chiba (Wonder City Inc.)
Music Sheet Preparations : Kenji Ashimoto, Chieko Matsunami

Recorded at Victor Studio
Mixed at Wonder Station

Musicians
Conducted by Joe Hisaishi
Solo V. Cello : Nobuo Furukawa
The★SUPECIOSA 12 Cellist : Masaharu Kanda, Yumiko Morooka,
Mikio Unno, You Kigoshi, Genichi Watanabe, Shou Murai, Shinsuke Hagawa,
Kimito Kubo, Keiko Daitou, Ryuichi Suzuki, Shigeo Horiuchi, Yoshino Takahashi
C. Bass : Iwahisa Kuroki, Koji Akaike / Flute : Hideyo Takakuwa, Kazuhiro Iwasa
Oboe : Satoshi Syoji / Clarinet : Kimio Yamane / Fagotto : Masashi Maeda
Harp : Yuko Taguchi / Piano : Ken Fujimitsu / Percussion : Toru Uematsu, Satoshi Takeshima

Music Coordination : Urara Ueno (NICHION, INC.)

A&R : Yuko Kameda (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Label Head : Junichi Mori (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Product Manager : Kyoko Teradate (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Head of Product Management : Hiroshi Ohara (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Sales Promotion : Naoko Iwasaki (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Tie-in Promotion : Aiichiro Kiyohara (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

Art Direction & Design : Ayumi Nagareda (FACE DESIGN)
Artwork Coordination : Yumi Haga (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)

Executive Producers : Naoshi Fujikura (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)
Kagenobu Kuwahata (NICHION, INC.)

Thanks to All Staff of "Film [Okuribito]"
Eiichi Fujimoto

General Producer : Yasuhiro Mase (TBS)