title: Music of the Mana series

abstract: Seiken Densetsu The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu, is a role-playing video game series from Square Enix, created by Koichi Ishii. The series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, although most Final Fantasy-inspired elements were subsequently dropped, starting with the second installment, Secret of Mana. It has since grown to include games of various genres within the fictional world of Mana. The music of the Mana series includes soundtracks and arranged albums of music from the series, which is currently composed of Final Fantasy Adventure and its remake Sword of Mana, Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana, Legend of Mana, Dawn of Mana, Children of Mana, Friends of Mana, Heroes of Mana, Circle of Mana, and Rise of Mana. Each game except for Friends and Circle has produced a soundtrack album, while Adventure has sparked an arranged album as well as a combined soundtrack and arranged album, Legend of Mana has an additional promotional EP, and music from Secret and Trials were combined into an arranged album. For the series' 20th anniversary, a 20-disc box set of previously-released albums was produced, as well as an album of arrangements by Kenji Ito, composer for several games in the series. The music of Final Fantasy Adventure was composed by Kenji Ito, while Hiroki Kikuta composed Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana and Yoko Shimomura wrote the score to Legend of Mana. The music of the World of Mana subseries, composed of Children, Dawn, Friends, and Heroes of Mana, was composed by many different composers, with Ito, Kikuta, Shimomura, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masayoshi Soken, and Ryuichi Sakamoto composing Dawn, Ito, Masaharu Iwata, and Takayuki Aihara writing Children, and Shimomura composing the music of Friends and Heroes. Rise of Mana was composed by an ensemble group including Ito, Kikuta, Shimomura, Sekito, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, and Kokia. Music from the series has been performed in live concerts such as the Orchestral Game Concerts and the Symphonic Game Music Concerts, and made up one fourth of the Symphonic Fantasies concert in Cologne, Germany. Music from the Mana series has also been arranged for the piano and published as sheet music books.

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# Music of the Mana series

The *Mana* series, known in Japan as *Seiken Densetsu* (聖剣伝説, lit. "Holy Sword Legend"), is a role-playing video game series from Square Enix, created by Koichi Ishii. The series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise *Final Fantasy*, although most *Final Fantasy*-inspired elements were subsequently dropped, starting with the second installment, *Secret of Mana*. It has since grown to include games of various genres within the fictional world of Mana. The **music of the *Mana* series** includes soundtracks and arranged albums of music from the series, which is currently composed of *Final Fantasy Adventure* and its remake *Sword of Mana*, *Secret of Mana*, *Trials of Mana*, *Legend of Mana*, *Dawn of Mana*, *Children of Mana*, *Friends of Mana*, *Heroes of Mana*, *Circle of Mana*, and *Rise of Mana*. Each game except for *Friends* and *Circle* has produced a soundtrack album, while *Adventure* has sparked an arranged album as well as a combined soundtrack and arranged album, *Legend of Mana* has an additional promotional EP, and music from *Secret* and *Trials* were combined into an arranged album. For the series' 20th anniversary, a 20-disc box set of previously-released albums was produced, as well as an album of arrangements by Kenji Ito, composer for several games in the series.

The music of *Final Fantasy Adventure* was composed by Kenji Ito, while Hiroki Kikuta composed *Secret of Mana* and *Trials of Mana* and Yoko Shimomura wrote the score to *Legend of Mana*. The music of the *World of Mana* subseries, composed of *Children*, *Dawn*, *Friends*, and *Heroes of Mana*, was composed by many different composers, with Ito, Kikuta, Shimomura, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masayoshi Soken, and Ryuichi Sakamoto composing *Dawn*, Ito, Masaharu Iwata, and Takayuki Aihara writing *Children*, and Shimomura composing the music of *Friends* and *Heroes*. *Rise of Mana* was composed by an ensemble group including Ito, Kikuta, Shimomura, Sekito, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, and Kokia. Music from the series has been performed in live concerts such as the *Orchestral Game Concerts* and the *Symphonic Game Music Concerts*, and made up one fourth of the *Symphonic Fantasies* concert in Cologne, Germany. Music from the *Mana* series has also been arranged for the piano and published as sheet music books.

## *Final Fantasy Adventure*

*Final Fantasy Adventure*, released as *Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden* in Japan and *Mystic Quest* in Europe and marketed as a *Final Fantasy* spin-off, was composed by Kenji Ito; it was his second original score after that of *SaGa 2* and his first solo work. The game was released in 1991 on the original Game Boy. It was remade in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance as *Sword of Mana*, wherein features of the original game were reworked to be brought more in line with the direction the *Mana* series had taken with the later games. It also severed the game from the *Final Fantasy* series. Ito was also the composer for the 2003 *Sword of Mana*, for which he remixed some pieces from *Final Fantasy Adventure* as well as composing new ones. Ito's music is mainly inspired by images from the game rather than outside influences, but he never played the games themselves. *Final Fantasy Adventure* received a soundtrack album and an arranged album, which were later released again as a single album. *Sword of Mana* also sparked a soundtrack album.

### *Original Sound Version*

*Seiken Densetsu Original Sound Version* is a soundtrack album of music from *Final Fantasy Adventure*. It was composed by Kenji Ito, with the exception of "Theme of Chocobo", which was composed by Nobuo Uematsu for the *Final Fantasy* series. The album covers 27 tracks and has a duration of 34:40. It was published by NTT Publishing/Square on July 15, 1991, with the catalog number N23D-003.

The album was well received by critics such as Ryan Mattich of RPGFan, who termed it full of "quality compositions and timeless melodies" that created a "nostalgic listening experience". Another reviewer, in their review of the combined album, claimed that the sound hardware limitations of the Game Boy "forces composers to create strong melodies" and that the *Final Fantasy Adventure* soundtrack was "a perfect example of what quality Gameboy music should sound like".

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Rising Sun" | Rising Sun | 1:43 |
| 2. | "Fighting Arena" | 格闘技場 | 0:45 |
| 3. | "Requiem" | Requiem | 1:01 |
| 4. | "Endless Battlefield" | 果てしなき戦場 | 1:29 |
| 5. | "Village" |  | 1:04 |
| 6. | "Town (Unused Track)" | 街 (未発表曲) | 1:45 |
| 7. | "Dwarves' Theme" | ドワーフのテーマ | 0:52 |
| 8. | "Glance Dukedom" | グランス公国 | 1:30 |
| 9. | "Dungeon 1" | ダンジョン1 | 1:34 |
| 10. | "Fight 1" | 戦闘１ | 1:27 |
| 11. | "Royal Palace" | 王宮のテーマ | 1:00 |
| 12. | "Mana's Mission" | マナの使命 | 1:13 |
| 13. | "Danger!" | Danger！ | 0:29 |
| 14. | "Jema's Realization" | ジェマの自覚 | 1:03 |
| 15. | "In Search of the Sacred Sword" | 聖剣を求めて | 1:33 |
| 16. | "Birth of Chocobo" | チョコボ誕生 | 0:29 |
| 17. | "Theme of Chocobo" | チョコボのテーマ | 0:52 |
| 18. | "Dungeon 2" | ダンジョン2 | 1:11 |
| 19. | "Moogle" | モーグリ | 0:10 |
| 20. | "Dungeon 3" | ダンジョン3 | 0:59 |
| 21. | "Fight 2" | 戦闘2 | 1:32 |
| 22. | "In Sorrow" | 哀しみのなかで | 1:36 |
| 23. | "Let Your Thoughts Ride on Knowledge" | 想いは調べにのせて | 1:02 |
| 24. | "Mana Palace" | マナの神殿 | 1:37 |
| 25. | "Julius' Ambition" | ジュリアスの野望 | 0:34 |
| 26. | "Final Battle" | 最後の決戦 | 2:03 |
| 27. | "Legend Forever" | 伝説よ永遠に | 4:07 |

