Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (トラスティベル 〜ショパンの夢〜) ·
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Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (トラスティベル 〜ショパンの夢〜)
English title: Eternal Sonata
Liner Notes
Motoi Sakuraba
This game is set inside the dream of Chopin, I think what underlies it is a story that makes us think over what matters or what to do in our life. Considering such, while there are some more appearances of piano if any, I composed the music without being conscious of Chopin. Also, I take an unprecedented approach toward battle themes. I also kept the rest not too stimulating as possible. I incorporated my wife and daughter’s chorus into a piece designed as the main theme.
In addition, in the song that Shinada, the opera singer, sings I dared to use an upright piano following historical facts. This piano is a product of Sauter from south Germany, and it has a unique tone that sounds different from what we are familiar with. In fact, if we could use Pleyel’s one, it would have been more faithful to history, but that was not realized this time.
This time Bunin plays Chopin’s music. At the time while I was in school I witnessed an immense rise of Bunin's popularity, and there was a period when it caused me to practice Chopin.
For me, this game is the first one that does not have aggressive rock. I would be happy if you are aware of that and listen to the difference from my prior works.
Hiroya Hatsushiba
Game music has basically been an construction implemented to foster scenes and it essentially has to take a secondary role.
However, we promoted music from being in the secondary role to a leading character in this game, and everything was unified under the motive of ‘music’, even the design of petty things as well as the worldview and the story. Moreover, it is that gorgeous a game that Chopin makes his appearance in the game and his music is performed by Bunin.
Sakuraba, who is responsible for the composition, was kindly careful and sealed his bass, drum and guitar that he usually takes for granted, in order not to ruin Chopin’s world.
From my game development experiences, I cannot recall any other games where we faced the same direction persistent throughout one worldview to such degree, and I think it has become a really brilliant work.
If some of you are listening to this CD but have not played the game yet, please try to play the game too.
Shinji Noguchi
Above all things, it was a pleasantly surprised that Bunin accepted the assignment of the piano performance. I was impressed with a top artist actually being exceptional, after I saw him repeating his performance again and again until he was satisfied.
Sakuraba’s music is awesome as usual! I am just amazed at his talent, as he weaves such music without much effort (which he said himself).
And Shinada’s voice! Her solo recital in May 2005 moved me as well (as her performance on
this game). That makes me rediscover the power of songs.
