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ActRaiser: Rebirth of the People / ActRaiser: Rebirth of the People / ActRaiser: Rebirth of the People

Catalog Number	N/A
Release Date	Feb 02, 2018
Publish Format	Doujin/Indie
Release Price	5.00 EUR
Media Format	Digital
Classification	Arrangement
Publisher	Shiryu Music / Shiryu Music / Shiryu Music
Exclusive Retailer	Bandcamp / Bandcamp / Bandcamp

Credits

Composer / Composer	Yuzo Koshiro / 古代祐三
Arranger / Arranger	Shiryu
Performer / Performer	Shiryu

Tracklist

English

Disc 1

01	Opening (Chiptune Faith)	2:12
02	Sky Palace (Chiptune Faith)	1:51
03	Descent (Chiptune Faith)	0:14
04	Fillmore (Chiptune Faith)	3:19
05	The Beast Appears (Chiptune Faith)	1:35
06	Round Clear (Chiptune Faith)	0:08
07	Bloodpool & Kasandora (Chiptune Faith)	1:16
08	Aitos Temple (Chiptune Faith)	1:17
09	Powerful Enemy (Chiptune Faith)	1:29
10	Piramid Marahna (Chiptune Faith)	1:50
11	North Wall (Chiptune Faith)	2:46
12	All Over The World (Chiptune Faith)	1:31
13	Satan (Chiptune Faith)	1:33
14	Silence (Chiptune Faith)	0:23
15	Birth of the People (Chiptune Faith)	2:00
16	Sacrifice (Chiptune Faith)	2:31
17	Peaceful World (Chiptune Faith)	1:08
18	Ending (Chiptune Faith)	2:04
19	Level Up (Chiptune Faith)	0:07
20	Opening (Orchestral Faith)	2:12
21	Sky Palace (Orchestral Faith)	1:51
22	Descent (Orchestral Faith)	0:14
23	Fillmore (Orchestral Faith)	3:19
24	The Beast Appears (Orchestral Faith)	1:35
25	Round Clear (Orchestral Faith)	0:08
26	Bloodpool & Kasandora (Orchestral Faith)	1:16
27	Aitos Temple (Orchestral Faith)	1:17
28	Powerful Enemy (Orchestral Faith)	1:29
29	Piramid Marahna (Orchestral Faith)	1:50
30	North Wall (Orchestral_Faith)	2:46
31	All Over The World (Orchestral Faith)	1:31
32	Satan (Orchestral Faith)	1:33
33	Silence (Orchestral Faith)	0:23
34	Birth of the_People (Orchestral Faith)	2:00
35	Sacrifice (Orchestral Faith)	2:31
36	Peaceful World (Orchestral Faith)	1:08
37	Ending (Orchestral Faith)	2:04
38	Level Up (Orchestral Faith)	0:07
39	Opening (Synthesizer Faith)	2:12
40	Sky Palace (Synthesizer Faith)	1:51
41	Descent (Synthesizer Faith)	0:14
42	Fillmore (Synthesizer Faith)	3:19
43	The Beast Appears (Synthesizer Faith)	1:35
44	Round Clear (Synthesizer Faith)	0:08
45	Bloodpool & Kasandora (Synthesizer Faith)	1:16
46	Aitos Temple (Synthesizer Faith)	1:17
47	Powerful Enemy (Synthesizer Faith)	1:29
48	Piramid Marahna (Synthesizer Faith)	1:50
49	North Wall (Synthesizer Faith)	2:46
50	All Over The World (Synthesizer Faith)	1:31
51	Satan (Synthesizer Faith)	1:33
52	Silence (Synthesizer Faith)	0:23
53	Birth of the People (Synthesizer Faith)	2:00
54	Sacrifice (Synthesizer Faith)	2:31
55	Peaceful World (Synthesizer Faith)	1:08
56	Ending (Synthesizer Faith)	2:04
57	Level Up (Synthesizer Faith)	0:07
58	Sky Palace (Vox Faith)	1:54
59	Descent (Vox Faith)	0:14
60	Fillmore (Vox Faith)	3:19
61	Aitos Temple (Vox Faith)	1:17
62	Piramid Marana (Vox Faith)	1:53
63	North Wall (Vox Faith)	2:46
64	Birth of the People (Vox Faith)	2:04
65	Sacrifice (Vox Faith)	2:33

Disc length 103:42

Notes

"Yuzo Koshiro turned 50 years old on December 2017. I was unable to attend to his live performance in London along with Motohiro Kawashima where both brought the house down with their combined "Streets of Rage" set but for my very first music release of 2018 I went with something quite on the opposite end of the spectrum: His classic compositions for the original 1990 Quintet video game "ActRaiser" for Super Nintendo.

This overdue tribute covers the entire soundtrack in three different styles (along with a bonus 4th disc) which is something I often wondered how it would turn up. "ActRaiser: Rebirth of the People" (a pun on one of the game's most iconic songs) explores Koshiro's compositions in chiptune style (Disc 1: Chiptune Faith), orchestral style (Disc 2: Orchestral Faith) which replaces the original samples with proper instrumental generated samples, synthesizer style (Disc 3: Synthesizer Faith) replacing the instruments with some of Vangelis timeless Yamaha CS-80 patches. Disc 4 "Vox Faith" is a bit of a bonus experience I threw together because I wanted to hear the "Sky Palace" singed by a vocal choir.

This is also the first time I release a LP and at the same time 3 different sound MSU-1 sound pack for the game itself. Assuming you have the know how to use it, by taking full advantage of DarkShock's audio enhancement patch you can play the game to the very same tracks that make up this latest release. To be able to play the original game in its original format to the music that you make is a rather unique experience and one I hope to be able to repeat in the future.

Hope you enjoy this release and I hope I have made justice to the source material. It is a real shame we haven't seen a new "ActRaiser" game in the past decades but perhaps that just help to make the two entries in the series even more special. Thank you all for your continued support.! - Shiryu