### *Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge*

| Seiken Densetsu: Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Takayuki Hattori, Kenji Ito | |
| Released | September 30, 1991 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 35:11 |
| Label | NTT Publishing/Square |

*Seiken Densetsu: Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge* is a soundtrack album of music arranged from the *Final Fantasy Adventure* soundtrack. The original music was composed by Kenji Ito, while the versions on the album were arranged by Takayuki Hattori. The album covers 7 tracks and has a duration of 35:11. Each track covers several different songs from the original soundtrack. The pieces are arranged in an orchestral style, with moods ranging from "soft" to "powerful". It was published by NTT Publishing/Square on September 30, 1991, with the catalog number N30D-005.

The album was well received by critics such as Ryan Mattich of RPGFan, who called it "an album of epic ambition" and said that it let "these timeless melodies live on, freed from the shackles of sound hardware limitations". Kero Hazel of Square Enix Music Online agreed, saying that "those 35 minutes of arranged music are worth every penny" in their review of the combined album. Another reviewer of the combined album called the tracks a "combination of great compositions and excellent arranging" and said that the tracks "flow smoothly between each other" creating "a superb thirty-five minutes of music".

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Prologue - Determination" (from "Rising Sun", "Fighting Arena", "Endless Battlefield") | 序 章—決意 | 3:30 |
| 2. | "2nd Chapter - Menace" (from "Glance Dukedom", "Dungeon 1", "Fight 1 ") | 第二章—脅威 | 5:58 |
| 3. | "3rd Chapter - Mission" (from "Village", "Royal Palace", "Mana's Mission") | 第三章—使命 | 5:55 |
| 4. | "4th Chapter - Comrades" (from "Birth of Chocobo", "Chocobo Theme") | 第四章—仲間 | 4:50 |
| 5. | "5th Chapter - Parting" (from "Dungeon 2", Fight 2", "In Sorrow", "Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge") | 第五章—別離 | 6:55 |
| 6. | "6th Chapter - Decisive Battle" (from "Mana Palace", "Julius' Ambition", "Last Battle") | 第六章—決戦 | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Final Chapter - Life" (from "Legend Forever") | 終 章—生命 | 4:12 |

### *Sound Collections*

| Final Fantasy Gaiden: Seiken Densetsu Sound Collections | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito, Takayuki Hattori | |
| Released | August 25, 1995
October 1, 2004 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 34:40 |
| Label | NTT Publishing |

*Final Fantasy Gaiden: Seiken Densetsu Sound Collections* is a soundtrack album of music from *Final Fantasy Adventure* combining its soundtrack album and arranged album. The music was composed by Kenji Ito, while the arranged tracks, which comprise the first seven tracks of this album, were arranged by Takayuki Hattori. The album covers 34 tracks and has a duration of 69:51. It was published by NTT Publishing on August 25, 1995, with the catalog number PSCN-5029, and republished on October 1, 2004, with the catalog number NTCP-5029.

The combined album was as well received as the individual albums that make it up, with RPGFan calling it "one fantastic CD" that combined the "superb" arranged tracks with the "expressive" original tracks. Kero Hazel said that the album was worth buying for either component CD alone, if one did not already have them, but that the combination together made it a "fantastic album" of "great music".

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Prologue - Determination" | 序 章―決意 | 3:30 |
| 2. | "2nd Chapter - Menace" | 第二章―脅威 | 5:58 |
| 3. | "3rd Chapter - Mission" | 第三章―使命 | 5:55 |
| 4. | "4th Chapter - Comrades" | 第四章―仲間 | 4:50 |
| 5. | "5th Chapter - Parting" | 第五章―別離 | 6:55 |
| 6. | "6th Chapter - Decisive Battle" | 第六章―決戦 | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Final Chapter - Life" | 終 章―生命 | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Rising Sun" | Rising Sun | 1:43 |
| 9. | "Fighting Arena" | 格闘技場 | 0:45 |
| 10. | "Requiem" | Requiem | 1:01 |
| 11. | "Endless Battlefield" | 果てしなき戦場 | 1:29 |
| 12. | "Village" |  | 1:04 |
| 13. | "Town (Unused Track)" | 街 (ゲーム未収録曲） | 1:45 |
| 14. | "Dwarves' Theme" | ドワーフのテーマ | 0:52 |
| 15. | "Glance Dukedom" | グランス公国 | 1:30 |
| 16. | "Dungeon 1" | ダンジョン1 | 1:34 |
| 17. | "Fight 1" | 戦闘1 | 1:27 |
| 18. | "Royal Palace" | 王宮のテーマ | 1:00 |
| 19. | "Mana's Mission" | マナの使命 | 1:13 |
| 20. | "Danger!" | Danger！ | 0:29 |
| 21. | "Jema's Realization" | ジェマの自覚 | 1:03 |
| 22. | "In Search of the Sacred Sword" | 聖剣を求めて | 1:33 |
| 23. | "Birth of Chocobo" | チョコボ誕生 | 0:29 |
| 24. | "Theme of Chocobo" | チョコボのテーマ | 0:52 |
| 25. | "Dungeon 2" | ダンジョン2 | 1:11 |
| 26. | "Moogle" | モーグリ | 0:10 |
| 27. | "Dungeon 3" | ダンジョン3 | 0:59 |
| 28. | "Fight 2" | 戦闘2 | 1:32 |
| 29. | "In Sorrow" | 哀しみのなかで | 1:36 |
| 30. | "Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge" | 想いは調べにのせて | 1:02 |
| 31. | "Mana Palace" | マナの神殿 | 1:37 |
| 32. | "Julius' Ambition" | ジュリアスの野望 | 0:34 |
| 33. | "Final Battle" | 最後の決戦 | 2:03 |
| 34. | "Legend Forever" | 伝説よ永遠に | 4:07 |

### *Sword of Mana*

| Sword of Mana Premium Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito | |
| Released | August 27, 2003
October 20, 2004 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 1:42:51 |
| Label | DigiCube
Square Enix (reprint) |

*Sword of Mana Premium Soundtrack* is a soundtrack album of music from *Sword of Mana*, the enhanced remake of *Final Fantasy Adventure*. It was composed by Kenji Ito, and included reworked tracks from the original game as well as new material. The second disc of the album contains piano arrangements of songs from the soundtrack, while a bonus disc included in the first edition of the album contains an orchestra arrangement of "Rising Sun ~ Endless Battlefield". The album covers 48 tracks and has a duration of 1:42:51, including the bonus disc. It was published by DigiCube on August 27, 2003, with the catalog numbers SSCX-10097~8, and republished by Square Enix on October 20, 2004, with the catalog numbers SQEX-10038~9.

