LIGHTNING RETURNS:FINAL FANTASY XIII ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK / LIGHTNING RETURNS:FINAL FANTASY XIII オリジナル･サウンドトラック / LIGHTNING RETURNS:FINAL FANTASY XIII ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

MUSIC: Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki

SOUND DIRECTOR: Tomohiro Yajima
MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR: Keiji Kawamori


DISC 1:
Composer & Arranger:
Masashi Hamauzu (M-2,3,7~10,13,16)
Naoshi Mizuta (M-4,12,18,19)
Mitsuto Suzuki (M-17)

M-1
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki & Masashi Hamauzu
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko

M-5
Composer: Naoshi Mizuta & Masashi Hamauzu
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta

M-6
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko & Mina Kubota

M-11
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu
Arranger: Masashi Hamauzu & Ryo Yamazaki

M-14
Composer: Naoshi Mizuta
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta & Takuro Iga

M-15
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Wollny Andreas

Vocals:
Wollny Andreas (M-15)
KOKIA (M-18)
Joelle (M-19)

DISC 2:
Composer & Arranger:
Naoshi Mizuta (M-3,4~6,12,14,18,19)
Mitsuto Suzuki (M-7,9)

M-1,2,8
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko

M-10,11,13
Composer: Naoshi Mizuta
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta & Yohei Kobayashi

M-15,16
Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta & Masashi Kimura

M-17
Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranger: Natsumi Asari (Ful)

Vocals:
Gabe McNair (M-3)

Lyricist:
DAGMUSIC LTD (M-3)

DISC 3:
Composer & Arranger:
Masashi Hamauzu (M-11,12,21)
Naoshi Mizuta (M-9,10,13,14,19)
Mitsuto Suzuki (M-3,6,7,15,16,20)

M-1,2
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko

M-4
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Language

M-5,8
Composer: Naoshi Mizuta & Masashi Hamauzu
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta

M-17
Composer: Naoshi Mizuta
Arranger: Naoshi Mizuta & Masashi Kimura

M-18,22
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko & Mina Kubota

DISC 4:
Composed & Arranger:
Masashi Hamauzu (M-1,3~5,12)
Naoshi Mizuta (M-8,11)
Mitsuto Suzuki (M-2,6,7,10)

M-9
Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Mitsuto Suzuki & Kengo Tokusashi

M-13
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu & Naoshi Mizuta & Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranger: Yohei Kobayashi & Naoshi Mizuta

M-14
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu
Arranger: Masashi Hamauzu & Shota Nakama


[SOUND]

LEAD SOUND DESIGNER: Kazuhiro Hosoe
SOUND DESIGNER: Atsushi Suganuma
DIALOGUE EDITORS: Jota Goto, Hideki Uchimura
AUDIO PROGRAMMERS: Akihiro Minami, Yoshinori Tsuchida, Nao Kasahara, Hikaru Taniyama, Yuichi Nishimatsu
RE-RECORDING MIXER: Kazutaka Someya (TOKAI SOUND CO.,Ltd), Hiroki Sawada (TOKAI SOUND CO.,Ltd)

ARRANGERS: Ryo Yamazaki, Aska Kaneko, Kengo Tokusashi, Mina Kubota, Takuro Iga, Seiji Toda, Yosuke Kakegawa (Language), Naoyuki Honzawa (Language), Masashi Kimura, Natsumi Asari (Ful)

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING: Yoshitaka Suzuki
IN-GAME MUSIC MASTERING: Masahiro Matsuda (aten music)
PROJECT MANAGER: Kazuki Hamamoto
PROJECT ASSISTANTS: Yuko Sakae, Shihoko Karube


[DOMESTIC RECORDING]

