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  names:
    en: Shiro Sagisu
- names:
    en: Nicholas St. Victor Brown
- names:
    en: T-Kura
- link: artist/604
  names:
    en: Takayuki Hattori
    ja: 服部隆之
- link: artist/37883
  names:
    en: Loren
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catalog: PICL-1207
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Arrangement, Vocal, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/642
  names:
    en: Shiro Sagisu
covers: []
discs:
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  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Sing A Song (Prelude)
    track_length: '2:35'
  - names:
      English: Reaching For The Top
    track_length: '5:46'
  - names:
      English: Don't Leave Me
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: I'll Always Be On Your Mind
    track_length: '5:32'
  - names:
      English: Every Generation
    track_length: '5:53'
  - names:
      English: You and I
    track_length: '5:32'
  - names:
      English: If You Ever
    track_length: '5:15'
  - names:
      English: Sweet Inspiration
    track_length: '6:01'
  - names:
      English: Eyes
    track_length: '5:25'
  - names:
      English: Winners An' Losers
    track_length: '5:16'
  - names:
      English: Your Life
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Why Pretend
    track_length: '5:55'
  - names:
      English: Sing A Song
    track_length: '5:00'
  - names:
      English: Sing A Song (Forever)
    track_length: 0:26
link: album/91773
lyricists:
- link: artist/9774
  names:
    en: Mike Wyzgowski
- names:
    en: Nicholas St. Victor Brown
- names:
    en: Michelle John-Douglas
- names:
    en: Bill Crutchfield
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  added_date: 2019-10-19T15:42
  edited_date: 2021-10-01T05:07
  fetched_date: 2026-01-07T06:16
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  ttl: 86400
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name: 'SHIRO''S SONGBOOK #2'
names:
  en: 'SHIRO''S SONGBOOK #2'
  ja: 'SHIRO''S SONGBOOK #2'
  ja-latn: 'SHIRO''S SONGBOOK #2'
notes: '01 Sing A Song (Prelude)

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Backing vocals: Loren, Marion Powell, and Evette Briscoe

  Drums programming: Hiroshi Matsui

  Synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Brass: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra & London Session Orchestra

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

  Concert Masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) Tetsuya Ochiai (1st strings), and Gavyn
  Wright (2nd strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  02 Reaching For The Top

  Co-produced and lyrics by Nicholas St. Victor Brown

  Lead vocals: Bazil Meade

  Choir: NIQI''s choir

  Drums, bass and percussions: Jerome Brown

  Rhodes and synthesizers programming: Nicholas St. Victor Brown

  Tenor sax solo: Osamu Koike

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Brass: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Strings: London Session Orchestra

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Gavyn Wright (Strings)

  Rhythm and choir arranged by Nicholas St. Victor Brown

  Brass and strings arranged by Shiro Sagisu

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Brass recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  03 Don''t Leave Me

  Lyrics by Michelle John-Douglas

  Lead & backing vocals: Michelle John-Douglas

  Drums and synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Accordion solo: Coba

  Strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert master: Tetsuya Ochiai

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Strings recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  04 I''ll Always Be On Your Mind

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead & backing vocals: Marion Powell

  Backing vocals: Gina Foster and Derek Green

  Drums and synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Pedal steel guitar: Tsuyoshi Kon

  Flutes: Osamu Koike

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Lead vocal recorded by Martin Lascelles at De-Mix Studio, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  05 Every Generation

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead vocals: Ian Pitter

  Backing vocals: Gina Foster and Derek Green

  Drums and synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Virtual rhodes solo: Makoto Kuriya

  Brass and strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Tetsuya Ochiai (Strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  06 You and I

  Co-produced by T-Kura for GIANTSWING

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead & backing vocals: Loren

  Backing vocals: Gina Foster and Derek Green

  Drums and synthesizers programming: T-Kura

  Eletric piano: Kazuhiro "Kaz" Kato

  Vocals arranged by Shiro Sagisu

  Rhythm arranged by T-Kura

  Vocals recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Rhythm recorded by T-Kura at Studio Raise, Tokyo

