MUSIC CREDITS
CD01
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
Bankai special shout: Masakazu Morita
CD02
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by CHOKKAKU
Backing vocals: Derek Green and Gina Foster
Backing vocals arrangement: Shiro SAGISU
Programming and Guitars: CHOKKAKU
CD03
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU and Masamichi Amano
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
The voice in a play: Ian Michael G Pitter
CD04
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU and CHOKKAKU
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Choir (soprano principal): Catherine Bott
Choir (alto principal): Deborah Miles-Johnson
Choir (tenor principal): Andrew Busher
Choir (bass principal): Michael George
Orchestra leader: Perry Montague-Mason
Programming: Shiro SAGISU and CHOKKAKU
Guitars: CHOKKAKU
CD05
Arranged by Shu Kanematsu
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
CD06
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Backing vocals: Hazel Fernandes
Backing vocals arrangement: Fred Johanson
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita
Bass: Seiji Kameda
Percussions: Karlos Edwards
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Strings leader: John Mills
CD07
Arranged by Miho Hazama
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano
CD08
Featuring vocalist: KOTETSU
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by KOTETSU
CD09
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shu Kanematsu
Backing vocals: Hazel Fernandes
Backing vocals arrangement: Fred Johanson
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: James Shearman
Orchestra leader: John Mills
CD10
Arranged by Masamichi Amano
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano
CD11
Arranged by Masamichi Amano
Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Masamichi Amano
CD12
Featuring vocalist: Adam Brown
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged and co-produced by Eliot James
Backing vocals: Adam Brown
Keyboards, Guitars, Bass & Drums: Eliot James
CD13
Featuring vocalist: Hazel Fernandes
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason
CD14
Featuring vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Arranged by Miho Hazama
Orchestra: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: Nick Ingman
Orchestra leader: Perry Montague-Mason
CD15
Featuring lead vocalist: Mike Wyzgowski
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Guitar solo: Steve Homes
Introduction strings arranged by Miho Hazama
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Rhythm guitar and backing vocals: Mike Wyzgowski
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Conductor: Nick Ingman
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason
CD16
Featuring lead vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Cello solo: Anthony Pleeth
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Piano: Yasuharu Nakanishi
Rhodes: Makoto Kuriya
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason
CD17
Featuring lead vocalist: Ian Michael G Pitter
Lyrics: Mike Wyzgowski
Trumpet solo: Eric Miyashiro
Arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Piano: Yasuharu Nakanishi
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra
Strings leader: Perry Montague-Mason
Produced, composed, arranged by Shiro SAGISU
Co-produced by Yuiko SAGISU
Recording engineers: Philip Bagenal, Lewis Jones, Rupert Coulson, Jonathan Allen, Andrzej Sasin, Aleksandra Nagórko, CHOKKAKU, Masahiro Kawaguchi and Shiro SAGISU
Recording studios: Abbey Road, Air, Eastcote (London), Beethoven, d'Hallwyll (Paris), Printz (Angoulême), ∠R (Yokohama) and Ro-JAM (Tokyo)
Recording hall: Lyndhurst Hall (London) and National Philharmonic (Warsaw)
Mixing engineer: Shiro SAGISU
Mixing studios: Ferber, Beethoven, d'Hallwyll (Paris), Printz (Angoulême) and Ro-JAM (Tokyo)
Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman and Patricia Sullivan
Mastering studios: Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood)
Post Mastering engineer: Machiko Suzue
Post Mastering studio: SONY Nogizaka (Tokyo)
Orchestra contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Lucy Whalley, Amy Stuwart, Jenny Goshawk (London) and Wojciech Nowak (Warsaw)
Librarian: Yuiko SAGISU, Yukiko Tanimoto and Ron Shillingford
Productions managers: Philip Bagenal, Fiona Gillott, Tori Sunnucks, Alison Burton, Lucy Matthews, Jean-Christophe Le Guennan, Jack Doutt, Shiro SAGISU, Yuiko SAGISU, Mai Sato, Yukiko Tanimoto, Masaharu Yamanouchi, Naritoshi Sato and Akiko Yodo and Haruka Aoki
Special thanks to Tite Kubo,
Noriyuki Abe,
Tomohisa Taguchi,
Pierrot Co.,Ltd.,
Yukio Nagasaki, Yuichi Sugiyama, Irène Marques and Masumi Suzuki
In Memory of Martin Loveday (1958-2020)
In Memory of John Ashton Thomas (1961-2021)
In Memory of Philip Bagenal (1950-2021)
PRODUCT STAFF
JACKET ILLUSTRATION
Illustrated by Masashi Kudoh
Color Concept by Mieko Takai
Color Design by Hideo Kamitani
Painted by Miyako Hoshi
Art Direction: Tsuyoshi Kusano
Tracks 01-11 are new arrangements.
Tracks 12-17 are previous arrangements from SHIRO'S SONGBOOK 'Xpressions' (
YMCL-10015~6).
The album title Bankai (盤解) is a pun on Bleach's in-universe lore's Bankai (卍解).
Contained in 3 collections
