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Get into a quest for music and magical artifacts with Rave Master Soundtrack - Music Side and uncover 24 tracks of jovial, somber and grand adventure mood-setting instrumentals from the popular action fantasy TV series that chronicles the trials of the new Rave Master, Haru and his comrades, the dog-like Plue and amnesiac girl gamber Elie. Also included are two vocal tracks featuring the original Japanese 2nd opening theme, 'Higher and Higher,' and the closing them, 'Airship.'

	Music from the popular TV series now airing on Cartoon Network's TOONAMI block
	The best-selling 23-volume manga series by Hiro Mashima and publisher Kodansha's #1 boys manga title in Japan!
	Full-color insert booklet with titles, song lyrics and credits translated in English, as well as romaji lyrics.
	Available for the first time as a domestic CD release.

TRACK LISTING
01 Higher and Higher (TV SIZE Version) / Kumoko
02 Mortal Combat
03 Elie’s Sorrow
04 Griffon Kato
05 Velocity Sword Silfolion
06 Haru – Anxiety
07 Woman of 3173
08 Haru - Once More
09 Peace of Mind
10 Fight of the Rave Master
11 Days at Garage Island
12 Plue's Days
13 Musica of Silver Claimer
14 Tanchimo
15 The Strange Creature's Strange Mode of Life
16 Shiba's Past
17 Dragon god, Ret
18 Land Where the Shooting Star has Fallen
19 New Enemy
20 Orashionseisu
21 Elie's Memory
22 King
23 Gale and King - Tragedy
24 A Continuation of a Journey
25 Then, Peaceful Days
26 Airship (TV SIZE Version)

ANIMATION PRODUCTION STAFF
Main Characters
Haru: Tomokazu Seki
Elie: Ayako Kawasumi
Plue: Yukiji
MUSICA : Shoutaro Morikubo
Griffon Kato: Katsuya Shiga
Gale Glory: Tomoyuki Morikawa
King: Tetsuaki Kuroda
Sieg Hart: Masami Kikuchi
Reina: Yukana
Ret: Hiroyoshi Murozono
Jegun: Nobuo Kanna

Main Staff
Original: “RAVE” Hiro Mashima
(serialized in Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine)
Planning: Masahiro Nouchi, Toshifumi Yamamura
Director: Takashi Watabe
Series formation: Nobuaki Kishima
Character Design: Akira Matsushima
Art set up: Nobuhito Sakamoto
Art Supervisor: Kyoko Nakayama
Assistant Director: Makoto Tsuneza
Editing: Masanori Sakamoto
Sound Supervisor: Sadayoshi Fujino
Music: Keiji Kawai
Planning cooperation: Editing Dept. of Weekly Shonen Magazine, Takeharu Yoshida, Noriaki Matsuki, Masakazu Yoshimoto
Producer: Kazunori Noguchi
Animation Production: Studio Deen
RAVE Production Committee: Testuo Geno, Hirofumi Morotomi, Takayuki Okazaki
Production: RAVE Production Committee / TBS

SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS
KEYBOARDS: Keiji Kawai (ALL TRACKS)
PERCUSSIONS: Keiji Kawai (M54 ~ 57, 63, 71, 73, 76)
E. GUITARS: Keiji Kawai (M62)
FLUTE: Mayumi Okusawa (M64)
QUENA: Takashi Asahi (M53, 56)
STRINGS: Uchida GROUP – concert master Michiko Miyauchi (M53 ~ 59, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71~ 76)
PERCUSSIONS: Yuuki Sugawara (M53 ~ 57, 62, 64, 69, 73, 76)
SYNTH OPERATOR: Keiji Kawai (ALL TRACKS)
RECORDING STUDIO: Hitokuchizaka STUDIO / AUBE STUDIO
MIXING STUDIO: AUBE STUDIO

SOUNDTRACK RECORDING STAFF
ALL MUSIC COMPOSED & ARRANGED byKeiji Kawai
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kyouhei Fukushiro
MIXING ENGINEER: Kyouhei Fukushiro
ASSISTANT ENGINEER: Yasuhiko Miyasaka (Hitokuchizaka STUDIO), Atsushi Yamamoto (Hitokuchizaka STUDIO) , Shun Hatano (Hitokuchizaka STUDIO), Ken Ohhashi (AUBE STUDIO),
MUSICIAN COORDINATOR: Fumio Takano (Tokyo Shitsunai Gakkyokai)
RECORDING MANAGEMENT: AUBE Inc.

CD PRODUCTION STAFF
Cover Jacket Illustration: Studio Deen
Text Writing: KAVE
Design: Yuji Konno (Jam), Miyoko Kawano (Jam)
Art Coordinator: Eiji Nakamura (KING RECORDS), Yuriko Kamano (KING RECORDS)
Sales Promotion: Masanobu Sato (KING RECORDS), Yousuke Goromaru (KING RECORDS)
Director: Tsuyoshi Yadotoshi (KING RECORDS), Takayuki Nagatani (KING RECORDS)
Executive Producer: Toshimichi Ohtsuki (KING RECORDS)

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