Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ / Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ / Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~

Joe Hisaishi's fifth album in his Piano Stories series.  Regular edition does not include 2 bonus tracks or bonus DVD.  Track 12 "The End of the World" was originally written (lyrics) by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee and popularized by Skeeter Davis.

cd

1. Woman
2. Love Theme of Taewangsashingi
3. Les Aventuriers

Departures

4. Prologue ~ Theme
5. Prayer
6. Theme of Departures

7. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
8. Destiny of Us (from Musical Turandot)

The End of the World

9. I. Collapse
10. II. Grace of the St. Paul
11. III. Beyond the World
12. IV. The End of the World

Bonus Tracks

13. I'd rather be a Shellfish
14. I will be

dvd

Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~
Recording Image

The End of the World
Vocal: Joe Hisaishi
M-12 Music Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi,
Words by Sylvia Dee, Music by Arthur Kent

12 Special Violoncello

Ludovit Kanta (Solo Concertmaster)
Nobuo Furukawa (Departures Solo)
Yumiko Morooka (12 Vc Inspector)
Akina Karasawa
Mikio Unno
Eiichiro Nakada
Yutaka Hayashi (M-2, M-8)
Robin Dupuy
Mikiko Mimori
Shigeo Horiuchi
Eiko Onuki
Takayoshi Sakurai
Keiko Daito

Contrabass

Igor Spallati
Jun Saito (M-2, M-8)

Marimba, Percussion

Momoko Kamiya
Reiko Komatsu

Harp

Yuko Taguchi
Micol Picchioni

A. Guitar

Masayuki Chiyo (M-8)

All Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi
Piano by Joe Hisaishi (M-12 Music Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi)

Directors:
Masayoshi Okawa (Bic-River)
Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station)

Recording & Mixing Engineers:
Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station)
Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station)
Recorded at
DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL,
Victor Studio, Wonder Station
Mixed at ON AIR AZABU STUDIO
Manipulator: Yasuhiro Maeda (Wonder City, Inc.)
Assistant Engineers:
Masashi Okada (SCI)
Takahiro Okubo (Victor Studio)
Masahito Komori (Bunkamura Studio)
Toshiyuki Takahashi, Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station)
Hitomi Joko, Mari Shinohara (ON AIR AZABU STUDIO)
Mastering Engineer: Hiroyuki Hosaka (H2 Mastering)

Piano Technicians:
Masanori Hanaoka (YAMAHA CORPORATION)
Nobumi Murakami (H. Matsuo Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.)

Production Management:
Wonder City Inc.; Kayo Chiba, You Kobayashi, Akiko Honda
Music Sheet Preparation:
Kenji Ashimoto, Chieko Matsunami