KINGDOM HEARTS Concert -First Breath- Album / KINGDOM HEARTS Concert -First Breath- Album / KINGDOM HEARTS Concert -First Breath- Album

Producer: Yoko Shimomura

Music Composers: Yoko Shimomura, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tsuyoshi Sekito

Arrangers: Kaoru Wada <Tr-1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14>
                 Souhei Kano <Tr-3, 6, 7, 9>
                 Natsumi Kameoka <Tr-7>

Souhei Kano's arrangement of Tr-7 "The Other Promise" is based on Natsumi Kameoka's arrangement from the World Tour concert.


Performed by Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra

Picc. / Fl.: Junko Isoda, Kayoko Deguchi, Mari Kadono
Ob. / E.Hr: Sachiko Takahashi, Kiyoshi Fukuda (Concertmaster)
Es.Cl.: Hiroki Matsubata
Cl.: Tomoyo Aoyama, Shinji Iwao, Kohei Oba, Akiko Kageyama, Yoshihiko Koga, Takayoshi Maruo, Takehiro Shinohara, Mio Takeuchi
A.Cl.: Hiroko Ueda
B.Cl.: Setsuri Tamoto
Fg.: Toshie Kou, Mai Tsuneda
S.Sax. & A.Sax.: Naomi Tabata, Toru Fukuda
T.Sax.: Jiro Takahata
B.Sax.: Yusuke Izawa
Tp. & Cort.: Naoya Nakajima, Yuko Niibo, Hiroaki Murayama, Yusuke Goto, Makoto Nakajima
Hr.: Yukiyasu Hase, Akira Yamaguchi, Jun Yamaguchi, Hiroko Fushimi, Takeo Kaizuka
Tb.: Akikazu Toita, Tetsuro Okamura
B.Tb.: Tetsuya Ishi
Euph.: Takanori Miyake, Masami Fukagawa
Tub.: Masashi Kitabatake, Daisuke Matsumoto
Cb.: Kimihiro Kashimura
Timp. & Perc.: Chizu Ikeda, Takashi Kanehara, Ayumu Takanabe, Hideki Tabata, Kayoko Kawano, Yuki Okuda
Pf.: Hitomi Kanata
Harp: Hiromi Murakami


[Recording and Mixing Production]
Recording Director: Kaoru Wada

Conductor: Hirofumi Kurita

Stage Managers: Ikuo Nishigami, Kazuaki Konishi

Orchestra Managers:
Hiroyuki Nagao [Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra]
Atsumi Katsuta [Hit's Corporation]
Yoshiteru Hyodo [Hit's Corporation]

Recording Hall: Toyonaka Performing Arts Center

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Hiroyuki Akita
Recording Engineer: Masashi Minakawa [Octavia Records Inc.]
Assistant Engineers: Kazuyuki Nishimura [WAKO RECORDS Inc.], Sayaka Hayashi [WAKO RECORDS Inc.]

Coordinators:
Norimitsu Iijima [PROMAX Inc.]
Kei Ishihara [PROMAX Inc.]

Mastering Engineer: Yuka Koizumi [Orange]
Mastering Studio: Orange


[CD Production]
Package Illustration: Tetsuya Nomura

Package Art Director: Ryota Nakazono [Masamune Co., Ltd.]
Package Designer: Shinnosuke Yoshida [Masamune Co., Ltd.], Shizuka Miyahara [Masamune Co., Ltd.]
Package Coordinator: Masaki Hishida [TOYOKASEI CO., LTD.], Kazuki Okano [TOYOKASEI CO., LTD.]

Producer & Promotion Coordinator: Akio Shiraishi

Production Coordinators: Shohei Negishi, Seitaro Tanaka
Production Assistants: Tatsuya Ueno, Mino Iizuka, Koshiro Yamada, Tomoya Takase, Noriko Miyazaki
Production Desk: Ai Nozaki, Keisuke Yoshida

Division Executive: Soshi Yoshida
Executive Producer: Tsuneto Okuno

President & Executive Producer: Yosuke Matsuda


[Kingdom Hearts Game Production]
Director + Concept Design: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Tai Yasue
Producer: Rie Nishi
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto

<Marketing & PR>
Lead Planners: Kakuko Obinata, Akiko Wada

Special Thanks:
Tomohiko Hirano
Keiji Kawamori
Yuki Hirose
Kazuki Hamamoto
Tetsuya Seya
And all SQUARE ENIX + DISNEY staff & fans


[Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath- Production]
Host: PROMAX Inc. / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

Association: Disney Concerts / The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.

<Disney Concerts>
Executive Producer: Chip McLean [The Walt Disney Company]
Producer: Archie Meguro [The Walt Disney Company (Ltd.) Japan]
Business and Legal Affairs: Meg Ross [The Walt Disney Company], Ayako Dan [The Walt Disney Company (Ltd.) Japan]
Project Manager: Norimitsu Yasui [The Walt Disney Company (Ltd.) Japan]

Project Supervision:
Consumer Products & Interactive / Asia Games
Justin Scarpone
Taichi Takeno
Tomomi Endo
Adam Evanko [The Walt Disney Company (Ltd.) Japan]
Keiichiro Segawa [The Walt Disney Company (Ltd.) Japan]