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Title: Main Theme
Composer: Yoko Shimomura
Game: Xenoblade Chronicles 

When Does It Play: It is the title screen music

Title: Serah’s Theme (English)
Vocals: Frances Maya
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu
Game: Final Fantasy XIII

When Does it Play? During the cutscene when Snow and Serah take a ride through the fireworks.

Title: Warm Feeling
Composer: Shoji Meguro
Game: Persona 3 Portable

When Does it Play? When you get intimate in a social link, and in post-level 10 social link scenes. [link is for the post-level 10 scene with Shinjiro]

Title: Romance Theme 1 [Intro to Love]*
Composer: Mahito Yokota
Game: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

When Does it Play? When you meet Zelda for the first time.

*There has yet to be an official soundtrack for this game, so this title is (as far as I know) fanmade.

Title: The Ruined Landscape of Nations at War ~ Second
Composer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda
Game: Odin Sphere

When Does It Play? During the shop areas in the Raging Battleground.

Title: Memory
Composer: Takayasu Sodeoka
Game: Bayonetta

When Does It Play: After the Ending Credits, during a small segment that shows a bunch of renders from the game.

Title: Byrne’s Theme
Composer: Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, and Manaka Tominaga
Game: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

When Does It Play: Scenes prominently involving Byrne, but most notable is right before the boss fight against him. (major spoilers in video)

Note: There has never been an official soundtrack release for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, so this track name is not official.

Title: CHEMICAL PLANT - ACT 2
Composer: Masato Nakamura
Game: Sonic Generations

When Does It Play: Modern Act/Act 2 of Chemical Plant.

Title: God Hand Ending Credits
Game: God Hand
Composer: Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda 

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When Do You Hear It?

• During the End Credits. (AN: which btw I encourage /everyone/ to watch)

Album of Which it Appears:

• Though God Hand did have an OST released, this song did not appear on it.

Where to Buy:

• Sadly the soundtrack was released as a Japanese only bundle when the game originally came out. You would have to do quite a bit of hunting to find it new factory sealed

.Other Works by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda:

• As a team both Masafumi and Jun created the soundtracks to 
• No More Heroes
• killer7, Contact and 
• Resident Evil Umberlla Chronicles 
• Masafumi by himself 
• Flower, Sun and Rain, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Fatal Frame IV
• Wiki
• Jun sadly hasn’t composed any soundtracks by himself

Title: Chasing Shirley
Game: Tales of Legendia
Composer: Go Shiina

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When Do You Hear It?

• When you are chasing Shirley through the waterways at the end of Chapter 2.

Album of Which it Appears:

• Disc 2, Track 4: Chasing Shirley - TALES OF LEGENDIA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Where to Buy:

• YESASIA
• Play-Asia

Other Works by Go Shiina: 

• Go Shiina, also known by his real name of Masaru Shiina, had very little gaming knowledge before being hired by Namco. He has helped compose the scores for gaming series such as Mr. Driller, Taiko Drum Master, God Eater, Ace Combat, Tekken, and Tales of. Go Shiina also helped compose for Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil, and THE iDOLM@STER. Tales of Legendia is his most popular work.
• Wikipedia
• Go Shiina’s Twitter

Random Facts:

• In a past interview posted on cocoebiz.com, Shiina mentions that he uses the name “Go” instead of his real name “Masaru” because Masaru is hard to pronounce for non-Japanese speakers. 
• In that same interview, Go Shiina mentions he can write music in any genre as long as he is motivated. He also mentioned really enjoying Ayumi Hamasaki’s songs, and that that her songs are “cheerful”.
• According to an interview with 1UP, Go Shiina originally went to school to be a doctor, but by the time he entered university he no longer wanted to be a doctor and tried to get a degree in German.
• In an interview posted on squareenixmusic.com, Go Shiina mentions that he originally tried to copy Motoi Sakuraba’s style when he started composing for Tales of Legendia. However, after reading the script and the plans for the game, he realized Legendia was different from past Tales titles, and that realization helped him to create his own style for the game’s music.