arrangers:
- link: artist/364
  names:
    en: Keiichi Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木慶一
- link: artist/363
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: 田中宏和
- link: artist/1896
  names:
    en: David Bedford
- link: artist/1907
  names:
    en: Takeshi Saitoh
- link: artist/1898
  names:
    en: Michael Nyman
barcode: '4562109405453'
catalog: MHCL-341
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement, Remaster
composers:
- link: artist/364
  names:
    en: Keiichi Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木慶一
- link: artist/363
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: 田中宏和
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discs:
- disc_length: '75:56'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Pollyanna (I Believe In You)
    track_length: '3:42'
  - names:
      English: Bein' Friends
    track_length: '5:14'
  - names:
      English: The Paradise Line
    track_length: '3:44'
  - names:
      English: Magicant (Inst.)
    track_length: '4:22'
  - names:
      English: Wisdom Of The World
    track_length: '4:42'
  - names:
      English: Flying Man
    track_length: '4:50'
  - names:
      English: Snow Man (Inst.)
    track_length: '3:52'
  - names:
      English: All That I Needed (Was You)
    track_length: '4:43'
  - names:
      English: Fallin' Love, and (Inst.)
    track_length: '6:19'
  - names:
      English: Eight Melodies
    track_length: '5:46'
  - names:
      English: The World Of MOTHER (Extended Version)
    track_length: '23:54'
  - names:
      English: Smiles And Tears (Demo Track)
    track_length: '4:48'
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/4478
lyricists:
- link: artist/3824
  names:
    en: Linda Hennrick
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2007-03-25T05:07
  edited_date: 2024-02-29T15:12
  fetched_date: 2026-01-10T08:17
  freedb: 45
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 18362
name: MOTHER
names:
  en: MOTHER
  ja: マザー
  ja-latn: MOTHER
notes: 'While the content of this album is mostly a reprint of 32DH-5285; this version
  featured digital remastering, includes a longer version of "THE WORLD OF MOTHER"
  with more of the game''s original music, and an additional track (track 12), which
  is an arranged version of "SMILES AND TEARS" from Mother 2.

  M-01

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  VOICE - CATHERINE WARWICK

  B-VOX - K. SUZUKI & G. TOMMEY

  DRUMS - GEOFF DUGMORE

  BASS - GRAHAM EDWARDS

  GUITARS - KEITH BEAUVAIS, CHESTER CAMEN

  KEYBOARDS & PROGRAMMING - BOB ANDREWS

  ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  PROGRAMMING - TATSUHIKO MORI

                            YUKIO DOKI

                            TAKAZUMI KUNITOMO

  M-02

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  VOICE - CATHERINE WARWICK

               JEREMY HOLLAND-SMITH

  B-VOX* - 1,000 VOICES

  DRUMS - GEOFF DUGMORE

  BASS - GRAHAM EDWARDS

  GUITARS - KEITH BEAUVAIS, CHESTER CAMEN

  KEYBOARDS & PROGRAMMING - DAVID MOTION

  ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  PROGRAMMING - TATSUHIKO MORI

                            TAKAZUMI KUNITOMO

  M-03

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  VOICE - JEB MILLION

  B-VOX - KING EDWARD SCHOOL CHOIR BOYS

  DRUMS - GEOFF DUGMORE

  GUITAR - CHESTER CAMEN

  KEYBOARDS & PROGRAMMING - BOB ANDREWS

  M-04

  MUSIC - HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  ALL INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING - TATSUHIKO MORI

                                                 TAKAZUMI KUNITOMO

  M-05

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - DAVID BEDFORD

  VOICE - CATHERINE WARWICK

  PROGRAMMING - DON CAMER

  M-06

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  VOICE - LOUIS PHILIPPE

  B-VOX - L. PHILLIPE, K. SUZUKI & G. TOMMEY

  UKULELE - HITOSHI WATANABE

  BOUZOUKI - HITOSHI WATANABE

  ACOUSTIC BASS - HITOSHI WATANABE

  GUITAR - LOUIS PHILIPPE

  ALL THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING - TATSUHIKO MORI**

                                                 TAKAZUMI KUNITOMO

  M-07

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

               HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  BOUZOUKI - HITOSHI WATANABE

  ACOUSTIC BASS - HITOSHI WATANABE

  ALL THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING - TATSUHIKO MORI

                                                 JUN TOHYAMA

                                                 TAKAZUMI KUNITOMO

  M-08

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

  VOICE - JERMY BUDD

  B-VOX - K. SUZUKI & G. TOMMEY

  DRUMS - GEOFF DUGMORE

  BASS - STEVE BARNACLE

  GUITAR - CHESTER CAMEN

  KEYBOARDS & PROGRAMMING - DAVID MOTION

  M-09

  MUSIC - HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ARRANGEMENT - TAKESHI SAITOH

