Performer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Genre: Electronic / Pop / Classical / Stage & Screen
Album: Xenosaga (Original Soundtrack)
Released: 2002
Style: Soundtrack, Modern Classical, Contemporary, Ballad, Ambient
MP3 version ZIP size: 1568 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1708 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1853 mb
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 192
Other Formats: AIFF MMF AUD APE VQF TTA VOC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Prologue Chorus – Eri KawaiOrchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*	4:32
1-2	Opening	4:02
1-3	Battle	2:59
1-4	戦闘終了	0:42
1-5	起動試験	2:19
1-6	想いで	3:14
1-7	Gnosis Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*	4:22
1-8	覚醒	2:23
1-9	シオンの危機	1:54
1-10	戦闘するKOS-MOS	3:15
1-11	哀しみ	3:43
1-12	Life Or Death	3:15
1-13	Game Over	0:42
1-14	Margulis	4:24
1-15	追われる宇宙艇	3:33
1-16	Relief	2:43
1-17	日常	1:55
1-18	U.M.N.MODE	2:39
1-19	Durandal	2:32
1-20	敵艦内への侵攻	0:39
1-21	U-TIC機関 Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*	2:45
1-22	心を閉ざした少女 Piano [A. Piano] – Shelagh Sutherland	2:13
1-23	Kookai Foundation	1:55
1-24	Shion ~過去の記憶~ Piano [A. Piano] – Yasuharu Nakanishi	1:11
2-1	Ormus Choir – Metro VoicesLyrics By [Original] – Tetsuya TakahashiTranslated By [Latin Translation] – Ukon Kurisawa	2:27
2-2	Nephilim Ensemble [Strings Quartet] – Gen Ittetsu Strings*Piano [A. Piano] – Yasuharu Nakanishi	2:31
2-3	温もり	1:42
2-4	不安	4:08
2-5	The Resurrection Choir – Metro VoicesLyrics By [Original] – Tetsuya TakahashiTranslated By [Latin Translation] – Ukon Kurisawa	1:54
2-6	虚無の浜辺	2:28
2-7	Green Sleeves Arranged By – Yasunori MitsudaMusic By – Traditional	2:25
2-8	Zarathustra Choir – Metro VoicesChorus – Eimear QuinnOrchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*Organ [Pipe] – Leslie Pearson	3:06
2-9	KOS-MOS Organ [Pipe] – Leslie Pearson	2:27
2-10	Panic	2:21
2-11	Song Of Nephilim	1:04
2-12	The Miracle Choir – Metro VoicesLyrics By [Original] – Tetsuya TakahashiOrchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*Translated By [Latin Translation] – Ukon Kurisawa	1:52
2-13	Inner Space	1:47
2-14	Albedo	3:45
2-15	Ω Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Tomohiko KiraOrchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*Snare – Maki Susukida	4:07
2-16	Proto Merkabah	5:25
2-17	Last Battle	5:05
2-18	Pain Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Tomohiko KiraDrums – KALTA*Electric Bass – Hitoshi WatanabeLow Whistle – Davy SpillaneLyrics By [Original] – Tetsuya TakahashiMusic By – Yasunori MitsudaPiano [A. Piano] – Yasuharu NakanishiProgrammed By, Keyboards – Yasunori MitsudaStrings – Gen Ittetsu Strings*Translated By [English Translation] – Matthew Zuckerman, Takeshi Mogi*Vocals – Joanne Hogg	5:36
2-19	Escape Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra*Snare – Maki Susukida	2:30
2-20	Kokoro Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Tomohiko KiraDrums – KALTA*Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Hitoshi WatanabeLow Whistle, Bagpipes [Uillean Pipes] – Davy SpillaneLyrics By [Original] – Tetsuya TakahashiMusic By – Yasunori MitsudaPiano [A. Piano] – Yasuharu NakanishiProgrammed By, Keyboards – Yasunori MitsudaTranslated By [English Translation] – Matthew Zuckerman, Takeshi Mogi*Vocals – Joanne Hogg	5:35
2-21	Shion ~想い~ Piano [A. Piano] – Yasuharu Nakanishi	1:19

