Rory McFarlane (sometimes billed as Ruari McFarlane) is a British musician and composer. McFarlane wrote the score for English language OVA release of

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series ''

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'' (1990–1991). He composed a score for a game ''Buichi Terasawa's "Takeru: Letter of the Law"'' in 1996. He was the bass player in

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's live band in the 1980s and early 2000s, playing fretless and upright bass. He played on the run of musical ''

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'' at London's

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in 2004. McFarlane appeared on three of

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's albums. In the 2010s he worked with the British folk band

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, but had to retire in 2018 due to a neurological illness that meant he could no longer play.

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