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Kawai had accepted the interview from Russian web site of "ONGAKUEN"

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00" Original Soundtrack Vol.3
released on 24th December 2008

(VTCL-60088 3,045yen)
Compose music for Hong Kong movie "Ip Man"
Movie released on 19 December 2008 in Hong Kong

Direction : Wilson Yip
Cast : Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Xiong Dai Lin, Simon Yam
GHOST IN THE SHELL/2.0 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
released on 17th December 2008

"GHOST IN THE SHELL/2.0 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK" with a Bonus track "GHOST IN THE SHELL's promotional music".
This track was a promotional music of the first showing at theaters on 2.0 Ver.
It was a movie trailer only for theaters which also pack in Mamoru Oshii's LDBOX "THE SEVEN DOG'S WAR" (1996, Bandai Visual) 's pack CD "THE DOG'S EAR".

The first Limited Edition "Deluxe BOX"

Deluxe BOX includes;
1) High Quality Sound CD = SHM CD
2) GHOST IN THE SHELL/2.0 with the image of 2.0 / in which the original music trailer was mentioned a Blu-ray disc.
Musical piece: "Utai III" -Reincarnation 2.0 Ver.
3) The track sheet at the time of original board work was mentioned Booklet of the multi sheet which the original.
4) Kenji Kawai interview Booklet.
5) BOX which stores the above mentioned items.

(BVCH-47003, BVCH-47004 4,515yen)

Regular Edition "Regular CD"

Regular quality CD includes same titles as the First Limited Edition.
The lyric sheet includes Kenji Kawai's interview.

(BVCH-44004 2,940yen)
Compose music for "ASSULT GIRL 2" of the omnibus movie "-KILL-"
Movie released on 6 December 2008 at CINE QUINT and the other.

ASSAULT GIRL 2

Direction and Script : Mamoru Oshii
Cast : Yoko Fujita and Rinko Kikuchi
"-KILL-" Original Soundtrack released on 26 November 2008

Music : Toshiyuki Honda, Kenji Kawai, Vanilla Yamazaki, Hikaru Yoshida, MELL
(GNCL-1186 2,940yen)
DVD Release "HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI The movie"
(The first edition enclosures OST & reprinted edition drama CD)
on 21st November 2008

(7,140yen)
The Original Soundtrack released "Nanase Futatabi" on 19th November 2008

(UPCH-20120 2,500yen)
Compose music for a Japanese live action movie "Sakura no Sono"

Cast : Saki Fukuda, Terashima Saki, Anne, Yuri Hane, Yuko Oshima, Emi Takei

Original : Akio Yoshida ( "Sakura no Sono" Released from Hakusensya Syupan)
Script : Seki Erika
Director : Syun Nakahara
The Original Soundtrack released "Sakura no Sono" on 5th November 2008

(UPCH-1629 2,300yen)
Compose music for TV drama "Nanase Futatabi"
Broadcast start on October 9th 2008 NHK

Compose music for NHK Drama 8 "Nanase Futatabi"
Broadcast start on October 9th 2008 at Thursday 8 pm

Original : Yasutaka Tsutsui "Nanase Futatabi"
Script : Kazuhiko Ban, Azuki Mashiba

Cast : Misako Renbutsu, Shun Shioya, Miki Mizuno, Kanako Yanagihara, Tomohiro Kaku, Sainei Ryuji, Souichiro Kitamura, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kamejiro Ichikawa...
Compose music for a TV animation "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season"

Compose music for a TV animation "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season"

Broadcasting starts in Sunday October 2008 at 5pm on MBS and TBS networks.

Planning : SUNRISE
Original : Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino
Direction : Seiji Mizushima
Series Organizing : Yousuke Kuroda
Character Design : Yun Kouga and Michinori Chiba
SF ascertain the historical evidence : Tomohiro Chiba and Kenji Teraoka
Sound director : Masafumi Mima
Music : Kenji Kawai
Product : MBS and SUNRISE
Kawai was awarded the Best Soundtrack award with "The Sky Crawlers" at Sitges 08

Kawai was awarded with the Best Soundtrack award "The Sky Crawlers" at the 41st SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia (Sitges 08), held in Sitges, Spain from October 2 to 12, 2008.

"The Sky Crawlers" was also awarded with the Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award and the Young Jury Award for the Best Motion Picture in the Fantastic Selection.

Sitges 08 official website: http://www.cinemasitges.com/
Kawai composed music for a Japanese live action movie "Orochi"
The movie will release on 20th September 2008

Cast : Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, Mitsuki Tanimura

Original : Kazuo Umezu
Director : Norio Tsuruta
Script : Hiroshi Takahashi
Music : Kenji Kawai
"The Sky Crawlers" release memorial program "The world of music"
It broadcasts from performance August 11, 2008 to "The Sky Crawlers" public presentation commemoration special program "musical world."