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – NAMCO Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – NAMCO Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Septima Ley Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Hi.t Sound
• Recorded At – Onkio Haus
• Recorded At – Procyon Studio Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Metropolis Studios
• Recorded At – Henry Wood Hall, London
• Recorded At – St Giles' Cripplegate
• Recorded At – Mayfair Studios
• Recorded At – Watford Colosseum

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Metro Voices] – Alexandra Gibson, Caroline Trevor, Claire Henry, Heather Cairncross
• Art Direction, Design [Lotus Graphics] – Keiichi Yamashita
• Bass Vocals [Metro Voices] – David Poter Thomas*, Donald Greig, Lawrence Wallington, Michael McCarthy
• Bassoon [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – John Price , Philip Tarlton
• Cello [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Catherine Wilmers, Francis Bucknall, Laura Donoghue, Robert Truman, Santiago Carvalho, Simon Webb , Susan Sutherley, Susanna Riddell, Susanne Beer, William Routledge
• Clarinet [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Nick Carpenter*, Robert Hill
• Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Yasunori Mitsuda
• Conductor – Steven Lloyd*
• Coordinator [Recording Coordinators, Coool] – Mariko Fujiwara
• Coordinator [Recording Coordinators, Studio Guido] – Kenichi Funayama
• Copyist – Colin Rae
• Countertenor Vocals [Metro Voices] – Mark Chambers , Simon Baker , William Missin, William Purefoy
• Directed By [Digicube] – Kishio Ozawa, Tsuyoshi Takemura
• Directed By [Metro Voices] – Jenny O'Grady
• Double Bass [Basses, London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Bryan Scott , George Peniston, Kenneth Goode, Kenneth Knussen, Kevin Rundell, Laurence Lovelle, Matthew Coman, Philip Dawson
• Engineer [Assistant, Hi.t Sound] – Masanori Ihara
• Engineer [Assistant, Mayfair Recording Studios] – Ben Thackeray
• Engineer [Assistant, Metropolis Studios] – Dave "Pacy" Bloor*
• Engineer [Assistant, Onkio Haus] – Kouta Sugawara*
• Engineer [Recording & Mixing, Wonder Station] – Suminobu Hamada
• Engineer [Recording] – Matt Howe
• Executive-Producer [Digicube] – Fumio Kurokawa
• Executive-Producer [Namco] – Makoto Yoshizumi, Yuji Tsuyuki
• Flute [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Celia Chambers, Stewart McIlwham, Susan Thomas
• Harp [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Angela Moore
• Horns [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Brendan Thomas, Gareth Mollison, Martin Hobbs, Michaela Betts, Nicholas Busch, Phil Woods*
• Liner Notes – Joanne Hogg, Tetsuya Takahashi, Yasunori Mitsuda
• Management [Sales Development, Smd] – Mio Yamamoto, Osamu Abe
• Management [Sales Promotion, Digicube] – Jun Kasahara , Saiko Fukui
• Mastered By [Mastering Engineer, Bernie Grundman Mastering] – Ichiko Furukawa
• Oboe [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – David Theodore, Sue Bohling
• Orchestrated By – Yasunori Mitsuda
• Other [Assistant, Digicube] – Soushi Yoshida
• Percussion [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Andrew Barclay, Keith Millar, Rachel Gledhill
• Photography By [Cover Photo By, Amana Images] – Daniel Proctor, Robert Blake
• Photography By [Inner Photo By] – Yasunori Mitsuda
• Piano [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Shelagh Sutherland
• Programmed By [Sound, Procyon Studio] – Hidenori Suzuki
• Programmed By [Synthesizer Programmer, Procyon Studio] – Masaaki Kaneko, Yasunori Mitsuda
• Soprano Vocals [Metro Voices] – Carrys Lane*, Catherine Bott, Deborrrah Roberts*, Helen Groves, Jacqui Barron*, Janet Coxwell, Jenny O'Grady, Julie Cooper, Micaela Haslam, Morag Mackay, Rossalind Waters*, Tessa Bonner
• Supervised By [Digicube] – Masamichi Someno
• Technician [Mobile Studios, Abbey Road] – Graham Kirkby, Mike Cox, Mirek Stilews*, Richard Hale
• Technician [Protools Operators, Metropolis Studios] – Neil Anthony Tucker*
• Technician [Protools Operators, Procyon Studio] – Yasunori Mitsuda
• Technician [Protools Operators, Wonder Station] – Suminobu Hamada
• Technician [Protools Operators] – Ian Duncan, Justin Fraser
• Tenor Vocals [Metro Voices] – Andrew Busher, Angus Smith, Gerald O'Bierne*, Jeremy Rose , John Bowley, Michael Clarke
• Timpani [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Simon Archer
• Trombone [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Brian Raby, David Stewart*, Lindsay Shilling
• Trumpet [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Anne McAneney, Nicholas Betts*, Paul Beniston
• Tuba [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Lee Tsarmaklis
• Viola [London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Anthony Byrne, Ben Pollani, Chris Yates , Daniel Cornford, David Greenlees, Julian Shaw, Katherine Leek*, Martyn Fenn, Naomi Holt, Rachel Walker, Richard Cookson, Robert Duncan
• Violin [1st, London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Amanda Smith, Bjorn Peterson , Catherine Craig, Corinna Desch, Geoffrey Lynn, John Kitchen, Jorg Hammann, Katherine Loynes, Martin Hohmann, Rachel Jackson, Robert Pool , Robert St. John Wright, Sarah Streatfield*, Thomas Eisner, Tina Gruenberg
• Violin [1st, London Philharmonic Orchestra], Leader – Duncan Riddell
• Violin [2nd, London Philharmonic Orchestra] – Alison Strange, Andrew Thurgood, Ashley Stevens, Dean Williams , Emlyn Singleton, Fiona Higham, Geoffrey Price, Gill McIntosh, Imogen Taylor , Joseph Maher, Marie-Anne Mairesse, Michael Kellett, Nancy Elan, Gina Beukes*, Sarah White, Sioni Williams

