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In 'NOIR Original Soundtrack I,' musician/composer Yuki Kajiura (.hack//SIGN, Boogiepop Phantom, Petit Cossette, Madlax) is at the top of her game, with an arsenal of skillfully executed and immensely satisfying, lush European inspired instrumentals that's evocatively moody, deeply atmospheric and unevenly stirring all at once. This 18-track CD features the opening theme song, 'Coppelia's Casket' performed by ALI PROJECT and the closing song, 'Beautiful Emotions' by Akino Arai (Macross Plus, Outlaw Star, The Daichis, Tokyo Underground).

• Music from the popular anime series produced by Bee Train (.hack//SIGN, Madlax, Arc the Lad) and directed by Koichi Mashimo (.hack//SIGN, Madlax, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Sorceror Hunters, Eat-Man)

• NOIR airs on the Anime Network (the cable channel is available in six million households) and is being re-released as collector sets with high definition video and 5.1 DTS audio from ADV Films.

• Full-color insert booklet with lyrics, song titles and composer comments translated in English, as well as romanized lyrics.

TRACK LISTING
01 Coppelia’s Casket / ALI PROJECT
02 les soldats
03 snow
04 canta per me
05 corsican corridor
06 ode to power
07 solitude by the window
08 romance
09 silent pain
10 lullaby
11 mélodie
12 chloe
13 whispering hills
14 zero hour
15 liar you lie
16 sorrow
17 salva nos
18 Beautiful Emotions / Akino Arai

RUN TIME: 52 mins

Vocal & Harpsichord: Akino Arai
Drums: Toru Tanaka
Bass: Hideharu Sou
Guitars: Nobuyasu Horikoshi
Hammond Organ: Sakana Hosomi
Programming & Manipulation: Hisaaki Hogari
Cello: Udai Shika
Violin: Hijiri Kuwano

CAST
Kirika Yumura: Houko Kuwashima
Mireille Bouquet: Kotono Mitsuishi
Chloe: Aya Hisakawa
Altena: TARAKO

MAIN VISUAL STAFF
Planning: Shiro Sasaki
Original Concept / Script: Ryouei Tsukimura
Producer: Shigeru Kitayama
Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi, Minako Shiba, Satoko Miyachi
Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka
Color Coordination: Yumiko Katayama
Special Effect: Masahiro Murakami
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita, Kenji Takehara
Editing: Seiji Morita
Promoters: Tadamitsu Masuzaka (TV Tokyo)
Program in charge: Kanehide Sai (TV Tokyo)
Animation producer: Kunimori Egawa, Meiri Kanbayashi
Director: Koichi Mashimo
Production: Bee Train
Produced by: Victor Entertainment

MUSICIANS
Keyboards & Programming: Yuki Kajiura
Drums: Kyouichi Sato (2, 11)
Bass: Vegabond Suzuki (7, 10)
Tomoharu “Jr.” Takahashi (2, 11)
E. Guitar: Yoshiyuki Yatsuhashi (2, 17)
Takahiro Koike (2, 11)
A. Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa (4, 8, 10)
Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato (4, 7, 8)
Violin: Hitoshi Konno (2, 4, 10, 17)
Cello: Ayano Kasahara (4, 16)
Vocal & Background Vocals: Yuriko Kaida (4, 10, 17)

SOUNDTRACK STAFF
Producer: Shiro Sasaki
Sound Producer: Yuki Kajiura
Co-Producer: Yasunori Mori (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)
Director: Masao Fukuda (VICTOR)
Artist Manager: Mayumi Fukuda (SPACE CRAFT PRODUCE)
Promoter: Shosei Ito (VICTOR)
Yoshinori Sugawara (VICTOR)

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masato Tachikawa
Yuki Kajiura (5, 9, 13, 15)
Recording Studio: FREE STUDIO Yotsuya
STUDIO VINCENT
MIT STUDIO
FJ STUDIO
Mastering Engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR)

Art Direction & Design: Shogo Yamada (VICTOR)
Editor: Yasuko Kobayashi (VICTOR)

Special Thanks To:
Koichi Mashimo, Kuninori Egawa, HALF H • P STUDIO,
Atsushi Yabe, Yasuo Kurishiro, Nobuo Ito, Katsuko Matsumoto,
Yumi Hiramatsu, Fumio Takano, Norimitsu Iijima,
Toshiya Akita Akiko Wataya, TV Tokyo Music

US STAFF
Executive Producer: Nobu Yamamoto
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Producer: Michiko Powers
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Mastering: mediaHYPERIUM studios
English Packaging: KGI • Koyo Graphic