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
barcode: '4949168101517'
catalog: SCDC-00122
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
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  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: FANFARE FROM POLE POSITION II
    track_length: 0:08
  - names:
      English: GROBDA
    track_length: 0:58
  - names:
      English: DIG DUG 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'
link: album/5196
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2007-11-03T05:15
  edited_date: 2026-05-10T02:09
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T02:08
  freedb: 9
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 6584
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: 'PRODUCED BY

  YOSHIHIRO OHNO (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  DIRECTED BY

  TAKAHIRO "T.J!" YAGI (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  COMPOSED BY

  TR1,5,8,9,10,13: NAMCO (NOBUYUKI OHNOGI)

  TR2,3,4: NAMCO (YURIKO KEINO)

  TR3,6,7,11: NAMCO (JUNKO OZAWA)

  TR8: TAKEJI FUJII

  TR11,12: KOJI UENO

  TR13: YOSHIHIRO KUNIMOTO

  ARRANGED BY

  5: NAMCO (NOBUYUKI OHNOGI)

  2,3,4: NAMCO (YURIKO KEINO)

  3,6,7: NAMCO (JUNKO OZAWA)

  8: TAKEJI FUJII

  1,7,11,12: KOJI UENO

  10,13: YOSHIHIRO KUNIMOTO

  9: YOSHIFUMI IIO

  REMASTERED BY

  YASUTOMO NOGAWA (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  INNER DESIGNED BY

  HIROKI YAMANADA (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  PROMOTED BY

  KATSUNORI TAKAHASHI (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  TSUYOSHI TONOSAKI (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  ORGANIZATION

  YOUKI NITA (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  NEW TEXT WRITTEN BY

  TAKAHIRO "T.J!" YAGI (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  MEZON IKKOKU (GROBDA)

  NAKA (THE TOWER OF DRUAGA)

  REFERENCE MATERIALS

  NG

  SUPER SOFT MAGAZINE

  GAME FREAK

  AND OTHER THINGS

  BIG THANKS TO

  ALFA MUSIC

  MASASHI SAWATARI (ARCADIA)

  OTAYAN (HTTP://NSKNET.OR.JP/~OTAYAN/)

  KOHJI KENJYO (NOISE/MARIGUL)

  AKIRA YAMASHITA (STUDIO BENT STUFF)

  TAKU YAMAZAKI (GAPLUS)

  M

  YUSHIRO HAGIWARA

  & ALL GAME MUSIC FREAKS

  EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY

  KAZUSUKE OBI (SCITRON DIGITAL CONTENT INC.)

  Notes from Parent Album:

  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:
- &id001
  link: org/3493
  names:
    en: GAME SOUND LEGEND SERIES
    ja: GAME SOUND LEGEND SERIES
    ja-latn: GAME SOUND LEGEND SERIES
  role: label
- link: org/46
  names:
    en: Scitron Digital Contents Inc.
    ja: サイトロン・デジタルコンテンツ株式会社
    ja-latn: Scitron Digital Contents Inc.
  role: publisher
performers: []
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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: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2001-12-05'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2310.0
reprints:
- catalog: ALC-22004
  link: album/496
  note: ''
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/5196?perpage=99999
votes: 0
