| DARKER THAN BLACK -黒の契約者- 劇伴 | |
| Album | |
 | |
| Romajis | DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha- Gekihan |
|---|---|
| Translation | DARKER THAN BLACK -The Black Contractor- Drama Partner |
| Release | 2007/07/25 |
| Reference | SVWC-7478 |
| Publisher | Aniplex, EPIC |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Tracks | 20 |
| Length | 54:04 |
| URL | Official website |
The DARKER THAN BLACK -The Black Contractor- Drama Partner album is the first original soundtrack of the TV animation show DARKER THAN BLACK -The Black Contractor-.
Overview[]
This album contains essentially background musics and the two only songs used in the show: No One's Home and ScatCat, performed by Mai Yamane. Deadly Work and Blend In are the two other songs of the soundtrack, but only their karaoke version are used in the show.
Release[]
This album was released on July 25 in 2007.
It is the only CD original soundtrack of the TV animation show. However, 2 years later another soundtrack was released in a blu-ray box on a 5.1ch disc format: DARKER THAN BLACK -The Black Contractor- 5.1ch ver. Original Soundtrack.
Track list[]
All tracks composed by Yoko Kanno. (unless otherwise indicated)
| Title | English | Vocals | Lyrics | Composition | Arrangement | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Go Dark | 3:17 | |||||||
| 02. | HOWLING -TV size ver. | abingdon boys school | Takanori Nishikawa | Shibasaki Hiroshi | abingdon boys school | 1:30 | |||
| 03. | ハイヒールラナウェイ | High Heel Runaway | 3:28 | ||||||
| 04. | Tenderly | 2:19 | |||||||
| 05. | シド | Shido | 2:04 | ||||||
| 06. | Was | 4:08 | |||||||
| 07. | Outside | 2:37 | |||||||
| 08. | No One's Home | Mai Yamane | Tim Jensen | 2:44 | |||||
| 09. | Guy | 2:02 | |||||||
| 10. | ScatCat | Mai Yamane | 2:14 | ||||||
| 11. | ケイヤクシャ* | Keiyakusha | 3:35 | ||||||
| 13. | クロ | Kuro | 3:37 | ||||||
| 14. | Deadly Work | James Wendt | James Wendt | 3:35 | |||||
| 15. | テンタイカンソク | Tentaikansoku | 0:46 | ||||||
| 16. | BlueCat | 3:07 | |||||||
| 17. | ツキアカリ -TV SIZE VER. | Rie fu | Rie fu | Rie fu | Rie fu, ? | 1:33 | |||
| 18. | Water Forest | 2:11 | |||||||
| 19. | Blend In | James Wendt | James Wendt | 3:15 | |||||
| 20. | インのピアノ | Yin no Piano | 3:11 | ||||||
| 54:04 | |||||||||
Staff[]
- Producer: Yoko Kanno
- Co-producer: 太田敏明 (Border Line)
- Directed by: ? & ?
- Recorded & Mixed by: ?
- Recorded at:
- Victor Studio
- Wonder Studio
- Towerside Studio
- Mixed at:
- Victor Studio
- Abaco Studio
- Assisted by: ?
- Mastered by: ? (form THE MASTER)
- Recording coordinated by: ?
- Jacket illustration: ?
- Finish: ?
- Promotion: ?
- Sales promotion: ?
- Products coordination: ?
- Art direction and design: ?
Musicians[]
- Piano, keyboards and conduct: Yoko Kanno
- Drums: Yasuo Sano, 田中徹 (Toru Tanaka)
- Bass: Suzuki Vagabond, 渡辺等 (Hitoshi Watanabe) (Gemmatika Records ・ かわいしのぶ)
- Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori
- Synthesizer manipulating: 浦田恵司 (Keishi Urata), Shunsuke Sakamoto
- Percussion: MATARO, 大石真理恵 (Marie Oishi)
- Trumpet: 佐々木史郎 (Shiro Sasaki)
- Sax: 平原まこと (Makoto Hirahara)
- Sax & Flute: 山本拓夫 (Takuo Yamamoto)
- Cello solo: Masami Horisawa
- Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
- Horn: 藤田乙比古 (Otohiko Fujita), 萩原顕彰 (Kensho Hagiwara)