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Old Oct 2, 2017, 12:25 PM
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I'm disappointed there is virtually no composer breakdown for this soundtrack except a small "Sound: 5pb.Records, Main Theme: Lyrics / Music by Chiyomaru Shikura [5pb.]" on the dust jacket of the artbook included in the limited edition. I could find composition credits for several tracks on personal homepages and blogs of two involved composers, but it's not much and leaves some composers uncredited.

This soundtrack CD also seems to contain BGM only as it doesn't feature any vocal songs, so I think that Chiyomaru's current credit for the main theme doesn't belong to this entry.
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I found more credits on old versions of High Kick Entertainment's site for this (and also how many songs Nao Harada and Kentaro did for Scared Rider Xechs, no specifics though). It's possible that Harada, Tada, QuinN, and Kinoshita did more songs. There may be other composers too, although those four are the only ones from High Kick who participated.

I removed Abo from the "Theme of xxx I -Prechange-" songs because the songs he lists actually have the subtitle -Mismatch- and I'm not sure that those aren't actually different songs. He lists several other songs that also aren't on this album either so it doesn't appear to be a complete soundtrack.

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Nice findings and thanks for linking and cleaning everything up and giving Tomoaki Takasaki his own artist page :).

Regarding Abo, I also noticed that there are more tracks listed on his page than on the soundtrack. It's a shame as this implies that this album isn't a complete BGM collection, but maybe some of them made it onto the mini soundtrack CDs from the fandisks Evil Violet/Justice Yellow?

As for the "Theme of xxx I -Prechange-" tracks, I would actually credit Abo for them as his comments mostly check out and the "Theme of xxx II -Rebirth-" tracks are just faster paced and less comedic versions of the "Theme of xxx I -Prechange-" tracks in a grander style like rock, orchestral etc. And if we look at the game, it's apparently about working in a secret organisation and turning uncool guys into cool guys by teaching them about food, design, hair, fashion and manners (and dating them along the way), so "Prechange" and "Mismatch" would actually mean the same in this context.
They also sound like tracks from Abo if I may say so myself, but that's all no real confirmation, so I'm fine with how Abo is currently credited.
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