  PIANO - KAZUTO SHIMIZU ※

               NAOKO SAITOH

  ELECTRIC BASS - MASASHI YOKOYAMA ※

  DRUMS - JUN AOYAMA

  ELECTRIC/GUT GUITARS - MASASHI YOKOYAMA ※

  MANDOLIN - BUN ITAKURA ※

  PERCUSSION - TETSUAKI HOASHI ※

                         MATO ※

  SAXOPHONE - MASAMI SHINODA +

  TROMBONE - YOICHI MURATA +

  CHORUS - REICHI

  SAITO NEKO STRINGS QUARTET

  JOE GROUP STRINGS

  ※ From Killing Time ◇

  + From JAGATARA ∆

  M-10

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

               HIROKAZU TANAKA

  WORDS - LINDA HENNRICK

  ARRANGEMENT - MICHAEL NYMAN

  VOICE - ST. PAUL''S CATHEDINAL CHOIR

  M-11

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

               HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

                            HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ALL INSTRUMENTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

                                 HIROKAZU TANAKA

  M-12 - demo track

  MUSIC - KEIICHI SUZUKI

               HIROKAZU TANAKA

  ARRANGEMENT - KEIICHI SUZUKI

                            HIROKAZU TANAKA

  MUSIC COMPUTER USED

  NEC PC9801 + COMEON

  MAC + PERFORMER

  ATARI ST1040 + STEINBERG PRO24

  ALL SONGS PRODUCED BY KEIICHI SUZUKI

  RECORDING ENGINEERING, MIXING & PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE TO K.SUZUKI: GLENN TOMMY

    (Except #11 Mixed By SHINICHI AKAGAWA)

  MIXING STUDIO - CRESCENT STUDIOS AT BATH UK

  RECORDING ENGINEERS - SHINICHI AKAGAWA (GIZMO) #4 #7 #6 (Backing Tracks)

                                         KENTARO KITAGAWA #9

  ASSISTANT ENGINEERS - ANDY STRANGE (AIR Studio)

                                        HUW PRICE (GARDEN Studio)

                                        RICHARD CHAPPELL (REAL WORLD Studio)

                                        HIROHITO FUJISHIMA (SOUND SKY Studio)

                                        KAZUMI MORIYA (SOUND SKY Studio)

                                        JIRO ISHII, MASUHIRO YAMAZAKI (NIKKATSU Studio)

                                        YUUKI MIZUTANI (TAKE ONE Studio)

                                        HIROTAKA HIBI (DIGITAL Studio)

  RECORDING STUDIOS - SOUND SKY STUDIO

                                      NIKKATSU STUDIO

                                      TAKE ONE STUDIO

                                      DIGITAL STUDIO

                                      AIR STUDIO AT LONDON

                                      GARDEN STUDIO AT LONDON

                                      REAL WORLD STUDIO AT BATH

                                      CRESCENT STUDIOS AT BATH

  DIRECTION - SHIGESATO ITOI

  GAME DESIGN - SHIGESATO ITOI

                          MIYUKI KURE

  MUSIC PRODUCE - AKIO OHMORI

                              RITSUO KAMIMURA

  MUSIC EFFECTS - KEIICHI SUZUKI

                             HIROKAZU TANAKA

  CHARACTER DESIGN - SHINBO MINAMI

                                    TATSUYA ISHII

  FIGURE MODELLING - TOTTORI

  PROGRAM - KAZUYA NAKATANI

                    TAKAYUKI ONODERA

                    MOTOO YASUMA

  SCENARIO ASSIST - MASAYUKI KAMEYAMA

                                HIDEO KON

                                KATSUTOMO MAEIWA

                                KUNIKO SAKURAI

  CO-ORDINATE - MASAHIRO TATEMOTO

                          TAKASHI KAWAGUCHI

                          KEIZOH KATOH

                          MOTOHIRO ISHII

                          AKIHIKO TODA

                          YUKARI SAITOH

  PRODUCE - SHIGERU MIYAMOTO

  EXECUTIVE PRODUCE - HIROSHI YAMAUCHI

                                     "PLAYER"

                                     Nintendo

                                     TOKYO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS

                                     APE

                                     "Famicom“ is a trademark of Nintendo.

  MASTERING ENGINEER - KEN OHSHIRO (CBS/SONY SHINANOMACHI STUDIO)

  MASTERING STUDIO - CBS/SONY SHINANOMACHI STUDIO

  A & R - MASASHI IMAIZUMI (CBS/SONY RECORDS)

  A & R ASSISTANT - TAKAHIRO OHNO (CBS/SONY RECORDS)

  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - RITSUO KAMIMURA (MOON RIDERS OFFICE)

                                         AKIO OHMORI (ON ASSOCIATES)

                                         TOSHIO ISHII (CBS/SONY RECORDS)

                                         TAKASHI KAWAGUCHI (NINTENDO INC.)

