Xenoblade Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack / ゼノブレイド ディフィニティブ・エディション オリジナル・サウンドトラック / Xenoblade Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack

"Experience Shulk and company's journey again with these 99 fragments of memories. Including the completely new tracks as well as the new arrangements, all 99 tracks are included!

This 5 disc original soundtrack features the music used in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the video game released by Nintendo on May 29, 2020 for the Nintendo Switch. Including the 54 tracks that were reborn through new arrangements and the completely new tracks featured in Future Connected, the soundtrack totals at 99 tracks. The tracklist follows the order of the game's story, so it will be easy to experience the journey Shulk and company's journey through the music. The music was composed by an impressive lineup of composers, including Yoko Shimomura, ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO), Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota and Yasunori Mitsuda. The beginning of the Xenoblade Chronicles series is back!"

(translation taken from the album's official English-language website)



Disc 1

  Comp. Yoko Shimomura [M01~03, 05~07, 09, 10]
             Manami Kiyota [M04, 11, 13, 18, 19]
             ACE+ [M08, 12, 14~17, 20]

  Arr. Yoko Shimomura [M01]
        Yoko Shimomura & Tsutomu Narita [M02, 03]
        Manami Kiyota [M04, 11, 13, 18, 19]
        Tsutomu Narita [M05, 07, 09]
        Kenji Hiramatsu [M06, 08, 14, 17]
        ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [M10, 16]
        ACE+ [M12, 15, 20]

  Strings Arr. Tsutomu Narita [M01]

  Original Arr. Yoko Shimomura [M05, 07, 09]
                     ACE+ [M06, 08, 10, 14, 16, 17]



Disc 2

  Comp. Manami Kiyota [M01, 02, 08~10, 12~22]
             ACE+ [M03~07, 23]
             Yoko Shimomura [M11]

  Arr. Manami Kiyota [M01, 02, 08~10, 13, 16~22]
        ACE+ [M03, 05, 23]
        Kenji Hiramatsu [M04]
        ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [M06, 07, 12, 14, 15]
        Yoko Shimomura [M11]

  Strings Arr. Tsutomu Narita [M11]

  Original Arr. ACE+ [M04, 06, 07, 12, 14, 15]

  Piano Arr. Natsumi Kameoka [M15]



Disc 3

  Comp. Manami Kiyota [M01~09, 14~16]
             ACE+ [M10~13, 17~19]

  Arr. Manami Kiyota [M01~09, 14~16]
        Kenji Hiramatsu [M10, 17, 18]
        ACE+ [M11]
        ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [M12, 13, 19]

  Original Arr. Manami Kiyota [M04]
                     ACE+ [M10, 12, 13, 17~19]

  Piano Arr. Natsumi Kameoka [M19]



Disc 4

  Comp. Manami Kiyota [M01, 02, 04, 06~09, 11, 16~20]
             Yoko Shimomura [M03]
             ACE+ [M05, 10, 12~15]

  Arr. Manami Kiyota [M01, 02, 04, 06~09, 11, 16~20]
        ACE+ [M03, 05, 12]
        Kenji Hiramatsu [M10, 13~15]

  Original Arr. ACE+ [M10, 13~15]



Disc 5

  Comp. Manami Kiyota [M01, 03, 05, 07, 14, 15]
             ACE+ [M02, 04, 06]
             Yasunori Mitsuda [M08, 17]
             Yoko Shimomura [M09]
             ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [M10, 11, 13, 16]
             Kenji Hiramatsu [M12]

  Arr. Manami Kiyota [M01, 03, 05, 07, 14, 15]
        Kenji Hiramatsu [M02, 12]
        ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [M04, 06, 10, 11, 13, 16]
        Yasunori Mitsuda [M08, 17]
        Tsutomu Narita [M09]

  Strings Arr. Natsumi Kameoka [M04]
                    Mariam Abounnasr [M17]

  Original Arr. ACE+ [M02, 04, 06]

  Piano Arr. Takayuki Yoshimura [M13]

  Brass Arr. Natsumi Kameoka [M04]

  Original Lyrics: Tetsuya Takahashi [M08]

  Lyrics Translation: Lisa Gomamoto [M08]

  Vocals: Sarah Àlainn [M08]



* ACE+: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) & Kenji Hiramatsu
* Definitive Edition Arrangement Supervision: Yoko Shimomura (Disc1 M05, 07, 09)
* Piano Supervision: Natsumi Kameoka (Disc1 M10 / Disc2 M14 / DISC3 M13)



Xenoblade ORIGINAL MUSIC SELECTION

  Composed, Arranged & Programmed by Yoko Shimomura
                                                            ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) [ex ACE+]
                                                            Kenji Hiramatsu [ex ACE+]
                                                            Manami Kiyota
                                                            Yasunori Mitsuda [PROCYON STUDIO]

RECORDING STAFF

  Recording Engineer: Yoshinori Morita

  Mixing Engineers: Toshiyuki Yoshida / Yoshinori Morita

  Recording Location: Burnish Stone Recording Studios


MUSIC PRODUCTION

  Production: Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.

