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    ja: 高西圭
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category: Game
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- link: artist/66511
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    ja: ふぁんきぃ素浪人
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- link: artist/5785
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      English: Tan Tan Ta Ta Ta Tan (Configuration)
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    track_length: '5:14'
  - names:
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    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
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    track_length: Unknown
distributor: &id001
  link: org/121
  names:
    en: WAVE MASTER INC.
    ja: 株式会社ウェーブマスター
    ja-latn: WAVE MASTER INC.
  role: distributor
link: album/113223
lyricists: []
media_format: 2 CD
meta:
  added_date: 2021-07-20T03:31
  edited_date: 2023-02-24T19:47
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T05:07
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4781
name: Technosoft Music Collection - THUNDER FORCE IV -
names:
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  ja: Technosoft Music Collection - THUNDER FORCE IV -
  ja-latn: Technosoft Music Collection - THUNDER FORCE IV -
notes: 'THUNDER FORCE IV [Mega Drive]

  All Music Composed by Technosoft [Funky Surounin, Omen, Yunker Matai (uncredited)]

  Arranged by Kei Takanishi [Disc-II : M13]

  Staff Credit

  A&R Producer: Yoshihiro "Moba" Ito [WAVE MASTER]

  Supervisor: Yosuke Okunari [SEGA]

  Co-A&R: Masato "Mazin" Nishimura [SEGA]

  Arranger & Mastering Supervisor: Kei Takanishi

  Recording Engineer: Kenji Tsujisaka

  Mastering Engineer: Takuya Hashimoto [TRC NORTH]

  Mastering Studio: TRC NORTH

  Title Illustration: Taisuke Kanasaki

  Designer: Haruno Takanashi [WAVE MASTER]

  Copyright Administrator: Kazuo Koizumi [WAVE MASTER]

  Licensing: Makoto Matsui [SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS]

  Special Thanks: Kazue Matsuoka [Twenty-one]

                          Naosuke Arai [Digital Design Works]

                          Rieko Kodama [SEGA]

                          Kagasei Shimomura [SEGA]

                          Naoki Horii [M2]

                          Tsuyoshi Matsuoka [M2]

                          Kouichi Hanatate [SEGA]

                          Haruka Kikuchi [SEGA]

                          Nana Yamaguchi [SEGA]

  Executive Producer: Fumitaka Shibata [WAVE MASTER]'
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    ja: SOUND! SHOCK SERIES
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    ja: WAVE MASTER
    ja-latn: WAVE MASTER
  role: label
- link: org/121
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    ja: 株式会社ウェーブマスター
    ja-latn: WAVE MASTER INC.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
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platforms:
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products:
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  names:
    en: Thunder Force IV
    ja: サンダーフォースIV
    ja-latn: Thunder Force IV
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: DATA018
  date: '2019-04-30'
  link: album/85646
  names:
    en: Thunder Force IV [Limited Edition]
    ja: Thunder Force IV [Limited Edition]
    ja-latn: Thunder Force IV [Limited Edition]
  type: game
release_date: '2021-08-19'
release_events: []
release_price:
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  price: 3520.0
reprints: []
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votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: https://archives.sega.jp/segaages/news/210720.shtml
    name: SEGA
  Review:
  - link: https://www.greatestgamemusic.com/the-best-sega-genesis-music/#thunder-force-iv
    name: The Greatest Game Music