Notes

℗2001 NAMCO LTD. ©2001 SEPTIMA LEY ©2001 NAMCO LTD.
STEREO / MADE IN JAPAN

Locations (Japan): Hi.t Sound, ONKIO HAUS, PROCYON STUDIO
Locations (UK): Metropolis Studios, Henry WoodHall, St.Giles Cripplegate, Mayfair Recording Studios, Watford Colosseum

Unofficial track title translations:
1-4: Battle's End
1-5: Starting Test
1-6: Rising Emotions
1-8: Awakening
1-9: Shion's Crisis
1-10: Battling KOS-MOS
1-11: Sorrow
1-15: Breaking Space Ship Pursuit
1-17: Daily
1-20: Invasion Inside An Enemy Ship
1-21: U-TIC Coucil
1-22: The Girl Who Closed Her Heart
1-24: Shion ~Past Memory~
2-3: Warmth
2-4: Insecurity
2-6: Beach Of Nothingness
2-21: Shion ~Emotion~

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4519612910127
• Other (catalog number #1, disc 1): SSCX 10062
• Other (catalog number #2, disc 1): TGCS-1349
• Other (catalog number #1, disc 2): SSCX 10063
• Other (catalog number #2, disc 2): TGCS-1350
• Matrix / Runout (disc 1): TGCS-1349 1
• Matrix / Runout (disc 2): TGCS-1350 2
• Mastering SID Code (Both Discs): IFPI L276
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 456E
• Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 455A
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SSCX 10062, 3	Yasunori Mitsuda	Xenosaga (Original Soundtrack) ‎(2xCD)	DigiCube	SSCX 10062, 3	Japan	2001
SBPS-0004~5	Yasunori Mitsuda	Xenosaga Episode I ‎(2xCD)	Sleigh Bells	SBPS-0004~5	Japan	2004
SSCX-10062/3	Mitsuda Yasunori*	Xenosaga Original Soundtrack ‎(CD)	Digicube	SSCX-10062/3	Japan	2002
MICA-0228~9	Yasunori Mitsuda	Xenosaga Episode I (Original Soundtrack) ‎(2xCD, Unofficial)	Miya Records	MICA-0228~9	Taiwan	Unknown