The album reached #118 on the Japan Oricon charts. Patrick Gann of RPGFan enjoyed it, calling it a "truly a gem". Estimating that around twenty percent of the original tracks had received "significant changes", he applauded the increase in sound quality and said that he "enjoy\[ed\] the OST tracks a great deal". The addition of the piano tracks and the orchestral track made the album a "fine soundtrack" and he said that acquiring the soundtrack would be a "very, very good idea". RPGamer, in their review of the game, said that the arrangements by Ito were "quite pleasing to the ear", though they noted that the quality of the music was diminished by the "terrible speakers" of the Game Boy Advance.

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Prologue ~Awakening Story~" | プロローグ～目覚めゆく物語～ | 1:57 |
| 2. | "Rising Sun" | Rising Sun | 2:09 |
| 3. | "A Boy's Dream" | 少年の夢 | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Fighting Arena" | 格闘技場 | 1:57 |
| 5. | "Requiem" | Requiem | 1:10 |
| 6. | "Endless Battlefield" | 果てしなき戦場 | 1:50 |
| 7. | "Dungeon" | Dungeon | 2:22 |
| 8. | "Battle 1 ~Believe in Victory~" | 戦闘1～勝利を信じて～ | 1:59 |
| 9. | "Jema's Realization" | ジェマの自覚 | 1:59 |
| 10. | "Prayer" | 祈り | 1:32 |
| 11. | "A Girl's Admiration" | 少女の憧れ | 1:57 |
| 12. | "Village" |  | 1:57 |
| 13. | "Easy Scenery" | やさしさの風景 | 2:16 |
| 14. | "Royal Palace Theme" | 王宮のテーマ | 1:28 |
| 15. | "Placing Thought Under Investigation" | 想いは調べにのせて | 1:05 |
| 16. | "Mana's Mission" | マナの使命 | 1:50 |
| 17. | "Chain of Fate" | 運命の鎖 | 2:01 |
| 18. | "Under the Starry Sky" | 満天の星の下で | 1:12 |
| 19. | "In Search of the Holy Sword" | 聖剣を求めて | 1:59 |
| 20. | "Cactus House" | サボテンハウス | 0:36 |
| 21. | "Dwarves' Theme" | ドワーフのテーマ | 1:09 |
| 22. | "Nightmare" | 悪夢 | 1:45 |
| 23. | "Temptation of Doom" | 深淵の誘惑 | 1:41 |
| 24. | "Lost World Signpost" | 迷界の道標 | 1:52 |
| 25. | "Infringement of Time" | 時の侵食 | 1:51 |
| 26. | "Entwined Heart" | からみつく心 | 1:58 |
| 27. | "Reminiscence Investigation" | 追憶の調べ | 1:01 |
| 28. | "Sprint to the Future" | 未来への疾走 | 2:43 |
| 29. | "Danger!" | Danger! | 0:36 |
| 30. | "Battle 2 ~Touched by Courage and Pride~" | 戦闘2～勇気と誇りを胸に～ | 1:56 |
| 31. | "In Sorrow" | 哀しみのなかで | 2:27 |
| 32. | "Lovely Face" | 愛しい面影 | 2:16 |
| 33. | "Time of Determination" | 決断の時 | 2:35 |
| 34. | "Broken World" | 壊れゆく世界 | 1:54 |
| 35. | "Mana's Temple" | マナの神殿 | 2:11 |
| 36. | "Unvanishing Pain" | 消せない傷み | 2:16 |
| 37. | "Eternal Person" | 永遠をゆく者 | 2:11 |
| 38. | "Final Battle" | 最後の決戦 | 1:41 |
| 39. | "Epilogue ~A New World~" | エピローグ～新たなる世界～ | 2:29 |
| 40. | "Legend Forever" | 伝説よ永遠に | 3:07 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Grateful Memories" | Grateful Memories | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Pure Smile" | Pure Smile | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Rainy Tears" | Rainy Tears | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Solitude" | Solitude | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Lost Scene" | Lost Scene | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Hold Your Heart" | Hold Your Heart | 4:52 |
| 7. | "Ever Promise" | Ever Promise | 4:23 |

## *Secret of Mana* and *Trials of Mana*

The scores for 1993's *Secret of Mana*, originally released as *Seiken Densetsu 2* in Japan, and 1995's *Trials of Mana*, originally released as *Seiken Densetsu 3* in Japan, were both composed by Hiroki Kikuta. Kikuta was originally chosen for *Secret of Mana* after Kenji Ito, who was originally slated for the project, was forced to drop it due to other demands on his time such as the soundtrack to *Romancing SaGa*. It was Kikuta's first video game score. Both games were produced for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Despite difficulties in dealing with the hardware limitations, Kikuta tried to express in the music of *Secret of Mana* two "contrasting styles", namely himself and the game. The purpose of this was to create an original score which would be neither pop music nor standard game music. Kikuta worked on the music for the two games mostly by himself, spending nearly 24 hours a day in his office, alternating between composing and editing to create an immersive three-dimensional sound. Rather than create MIDI versions of his compositions and rely on the sound engineers to create the sampled instruments (like most game music composers of the time), Kikuta made his own samples that matched the hardware capabilities of the Super NES so that he would know exactly how the pieces would sound on the system's hardware instead of having to deal with audio hardware differences between the original composition and the Super NES. Kikuta considers the score for *Secret of Mana* his favorite creation. His compositions for *Secret of Mana* and *Trials of Mana* were partly inspired by natural landscapes, as well as music from Bali. In addition to the soundtrack albums for the two games, in 1995, Kikuta released an experimental album of arranged music from the two installments, titled *Secret of Mana +*, which features one 50-minute-long track.

### *Secret of Mana*

| Secret of Mana Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Hiroki Kikuta | |
| Released | August 6, 1993
August 25, 1995
October 1, 2004 |
| Genre | Ambient, Breakbeat, Classical, Electronic, Folk, Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 1:06:01 |
| Label | NTT Publishing/Square
NTT Publishing (reprint) |

*Secret of Mana Original Soundtrack* is a soundtrack album of music from *Secret of Mana*, released as *Seiken Densetsu 2 Original Sound Version* in Japan; the releases are identical aside from the packaging and localized English song titles. *Secret of Mana* was one of the first soundtrack releases in North America for the North American version of a game. The soundtrack was composed by Hiroki Kikuta. The soundtrack's music covers both "ominous" and "light-hearted" tracks, and is noted for its use of bells and "dark, solemn pianos". The title track to the game, "Fear of the Heavens", was designed by Kikuta to sync up with the title screen as it slowly faded in due to hardware limitations; at the time trying to match the audio and visual effects in a game was rare. Kikuta also started the track off with a "whale noise", rather than a traditional "ping", in order to try to "more deeply connect" the player with the game from the moment it started up; getting the sound to work with the memory limitations of the Super NES system was a difficult technical challenge. The album covers 44 tracks and has a duration of 1:06:01. It was published by NTT Publishing/Square on August 6, 1993, with the catalog number N25D-019, and reprinted by NTT Publishing on August 25, 1995, and October 1, 2004, with the catalog numbers PSCN-5030 and NTCP-5030. A remastered version of the soundtrack, also titled *Secret of Mana Original Soundtrack*, was released by Square Enix on February 21, 2018, to correspond with the 3D remake of the game. The remastered album contains 53 tracks across 3 discs and has a duration of over 3 hours.

