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Old Mar 25, 2014, 11:40 AM
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There, I dissected it (whew!) and I think I found all the origins of the recordings they used for this box. Enjoy the mini-FAQ:

Vol.1 ~Gradius edition~
Track 01 from Scramble [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from Super Cobra [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 03~15 from Gradius [AC] 13 tracks as in KMCA-155

Vol.2 ~Twinbee edition~
Track 01 from Twinbee [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 02~04 from Moero! Twinbee [FDS] same three tracks from 140A-7709
Tracks 05~10 from Twinbee 3 [FC] compiled together as in KICA-1007

Vol.3 ~Salamander edition~
Tracks 01~10 from Salamander [AC] 10 tracks as in KICA-7601
Tracks 11~13 from Life Force [AC] 3 tracks as in KICA-7601

Vol.4 ~Parodius edition~
Tracks 01~32 from Parodius da! [AC] tracks 2-33 from KICA-1011

Vol.5 ~Thunder Cross edition~
Track 01 from Time Pilot [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from Time Pilot '84 [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 03~15 from Thunder Cross [AC] from 276A-7703

Vol.6 ~A-JAX edition~
Track 01 from Finalizer [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 02~18 from A-JAX [AC] corresponding to tracks 23-39 of K30X-7702, missing three unused tracks

Vol.7 ~Akumajo Dracula edition~
Tracks 01~12 from Castlevania [FDS] 12 tracks as in KICA-1005
Tracks 13~27 from Haunted Castle [AC] 15 tracks, grouped as in K30X-7705, with track 21 compiled in reverse order, as ever.

Vol.8 ~Ganbare Goemon edition~
Track 01 from Mr. Goemon [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: KICA-1055)
Tracks 02~09* from Ganbare Goemon 2 [FC] All seven tracks** from 140A-7704 **see post below

Vol.9 ~Contra edition~
Tracks 01~04 from Contra [AC] corresponding to tracks 48, 49, 50, 60 in SCDC-00472
Tracks 05~20 from Super Contra [AC] first 16 tracks as in K30X-7702, missing four unused tracks; Disc 9 of this box basically has served as basis for this digital iTunes release

Vol.10 ~Comical Action edition~
Track 01 from Pooyan [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from Circus Charlie [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 03~22 from Escape Kids [AC] 20 tracks as in KICA-7502

Vol.11 ~Fighting Action edition~
Track 01 from Yie Ar Kung-Fu [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from Shao-Lin's Road [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 03 from Galactic Warriors [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 04~22 from Crime Fighters [AC] 19 tracks as in KICA-1016

Vol.12 ~Sports edition~
Track 01 from Hustler [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from Hyper Olympic [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 03 from Hyper Olympic '84 [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 04~19 from Hard Puncher [AC] 16 tracks as in 276A-7708

Vol.13 ~Racing edition~
Track 01 from Road Fighter [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Track 02 from RF-2 [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 03~12 from Hot Chase [AC] 10 tracks as in 276A-7703

Vol.14 ~Puzzle Action edition~
Track 01 from Gattan Gotton [AC] gameplay sound effects (previous recording: 220A-7723)
Tracks 02~11 from Quarth [AC] 10 tracks as in KICA-1016
Tracks 12~21 from Hexion [AC] 10 tracks as in KICA-7605, minus the SE track

Vol.15 ~Famicom edition~
Tracks 01~03 from Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa [FDS] same three tracks from 140A-7709
Tracks 04~10 from Ai Senshi Nicol [FDS] from KICA-1023
Tracks 11~13 from Getsu Fuuma Den [FC] same three tracks from 140A-7709

*note on track 9 of Vol.8, while listed in
the tracklist it is actually not present on the CD.


To recap, this box uses materials from these previous releases:

Mar'88 K30X-7702 = Music from Super Contra & A-JAX (This one has split tracks for A-Jax, unlike the 28XA-201(*) which was released ten days before it) [A-Jax; Super Contra] Motoaki Furukawa; Motoaki Furukawa & Kazuki Muraoka
Aug'88 K30X-7705 = Konami Game Music Collection Vol.1 [Haunted Castle] Kenichi Matsubara
May'89 140A-7704 = Ganbare Goemon 2 [Goemon 2] Michiru Yamane, Kouji Murata
May'89 276A-7703 = Thunder Cross [Thundercross; Hot Chase] Prophet Fukami, J_KANE; Kingoro
Jul'89 140A-7709 = Famicom Memorial 1 [Upa; Moero; GetsuFuma] Prophet Fukami; ?; Michael Maezawa
Jul'89 276A-7708 = Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0 [Hard Puncher]
Dec'89 220A-7723 = Senryobako 1. The third disc of this box, "Konami Game Sound History 1980-1985" is the source for all the brief, SE-embedded tracks of pre-1985 arcades that are used to open the Masterpiece discs.
Mar'90 KICA-1005 = Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best [Castlevania FDS/NES] Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima
Apr'90 KICA-1007 = Famicom Memorial 2 [Twinbee 3]
Jul'90 KICA-1011 = Parodius da! Shinwa kara Owaraihe [Parodius Da!] Dokuo Umeno, Cameo Matano
Aug'90 KICA-1016 = Konami Game Music Collection Vol.2 [Quarth; Crime Fighters] Playback Hanzawa; IZUMI
Feb'91 KICA-1023 = Famicom Memorial 3 [Ai Senshi Nicol] Tonma-kun's Papa
May'91 KICA-7502 = Konami Game Music Collection Vol.3 [Escape Kids]
Dec'91 KICA-1055 = Senryobako 3 The third disc of this box, "KONAMI GAME SOUND HISTORY 1986~1987" is the source for the lone [Mr. Goemon] track
Mar'92 KICA-7601 = Salamander Again (of course Salamander music was published way before this, but this is the first "10 split tracks + 3 lifeforce split tracks" release I've found on the db) [Salamander; Lifeforce] MIKI-CHANG
Sep'92 KICA-7605 = Konami Game Music Collection Vol.5 [Hexion] Junya Nakano, Yuji Takenouchi, Satoko Miyawaki
Apr'02 KMCA-155 = Gradius Arcade Soundtrack (what I said for Salamander Again applies here too) [Gradius] Miki Higashino

(*)Nov'05 SCDC-00472 = Scitron reprint of 28XA-201, splits each BGM into a separate track. This was released one year later than the Masterpiece box, however it was supposed to be in print since 2001. Since this one has split [Contra] tracks, I used it as a reference. It seems Contra is one of the very few abriged soundtracks in the box (if you consider the fifteenth disc as a sort of bonus disc). [Contra] Kazuki Muraoka

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