Video Game Music is something criminally underrated. In particular, I began with the music of my childhood. Growing up, me and my brothers had a Super Nintendo and a Nintendo 64. The soundtracks to Mega Man X 1-3, Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Contry 2, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Super Castlevania IV, F-Zero X, Super Smash Bros, and other titles had a huge influence on me. I thought, why can't this be music I regularly listen to just like what's on the radio? It wasn't until much later that I found out that video game music, especially in Japan, actually was printed on CDs and often celebrated. Thanks to the internet, I was able to explore a much bigger world of video game Soundtracks as I dove into other consoles.
In this world there was a lot of creative music. From the bizarre Alien Soldier, unique Vib-Ribbon, mystical Rudra Ni Hihou, I found music I could relate to and enjoy that reminded me of my childhood games. Soon I began my own video game music collection.
Falcom I completely found by accident. At Snesmusic.org, I was listening to as many SPC sets as I could, and I came across the Super Famicom versions of Brandish 2, Popful Mail, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun, and Ys III: Wanderers of Ys. I had never heard anything like this, and after looking into it more, I came across the original titles on the PC-88, PC-98, and NEC PC-Engine and that these were all developed by the same company: Falcom. Soon enough I found my favorite composers who were in Falcom Sound Team JDK: Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Masaru Nakajima, Takahiro Tsunashima, Hirofumi Matsuoka, and Satoshi Arai.
In the video game music community, one of the parts we focus on are composition credits. Thanks to asking composers directly, game data, and credits from soundtracks, we have been able to discover a lot, but a lot of mysteries remain. In particular, the soundtracks Falcom released from the late 80s to early 2000s. This was my interest at least. On VGMdb, I discovered other Falcom fans who had went ahead and actually found credits to some games, and the two that I saw were Ys IV: Dawn of Ys, and Vantage Master JP. It was a tease for me because I had been wondering who composed what and we finally had something. Of course, it was not enough and soon after seeing this I decided to try and research to find out more.
These posts on VGMdb also revealed that some of the composers from that time in Falcom were active on Twitter. This provided a huge opportunity to find out more. Hirofumi Matsuoka was the first I was going to focus on, but due to other elements taking much too long he passed away from stomach cancer before I could find out anything. Luckily, Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON), and Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom) were still there. I spent the following months collaborating with them and trying to figure out as many credits as I could from their memories. Many mysteries were solved, and somehow this resulted in me getting blocked from Falcom on Twitter.
After a few months, we had quite a bit of new information, and other people were asking as well. but there was still a lot more to ask. Thanks to the determination of other members in the Falcom community such as Preta, we acquired an even bigger set of credits that cleared up a lot we were wondering about. It even got as far as getting Masaru Nakajima involved in trying to remember who did what. Despite the occasional contradiction in a few credits due to memory, we almost completely solved the mystery of Falcom's composer credits. There is still more to do now, but at least now we're almost done (with this era of composers at least).
Monday, July 16, 2018
Monday, June 4, 2018
During and After Falcom: Mieko Ishikawa
Mieko Ishikawa is one of Falcom's earliest composers, and now, a director for the company. She began composing in the late 80's, and retired in 1994 after The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch. The first two tracks I want to explore are from Sorcerian:
This captures her style perfectly. Next we can look at a battle track:
Another of Ishikawa's very impressive feats was being the sole composer of Ys III: Wanderers of Ys. The epic welcoming theme:
Here is another standout track:
And this probably the most famous of the soundtrack:
Moving on she composed in Dinosaur alongside Masaaki Kawai. It had a much darker and somewhat twisted tone compared to Ys III. This is from the FM Towns Version:
Afterwards, we move towards the more lighthearted Popful Mail. Atsushi Shirakawa gave me all his composer credits, which resulted in the remaining coming down to Ishikawa. First is the opening: Distant Valhalla:
Menu:
The next two are arranged versions from the Sega CD version. These are most likely arranged by Hirofumi Matsuoka:
And the last song is from the Super Famicom version, possibly also arranged by Hirofumi Matsuoka:
Afterwards, we continue with The Legend of Heroes II. On Twitter, a usernamed "The Spoony Bard" had asked Atsushi Shirakawa what he had composed. As a result, the remainder of the tracks fall under Ishikawa. We assume that Kawai is gone by now and the soundtrack was only between Shirakawa and Ishikawa. Here's a track by Ishikawa:
And my personal favorite from the game:
After this. 4 new members would join in 1992. They are Naoki Kaneda, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Masaru Nakajima, and Takahiro Tsunashima. They would take on the role of composing and succeed Mieko Ishikawa. Ishikawa would contribute a small number of tracks for The Legend of Xanadu and The Legend of Heroes III, but she would completely disappear from composing and instead focus on her role as one of the directors for the company which she still does to this day.
This captures her style perfectly. Next we can look at a battle track:
Another of Ishikawa's very impressive feats was being the sole composer of Ys III: Wanderers of Ys. The epic welcoming theme:
Here is another standout track:
And this probably the most famous of the soundtrack:
Moving on she composed in Dinosaur alongside Masaaki Kawai. It had a much darker and somewhat twisted tone compared to Ys III. This is from the FM Towns Version:
Afterwards, we move towards the more lighthearted Popful Mail. Atsushi Shirakawa gave me all his composer credits, which resulted in the remaining coming down to Ishikawa. First is the opening: Distant Valhalla:
Menu:
The next two are arranged versions from the Sega CD version. These are most likely arranged by Hirofumi Matsuoka:
And the last song is from the Super Famicom version, possibly also arranged by Hirofumi Matsuoka:
Afterwards, we continue with The Legend of Heroes II. On Twitter, a usernamed "The Spoony Bard" had asked Atsushi Shirakawa what he had composed. As a result, the remainder of the tracks fall under Ishikawa. We assume that Kawai is gone by now and the soundtrack was only between Shirakawa and Ishikawa. Here's a track by Ishikawa:
And my personal favorite from the game:
After this. 4 new members would join in 1992. They are Naoki Kaneda, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Masaru Nakajima, and Takahiro Tsunashima. They would take on the role of composing and succeed Mieko Ishikawa. Ishikawa would contribute a small number of tracks for The Legend of Xanadu and The Legend of Heroes III, but she would completely disappear from composing and instead focus on her role as one of the directors for the company which she still does to this day.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Resources for Older Falcom Music.
This blog deserves a mention as a good source for older Falcom music.
One thing I want to mention is that the version of Brandish VT's soundtrack that is uploaded there is of very bad quality. A superior version can be heard at another great Falcom source: The Falcom Music Channel.
Ys IV Interview 1993
This is taken from an interview about the development process of Ys IV: featured are Mieko Ishikawa, Naoki Kaneda, Atsushi Shirakawa, and Takahiro Tsunashima. Credit to shmuplations for the translations:
Composing Ys IV
with the Falcom Sound Team J.D.K
(Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa,
Takahiro Tsunashima, Naoki Kaneda)
(Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa,
Takahiro Tsunashima, Naoki Kaneda)
—I still haven’t played Xanadu or Ys IV yet, but I have been able to listen to the music for Ys IV. My first thought: unmistakably Falcom. (laughs) It was like, this could only be the music for the next Ys game.
Ishikawa: Thank you. Can I take that as a compliment?
—Of course!
Ishikawa: The big premise for Ys IV was that it was a direct sequel to Ys, so naturally the music had to have all the classic hooks from those songs… you could call it destiny. (laughs) Living up to that was a ton of pressure on us, the sound staff, so to hear those words from you makes me so happy, and is a huge relief.
—So it was very stressful, composing the Ys IV music?
Ishikawa: As a composer, having the color and tone of the music decided beforehand makes things easier in one sense, but if you aren’t able to break away from that, then you worry that listeners will feel like everything sounds the same.
“First Step Towards Wars”, an example
of the “zundara” galloping rhythm.
of the “zundara” galloping rhythm.
—I see. By the way, what do you all of you feel the “Ys sound” is?
—Eh? zu, zundara beat?
Shirakawa: Yeah, it’s the galloping basslines. zu!-ta-ka, zu!-ta-ka…
—Ah, ahhhh. I get it now. Yeah, Ys music really does have a lot of that rhythm pattern, now that you mention it.
Kaneda: A classical melody on top of a zundara rhythm… that’s pretty much Ys right there. To me at least.
—Right, right. You know, Michio Fujiwara, who is a friend of the Falcom label, often says the music of Ys has a lot in common with classical music. I would say it’s not just Ys, but all of Falcom’s melodies have a unique quality. Sometimes the melancholy is so sweet and pointed, I’ve even shed tears… Tomohiko Kishimotowas saying that his roots were heavy metal, and I can feel that in the mood of Falcom’s music.
Kaneda: That’s because we base our music on heavy metal and classical.
—Ahh, does that mean you’re a metalhead?
Kaneda: Hah, maybe I am. Right now I’m obsessed with Deep Purple. Uh oh–looks like I’ve just outed myself! I’ve been into other stuff lately too though, like African music.
—That explains your short hair then. And for the rest of you, what music have you been into recently?
Tsunashima: I really love karaoke. I’m always listening to ZARD, B’z, WANDS… and I’m an excellent singer! My dream is to have my voice in a game. It’s what I really, ♬ re~a~la~la~lyyy wa-a-nttt! ♬
—Is he into being-kei? 3
Ishikawa: Yeah (chuckles). And Shirakawa is a Vangelis otaku.
Shirakawa: Vangelis is like a teacher to me: for music, for life, for everything. Lately I’ve been into progressive rock, and irregular time signatures…
Ys IV OST.
—What progressive groups do you like?
Ishikawa: That’s it! Now I get it!
