Recognized as one of the most gifted and innovative anime composers, Yoko Kanno can now add the eclectic and adventurous 'Arjuna Original Soundtrack' to her list of masterworks that includes Macross Plus,' 'Escaflowne,' 'Wolf's Rain,' 'Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex' and 'Cowboy Bebop.' For this soundtrack, Yoko Kanno teams up with Maaya Sakamoto (Escaflowne, Rahxephon, Cardcaptor Sakura), Tsuneo Imahori (composer of Gungrave and Trigun) and Keishi Urata (Texhnolyze, Akira) to deliver a sumptuous, elegantly ethnic-sounding aural regale, with tribal and celtic pieces sprinkled in. Featuring eight emotionally-stirring instrumentals and 13 must hear vocal tracks, including the opening theme Early Bird' and ending theme songs 'Motor Bike,' 'Mameshiba' and 'Air & Stars.

TRACK LISTING
01  Early Bird
02  Awakening
03  Cloe
04  Time to die
05  2nd Life
06  Diving
07  The Clone
08  Feel the circle
09  Aerobics
10  Omega Blue
11  A Drop of Time
12  Resonance of the Earth
13  Prophet
14  Before Breakfast
15  Bells for Her
16  Motor Bike
17  Diamond
18  Mameshiba
19  Air & Stars
20  Aqua
21  Mameshiba (Hidden
instrumental track)

All music composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno
16 words by Yuho Iwasato
18 words by Maaya Sakamoto
1~3, 6, 7, 10~13, 19, 20 words by Gabriela Robin

Musicians
Piano & Keyboards: Yoko Kanno
Bass & Ethnic Guitars: Hitoshi Watanabe
Drums: Yasuo Sano
Guitars Tsuneo Imahori
Percussion, Voice, Ethnic Guitar: Masaharu Sato
Percussion: Mataro Misawa
Irish Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa
Horn Otohiko: Fujita Group
Strings Masatsugu: Shinozaki Group, Joe Kato Group, Gavyn Wright Strings (in London)
Synthesizer manipulating: Keishi Urata
Assisted by: Seiichi Takubo, Syunsuke Sakamoto, Vocal: Maaya Sakamoto (16,18), Chinatsu Yamamoto (1,3,19), Gabriela Robin (6,10,20), Tokyo FM Shonen gashodan

Staff
Produced by: Yoko Kanno
Co-produced by: Toshiaki Ota, Shiro Sasaki
Directed by: Yukako Inoue
Recorded by: Victor Studio, Soundcity Studio, Crescent Studio
Recorded and Mixed by: Masashi Yabuhara
Mastered by: Ted Jensen (Sterling sound)
Promoted by: Shosei Ito
Sales Promoted by: Ken Okamoto, Mari Misawa, Ko Yamashita

Visual Staff
Cover Photograghs: Katsuo Hanzawa
Art Direction & Design: triple-O
Editorial Co-ordination: Misa Murakami

Special Thanks
Sachiko Murata, Elle Kawano (in London)
Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (in N.Y.), Miyuki Umeda
Naoko Ueki, edition GASPARD, inc.
Saeko Nishimura (G.komadori), Sistema
STRIP, inc., Stay Music

Animation Staff
Original Story • Director • Planning: Shoji Kawamori
Series Concept: Shoji Kawamori, Hiroshi Ohnogi
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Assistant Director: Hidekazu Sato
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Recording: Makoto Uchida
Sound Effect: Shizuo Kurahashi
Production Desk: Tetsuya Tomioka
Animation Producer: Michiaki Sato
Producers: Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo), Hidenori Itabashi, Minoru Takanashi

US STAFF
Executive Producer: Henry Goto
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Producer: Nobu Yamamoto
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Associate Producer : Michiko Powers
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Mastering: Mack • Nightjar
English Packaging: KGI

2001 Victor Entertainment, Inc., Japan. All Rights Reserved.
© 2001 ARJUNA PROJECT, Sotsu Agency, TV Tokyo