SYMPHONY No.1 "HIROSHIMA" / 交響曲第1番《HIROSHIMA》 / SYMPHONY No.1 "HIROSHIMA"

"HIROSHIMA" was a composition originally planned for Onimusha: Warlords, but it was rejected.


Composer: Mamoru SAMURAGOCHI*
* This composition was later revealed to not have been composed by Samuragochi, but by ghostwriter Takashi Niigaki.


TOKYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Naoto OTOMO, conductor

Recorded on 11-12 April 2011 at PARTHENON TAMA
World Premiere Recording


Liner Notes & Music Commentary: Seiji Choki
Translation: Robin Thompson


Producer: HIROYUKI OKANO*

Recording & Associate Producer: HIROSHI KUNISAKI*
Recording & Editing Engineer: TOSHIYASU SHIOZAWA*
Assistant Engineer: MAKI ONODERA*
Mastering HIROSHI SATOW*
Art Direction & Design: KAE UENO
Cover/Tray Photo: YU YAMAUCHI (from the photo book "DAWN")
Booklet Editor: ASAO TSUJI*
Promoter: SEIJIRO TANAKA*, YOSHIHIRO OHNUMA*
                REIJI HATTORI*, AKIKO NAGAIWA*
Sales Promoter: HIROKI WATANABE*, MINORU MURAYAMA*
                         TAKUMI SAITO*
Production Assistant: TOMOMI HOSOI*

* Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Special Thanks to JUNJI OHNO, SATORU TOYOYAMA, TADAAKI UTSUSHI, YUKIE ASAMA
                          MOTO IKEZOE, TADAO HOSOMI, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU

Assistance ◎ Tama City Cultural Foundation
                    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Back Card Photo ◎ Rubble Inside the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome (Assistance: Hiroshima Film Commission)