arrangers:
- link: artist/4007
  names:
    en: Yoshitaka Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木克崇
- link: artist/7053
  names:
    en: Kanon
    ja: カノン
- link: artist/6443
  names:
    en: Tsutomu Narita
    ja: 成田勤
- link: artist/6508
  names:
    en: ACE
- link: artist/6509
  names:
    en: Tomori Kudo
    ja: 工藤ともり
- link: artist/418
  names:
    en: CHiCO
- link: artist/552
  names:
    en: Saori Kobayashi
    ja: 小林早織
barcode: '4547366058024'
catalog: SICL-239
categories:
- Game
- Animation
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
- link: artist/7053
  names:
    en: Kanon
    ja: カノン
- link: artist/5920
  names:
    en: Kunihiko Murai
    ja: 村井邦彦
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discs:
- disc_length: '56:54'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Prelude (FINAL FANTASY series)
      Japanese: プレリュード（FINAL FANTASY Seriesより）
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: FINAL FANTASY (FINAL FANTASY series)
      Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー（FINAL FANTASY Seriesより）
    track_length: '4:42'
  - names:
      English: You Are The Light
      Japanese: You Are The Light
    track_length: '4:28'
  - names:
      English: Eyes On Me (FINAL FANTASY VIII)
      Japanese: Eyes On Me（FINAL FANTASY VIIIより）
    track_length: '5:30'
  - names:
      English: Far Away
      Japanese: Far Away
    track_length: '4:42'
  - names:
      English: Guin Saga Medley (Marius' Song ~ This is my Road)
      Japanese: Guin Saga Medley（マリウスの歌-Saga~This is my road）
    track_length: '5:29'
  - names:
      English: Precious Things
      Japanese: 大切なこと
    track_length: '3:14'
  - names:
      English: Searching for Friends (FINAL FANTASY VI)
      Japanese: 仲間を求めて（FINAL FANTASY VIより）
    track_length: '5:26'
  - names:
      English: Shalom
      Japanese: Shalom
    track_length: '4:48'
  - names:
      English: Blessed By The Light
      Japanese: Blessed By The Light
    track_length: '3:01'
  - names:
      English: Wings to Fly (Remix version)
      Japanese: Wings to Fly ～翼をください (Remix version)
    track_length: '4:30'
  - names:
      English: One Who Can Fly (THE LAST STORY Ending Song)
      Japanese: 翔べるもの（Wii「THE LAST STORY」エンディングソング）
    track_length: '7:17'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/136
  names:
    en: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックディストリビューション
    ja-latn: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/23857
lyricists:
- link: artist/7053
  names:
    en: Kanon
    ja: カノン
- link: artist/11621
  names:
    en: Kako Someya
    ja: 染谷和美
- link: artist/68327
  names:
    en: Azusa Nakajima
    ja: 中島梓
- link: artist/5083
  names:
    en: Kazushige Nojima
    ja: 野島一成
- link: artist/8025
  names:
    en: Michio Yamagami
    ja: 山上路夫
- link: artist/7153
  names:
    en: Hironobu Sakaguchi
    ja: 坂口博信
- names:
    en: (MISTWALKER
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-02-08T06:16
  edited_date: 2025-01-07T21:16
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T03:52
  freedb: 18
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 15530
name: A New Story / Kanon
names:
  en: A New Story / Kanon
  ja: A New Story / Kanon
  ja-latn: A New Story / Kanon
notes: 'Collaboration album between vocalist Kanon and composer Nobuo Uematsu.

  All vocals and chorus by Kanon

  All music produced by Nobuo Uematsu

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  01. Prelude (from the FINAL FANTASY series)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Kanon

        Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki

        OP: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  02. FINAL FANTASY (from the FINAL FANTASY series)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki

        OP: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

        Cello: Mayumi Sano

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  03. You Are The Light (Original Song)

        Music and Lyrics by kanon

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Kanon

        OP: BGB PUBLISHER

        Violin: Yu Manabe

        Guitars: Toris Ichiro

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  04. Eyes On Me (from FINAL FANTASY VIII)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Kako Someya

        Arranged by Tsutomu Narita

        OP: Solid Co., Ltd. & SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

        Acoustic Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa

        1st Violin: Hitoshi Konno

        2nd Violin: Motoko Fujiie

        Viola: Saori Oka

        Cello: Seigen Tokuzawa

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  05. Far Away (Original Song)

        Music and Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Kanon

        OP: BGB PUBLISHER

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  06. Guin Saga Medley (Marius no Uta - Saga ~ This is my road)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu, Kanon

        Lyrics by Azusa Nakajima, Kanon

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed and guitar performed by Tsutomu Narita

        OP: Aniplex Inc.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  07. Precious Things (Original Song)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Kazushige Nojima

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed by Tsutomu Narita

        OP: SMILE PLEASE Co.,Ltd.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  08. Searching for Friends (from FINAL FANTASY VI)

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed and guitar performed by ACE (Tomori Kudo,
  CHiCO)