—Huh? Wh, what do you get now Ishikawa?
Ishikawa: I knew it wasn’t my imagination! You’ve been off-time a lot lately, just behind the beat! You bastard, you’ve become one of those offtime proglovers! We’ll just have to “beat” that out of you.. a strict march should do it!
Shirakawa: He–hey, wha–OW!
Ishikawa: Take that! Hut-two-three-four, hut-two-three-four!
Shirakawa: Ugh… ah! ah.. mm, aa… that feels good…
—Um…
Tsunashima: ♬ hey every~body~, let’s stop the vi~o~lenceee, sing with me now! ~oo that scent of your, faded jeanssss~ ♬
—Calm down, please everyone, calm down!
Ishikawa: The duple meter is the basis of all human life! Tempo 120! Yes sir! hut-two, hut-two, hut-two….
—Uh, n-no thank you, I’m good!
Kaneda: HAHAHAHAH.
End.
Interview with Atsushi Shirakawa (Tenmon)
A few years ago I got the idea to interview Atsushi Shirakawa (Tenmon). I reached out to him, and with the help of a few people, I got the chance to ask him questions. This resulted in the following interview. A little known fact is that I also wanted to interview the late Hirofumi Matsuoka, but he unfortunately passed away before I got the chance to. Here is the interview:
vgmonline.net/tenmoninterview/
vgmonline.net/tenmoninterview/
Friday, June 1, 2018
Who are the People in the Brandish 3 Pictures?
The only pictures we had of the Falcom sound team of the 90's are with are inside the Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan booklet. For years we didn't know who was in the picture, but now we know thanks to KIM (Naoki Kaneda). He told me:
Left to Right: Satoshi Arai, Naoki Kaneda, Atsushi Shirakawa, Kishimoto, Endo, and (maybe) the Mixing Engineer.
Here are the rest of the photos.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
During and After Falcom: Hirofumi Matsuoka
Hirofumi Matsuoka (Dec 8, 1968-Oct 20, 2015 [46 Years Old])
Hirofumi Matsuoka was a composer, arranger, programmer, etc, for Falcom beginning sometime during 1992 until he left the company during the early 2000's. He is the first from this group of composers to have passed away. He debuted in 1992 in Brandish 2 alongside Masaru Nakajima, Takahiro Tsunashima and Naoki Kaneda. The two songs bellow are by Matsuoka:
Following this, he'd contribute songs to The Legend of Xanadu. Some of the songs give a small hint of the type of musical direction Matsuoka would turn to after leaving Falcom:
To hear more of him as an arranger, he was also in charge of the Sega-CD and Super Famicom versions of Popful Mail. Matsouka also worked on the Legend of Heroes remakes on the Mega Drive:
Later during his time at Falcom, he became the leader of the sound team for projects such as The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean and others. After his departure, he composed briefly for the first Gruppo One game alongside Takahiro Tsunashima, and afterwards began working on "folk pop" projects with vocalist Momori on his own. He would compose and arrange the tracks, and have Momori perform the vocals. This is a huge departure from his compositions at Falcom, but a pleasant evolution of his musical style. The following are from his original work titled "Fermata." It's a compilation of his work over the years:
みち
ふゆのひ
あるくこと
星になって
さいしょのきもち。
夏の途中
ほろほろ
Towards the end of his life, he found out he had a an advanced type of stomach cancer. Around this time, I was trying to interview him for VGMonline. In the end, I should had tried to contact him myself because over the next following months he would suffer greatly, eventually discontinuing treatment. He passed away on October 20, 2015.
Thank you Hirofumi Matsuoka, for your contributions to Falcom and your work afterwards.
Hirofumi Matsuoka was a composer, arranger, programmer, etc, for Falcom beginning sometime during 1992 until he left the company during the early 2000's. He is the first from this group of composers to have passed away. He debuted in 1992 in Brandish 2 alongside Masaru Nakajima, Takahiro Tsunashima and Naoki Kaneda. The two songs bellow are by Matsuoka:
Following this, he'd contribute songs to The Legend of Xanadu. Some of the songs give a small hint of the type of musical direction Matsuoka would turn to after leaving Falcom:
Later during his time at Falcom, he became the leader of the sound team for projects such as The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean and others. After his departure, he composed briefly for the first Gruppo One game alongside Takahiro Tsunashima, and afterwards began working on "folk pop" projects with vocalist Momori on his own. He would compose and arrange the tracks, and have Momori perform the vocals. This is a huge departure from his compositions at Falcom, but a pleasant evolution of his musical style. The following are from his original work titled "Fermata." It's a compilation of his work over the years:
みち
ふゆのひ
あるくこと
星になって
さいしょのきもち。
夏の途中
ほろほろ
Towards the end of his life, he found out he had a an advanced type of stomach cancer. Around this time, I was trying to interview him for VGMonline. In the end, I should had tried to contact him myself because over the next following months he would suffer greatly, eventually discontinuing treatment. He passed away on October 20, 2015.
Thank you Hirofumi Matsuoka, for your contributions to Falcom and your work afterwards.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
During and After Falcom: Takahiro Tsunashima
Takahiro Tsunashima joined Falcom during that same 1992 period alongside Naoki Kaneda, Masaru Nakajima, and Hirofumi Matsuoka. He would contribute music towards most titles probably until The Legend of Heroes IV before focusing more on sound programming and ultimately leaving Falcom to become the lead composer of the ex-Falcom employee founded game developer Gruppo One. We will see in the rest of this post how many times he would switch from a slow melodic style to an extremely technical and aggressive style. Like the three others, he debuted in Brandish 2:
Following Brandish 2, Tsunashima would appear in Ys IV:
Next, he would contribute a small number of songs in The Legend of Xanadu. Included in his set is "The Beginning of the Legend" which is one of Falcom's finest songs and one of the best introductory themes to any video game:
In the Legend of Heroes III, he contributed a small number of tracks including:
Several months later, Tsunashima would compose for his first lead role, contributing the most tracks in Brandish 3. It is a defining moment in his career and shows a huge musical and technical evolution in his composition style. This is the Tsunashima we would hear several years later after Falcom in the Gruppo One games.
At this point, Tsunashima would focus more on sound programming than anything else. In the end, he'd contribute one last track in the Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion. Shortly after he would leave Falcom:
After leaving, and alongside other ex-Falcom members, they formed a new game company called Gruppo One. There are four notable games here, three which I will show where he was the only composer. In the first game, he composed alongside Hirofumi Matsuoka. There are no individual credits for this game. Because of this, we'll move on to following three games:
キャンプ
平原ステージ
城内ステージ
街道ステージ
氷穴ステージ
高原ステージ
工業都市ステージ
空中庭園ステージ
氷の宮殿
ホワイト・バス
戦闘１
ジーナ
ダーム
エンディング
チェイス・ウッズ
H.Dah
Unfortunately, Gruppo one disbanded, and there is no information on what happend to Takahiro Tsunashima afterwards. Recently, I heard from a ex-coworker he now works completely unrelated to game music.
Following Brandish 2, Tsunashima would appear in Ys IV:
Next, he would contribute a small number of songs in The Legend of Xanadu. Included in his set is "The Beginning of the Legend" which is one of Falcom's finest songs and one of the best introductory themes to any video game:
In the Legend of Heroes III, he contributed a small number of tracks including:
Several months later, Tsunashima would compose for his first lead role, contributing the most tracks in Brandish 3. It is a defining moment in his career and shows a huge musical and technical evolution in his composition style. This is the Tsunashima we would hear several years later after Falcom in the Gruppo One games.
At this point, Tsunashima would focus more on sound programming than anything else. In the end, he'd contribute one last track in the Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion. Shortly after he would leave Falcom:
After leaving, and alongside other ex-Falcom members, they formed a new game company called Gruppo One. There are four notable games here, three which I will show where he was the only composer. In the first game, he composed alongside Hirofumi Matsuoka. There are no individual credits for this game. Because of this, we'll move on to following three games:
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| Ding! ~MONO~. Ding! |
キャンプ
平原ステージ
城内ステージ
街道ステージ
氷穴ステージ
高原ステージ
工業都市ステージ
空中庭園ステージ
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| Eternal Flame |
氷の宮殿
ホワイト・バス
戦闘１
ジーナ
ダーム
エンディング
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| Shadow Kingdom |
チェイス・ウッズ
H.Dah
Unfortunately, Gruppo one disbanded, and there is no information on what happend to Takahiro Tsunashima afterwards. Recently, I heard from a ex-coworker he now works completely unrelated to game music.
Saturday, May 26, 2018
During and After Falcom: Masaru Nakajima
Masaru Nakajima is one of the four powerhouse composers who joined around 1992, just before Brandish 2. He would contribute compositions and arrangements all the way until his departure shortly after The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean in the early 2000's. It will be up to you to listen to these sample in an attempt to dissect his musical style. This is from his debut in Brandish 2:
Next, this is a track originally composed by him in Ys IV: Dawn of Ys. The track is arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu.
Afterwards, Mr. Nakajima would take a much darker tone in some of the few tracks he composed in The Legend of Xanadu:
In The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch, Nakajima's style changed once again to something more lighthearted with the occasional aggressive battle song:
We won't see much after this point for a while. The next significant amount of songs comes from The Legend of Xanadu II. In songs such as "Crystal Valley" Nakajima reaches that calm, soothing yet melancholy change in musical direction that he begins to incorporate more from here on out and further into his music after Falcom. Similar to his role in the first Legend of Xanadu, his style in the darker tracks now sound more technical and sharper than before:
Moving on, Nakajima contributed to The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion:
At the end of Nakajima's Falcom career, he would compose his final songs in The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean. The only breakdown I received as from Atsushi Shirakawa (Tenmon), and these are only his guesses as to what Nakajima may have composed. I'm sure there's more to it then just the songs he submitted to me. Still, it's better to have his guesses than nothing.
