arrangers:
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
barcode: '4988003077617'
catalog: KITA-1001
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement, Drama
composers:
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
covers:
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/05/6050/6050-1503092022.jpg
  name: Back
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/05/6050/6050-1503092022.jpg
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/05/6050/6050-1445525435.jpg
  name: Outer box
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/05/6050/6050-1445525435.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '33:58'
  name: Disc 1 [KITA 1001]
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: In The Wind
      Japanese: In The Wind （風の中で）
    track_length: '4:30'
  - names:
      English: Hit and Away
      Japanese: Hit and Away （一撃離脱）
    track_length: '5:45'
  - names:
      English: Legend
      Japanese: Legend （伝説）
    track_length: '6:48'
  - names:
      English: Development Secrets "On the Dawn of Midsummer the New Year Was Seen"
      Japanese: 開発秘話 ｢真夏の夜明けに正月を見た｣
    track_length: '9:48'
  - names:
      English: '"Prologue":'
      Japanese: ｢序章｣
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"The First Offensive"'
      Japanese: ｢第一次攻撃｣
    track_length: '10:01'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"Fierce Fighting! Sub-space"'
      Japanese: 「激闘！亜空間｣
    track_length: '7:27'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"Distant Starfield"'
      Japanese: ｢遙かなる星域｣
    track_length: '8:35'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"Final Base... Desperate Struggle"'
      Japanese: ｢最終基地…死闘｣
    track_length: '5:58'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"Transcending Time"'
      Japanese: ｢時を越えて｣
    track_length: '3:32'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: '"Dark Force ~ And to the Myth"'
      Japanese: ｢ダーク･フォース～そして神話へ｣
    track_length: '5:08'
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
      Japanese: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: Sound à la carte
      Japanese: サウンド･アラカルト
    track_length: '3:18'
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/6050
lyricists: []
media_format: Cassette
meta:
  added_date: 2007-12-16T13:32
  edited_date: 2020-06-23T03:22
  fetched_date: 2026-01-06T01:53
  freedb: 18
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4232
name: GRADIUS III
names:
  en: GRADIUS III
  ja: グラディウス III
  ja-latn: GRADIUS III
notes: 'Full Tracklist (English)

  from legend into myth (arrange version)

  1. In The Wind

  2. Hit and Away

  3. Legend

  sound theater

  4. secret development story [on the dawn of midsummer the new year was seen]

  original game soundtrack

  5. [prologue] Prelude of Legend (title BGM...prelude of the legend)

                      Invitation (select BGM...invitation to space)

  6. [the first offensive] Departure for Space (dog fight 1...departure for space)

                                  Sand Storm (1st. BGM...cloud of sand)

                                  Aqua Illusion (2st. BGM...illusions of water)

                                  In The Wind (3st. BGM1...in the wind)

                                  Underground (3st. BGM2...the base at the depths
  of the earth)

                                  Congratulations (beginner ending...blessing)

                                  Game Over (game over)

  7. [fierce fighting! sub space] High Speed Demension (4st. BGM...high speed dimension)

                                             Try to Star (dog fight 2...challenge
  the star)

                                             Easter Stone (5st. BGM...easter stone)

                                             Dead End Cell (6st. BGM...cell)

  8. [distant starfield] Fire Scramble (7st. BGM...battle of flame)

                               Cosmo Plant (8st. BGM...space vegetation)

                               Crystal Labylinth (9st. BGM...crystal labyrinth)

                               King of Kings (ranking BGM...king of kings)

  9. [final base...struggle to the death] boss on parade (gradius, salamander, gradius
  II  every boss BGM)

                                                        Mechanical Base (10st. BGM
  1...machine stronghold)

                                                        Final Shot (10st. BGM 2...final
  battle)

  10. [transcending time] original gradius I music

                                     original salamander music

  11. [dark force ~ and to the myth] Dark Force (boss BGM...dark force)

                                                     Escape to The Freedom (high speed
  escape...escape)

                                                     Return to The Star (ending...repatriation)

                                                     A Long Time Ago (medley BGM...reminiscence)

  sound effects feature

  12. sound a la carte

  Full Tracklist (Original Japanese)