Through this project, piano pieces and opera had been added to my music library and they expanded me to a new area. I take this opportunity to thank you all. Also, I hope a new encounter for you who get this soundtrack.
Music Staff
- Composition, Arrangement, Piano Performance
- Words (Disc 4: 15)
- Hiroya Hatsushiba (初芝 弘也)
- Chopin Piano Performance (Disc 1: 03, Disc 2: 01, 13, Disc 3: 01, 09, 14, Disc 4: 08)
- Vocal
- Akiko Shinada (品田 昭子, Disc 4: 15), Mio Sakuraba (桜庭 美音, Disc 1: 01, 17), Yuko Sakuraba (桜庭 裕子, Disc 1: 01)
- Solo Violin (Disc 1: 05, Disc 3: 07, Disc 4: 01, 02, 06)
- Flute
- Hideo Takakuwa (高桑 英世, Disc 1: 04, 10, 21, Disc 2: 05, 12, Disc 3: 02, Disc 4: 01), Mitsuru Soma (相馬 充, Disc 1: 01, 14, Disc 4: 12~15)
- Oboe
- Kazushi Syoj (庄司 和史, Disc 1: 01, 14, Disc 4: 12~15), Hiroshi Shibayama (柴山 洋, Disc 1: 21, Disc 4: 01)
- Clarinet
- Tadashi Hoshino (星野 正, Disc 1: 08, 21)
- Strings
- Koike Strings (Disc 1: 01, 05, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, Disc 2: 02, 05, 12, Disc 3: 02, 04, 13, Disc 4: 03, 05, 10, 12~15)
- Violin: Hiroyuki Koike (小池 弘之), Kazuhisa Saito (斉藤 和久), Hideko Nagaoka (長岡 秀子), Hikaru Yamanaka (山中 光), Rie Koike (小池 里枝), Tomoko Ohno (大野 智子), Joe Kuwata (桑田 穣), Michiyo Yamanari (山成 御治代), Motoko Inukai (犬養 素子), Katherine Cash (キャサリン・キャッシュ), Kaori Hirooka (広岡 香), Ryu ? (劉 雪華), Hoshihiko Suzuki (鈴木 星彦), Mami Iwai (岩井 真美)
- Viola: Tomoko Fukumoto (福本 とも子), Hirohito Furugawara (古川原 祐二), Kaori Hirooka (広岡 香)
- Cello: Tomio Yajima (矢島 富雄), Tsunehiro Terai (寺井 庸裕), Tomoko Fujita (藤田 智子)
- Score
- Chiaki Kato (加藤 千晶) and Masaki Maeda (村田 昌己)
Game Staff
Romanised staff needs to be transcribed from » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqjxpCKapOw and » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEIGnF1gVyU, new staff for the PS3 port in italic
- Copin pieces performed by (ショパン楽曲演奏)
- Stanislav Bunin (スタニスラフ・ブーニン)
Japanese Voices
Digital Works Entertainment (デジタルワークスエンターテイメント)
- キャラクターモデル
- 藤本 洋平, 利光 信行, 長田 篤師, 小林 裕輔, 田尻 真輝, 本多 繁樹, 三宅 雅史, 上山 賢一
- モーションデザイナー
- 森野 悠介, 齋藤 光司, 新井 美菜子, 植松 ふみ
Do Carrier (ドゥキャリア)
Katsugekiza (活劇座)
Techno Advance My Font (テクノアドバンスMYFONT)
Broadmedia Studios Corporation (ブロードメディア・スタジオ)
- レコーディングスタッフ
- 高 義和, 梅津 美紀, 山下 嘉子, 河野 真明
- Recording Studio (レコーディングスタジオ)
- Broadmedia Studios (ブロードメディア・スタジオ)
- コーディネーター
- 高井 香里(コンポジラ), 鈴木 誠 (コンポジラ)
- アーティストマネージメント
- 寺田 有佑(日本アーディスト), 播野 菜穂子(日本アーディスト)
- Recording Studios (レコーディングスタジオ)
- Sony Music Studio (ソニーミュージックスタジオ), Sunrise Studio Tower Side (サンライズスダジオ タワーサイド)
- ピアノ
- STEINWAY & SONS model D-274 (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
- アシスタントエンジニア
- 古田 隆之(ソニーミュージックスタジオ), 阿南 恵介(サンライズミュージック)
- Recording Studios (レコーディングスタジオ)
- Wonder Station (ワンダーステーション), Sound Inn (サウンドイン), StudioZ'd (スタジオジィード)
- レコーディングエンジニア
- 小林 敦, 坂 知学(ワンダーステーション), 矢作 寿江(スタジオジィード)
- アシスタントレコーディングエンジニア
- 田淵 章宏(ワンダーステーション), 長谷川 巧(サウンドイン)
- Mastering Studio (マスタリングスタジオ)
- Mastering Engineer (マスタリングエンジニア)
- Kazuya Sato (佐藤 和弥, Memory-Tech)
- Recording Director (レコーディングディレクター)
tri-Crescendo (トライクレッシェンド)
