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- link: artist/668
  names:
    en: Jun Irie
    ja: 入江純
barcode: '4988003114367'
catalog: KICA-1048
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
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  name: Obi
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discs:
- disc_length: '44:02'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Introduction~King of Kings
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: Sand Storm
    track_length: '3:34'
  - names:
      English: Crystal World
    track_length: '3:39'
  - names:
      English: Cosmo Plant
    track_length: '3:14'
  - names:
      English: Prelude of Legend
    track_length: '3:21'
  - names:
      English: Into Hostile Ship
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: Farewell
    track_length: '4:14'
  - names:
      English: Free Flyer
    track_length: '3:55'
  - names:
      English: Challenger 1985
    track_length: '3:48'
  - names:
      English: Try to Star
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English: Burning Heat
    track_length: '3:11'
  - names:
      English: Return to The Star
    track_length: '3:50'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/590
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2006-08-05T10:35
  edited_date: 2024-06-09T02:34
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T06:15
  freedb: 18
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 12935
name: Perfect Selection GRADIUS
names:
  en: Perfect Selection GRADIUS
  ja: パーフェクト・セレクション グラディウス
  ja-latn: Perfect Selection GRADIUS
notes: 'Tracks 8, 9 from GRADIUS

  Tracks 3, 6, 7, 11 from GRADIUS II

  Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12 from GRADIUS III

  SOUND PRODUCE : Nazo² Project

  GUITAR : Nazo² Suzuki

  ARRANGE & KEYBOARDS : Jun Irie

  SYNTHESIZER OPERATOR : Hideki Matsutake

  GUEST MUSICIANS : Hajime Mizoguchi (cello) appears courtesy of Sony Records

                                 JAKE H.CONCEPCION (s.sax)

                                 Hiroki Tamaki (violin)

  DATA PROGRAM : Tomoyuki Konishi, Yosuke Sugimoto

  PRODUCER : Fujio Sakai

  DIRECTOR : Jun Otsuki

  RECORDING STUDIO : King Records Studio

  MIXDOWN STUDIO : King Records YK Studio

  ENGINEER : Ichiro Yoshie

  ASSISTANT ENGINEER : Susumu Masuda

  MASTERING STUDIO : King Records 1 Mastering

  MASTERING ENGINEER : Akira Ando

  SPECIAL THANKS to : 具呂恭介 (Roland)

                                  エム・エー・シー

                                  オフィス・ジェイ

  Liner Notes: Akira Yamashita (Game Critic) (pg. 3), Jun Irie (pg. 4), Hideki Matsutake
  (pg. 4), Nazo² Suzuki (pg. 5), Jun Otsuki (Director) (pg. 5)

  Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 12 use Roland Sound Space'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/4028
  names:
    en: CGM Series
    ja: CGM Series
    ja-latn: CGM Series
  role: label
- link: org/2246
  names:
    en: KONAMI
    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
  role: label
- link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/669
  names:
    en: Nazo² Project
    ja: Nazo²プロジェクト
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picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/09/590/590-1264192999.png
platforms:
- Arcade
products:
- link: product/435
  names:
    en: Gradius
    ja: グラディウス
    ja-latn: Gradius
- link: product/436
  names:
    en: 'Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou'
    ja: グラディウスII GOFERの野望
    ja-latn: 'Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou'
- link: product/437
  names:
    en: Gradius III
    ja: グラディウスIII -伝説から神話へ-
    ja-latn: Gradius III Densetsu kara Shinwa e
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1991-11-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/590?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: https://web.archive.org/web/20110204213047/yukko.iiyudana.net/perfectselection.htm
    name: Liner notes transcription (archived)