LYRICS: DAGMUSIC LTD., Motomu Toriyama

BARDS: Wollny Andreas, Yosuke Kakegawa (Language), Prasertvithyakarn Prasert, Pinyopusarerk Kenneth
VOCALIST: Gabe McNair, Kaori (Language), Mina (IMERUAT), Joelle, KOKIA
CHOIR: Mistera Feo (Yuka. S, Miyuu, Nami, Yuuka, Yuriko, Rink, Mion, Rika, Mai)
VIOLIN: Aska Kaneko, Haruko Yano, Yu Manabe, Masahiko Todo, Hijiri Kuwano
VIOLA: Keiko Shiga, Masaki Shono
VIOLONCELLO: Shinichi Eguchi, Masutami Endo
SAXOPHONES: Hiroyasu Yaguchi, Yohei Kobayashi, Bob Zung
FLUTE: Ryo Sakagami
TIN WHISTLE: Takashi Yasui
FAGOTTO: Yuichi Nishimatsu
TRUMPET: Masayuki Sato
PIANO: Kengo Tokusashi, Mina Kubota, Takuro Iga
ELECTRIC GUITAR: Yuya Ebisawa, Seiji Toda, Taku Oshiba, Tsuyoshi Sekito
ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Go Tsukada, Taku Oshiba
BAROQUE GUITAR: Hiroshi Kaneko
ELECTRIC BASS: Nobuo Nakahara, Keiji Kawamori, Naoshi Mizuta
WOOD BASS: Masashi Kimura
DRUMS: Saeko Suzuki, Shota Akasako
MARIMBA: Ful (Natsumi Asari, Noriko Tsukagoshi, Sakiko Tomida, Aki Yasukawa)
PERCUSSION: Noriko Terada, Hitomi Aikawa, Natsumi Asari (Ful), Noriko Tsukagoshi (Ful)
TABLA: U-zhaan
WHISTLE: Yuki Hirose
ETHNO VOX: Mitsuto Suzuki, Yoshinori Tsuchida, Tomohiro Yajima, Ryo Yamazaki, Kazuki Hamamoto, Yusuke Komori, Yuji Isogawa, Naoshi Mizuta, Yuichi Nishimatsu, Shihoko Karube, Wollny Andreas

RECORDING & MIXING ENGINEERS: Masahiro Matsuda (aten music), Naoyuki Honzawa (Language), Nobuyuki Aoyagi
RECORDING ENGINEERS: Yutaka Une, Yoshikazu Sasahara (aten music), Kunihiro Imazeki (ALDEBALAN), Yukihiro Kanesaka, Atsushi Asada, Shigeo Sakurai, Naoto Shibuya, Yuji Isogawa
RECORDING & MIXING STUDIO: ONKIO HAUS
RECORDING STUDIOS: LAB recorders, CRESCENTE STUDIO, VICTOR STUDIO, STRIP Studio, 01073 HOUSE, Professional Percussion Srudio ... and OTHER ADDITIONAL STUDIOS
MUSICIAN COORDINATE: Tsutomu Satomi (SHANGRI-LA INC.), Erik Reiff (DAGMUSIC LTD), Shigeru Otake (Daybreak works Inc.)
ARTISTS MANAGEMENT: Jun Nagata (Stomach, Inc.), Nobuyuki Oikawa (PYXIE), Hiraishi Office Ltd.


[OVERSEAS RECORDING]

< BOSTON >

ORCHESTRATOR: Shota Nakama
CONDUCTOR: Yohei Sato
ORCHESTRA: VIDEO GAME ORCHESTRA
CONCERTMASTER: Zenas Hsu

