The

Metal Gear is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...

video games consist of 17 different albums, totaling over 940 minutes of music within the 11 games.

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served as their own

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for all their Metal Gear music albums, with King Records serving as their initial distributor up until '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''. From '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' and onward, distribution was handled by

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. Several different producers were used for different games. These include Konami, Masahiro Hinami, Noriakio Kamura,

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, Tojima,

Harry Gregson-Williams Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, '' Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth' ...

. Konami producing 6 out of the 11 ''Metal Gear games.'' The games used many different genres of music throughout the games. They are as follows:

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, classical,

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, acoustic, Latin American,

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, neoclassical,

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, and

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Albums

''Solid Snake: Metal Gear 2''

''Solid Snake: Metal Gear 2'' is the official soundtrack to

's 1990

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video game '' Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''. Notably, the soundtrack inverts the game's main title and subtitle on the spine. The music composition is credited to

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and the CD was released on April 5, 1991. The music was recorded from the sound source used to compose the in-game music, which was generated by Konami's proprietary SCC chip. The soundtrack was re-released on September 23, 1998 as part of the 2-CD bundle titled ''Konami MSX Super Best Antiques'', which also included the '' Gofer no Yabou Episode 2'' and ''

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'' albums. Arranged music based on ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' were used for the VR Training disc in '' Metal Gear Solid: Integral'' (which was released in North America as '' Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions''). Additionally, ''Integral'' features two hidden tunes based on ''Metal Gear 2'' available via a secret codec frequency in the main game. One is an arranged version of the "Theme of Solid Snake", while the other is an arrangement of "Zanzibar Breeze." "Theme of Solid Snake" made an appearance in Nintendo's crossover fighting game ''

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'' on the Shadow Moses Island stage.

''Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack to

's 1998

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Metal Gear Solid is a franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually S ...

''. Most of the original music was composed and performed by the Konami Computer Entertainment (KCE) Sound Team Japan (comprising Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo), with the exception of the "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", composed by TAPPY, and "The Best Is Yet to Come", composed by

Rika Muranaka Rika Muranaka is a Japanese composer and music producer renowned for her songs in Konami’s ''Metal Gear'' video game series. Some of her most notable works include "The Best Is Yet to Come" (''Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game), Metal Gear Solid ...

and performed by

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. The CD was released on September 23, 1998 – three weeks after the Japanese release of the game. A total of three versions of the soundtrack were released, with the "Metal Gear Solid Control Mix" track missing from the earliest version. Limited print editions of the Japanese copy and the standard European copy have cardboard sleeves accompanied with the discs jewel case. The final edition of the Japanese print does not come with the cardboard sleeve. Music played in-game has a synthetic feel with increased pace and introduction of strings during tense moments, with a looping style endemic to video games. Overtly cinematic music, with stronger orchestral and choral elements, appears in cutscenes. The soundtrack was released on September 23, 1998, under the King Records label.

"The Best Is Yet to Come"

"The Best Is Yet to Come" was written in Japanese by

and translated into Irish by

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. The song was recorded at Beech Park Studio, Ireland, engineered by Philip Begley and produced by Muranaka.

Personnel

=Musicians

= *

– lead vocals *

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– low pipe,

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*James Blennerhassett – double bass *John Fitzpatrick –

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*Noel Bridgeman – percussion *

– keyboards, production

=Additional personnel

= *Philip Begley –

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*David Downes – additional choral

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=Chorus vocalists

= *Iarlaith Carter *Stephen Mailey *Eimear Noone *Meav Ní Mhaolchatha *John Mc Namara *Cathal Clinch *Rachel Talbot *Sinead Fay *Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter *Ewan Cowley

''Metal Gear >> Solid Snake: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima / Red Disc''

is a soundtrack album featuring remixed music based on the

video games ''

'' and '' Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''. ''Red Disc'' consists almost entirely of newly-remixed tracks, including two original tracks, plus three tracks recycled from the '' Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' original soundtrack album. The composers for ''Red Disc'' include

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, Kanichiroo Kubo,

, Motoaki Furukawa and Yoshiyuki Itoo. It serves as a companion album to the previously released , a compilation album which features a similar mix of newly-recorded and previously released music tracks based on Kojima's two adventure games, '' Snatcher'' and '' Policenauts''.

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack to

's 2001

'' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''. Most of the original music was composed and arranged by

, with the exceptions of "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", composed by

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and arranged by

, "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday", written by

and performed by the Felix Farrar Orchestra and (in the full version)

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, and "Fortune" and "Who Am I Really?", composed by

. "Opening Infiltration", "RAY Escapes", "The World Needs Only One Big Boss!" and "Arsenal Is Going to Take Off!" were co-composed by Gregson-Williams and Hibino. The CD was released on November 29, 2001 – the same day as the Japanese release of the game. A second soundtrack to ''Sons of Liberty'', '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other Side'', was released in 2002.

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other Side''

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Soundtrack 2: Other Side'' is the second official soundtrack to

's 2001

'' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''. All of the original music was composed by

. The CD was released on January 26, 2002 – two months after the Japanese release of the game.