        OP: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  09. Shalom (PSP Game "Angelique: Maren no Rokukishi" Ending Theme)

        Music and Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Kanon

        Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki

        OP: BGB PUBLISHER

        Guitars: Toris Ichiro

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  10. Blessed By The Light (Original Song)

        Music and Lyrics by Kanon

        Arranged by Saori Kobayashi and Kanon

        Synthesizer programmed and piano performed by Saori Kobayashi

        OP: BGB PUBLISHER

        Chorus: Kanon, Suginami Junior Chorus

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  11. Wings to Fly (Remix version) / Akai Tori Cover

        Music by Kunihiko Murai

        Lyrics by Michio Yamagami

        Arranged by ACE (Tomori Kudo, CHiCO) and Kanon

        Synthesizer programmed and guitar performed by ACE (Tomori Kudo, CHiCO)

        OP: ALFA MUSIC CO., LTD.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  12. One Who Can Fly (Wii Game "THE LAST STORY" Ending Theme) / Bonus Track

        Music by Nobuo Uematsu

        Lyrics by Hironobu Sakaguchi (MISTWALKER)

        Arranged and Synthesizer programmed by Yoshitaka Suzuki

        OP: SMILE PLEASE Co.,Ltd.

        Licensed by Nintendo

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Recording and Mixing Engineer: Minoru Tanaka (SHANGRI-LA)

  Assistant Engineer: Yuta Tateishi (SHANGRI-LA)

  Recording and Mixing Studio: Studio SHANGRI-LA

  Mastering Engineer: Machiko Suzue (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

  Mastering Studio: Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  except

  Track 4 and 10

  Assistant Engineers: Tomotaka Saka, Katsunori Seki (Wonder Station)

  Recording Studio: Wonder Station

  Track 5 and 9

  Assistant Engineers: Kazuo Saito, Nobue Maki (Sound Arts)

  Recording Studio: Sound Arts

  Track 12

  Recording Engineer: Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station)

  Assistant Engineer: Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station)

  Recording Studio: Wonder Station

  Executive Producers: Kazuhisa Saito (Sony Music Japan International Inc.),

                                 Hiroshi Maekawa (B.G.B COMPANY),

                                 Kensuke Matsushita (Dog Ear Records Co.,Ltd.)

  A&R: Nana Koizumi (Sony Music Japan International Inc.)

  Management: Ayako Kitano (B.G.B. COMPANY)

  Director: Hiroki Ogawa (Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.)

  Assistant Directors: Chiho Sekiguchi, Miyu Takagi (Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.)

  Recording Coordinators: Tsutomu Satomi, Asuka Tozawa, Yuichi Uchida (Uchida Ongaku
  Jimusho)

  Front Cover Illustration: Yoshitaka Amano

  Artwork Direction: Ikuma Uehara (Sony Music Communications)

  Designer: Natsuki Yamaguchi (Sony Music Communications)

  Photographers: Daisuke Tsuchiyama (Kanon''s solo), Hiroaki Yoda (Uematsu & Kanon)

  Hair & Make: Kyoko Shimazaki

  Stylist: Eri Matsumoto

  Text: Fumiaki Kurebayashi

  English Lyrics Translations: Sachiko Yasue, Kanon

  Artwork Coordinator: Yuki Iwasaki (Sony Music Communications)

  Special Thanks (alphabetical orders):

  Hideki Goto (Aniplex Inc.), Kiyoshi Imaoka (Tenro Production), Takeshi Masuda (Nintendo
  Inc.),

  Takayasu Seo, Mariko Suzuki (M''s Management Office Company), Yasuhiro Takamatsu
  (SQUARE ENIX),

  Reiko Uematsu (SMILE PLEASE)

  "I would like to express my gratitude to everyone involved in this album.

  May the music fill your heart with happiness, love and peace.

  Love Always

  Kanon"'
organizations:
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  link: org/1066
  names:
    en: Sony Records International
    ja: ソニーレコーズ インターナショナル
    ja-latn: Sony Records International
  role: label
- link: org/1346
  names:
    en: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックジャパンインターナショナル
    ja-latn: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
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- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- Nintendo Wii
- Series
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
- Sony PlayStation Portable
products:
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  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY
    ja: ファイナルファンタジー
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY
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  names:
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    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVI
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  names:
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    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVIII
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  names:
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    ja: グイン・サーガ (Animation)
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    ja: アンジェリーク 魔恋の六騎士
    ja-latn: 'Angelique: Maren no Rokukishi'
- link: product/855
  names:
    en: The Last Story
    ja: ラストストーリー
    ja-latn: The Last Story
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2011-04-27'
  link: album/26344
  names:
    en: A New Story / Kanon
    ja: A New Story / Kanon
    ja-latn: A New Story / Kanon
  type: game
release_date: '2011-04-27'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
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  name: Amazon.co.jp
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  name: CDJapan
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  name: Sony Music Shop
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  name: YesAsia
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votes: 0
