PCCB-00353: THE LAST BLADE 2 ARRANGE SOUND TRAX

[kurahadol]

I was wondering if anybody had a translated list of the arrangers and vocalists and which tracks they worked on. They're in the booklet but it's completely in Japanese so I don't even know where to begin.

[Gigablah]

It'd be easier if we had access to the booklet scans, since right now we only have the outer covers.

[kurahadol]

Ok, I'll scan them now and hook you up with them.

[kurahadol]

Uploaded them now, here's the direct links for ease:

http://vgmdb.net/db/covers-full.php?id=35615
http://vgmdb.net/db/covers-full.php?id=35616

Thanks.

[Gigablah]

Thanks for the scans!

Comments on each track are by:

01. Yassun
02. Kyo-chan
03. Kyo-chan
04. Macky
05. Macky
06. Jojouha Kitapy
07. Kyo-chan
08. Jojouha Kitapy
09. Yassun
10. Macky
11. Jojouha Kitapy
12. Ackey

(there's no hard evidence whether they're the actual and only composers for their respective tracks, though)

12. Lyrics by momo, vocals by Kyoko Hikami

[kurahadol]

Can't thank you enough!

[CHz]

I'm not so sure that all of the commenters on the tracks are the arrangers of those tracks, as opposed to the composers or something else. We're currently crediting both Ackey and Ayumi Yasui with arrangement for track 12, and I'm pretty sure they're different people (Yasui did a lot of for-hire arrangement work through the studio she worked for, Sonata Club, and I don't think she was ever an SNK employee), so I'd think either the Ackey or the Yasui credit is wrong.

I didn't actually see Yasui's name anywhere in our scans, but I'm fairly sure we don't have full scans of the booklet, because BSM's CD list has performer credits which aren't in our scans either: Chieko Kinbara, Nozomi Furukawa, etc. That entry also says that Ackey composed track 12, and Yasui arranged it.

[Dag]

I assumed they all are arrangers because many do say they arranged the track like this and that, and I'm fairly sure all AST comments are from the arrangers (it's very common they arrange their own tracks, but it's also normal other people handle them; ex.- SHA-V apparently composed "Good Bye ESAKA", while Hori_Hori arranged it for the KOF2000 AST).

However if track 12 isn't new (can't remember), I guess it could be seen as not arranged per se. Ackey does say he made the track and he didn't work on Last Blade OST, so yeah he could be the composer only. I guess I originally saw it as 'composed and arranged by Ackey (basic melody+good intruments for the AST), rearranged by Yasui (for the singer)'.

Though if you think it's better I could change it to a more vague "Track comments from the liner notes:" and mark only as arrangers those people that are confirmed.

While we are at it, do you guys would mind if I change the English title (100% fan translation) by just the romaji (or even simply The Last Blade)? It always looked so ridiculous to me with that strange mix of EN+JP.

[suicider]

I've added scans for this album, which also include a (partial?) performer list. Maybe someone who is more fond of reading Japanese names (Dag ) could add them? Thanks in advance.