PIANO STORIES II The Wind of Life / Joe Hisaishi / ピアノ・ストーリーズ II ザ・ウインド・オブ・ライフ / 久石 譲 / PIANO STORIES II The Wind of Life / Joe Hisaishi

All songs composed and arranged by Joe Hisaishi

Produced by Eiichi Fujimoto & Joe Hisaishi

Executive Producer : Ichiro Asatsuma (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC Inc.)
                             Ikuzo Orita (Polydor K.K.)
                             Mamoru Fujisawa (Wonder City Inc.)

Supervisor : Akira Sasajima (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC Inc.)
                 Nobumasa Uchida (Polydor K.K.)

Recording Engineered by Masayoshi Okawa
                                 Yasuo Morimoto (Crescente Studio)
                                 Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station)
Mixed by Shin-ichi Tanaka (Superb)
Mastered by Masaki Kato (Sunrise Studio)
Assistant Engineered by Aya Inoue (Wonder Station)
                                 Masayuki Oka (Victor Studio)
                                 Seiji Sekine (Victor Studio)
                                 Yoshimitsu Kubota (Sound City)
Recorded at Wonder Station
                 Victor Studio
                 Sound City

Piano Technician : Masanori Hanaoka (YAMAHA)
                        Tetsujiro Honma

Piano Supplied : Wonder Station (STEINWAY D274)
                      YAMAHA (YAMAHA CFIII-S)

Management : Yukio Yamashita (Wonder City Inc.)
                    Toru Takigawa (Wonder City Inc.)

A & R : Tadataka Watanabe (Polydor K.K.)

Art Direction & Design : Hisashi Tenmyoya
Photography : Shinji Hosono (Star Shot)
Stylist : Hiyori Nakamura
Make up : Kazuhiko Yonezawa

Special thanks to : Satoshi Ikeda
                          OFFICE KITANO Inc.
                          OFFICE KEN Co., Ltd.


1. Friends
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Daisuke Mogi - Oboe
   Pan Strings

2. Sunday
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Masayoshi Furukawa - Guitar
   Hiroyuki Minami, Syuntaro Matsuda - Horn
   Pan Strings

3. Asian Dream Song
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Pan Strings

4. Angel Springs
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Pan Strings

5. Kids Return
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Yuichiro Goto String Quartet
      Yuichiro Goto - Violin
      Motoko Fujiie - Violin
      Hijiri Kuwano - Viola
      Masaki Horisawa - Cello

6. Rain Garden
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano

7. Highlander
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Daisuke Mogi - Oboe, Cor Anglais
   Takashi Asahi - Flute
   Hiroyuki Minami, Syuntaro Matsuda - Horn
   Pan Strings

8. White Night
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Toshihiro Nakanishi - Electrofonic Violin
   Pan Strings

9. Les Aventuriers
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano
   Hidefumi Toki - Soprano Sax
   Yuichiro Goto String Quartet
      Yuichiro Goto - Violin
      Motoko Fujiie - Violin
      Hijiri Kuwano - Viola
      Masaki Horisawa - Cello
   Pan Strings

10. The Wind of Life
   Joe Hisaishi - Piano

Joe Hisaishi : Strings Conductor

Pan Strings
Violin
     Pan In Rin
     Akira Miyauchi
     Gensei Nakayama
     Hidenori Mishima
     Hiroshi Koizumi
     Kazuhiko Urabe
     Kou Miyauchi
     Masao Kawabata
     Takao Ochiai
     Tatsuo Kotagawa
     Yasutaka Watanabe
     Yoichiro Kobayashi
     Yoshihisa Tamano
     Yoshinori Tada
     Yuko Fujii
Viola
     Katsuhiko Toyama
     Mayumi Matsuda
     Michimasa Chiwata
     Nobuo Takeda
     Syuzo Ide
     Tamio Suzuki
     Tomoko Fukumoto
     Yoshinao Higashi
Cello
     Masaaki Shigematsu
     Masashi Abe
     Mayumi Tachibana
     Minoru Takeda
     Tomio Yajima
     Toshiki Fujisawa
     Yutaka Ozawa
Contrabass
     Buzen Matsumoto
     Kazuki Chiba