  Mixed by T-Kura at Studio Raise, Tokyo

  07 If You Ever

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead & backing vocals: Ian Pitter

  Backing vocals: Gina Foster and Derek Green

  Drums and synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Guitar: Tsuyoshi Kon

  Strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert master: Tetsuya Ochiai

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Strings recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  08 Sweet Inspiration

  Co-produced by Kiyoshi "KC" Matsuo for Never Too Much Productions

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Vocals: Chikuzen Sato, Ken Hirai, Harumi Tsuyuzaki, MICHICO, Keizo Nakanishi, and
  Minako Yoshida

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Electric piano and synth bass: Shiro Sagisu

  Piano: Mark Walker

  Hammond Organ: John Octave

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Bass: Roy Johnson

  Drums: Velroy Bailey

  Percussions: Karlos Edwards

  Brass and strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Tetsuya Ochiai (Strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  09 Eyes

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead vocals: Loren

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Rhodes: Joel Campbell

  Hammond: Mark Walker

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Bass: Roy Johnson

  Drums: Velroy Bailey

  Percussion: Karlos Edwards

  Tenor sax solo: Osamu Koike

  Brass and strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Tetsuya Ochiai (Strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  10 Winners An'' Losers

  Lyrics by Bill Crutchfield

  Lead vocals: Loren

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

  Concert master: Ewa Marczyk (Violin)

  Orchestral arrangement by Takayuki Hattori

  Choral arrangement by Loren and Shiro Sagisu

  Orchestra conducted by Masamichi Amano

  Orchestra manager: Wojciech Nowak

  Orchestra recorded by CD Accord at Philharmonia Hall, Warsaw

  Recording engineer: Andrzej Sasin and Andrzej Lupa

  Editing enginner: Julita Emanuilow

  Mixed by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  11 Your Life

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead & backing vocals: Michelle Dixon

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Piano: Yasuharu Nakanishi

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Bass: Roy Johnson

  Drums: Velroy Bailey

  Percussion: Karlos Edwards

  Harmonica solo: Nobuo Yagi

  Brass: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert master: Eric Miyashiro

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Brass recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  12 Why Pretend

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Lead & backing vocals: Ian Pitter

  Backing vocals: Loren, Marion Powell, and Evette Briscoe

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Drums and synthesizer programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Brass and strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Tetsuya Ochiai (Strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  13 Sing A Song

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Backing vocals: Loren, Marion Powell, and Evette Briscoe

  Drums programming: Hiroshi Matsui

  Synthesizers programming: Shiro Sagisu

  Guitar: Andrew Smith

  Percussion: Karlos Edwards

  Brass and strings: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

  Concert masters: Eric Miyashiro (Brass) and Tetsuya Ochiai (Strings)

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Orchestra recorded by Masahiro Kawagucci at Little Bach Studio, Tokyo

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  14 Sing A Song (Prelude)

  Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski

  Choir: Freedom Gospel Choir

  Strings: London Session Orchestra

  Concert master: Gavyn Wright

  Recorded by Philip Bagenal at Eastcote Studios, London

  Mixed by Marcellus Fernandes at Olympic Studios, London

  ---

  Produced, composed and arranged by Shiro Sagisu for Ro-JAM

  Co-operated by Kiyoshi Matsuo (Never Too Much Productions), Osami Sugiyama and Shinji
  Kawaguchi (Pioneer LDC), Masakazu Sakuma (Five Nine Factory) and Yuiko Mukaino (Ro-JAM)

  Assisted by Maiko Wada (Rhythmedia), Yukiko Tanimoto (Ro-JAM), Peggy, Preetesh and
  Anti (Eastcote Studios), Maiko Saitoh (Five Nine Factory), Haruo Yoda, Tamotsu Suzuki,
  Masaya Wada and Minako Nozue (Universoul), Keith (Olympic Studios), R.d. (PROPS),
  Naitoh-kun (Little Bach Studio), Yoko-O and Hara (Music Land), Nagano-kun and Saitoh-kun
  (Pariya), Larry (Powers House of Sound)