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Original Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter Edition''

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Original Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter Edition'' is a soundtrack included with special edition sorter for '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance''. All tracks are composed by

Track listing

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Limited Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter Edition''

''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Limited Soundtrack Ultimate Sorter Edition'' is a soundtrack that came packaged with a special edition sorter of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance''. Music is composed by:

& TAPPY.

Track listing

''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack album of

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video game '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' and was released by Japanese music label, Phantom, on December 17, 2004 under the catalog number KOLA-089/090. The soundtrack consists of two discs and features music from various artists and composers such as

, Cynthia Harrell, TAPPY, and Starsailor. The soundtrack also included a "Special Camouflage Key Disc" which allowed players who owned a copy of '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' for the

to obtain additional camouflage uniforms for

Naked Snake is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of Konami's ''Metal Gear'' series, created by Hideo Kojima. He was first introduced in the 1987 ''Metal Gear'' game as the commanding officer and father of Solid Snake, featuring in a twist ...

by selecting "Special Camouflage Key" under the menu titled "Special" once it's prompted to appear in the game.

Track listing

Special camouflage key disc.

Soundtrack credits

* Executive Soundtrack Director –

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* Music Supervisor – Kazuki Muraoka * Mastered by Chiaki Ikematsu * Art Director and Designer – Ichiro Kutome * Illustration –

Yoji Shinkawa is a Japanese artist. He is best known as the lead character and mecha designer for the ''Metal Gear'' franchise. He has collaborated with Hideo Kojima on many of his games. Biography Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on December 25, 1971. He be ...

* Producer – Yuichi Hashimoto * Co-Producer – Kazuki Aoki * Executive Producer – Akihiko Nagata

Notes

* "Underground Tunnel" uses a sample from the ''

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'' soundtrack * "Debriefing" uses a sample from the "Man on Fire" soundtrack. * "Healing Tracks" are actually written by

, who selected song titles and artist names as a parody of the music in the '60s. * " Snake Eater" sans the vocals and "Battle in the Base" appear in ''

'' for the Wii. Both of these tracks can be used alongside other classic Metal Gear Solid tracks as the background music for Solid Snake's Stage, "Shadow Moses Island".

''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – The First Bite''

''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – The First Bite'' is a CD that was only released in Japan in November 2004. The CD includes promotional materials, such as songs, screensaver and a Snake Eater music video. Music is composed by

''Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2 Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Acid 1 & 2 Original Soundtrack'' is a double CD album released on December 21, 2005. The first disc includes music from ''

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'', composed by Akihiro Honda, Nobuko Toda and Shuichi Kobori. The second disc contains music from ''

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'', and is composed by Akihiro Honda, Hiroshi Tanabe, Nobuko Toda and Shuichi Kobori. The album comes with an 18-page booklet featuring track listings and artwork by Hiroshi Banno and Junko Kolke.

Track listing

''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Original Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack for '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'', released for Sony's

PlayStation Portable The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PA ...

. The soundtrack contains 44 tracks composed by: Akihiro Honda, Kazuma Jinnouchi, Nobuko Toda,

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& Yoshitaka Suzuki. The soundtrack was released on December 20, 2006.

Track listing

Notes

* "Sad Man's Theme" contains the same trumpet from "Peter's Theme" which is featured on '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other Side''. The trumpet is done by Kenichi Ishii. * "Evasion" is a remix of "Countdown to Disaster", which is composed by

, and is featured on ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty Soundtrack 2: The Other Side''. * "The Legacy" uses a sample of "Ocelot Youth", which is composed by Norihiko Hibino and appears on '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack''. * In the booklet, "Substation" (track #28) isn't credited to anyone. * "Calling to the Night" is featured in ''

'' as a song for the Shadow Moses Island stage, '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' as an

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track and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which can be played on a "

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''Metal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music Collection''

''Metal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music Collection'' is a

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released for the video game series ''

'' on July 18, 2007. The album contains songs from various games in the series, as well as a new song titled "Metal Gear 20 Years History — Past, Present, Future —", a

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spanning the whole series. The album was produced by

, who also composed three of the album's songs and co-arranged two tracks.

Game references

*Tracks 1 and 11 previously unreleased *Tracks 2 and 3 from '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' *Track 4 from '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance'' *Tracks 5 and 7 from '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' *Track 6 taken from ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' and ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' *Track 8 from '' Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' *Track 9 from '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' *Track 10 from ''

Personnel

=Performers

= *Cynthia Harrell – vocals on "Snake Eater" *

– vocals on "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" *Natasha Farrow – vocals on "Calling to the Night" *

– vocals on "The Best Is Yet to Come"

=Music

= *

– production,

s on tracks 1 and 5 *Yojiro Kudo – executive production *

– executive production *Takahide Ayuzawa – arrangements on tracks 1 and 8 *Shinya Kiyozuka – arrangements on tracks 5 and 11 * Mutsuhiko Izumi – arrangements on track 8 *Yukie Fuse – mastering *Kazuki Muraoka –