The album was well received by reviewers such as Eve C. of RPGFan, who called it "a beautifully composed CD" and said that it was one of the best soundtracks of any Super NES game. She said that the largest complaint with the album was the synthetic quality of the music necessitated by the Super NES's sound hardware, though she noted that the music pushed the limits of the system's hardware further than any other Super NES game. Jason Walton of RPGFan agreed, saying that "the music is composed extremely well, full of variety", though he did not like that the tracks were kept short instead of looping in order to fit all of the songs on one disc. Damian Thomas, in his review of the North American version of the album, also noted that the music was impressive for a Super NES game, and recommended the album as worth hunting for. Gamasutra, in an interview with Kikuta, described the music of *Secret of Mana* as leaving "a lasting impression on international audiences". IGN named the title track as the seventh best RPG title track in a 2006 feature, calling it "soft" and "magical", and saying that Kikuta "uses a mix of upbeat pipes and tinkering piano keys to bring the world of Mana to life". In a Reddit AMA, Kikuta said the track "Ceremony" is based on Indonesian gamelan music.

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Angel's Fear" | 天使の怖れ | 1:42 |
| 2. | "A Curious Tale" | 不思議なお話を | 1:30 |
| 3. | "Rose and Spirit" | 薔薇と精霊 | 1:27 |
| 4. | "Always Together" | いつもいっしょ | 1:09 |
| 5. | "Kind Memories" | やさしい思いで | 1:01 |
| 6. | "The Boy Heads for the Wilderness" | 少年は荒野をめざす | 1:56 |
| 7. | "Summer Sky Blue" | 夏の空色 | 1:24 |
| 8. | "Dancing Beasts" | 踊るけものたち | 1:19 |
| 9. | "Distant Thunder" | 遠雷 | 1:49 |
| 10. | "The Child of the Fairy Tribe" | 妖精族の子供 | 0:51 |
| 11. | "Occurrence of a Moonlit Night" | 月夜の出来事 | 0:47 |
| 12. | "Heart of Darkness" | 闇の奥 | 1:04 |
| 13. | "The Holy Invasion" | 聖なる侵入 | 0:59 |
| 14. | "Secret of the Hot Sands" | 熱砂の秘密 | 1:11 |
| 15. | "What the Forest Taught Me" | 森が教えてくれたこと | 1:03 |
| 16. | "A Wish" | ねがい | 1:03 |
| 17. | "Soul of the Night" | 夜の魂 | 1:47 |
| 18. | "Did You See the Sea?" | 君は海を見たか | 2:09 |
| 19. | "Crisis" | 危機 | 2:12 |
| 20. | "Orphans of the Storm" | 嵐の孤児 | 2:03 |
| 21. | "Where the Wind Ends" | 風の焉わるところ | 1:13 |
| 22. | "Flight into the Unknown" | 未知への飛行 | 1:30 |
| 23. | "Eternal Recurrence" | 永劫回帰 | 2:12 |
| 24. | "The Legend" | 伝説 | 1:43 |
| 25. | "The Eight Strokes of the Bell" | 八点鐘 | 1:00 |
| 26. | "A Strange Incident" | 奇妙な事件 | 1:06 |
| 27. | "The King of the Coast" | 海辺の王様 | 1:37 |
| 28. | "The Dark Star" | 暗黒星 | 1:33 |
| 29. | "Premonition" | 予感 | 1:12 |
| 30. | "Steel and Traps" | 鋼鉄と罠 | 1:43 |
| 31. | "Prayer and Whisper" | 祈りと囁き | 1:10 |
| 32. | "Ceremony" | 儀式 | 1:27 |
| 33. | "Reaching Tomorrow" | 明日にとどく | 1:06 |
| 34. | "Time Enough for Love" | 愛に時間を | 1:26 |
| 35. | "Pure Night" | 浄夜 | 2:50 |
| 36. | "The Curse" | たたり | 1:20 |
| 37. | "The Sorcerer" | 呪術師 | 1:48 |
| 38. | "A Conclusion" | ある結末 | 1:08 |
| 39. | "I Won't Forget You" | 君を忘れない | 1:11 |
| 40. | "This One is Hope" | そのひとつは希望 | 1:08 |
| 41. | "Meridian Festival" | 子午線の祀り | 2:19 |
| 42. | "Wings Flapping No Longer" | 翼はもうはばたかない | 2:01 |
| 43. | "The Penultimate Truth" | 最後から2番目の真実 | 2:47 |
| 44. | "I Closed My Eyes" | ひとみを閉じて | 0:32 |

### *Trials of Mana*

| Seiken Densetsu 3 Original Sound Version | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Hiroki Kikuta | |
| Released | August 25, 1995
October 1, 2004 |
| Genre | Ambient, Breakbeat, Classical, Electronic music, Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 3:19:21 |
| Label | NTT Publishing/Square
Square Enix (reprint) |

*Seiken Densetsu 3 Original Sound Version* is a soundtrack album of music from *Trials of Mana*. The soundtrack was composed by Hiroki Kikuta. Kikuta completed it with little assistance, having performed the sound selection, editing, effect design, and data encoding himself. The music has been described as ranging from "bouncy" and "energetic" to "flowing" and "serene". The soundtrack features 60 tracks on 3 discs and spans a duration of 3:19:21. The album was published by NTT Publishing on August 25, 1995, with the catalog numbers PSCN-5026~8 and republished by Square Enix on October 1, 2004, with the catalog numbers NTCP-5026~8. The main theme from *Secret of Mana*, "Where Angels Fear to Tread", called "Fear of the Heavens" there, makes a return in this installment.

Freddie W. of RPGFan, in his review of the album, named it as "one of the high points of Hiroki Kikuta's work on the series". He described it as having a very cohesive "feel", and as being a "more refined and matured" version of the "feeling" of the *Secret of Mana* soundtrack. Square Enix Music Online's review agreed with the quality of the music, calling it "among the finest ever heard on the Super Nintendo". They also termed it "in many ways superior to the score of *Seiken Densetsu 2*", which they described as having been an "instant winner" due to the work of Kikuta.

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Not Awaken" | 0:09 |
| 2. | "Where Angels Fear To Tread" | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Ordinary People" | 2:26 |
| 4. | "Whiz Kid" | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Walls And Steels" | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Axe Brings Storm" | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Little Sweet Cafe" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Witchmakers" | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Another Winter" | 3:36 |
| 10. | "Ancient Dolphin" | 3:55 |
| 11. | "Hope Isolation Pray" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Raven" | 3:42 |
| 13. | "Damn Damn Drum" | 2:49 |
| 14. | "Innocent Sea" | 2:43 |
| 15. | "Swivel" | 1:51 |
| 16. | "Oh I'm A Flamelet" | 3:12 |
| 17. | "Evening Star" | 3:39 |
| 18. | "Don't Hunt The Fairy" | 2:40 |
| 19. | "Fable" | 3:42 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Lefthanded Wolf" | 2:57 |
| 2. | "Person's Die" | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Harvest November" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Few Paths Forbidden" | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Female Turbulence" | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Intolerance" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Different Road" | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Powell" | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Political Pressure" | 4:31 |
| 10. | "Nuclear Fusion" | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Positive" | 0:54 |
| 12. | "Meridian Child" | 3:12 |
| 13. | "Closed Garden" | 0:52 |
| 14. | "Splash Hop" | 2:28 |
| 15. | "Innocent Water" | 3:31 |
| 16. | "Delicate Affection" | 2:12 |
| 17. | "Three Of Darkside" | 3:12 |
| 18. | "Last Audience" | 3:02 |
| 19. | "Obsession" | 3:41 |
| 20. | "Strange Medicine" | 2:44 |
| 21. | "Frenzy" | 3:07 |

