Release

Information: Separated release each CD from the K-PLEASURE CD-BOX; CD Release "K-PLEASURES ~ Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIE ~ CD-BOX"; DVD Release "Kenji Kawai Concert2007 Cinema Symphony"; Kawai had accepted the interview from Russian web site of "ONGAKUEN"; Kawai will hold a concert at Pacifico Yokohama; Compose music for the promotion film of TOSHIBA Television "A New Visual Odyssey"
Fu-Tou Toshi (Boiling Cities): Kawai composed music for NHK TV programs
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0: Movie will be released on 12th July 2008
HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI: The movie will be released on 10th May 2008
HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai: The Vol.2 OST released on 1st January 2008; The OST released on 12 December 2007; Compose music for TV animation
Kenji Kawai's All time Nippon: 31st August 2007 / Talk show at the Apple Store in Ginza; Can be download Vol .2 of "All time Nippon"; Can be download Vol .1 of "All time Nippon"
L change the WorLd: 9th February 2008/ The movie released; Original Soundtrack released on 23rd January 2008
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The OST Vol.2 released on 26th March 2008; The OST released on 10th January 2008; Compose music for TV animation
Nanase Futatabi: October 9th 2008 / TV Drama Broadcast at NHK
Orochi: The movie will release on 20th September 2008
Sakura no Sono: Compose music for a Japanese live action movie
SANGOKUSHI ONLINE: Compose music for the Online Game
SEIREI NO MORIBITO: 7th April 2007 / Broadcast
Shin Kasoukenn no Onna '08: April 17th 2008 / TV Drama Broadcast at TV Asahi
The Sky Crawlers: Compose music for a Japanese animation movie "The Sky Crawlers"
TRAPPED ASHES: Kawai takes charge of the music of this movie

Short Cut : La Sola Lyrics, INNOCENCE Lyrics, Avalon Lyrics
Past Releases 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Information

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)

CD release K-PLEASURES - Kenji Kawai BEST OF MOVIES - CD-BOX
Release on 19th March 10, 2008

(PCCR-60001 10,290yen)

DVD release "Kenji Kawai Concert2007 Cinema Symphony"
Release on 19th March 10, 2008

(PCBP-51547 8,190yen)

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

http://japan-media.narod.ru/

Kawai will hold a concert at Pacifico Yokohama

Date : 4th November 2007 Doors Open at 4pm / Start Performance at 5pm
Place : Pacifico Yokohama (Main Hall)
Ticket Price : 9,450yen (tax included) All seats appointment
General Ticket sales schedule : Sat, 8/25/2007

Ticket sales at : Denshi Ticket PIA
LAWSON Ticket
CN Playguide
e+(e plus)

Inquiry as to the concert : ODYSSEY (phone 03-3560-3930)

Kenji Kawai Concert - Cinema Symphony - Offcial Site
http://www.cinema-symphony.jp/

Compose music for the promotion film of TOSHIBA Television "A New Visual Odyssey"

Fu-Tou Toshi (Boiling Cities)

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

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

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

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

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0

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

HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI

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

HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai

"HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai" Original Soundtrack Vol.2 released on 1st January 2008

(FCCM-0211 2,100yen)

"HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai" Original Soundtrack Vol.1 released on 12 December 2007

(FCCM-0199 2,940yen)

Compose music for TV animation "HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORONI-Kai"

Original story, Editorship : Ryu Kishi-07
Director : Chiaki Kon
Series concept : Toshifumi Kawase
Character design, Animation direction : Kyuta Sakai
Music : Kenji Kawai
Animation works : Studio Deen

Please check the airdate at the following.
http://www.oyashirosama.com/web/kai/onair/index.htm

Kenji Kawai's All time Nippon

Talk show "iJockey Kenji Kawai's All time Nippon live" at the Apple Store in Ginza

Date : Friday 31st August 2007 at 7pm-8pm
Place : Apple Store Ginza
Store Address : Sayegusa Honkan 3-5-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Phone : 03-5159-8200
http://www.apple.com/jp/retail/ginza/week/20070826.html

Download "Kenji Kawai's All Time Nippon" Vol2 at the iTunes store (Japanese Only)

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=252802812&s=143462

Download "Kenji Kawai's All Time Nippon" Vol1 at the iTunes store (Japanese Only)

Sound sources which have unreleased CD, a talk of Kawai, a musical piece of the amateur band age, and a theme tune of a TV program, can be purchased.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=252623143&s=143462

L change the WorLd

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

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00"
Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 released on 26th March 2008

(VTCL-60022 3,045yen)

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00"
Original Soundtrack Vol.1 released on 10th January 2008

(VTCL-60014 3,045yen)

Compose music for a Japanese animation "Mobile Suit Gundam 00"
Broadcast will be in October 2007

Broadcasting starts in Saturday October 2007 at 6 PM 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

Nanase Futatabi

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...

Orochi

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

Sakura no Sono

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

SANGOKUSHI ONLINE

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

SEIREI NO MORIBITO

Compose music for TV animation "SEIREI NO MORIBITO"
TV broadcasting start on 7th April 2007

Kawai will compose music for TV animation "SEIREI NO MORIBITO".

"SEIREI NO MORIBITO" will be broadcast from 8:06 a.m. on April 7 in NHK BS-2

Original : Nahoko Uehashi
Director : Kenji Kamiyama
Character Design : Warera Asou
Sound Director : Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Music : Kenji Kawai
Animation by Production I.G

Shin Kasoukenn no Onna '08

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

The Sky Crawlers

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	(C)MORI Hiroshi / The Sky Crawlers Production Committee

TRAPPED ASHES

Kawai composes music for American horror live-action movie "TRAPPED ASHES"

STAFF

Director;
Ken Russell
Sean S. Cunningham
Monte Hellman
John Gaeta
Joe Dante

Scripter;
Dennis Bartok