- Story & Director (ストーリー & ディレクター)
- Hiroya Hatsushiba (初芝 弘也)
- Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)
- Technical Director (テクニカルディレクター)
- Shigefumi Nakahara (中原 茂文)
- Game Design Director (プランニングディレクター)
- Character Model Director (キャラクターモデルディレクター)
- Animation Director (モーションディレクター)
- Yasunori Takahashi (高橋 保徳)
- 2D Graphic Director (システムグラフィックディレクター)
- Motonori Nakamura (中村 基典)
- Event Director (イベントディレクター)
- Map Program Directer (フィールドプログラムディレクター)
- Takayuki Kashiwagi (柏木 孝之)
- Battle Program Director (バトルプログラムディレクター)
- Sound Director (サウンドディレクター)
- Game Designers (プランナー)
- Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 武志), Yu Ito (伊藤 悠), Iyun Ito
- Monster Designer (モンスターデザイン)
- Map Programmers (フィールドプログラマー)
- Takayuki Kashiwagi (柏木 孝之), Shuhei Rokumoto (六本 周平)
- Battle Programmers (バトルプログラマー)
- Kenji Sugisaki (杉崎 健志), Yoshiharu Miyabe (三宅 快冶)
- Script Programmers (スクリプトプログラマー)
- Takashi Asai (浅井 隆), Munehito Yasui (安井 宗史)
- Sound Programmer (サウンドプログラマー)
- Menu Programmer (キャンププログラマー)
- Character Model Designers (キャラクターモデルデザイナー)
- Junichi Kobe (神戸 純一), Tomohiko Okubo (大久保 智彦), Tomomi Kawabata (川畑 智美)
- Animators (モーションデザイナー)
- Yasunori Takahashi (高橋 保徳), Yuko Matsuda (松田 裕子)
- Map Designers (マップデザイナー)
- Kaori Tosa (土佐 香織), Nozomi Shibahara (柴原 希美), Motomori Nakamura (中村 基典), Kentaro Hata (泰 健太郎), Akira Tomino (冨野 朗), Tsuyoshi Kaita (貝田 剛), Yusuke Okamoto (岡本 雄介), Risa Shinada (品田 理沙)
- Visual Effects Artists (ビジュアルエフェクトデザイナー)
- Takeshi Kaneda (金田 剛), Kentaro Ishihara (石原 健太郎), Sayaka Fujino (藤野 清香), Akiko Takahashi (高橋 明子), Seung-min Oh (呉 承(王民)), Rina Okamura (岡村 里奈), Mai Fukuda (福田 真以)
- Event Designers (イベントデザイナー)
- Rina Okamura (岡村 里奈), Seung-min Oh (呉 承(王民)), Kaori Shimada (島田 佳小里), Risa Shinada (品田 理沙), Yusuke Okamoto (岡本 雄介), Kentaro Hata (泰 健太郎), Akira Tomino (冨野 朗), Tsuyoshi Kaita (貝田 剛)
- 2D Graphics Designers システムグラフィックデザイナー
- Motonori Nakamura (中村 基典), Mai Fukuda (福田 真以)
- Sound Engineers (サウンドエンジニア)
- Kazufumi Sato (佐藤 和史), Kohei Sagara (相良 幸平), Riei Saito (斉藤 理詠), Etsuko Shimada (島田 越湖), Ippei Shiraki (白木 一平)
- Sound Advisor (サウンドアドバイザー)
- Yusaburo Shimojo (下條 勇三郎)
- Kyotenka (Heaven's Mirror) (挿入歌「鏡天花」)
- Original Lyrics (作詞): Hiroya Hatsushiba (初芝 弘也)
- Music (作曲): Motoi Sakuraba (桜庭 統)
- Italian Lyrics: Andrea Mardegan
- Vocals (歌): Akiko Shinada (品田 昭子)
- Package Illustration (パッケージイラスト)
- Development Support (開発サポート)
- Maiko Tsujita (辻田 麻衣子), Eri Shiba (柴 依里)
- Project Manager (プロジェクトマネージャー)
Namco Bandai Games (バンダイナムコゲームス)
- モーションキャプチャチーム
- 田村 秀夫, 河野 哲也, 鈴木 馨, 吉山 直子, 石田 直秋
- クオリティコントロールスタッフ
- 夏井 敏夫, 鶴谷 信一, 深谷 康宏, 吉成 徳弘, 瀧本 敦, 池田 大祐, 北島 安都武, 堀 洋将
- スペシャルサンクス
- オースチン キーズ, ジョナタン ケルシス, エディ 名倉, 森 信介, レイチェル リー, 松本 弘毅, 小沢 純子
- Producer (プロデューサー)
- Shinji Noguchi (野口 伸二), Hideo Baba
- Executive Producers (エグゼクティブプロデューサー)
- Makoto Yoshimzumi (吉積 信), Shigeru Yokoyama (横山 茂), Shin Unozawa (鵜之澤 伸), Shukuo Ishikawa (石川 祝男)
- Developed by
- tri-Crescendo (株式会社トライクレッシェンド)
- Produced by
- Namco Bandai Games Inc. (株式会社バンダイナムコゲームス)