Disc 3
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Can You Fly Sister?" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Decision Bell" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Secret Of Mana" | 3:32 |
| 4. | "Faith Total Machine" | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Weird Conterpoint" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Rolling Cradle" | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Black Soup" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Hightension Wire" | 3:21 |
| 9. | "And Other" | 0:31 |
| 10. | "Electric Talk" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Religion Thunder" | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Angel's Fear" | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Sacrifice Part One" | 3:35 |
| 14. | "Sacrifice Part Two" | 4:10 |
| 15. | "Sacrifice Part Three" | 8:05 |
| 16. | "Reincarnation" | 3:09 |
| 17. | "Farewell Song" | 2:39 |
| 18. | "Breezin" | 5:11 |
| 19. | "Return To Forever" | 8:39 |
| 20. | "Long Goodbye" | 1:20 |

### *Secret of Mana+*

| Secret of Mana+ | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Hiroki Kikuta | |
| Released | October 29, 1993
October 25, 1995
October 1, 2004 |
| Genre | Ambient, Big beat, Classical, Electronic music, Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 49:28 |
| Label | NTT Publishing/Square
Square Enix (reprint) |

*Secret of Mana+* is an arranged album of music from *Secret of Mana* and *Trials of Mana*. The music was composed and arranged by Hiroki Kikuta. The album is composed of a single track titled "Secret of Mana" that has a duration of 49:28. This track incorporates themes from the music of *Secret* as well as a few themes from *Trials*, which was still under development at the time. The style of the album is described as "experimental", using "strange sounds" such as waterfalls, bird calls, cell phone sounds, and "typing" sounds. The music has also been described as covering many different musical styles, such as "Debussian impressionist styles, his own heavy electronic and synth ideas, and even ideas of popular musicians". It was published by NTT Publishing/Square on October 29, 1993, with the catalog number N30D-021, and reprinted by NTT Publishing on August 25, 1995, and October 1, 2004, with the catalog numbers PSCN-5031 and NTCP-5031.

Daniel Kalabakov, in his review for RPGFan, said that while popular opinion of the album was split between those who liked and extremely disliked the album, he personally "loved" it. He praised it for being an "unorthodox arrangement" and trying something new rather than being merely a piano or orchestral arranged album, the most common types. Chris Greening of Square Enix Music Online had similar feelings about the album, praising the wide range of styles and sounds and calling it an "unparalleled achievement". Simon of Square Enix Music Online added that it was "refreshing to see there is no compromise" between Kikuta's artistic vision and more traditional commercial styles.

## *Legend of Mana*

*Legend of Mana*, released for the PlayStation in 1999, features music composed by Yoko Shimomura. She had previously composed for several Square games including *Live A Live* and *Parasite Eve* and had originally joined Square for the purpose of composing music for fantasy role-playing games. She was initially hesitant to compose for the *Mana* series, as she felt that it was so associated with the music of Ito and Kikuta. In 2002, Shimomura said that of all her compositions to date, she considered the soundtrack to *Legend* the one that best expresses herself. Shimomura claims that she prefers "passionate music that comes from the heart", and that she has to "feel the emotions of a piece in the extreme before I am able to write" the music by putting herself in the same mood as the piece is supposed to be in. *Legend of Mana* featured the first vocal track of any *Mana* game, "Song of Mana", which also serves as the game's opening theme. It was sung by Swedish vocalist Annika Ljungberg, who was chosen by Shimomura because she "wanted to stay away from working with someone popular that everyone already knows". After hearing a sample of Annika's music, she flew to Sweden "straight away" to do an analog recording of the song. Four of the game's tracks were released as part of *Drammatica: The Very Best Works of Yoko Shimomura*, an arranged album highlighting the composer's work: "Legend of MANA ~Title Theme~", "Hometown Domina", "Colored Earth", and "Bejeweled City Ruined". Shimomura carefully chose the songs to be included on the album based on their apparent popularity among fans and how suitable they are for orchestra. In addition to the soundtrack album, a promotional album of music from *Legend of Mana* was produced and was included with preorders of the game in North America.

### *Original Soundtrack*

| Seiken Densetsu / Legend of Mana Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Yoko Shimomura | |
| Released | July 23, 1999
October 20, 2004 |
| Genre | Ambient, Breakbeat, Classical, Electronic, Pop, Rock, Symphonic rock, Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 2:10:37 |
| Label | DigiCube
Square Enix (reprint) |

*Seiken Densetsu / Legend of Mana Original Soundtrack* is a soundtrack album of music from *Legend of Mana*, composed by Yoko Shimomura. The soundtrack features 55 tracks on 2 discs and spans a duration of 2:10:37. It includes "Song of Mana", sung by Swedish vocalist Annika Ljungberg. The song was later made available on the *Square Vocal Collection* album in 2001. The music covers many styles including piano, hard rock, and techno. The soundtrack was published by DigiCube on July 23, 1999, with the catalog number SSCX-10034, and reprinted by Square Enix on October 20, 2004, with the catalog numbers SQEX-10036~7.

The album reached #65 on the Japan Oricon charts and stayed there for two weeks. Patrick Gann of RPGFan heavily praised it, and cited the "town" themes as Shimomura's weakest, but said that the more "emotional" pieces were much better. Gann also noted Ljungberg as an "amazing" vocalist. RPGamer's review of the album was also praising, calling the composition "excellent", the sound quality "superb", and that it kept the "atmosphere" of previous *Mana* game soundtracks.

