arrangers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
barcode: '4988005548559'
catalog: UMCK-9260
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Arrangement, Original Work, Video
composers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
- link: artist/21229
  names:
    en: Arthur Kent
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discs:
- disc_length: '56:36'
  name: Disc 1 (CD) [UMCK-9260]
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Woman
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Love Theme of Taewangsashingi
    track_length: '4:01'
  - names:
      English: Les Aventuriers
    track_length: '4:18'
  - names:
      English: Prologue ~ Theme
    track_length: '4:35'
  - names:
      English: Prayer
    track_length: '5:45'
  - names:
      English: Theme of Departures
    track_length: '3:33'
  - names:
      English: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
    track_length: '2:50'
  - names:
      English: Destiny of Us (from Musical Turandot)
    track_length: '4:10'
  - names:
      English: I. Collapse
    track_length: '5:32'
  - names:
      English: II. Grace of the St. Paul
    track_length: '3:50'
  - names:
      English: III. Beyond the World
    track_length: '5:25'
  - names:
      English: IV. The End of the World
    track_length: '2:45'
  - names:
      English: I'd rather be a Shellfish
    track_length: '1:52'
  - names:
      English: I will be
    track_length: '4:34'
- disc_length: Unknown
  name: Disc 2 (DVD) [UMBX-1110]
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~
    track_length: Unknown
distributor: &id001
  link: org/532
  names:
    en: UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
    ja: ユニバーサルミュージック合同会社
    ja-latn: UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
  role: distributor
link: album/24426
lyricists:
- link: artist/18962
  names:
    en: Sylvia Dee
- link: artist/44002
  names:
    en: Mai
    ja: 麻衣
media_format: CD + DVD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-03-05T19:06
  edited_date: 2025-12-18T07:51
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T10:33
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 5380
name: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ / Joe Hisaishi [Limited Edition]
names:
  en: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ / Joe Hisaishi [Limited Edition]
  ja: アナザー・ピアノ・ストーリーズ ~ジ・エンド・オブ・ザ・ワールド~ / 久石 譲
  ja-latn: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ / Joe Hisaishi [Limited Edition]
notes: 'Joe Hisaishi''s fifth album in his Piano Stories series. Limited edition contains
  a DVD with bonus recording footage.

  Track 07: Movie "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" Ending Theme

  All Music Composed, Arranged & Produced by Joe Hisaishi

  Piano by Joe Hisaishi

  Track 12

  Words by Sylvia Dee

  Music by Arthur Kent

  Music Arranged & Produced by Joe Hisaishi

  Track 14

  Vocal & Lyrics by Mai

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi, Ichiro Nagata

  Drums: Yuichi Tokashiki

  E.Bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

  E.Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa

  Latin Percussion: Motoya Hamaguchi

  A.Saxophone: Takahiro Nishio, Kazuyuki Hayashida

  Strings: Kimata Group

  <12 Special Violoncello>

  Ludovit Kanta (Solo Concertmaster)

  Nobuo Furukawa (Departures Solo)

  Yumiko Morooka (12 Vc Inspector)

  Akina Karasawa

  Mikio Unno

  Eiichiro Nakada

  Yutaka Hayashi [Tr.02,08]

  Robin Dupuy

  Mikiko Mimori

  Shigeo Horiuchi

  Eiko Onuki

  Takayoshi Sakurai

  Keiko Daito

  Contrabass: Igor Spallati, Jun Saito [Tr.02,08]

  Marimba, Percussion: Momoko Kamiya, Reiko Komatsu

  Harp: Yuko Taguchi, Micol Picchioni

  A.Guitar: Masayuki Chiyo [Tr.08]

  Directors: Masayoshi Okawa (Bic-River), Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station)

  Recording & Mixing Engineers: Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station), Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder
  Station)

  Recorded at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Victor Studio, Wonder Station

  Mixed at ON AIR AZABU STUDIO

  Manipulator: Yasuhiro Maeda (Wonder City, Inc.)

  Assistant Engineers:

    Masashi Okada (SCI)

    Takahiro Okubo (Victor Studio)

    Masahito Komori (Bunkamura Studio)

    Toshiyuki Takahashi, Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station)

    Hitomi Joko, Mari Shinohara (ON AIR AZABU STUDIO)

  Mastering Engineer: Hiroyuki Hosaka (H2 Mastering)

  Piano Technicians: Masanori Hanaoka (YAMAHA CORPORATION), Nobumi Murakami (H. Matsuo
  Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.)

  Production Management: Kayo Chiba, You Kobayashi, Akiko Honda (Wonder City Inc.)

  Music Sheet Preparation: Kenji Ashimoto, Chieko Matsunami

  Photo (Cover & P.2): Ryoichi Saito

  Art Direction: Junichi Tsunoda

  Artwork Coordination: Koki Oike (Sony Music Communications), Yumi Haga (UNIVERSAL
  MUSIC)

  A&R: Yuko Kameda (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

  Label Head: Junichi Mori (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

  Product Manager: Kyoko Teradate (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

  Head of Product Management: Hiroshi Ohara (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

  Sales Promotion: Naoko Iwasaki (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

  Supervisors: Hiroshi Hattori (Fujipacific Music Inc.), Norimitsu Iijima (PROMAX
  Inc.)

  Executive Producers:

    Naoshi Fujikura (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)

    Ayame Fujisawa (Wonder City Inc.)

    Toru Uehara (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

    Yutaka Toyama (PROMAX Inc.)

  Liner Notes: Akiko Honda (Wonder City)'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2381
  names:
    en: A&M RECORDS
    ja: A&M RECORDS
    ja-latn: A&M RECORDS
  role: label
- link: org/2380
  names:
    en: Universal Music
    ja: Universal Music
    ja-latn: Universal Music
  role: label
- link: org/796
  names:
    en: UNIVERSAL SIGMA
    ja: ユニバーサルシグマ
    ja-latn: UNIVERSAL SIGMA
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/62/24426/24426-143cf2db0176.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/62/24426/24426-143cf2db0176.jpg
platforms:
- Movie
products:
- link: product/2895
  names:
    en: Ponyo
    ja: 崖の上のポニョ
    ja-latn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo
publish_format: Commercial, Limited Edition
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: UMCK-1294
  date: '2009-02-18'
  link: album/24428
  names:
    en: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~
    ja: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~
    ja-latn: Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~
  type: anime
release_date: '2009-02-18'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3800.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UMCK-9260
  name: CDJapan
- link: http://music.apple.com/jp/album/1498699892
  name: iTunes JP (digital download)
- link: http://music.apple.com/us/album/1498699892
  name: iTunes US (digital download)
- link: http://open.spotify.com/album/4ORKUWkQ2McDuOaAwIO25y
  name: Spotify
- link: http://www.yesasia.com/us/another-piano-stories-the-end-of-the-world-album-dvd-first-press-limited/1014391908-0-0-0-en/info.html
  name: YesAsia
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/24426?perpage=99999
votes: 0
