List of Little Busters! soundtracks

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This is a list of soundtracks attributed to the visual novel Little Busters!. The first music album released was a maxi single entitled Little Busters! released on May 25, 2007.[1] This first album contained "Little Busters!", "Faraway", and "Alicemagic" in original and instrumental versions. As with Key's previous works (excluding Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume), a music album came bundled with the limited edition release of the game; the album, released on July 27, 2007, was called Semicrystalline. and contained arranged versions of ten tracks of the game's music.[2] Eight of the tracks were background music while the last two were remix versions of "Little Busters!" and "Faraway". The game's original soundtrack was first released on August 17, 2007 at Comiket 72 containing three discs with forty-three different tracks along with a piano version of one of the background music tracks, a short version of another BGM track, plus short and instrumental versions of the theme songs. Of the fifty-three total tracks, three were left out of the visual novel. The original soundtrack was re-released in Japanese stores on September 28, 2007.[1] Two more albums were released at Comiket 73 on December 28, 2007: another arrange album entitled Rockstar Busters! and an image song single called "Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper" sung by Tomoe Tamiya, the voice actress who voiced Rin in the game.[3] An LP album featuring original and remix versions of three Little Busters! theme songs will be released on May 4, 2008.

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[edit] Little Busters!

“Little Busters!”
Single by Jun Maeda, Magome Togoshi, Shinji Orito, Rita
Released May 25, 2007
Format Maxi
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 30:08
Label Key Sounds Label

"Little Busters!" (リトルバスターズ！ Ritoru Basutāzu!?) is a maxi single from the visual novel Little Busters! containing three of the game's theme songs sung by Rita and was first released on May 25, 2007 by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0028.[1][4] The single contains one disc with six tracks in regular and off-vocal versions. The song "Little Busters!" is the opening theme of Little Busters!; "Faraway" is an insert song; and "Alicemagic" is one of the ending themes. The single is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Yūto Tonokawa, I've Sound, Manack, and MintJam.

[edit] Semicrystalline.

Semicrystalline.
Remix album by Jun Maeda, Manack, PMMK, Rita
Released July 27, 2007
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 36:35
Label Key Sounds Label

Semicrystalline. is an arrange album which contains a selection of songs from the visual novel Little Busters!, remixed by Rintaro Iwashita of PMMK. The album is otherwise composed, and produced by Jun Maeda and members of PMMK. The album came with the subtitle: "Little Busters! original arrange album". This album was released as a bonus item, included with the limited edition first printing of the PC version of the game released on July 27, 2007 by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0032. As a result, it was not released for individual sale. Of the ten tracks on the one-disc album, eight are remixed background music from the game while the last two are remix versions of "Little Busters!" and "Faraway", two songs originally featured on the "Little Busters!" single. The original tracks listed below are the names of the tracks that were remixed for this album. The titles for "Little Busters!" and "Faraway" were unchanged.

[edit] Little Busters! Original Soundtrack

Little Busters! Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, PMMK, Rita
Released August 17, 2007
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 181:46
Label Key Sounds Label

The Little Busters! Original Soundtrack, from the visual novel Little Busters!, was first released on August 17, 2007 at Comiket 72 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog numbers KSLA-0033—0035.[1] The soundtrack was re-released on September 28, 2007, and contains three discs totaling fifty-three songs composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, Ryō Mizutsuki, MintJam, and members of PMMK.[6] Rita provides vocals for five songs, "Little Busters!" (plus remixes), "Faraway", "Alicemagic", "Clear Whether After the Rain", and "Song for friends".

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[edit] Rockstar Busters!

Rockstar Busters!
Remix album by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, MintJam, PMMK, Rita
Released December 28, 2007
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 49:15
Label Key Sounds Label

Rockstar Busters! is an hard rock arrange album with songs taken from the Little Busters! visual novel and arranged into hard rock versions. It was released on December 28, 2007 at Comiket 73 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0037.[3][1] The album contains one disc with twelve tracks all arranged by the rock group MintJam, and Terra, a member of the group, provides vocals for the eleventh track. Rita provides vocals for three songs, "Little Busters!", "Faraway", and "Alicemagic". The album is otherwise composed, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, and members of PMMK.

[edit] Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper

“Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper”
Single by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Tomoe Tamiya
Released December 28, 2007
Genre Single
Length 18:07
Label Key Sounds Label

"Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper" (鈴の密かな恋の唄 / Mission:Love sniper?) is an image song single for the Little Busters! visual novel, and was first released on December 28, 2007 at Comiket 73 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0038.[3][1] The single is for the main heroine Rin Natsume in the game, and contains one disc with four tracks sung by Tomoe Tamiya, the voice actress of Rin. The song "Mission:Love sniper" uses the same tune as Rin's theme song from the game, "Ring Ring Ring!". The single is is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, members of MintJam. Track three was originally composed by Gustav Holst under the title "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from his orchestral suite The Planets. The track is called "Jupinya" on the single as a portmanteau of "Jupiter" and the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a cat meowing, "nya".

[edit] Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition

Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / Haruka Kanata / Alicemagic
Soundtrack by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Rita
Released May 4, 2008
Genre Video game soundtrack
Label Key Sounds Label

Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / Haruka Kanata / Alicemagic (Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / 遥か彼方 / Alicemagic?) is an LP album for the Little Busters! visual novel released on May 4, 2008 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number KSLA-0041. The album features three of the theme songs from the visual novel in regular versions on the A-side, and remix versions on the B-side.[7] The remix versions are from the second OTSU Club Music Compilation album released on February 29, 2008. The album is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Yūto Tonokawa, Manack, members of MintJam, ZTS, Svenson, and Blasterhead.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Key Sounds Label discography (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
  2. ^ Himeyashop.com on the Little Busters! release. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
  3. ^ a b c Comiket 73 Key goods (Japanese). Visual Art's. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
  4. ^ Key's official page for the Little Busters! album (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
  5. ^ a b c d e Little Busters! album information (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
  6. ^ Chudah's Corner on the Little Busters! Original Soundtrack. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  7. ^ Goods section at OTSU #2 and KSL Live World 2008 concerts official website (Japanese). Key. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.


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