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Legend of MANA ~Title Theme~" | Legend of MANA ~Title Theme~ | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Nostalgic Song" | 懐かしき歌 | 3:32 |
| 3. | "World of Mana" | World of Mana | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Song of MANA ~Opening Theme~" | Song of MANA ~Opening Theme~ | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Places of Soul" | 心のある場所 | 1:32 |
| 6. | "Hometown Domina" | ホームタウン ドミナ | 2:44 |
| 7. | "Daedal's Organ" | ディドルのオルガン | 0:55 |
| 8. | "Wanderer's Path" | 旅人たちの道 | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Pain the Universe" | Pain the Universe | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Cliff Town Gato" | 断崖の町 ガト | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Earth Painting" | 彩りの大地 | 4:26 |
| 12. | "Marginal Beast" | Marginal Beast | 1:37 |
| 13. | "Moonlit City Roa" | 月夜の町 ロア | 2:11 |
| 14. | "Everyday Dream ~Spirit's Song~" | 夢想う遠き日々 ~セイレーンの歌~ | 2:31 |
| 15. | "To the Sea" | 海へ | 2:46 |
| 16. | "Southern City Polpota" | 港町 ポルボタ | 2:24 |
| 17. | "Everyday Dream" | 夢想う遠き日々… | 1:27 |
| 18. | "Calmly Travelling" | 悠然なる歴世 | 1:50 |
| 19. | "Bedight Orbit" | Bedight Orbit | 3:36 |
| 20. | "The Wind sings of a Journey" | 風歌う，その旅路 | 2:00 |
| 21. | "Mystic City Geo" | 魔法都市 ジオ | 2:36 |
| 22. | "Memory of Running" | 駆け行く記憶 | 2:02 |
| 23. | "The Darkness Nova" | The Darkness Nova | 4:21 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Pastoral" | パストラール | 1:44 |
| 2. | "Ranch Night" | 牧場にて | 1:14 |
| 3. | "Maker's Gallop" | Maker's Gallop | 1:08 |
| 4. | "Dreamseed Fruit" | 夢見る果実 | 1:17 |
| 5. | "A good Thing!" | いいことあるよ | 0:06 |
| 6. | "Play the Organ!" | オルガンを弾こう！ | 0:13 |
| 7. | "Play the Organ! Part 2" | オルガンを弾こう！その２ | 0:17 |
| 8. | "Nocturne" | 夜想曲 | 0:39 |
| 9. | "Digger's Song ~Underground Path Song~" | Digger's Song ~穴掘り団の歌~ | 0:55 |
| 10. | "Calm Song" | 穏やかな曲 | 0:36 |
| 11. | "Sorrowful Song" | 悲しい曲 | 0:30 |
| 12. | "Joyful Song" | 楽しい曲 | 0:29 |
| 13. | "Mysterious Song" | 不思議な曲 | 0:42 |
| 14. | "Missing Truth" | 真実の行方 | 3:06 |
| 15. | "The Excitement of both of us ~Lucemia~" | 二つの思惑 ~ルシェイメア~ | 3:49 |
| 16. | "Irwin on Reflection" | Irwin on Reflection | 2:53 |
| 17. | "The other Truth" | 真実の彼方 | 2:17 |
| 18. | "Complicated Destiny" | 重なりゆく運命 | 3:51 |
| 19. | "Bonded by the Soul" | 賜わりし絆へ | 1:53 |
| 20. | "Aid" | 焔城 | 2:37 |
| 21. | "Leading into Prosperity" | 真紅なる竜帝 | 2:08 |
| 22. | "The one who waits for the Breath of Destiny" | 運命の先に待つもの | 3:07 |
| 23. | "Depression Blues" | 蒼い憂鬱 | 2:35 |
| 24. | "Gem Thief Sandra's Plight!" | 宝石泥棒サンドラ参上！ | 0:44 |
| 25. | "City of flickering Destruction" | 滅びし煌めきの都市 | 3:23 |
| 26. | "Foolish Decision" | 愚かなる宝愛 | 3:40 |
| 27. | "Those who are shining" | 涙色した輝きの… | 3:06 |
| 28. | "The great Virtue of Gathering Mana's Spirit ~Theme of Mana~" | 想いは遠くマナの樹に寄せて ~Theme of Mana~ | 2:13 |
| 29. | "Holy Power of Mana" | マナの聖域 | 3:32 |
| 30. | "Silence of Time" | 蒼范の時 | 3:32 |
| 31. | "Nostalgic Song ~Ending Theme for Mana's Story~" | Nostalgic Song ~Ending Theme for Mana's Story~ | 1:33 |
| 32. | "Song of MANA ~Ending Theme~" | Song of MANA ~Ending Theme~ | 5:59 |

### *Music Selection*

| Legend of Mana Music Selection | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Yoko Shimomura | |
| Released | June 1, 2000 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 18:34 |
| Label | Square |

*Legend of Mana Music Selection* is a promotional album of music from *Legend of Mana* included in preorders of the game in North America. The music was composed by Yoko Shimomura. The soundtrack features five tracks and spans a duration of 18:34. It was published by Square on June 1, 2000, with the catalog number 3TP-0012K.

Track list
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Legend of Mana (Title Theme)" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "An Old Song" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "World of Mana" | 5:06 |
| 4. | "A Place with Heart" | 1:32 |
| 5. | "Song of Mana (Ending Theme)" | 5:59 |

### *Legend of Mana Arrangement Album: Promise*

Square Enix has also made a *Legend of Mana* arrangement album named "Promise".

## *World of Mana*

In 2005, Square Enix announced plans for *World of Mana*, a new series of titles in the *Mana* franchise, whose titles would span more video game genres than the original series. Koichi Ishii, the creator of the *Mana* series, decided even before he worked on 2002's *Final Fantasy XI* about creating new *Mana* games, but first wanted to create a goal for the new series, and eventually decided to make it about exploring how to add "the feeling of touch" to a game. After he saw the game *Half-Life 2* at E3 in 2003, he felt that its physics engine was the one he needed. *World of Mana* went on to comprise four new games in addition to the remake of *Final Fantasy Adventure*; Koichi Ishii served as director or producer for all of them as he had for the previous games in the series. In 2006, a *Mana* installment for the Wii was considered but did not enter development. In April 2007, a month after the release of the final game of the *World of Mana*, Ishii left Square Enix to lead his own development company, named Grezzo; no further games in the series have been announced since. Three of the new games of *World of Mana* sparked soundtrack releases, with each composed by a different artist or group of artists: *Children of Mana*, released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS, *Dawn of Mana*, released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2, and *Heroes of Mana*, released for the Nintendo DS in 2007. The music of *Dawn of Mana* also formed the basis of a promotional album included with preorders of the game in Japan, while the music of Yoko Shimomura for *Seiken Densetsu: Friends of Mana*, a 2006 multiplayer role-playing game for Japanese mobile phones never saw any album releases.

### *Children of Mana*

| Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito, Masaharu Iwata, Takayuki Aihara | |
| Released | May 9, 2006 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 1:24:13 |
| Label | Square Enix |

*Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana Original Soundtrack* is a soundtrack album of music from *Children of Mana*, known as *Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana* in Japan. The soundtrack was composed by Kenji Ito, Masaharu Iwata, and Takayuki Aihara, and covers a range of musical styles including rock and roll, jazz, and classical orchestra. Ito served as the lead composer. The instruments themselves, however, due to the limitations of the Nintendo DS hardware, have been described as not being "especially aesthetic or realistic". The soundtrack features 33 tracks on 2 discs and spans a duration of 1:24:13. It was published by Square Enix on May 9, 2006, on the Japanese iTunes Store, but has not been released as a physical album.

Chris Greening of Square Enix Music Online, in his review of the album, reacted positively to the score, calling it a "colourful, diverse, and rich experience overall". He called the tracks by Iwata and Aikara the "core" of the album, saying that the tracks by Ito felt "banal" and "formulaic" which he attributed to Ito being too overworked to focus on the album. RPGamer, in their review of the game, called the music "pretty nice". They noted that the music did not stand out as much as the visuals of the game, though they still "conveyed the theme", and that the "town" tracks were in their opinion weaker than the rest of the soundtrack.

