FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Official Soundtrack / FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Official Soundtrack / FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Official Soundtrack

Comes with the US Collector's Edition of the game.

Notes from Parent Album:
-FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Music Section-

Composers: Masashi Hamauzu (Disc1 M-01~07,10,18, Disc2 M-10, Disc3 M-18,19, Disc4 M-01,06,08~10,17~20)
                  Naoshi Mizuta (Disc1 M-08,09,11,12,15,20, Disc2 M-01~03,05,07,12,13,15~17, Disc3 M-02,04~09,11~15, Disc4 M-04,07,11~16,20)
                  Mitsuto Suzuki (Disc1 M-13,14,16,19, Disc2 M-04,06,08,09,14,18,19, Disc3 M-01,03,16,17, Disc4 M-03,05,15,21)
                  Yoshitaka Suzuki (Disc4 M-14,16)
  
Original Music Composer: Nobuo Uematsu (Disc1 M-17, Disc3 M-10, Disc4 M-02)

Sound Director: Tomohiro Yajima

Arrangers: Masashi Hamauzu (Disc1 M-01~07,10,18, Disc2 M-10, Disc3 M-01,18,19, Disc4 M-01,06,08~10,17~19)
                 Naoshi Mizuta (Disc1 M-08,09,11,12,15,20, Disc2 M-01~03,05,07,11~13,15~17, Disc3 M-02,04~09,11,12,14,15, Disc4 M-04,07,11,12)
                 Mitsuto Suzuki (Disc1 M-13,14,16,17,19, Disc2 M-04,06,08,09,14,18,19, Disc3 M-01,03,16,17, Disc4 M-03,05,08,15)
                 Ryo Yamazaki (Disc1 M-04,06, Disc3 M-18)
                 Yoshitaka Suzuki (Disc4 M-13,14,16)
                 Kengo Tokusashi (Disc3 M-10)
                 Shootie HG (Disc4 M-02)
                 Sachiko Miyano (SHANGRI-LA INC.) (Disc2 M-16, Disc3 M-13, Disc4 M-20)
  
Lead Sound Designer: Masayuki Sato

Sound Designers: Atsushi Suganuma
                          Masayuki Endo (Forcewick Sound Design)
                          Masayoshi Umezu (Forcewick Sound Design)

Dialogue Editors: Kazuhiro Hosoe
                          Jota Goto
                          Hideki Uchimura
  
Mixing Engineer & Supervising: Kazutaka Someya (Art Spirits)

Audio Programmers: Akihiro Minami
                               Yoshinori Tsuchida
                               Nao Kasahara
                               Hikaru Taniyama
                               Yuichi Nishimatsu
  
In-Game Music Mastering: Masahiro Matsuda (aten music)

Studio Technical Support: Yuji Isogawa

Music Administrator: Keiji Kawamori

Project Manager: Kazuki Hamamoto

Project Assistant: Yuko Sakae


-Recording Section-

Orchestrator: Sachiko Miyano (SHANGRI-LA INC.)

Lyrics: DAGMUSIC LTD (Disc2 M-12,13, Disc3 M-04,05,07,08,14, Disc4 M-07)
           Atari productions inc. (Disc1 M-13,14,19, Disc2 M-08,09)
           David Whitaker (Disc1 M-20)
           Aimee Blackschleger (Disc2 M-01,02)
           Motomu Toriyama (Disc2 M-16, Disc4 M-06)
           Frances Maya (Disc4 M-06)
           SQUARE ENIX MUSIC (Disc3 M-03, Disc4 M-02)

Latin Translator: Taro Yamashita

Latin Adapter: Kazuhiro Komiya


-Solo Recording-

Vocalists: Joelle (Disc2 M-12,13, Disc3 M-04,05,07,08,14)
              ORIGA (Disc1 M-13,14,19)
              KOKIA (Disc4 M-07)
              Shootie HG (Disc3 M-03, Disc4 M-02)
              David Whitaker (Disc1 M-20)
              Aimee Blackschleger (Disc2 M-01,02)
              Frances Maya (Disc4 M-06)
              Michiyo Honda (Disc2 M-08,09)
  
Scat: Mina

Vocorder: Yosuke Kakegawa

Children's Chorus: Suginami Junior Chorus

Violin: Yu Manabe
          Masahiko Todo
          Aska Kaneko

Viola: Amiko Watabe

Violoncello: Masutami Endo
                  Mayumi Sano

Trumpet: Koji Nishimura

Horn: Otohiko Fujita

Percussion: Ikuo Kakehashi

Piano: Takuro Iga
          Taku Yabuki
          Febian Reza Pane
  
Saxophone, Flute: Bob Zung

Electric Guitar: Yuya Ebisawa
                      Hideyuki Yonekawa

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar: Shigekazu Aida

Classic Guitar: Kiyotsugu Amano

Electric Bass: Teppei Kawasaki
                    Kentaro Nakao
  
Wood Bass: Hitoshi Watanabe
                  Courtesy of GEMMATIKA Records
                  Akiyoshi Shimizu
  
Drums: Taro Yoshida
            Takashi Kashikura
            George Kano
            Yoichiro Yamauchi

  
[Orchestra Recording]

Violin: Yu Manabe
          Masahiko Todo
          Mikiko Ise
          Naomi Urushibara
          Kyoko Ishigame
          Ken Okabe
          Gen Takeuchi
          Makiko Murakoshi
          Tomomi Tokunaga
          Yuichi Endo
          Akiko Tajima
          Yoko Fujinawa
          Kiyo Kido
          Risa Yamamoto
          Satoko Jinbo
          Kei Amano
          Natsue Kameda
          Maya Fraser
          Yoshiko Kaneko
          Yuya Yanagihara
          Machi Okabe
          Sohei Birmann
          Atsuki Yoshida
          Shu Watanabe
          Osamu Iyoku
          Ayaka Notomi
          Maiko Sugiyama
          Naoko Wakatabi
          Yuko Kajitani
          Ryoko Okouchi
          Naoko Abe
          Mari Asai