*The melody in this battle track would be reused in "Silver Will." And to this day, this melody still appears in Legend of Heroes games such as the current latest one: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III.
After leaving Falcom, Nakajima decided to focus more on his website and composing for his own. The website is now down, and had featured new music he had composed. A project named "White Swan" was also released which is almost impossible to find (I have not been able to find it).
Further into his composing career, he contributed arrange and original composition tracks to the FMPSG Doujin group over the next few years:
This would go on for a few years and he would also compose a few concept tracks meant for RPGs.
At the end of his career, his music continued to evolve as he took a surprising dive into vocaloid, which represents the last of his work.
The Never Ending Story (arrange):
The last known song he composed was a Vocaloid track from 2010, which was featured on his Piapro account. After that, he disappeared without a trace.
To find out more about this composer, I reached to many many people he worked with on Twitter, including members from FMPSG, as well as older contacts such as Naoki Kaneda and Atsushi Shirakawa. Unfortunately, no one seems to know what happened to him. Fortunately, one member of FMPSG told me that the last time he got in contact with Nakajima was in 2016, which means he is most likely still alive at least. This individual did recall Mr. Nakajima saying something that amounted to him not making music anymore.
The last known track composed by Masaru Nakajima is a Vocaloid work titled: Lost Virgin:
His Piapro Account
Youtube
His old website (some downloads still work)
Next, this is a track originally composed by him in Ys IV: Dawn of Ys. The track is arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu.
Afterwards, Mr. Nakajima would take a much darker tone in some of the few tracks he composed in The Legend of Xanadu:
In The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch, Nakajima's style changed once again to something more lighthearted with the occasional aggressive battle song:
We won't see much after this point for a while. The next significant amount of songs comes from The Legend of Xanadu II. In songs such as "Crystal Valley" Nakajima reaches that calm, soothing yet melancholy change in musical direction that he begins to incorporate more from here on out and further into his music after Falcom. Similar to his role in the first Legend of Xanadu, his style in the darker tracks now sound more technical and sharper than before:
Moving on, Nakajima contributed to The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion:
At the end of Nakajima's Falcom career, he would compose his final songs in The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean. The only breakdown I received as from Atsushi Shirakawa (Tenmon), and these are only his guesses as to what Nakajima may have composed. I'm sure there's more to it then just the songs he submitted to me. Still, it's better to have his guesses than nothing.
After leaving Falcom, Nakajima decided to focus more on his website and composing for his own. The website is now down, and had featured new music he had composed. A project named "White Swan" was also released which is almost impossible to find (I have not been able to find it).
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| "White Swan" Project |
This would go on for a few years and he would also compose a few concept tracks meant for RPGs.
At the end of his career, his music continued to evolve as he took a surprising dive into vocaloid, which represents the last of his work.
The Never Ending Story (arrange):
The last known song he composed was a Vocaloid track from 2010, which was featured on his Piapro account. After that, he disappeared without a trace.
The last known track composed by Masaru Nakajima is a Vocaloid work titled: Lost Virgin:
His Piapro Account
Youtube
His old website (some downloads still work)
Introduction to individual composer profiles
After many of our tireless efforts, we've managed to get a large amount of composer credits for many of the 90s Falcom game soundtracks. In particular, I'm interested in some of the composers from that time. Those would be Hirofumi Matsuoka, Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Masaru Nakajima, Takahiro Tsunashima, and Satoshi Arai. The following posts will attempt to analyze each composer and investigate what they did during and after leaving Falcom (exception being Mieko Ishikawa who is still employed under Falcom).
Our biggest challenge now is to figure out composer credits for Brandish VT, or Brandish 4.
Our biggest challenge now is to figure out composer credits for Brandish VT, or Brandish 4.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Falcom Composer Credits Master Post
All it takes is to ask. Naoki Kaneda (now Kim's Soundroom), and Atsushi Shirakawa (now TENMON), are on Twitter, and through constant communication, I've managed to get many composer credits from them for many of their games during their time within Falcom. Unfortunately, Hirofumi Matsuoka passed away (RIP) before I could contact him, and the other members I am looking for (Masaru Nakajima, Takahiro Tsunashima, Satoshi Arai, Mieko Ishikawa) are too difficult to get a hold of. Trust me when I say I really tried to reach out to them. However, despite my tireless efforts, all those trails have gone cold.
Fortunately, I managed to get a lot of information out of the two I got in touch with. In the VGMdb website you'll see all my contributions for composer credits for the albums I inquired about. The issue is that the information is all over the place. With this post I'll concentrate all the information into one easy to use post with all the composer credits I've unveiled.
In addition to all this, there are a few other people who helped in this project. Particularly Josep (jdkluv who runs the Falcom Music Channel) and Preta, who were able to find even more credits to the point where we now have full breakdowns for many games. Many thanks to them and for the small community of people interested in this for the team effort. We were able to achieve something that didn't seem possible out of our passion and determination to research and investigate Falcom's music.
*Credits follow from official album track listings.
Brandish 2: The Planet Buster (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3703
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=Jqr9b7JV_Nw&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgkpWMQY6HSAycjRsojS2oz&t=27s (Includes unused tracks)
Listen to the Super Famicom version: youtube.com/watch?v=Jqr9b7JV_Nw&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgkpWMQY6HSAycjRsojS2oz
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON):
4. BATTLE POINT Ver.A
15. BATTLE POINT Ver.C
16. CASTLE WALL
18. Homeless Johnny
20. NINJA YASHIKI ~ Spilling Innocent Blood
28. Laboratory
33. Shining Karl
34. BUNDEVIAS
39. Mystic Dela
40. Brandish House (Bonus Track)
Unused music:
3. BTOPN96 (?)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project)
11. Adonis
14. WHARF 2
32. Karl=cares
Unused music:
2. BTOPN67 (?)
3. BTOPN97 (?)
Naoki Kaneda (Kim's Soundroom)
1. PROLOGUE ~ BUNDEVIA
3. PRISON
9. CAVE
21. MASTER NINJA
22. Begging one's life
26. Benedicte
29. GADOBISTLLE
35. Badorrer=hadess
36. GADOBADORRER
38. Soldier's Sorrow
Takahiro Tsunashima:
6. Dela=Delon
8. ISLET
10. BATTLE POINT Ver.B
25. TOWER
31. NUCLEUS
37. EPILOGUE
Unused:
1. Disc Copy (?)
Ys IV: Dawn of Ys
*Credits confirmed through game codes and Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
JDK Special Album: vgmdb.net/album/3724 (Part 1)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=qKtIiaHI1wo&t=0s&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXjBg-m1fiS88XZ_3TZ6PBUA (Part 1)
Falcom Special Box '95: vgmdb.net/album/1466 (Part 2)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=fXW2tYXN83Y&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhtBqv7fWVK_Uwwso68h5-L&t=0s (Part 2)
Listen to the Super Famicom Version: Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (New music arranges by CUBE) : youtube.com/watch?v=jQiM1lxv8c8&list=PLzFTGYa_evXidM55LLdLaAjEfkHhrb-oS&index=1&t=0s
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Part 1:
1. THE DAWN OF YS
2. THE SYOBAININ
10. On the Other Side of the Recollection
15.Tension
16. Valley of Quicksand
18. Crimson Wings
21. Harlequin's Temptation
25. In the Fires of Ignition
30. THEME OF ADOL 1993
Part 2:
1. FOUNTAIN OF LOVE '93
7. Leeza ~ The Secret Sentiment in Her Heart
13. The Ancient City Surfaces
16. The Final Decisive Battle
17. A New Beginning
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Part 1:
2. Promarock
5. Karna
6. Romun Empire
8. A Young Swordsman's Tear
9. The Great Forest of Celceta
11. Burning Sword
12. The Ancient Legend
19. Battle #58
20. Family of Darkness
22. Sanctuary
23. Lava Zone ~ A Kiss from Eldeel
26. Lefance
28. Illusion
29. Arem
Part 2:
2. Crater
3. The Sage
4. Resurrection Ceremony
6. Dungeon
9. House
12. Quickening of the Ancient City
15. Eldeel
21. FANTASY HORIZON
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project)
Part 1:
4. Field
7. I Want to be Kind
13. A Great Ordeal
14. Leeza
27. Temple of the Sun
Part 2:
18. Prison House (Unused Music) (?)
19. Game Over
Takahiro Tsunashima
Part 1:
17 Poem of the Blue Moon
24. Bronze District
Part 2:
5. Temple
8. Walking the Path of Legend
10. Sadness
11. Five Loyal Retainers
20. Broken Hourglass
The Legend of Xanadu (NEC PC-Engine)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2533
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=L1z3WTdiSKg&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgpc7QbQJg84UHT0oOtEcqZ&index=1&t=0s
Listen to JDK Special version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGj1YeOLQ0&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgC-ikAbTenarYrfz0vPqV8
Hirofumi Matsuoka:
Disc 1:
10. The Sleeping Cave
19. Ship
20. The Cave of Despair
24. The Road to Victory
27. Trap
Disc 2:
2. Toon Temple
8. A Beautiful Prize
23. Wind of Grief
26. GYMNOS
33. Through Ice and Snow
35. A Castle Without a Master
44. FU-KU-ZA-TSU☆Pyular
Disc 3:
1. Town of the Dragonflies
3. RIALLA
Atsushi Shirakawa [Tenmon]
Disc 1:
1. Start Screen
3. PEACEFUL LIVING
4. The Spiral Stair of Hope
5. Prologue
7. IKTHIA~The Summer of Youths
9. SHOP
12. The Awakening of the Sealed Ones
16. THEO & MELLEINA [arrangement]
17. The Church [arrangement]
26. Makria Castle
31. Makria in Celebration [arrangement]
33. The Evil Dragon Reborn
35.YETI
36. The Ice Cave
41. PRISME [arrangement]
Disc 2:
1. The Demon of the Lake
5. The Silent Shore [arrangement]
6. Attending to the Royal City
10. SOPHIA [arrangement]
16. The Smile of the Breeze
17. The Whisper of the Breeze
32. DAKRU
37. Successor
39. I Hope We Can Meet
40. Thoughts, Once More
46. Harp~HEARER [arrangement]
47. Desert Wind [arrangement]
Disc 3:
9. The Silent Tower
17. Wings of Freedom [arrangement]
18. Ending [arrangement]
19. LIKE A WIND [arrangement]
Naoki Kaneda [Kim]
Disc 1:
2. OPEN SESAMI
8. Welcome
11. DAWN OF MAKRIA
15. Song of Victory
18. Until We Can Meet
21. The Power of Friendship
22. MEIDOUBLE 2
25. XARKAS
28. Defeat Your Old Nemesis
29. JEMEUX MOUVAIS
30. KAKOS
31. Makria in Celebration [composition]
32. The Legend of the Wind [composition]
34. A Deep Enigma [composition]
35. Black Light
38. Arctic Wind
39. GLACIES
41. PRISME [composition]
Disc 2:
3. A False God
4. TOON
5. The Silent Shore [composition]
10. SOPHIA [composition]
13. Wedding
15. PARTHIA
18. SOPHIA(PSG Ver.)
19. AINEAS
20. The Cursed Beauty
21. ALEXANDRA
22. The Holy Sword of Legend [composition]
24. The Pirates' Song - Areios Version [arrangement]
25. The Pirates' Song - Noys Version [arrangement]
31. ENAS
34. The Ice Tower
36. I Am Flybrute
43. The Gods of the Four Winds
45. Harp
Disc 3:
2. Code of the Hero
4. In the Name of Ishtar
5. Power Greater than God Himself
7. The Holy Spirit [composition]
8. Wings of Pride [composition]
10. CHAOTIC SANCTUARY
11. The Ordeal
13. DARDANDIS [composition]
14. Wings of Darkness [composition
16. KLEENE [composition]]
17. Wings of Freedom [composition]
18. Ending [composition]
19. LIKE A WIND [composition]
Masaaki Kawai:
Disc 2:
24. The Pirates' Song - Areios Version [composition]
25. The Pirates' Song - Noys Version [composition]
Mieko Ishikawa
Disc 1:
16. THEO & MELLEINA
17. The Church
Disc 2:
12. The Voice of the Sacred Wind
47. Desert Wind [composition]
Disc 3:
21. THEO & MELLEINA (PSG Ver.)
22. Desert Wind (PSG Ver.)
Masaru Nakajima:
Disc 1:
13. One Who Disturbs the Slumber
23. Forever
40. New Companions
Disc 2:
9. Beauty is a Trap
11. Parthia Port
28. Burning Saranda
29. LEMINI=DRAGO
38. RAMABARD
42. A Bird Crossing the Desert
Disc 3:
12. Seeking Hope
20. In the Wind
Music from The Legend of Heroes III: A Tale of Another Heroes ~White Witch~ (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3736
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=yBo-kzorlRI&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiQLgvs2irvrzicolD5H7Ca&index=1
Falcom Special Box '96 Unused tracks
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1467
Listen: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFTGYa_evXgGUFswqs60Te4B8mUN9Y7E
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. The White Witch Gueld (until 2:05)
2. A Tale of Another Heroes
4. Little Heroes -Music Box-
7. Shirla & Goose
10. Barrier
11. Cave
12. Sapphie
13. Afternoon on the Beach
14. Happy One Day
17. Happy Companions
18. With the Wind
19. Little Heroes -The Great Adventure of Jurio and Chris-
21. Coal Mine
22. Galga's Trace
23. Lodi
25. Poison Swamp
27. Darts
31. Before the Storm
32. The Great Battle of Volt
Disc 2:
2. Waltz
3. A Man's Lonely Journey
6. Oldos Cathedral
7. Visitor's Hymn
8. Raual
12. Gagharv's Memory
15. Remembrance -Requiem-
19. Queen Isabelle
21. Little Heroes -Beyond the Blue Sky-
26. Little Heroes -Winter's Coming-
27. Tirasweel's White Witch.
Unused Music:
2. Laguna
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
1. The White Witch Gueld (Naoki Kaneda comes in starting at 2:05. Atsushi Shirakawa did the intro before that)
6. WIN!!
20. LET'S START, OK?
24. GAMBLER (with Mr. TENMON)
26. The White Witch Gueld -Locus- (MainMotif: Masaru Nakajima)
28. See Our Spirit -Ah, Ruthless-
30. See Our Spirit
33. A Powerful Foe!!
Disc 2:
4. Mysterious Forest
17. Appearance of the Demon Beast
18. Heavenly Ceremonial Room (He said maybe)
20. The White Witch Gueld -Precious Soul- (MainMotif: Masaru Nakajima)
Unused Music:
1. Under the Sun
6. Grasslands
8. Shirla
11. The Legend of Heroes III (ending is taken from A Tale of Another Heroes)
Renewal Version:
1. Little Heroes
Hirofumi Matsuoka:
5. We're Lions, You're Dinner!!
Masaru Nakajima:
Disc 1:
3. In the Sparkle of Love
8. MOUNTAIN PATH
9. FEEL SO GOOD
15. Captain Thomas' Feelings
29. Sorrowful Melody
Disc 2:
5. Oldos
9. Ghidona
10. Temptation of the Red Eyes
11. Badatt
13. Dream
14. INVASION
23. Durzul's Letter
24. In the Sparkle of Love -Ending Version-
25. HEROES
Unused Music:
4. A Visit! Otasuke Group
5. Ship
7. Anger! Shorts
10. Boss Battle
Takahiro Tsunashima
Disc 1:
1. Who's the Criminal?!
34. Oh, Defeated
Disc 2:
16. Roudo Castle
22. Demise
Unused Music:
3. Tower
9. Demon Castle
Popful Mail (NEC PC-88)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1464 (Disc 3)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=6Mga4lXYDrg&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXi6EDktpRpO-gg13hKUSkAo&index=1
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
1. Backup Creation
3. Opening Demo 1
4. Opening Demo 2
18. Volcanic Zone (Exploration)
25. Castle (Battle)
28. Ending 1 - Somebody Loves You
Mieko Ishikawa: I assume it's all the other music.
Popful Mail (Super Famicom version)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2385
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=O9z15ndV6CQ&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgsaepunynpI0MtvsvNldfI&index=1
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
1. Logotype
2. Welcome Popful Mail
25. Destiny
Theory: All other exclusive Super Famicom tracks could be Hirofumi Matsuoka. Takahiro Tsunashima and Masaru Nakajima are listed as composers, but it is unknown yet whether or not they composed music.
Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan (NEC PEC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2763
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=a73VUoRq1HA&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgZWGNqHQGNSlXZneFNgtp0&t=0s
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON): Did not compose
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundrom)
Disc 1:
1. Kingdom of Dawn
2. Legend of the Lone Wolves
3. Rain Lamentation
4. Elegy of the Cat Punch Fellow
5. Great Assassin
6. Synchrony (arranged)
7. Tantoll
9. Cave
11. Boiling Metal
12. Cemetary
13. Corridor of Nightmare
15. Hanging Around
16. Desert
17. Get into Danger
18. Locus of Destruction
20. Conversing
21. Burning Tom Tom
22. Filveria
23. Casino Be'
25. Loot at my Body!!
27. Dragon Formation
28. Under Castle
30. Revolution
Disc 2:
1. The Weary Soldier's Song
2. Fighting Dragon
3. Liberation
5. Blue Lake
8. Misty
9. Oracle
11. Scorched Earth
13. Burning Darkness
15. Paranoia
18. Apeiron-Exoskeleton
21. Stay Gold-Umber-
22. Breeze-Dela-
23. Born to Dark-Jinza-
24. Comrade-Ares-
Satoshi Arai (debut as composer):
Disc 2:
25. Memories of Battle
Masaru Nakajima (mostly focused on LoH III during this point)
8. Shop
Atsushi Shirakawa:
Disc 1:
31. Jinza (Character Theme) [?]
Disc 2:
27. Mystic Dela αver. (Character Theme)
Takahiro Tsunashima:
Disc 1:
10. AKINDO
14. KILLERS
19. COAST
24. TO ARMS!
26. LION'S CRY
29. FOLLOW THE EVIL SHADOW
Disc 2:
4. GACEIR
6. SANCTUARY
7. HILAND
10. MAGMA
12. MAISOUN
14. WHISPER
16. FORTLESS
17. LAST REVELATION
19. APEIRON―QUICKENING―
20. EXODUS
26. SEVERE TIME, OVER...
6/4/2018 - I gave Naoke Kaneda some guesses of what I think Takahiro Tsunashima composed and he said they were all him, the songs by Takahiro Tsunashima are: Hiland, Magma, To arm!, Sanctiary, Maison, and Last Revelation.
UPDATE: Preta got information confirming the rest from Kaneda.
The Legend of Xanadu II (NEC PC-Engine)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2531
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=7fyJoCMoofA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXh7qdo549oncoP9BWEyMfWZ
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. Passage of the Ocean
2. Misfortune Hunch
7. Extremity Fear
8. Shipwreck
9. Formation
12. Big Storm
14. Moderation Tears
15. A Day of Love
21. Apparition Trees
27. In her Mind
28. Magnificence Street
35. Retreat
40. Heavenly Praise
46. Evil's Supremacy
47. Into the Dark
48. Throne of Close
51. Happy-Go-Lucky
Disc 2:
1. Invitation for The new world
3. Recollection of Past
4. The Triumphal Hymn
5. Three Years Later
7. Sophia (arrangement)
8. The Last of Dragonslayer (arrangement)
9. Whereabouts of Destiny
10. Seventh Soul
14. Ambition Territory
15. Longing Desire
17. Destruction Bell
22. Some Day, Some Where
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundrom)
Disc 1:
4. Acquisition
5. Pleasant Estimation
6. Scattered Islands
11. Triumphal Song
13. Sea Breeze Town
23. Idleness Sleep
24. At Your Departure
29. Elegance Residence
30. Powdery Snow
31. Heart Warm
32. Vast & Sewer
37. The Missing Is...
41. One's Last Moment
42. Blind Man
44. Tragedy Knight
52. Supremacy Title
Disc 2:
7. Sophia (composition)
13. Graceful Decision
18. Darkness Thunderclap
19. Final Awakening
20. Other Side of Sorrows
23. On Blue Brilliant Place
24. Following Wind
Satoshi Arai
Disc 1:
3. Peaceful Enclosure
16. Fertile Plain
19. Brave of Blaze
21. Apparition Trees
25. Underground Water Course
26. Immovable Fossil
33. Mist Land
36. Bad Past
43. Cave of Ocean Floor
45. Hard Pressure
Disc 2:
1. Invitation for the New World (Motif: Arai)
2. From Faraway
6. The Realms of Goddess
8. The Last of Dragon Slayer (composition)
11. Balmy Wind
12. Unknown Truth (?)
16. Sternly Spirit (?)
21. Daylight Promise
Masaru Nakajima:
10. First Attack
17. Over the Desert
18. Ancient Relics
20. Forest of Shudder
22. Weird Air
34. Break Through
38. Calm Reception
39. Crystal Valley
49. Slash for Chap
50. Down to the Abyss
Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin (Super Famicom)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1718
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=wO1Y3V4OjoA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhcgbL1TCE10EAbqOv8j-sG
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
4. Peace in The Street (Xandria)
7. Shopping
8. Field of Gale (Meadows)
24. Theme of Lovers (Storker)
29. Traders (Peddlers of the Desert)
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Disc 1:
1. Lost Kingdom (Full Opening)
9. Foresta Village
10. Sinister Shadow (Cave)
11. Treasure Box (Strongbox) (arrangement)
12. Freezing Soul (In Foresta)
13. Bad Species (Boss Battle)
14. Niena's Melody (Ocarina)
15. Warning!! (Theme of Tension)
17. Woodside Village (Kokiriko Village)
18. Misty Lake (Marshland)
25. Charged Trial (Great Loss in the Jungle)
27. Desert Clime (Desert)
28. Oasis (Oasis in the Desert)
Disc 2:
2. Wilderness (Prairie)
4. Niena (Niena)
10. Forgotten City (Kefin Town)
11. Judgement Bells
12. Partisan (Partisan Hideout)
13. Break into Territory (Kefin Kingdom Underground)
14. Battle Against Fate (Kefin Tower)
16. Theme of Kefin (Kefin Castle)
17. Theme of Kefin II (Kefin Castle Center)
18. Crime and Punishment (Final Event)
21. Vanishing World (Kefin Disappears)
24. Odds and Ends (Game Over)
Satoshi Arai:
Disc 1:
2. Digest
3. Continue
5. In the Cradle
6. Residence
16. Massea
19. Thieves of Brotherhood
20. Wind Knight
21. Crimson Ruins
22. Movement
23. Primal Rave
26. Stormy Town
Disc 2:
1. Sand Castle
3. Night Sight
5. The Undercurrent
6. Scheme The Madness I
7. Scheme the Madness II
8. Pain Maker
9. Crumble
15. Turning Death Sprial
19. Wicked Pleasure -introduction-
20. Wicked Pleasure
22. Theme of Adol (arrangement)
23.Farewell
25. The Secret Experience
26. Extra Room
27. Catch the Record!!
In Ys Material Collection 2 credits "pipet.A" for In the Cradle, Wind Knight, and Primal Rave from the soundtrack as possibly being Satoshi Arai. Note: Koshiro's tracks
The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3760
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1tNIlYwLM&list=PLzFTGYa_evXjY0QZ6iWTqzydeloahNuig
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
3. Prayer
5. Cabin View
7. The Road Towards Hope
12. Phildin Castle
13. Underground Waterway
15. Those Who Haunt in the Darkness
17. A Bustling Street Corner
18. Benequia Monastery
20. Plateau Hymn
22. Frozen Village
23. Just Bring it!!
24. Energetic Shannon
25. Rhythm of the Sea Breeze
27. A Tear of Vermilion ~Darling Eimelle~
28. The Holy City
29. Tomorrow Shall Come
Disc 2:
3. Frozen Over
6. Ancient Legacy
9. Shrin of the Spirits
10. Fight to the Death
11. Wandering Thoughts
12. Undersea Cave
13. Sealed Land
15. Labyrinth of Space-Time
16. Octum's Temple
19. My Name is Bardus
20. The End of a Fierce Battle
21. Avin's Determination
22. Drops of Life
23. And Then...
24. The Road Towards Hope ~Light~
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Disc 1:
2. A Tear of Vermilion
4. The Heretics' Attack
10. We Mustn't Be Defeated!
Disc 2:
1. Rone's Thoughts
5. Out of the Way!
7. Parting Regrets
18. Octum's Desire
Masaru Nakajima:
1. A Tear of Vermilion ~memoria~ (?)
6. Leaving the Nest
8. The Village Where They Arrived One Day
9. Stepping Lightly
11. The Royal Capitol Phildin
14. Mining Place
16. Dancing Maze
19. To the Forest
21. Iron Manufacturing Town ~Guia~
26. Riding the Ocean on the Wind
Disc 2:
4. Seeking Truth
8. Tainted Spirits
14. Lava Zone
17. The Great Priest Bellias
24. The Road Towards Hope ~Light~
Brandish VT (NRC PC-98)
There is no official soundtrack to the original version of this game, however:
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Opening (Brandish 4 remake)
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
- Chance Meeting −Overture−
- Town District −Division−
- Battleground −Black Field−
- Summons −Hostile−
- Fortress −Solid Steel−
The Restoration of Tower −Retribution−
- Epilogue II −Twilight−
Demo Overture Theme (Unused Track from the Demo)
The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1672 (First part)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=0crSfid4TvY&list=PLzFTGYa_evXglgOoVSHoemCBDK72Lk2AF (Includes 2nd part)
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
1. Leone Fredrik Richter "A Cagesong of the Ocean" [Arrange]]
2. Sleepy Tad (Forte)
5. Song of Spring (McBain)
6. Wind's Serenade (Altos)
7. Song of the Gentle Breeze
20. Leone's Etude (Shuber)
21. Leone's Etude (McBain Troupe)
25. Rupthya's Corps March
27. The Emperor's Holiday (Balthazar)
28. Picking Wild Strawberries (Wendy)
33. Tears and Thoughts of that Day
37. Impatience 39. The Dark Empire
41. Song of Temptation (Aria)
42. Song of Temptation (Forte)
43. Town of the Eternal People
44. Leone's Tracks
45. Memories of the Forest -Elise's Theme- (Unused Music)
46. Leone Fredrik Richter "A Cagesong of the Ocean" -Plot Version- (Unused Music)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project) *Tenmon guesses and three of my own
3. A Peaceful Time
4. A Hill Struck by the Sun
10. Easy Victory! ...Right?
11. Invited by the Ocean Breeze
13. Who's This Rascal!
18. Deep Forest
19. Season of Love
22. Getting the Treasure!
23. Never Give Up
24. Sadness Overcome
32. Trust in the Roulette
36. Farewell...
Second Part:
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1673
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
4. The Shadow of Numeros
5. The Dark Sun "Resurrection"
8. Undersea Melody "Hermit" (Una)
9. Undersea Melody "Into Another World"
15. Undersea Melody "Birth" (Una)
16. Undersea Melody "Surfacing" (McBain Troupe & Aria)
17. Blue Funeral (Duorl)
18. The Dark Sun "Ruins" [Arr]
19. One Who Blocks the Way
21. Undersea Lullaby (Forte)
22. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Prologue "Removing the Seal"
23. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Segue "Undersea Melody"
24. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Aria "Undersea Lullaby"
25. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Finale "Leone Fredrik Richter"
27. Undersea Melody "Birth" (Forte)
31. See Our Spirit (Forte)
32. Poem of Sunlight Filtering Through Trees (McBain)
33. Happy Little Birds (Una)
34. Traveler's Prelude (McBain Troupe)
36. Let's Dance (McBain Troupe)
38. Stardust Cantata (Complete Version)
39. Undersea Melody (Complete Version)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project) *TENMON's guesses
1. Hot and Cool
10. To Live in Tomorrow
13. For Those Who Interfere, No Mercy
26. I Want to Feel Love "Demise"
28. Of Every Tomorrow ~ Leone Fredrik Richter "End Credits"
29. I Want to Feel Love "And..."
35. Cheerful Traveler (McBain Troupe)
Zwei!! (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/979
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=F2NcH1n2mfA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhMT0bBXQAEQTSZXABBuv6J
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 2:
2. Supiri Ancient Labyrinth
8. Final Battle -Demon Vesper-
11. Movie 1 -Invitation to the Light-
12. Movie 2 -Invitation to the Dark-
13. Movie 3 -Descent-
14. Movie 4 -Large Tree-
15. Movie 5 -Collapse-
Vantage Master JP (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/214
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=S7X2sx6ryaU&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiMjGStV3NdFAzeAAjz5Pyp&index=1&t=0s (Includes bonus tracks)
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. Alone in the Moonlight
2. Narrative of an Illusion
3. Traveling Skies
4. Warriors
5. Rapport Gorgeous
11. Distant Blazes
15. Rainy Scene
17. Yearning
18. Wandering Together Down the Road of Demons
Disc 2:
1. Gathering of the Fates
3. Evil
4. An Ill Omen
8. Battle Cry
9. Alone in the Moonlight -Battlefield Version-
11.Farewell to the Seasons
12. Through the Day
15. Burning Sands
16. An Ill Omen -Indian Version-
Hayato Sonoda
6. Battle Flare
7. The Eastern Cherries
8. Rainy Landscape
12. Fasten Your Sandals After the Victory
13. One Controlled by Black Magic
14. Trouble Ahead
16. Into the Crimson Sky
Disc 2:
6. How They Flee When Night Falls
7. VM March
13. Silent Battle -Chaos Strike-
14. Attack the Villain
Wataru Ishibashi
Disc 1:
9. A Sandy Road Blown by the Wind
Disc 2:
10. Master of Chaos
Maiko Hattori
Disc 1:
10. The Cave of Styx
Disc 2:
2. The Pagan Island
5. An Elegant Banquet
There are a few minor reveals I'll add later for other games, and a few I am waiting on. I'll update this and mention the updates as it grows.
Thank you for your interest.
Fortunately, I managed to get a lot of information out of the two I got in touch with. In the VGMdb website you'll see all my contributions for composer credits for the albums I inquired about. The issue is that the information is all over the place. With this post I'll concentrate all the information into one easy to use post with all the composer credits I've unveiled.
In addition to all this, there are a few other people who helped in this project. Particularly Josep (jdkluv who runs the Falcom Music Channel) and Preta, who were able to find even more credits to the point where we now have full breakdowns for many games. Many thanks to them and for the small community of people interested in this for the team effort. We were able to achieve something that didn't seem possible out of our passion and determination to research and investigate Falcom's music.
*Credits follow from official album track listings.
Brandish 2: The Planet Buster (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3703
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=Jqr9b7JV_Nw&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgkpWMQY6HSAycjRsojS2oz&t=27s (Includes unused tracks)
Listen to the Super Famicom version: youtube.com/watch?v=Jqr9b7JV_Nw&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgkpWMQY6HSAycjRsojS2oz
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON):
4. BATTLE POINT Ver.A
15. BATTLE POINT Ver.C
16. CASTLE WALL
18. Homeless Johnny
20. NINJA YASHIKI ~ Spilling Innocent Blood
28. Laboratory
33. Shining Karl
34. BUNDEVIAS
39. Mystic Dela
40. Brandish House (Bonus Track)
Unused music:
3. BTOPN96 (?)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project)
11. Adonis
14. WHARF 2
32. Karl=cares
Unused music:
2. BTOPN67 (?)
3. BTOPN97 (?)
Naoki Kaneda (Kim's Soundroom)
1. PROLOGUE ~ BUNDEVIA
3. PRISON
9. CAVE
21. MASTER NINJA
22. Begging one's life
26. Benedicte
29. GADOBISTLLE
35. Badorrer=hadess
36. GADOBADORRER
38. Soldier's Sorrow
Takahiro Tsunashima:
6. Dela=Delon
8. ISLET
10. BATTLE POINT Ver.B
25. TOWER
31. NUCLEUS
37. EPILOGUE
Unused:
1. Disc Copy (?)
Ys IV: Dawn of Ys
*Credits confirmed through game codes and Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
JDK Special Album: vgmdb.net/album/3724 (Part 1)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=qKtIiaHI1wo&t=0s&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXjBg-m1fiS88XZ_3TZ6PBUA (Part 1)
Falcom Special Box '95: vgmdb.net/album/1466 (Part 2)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=fXW2tYXN83Y&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhtBqv7fWVK_Uwwso68h5-L&t=0s (Part 2)
Listen to the Super Famicom Version: Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (New music arranges by CUBE) : youtube.com/watch?v=jQiM1lxv8c8&list=PLzFTGYa_evXidM55LLdLaAjEfkHhrb-oS&index=1&t=0s
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Part 1:
1. THE DAWN OF YS
2. THE SYOBAININ
10. On the Other Side of the Recollection
15.Tension
16. Valley of Quicksand
18. Crimson Wings
21. Harlequin's Temptation
25. In the Fires of Ignition
30. THEME OF ADOL 1993
Part 2:
1. FOUNTAIN OF LOVE '93
7. Leeza ~ The Secret Sentiment in Her Heart
13. The Ancient City Surfaces
16. The Final Decisive Battle
17. A New Beginning
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Part 1:
2. Promarock
5. Karna
6. Romun Empire
8. A Young Swordsman's Tear
9. The Great Forest of Celceta
11. Burning Sword
12. The Ancient Legend
19. Battle #58
20. Family of Darkness
22. Sanctuary
23. Lava Zone ~ A Kiss from Eldeel
26. Lefance
28. Illusion
29. Arem
Part 2:
2. Crater
3. The Sage
4. Resurrection Ceremony
6. Dungeon
9. House
12. Quickening of the Ancient City
15. Eldeel
21. FANTASY HORIZON
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project)
Part 1:
4. Field
7. I Want to be Kind
13. A Great Ordeal
14. Leeza
27. Temple of the Sun
Part 2:
18. Prison House (Unused Music) (?)
19. Game Over
Takahiro Tsunashima
Part 1:
17 Poem of the Blue Moon
24. Bronze District
Part 2:
5. Temple
8. Walking the Path of Legend
10. Sadness
11. Five Loyal Retainers
20. Broken Hourglass
The Legend of Xanadu (NEC PC-Engine)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2533
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=L1z3WTdiSKg&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgpc7QbQJg84UHT0oOtEcqZ&index=1&t=0s
Listen to JDK Special version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGj1YeOLQ0&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgC-ikAbTenarYrfz0vPqV8
Hirofumi Matsuoka:
Disc 1:
10. The Sleeping Cave
19. Ship
20. The Cave of Despair
24. The Road to Victory
27. Trap
Disc 2:
2. Toon Temple
8. A Beautiful Prize
23. Wind of Grief
26. GYMNOS
33. Through Ice and Snow
35. A Castle Without a Master
44. FU-KU-ZA-TSU☆Pyular
Disc 3:
1. Town of the Dragonflies
3. RIALLA
Atsushi Shirakawa [Tenmon]
Disc 1:
1. Start Screen
3. PEACEFUL LIVING
4. The Spiral Stair of Hope
5. Prologue
7. IKTHIA~The Summer of Youths
9. SHOP
12. The Awakening of the Sealed Ones
16. THEO & MELLEINA [arrangement]
17. The Church [arrangement]
26. Makria Castle
31. Makria in Celebration [arrangement]
33. The Evil Dragon Reborn
35.YETI
36. The Ice Cave
41. PRISME [arrangement]
Disc 2:
1. The Demon of the Lake
5. The Silent Shore [arrangement]
6. Attending to the Royal City
10. SOPHIA [arrangement]
16. The Smile of the Breeze
17. The Whisper of the Breeze
32. DAKRU
37. Successor
39. I Hope We Can Meet
40. Thoughts, Once More
46. Harp~HEARER [arrangement]
47. Desert Wind [arrangement]
Disc 3:
9. The Silent Tower
17. Wings of Freedom [arrangement]
18. Ending [arrangement]
19. LIKE A WIND [arrangement]
Naoki Kaneda [Kim]
Disc 1:
2. OPEN SESAMI
8. Welcome
11. DAWN OF MAKRIA
15. Song of Victory
18. Until We Can Meet
21. The Power of Friendship
22. MEIDOUBLE 2
25. XARKAS
28. Defeat Your Old Nemesis
29. JEMEUX MOUVAIS
30. KAKOS
31. Makria in Celebration [composition]
32. The Legend of the Wind [composition]
34. A Deep Enigma [composition]
35. Black Light
38. Arctic Wind
39. GLACIES
41. PRISME [composition]
Disc 2:
3. A False God
4. TOON
5. The Silent Shore [composition]
10. SOPHIA [composition]
13. Wedding
15. PARTHIA
18. SOPHIA(PSG Ver.)
19. AINEAS
20. The Cursed Beauty
21. ALEXANDRA
22. The Holy Sword of Legend [composition]
24. The Pirates' Song - Areios Version [arrangement]
25. The Pirates' Song - Noys Version [arrangement]
31. ENAS
34. The Ice Tower
36. I Am Flybrute
43. The Gods of the Four Winds
45. Harp
Disc 3:
2. Code of the Hero
4. In the Name of Ishtar
5. Power Greater than God Himself
7. The Holy Spirit [composition]
8. Wings of Pride [composition]
10. CHAOTIC SANCTUARY
11. The Ordeal
13. DARDANDIS [composition]
14. Wings of Darkness [composition
16. KLEENE [composition]]
17. Wings of Freedom [composition]
18. Ending [composition]
19. LIKE A WIND [composition]
Masaaki Kawai:
Disc 2:
24. The Pirates' Song - Areios Version [composition]
25. The Pirates' Song - Noys Version [composition]
Mieko Ishikawa
Disc 1:
16. THEO & MELLEINA
17. The Church
Disc 2:
12. The Voice of the Sacred Wind
47. Desert Wind [composition]
Disc 3:
