arrangers:
- link: artist/3341
  names:
    en: Koji Ueno
    ja: 上野耕路
- link: artist/742
  names:
    en: Yuriko Keino
    ja: 慶野由利子
- link: artist/282
  names:
    en: Junko Ozawa
    ja: 小沢純子
- link: artist/276
  names:
    en: Nobuyuki Ohnogi
    ja: 大野木宜幸
- link: artist/9862
  names:
    en: Takeshi Fujii
    ja: 藤井丈司
- link: artist/3722
  names:
    en: Yoshifumi Iio
    ja: 飯尾芳史
- link: artist/122
  names:
    en: Yoshihiro Kunimoto
    ja: 国本佳宏
catalog: ALC-22004
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement, Original Work, Prototype/Unused
composers:
- link: artist/276
  names:
    en: Nobuyuki Ohnogi
    ja: 大野木宜幸
- link: artist/742
  names:
    en: Yuriko Keino
    ja: 慶野由利子
- link: artist/282
  names:
    en: Junko Ozawa
    ja: 小沢純子
- link: artist/3341
  names:
    en: Koji Ueno
    ja: 上野耕路
- link: artist/9862
  names:
    en: Takeshi Fujii
    ja: 藤井丈司
- link: artist/122
  names:
    en: Yoshihiro Kunimoto
    ja: 国本佳宏
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
  name: Front (small)
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343589.jpg
  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343589.jpg
  name: Back (small)
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343589.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '19:11'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: FANFARE FROM POLE POSITION II
    track_length: 0:08
  - names:
      English: GROBDA
    track_length: 0:58
  - names:
      English: DIG DAG II
    track_length: '2:01'
  - names:
      English: DRAGON BUSTER
    track_length: '3:36'
  - names:
      English: METRO CROSS (PART I)
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: GAPLUS
    track_length: '2:03'
  - names:
      English: THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
    track_length: '3:11'
  - names:
      English: 'MOOD ORGAN #27'
    track_length: '1:46'
  - names:
      English: META MAGIC GAME
    track_length: '2:52'
  - names:
      English: MERRY GOES AROUND
    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
      English: STANDARD THEME
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: MECHANISM OF VISION
    track_length: '7:07'
  - names:
      English: METRO CROSS (PART II)
    track_length: '3:05'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/13
  names:
    en: Warner-Pioneer Corporation
    ja: ワーナー・パイオニア株式会社
    ja-latn: Warner-Pioneer Corporation
  role: distributor
link: album/496
lyricists: []
media_format: Cassette
meta:
  added_date: 2006-08-04T18:18
  edited_date: 2025-09-11T15:48
  fetched_date: 2026-01-14T20:16
  freedb: 6
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 6962
name: The Return of Video Game Music
names:
  en: The Return of Video Game Music
  ja: ザ・リターン・オブ・ビデオゲーム・ミュージック
  ja-latn: The Return of Video Game Music
notes: 'Composed by:

  Nobuyuki Ohnogi (1,5,8,9,10,13)

  Yuriko Keino (2,3,4)

  Junko Ozawa (3,6,7,11)

  Takeshi Fujii (8)

  Koji Ueno (11,12)

  Yoshihiro Kunimoto (13)

  Arranged by:

  Koji Ueno (1,7,11,12)

  Yuriko Keino (2,3,4)

  Junko Ozawa (3,6)

  Nobuyuki Ohnogi (5)

  Takeshi Fujii (8)

  Yoshifumi Iio (9)

  Yoshihiro Kunimoto (10,13)

  Nobuyuki Ohnogi would later reuse "META MAGIC GAME" as "Title BGM" in Tenkaichi
  Bushi Kerunaguru and "MERRY GOES AROUND" as "Ingame Music" in Hopping Mappy.'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/4538
  names:
    en: Alfa
    ja: アルファ
    ja-latn: Alfa
  role: label
- link: org/9
  names:
    en: G.M.O. Records
    ja: G.M.O. Records
    ja-latn: G.M.O. Records
  role: label
- link: org/124
  names:
    en: Alfa Records, Inc.
    ja: アルファレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: Alfa Records, Inc.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/69/496/496-1501343588.jpg
platforms:
- Arcade
products:
- link: product/10519
  names:
    en: Pole Position II
    ja: ポールポジションII
    ja-latn: Pole Position II
- link: product/10520
  names:
    en: Grobda
    ja: グロブダー
    ja-latn: Grobda
- link: product/10521
  names:
    en: DIG DUG II
    ja: ディグダグII
    ja-latn: DIG DUG II
- link: product/10523
  names:
    en: Dragon Buster
    ja: ドラゴンバスター
    ja-latn: Dragon Buster
- link: product/10524
  names:
    en: Metro-Cross
    ja: メトロクロス
    ja-latn: Metro-Cross
- link: product/10495
  names:
    en: Gaplus
    ja: ギャプラス
    ja-latn: Gaplus
- link: product/10496
  names:
    en: The Tower of Druaga
    ja: ドルアーガの塔
    ja-latn: Druaga no Tou
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1985-06-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2200.0
reprints:
- catalog: ALR-22004
  link: album/5195
  note: Vinyl (12" 33&frac13; rpm
- catalog: SCDC-00122
  link: album/5196
  note: CD, Dec 05, 2001
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/496?perpage=99999
votes: 0