Viola: Gentaro Sakaguchi
         Masaki Shono
         Hyojin Kim
         Amiko Watabe
         Sachie Onuma
         Manami Tokutaka
         Shinichiro Watanabe
         Toshiyuki Akiyama
         Fumiko Aoki
         Reiichi Tateizumi
         Mayu Takashima
  
Violoncello: Masutami Endo
                  Takahiro Yuki
                  Mao Tomonou
                  Jun Nakamura
                  Tomoki Iwanaga
                  Shinichi Eguchi
                  Masashi Abe
                  Ryosuke Moriyama
                  Hajime Terai
                  Kaori Morita

Contrabass: Koji Akaike
                  Kento Takasugi
                  Shigeki Ippon
                  Masashi Kimura
                  Atsushi Kuramochi

Trumpet: Kenichi Tsujimoto
              Katsuji Hamaguchi
              Sho Okumura
              Teppei Kawakami

Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi
                Hisato Yamaguchi
                Hiroki Sato
                Junko Yamashiro
  
Horn: Hitoshi Imai
         Yuji Uesato
         Sigeaki Hisanaga
         Mina Muranaka
         Otohiko Fujita
         Atsushi Doyama
         Jo Kishigami
         Takahiro Tumori
  
Tuba: Shinpei Tsugita

Percussion: Midori Takada
                  Tomoko Kusakari
                  Ryoichi Kayatani

Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa
         Junko Wakamatsu
         Michiyo Morikawa
  
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
          Junko Suzuki
  
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
             Yumiko Itoi
             Fumie Kuro
  
Bassoon: Akio Osawa
              Yumi Kikkawa

Harp: Yuko Taguchi

Piano: Takuro Iga

Chorus: Mari Ide
            Michiko Maeda
            Miki Yoshimura
            Yurika Watanabe
            Atsuko Okawa
            Rika Hayashi
            Chikayo Hanashima
            Etsuyo Ota
            Kazuhiro Komiya
            Yasutaka Anzai
            Takahiro Nagai
            Katsuaki Fukui
            Shin Sugie
            Takahiko Kumagai
            Music Creation (Disc2 M-16)


[Post Production]

Recording & Mixing Engineers: Michio Nakakoshi (EST)
                                             Yutaka Une
                                             Masayoshi Sugai
                                             Masahiro Matsuda (aten music)
  
Mixing Engineers: Goh Hotoda
                           Takashi Watanabe
  
Recording Engineers: Toru Okitsu (SHANGRI-LA INC.)
                                Yoshikazu Sasahara (aten music)
                                Shinichi Akagawa
                                Naoyuki Honzawa

Recording & Mixing Studios: Aobadai Studio

Recording Studios: VICTOR STUDIO
                            Wonder Station
                            WESTSIDE
                            MARUNI STUDIO
                            STUDIO GREEN BIRD
                            ONKIO HAUS
                            Splash Sound Studio
                            SOUND INN STUDIO
                            Shootie HG Studios
  
Musician Recording Coordinators: Tsutomu Satomi (UCHIDA ONGAKU JIMUSHO)
                                                 Yuichi Uchida (UCHIDA ONGAKU JIMUSHO)
                                                 Asuka Tozawa (UCHIDA ONGAKU JIMUSHO)
                                                 Chizu Iwaki (DAGMUSIC)
                                                 Fumio Yasue (DAGMUSIC)
                                                 Yoshihito Ohokubo (Music Creation)

Artist Management: Nobuhiko Takahashi (ROAD AND SKY ORGANIZATION)
                             Masakazu Mori (ROAD AND SKY ORGANIZATION)
                             Shigeyuki Hirano (anco)
                             Jun Nagata (Stomach Inc.)


-Original Soundtrack CD Staff-

Mastering Engineer: Yuka Koizumi
Mastering Studio: Orange

Art Director: Ryota Nakazono (MASAMUNE co., ltd)
Design: Takashi Matsuzaki (MASAMUNE co., ltd)

Interview Page / Interviewer & Writer: Kazunori Terui (Wedge Holdings)
                                                        Chie Hosoi
Photography: Masayuki Koda (Shoakichi ¥50)
Hair & Make: Shota (HEADS)

Package Coordinator: Masayuki Kono (Sony Music Communications Inc.)

CD Production Manager: Yasuhiro Takamatsu
CD Production Coordinators: Soshi Yoshida
                                          Nozomi Miyazawa
CD Publicity Director: Kentaro Oda
CD Publicity Coordinator: Akio Shiraishi
CD Production Desk: Chizuru Abumiya
                               Yuka Kato

Executive Producer: Izumi Tsukushi

Supervisor: Koji Taguchi


-FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Game Production-

Director: Motomu Toriyama

Art Director: Isamu Kamikokuryo

Main Character Designer: Tetsuya Nomura

Image Illustrator: Yoshitaka Amano

Producer: Yoshinori Kitase

Publicity Producer: Akio Ofuji
Publicity Co-Producer: Yohei Murakami
Publicity Coordinator: Yumi Katsuyama


-Special Thanks-

Masami Abe
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Yosuke Nakashima
Masayoshi Soken
Rachel Funatsu
Yoshinobu Okushi
Kenneth Pinyopusarerk
John Townsend
Mina Sakai
and All Staff of "FINAL FANTASY XIII-2"


Interview: Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki