Title: Dear My Friend
Game: Sonic Unleashed
Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
Songwriter/Vocalist: Brent Cash 

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When Do You Hear It?

• It’s the end credits music to the game

Album of Which it Appears

• Disc 03, Track 30: Dear My Friend - Ending Theme - Planetary Pieces  

Where to Buy:

• Import Action

Other Works by Tomoya Ohtani:

• Tomoya Ohtani has helped out with Sonic music since Sonic Adventure 2 
• Outside of the Sonic Franchise he also helped with the arranges of NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~
• VGMdb
• Sonic Wiki

[This was a request by CloudofArrows]
Title: Battle 3
Game: Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Composer: Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami  

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When Do You Hear It?

• It plays as the final boss theme.

Album of Which it Appears:

• Track 25: Battle 3 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Sound Collections.

Where to Buy:

• The CD was originally released in 1993, it is difficult to find the CD new anywhere.

Other Works by Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami:

• The two have not done much else in the way of composing however they both lent their talents to the video game Tobal No. 1

[Allegretto’s Note: I kept trying to upload this as an audio file, but Tumblr kept telling me that the audio file was too large, so I apologize. Also, change the video quality to 480p for WAY better quality!]

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Title: Argon Refinery
Game: Shatter
Composer: Module

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When Do You Hear It?

• It is the background music for World 8: Argon Refinery.

Album of Which it Appears:

• Track 8: Argon Refinery - Shatter - Official Videogame Soundtrack
• There is also a Vinyl soundtrack for Shatter, but I couldn’t get a tracklist for it.

Where to Buy:

• Developer Sidhe’s Bandcamp website
• iTunes

Other Works by Module: 

• Module, also known by his birthname of Jeramiah Ross,  has written a few pieces for a variety of iOS games, and a few other home console titles including Hotwheels Battleforce 5, Blood Drive, and Rugby Challenge. Before getting onto the video game music scene in 2009, Jeramiah Ross, and his Module solo recording project name, were known for their original compositions.
• Wikipedia

Random Facts:

• In an interview with Original Sound Version, Jeramiah Ross mentions Daft Punk as being one of his influences, and adds that he thinks it’s a compliment for someone to say he sounds like Daft Punk, but further adds “I still have a long way to go to be anything close to Daft Punk.”
• At the time of the same interview with Original Sound Version, Jeramiah Ross also mentions that his favorite track he created for Shatter was “Freon World” mainly due to the “massive guitar solo in the middle”; and he sent it to Sidhe thinking it was too over the top to be used in the game, but it ended up working well, and helped him to develop other guitar pieces for the game.
• The soundtrack for Shatter has won numerous awards; including a few for “Best Original Soundtrack of 2009”.

[Crescendo’s Note: If there are any inconsistencies with this post let us know! I don’t know this game as well as I do with the other ones]
Title: Wander’s Poem
Game: Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Composer: Tenpei Sato

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Where Do You Hear It?

• As it were this piece is cutscene music and plays whenever it’s time for a character to say farewell.

Album of Which it Appears:

• Disc 01, Track 04: Wanderer’s Poem - Makai Senki Disgaea OST

Where to Buy:

• CDuniverse

Other Works by Tenpei Sato:

• Tenpei has done many other soundtracks for NIS such as, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Disgaea 2, and Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?
• He’s also done the soundtrack for a few other relatively unknown NIS titles like Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure and La Pucelle: Tactics.
• Wikipedia
• VGMdb

Title: Another Winter
Game: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Composer: Anamanaguchi 

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When Do You Hear It?

• It plays as the theme for the first level 

Album of Which it Appears:

• Track 02: Another Winter - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Original Videogame Soundtrack)

Where to Buy: 

• Amazon
• iTunes

Other Works by Anamanaguchi: 

• Dawn Metropolis (Their first full length album)
• Power Supply (A small EP)
• Wikipedia
• Official Website

(This was the special request by our 50th follower!)

Title: Megaman X4 Opening
Game: Megaman X4
Composer: Toshihiko Horiyama

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When Do You Hear It?

• During the opening of the game.

Album of Which It Appears:

• Disc 5, Track 28: Megaman X4 Opening - Capcom Music Generation Rockman X1~6

Where to Buy:

• Otaku.com

Other Works by Toshihiko Horiyama:

• Not much information can be found about the composer themself; though they do sometimes go by the alias of “Krsk”. They are mostly noted for working on a handful of Megaman titles (X, 7, X3, X4, Battle Network, EXE 4.5, and Powered Up); as well as Onimusha 2, and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.

If you have not checked out Team Teamwork yet I highly recommend it! He’s a DJ who uses popular game music as backing tracks for popular rap songs, He’s done three videogame mashup albums that are absolutely fantastic!

http://teamteamwork.com/downloads/

http://youtu.be/w5JuYmQ2_ns

(from Zwian)

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This isn’t a submission that I’d normally expect to see, but I figured I’d push it through anyways. 

I’ve only been able to check out two of the albums, Ocarina of Rhyme and Vinyl Fantasy VII, but these mashups are nice.

-Allegretto

Title: Dead Fingers Talk
Game: Shadow Hearts: From the New World  
Composer: Yoshitaka Hirota  

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Where Do You Hear It?

• It plays as the regular battle theme.

Album of Which it Appears:

• Disc 01, Track 08: Dead Fingers Talk - Shadow Hearts: From the New World Original Soundtrack.

Where to Buy:

• CDUniverse
• Amazon
• ImportAction

Other Works by Yoshitaka Hirota:

• Yoshitaka has also composed Bomberman 64: The Second Attack along with Yasunori Mitsuda
• Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts Covenant, in both games he was part of a composing team.
• He also helped composed Sonic Shuffle.

When I made this blog about 7 months ago, I wasn’t sure if anyone would ever follow this blog; to be honest. I just really enjoy the music in video games, and I had a lot of free time so I figured I would do little posts about the composers (along with other info). However this blog has grown, and seeing people enjoy these posts makes me really happy. I’ve even made some nice friends through this blog; one of which who now helps out with the blog as well! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone.

The 50th follower will be sent an ask about a song of their choosing to be featured on here! :)

Thank you,
-Allegretto 

There are actually 2 people who run this blog now. I’m Allegretto and the other admin is Crescendo. We figured we’d split this up for each of us to answer separately. We both have our top 10 soundtracks, but neither one of us were able to list them in a particular order; as that seemed to be a little difficult to actually figure out.

Allegretto’s Top 10 Soundtracks (in no order):

1. NieR Gestalt & RepliCant
2. Tales of Legendia
3. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 1 & 2
4. Persona 3
5. Final Fantasy IX
6. Trauma Team
7. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
8. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
9. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
10. The World Ends With You

Crescendo’s Top 10 Soundtracks (in no order):

1. NieR Gestalt & RepliCant
2. Deadly Premonition
3. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
4. Persona 4
5. Cave Story
6. Sonic Unleashed
7. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
8. Silent Hill 3
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Chrono Cross