Tsukasa Masuko Rearranges Megami Tensei I & II Soundtracks for Streaming
The original composer's direct involvement in rearranging the 1987 and 1990 Famicom soundtracks for modern streaming platforms gives longtime fans a new way to hear classic Megami Tensei music.
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Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming two rearrange soundtrack albums for the original Megami Tensei games on June 15. Composer Tsukasa Masuko selected and rearranged the music, with one album featuring performances by a roster of musicians and the other presenting instrumental rough arrangements by Masuko himself.
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming two rearrange soundtrack albums for the original Megami Tensei games on June 15. The albums cover music from the Family Computer titles Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (1987) and Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II (1990). Composer Tsukasa Masuko selected and rearranged the tracks. One album, Megami Tensei I & II REARRANGE (Soundtrack), features performances by a roster of musicians including Tatsuya Nishiwaki, Takeshi Kon, Kenji Takamizu, Hideo Yamaki, BOH, Takayoshi Ohmura, ISAO, Hideki Aoyama, Satoshi Oka, and Mika Arisaka. The other, Megami Tensei I & II REARRANGE ROUGH ARRANGE Ver. (Soundtrack), contains instrumental arrangement tracks by Masuko that let listeners hear the structure and compositional concepts of the music directly. Masuko's own voice appears as the death voice in the track Battlefield.
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- Denfaminicogamer 『女神転生Ⅰ・Ⅱ』リアレンジアルバムがSpotifyなどで配信開始。作曲者の増子津可燦氏が選曲・再アレンジを手がける