  Additional Arrangements by Tsutomu Narita

  Music Engraver: Takayasu Seo


MUSICIANS

  Piano: Hiroyuki Nakayama
  Acoustic Guitar / Electric Guitar: TOMOri Kudo [ACE]
  Electric Guitar: MARS [code from here]
                         Kiyofumi Mochizuki / Jean Kring
  Drums: Toshiharu Okajima
  Chorus: CHiCO [ACE] / Manami Kiyota / Masao Koori
  Violin: Yu Manabe / Masahiko Todo
  Viola: Koichiro Muroya
  Violoncello: Tomoki Tai



"Beyond the Sky" PRODUCTION

  Composed, Arranged & Programmed by Yasunori Mitsuda

  Original Lyrics: Tetsuya Takahashi

  Lyrics Translation: Lisa Gomamoto

  Vocals: Sarah Àlainn

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Hiroyuki Akita [Wonder Station]

  Recording Locations: Wonder Station
                                 Hitokuchi-zaka Studio
                                 CRESCENTE STUDIO
                                 PROCYON STUDIO

  Recording Coordinators: Tsutomu Satomi [Uchida Ongaku Jimusho]
                                      Yuichi Uchida [Uchida Ongaku Jimusho]

  Sound Production Managers: Mami Ashino [PROCYON STUDIO]
                                             Yoshie Miyajima [PROCYON STUDIO]

  Piano: Yoshihiko Ishizaka
  Acoustic Guitar / Electric Guitar: Tomohiko Kira [ZABADAK]
  Electric Bass: Hitoshi Watanabe [GEMMATIKA Records]
  Drums: Yasuo Sano
  Keyboard: Yasunori Mitsuda
  Strings: Konno Strings



Xenoblade Definitive Edition MUSIC SECTION

  Music Composed & Arranged by Yoko Shimomura
                                                 ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
                                                 Kenji Hiramatsu
                                                 Manami Kiyota
                                                 Yasunori Mitsuda [PROCYON STUDIO]


RECORDING STAFF

  Recording & Mixing Engineers: Junya Endo [Plick Pluck Inc.] / Hiroyuki Akita

  Recording Engineer: Hiroaki Sato [Landmark Studio]

  Assistant Engineers: Mai Kondo [Landmark Studio]
                                 Hiromu Yasumoto [STUDIO SUNSHINE]
                                 Shunsuke Miyazawa [Victor Studio]
                                 Satoshi Goto [Victor Studio]

  Recording Locations: Landmark Studio / STUDIO QUEST
                                 Burnish Stone Recording Studios / STUDIO SUNSHINE
                                 Studio FLATPINE / Studio O / Victor Studio

  Recording Coordinators: Tsutomu Satomi [SHANGRI-LA INC.]
                                      Noriko Sekiya [FACE MUSIC]
                                      SEKAI WALKER Producers LLC.
                                      Kenji Hiramatsu

Music Management: SEKAI WALKER Producers LLC.

Studio & Production Cooperation: Nami Ito [Landmark Studio]
                                                 Takako Shioya [Plick Pluck Inc.]
                                                 Yumiko Imai [Burnish Stone Recording Studios]
                                                 Momo Sasaki [Victor Studio]


MUSIC PRODUCTION

  Additional Arrangements by Tsutomu Narita
                                           Natsumi Kameoka / Takayuki Yoshimura

  Copyists: TOMOri Kudo [ACE]
                 Kenji Hiramatsu
                 Manami Kiyota
                 Takayasu Seo [Music Engrave 'Ruth-ya']
                 Tsutomu Narita
                 Natsumi Kameoka