Broadcast on SKY PerfecTV! 267ch DAIICHIKOSYO "STAR karaoke"
http://www.clubdam.com/sk/

Mon.11. August 23:00-23:30(The time broadcast)
Wed.13. August 23:30-24:00
Fri.15. August 23:30-24:00
Sun.24. August 23:00-23:30
Wed.27. August 23:30-24:00
Fri.29. August 23:30-24:00
Sat.30. August 22:00-22:30
Compose music for a Japanese animation movie "The Sky Crawlers"

Original : Hiroshi Mori "The Sky Crawlers" (Chuou Kouronn Shinnsha-kann)
Direction : Mamoru Oshii
Script : Chihiro Ito
Music : Kenji Kawai
Product : Production I.G
Distribute : Warner Brothers
The Sky Crawlers
(C)MORI Hiroshi / The Sky Crawlers Production Committee
"The Sky Crawlers" release memorial program "Project Sky Crawlers"
It broadcasts from performance August 2nd, 2008

Broadcast on Channel NECO
http://www.necoweb.com/neco/

Sun.2. August 18:30-19:00
Tue.5. August 18:30-19:00
Fri.8. August 4:30-5:00
Fri.15. August 2:10-2:40
The Original Soundtrack released "Sky Crawlers" on July 25th 2008

(VPCG-84882 2,500yen)
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0
Sat., July 12, 2008 limited release

[Theaters]

Tokyo : Shinjyuku Mirano
Osaka : NAMBA PARKS CINEMA
Nagoya : MIDLAND SQUARE CINEMA
Fukuoka : United Cinema Canal City 13
Sapporo : Sapporo Cinema Frontier

Limited release
K-PLEASURE ~ Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES ~
Separated Release each CD from the BOX-CD 2nd July 2008

K-PLEASURE Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES (PCCR-60002 3,465yen)
K-PLEASURE2 Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES2 (PCCR.60003 3,465yen)
K-PLEASURE3 Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES3 (PCCR.60004 3,465yen)
Compose music for TV Documentary program of NHK Special "Fu-Tou Toshi (Boiling Cities)"
The program starts on May 18th 2008.

Compose music for TV Documentary program of NHK Special "Fu-Tou Toshi (Boiling Cities)" *The program is Bilingual

Broadcast from 2008 May at NHK multidiscipline channel, total 8times.

The first half series

The 1st time; "Dubai Huge money which gushed to the desert"
 May 18th (Sun) 9:00pm-9:49pm

The 2nd time; "London Recapture the capital in the world"
 May 19th (Mon) 10:00pm-10:49pm

The 3rd time; "Dhaka Hope of micro credit (Temporary title)"
 June 22nd (Sun) 9:00pm-9:49pm

The 4th time; "Istanbul The crossroads of the shaking east and west (Temporary title)"
 June 29th (Sun) 9:00pm-9:49pm

The last half series

The 5th time; "Johannesburg - Battle of the Black diamonds"
 Jan.25 .2009 (Sun) at 9:00pm-9:49pm

The 6th time; "Sao Paulo - Millionaires fly the sky"
 Feb.1.2009 (Sun) at 9:00pm-9:49pm

The 7th times; "Singapore - The challenge to the world of a brain (Temporary title)"
 Feb.15.2009 (Sun) at 9:00pm-9:49pm

The 8th time; "Tokyo Version up (Temporary title)"
 Feb.16.2009 (Mon) at 10:00pm-10:49pm

(The broadcasting time has a possibility to change)
Compose music for Japanese live action movie "HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI"
The movie will be released on 10th May 2008 at Cinema Sunshine, Shibuya Q-AX Cinema and the other theaters in Japan

Cast :

Gouki Maeda
Rin Asuka
Airi Matsuyama
Aika
Erena Ono
Koutarou Tanaka
Ayako Kawahara
Tetta Sugimoto

Staff :

Original : Ryukishi 07 / 07th Expansion
Direction : Ataru Oikawa
Product Production : Arcimboldo
Production Company : Oyashiro-sama Project
Music : Kenji Kawai
Compose music for TV drama " Shin Kasoukenn no Onna '08 "
Broadcast start on April 17th 2008, TV Asahi

Compose music for TV Drama "Kasoukenn no Onna08"
Broadcast start on April 17th 2008 at Thursday 8 pm, TV Asahi

Script : Takeharu Sakurai, Nao Morishita, Chiaki Mabe, Yuko Iwashita
Direction : Chiaki Mabe, Koujiro Fujio, Hirofumi Morimoto
Cast : Yasuko Sawaguchi, Takashi Naitou, Mayumi Wakamura, Takehiko Ono, Takako Kato
"Mobile Suit Gundam 00" Original Soundtrack Vol. 2
released on 26th March 2008

(VTCL-60022 3,045yen)
CD release K-PLEASURES - Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES - CD-BOX
Release on 19th March 10, 2008

K-PLEASURES K-PLEASURES
(PCCR-60001 10,290yen)
DVD release "Kenji Kawai Concert2007 Cinema Symphony"
Release on 19th March 10, 2008

Cinema Symphony Cinema Symphony
(PCBP-51547 8,190yen)
MMORPG "SANGOKUSHI ONLINE"

Compose music for the MMORPG "SANGOKUSHI ONLINE"

Movie picture looking-gets from the following (Japanese Only)
http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sol/shoukai.htm
Compose music for Japanese live action movie "L change the WorLd"
The movie will be release on 9th February 2008

Cast :

Kenichi Matsuyama
Youki Kudoh
Mayuko Fukuda
Narushi Hukuda
Megumi Sato
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Syunji Fujimura
Shingo Tsurumi
Masanobu Takashima

Staff :

Original : Tugumi Ooba / Ken Obata
Direction : Hideo Nakata
Script : Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Music : Kenji Kawai
"Sound of L change the WorLd" released on 23rd January 2008

(VPCD-81585 2,500yen)
"Mobile Suit Gundam 00" Original Soundtrack Vol.1
released on 10th January 2008

(VTCL-60014 3,045yen)
"HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai" Original Soundtrack Vol.2 released on 1st January 2008

(FCCM-0211 2,100yen)