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=Artwork

= *Ichiro Kutome –

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*Hiroshi Banno – coordination *Akira Kato – photography *

–

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''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the video game of the same name, composed primarily by Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori, Kazuma Jinnouchi, and

. The official soundtrack was released on May 28, 2008 by Konami Digital Entertainment under the catalog number GFCA-98/9. A soundtrack album was also packaged with ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' Limited Edition, but featured fewer songs. While only fifteen minutes of music from the

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team (Yoshitaka Suzuki,

, and

) was featured on the official soundtrack,

later confirmed in an interview that the team in fact provided close to 90 minutes of music for the game's cutscenes. The album packaged with the Limited Edition release of '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' is not the complete soundtrack. It possesses only track numbers 1–3, 5, 9–11, 13, 16, and 19 of CD1 and numbers 1, 10, 12, and 15–17 of CD2 (all of which are songs written by Harry Gregson-Williams), with none of the in-game tracks.

Track listing

=CD 1

''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack album of

video game '' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'', primarily composed by Kojima Productions' Kazuma Jinnouchi and Nobuko Toda, while Akihiro Honda provides the orchestral theme and the theme songs, "Heavens Divide" (performed in English by

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) and "Koi no Yokushiryoku (Love Deterrence)" (performed in Japanese by

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). GEM Impact's

, Yoshitaka Suzuki and

as well as

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's Todd Haberman and

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also provide compositions to the soundtrack. The game also features music from other ''

'' games, such as '' Portable Ops''s "Calling to The Night", which can be played in the game's

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ballad "

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" is sung by Cindy Asada on a taped recording and by the Boss AI as Peace Walker sinks under Lago Cocibolca.

''Metal Gear 25th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music Collection''

''Metal Gear 25th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music Collection'' is a

celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ''

'' franchise, released on August 22, 2012. The album was revealed on KONAMISTYLE,

's webstore, and was released on August 22, 2012 (although it was originally targeting a July 25, 2012 release). It is similar to a previous album, the '' Metal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Music Collection'', in that it collects tracks that span the ''Metal Gear'' series. The source games used for this soundtrack were '' Guns of the Patriots'', ''

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'' and '' Peace Walker''.

''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Vocal Tracks''

''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Vocal Tracks'' is the first official soundtrack used in the video game '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance''. The game's score was composed by

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, with additional music by Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, James Chapple, and David Kelly, and directed by Naoto Tanaka. As a result of the game being focused on action rather than stealth like the previous ''Metal Gear'' games, the music has a different style. Director Kenji Saito proposed the idea of heavy and fast music featuring lyrics to Kojima Productions. When the studio accepted Saito's idea, the two developers started working together to make the music. Christopherson also contributed by writing thirteen vocal songs which includes

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. The soundtrack features vocals by artists including John Bush, Tyson Yen,

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, Jason C. Miller and

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with contributions by

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, former member of

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, Electronic Rock Musicians/Remixers The Maniac Agenda, and Ferry Corsten. A soundtrack featuring themes from the game was featured in the limited edition. Another soundtrack, titled ''Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Vocal Tracks'', featuring 29 tracks, was released on February 20, 2013. The album was released on CD and vinyl, as well as digital services such as

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''Metal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack''

''Metal Gear Solid V Original Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack for the video games '' Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'' and ''

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''.

Development

The soundtrack was produced by

, making it his fourth ''Metal Gear'' title. However, unlike previous titles, his involvement during the composing process was minimal, with him ultimately only composing two tracks for ''Ground Zeroes''. In July 2015,

told ''Fragged Nation'' in an interview that over 30 commissioned songs were never used, thus playing part in Konami's budget concerns over the ''Metal Gear Solid V'' project. In an interview with lead composer Ludvig Forssell, it was revealed that there were over eight different versions of ''Sins of the Father'' made just for the trailer, on top of the various previous renditions. Forssell himself provided the vocals during development. The song supposedly is a metaphor not only for ''The Phantom Pain'', but the entire ''Metal Gear'' Saga: "For this game we have a couple of keywords: race and revenge, and… unfortunately I cannot at this point tell you everything, but there’s a lot of metaphors in the lyrics that have to do with the game, and the whole Metal Gear Saga, pretty much." Forssell said. Recording took place in Los Angeles, Nashville and Santa Barbara. A second volume of the game's score was released exclusively on iTunes on December 24, 2015, titled "Metal Gear Solid V Extended Soundtrack." The album contains over 5 hours and 45 minutes of previously unreleased music. The extended soundtrack also contains music from "Ground Zeroes".

Release

The album was released on CD, as well as

and

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. However, because of licensing issues, the soundtracks' licensed songs are missing from the digital versions. Along with it, a separate album titled ''Metal Gear Vocal Tracks'' was released on the same day. It featured the tracks ''Sins of the Father'' and ''Quiet's Theme'' from ''The Phantom Pain'', as well as various new renditions of tracks from previous games redone in the style of ''The Phantom Pain''. These were done by series veteran Donna Burke.

References

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