  Assistants: Kurumi Fujioka / Miwa Hoshino


MUSICIANS

  Vocals: CHiCO [ACE] / Manami Kiyota / Yucca
  Piano: Yuki Kishida / Yui Morishita / Takayuki Yoshimura
  Acoustic Guitar: Go Tsukada / Tomoki Ihira
  Electric Guitar: Hiroshi Imaizumi / Kiyofumi Mochizuki
                         Takamichi Tsugei / Yuya Komoguchi / Jean Kring
  Bass: TABOKUN / Ryosuke Nikamoto
           Tomoyuki Miyazima / Teppei Kawasaki
  Drums: Shuntaro Kado / Maoki Yamamoto
  Flute / Piccolo: Dogen Kinowaki
  Oboe: Kanami Araki
  French Horn: Shun Matsuzaka / Jo Kishigami
                      Ikue Saga / Hitoshi Imai
  Trumpet: Kenichi Tsujimoto / Cheonho Yoon
  Trombone: Kou Aoki / Koichi Nonoshita
  Tuba: Kazuhiko Sato
  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
  Conga / Shaker / Windchime: MATARO

  Chorus: Barzz ~Minstrels of a birds~
  Conductor: Masao Kuroda
  Soprano: Chiemi Monguchi / Ohka Kawada / Yuriko Koyama
  Alto: Akiko Fukuma / Hiroko Kagata / Yuki Sugiyama
  Tenor: Toru Tsukada / Shunsuke Takeuchi
  Baritone: Kenji Arai
  Bass: Keisuke Ono

  Conductor: Ryotaro Yagi
  Soprano: Ayaka Kiwada / Aki Yasue
  Alto: Maria Asakura / Yukiko Seto
  Leader / Tenor: Hiroki Terajima
  Tenor: Taichiro Hirano

  Strings: Manabe Strings
  Violin: Yu Manabe / Tomomi Tokunaga / Kyoko Ishigame
             Yuya Yanagihara / Natsue Kameda / Ayaka Jomoto
             Naoko Ishibashi / Yasuhiro Morimoto / Ken Okabe
             Masahiko Todo / Machi Okabe / Shizuka Kawaguchi
             Toshiro Murai / Eriko Ukimura / Yuri Kamei
             Mino Fujisaki / Atsuko Sahara / Shuga Hayashi
  Viola: Masaki Shono / Mikiyo Kikuchi / Misato Futaki
            Saori Oka / Hyojin Kim
  Violoncello: Masami Horisawa / Masutami Endo
                    Takayoshi Okuizumi / Masateru Nishikata
                    Masaru Tamagawa / Toshiyuki Muranaka / Yuki Mizuno
  Contrabass: Jun Saito / Koji Akaike
                    Hisami Tamaki / Satoshi Suzuki



"Beyond the Sky (Acoustic Arrange)" PRODUCTION

  Music Composed & Arranged by Yasunori Mitsuda [PROCYON STUDIO]

  Strings Arrangement by: Mariam Abounnasr [PROCYON STUDIO]

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Hiroyuki Akita

  Assistant Engineer: Daiki Iimura [ONKIO HAUS]

  Recording Location: ONKIO HAUS

  Piano: Yuki Kishida

  Strings: Manabe Strings
  Violin: Yu Manabe / Tomomi Tokunaga / Toshiaki Murai
            Ayaka Jomoto / Yasuhiro Morimoto / Yuri Kamei
            Masahiko Todo / Naoko Ishibashi
            Machi Okabe / Natsue Kameda
  Viola: Misato Futaki / Masaki Shono
  Violoncello: Masutami Endo / Takayoshi Okuizumi
  Contrabass: Koji Akaike

  Music Cooperation: PROCYON STUDIO



PACKAGE PRODUCTION SECTION

  Planning, Production & Promotion: Mayu Nozaki [PROCYON STUDIO]

  Mastering Engineer: Hiroyuki Shiotsuki [Sony Music Solutions Inc.]

  Mastering Location: Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  Music Audio Data Preparation: Yasunori Mitsuda [PROCYON STUDIO]
                                               TOMOri Kudo [ACE]
                                               Kenji Hiramatsu
                                               Manami Kiyota

  Production Manager: Mayu Nozaki [PROCYON STUDIO]
  Production Assistant: Tom Mitchell [PROCYON STUDIO]

  Design: Tadashi Shimada [Tadashi Shimada Design Office]
              Norie Kadokura [Tadashi Shimada Design Office]

  Cooperation: Nintendo
                      MONOLITHSOFT
                      Mami Ashino [PROCYON STUDIO]


SPECIAL THANKS

  Tetsuya Takahashi [MONOLITHSOFT]
  Koh Kojima [MONOLITHSOFT]
  Shigekazu Yamada [MONOLITHSOFT]
  Takako Shijyo [MONOLITHSOFT]
  Genki Yokota [Nintendo]
  Yuki Sakamoto [Nintendo]
  Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.
  Tetsuya Kakita [Sony Music Solutions Inc.]