21. THEO & MELLEINA (PSG Ver.)
22. Desert Wind (PSG Ver.)
Masaru Nakajima:
Disc 1:
13. One Who Disturbs the Slumber
23. Forever
40. New Companions
Disc 2:
9. Beauty is a Trap
11. Parthia Port
28. Burning Saranda
29. LEMINI=DRAGO
38. RAMABARD
42. A Bird Crossing the Desert
Disc 3:
12. Seeking Hope
20. In the Wind
Music from The Legend of Heroes III: A Tale of Another Heroes ~White Witch~ (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3736
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=yBo-kzorlRI&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiQLgvs2irvrzicolD5H7Ca&index=1
Falcom Special Box '96 Unused tracks
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1467
Listen: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFTGYa_evXgGUFswqs60Te4B8mUN9Y7E
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. The White Witch Gueld (until 2:05)
2. A Tale of Another Heroes
4. Little Heroes -Music Box-
7. Shirla & Goose
10. Barrier
11. Cave
12. Sapphie
13. Afternoon on the Beach
14. Happy One Day
17. Happy Companions
18. With the Wind
19. Little Heroes -The Great Adventure of Jurio and Chris-
21. Coal Mine
22. Galga's Trace
23. Lodi
25. Poison Swamp
27. Darts
31. Before the Storm
32. The Great Battle of Volt
Disc 2:
2. Waltz
3. A Man's Lonely Journey
6. Oldos Cathedral
7. Visitor's Hymn
8. Raual
12. Gagharv's Memory
15. Remembrance -Requiem-
19. Queen Isabelle
21. Little Heroes -Beyond the Blue Sky-
26. Little Heroes -Winter's Coming-
27. Tirasweel's White Witch.
Unused Music:
2. Laguna
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
1. The White Witch Gueld (Naoki Kaneda comes in starting at 2:05. Atsushi Shirakawa did the intro before that)
6. WIN!!
20. LET'S START, OK?
24. GAMBLER (with Mr. TENMON)
26. The White Witch Gueld -Locus- (MainMotif: Masaru Nakajima)
28. See Our Spirit -Ah, Ruthless-
30. See Our Spirit
33. A Powerful Foe!!
Disc 2:
4. Mysterious Forest
17. Appearance of the Demon Beast
18. Heavenly Ceremonial Room (He said maybe)
20. The White Witch Gueld -Precious Soul- (MainMotif: Masaru Nakajima)
Unused Music:
1. Under the Sun
6. Grasslands
8. Shirla
11. The Legend of Heroes III (ending is taken from A Tale of Another Heroes)
Renewal Version:
1. Little Heroes
Hirofumi Matsuoka:
5. We're Lions, You're Dinner!!
Masaru Nakajima:
Disc 1:
3. In the Sparkle of Love
8. MOUNTAIN PATH
9. FEEL SO GOOD
15. Captain Thomas' Feelings
29. Sorrowful Melody
Disc 2:
5. Oldos
9. Ghidona
10. Temptation of the Red Eyes
11. Badatt
13. Dream
14. INVASION
23. Durzul's Letter
24. In the Sparkle of Love -Ending Version-
25. HEROES
Unused Music:
4. A Visit! Otasuke Group
5. Ship
7. Anger! Shorts
10. Boss Battle
Takahiro Tsunashima
Disc 1:
1. Who's the Criminal?!
34. Oh, Defeated
Disc 2:
16. Roudo Castle
22. Demise
Unused Music:
3. Tower
9. Demon Castle
Popful Mail (NEC PC-88)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1464 (Disc 3)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=6Mga4lXYDrg&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXi6EDktpRpO-gg13hKUSkAo&index=1
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
1. Backup Creation
3. Opening Demo 1
4. Opening Demo 2
18. Volcanic Zone (Exploration)
25. Castle (Battle)
28. Ending 1 - Somebody Loves You
Mieko Ishikawa: I assume it's all the other music.
Popful Mail (Super Famicom version)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2385
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=O9z15ndV6CQ&t=0s&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgsaepunynpI0MtvsvNldfI&index=1
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
1. Logotype
2. Welcome Popful Mail
25. Destiny
Theory: All other exclusive Super Famicom tracks could be Hirofumi Matsuoka. Takahiro Tsunashima and Masaru Nakajima are listed as composers, but it is unknown yet whether or not they composed music.
Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan (NEC PEC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2763
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=a73VUoRq1HA&index=1&list=PLzFTGYa_evXgZWGNqHQGNSlXZneFNgtp0&t=0s
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON): Did not compose
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundrom)
Disc 1:
1. Kingdom of Dawn
2. Legend of the Lone Wolves
3. Rain Lamentation
4. Elegy of the Cat Punch Fellow
5. Great Assassin
6. Synchrony (arranged)
7. Tantoll
9. Cave
11. Boiling Metal
12. Cemetary
13. Corridor of Nightmare
15. Hanging Around
16. Desert
17. Get into Danger
18. Locus of Destruction
20. Conversing
21. Burning Tom Tom
22. Filveria
23. Casino Be'
25. Loot at my Body!!
27. Dragon Formation
28. Under Castle
30. Revolution
Disc 2:
1. The Weary Soldier's Song
2. Fighting Dragon
3. Liberation
5. Blue Lake
8. Misty
9. Oracle
11. Scorched Earth
13. Burning Darkness
15. Paranoia
18. Apeiron-Exoskeleton
21. Stay Gold-Umber-
22. Breeze-Dela-
23. Born to Dark-Jinza-
24. Comrade-Ares-
Satoshi Arai (debut as composer):
Disc 2:
25. Memories of Battle
Masaru Nakajima (mostly focused on LoH III during this point)
8. Shop
Atsushi Shirakawa:
Disc 1:
31. Jinza (Character Theme) [?]
Disc 2:
27. Mystic Dela αver. (Character Theme)
Takahiro Tsunashima:
Disc 1:
10. AKINDO
14. KILLERS
19. COAST
24. TO ARMS!
26. LION'S CRY
29. FOLLOW THE EVIL SHADOW
Disc 2:
4. GACEIR
6. SANCTUARY
7. HILAND
10. MAGMA
12. MAISOUN
14. WHISPER
16. FORTLESS
17. LAST REVELATION
19. APEIRON―QUICKENING―
20. EXODUS
26. SEVERE TIME, OVER...
6/4/2018 - I gave Naoke Kaneda some guesses of what I think Takahiro Tsunashima composed and he said they were all him, the songs by Takahiro Tsunashima are: Hiland, Magma, To arm!, Sanctiary, Maison, and Last Revelation.
UPDATE: Preta got information confirming the rest from Kaneda.
The Legend of Xanadu II (NEC PC-Engine)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/2531
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=7fyJoCMoofA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXh7qdo549oncoP9BWEyMfWZ
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. Passage of the Ocean
2. Misfortune Hunch
7. Extremity Fear
8. Shipwreck
9. Formation
12. Big Storm
14. Moderation Tears
15. A Day of Love
21. Apparition Trees
27. In her Mind
28. Magnificence Street
35. Retreat
40. Heavenly Praise
46. Evil's Supremacy
47. Into the Dark
48. Throne of Close
51. Happy-Go-Lucky
Disc 2:
1. Invitation for The new world
3. Recollection of Past
4. The Triumphal Hymn
5. Three Years Later
7. Sophia (arrangement)
8. The Last of Dragonslayer (arrangement)
9. Whereabouts of Destiny
10. Seventh Soul
14. Ambition Territory
15. Longing Desire
17. Destruction Bell
22. Some Day, Some Where
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundrom)
Disc 1:
4. Acquisition
5. Pleasant Estimation
6. Scattered Islands
11. Triumphal Song
13. Sea Breeze Town
23. Idleness Sleep
24. At Your Departure
29. Elegance Residence
30. Powdery Snow
31. Heart Warm
32. Vast & Sewer
37. The Missing Is...
41. One's Last Moment
42. Blind Man
44. Tragedy Knight
52. Supremacy Title
Disc 2:
7. Sophia (composition)
13. Graceful Decision
18. Darkness Thunderclap
19. Final Awakening
20. Other Side of Sorrows
23. On Blue Brilliant Place
24. Following Wind
Satoshi Arai
Disc 1:
3. Peaceful Enclosure
16. Fertile Plain
19. Brave of Blaze
21. Apparition Trees
25. Underground Water Course
26. Immovable Fossil
33. Mist Land
36. Bad Past
43. Cave of Ocean Floor
45. Hard Pressure
Disc 2:
