Alpine Racer 3 (#14054)

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A great soundtrack that has not yet received a CD release. Here's a thread that attempts to break down who did what. I'm also including my own speculation here, but please keep in mind that not all of it may be correct, and some composers I know their styles better than others. Feel free to reply with your own guesses too.

Menu/other BGM: (note that there is no 2 or 3, not sure what those could've been intended for)

• OPENING (Opening) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 001 (Title) - Hideki Tobeta? (has four notes that are very similar to "super highway" from Beatmania 3rdMIX)
• BGM 004 (Rankings) - Keiichi Okabe? (classic Okabe soul/R&B feel)
• BGM 005 (Main Menu) - Keiichi Okabe? (electro disco feel, similar to Xiaoyu's theme from Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2) and "Baked Alaska" from Steal The Scene)
• BGM 006 (Extreme Winner's Cup Intro) - ?
• BGM 007 (VS) - ?
• BGM 008 (Stage Results) - Yoshihito Yano?
• BGM 052 (Game Over) - ?
• BGM 053 (Pro-Shop) - ?
• BGM 054 (Options) - ?
• BGM 055 (Staff Roll) - Yoshihito Yano? (tight electro beat, distorted vocals - akin to Dragon's Nest from Tekken 5)

Stage BGM: (notre that there is no 15, I assume it was for a cut stage)

• BGM 009 (Sunset Rush) - Hideki Tobeta? (liquid DnB with acoustic elements, similar breakbeat work to Tobeta's nouvo nude work)
• BGM 010 (Acrobat Valley) - Kazuhiro Nakamura? (rock feel)
• BGM 011 (Sheer Madness) - Keiichi Okabe? (funky electro with vocoder)
• "Forward Motion" / BGM 012 (unused??) - Asuka Sakai (confirmed)
• BGM 013 (High Powder) - Keiichi Okabe? (sentimental liquid DnB, similar distorted noises to Okabe's tracks in Tekken 3)
• BGM 014 (Blue Moon Run) - Koji Nakagawa? (repetitive techno, similar synths to Photon Field from Ridge Racer 6)
• BGM 016 (Nostalgia Remix 1.0) - Takayuki Ishikawa, arr. Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 017 (Nostalgia Remix 2.0) - Takayuki Ishikawa, arr. Kazuhiro Nakamura? (similar arrangement to Acrobat Valley)
• BGM 018 (Sunset Rush - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 019 (Sheer Madness - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 020 (Acrobat Valley - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 021 (High Powder - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 022 (Blue Moon Run - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 023 (The Great Mogul - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata?
• BGM 024 (Cybertrick Monster - Extreme Winner's Cup) - Masafumi Ogata? (18-24 all have noticeably louder mastering than the rest, which further adds to my belief that Sound AMS created these tracks, as well as some of these featuring slight similarities to Ogata's Sonic CD work. I doubt that Takumi Kon or Momo Michishita were involved with composition.)

Character jingles: (note that there is no 33, 42, or 51; perhaps these were for a character who was cut out)

• BGM 025 (Shun Mifune Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 026 (Georg Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 027 (Melina Verlaine Intro) - Asuka Sakai?
• BGM 028 (Jose Helguera Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 029 (Chelsea Amery Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 030 (Brad Baxter Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 031 (Ling Yufen Intro) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 032 (Klonoa Intro) - Kanako Kakino, arr. Kei Kusama (an excerpt of STEPPING WIND from Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil)
• BGM 034 (Shun Mifune Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 035 (Georg Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 036 (Melina Verlaine Win) - Asuka Sakai?
• BGM 037 (Jose Helguera Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 038 (Chelsea Amery Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 039 (Brad Baxter Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 040 (Ling Yufen Win) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 041 (Klonoa Win) - Kanako Kakino, arr. Kei Kusama (an excerpt of GOING TO LUNATEA from Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil)
• BGM 043 (Shun Mifune Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 044 (Georg Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 045 (Melina Verlaine Lose) - Asuka Sakai?
• BGM 046 (Jose Helguera Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 047 (Chelsea Amery Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 048 (Brad Baxter Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 049 (Ling Yufen Lose) - Hideki Tobeta?
• BGM 050 (Klonoa Lose) - Kanako Kakino, arr. Kei Kusama (an excerpt of STEPPING WIND from Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil)
• END BB (Brad Baxter Ending) - Hideki Tobeta?
• END CHL (Chelsea Amery Ending) - Hideki Tobeta?
• END GEO (Georg Ending) - Hideki Tobeta?
• END JOSE (Jose Ending) - Hideki Tobeta?
• END LIN (Ling Yufen Ending) - Hideki Tobeta?
• END MEL (Melina Verlaine Ending) - Asuka Sakai? (Melina's jingles all strongly sound like Sakai's work, featuring a smooth jazz feel and instruments such as sax, flutes, piano and guitar)
• END MIF (Shun Mifune Ending) - Hideki Tobeta? (most of the character jingles sound like they could be Tobeta's work, after further listens to his other works. A lot of these are quite trippy and "random", often making use of voices, breakbeats and electric guitar)