VIOLIN I: Sho Omagari, Jeremias Sergiani Velazquez, Harry Chang, Tudor Dornescue, Brendan O'Donnell, Aleksandra Labinska, Felix Chen, Isabella Reyes, Shinhye Kim
VIOLIN II: Jiyoung Park, Konstantin Rybakov, Adina Mu-Ying Tsai, Tara Mueller, Sarah Ryu, Michael Rau, Jessica Hsieh, Jennifer Hsieh, Nanako Takata
VIOLA: Ting Ru Lai, Rebecca Hallowell, Ki Yeol Kim, Justin Ouellet, Oliver Chang, Kurt Tseng, Hye Lim Shin, Kevin Hsu
VIOLONCELLO: Ignacy Grzelazka, Yina Tong, Jerry Liu, Robert Mayes, Drew Comstock, Kett Chuan Lee, Egor Antonenko, Mina Kim
DOUBLE BASS: Chao Chen, Michael McClure, Christian Gray, Eddie Kass
FLUTE/PICCOLO: Brittney Balkcom, Kazuyo Kuriya
OBOE: Miri Kudo
CLARINET: John Dioati
BASSOON: Vince Ocampo, Tsu-I Lee
TRUMPET I: Matt Ebisuzaki
TRUMPET II: Loo-Kit Chong
HORN I: Chuta Chulavalaivong
HORN II: Megan Marranca
HORN III: Paige McGrath
HORN IV: Nicholas Auer
TROMBONE I: Chris Moore
TROMBONE II: Ian Maser
BASS TROMBONE: Mary Tyler
TUBA: Andrew Smith
PIANO: Livan
HARP: Maria Rindenello
GUITAR: Shota Nakama
SOLO VIOLIN: Zenas Hsu, Sho Omagari

FORCA DIRECTOR, LATIN ADAPTER: Jose Delgado
LATIN ADAPTER: Maho Azuma
CHOIR: FORCA (Erica Spyres, Stephanie Steele, Ingrid Gerdes, Von Bringhurst, Martin Thomson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Lussier, Davron Monroe, Will Koffel, Justin Hicks, Jonathan Mendoza)
SOLO VOCAL: Ingrid Gerdes, Jose Delgado
BUDDHA CHANT: Masashi Hamauzu, Shota Nakama, Jose Delgado, Justin Hicks

RECORDING & MIXING ENGINEER: Falk Au Yeong
RECORDING ENGINEER: Antonio Oliart
ASSISTANT ENGINEER: Alvin Wee
RECORDING STUDIO: WGBH Fraser Studio
MIXING STUDIO: Cybersound
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Wen Hsu
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Ivan Lin


< BULGARIA / NASHVILLE >

ORCHESTRATOR : Yohei Kobayashi
CONDUCTOR (Bulgaria): Deyan Pavlov
ORCHESTRA (Bulgaria): Bulgaria Symphony Orchestra SIF 309
CONCERT MASTER (Bulgaria): Dimitar Danchev
PRODUCTION MANAGER (Bulgaria): Vladimir Dimitrov
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (Bulgaria): Nikolina Djidrova
ORCHESTRA MANAGER (Bulgaria): Elena Chouchkov
RECORDING STUDIO: Bulgarian National Radio Studio I
RECORDING ENGINEER: Vladislav Boyadjiev
MIXING ENGINEER: Kiyoshi Okabe

ORCHESTRA & CHOIR (Nashville): Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra and Chorus
ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR / CONCERTMASTER (Nashville): Alan Umstead
RECORDING STUDIO (Nashville): Oceanway Studios Nashville
EXECUTIVE SCORING PRODUCTION MANAGER: Daniel Monteverde (Arriba Entertainment, Inc.)
SCORING PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kurt Jessen (Arriba Entertainment, Inc.)
SCORING PRODUCTION MANAGER: Nicolas Alvarez (Arriba Entertainment, Inc.)
ASSISTANT SCORING PRODUCTION MANAGER: Takashi Baker (Arriba Entertainment, Inc.)
ARTISTS MANAGEMENT: Yuji Yasuda (FAIR WIND music)


[ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK STAFF]

