Takayuki Aihara

Originally Posted by Josh_1

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.

You do know that Masaharu Iwata (FF Tactics, Ogre Battle, Baroque, Stella Deus, etc..) is also involved, right ?

On topic, you really should seek out the Hajime no Ippo game OST, as Aihara shows a nice variety of styles like electronica, rock, jazz and yes, even orchestral. And Aihara did arrange some tracks on the Nightmare of Druaga OST(The majority of the tracks were by Masashi Yano), knowing you really like orchestral music, you really ought to check that one out.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Takayuki Aihara recently did an arrangement medley for the Bonus CD included with the PS2 remake (?) of Haunted Castle, the arcade Castlevania game. Tracks in the medley are Cross your Heart, Don't wait until Night and Bloody Tears.

You can check it out here: http://rapidshare.de/files/21515299/akumajou.mp3.html

Happy listening !

After hearing that piece, I would have no qualms if Konami decides to hire him over Michiru Yamane for one future Castlevania game as he's quite suited for the job

There's nowhere I can't reach.