Takayuki Aihara

I absolutely love his work from Sledge Blow, Phantom Kingdom, and his arrangement work in Rogue Galaxy. He is quite versatile and is one of the best orchestral composers that I've heard of in a while. He is quite a musician as well. This is evident in his arrangement of "The Labyrinth" from Rogue Galaxy. He manipulated the flute sampling to be slightly off key. He created the illusion of a performance. This guy is talented, but I can't find much works by him out there. Anyone know of his discography or even if there will be another soundtrack by him in the future?

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I really love how he utilizes the orchetstra (like in Phantom Kingdom and Sledge Blow). His orchestral arrangement of Labyrinth, however, got me hooked to him. I just hope he composes for a larger project soon.

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Actually I've tried listening to Drag on Dragoon before. I didn't really get into it. I stopped at about halfway through the first volume. I might try it again if I feel experimental again. But I will certainly check out the others you have mentioned. I was wondering... didn't Aihara and Yano compose the cinematic music for Drakenguard 2? Is there a rip somewhere of that?

On another note, I'm REALLY excited to hear his work for Children of Mana. I can't wait to see what Aihara and Ito will do with it.

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Thank you Dragon God ! I will check those out! As for Iwata, I didn't know he was involved in that. Nonetheless, I think the score will be great )!

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Hm... is Hajime no Ippo an anime also? Because I cannot find the music to the game at all.

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I still can't find a download anywhere, ... It must be a rare find.

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Nevermind... I found it, but I didn;t download it yet. Because I am downloading Nightmare of Druaga - Dungeon of Mystery. I see that on www.gmronline.com states that Aihara arranged the entire soundtrack. Anyways, I REALLY enjoy this soundtrack. Up until now, I wasn't familiar with Yano's music, but from what I'm hearing, I'm quite impressed.

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Children of Mana is out ! Anyone listen to the music yet? I don't know if an official soundtrack was released or not, but I am in the process of retrieving it. It's two discs of musical excellence. Aihara's tracks are amazing. My fav of his is Track 14 - The Wind Sings Louldy. It reminds me of Kikuta's style. Ito composed some cool tracks as well and I was impressed by Iwata, too. The tracklist is as follows:

Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana Original Soundtrack
Music Composed by Kenji Ito, Takayuki Aihara, and Masaharu Iwata

DISC ONE

1. Breath of MANA-for the Glory - Kenji Ito
2. Rising Sun - Kenji Ito
3. The Ensemble of Children - Masaharu Iwata
4. Tale of the Distant Sun - Kenji Ito
5. Longing - Kenji Ito
6. Creeping Pulsation - Masaharu Iwata
7. Emergency - Takayuki Aihara
8. Beyond the Blue Sky - Kenji Ito
9. Tower of the Flickering Prayer - Masaharu Iwata
10. Peaceful Underground Lake - Masaharu Iwata
11. Storm of the Red Sand - Masaharu Iwata
12. Frozen Majesty - Masaharu Iwata
13. Monster of the Forest - Takayuki Aihara
14. The Wind Sings Loudly - Takayuki Aihara
15. King of Chaos - Takayuki Aihara
16. The Blocking Menace - Kenji Ito
17. Evil Beast - Masaharu Iwata
18. Triumphant Return - Kenji Ito
19. The Desire Vanishes - Kenji Ito

DISC TWO

1. Together With Comrade-in-Arms - Takayuki Aihara
2. Singing Voice of Light - Masaharu Iwata
3. Challenge - Kenji Ito
4. The Ruined Ground - Takayuki Aihara
5. Fate - Takayuki Aihara
6. Rut of the Crystal - Takayuki Aihara
7. The Shaking Earth - Masaharu Iwata
8. The Sky's Lamentation - Takayuki Aihara
9. Grasslands of Eternity - Kenji Ito
10. Trial - Takayuki Aihara
11. The Thunder Emperor's Aloofness - Kenji Ito
12. Infant of Mana - Kenji Ito
13. The Desire Not Forgotten - Kenji Ito
14. The Beginning of a New Legend - Kenji Ito

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It angers me that most of the best video game music is being released on Itunes. Not everyone has an I-pod, and I have no desire to even have one. I don't mean to rant, but I have wanted to listen to Jeremy Soule's latest score from the game Prey, and haven't been able to because I don't have an I-pod and will not support Itunes.

As for Drag-on Dragoon, it is....different. I really can't say that I totally dislike it now, but I don't love it either. My feelings on the score are wierd, heh.

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Would someone be willing to re-upload the Aihara solo album please? Thanks !

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Here is some big news about Aihara... he is no longer a retired composer . He recently updated his blog stating that he is back in the industry and that he has a two year contract with a game company Yamasa. There is no news regarding what he will do after the contract is up. Will he go freelance once more? I seem to suspect he might, but who knows?

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