[PsychoZeke]

Originally Posted by CHz

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Excellent job with the staff roll homework, by the way.

I enjoyed doing it, but I had to take a nap afterwards. =P Nevertheless, hunting for this stuff is quite fun.

Originally Posted by CHz

Yamashita apparently wrote most of the music from Castlevania, but not all of it: "I composed music for 悪魔城ドラキュラ. Not all. But,most is my music" (http://cocoa.candybox.to/yamako1/mka...logno=&type2=1) and "I'm certain that other people were involved with the composition of the original version of Castlevania, but they composed very little of the music" (http://squareenixmusic.com/features/...amashita.shtml). I'm not sure if anyone's gotten a full list of which tracks are hers, so perhaps the ending was Shinya Sakamoto's, since he was the commenter.

Also, here are some Esper Dream 1 credits for ya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNLqh69yhfc#t=9m45s

The commenter for that track was the mysterious 最終ボス, no clue what the deal with that is.

And here I always thought Yamashita had done the whole Castlevania soundtrack--guess you learn something new everyday. But perhaps Shinya Sakamoto did the ending theme? My first thought, however, was that Sakamoto was commenting in Yamashita's place.

Thanks much for the Esper Dream video. And regarding 最終ボス, maybe it is what the name suggests? If we were to take it literally, I mean.

Originally Posted by CHz

Space Manbow's sound credits are also incomplete, leaving out additional composers Yuji Takenouchi (commenter) and Michiru Yamane. Bigblah corresponded with TECHNOuchi to get the full credits for that: https://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?p=13786.

I had forgotten about that...

Originally Posted by CHz

I thought the credits for Labyrinth Runner were your most interesting find, since this is one of the tracks Kingoro commented on, and Kaneda was apparently the game's only sound guy. Junichiro Kaneda's family name is 兼田, but a more common way to write it is 金田, which has the same first character as Kingoro (金五郎). I find that identity a lot more compelling than Tsutomu Ogura.

Might be the same person. I certainly would like to know who Kingoro really is.

Originally Posted by Blitz Lunar

The comments for 2.20 don't explicitly state PISTON as the composer right? In fact, I am not sure he has ever been credited specifically for music composition; is there any evidence to suggest that he has? I'm beginning to think that he has only ever handled sound effects and programming.

This is all great information though. It's always fun seeing Konami mysteries cracked open.

Well, according to the link I provided, Kazuhiko Uehara (上原和彦), Kinuyo Yamashita (山下絹代), and Miki Higashino (東野美紀) were responsible for the game's music, however, according to the info provided under "Artist", Yamashita did only "天上の世界" (track 15) and Higashino did "メインテーマ２" (track 18) leaving Uehara with the rest of the soundtrack.