1. Invitation for the New World (Motif: Arai)
2. From Faraway
6. The Realms of Goddess
8. The Last of Dragon Slayer (composition)
11. Balmy Wind
12. Unknown Truth (?)
16. Sternly Spirit (?)
21. Daylight Promise
Masaru Nakajima:
10. First Attack
17. Over the Desert
18. Ancient Relics
20. Forest of Shudder
22. Weird Air
34. Break Through
38. Calm Reception
39. Crystal Valley
49. Slash for Chap
50. Down to the Abyss
Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin (Super Famicom)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1718
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=wO1Y3V4OjoA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhcgbL1TCE10EAbqOv8j-sG
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
4. Peace in The Street (Xandria)
7. Shopping
8. Field of Gale (Meadows)
24. Theme of Lovers (Storker)
29. Traders (Peddlers of the Desert)
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Disc 1:
1. Lost Kingdom (Full Opening)
9. Foresta Village
10. Sinister Shadow (Cave)
11. Treasure Box (Strongbox) (arrangement)
12. Freezing Soul (In Foresta)
13. Bad Species (Boss Battle)
14. Niena's Melody (Ocarina)
15. Warning!! (Theme of Tension)
17. Woodside Village (Kokiriko Village)
18. Misty Lake (Marshland)
25. Charged Trial (Great Loss in the Jungle)
27. Desert Clime (Desert)
28. Oasis (Oasis in the Desert)
Disc 2:
2. Wilderness (Prairie)
4. Niena (Niena)
10. Forgotten City (Kefin Town)
11. Judgement Bells
12. Partisan (Partisan Hideout)
13. Break into Territory (Kefin Kingdom Underground)
14. Battle Against Fate (Kefin Tower)
16. Theme of Kefin (Kefin Castle)
17. Theme of Kefin II (Kefin Castle Center)
18. Crime and Punishment (Final Event)
21. Vanishing World (Kefin Disappears)
24. Odds and Ends (Game Over)
Satoshi Arai:
Disc 1:
2. Digest
3. Continue
5. In the Cradle
6. Residence
16. Massea
19. Thieves of Brotherhood
20. Wind Knight
21. Crimson Ruins
22. Movement
23. Primal Rave
26. Stormy Town
Disc 2:
1. Sand Castle
3. Night Sight
5. The Undercurrent
6. Scheme The Madness I
7. Scheme the Madness II
8. Pain Maker
9. Crumble
15. Turning Death Sprial
19. Wicked Pleasure -introduction-
20. Wicked Pleasure
22. Theme of Adol (arrangement)
23.Farewell
25. The Secret Experience
26. Extra Room
27. Catch the Record!!
In Ys Material Collection 2 credits "pipet.A" for In the Cradle, Wind Knight, and Primal Rave from the soundtrack as possibly being Satoshi Arai. Note: Koshiro's tracks
The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion (NEC PC-98)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/3760
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1tNIlYwLM&list=PLzFTGYa_evXjY0QZ6iWTqzydeloahNuig
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
3. Prayer
5. Cabin View
7. The Road Towards Hope
12. Phildin Castle
13. Underground Waterway
15. Those Who Haunt in the Darkness
17. A Bustling Street Corner
18. Benequia Monastery
20. Plateau Hymn
22. Frozen Village
23. Just Bring it!!
24. Energetic Shannon
25. Rhythm of the Sea Breeze
27. A Tear of Vermilion ~Darling Eimelle~
28. The Holy City
29. Tomorrow Shall Come
Disc 2:
3. Frozen Over
6. Ancient Legacy
9. Shrin of the Spirits
10. Fight to the Death
11. Wandering Thoughts
12. Undersea Cave
13. Sealed Land
15. Labyrinth of Space-Time
16. Octum's Temple
19. My Name is Bardus
20. The End of a Fierce Battle
21. Avin's Determination
22. Drops of Life
23. And Then...
24. The Road Towards Hope ~Light~
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
Disc 1:
2. A Tear of Vermilion
4. The Heretics' Attack
10. We Mustn't Be Defeated!
Disc 2:
1. Rone's Thoughts
5. Out of the Way!
7. Parting Regrets
18. Octum's Desire
Masaru Nakajima:
1. A Tear of Vermilion ~memoria~ (?)
6. Leaving the Nest
8. The Village Where They Arrived One Day
9. Stepping Lightly
11. The Royal Capitol Phildin
14. Mining Place
16. Dancing Maze
19. To the Forest
21. Iron Manufacturing Town ~Guia~
26. Riding the Ocean on the Wind
Disc 2:
4. Seeking Truth
8. Tainted Spirits
14. Lava Zone
17. The Great Priest Bellias
24. The Road Towards Hope ~Light~
Brandish VT (NRC PC-98)
There is no official soundtrack to the original version of this game, however:
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Opening (Brandish 4 remake)
Naoki Kaneda (KIM's Soundroom)
- Chance Meeting −Overture−
- Town District −Division−
- Battleground −Black Field−
- Summons −Hostile−
- Fortress −Solid Steel−
The Restoration of Tower −Retribution−
- Epilogue II −Twilight−
Demo Overture Theme (Unused Track from the Demo)
The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1672 (First part)
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=0crSfid4TvY&list=PLzFTGYa_evXglgOoVSHoemCBDK72Lk2AF (Includes 2nd part)
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
1. Leone Fredrik Richter "A Cagesong of the Ocean" [Arrange]]
2. Sleepy Tad (Forte)
5. Song of Spring (McBain)
6. Wind's Serenade (Altos)
7. Song of the Gentle Breeze
20. Leone's Etude (Shuber)
21. Leone's Etude (McBain Troupe)
25. Rupthya's Corps March
27. The Emperor's Holiday (Balthazar)
28. Picking Wild Strawberries (Wendy)
33. Tears and Thoughts of that Day
37. Impatience 39. The Dark Empire
41. Song of Temptation (Aria)
42. Song of Temptation (Forte)
43. Town of the Eternal People
44. Leone's Tracks
45. Memories of the Forest -Elise's Theme- (Unused Music)
46. Leone Fredrik Richter "A Cagesong of the Ocean" -Plot Version- (Unused Music)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project) *Tenmon guesses and three of my own
3. A Peaceful Time
4. A Hill Struck by the Sun
10. Easy Victory! ...Right?
11. Invited by the Ocean Breeze
13. Who's This Rascal!
18. Deep Forest
19. Season of Love
22. Getting the Treasure!
23. Never Give Up
24. Sadness Overcome
32. Trust in the Roulette
36. Farewell...
Second Part:
Album: vgmdb.net/album/1673
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
4. The Shadow of Numeros
5. The Dark Sun "Resurrection"
8. Undersea Melody "Hermit" (Una)
9. Undersea Melody "Into Another World"
15. Undersea Melody "Birth" (Una)
16. Undersea Melody "Surfacing" (McBain Troupe & Aria)
17. Blue Funeral (Duorl)
18. The Dark Sun "Ruins" [Arr]
19. One Who Blocks the Way
21. Undersea Lullaby (Forte)
22. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Prologue "Removing the Seal"
23. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Segue "Undersea Melody"
24. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Aria "Undersea Lullaby"
25. A Cagesong of the Ocean Suite - Finale "Leone Fredrik Richter"
27. Undersea Melody "Birth" (Forte)
31. See Our Spirit (Forte)
32. Poem of Sunlight Filtering Through Trees (McBain)
33. Happy Little Birds (Una)
34. Traveler's Prelude (McBain Troupe)
36. Let's Dance (McBain Troupe)
38. Stardust Cantata (Complete Version)
39. Undersea Melody (Complete Version)
Masaru Nakajima (Takeo Project) *TENMON's guesses
1. Hot and Cool
10. To Live in Tomorrow
13. For Those Who Interfere, No Mercy
26. I Want to Feel Love "Demise"
28. Of Every Tomorrow ~ Leone Fredrik Richter "End Credits"
29. I Want to Feel Love "And..."
35. Cheerful Traveler (McBain Troupe)
Zwei!! (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/979
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=F2NcH1n2mfA&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhMT0bBXQAEQTSZXABBuv6J
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 2:
2. Supiri Ancient Labyrinth
8. Final Battle -Demon Vesper-
11. Movie 1 -Invitation to the Light-
12. Movie 2 -Invitation to the Dark-
13. Movie 3 -Descent-
14. Movie 4 -Large Tree-
15. Movie 5 -Collapse-
Vantage Master JP (PC)
Album: vgmdb.net/album/214
Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=S7X2sx6ryaU&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiMjGStV3NdFAzeAAjz5Pyp&index=1&t=0s (Includes bonus tracks)
Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON)
Disc 1:
1. Alone in the Moonlight
2. Narrative of an Illusion
3. Traveling Skies
4. Warriors
5. Rapport Gorgeous
11. Distant Blazes
15. Rainy Scene
17. Yearning
18. Wandering Together Down the Road of Demons
Disc 2:
1. Gathering of the Fates
3. Evil
4. An Ill Omen
8. Battle Cry
9. Alone in the Moonlight -Battlefield Version-
11.Farewell to the Seasons
12. Through the Day
15. Burning Sands
16. An Ill Omen -Indian Version-
Hayato Sonoda
6. Battle Flare
7. The Eastern Cherries
8. Rainy Landscape
12. Fasten Your Sandals After the Victory
13. One Controlled by Black Magic
14. Trouble Ahead
16. Into the Crimson Sky
Disc 2:
6. How They Flee When Night Falls
7. VM March
13. Silent Battle -Chaos Strike-
14. Attack the Villain
Wataru Ishibashi
Disc 1:
9. A Sandy Road Blown by the Wind
Disc 2:
10. Master of Chaos
Maiko Hattori
Disc 1:
10. The Cave of Styx
Disc 2:
2. The Pagan Island
5. An Elegant Banquet
There are a few minor reveals I'll add later for other games, and a few I am waiting on. I'll update this and mention the updates as it grows.
Thank you for your interest.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Introduction
I work on many projects online. I'm leaving VGM-Archivist on Tumblr and Spirit_Chaser on VGMdb to focus on this newp roject. This blog is as a result of my love and passion for video game music, particularly what Falcom put out from the 1985-2002 era. This blog will produce my research into the old members of this sound team in an effort to find as many composer credits as I can. In addition to that, I'll be reviewing soundtracks I really enjoy also.
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Mieko Ishikawa is one of Falcom's earliest composers, and now, a director for the company. She began composing in the late 80's, and...
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A few years ago I got the idea to interview Atsushi Shirakawa (Tenmon). I reached out to him, and with the help of a few people, I got the c...
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Video Game Music is something criminally underrated. In particular, I began with the music of my childhood. Growing up, me and my brothers h...
