[truehappiness]

Music credits for this album:

Spoiler:

01. Love song
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming & Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Drums: Kenny Aronoff
Bass: Chris Chaney
Guitar: Eric Schermerhorn
Additional Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Strings: Charlie Bishart Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

02. crossroad
music & arrangement: Tetsuya Komuro

Programming: Tetsuya_Komuro
Drums: Hideo Yamaki
Bass: Chiharu Mizuzuki
Guitar: Michael Thompson
Strings Arrangement: Randy Waldman
Strings: Randy Waldman Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

03. MOON
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Guitar: Ryota Akizuki

04. sending mail
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming & Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Drums: Kenny Aronoff
Bass: Chris Chaney
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Additional Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Violin: Tamara Htawan [typo in the booklet, supposed to be Hatwan], Michelle Kikuchi-Richards
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

05. Last angel
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: CMJK

Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

06. insomnia
music & arrangement: CMJK

Programming: CMJK
Mixed by CMJK

07. Like a doll
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: CMJK

Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Mixed by Jaycen Joshua

08. Aria
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Violin: Yu Manabe
Mixed by Yuta Nakano

09. blossom
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Guitar: KIKU
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

10. Thank U
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming & Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Violin: Tamara Htawan [again, typo in the booklet, supposed to be Hatwan, Michelle Kikuchi-Richards
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Additional Chorus: Lamont Van Hook, Shannon Peason [typo in booklet? supposed to be Pearson?] + Boys & Girls

11. Sweet Season
music: Noriyuki Makihara
arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi

Programming & Acoustic Piano: Shingo Kobayashi
Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
Bass: Hideki Matsubara
Guitar & Flat Mandolin: Masayoshi Furukawa
Strings: Crusher Kimura Strings
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

12. overture
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Violin: Yu Manabe
Mixed by Yuta Nakano

13. do it again
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming & Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Guitar: Ryota Akizuki Strings: Charlie Bishart Strings
Additional B.G. Vocal: Lamont Van Hook, Conesha Mone't Owens
Mixed by David Reitzas

14. November
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: CMJK

Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Drums: Vinnie Colauta
Bass: Nathan East
Strings Arrangement: Suzie Katayama
Strings: Suzie Katayama Strings
Mixed by David Reitzas

15. Virgin Road
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming & Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Strings: Charlie Bishart Strings
Mixed by David Reitzas

16. SEVEN DAYS WAR (Live at Yoyogi on Oct.11.2010)
music: Tetsuya Komuro

Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Bass: Enrique
Guitar: Yoshio Nomura
Keyboards: Yoshihiro Tomonari, Yusuke Miyazaki
Chorus: Miwako 'Peco' Hamada, Yoko 'Princess' Yamazaki
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Woah, Ayu worked with some big names for this album, it seems. Though they did make a few typos... I wonder if Jaycen Joshua is the reason why Like a doll has a bit of a Western feel to it. He also mixed Dream ON.

Interesting note: Takehito Shimizu was one half of HAL. I wonder what exactly happened to HAL as a duo then? The other half of HAL, Toshiharu [HAL] Umezaki has reformed HAL it seems and they now work on rearranging classical music. http://www.garage-classics.com/creator.html

Is HAL as we knew them gone for good?!