  伝説から神話へ （アレンジ・バージョン）

  1. 風の中で

  2. 一撃離脱

  3. 伝説

  サウンドシアター

  4. 開発秘話 「真夏の夜明けに正月を見た」

  オリジナル・ゲーム・サントラ

  5. 「序　章」 Prelude of Legend （タイトルBGM…伝説の序曲）

               Invitation （セレクトBGM…宇宙への誘い）

  6. 「第一次攻撃」 Departure for Space （空中戦１…宇宙への出発（たびだち））

                       Sand Storm（1st. BGM…砂塵）

                       Aqua Illusion （2st. BGM…水の幻想）

                       In The Wind （3st. BGM1…風の中で）

                       Underground （3st. BGM2…地底基地）

                       Congratulations （ビギナーエンディング…祝福）

                       Game Over （ゲーム・オーバー）

  7. 「激闘！亜空間」 High Speed Demension （4st. BGM…高速次元）

                           Try to Star （空中戦２…星に挑め！）

                           Easter Stone （5st. BGM…イースター・ストーン）

                           Dead End Cell （6st. BGM…細胞）

  8. 「遥かなる星域」 Fire Scramble （7st. BGM…炎の戦い）

                          Cosmo Plant （8st. BGM…宇宙植物）

                          Crystal Labylinth （9st. BGM…クリスタルの迷宮）

                          King of Kings （ランキングBGM…キング・オブ・キングス）

  9. 「最終基地…死闘」 ボス・オンパレード （グラディウス、沙羅曼蛇、グラディウスⅡ　各ボスBGM）

                            Mechanical Base （10st. BGM1…機械要塞）

                            Final Shot （10st. BGM2…最終戦闘）

  10. 「時を越えて」 オリジナル・グラディウスⅠより

                        オリジナル・沙羅曼蛇より

  11. 「ダーク・フォース～そして神話へ」 Dark Force （ボスBGM…ダーク・フォース）

                                                Escape to The Freedom （高速脱出…エスケープ）

                                                Return to The Star （エンディング…帰還）

                                                A Long Time Ago （メドレーBGM…追想）

  効果音特集

  12. サウンド・アラカルト

  [note: first-print bonus is a very nice cardboard box.]

  Produced by Fujio Sakai

  Art Directed & Sound Produced by Konami Kukeiha Club

  Directed by Jun Otsuki

  Assistant Director: Takuo Uchida

  Recorded & Mixed at Avic Studio (Tokyo), Studio You (Osaka) & King Record Studio

  Engineered by Masashi Hashimoto (AVIC), Shigeru Yamamoto (You) & Takao Suga

  Assistant Engineers: Junichi Saito, Yoshihiro Kawamitsu & Yoshimasa Sakaguchi

  Mastered by Akira Ando

  Narrated by Kenichi Ono, Yuichi Nagashima, Takumi Yamazaki & Junko Asami

  Designed by Konami Co.,Ltd. & Kazuya Suzui

  Special Thanks to LED Music Co., Production Bao-Babu, All Staff''s Families & Many
  Konami Fans'
organizations:
- &id002
  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: []
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/05/6050/6050-a1fe6e21dadf.jpg
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platforms:
- Arcade
products:
- 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:
- catalog: KICA-1001
  date: '1990-02-21'
  link: album/325
  names:
    en: GRADIUS III
    ja: グラディウス III
    ja-latn: GRADIUS III
  type: game
- catalog: AKLF-023
  date: '2008-08-16'
  link: album/10144
  names:
    en: Gradius III from Legend to Myth
    ja: グラディウスIII -伝説から神話へ-
    ja-latn: Gradius III from Legend to Myth
  type: doujin
- catalog: WCMA-0000
  date: '2015-01-05'
  link: album/50213
  names:
    en: Option Fire -Gradius III NES/Famicom Arrange Al...
    ja: Option Fire -Gradius III NES/Famicom Arrange Al...
    ja-latn: Option Fire -Gradius III NES/Famicom Arrange Al...
  type: doujin
- catalog: MUZZ070
  date: '2017-10-29'
  link: album/88674
  names:
    en: NEMESIS III
    ja: NEMESISⅢ
    ja-latn: NEMESIS III
  type: doujin
- catalog: STS-032
  date: 2018-12
  link: album/81683
  names:
    en: GRADIUS III
    ja: GRADIUS III
    ja-latn: GRADIUS III
  type: game
release_date: '1990-02-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2500.0
reprints:
- catalog: KICA-1001
  link: album/325
  note: ''
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/6050?perpage=99999
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