ULTRAMAN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK / ULTRAMAN オリジナルサウンドトラック / ULTRAMAN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

The soundtrack for the 2004 tokusatsu film ULTRAMAN (aka ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT).
Booklet contains a foreword by TSUBURAYA MUSIC producer Shizuka (Sussie) Tamagawa.

MUSIC SUPERVISOR: TAK MATSUMOTO (B'z)

Music by Masazumi Ozawa / Daisuke Ikeda / Shingo Kamata

Composers: Ryo Hayashi [M-01,19]
                   Tak Matsumoto [M-02,12]
                   Masazumi Ozawa [M-03,06,15,16,18,25,26]
                   Tak Matsumoto, Daisuke Ikeda [M-04]
                   Shingo Kamata [M-05,07,08,11,14,20,23]
                   Daisuke Ikeda [M-09,21,22]
                   Tak Matsumoto, Masazumi Ozawa [M-10]
                   Masazumi Ozawa, Shingo Kamata [M-13]
                   Tak Matsumoto, Masazumi Ozawa, Daisuke Ikeda [M-17,24]

Arrangers: Ryo Hayashi [M-01,19]
                 Tak Matsumoto, Akihito Tokunaga [M-02,12]
                 Masazumi Ozawa [M-03,10,26]
                 Daisuke Ikeda [M-04,09,17,21,22,24]
                 Shingo Kamata [M-05,07,08,11,13,14,20,23,26]
                 Masazumi Ozawa, Daisuke Ikeda [M-06,15,16,18,25]


Sound Track Produced by SUSSIE TAMAGAWA (TSUBURAYA MUSIC)
                                      HIROSHI SUZUKI (HOWMIC)
                                      RYO WATABE (ZET)
Directed by HIDEKI "vicky" TANABIKI (JOYMARK ENTERTAINMENT)
                  DAISUKE IKEDA (ZAIN PRODUCTS)
Sound Track Arranged by MASAZUMI OZAWA, RYO HAYASHI,
                                     DAISUKE IKEDA, SHINGO KAMATA / (ZAIN PRODUCTS)
Music Mixed by SUMINOBU HAMADA
Recorded & Mixed by TOMOKO NOZAKI (Being)
Recorded by TAKAYUKI ICHIKAWA (Being), DAISUKE TODOROKI (ZAIN PRODUCTS)
Assistant Engineer: SATOSHI FUKUDA (Being)
Recorded & Mixed at BIRDMAN WEST, GARDENIA STUDIO, ZAIN-P STUDIO


Orchestra Recording Coordinator: SHINGO KAMATA (ZAIN PRODUCTS)
                                                 SHOKO TAMAKI (TAMA MUSIC)
Violin: MAKI NAGATA, YOKO FUJINAWA, YUKIO IKEDA, MAKIKO MURAKOSHI,
          RINA ODERA, BIRMANN SOHEI, AKIKO OKABE, FUYU IWAKI, NAMO NAGASAWA,
          YUKIHIRO NISHIMOTO, MIREI AKAIKE, AKIKO SHIMIZU, MIKI SHIBAMURA, SAYURI YANO
Cello: MAKIKO TOMITA, MASAAKI ISONO, HAJIME TERAI,
          KYOKO NAKAJIMA, NOZOMI KAMATA, YOKO OHTA
Contrabass: IPPEI KITAMURA, AYAKO SADOYA, NAOKO HAMADA
Flute & Piccolo: NORIKO TAKAICHI, MIHOKO YASUHARA
Oboe: HIROMI ITAYA
Clarinet: YUKI HAMASAKI
Bassoon: AKIRA ISHIKAWA
Trumpet: TAKASHI HATAKEYAMA, TAKAHIRO SUZUKI, MOTOKO HASEGAWA
F.Horn: YUKITOMO KURAMOCHI, TERUMICHI ITO, AKIKO YOSHINO, FUMIKO HIKIMA
Trombone: KYOICHIRO KORI, AZUSA TOJO
Bass Trombone: TOMOYUKI TSUZAKI
Tuba: KEN-ICHI SHIMURA
Percussion: MAYUKO UCHITA, TAKUTO KOHASHI, GEN KUBONO, RYUYA MATSUKAWA
Harp: KAORI KOHASHI
Piano: RYO HAYASHI
Guitar: MASAZUMI OZAWA


■ NEVER GOOD-BYE / TMG [M-12]
TAK MATSUMOTO GROUP are
Guitar: TAK MATSUMOTO
Vocal: ERIC MARTIN
Bass & Vocal: JACK BLADES
Drums: BRIAN TICHY


Lyrics: JACK BLADES (Ranchrock Music BMI)
Music: TAK MATSUMOTO
Background Vocal: ERIC MARTIN, JACK BLADES
Arrangement with AKIHITO TOKUNAGA


Recorded & Mixed by HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI (Being)
Additional Engineer: MATT COHEN (Vocal Recording)
Assistant Engineers: LEE JONG HOON (BIRDMAN)
                              AKI MORIMOTO (RED WAY)


Recorded & Mixed at BIRDMAN WEST
Also Recorded at RODEO RECORDING, GREEN WAY STUDIO, COCK AND BOTTLE STUDIO (SANOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA)

Guitar Technician: HIDEKI NAGAOKA (f·a·t)
Bass Technician: KATSUNORI "hakkai" HATAKEYAMA (f·a·t)

ERIC MARTIN appears by the courtesy of Pony Canyon INC.
JACK BLADES appears by the courtesy of KING RECORDS


■ Theme from ULTRAMAN / TAK MATSUMOTO
Music: TAK MATSUMOTO
Drums: BRIAN TICHY
Arrangement with AKIHITO TOKUNAGA (Bass & Programming)


Tie-up Coordinator: YASUNAO MATSUMOTO


Produced by TAK MATSUMOTO


Recorded & Mixed by HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI (Being)
Assistant Engineers: LEE JONG HOON (BIRDMAN)
                              AKI MORIMOTO (RED WAY)
Recorded & Mixed at BIRDMAN WEST
Also Recorded at RODEO RECORDING, GIZA HILLS STUDIO, GREEN WAY STUDIO
Guitar Technician : HIDEKI NAGAOKA (f·a·t)


AKIHITO TOKUNAGA from doa appears by the courtesy of GIZA studio


Mastered by MASAHIRO SHIMADA at BIRDMAN MASTERING
Art Direction: BE PLANNING
Design: YUSUKE OURA (BE PLANNING)
Album Coordinated by TOMOYUKI WARASHINA, YAKO UEDA / (ZET)


Special Thanks
KAZUO TSUBURAYA (TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS)
KAZUYA KONAKA (TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS)
KIYOSHI SUZUKI (TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS)
KEI KUROSAWA (TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS)
YASUNAO MATSUMOTO (KANAMEDO)


Executive Producer: KANONJI


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