arrangers: []
barcode: '4988021814263'
catalog: VPCD-81426
categories:
- Live Action
category: Live Action
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/9972
  names:
    en: Masahiro Kawasaki
    ja: 川崎真弘
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discs:
- disc_length: '72:38'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: MEMORIES OF GREAT JOURNEY THE FINAL
    track_length: '2:17'
  - names:
      English: TRUTH IN THE MOSQUE
    track_length: '3:23'
  - names:
      English: SAHARA ~ A WITNESS IN A SILENCE
    track_length: '4:21'
  - names:
      English: RETURN TO THE BEGINNINGS
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: THE FIRST STEP IN HISTORY
    track_length: '3:25'
  - names:
      English: AFRICA, MOTHER EARTH
    track_length: '4:22'
  - names:
      English: MEMORIES OF GREAT JOURNEY -QUENA ONLY VERSION-
    track_length: 0:42
  - names:
      English: THE ENDLESS BEGINNING -RUNNING VERSION 2-
    track_length: '2:00'
  - names:
      English: A STORY IN SILENCE
    track_length: '2:02'
  - names:
      English: THE ENDLESS BEGINNING -HARP SOLO VERSION-
    track_length: '1:58'
  - names:
      English: THE ETERNAL EARTH
    track_length: '2:45'
  - names:
      English: NUQU-NUWAKI -STRINGS VERSION-
    track_length: '2:34'
  - names:
      English: MEMORIES OF GREAT JOURNEY -AMAZON-
    track_length: '2:01'
  - names:
      English: WATCHED BACKS
    track_length: '2:41'
  - names:
      English: WAY TO THE "LUCY"
    track_length: '3:49'
  - names:
      English: NET TIRED
    track_length: '2:39'
  - names:
      English: TINY LITTLE SPRING
    track_length: '3:12'
  - names:
      English: PRAYER
    track_length: '2:23'
  - names:
      English: FRAGRANCE FROM SUN
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English: THE TRACING
    track_length: 0:52
  - names:
      English: THE ENDLESS BEGINNINGS-EURASIA-
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: MEMORIES OF GREAT JOURNEY -ASIA-
    track_length: '2:10'
  - names:
      English: KON-NICHIWA -GJ 7 VERSION-
    track_length: '2:24'
  - names:
      English: WHILE THE PILGRIMAGE
    track_length: '3:54'
  - names:
      English: GODS FALLING SKY
    track_length: '4:01'
  - names:
      English: THROUGH THE DESERT
    track_length: '3:51'
link: album/157653
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2026-02-25T05:09
  edited_date: 2026-02-25T23:41
  fetched_date: 2026-05-23T09:12
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 97
name: THE GREAT JOURNEY FINAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
names:
  en: THE GREAT JOURNEY FINAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  ja: グレートジャーニー FINAL オリジナルサウンドトラック
  ja-latn: THE GREAT JOURNEY FINAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
notes: 'Music by Masahiro Kawasaki

  Tracks represent the following works:

  01~06 THE GREAT JOURNEY 8 FINAL (2002)

  07~10 THE GREAT JOURNEY 1 (1995)

  11~13 THE GREAT JOURNEY 2 (1996)

  14~16 THE GREAT JOURNEY 3 (1997)

  17 THE GREAT JOURNEY 4 (1998)

  18, 19 THE GREAT JOURNEY 5 (1999)

  20~22 THE GREAT JOURNEY 6 (2000)

  23~26 THE GREAT JOURNEY 7 (2001)

  ---

  ■ THE GREAT JOURNEY 8 FINAL Recording Data ■

  Vocal: 戸田愛子

  Group Strings: Yumiko Hirose

  Kena, Panflute: Takashi Asahi

  Guitar: Masayuki Chiyo

  African Sound Samples by Eric Persing - Courtesy of Spectrasonic

  Recording Date: 2002.02.12 & 13

  All songs composed and programmed by Masahiro Kawasaki

  ■ THE GREAT JOURNEY 1~7 Recording Data ■

  <MUSICIANS>

  Strings: Hiroyuki Koike Group <1~3>, Masatsugu Shinozaki Group <4~6>

  Flute, Kena: Takashi Asahi <1, 4, 6>

  Oboe: Masakazu Ishibashi <4>

  Guitar: Masayuki Chiyo <3~6>,  Koichiro Tashiro <7>

  Blues Harp: Koichi Matsuda <3>

  Percussions: Yuki Sugawara <7>

  Vocal: Kazuko Kawashima <6>

  All other instruments performed & programmed by Masahiro Kawasaki

  Score Direction: Yoko Tensho (Tinkerbell)

  <STUDIOS>

  STUDIO ICC <1, 2, 6>

  SOUND CITY <3>

  HEART BEAT STUDIO <4>

  LITTLE BACH <5>

  SUNRISE STUDIO <7>

  ---

  Production: Mikio Takashima (MUSIC FILE/Vap)

  Production Assistance: FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC, Tinkerbell

  Fuji Television Network: 高橋和男, 中島さゆり

  Photo Assistance: The Great Journey Support Group

  Music Producer: Yuko Kuwana (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC)

  Jacket & Booklet Design: Shigeo Yamaguchi (cozy design studio)

  Mastering Engineer: Ken Takagi (Pharos)

  Sales Promoter: Masaru Suzuki (Vap)

  Reference Material: Fuji Television ''THE GREAT JOURNEY 8 FINAL'' Program Production
  Materials

  Special Thanks to ...... All Staff of THE GREAT JOURNEY

  Music Supervisor: Masahiro Kawasaki

  Very Special Thanks to Yoshiharu Sekino

  Photography © Yoshiharu Sekino'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/2285
  names:
    en: vap
    ja: vap
    ja-latn: vap
  role: label
- link: org/147
  names:
    en: VAP Inc.
    ja: 株式会社バップ
    ja-latn: VAP Inc.
  role: manufacturer
performers: []
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platforms:
- Special
products:
- names:
    en: The Great Journey
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: VPCD-81371
  date: '2001-03-23'
  link: album/157651
  names:
    en: THE GREAT JOURNEY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: グレートジャーニー オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: THE GREAT JOURNEY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: live
release_date: '2002-03-06'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2940.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/157653?perpage=99999
votes: 0