MASTERING ENGINEER: Yuka Koizumi
MASTERING STUDIO: Orange
COVER SYMBOL & VISUAL: Ryota Nakazono (Masamune Inc.), Shinnosuke Yoshida (Masamune Inc.), Akira Yamagishi (Masamune Inc.), Yukiko Okamoto (Masamune Inc.)
PACKAGE ART DIRECTOR: Ryota Nakazono (Masamune Inc.)
PACKAGE DESIGNER: Shinnosuke Yoshida (Masamune Inc.), Yukiko Okamoto (Masamune Inc.)
CD PRODUCTION COORDINATORS: Soshi Yoshida, Hideki Umezu
CD PRODUCTION COORDINATION ASSISTANT: Nozomi Miyazawa
CD PUBLICITY COORDINATOR: Akio Shiraishi
CD PUBLICITY COORDINATOR ASSISTANT: Akane Nakashima
CD PRODUCTION DESK: Yuka Kato
CD PRODUCTION DESK ASSISTANT: Tomomi Matsuo
CD PRODUCTION MANAGER: Yasuhiro Takamatsu
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Izumi Tsukushi
SUPERVISOR: Shinji Hashimoto


[LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII GAME PRODUCTION]

DIRECTOR: Motomu Toriyama
GAME DESIGN DIRECTOR: Yuji Abe
MAIN PROGRAMMER: Naoki Hamaguchi
ART DIRECTOR: Isamu Kamikokuryo
GRAPHICS & VFX DIRECTOR: Shintaro Takai
MAIN CHARACTER DESIGNER: Tetsuya Nomura
LEAD SCENARIO WRITER: Daisuke Watanabe
LEVEL DESIGN DIRETOR: Takeshi Iwabuchi
LEAD APPLICATION PROGRAMMER: Daiki Hoshina
LEAD PLANNERS: Kazuyuki Shindo, Masahiro Ishihara, Daisuke Inoue, Yui Sawada
BATTLE DESIGN DIRECTOR: Nobuyuki Matsuoka
LEAD BATTLE PROGRAMMER: Satoru Koyama
CHARACTER MODEL DIRECTOR: Masaaki Kazeno
LEAD TECHNICAL ENGINE & RENDERING PROGRAMMER: Shuichi Ikeda
GAMEPLAY ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Yoshiyuki Soma
CUTSCENE ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Yusuke Tanaka
CUTSCENE LAYOUT DIRECTOR: Hidekazu Miyake
LEAD ART DESIGNER: Toshitaka Matsuda
ENVIRONMENT DIRECTOR: Norihito Ueno
ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL ARTIST: Yoji Ito
LEAD TOOLS & BUILD ENGINE PROGRAMMER: Hideki Shibuya
MENU DIRECTOR: Yoichi Seki
LEAD MENU PROGRAMMER: Yoshikazu Miyake
LEAD SOCIAL NETWORK PROGRAMMER: Takeshi Mori
MOVIE DIRECTOR: Kazuyuki Ikumori
ASSISTANT MOVIE DIRECTORS: Kaori Sato, Shuzo Tadokoro
SOUND DIRECTOR: Tomohiro Yajima
MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR: Keiji Kawamori
LEAD MARKETING & PUBLICITY PLANNER: Yohei Murakami


[PUBLICITY]

MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTOR: Akio Ohfuji
MARKETING & PUBLICITY COORDINATOR: Noriko Inoue, Seri Kimura
PUBLICITY STAFF: Kakuko Obinata, Masato Kogure, Rei Kawano, Yumi Katsuyama, Kumiko Ishida, Munehiro Ohsawa, Toshiyuki Inoue, Yuko Kono
CHIEF INTERNATIONAL MARKETING & PUBLICITY COORDINATOR: Ayako Kawamoto
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING COORDINATOR: Yuko Endo
WEB COORDINATORS: Chiaki Yamauchi, Miki Kato
CORPORATE EXECUTIVE: Keiji Honda


SPECIAL THANKS TO
Thomas Devlin & WGBH
Perry Gayer & Cybersound
Sheldon Mirowitz
Poya Chang
Morimasa & Yoko Tonaki
Kozo Hiramatsu
James Landino
Sachiko Miyano
Hiroko Hayama

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