  ARTIST MANAGEMENT - MASAYA EBANA (MOON RIDERS OFFICE)

  MANAGEMENT OFFICE - MOON RIDERS OFFICE

  UK CO-ORDINATION - JUNKO YAMAZAKI

  ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATION - PAUL HIRSH

  PROMOTION CO-ORDINATION - HISASHI MIZUKAMI (CBS/SONY RECORDS)

                                                 MOTOHIRO ISHII (APE INC.)

  ART DIRECTION & DESIGN - HIDEKI YAMAZAKI (CBS/SONY RECORDS)

  PHOTOGRAPHY - JOHN PAUL SNEGONY

  ARTWORKS SUPERVISED BY KATSUMI ASABA, MASAHARU TAKADA

  HAIR & MAKE UP - ELLIE WAKAMATSU

  SPECIAL THANKS TO AMOR STUDIO

                                 OMNI STUDIO

                                 FREEDOM STUDIO

                                 TETSUKO HONMA, HIROSHI KANATSU For Platinum Kit

                                 TOMOFUMI SUZUKI

                                 KIMIKO MAMIYA

                                 MASAKO HIRSH

                                 TOMOKO "PRETTY" KOBAYASHI

                                 NAOTO SEKIGUCHI (ON ASSOCIATES)

                                 DAVE WOOLF (RUNWAY 1 MUSIC PRODUCTIONS)

                                 AND CRESCENT STUDIOS FOREVER

  ◇ Courtesy of Epic Sony Records

  ∆ Courtesy of BMG VICTOR

  MOTHER RE-ISSURE STAFF

  Produced by Keichi Suzuki (moonriders) & Masashi Imaizumi (SMDR GTmusic)

  Re-Mastered by Keichi Suzuki Re-Mastering Engineered by Yuji Chinone (SMC)

  Artist Management: Misako Noda (moonriders division)

  Thanks to: ''Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun'' http://1101.com

                   So-net ''Haiban Fukkoku Keikaku'' http://www.so-net.ne.jp/haiban

  NOTES

  *misspelled as "B-BOX."

  **misspelled as "TATSUHIKO HORI."'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/1050
  names:
    en: SMDR GT music
    ja: SMDR GT music
    ja-latn: SMDR GT music
  role: label
- link: org/1048
  names:
    en: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックダイレクト
    ja-latn: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
products:
- link: product/249
  names:
    en: Mother
    ja: Mother
    ja-latn: Mother
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: 32DH-5285
  link: album/796
  names:
    en: MOTHER
    ja: MOTHER オリジナル・サウンド・トラック
    ja-latn: MOTHER
  type: game
- catalog: compactron-23
  link: album/16653
  names:
    en: The Lost Suzuki Tapes
    ja: The Lost Suzuki Tapes
    ja-latn: The Lost Suzuki Tapes
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18322
  names:
    en: Rock Candy - 1st Album
    ja: Rock Candy - 1st Album
    ja-latn: Rock Candy - 1st Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18323
  names:
    en: Rock Candy - 2nd Album
    ja: Rock Candy - 2nd Album
    ja-latn: Rock Candy - 2nd Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18324
  names:
    en: Rock Candy - 3rd Album
    ja: Rock Candy - 3rd Album
    ja-latn: Rock Candy - 3rd Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: TANOCD-0002
  link: album/6855
  names:
    en: XTC-ism
    ja: XTC-ism
    ja-latn: XTC-ism
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18325
  names:
    en: Rock Candy - 4th Album
    ja: Rock Candy - 4th Album
    ja-latn: Rock Candy - 4th Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/4966
  names:
    en: 'Mother Arrange+Original Album: Neko to Umi no S...'
    ja: Mother Arrange+Original Album ネコと海の散歩道
    ja-latn: 'Mother Arrange+Original Album: Neko to Umi no S...'
  type: doujin
- catalog: DDCK-1005
  link: album/14764
  names:
    en: songs of instrumental
    ja: songs of instrumental
    ja-latn: songs of instrumental
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/18326
  names:
    en: Rock Candy - 5th Album
    ja: Rock Candy - 5th Album
    ja-latn: Rock Candy - 5th Album
  type: doujin
release_date: '2004-02-18'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2625.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=MHCL-341
  name: CDJapan
- link: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-na-49-en-70-7rv.html
  name: Play-Asia
- link: http://open.spotify.com/album/0nJMvM3LNPMWuOuVOPK8xw
  name: Spotify
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/4478?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/1899
  names:
    en: Catherine Warwick
- link: artist/1900
  names:
    en: Jeremy Holland-Smith
- link: artist/1901
  names:
    en: Jeb Million
- link: artist/1902
  names:
    en: Louis Phillippe
- link: artist/1903
  names:
    en: Jermy Budd
- link: artist/1904
  names:
    en: St. Paul's Cathedinal Choir
votes: 0
websites:
  Review:
  - link: http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/mother2004/index.html
    name: RPGFan's Review