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Breath of MANA -for the Glory-" | Kenji Ito | Breath of MANA -for the Glory- | 1:44 |
| 2. | "Rising Sun" | Ito | Rising Sun | 2:17 |
| 3. | "The Ensemble of Children" | Masaharu Iwata | 小人の合奏 | 1:14 |
| 4. | "Tale of the Distant Sun" | Ito | 遠い日の物語 | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Longing" | Ito | 憧憬 | 2:28 |
| 6. | "Creeping Pulsation" | Iwata | しのびよる鼓動 | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Emergency" | Takayuki Aihara | 危急 | 1:41 |
| 8. | "Beyond the Blue Sky" | Ito | 蒼い空の向こう | 2:24 |
| 9. | "Tower of the Flickering Prayer" | Iwata | ゆらめく祈りの塔 | 2:28 |
| 10. | "Peaceful Underground Lake" | Iwata | 静かなる地底湖 | 2:45 |
| 11. | "Storm of the Red Sand" | Iwata | 赤砂の嵐 | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Frozen Mystery" | Iwata | 凍りついた栄華 | 3:06 |
| 13. | "Monster of the Forest" | Aihara | かまいたちの森 | 3:24 |
| 14. | "The Wings Sings Loudly" | Aihara | 高らかに風がうたう | 3:24 |
| 15. | "King of Chaos" | Aihara | 混沌の王 | 2:57 |
| 16. | "The Blockage Menace" | Ito | 立ち塞がる脅威 | 1:29 |
| 17. | "Evil Beast" | Iwata | 凶なる獣 | 2:19 |
| 18. | "Triumphant Return" | Ito | 凱旋 | 0:48 |
| 19. | "The Desire Vanishes" | Ito | 消えゆく願い | 0:13 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Together with Comrade-in-Arms" | Aihara | 戦友とともに | 1:24 |
| 2. | "Singing Voice of Light" | Iwata | 光の歌声 | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Challenge" | Ito | 挑戦 | 1:33 |
| 4. | "The Ruined Ground" | Aihara | 滅びの大地 | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Fate" | Aihara | 宿命 | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Rut of the Crystal" | Aihara | 水晶の轍 | 4:06 |
| 7. | "The Shaking Earth" | Iwata | 震える大地 | 1:38 |
| 8. | "The Sky's Lamentation" | Aihara | 慟哭の空 | 2:29 |
| 9. | "Grasslands of Eternity" | Ito | 悠久の草原 | 2:19 |
| 10. | "Trial" | Aihara | 試練 | 3:13 |
| 11. | "The Thunder Emperor's Aloofness" | Ito | 孤高の雷帝 | 2:41 |
| 12. | "Infant of Mana" | Ito | マナの嬰児 | 4:03 |
| 13. | "The Desire Not Forgotten" | Ito | 忘れえぬ想い | 2:42 |
| 14. | "The Beginning of a New Legend" | Ito | 新たな物語のはじまり | 4:46 |

### *Dawn of Mana*

| Seiken Densetsu 4 Original Soundtrack -Sanctuary- | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masayoshi Soken, Hiroki Kikuta, Yoko Shimomura, Ryuichi Sakamoto | |
| Released | January 24, 2007 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 4:19:41 |
| Label | Square Enix |

*Seiken Densetsu 4 Original Soundtrack -Sanctuary-* is a soundtrack album of music from *Dawn of Mana*, known as *Seiken Densetsu 4* in Japan. The soundtrack was composed by Kenji Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masayoshi Soken, Hiroki Kikuta, Yoko Shimomura, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, with many of the tracks composed by one artist arranged by another. The styles portrayed on the soundtrack cover "soft, heartwarming tunes", fast-paced "rock and roll style" tracks, and "dark and dramatic tunes", while the arranged songs that appear on the fourth disc of the soundtrack album are split between orchestral and rock and roll styles. The theme song to the game, "Dawn of Mana", was composed by Grammy-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, and was inspired by the image of the Mana tree shown at the title screen. The composition of the soundtrack was done under a great deal of time pressure; Soken has said that he composed 32 tracks in 52 days at a breakneck pace, and Sekito has said that Ito conducted the orchestral recordings while ill to make the deadline. The soundtrack features 106 tracks on 4 discs and spans a duration of 4:19:41. It was published by Square Enix on January 24, 2007, with the catalog numbers SQEX-10083~6.

Dennis Rubinshteyn of RPGFan was pleased by the soundtrack, saying that the music met his high expectations for what he called the "only redeeming quality left" to the series since *Legend of Mana*. Summing the album up as a "solid soundtrack with great songs and a lot of variety", he named Sekito's tracks as the least appealing on the soundtrack, causing some parts of the album as a whole to be "hit or miss". Bryan Matheny of Square Enix Music Online held the opposite opinion, calling Sekito's pieces what "made this work bearable" and saying that he "just can't get into this soundtrack", especially the first three discs, which were full of "boring and underdeveloped" tracks. Chris Greening of Square Enix Music Online's review, however, was more in line with RPGFan's, wherein he praised the "diversity" and "glorious spectrum of emotion" found in the soundtrack. He cited the synthesizer operation as a weak point as well as the order of the tracks, and singled out Sekito's tracks as "forgettable" and "repetitive".