  Photo by Tomoko Yoneda

  Artwork by Kazuhiro Takiya

  Lyrics Translation by Hitomi Watase

  Mastered by Herb Powers Jr. at Powers House of Sound, NYC'
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  link: org/2823
  names:
    en: Pioneer
    ja: Pioneer
    ja-latn: Pioneer
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  names:
    en: PIONEER LDC, INC.
    ja: パイオニアLDC株式会社
    ja-latn: PIONEER LDC, INC.
  role: publisher
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- link: artist/26685
  names:
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- link: artist/37883
  names:
    en: Loren
- names:
    en: Marion Powell
- names:
    en: Evette Briscoe
- link: artist/26680
  names:
    en: Andrew Smith
- link: artist/62317
  names:
    en: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra
- link: artist/8814
  names:
    en: London Session Orchestra
- link: artist/2092
  names:
    en: Tomoyuki Asakawa
    ja: 朝川朋之
- link: artist/3201
  names:
    en: Eric Miyashiro
    ja: エリック・ミヤシロ
- link: artist/33085
  names:
    en: Tetsuya Ochiai
    ja: 落合徹也
- link: artist/8812
  names:
    en: Gavyn Wright
- link: artist/62318
  names:
    en: Bazil Meade
- names:
    en: NIQI's choir
- link: artist/20040
  names:
    en: Jerome Brown
- link: artist/3213
  names:
    en: Osamu Koike
    ja: 小池修
- names:
    en: Nicholas St. Victor Brown
- names:
    en: Michelle John-Douglas
- link: artist/37607
  names:
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- link: artist/22361
  names:
    en: Gina Foster
- link: artist/56016
  names:
    en: Derek Green
- link: artist/8072
  names:
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    ja: 今剛
- link: artist/8875
  names:
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    ja: クリヤマコト
- names:
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- link: artist/26687
  names:
    en: Ian Pitter
- link: artist/72643
  names:
    en: Chikuzen Sato
    ja: 佐藤竹善
- link: artist/26438
  names:
    en: Ken Hirai
    ja: 平井堅
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  names:
    en: Keizo Nakanishi
    ja: 中西圭三
- link: artist/23138
  names:
    en: Minako Yoshida
    ja: 吉田美奈子
- names:
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- names:
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- names:
    en: Roy Johnson
- names:
    en: Velroy Bailey
- link: artist/22567
  names:
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- names:
    en: Joel Campbell
- link: artist/262
  names:
    en: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
- link: artist/16379
  names:
    en: Ewa Marczyk
- names:
    en: Michelle Dixon
- link: artist/370
  names:
    en: Yasuharu Nakanishi
    ja: 中西康晴
- link: artist/5126
  names:
    en: Nobuo Yagi
    ja: 八木伸郎
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products:
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  names:
    en: Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)
    ja: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (Anime)
    ja-latn: Shinseiki Evangelion (Anime)
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publisher: *id001
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- catalog: PICL-1205
  date: '2000-06-21'
  link: album/72659
  names:
    en: SHIRO'S SONGBOOK "remixes and more"
    ja: SHIRO'S SONGBOOK "remixes and more"
    ja-latn: SHIRO'S SONGBOOK "remixes and more"
  type: anime
- catalog: CLD-1006~7
  date: '2010-02-24'
  link: album/38285
  names:
    en: Kakusei, Soshite Kourin / arlie Ray
    ja: 覚醒、そして降臨 / arlie Ray
    ja-latn: Kakusei, Soshite Kourin / arlie Ray
  type: doujin
- catalog: OTCD-2828
  date: '2012-09-26'
  link: album/38758
  names:
    en: Shototsu To Kaiho / DIVISION ONE
    ja: 衝突と解放 / DIVISION ONE
    ja-latn: Shototsu To Kaiho / DIVISION ONE
  type: anime
- catalog: ARKC-13
  date: '2016-08-12'
  link: album/68205
  names:
    en: BOSSA EVA
    ja: ボサ・エヴァ
    ja-latn: BOSSA EVA
  type: doujin
release_date: '2000-09-13'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3059.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/91773?perpage=99999
votes: 0
