Shenmue OST: Chapter 1: Yokosuka

Shenmue OST: Chapter 1: Yokosuka
Soundtrack album
Released March 23, 2000
Recorded 1999
Genre Video game soundtrack, video game music, Instrumental
Length CD 1: 67:22
CD 2: 59:02
Label EMI Music Japan

Shenmue OST: Chapter 1: Yokosuka, or simply Shenmue OST, is a soundtrack album for the video game Shenmue. It was written largely by Sega's Japanese video game composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, while Yuzo Koshiro contributed fifteen songs to the soundtrack.[1] It was released on March 23, 2000 by Toshiba EMI. The soundtrack was featured and performed live at the first Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany in 2003.

The soundtrack features mainly music consisting of multi-instrumental tracks and a full symphonic orchestra, though it includes one vocal track sung in both Japanese and English.

Many of the soundtrack are featured in the first Shenmue game. For example, Wish... plays during the motorcycle scene after Ryo rescues Nozomi (Ryo's love interest) from the Mad Angels, Memories of Distant Days plays when Ryo remembers spending time with his father, Christmas on Dobuita Street its background music that plays while Ryo and Nozomi wanders Dobuita during Christmas time.

Track listing

Composed By Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Takeshi Yanagawa, Osamu Murata, Ryuji Iuchi.
Arranged By: Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, Nobuhiko Kashiwara.

CD One
No.TitleLength
1."Shenmue" (Also called Sedge Tree)3:59
2."Shenhua" (Also called Sedge Flower)3:01
3."Departure on a New Trip"  6:19
4."Encounter With Destiny"  3:29
5."Christmas on Dobuita Street"  2:15
6."The Sadness I Carry on My Shoulders"  2:53
7."Cherry Blossom Wind Dance"  1:40
8."Nozomi's Confession"  3:17
9."Nozomi and Ryo"  3:57
10."Rain"  1:05
11."Daily Agony"  2:18
12."Tears of Separation"  2:08
13."Sadness and Hope"  3:01
14."Dawn"  2:34
15."Departure"  2:18
16."Antiquity Tree"  1:32
17."Flower Girl"  0:54
18."Departure on a New Trip" (Arranged by Yuzo Koshiro)6:21
19."Shenmue~Sedge Tree" (Arranged by Yuzo Koshiro)8:09
20."Shenhua ~Sedge Flower~" (Arranged by Yuzo Koshiro)6:18
Total length:67:22
CD Two
No.TitleLength
1."Snowy Scenery"  3:34
2."Snowy Scenery" (Version 2)3:33
3."Separated From Yokosuka"  2:27
4."Departure For Hope"  4:50
5."To Fly Vacantly, Like An Eagle"  3:33
6."Memories of Distant Days"  3:50
7."Memories of Distant Days" (Version 2)2:40
8."The Place Where the Suns Sets"  3:56
9."The Place Where the Suns Sets" (Version 2)4:03
10."Working Man"  2:18
11."Snack Linda Theme"  3:01
12."Nightmare"  2:34
13."Receive a Skill to Succeed"  2:02
14."Hip De Hop"  1:54
15."Secret of a Warehouse"  4:21
16."Revenge of a Sailor"  6:21
17."Earth and Sea"  2:18
18."Wish..." (sung by Yumiko Yamamoto)5:08
19."Wish..." (Karaoke Version)4:51
Total length:59:02

Notes

  1. ↑ "TNL Developer Spotlight: Ancient". The Next Level. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2011-05-12.

References

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