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Dawn of Mana - opening theme" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Dawn of Mana - opening theme | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Prologue ~Mana, the Earth and the Spirits~" | Kenji Ito | プロローグ -マナと大地と精霊と- | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Rising Sun" | Ito | Rising Sun | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Mana's Tale" | Ito | Mana's Tale | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Pastoral Melody" | Ito | パストラル・メロディ | 2:10 |
| 6. | "Pack of Ice Wolves Ver.1" | Tsuyoshi Sekito | 氷狼の群れ Ver.1 | 2:09 |
| 7. | "The Beast God's Labyrinth" | Sekito | 神獣の迷宮 | 0:56 |
| 8. | "A Silent Drop" | Ito | 静寂の雫 | 2:41 |
| 9. | "Seed of the Giant Tree" | Sekito | 大樹の種子 | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Dark Shrine" | Ito | Dark Shrine | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Emerald Shine" | Sekito | エメラルド・シャイン | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Burning Spirits" | Ito, arranged by Sekito and Ito | Burning Spirits | 4:24 |
| 13. | "Echo of Darkness Ver.1" | Sekito | 闇のこだま Ver.1 | 2:15 |
| 14. | "Unknown Light" | Ito | 未知なる光 | 0:38 |
| 15. | "Stroud Ver.1" | Sekito | ストラウド Ver.1 | 2:53 |
| 16. | "Pack of Ice Wolves Ver.2" | Sekito | 氷狼の群れ Ver.2 | 1:32 |
| 17. | "Reminiscence" | Ito | 追憶 | 3:13 |
| 18. | "A Mysterious Forest" | Ito | A Mysterious Forest | 3:00 |
| 19. | "Shadow of Vine" | Sekito | シャドウ・オブ・バイン | 4:20 |
| 20. | "Feelings Not Forgotten" | Ito | 忘れえぬ想い | 2:58 |
| 21. | "Mask of Corruption" | Ito | 背徳の仮面 | 1:05 |
| 22. | "A Lost Hope" | Ito | 失われた希望 | 1:01 |
| 23. | "Goblin's Beat" | Ito | Goblin's Beat | 2:35 |
| 24. | "The Lost Ones Tremble" | Ito | 揺るがなきもの | 2:24 |
| 25. | "Green Whirlpool" | Ito | 緑の渦 | 3:23 |
| 26. | "Red Wyvern" | Sekito | レッド・ワイバーン | 3:56 |
| 27. | "Stroud Ver.2" | Sekito | ストラウド Ver.2 | 1:05 |
| 28. | "Guardian Holy Beast Flammie Ver.1" | Hiroki Kikuta, arranged by Sekito | 守護聖獣フラミー Ver.1 | 0:58 |
| 29. | "Guardian Holy Beast Flammie Ver.2" | Kikuta, arranged by Sekito | 守護聖獣フラミー Ver.2 | 1:02 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "The Deep Blue" | Ito | 深き碧 | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Seeking the Light" | Ito | 光をもとめて | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Evil Memories" | Ito | 凶なる記憶 | 1:03 |
| 4. | "Blood Feud" | Sekito | 血闘 | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Impact of the Darkness" | Sekito | 闇の衝撃 | 2:40 |
| 6. | "A Terrible Premonition" | Sekito | 戦慄の予感 | 1:24 |
| 7. | "Pack of Ice Wolves II" | Sekito | 氷狼の群れ ＩＩ | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Echo of Darkness Ver.2" | Sekito | 闇のこだま Ver.2 | 2:23 |
| 9. | "The Dark Crystal" | Sekito | 闇の結晶 | 0:52 |
| 10. | "Stroud Ver.3" | Sekito | ストラウド Ver.3 | 2:40 |
| 11. | "Karen" | Ito | Karen | 0:35 |
| 12. | "A Prelude to Despair" | Ito | 絶望への序曲 | 0:56 |
| 13. | "Rondo of Sand" | Ito | 砂の輪舞曲 | 3:37 |
| 14. | "The Peak of Twilight" | Ito | 黄昏の頂 | 4:00 |
| 15. | "Death Sally Battle" | Sekito | デスサリー・バトル | 5:13 |
| 16. | "Compensation of Fate" | Ito | 運命の代償 | 2:05 |
| 17. | "Grief and Hope" | Sekito | 悲しみと希望 | 0:34 |
| 18. | "An Unbreakable Heart" | Ito | 折れない心 | 1:39 |
| 19. | "A Wandering Heart" | Ito | さまよう心 | 0:33 |
| 20. | "Temptation" | Ito | 誘惑 | 3:17 |
| 21. | "Old and Distant Memories" | Ito | 遠き古の記憶 | 3:25 |
| 22. | "No Turning Back" | Ito | 還らざる道 | 3:07 |
| 23. | "The Fool's Dance" | Ito | 愚者の舞 | 3:22 |
| 24. | "The Truth Behind the Mask" | Ito | 仮面の下の真実 | 2:50 |
| 25. | "Renewed Determination" | Ito | 新たな決意 | 0:32 |

Disc 3
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Roar of the Iron Clump" | Ito | 鉄塊の轟き | 2:42 |
| 2. | "To Where Mana Exists" | Ito | マナのもとへ | 2:39 |
| 3. | "Skyrocket to Victory" | Sekito | 勝利の狼煙 | 0:31 |
| 4. | "Endless Melee" | Ito | 果て無き攻防 | 2:22 |
| 5. | "Godless Golem" | Sekito | ゴッドレス・ゴーレム | 6:06 |
| 6. | "Pack of Ice Wolves Ver.3" | Sekito | 氷狼の群れ Ver.3 | 0:53 |
| 7. | "Desperate Line" | Kikuta, arranged by Sekito | 決死行 | 1:25 |
| 8. | "Dark Palace" | Sekito | 冥王城 | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Dark King" | Sekito | 冥王 | 6:06 |
| 10. | "Desperate Fight" | Sekito | 死闘 | 5:58 |
| 11. | "Echo of Darkness Ver.3" | Sekito | 闇のこだま Ver.3 | 2:06 |
| 12. | "Den of Thieves" | Sekito | 魔窟 | 4:02 |
| 13. | "The Stage of Ruin" | Ito | 滅びの舞台 | 2:06 |
| 14. | "Illusions" | Ito | 幻夢 | 2:43 |
| 15. | "The Final Decisive Battle" | Ito | 最後の決戦 | 3:06 |
| 16. | "Eternal Parting" | Ito | 永遠の別れ | 5:09 |
| 17. | "Birth of the Goddess ~The Beginning of a New World~" | Ito | 女神誕生 ～新たな世界の始まり～ | 2:17 |
| 18. | "The Endless Dream" | Ito | 終わりなき愛 | 5:18 |
| 19. | "A Legend Forever" | Ito | 伝説よ永遠に | 2:57 |
| 20. | "Epilogue ~The Continuing Future~" | Ito | エピローグ ～続いてゆく未来～ | 1:25 |
| 21. | "Traces" | Ito | おもかげ | 0:21 |

Disc 4
| No. | Title | Music | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Pop, pop, pop" | Ito | Pop, pop, pop | 1:27 |
| 2. | "March, march, march" | Ito | March, march, march | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Rush, rush, rush" | Ito | Rush, rush, rush | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Shout, shout, shout" | Ito | Shout, shout, shout | 1:53 |
| 5. | "Endless Battlefield -SK4 Ver.-" | Ito, arranged by Junya Nakano | 果てしなき戦場 -SK4 Ver.- | 2:05 |
| 6. | "Eternal Plains -SK4 Ver.-" | Ito, arranged by Junya Nakano | 悠久の草原 -SK4 Ver.- | 2:25 |
| 7. | "The Child of the Sprite Tribe -SK4 Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Masayoshi Soken | 妖精族のこども -SK4 Ver.- | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Splash Hop -SK4 Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Nakano | Splash Hop -SK4 Ver.- | 2:34 |
| 9. | "Weird Counterpoint -SK4 Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Nakano | Weird Counterpoint -SK4 Ver.- | 4:53 |
| 10. | "Don't Hunt The Fairy -SK4 Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | Don't Hunt The Fairy -SK4 Ver.- | 2:47 |
| 11. | "Meridian Worship -SK4 Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | 子午線の祀り -SK4 Ver.- | 3:59 |
| 12. | "The Darkness Nova -SK4 Ver.-" | Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Soken | The Darkness Nova -SK4 Ver.- | 4:28 |
| 13. | "Dwarves' Theme -SK4 Ver.-" | Ito, arranged by Hirosato Noda | ドワーフのテーマ -SK4 Ver.- | 1:56 |
| 14. | "Irwin On Reflection -SK4 Ver.-" | Shimomura, arranged by Soken | Irwin On Reflection -SK4 Ver.- | 4:32 |
| 15. | "Endless Battlefield -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Ito | 果てしなき戦場 -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:38 |
| 16. | "Eternal Plains -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Ito | 悠久の草原 -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:24 |
| 17. | "The Child of the Sprite Tribe -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | 妖精族のこども -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:20 |
| 18. | "Splash Hop -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | Splash Hop -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:08 |
| 19. | "Weird Counterpoint -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | Weird Counterpoint -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:19 |
| 20. | "Don't Hunt The Fairy -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | Don't Hunt The Fairy -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:13 |
| 21. | "Meridian Worship -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Kikuta, arranged by Soken | 子午線の祀り -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:20 |
| 22. | "The Darkness Nova -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Shimomura, arranged by Soken | The Darkness Nova -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:36 |
| 23. | "Dwarves' Theme -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Ito, arranged by Noda | ドワーフのテーマ -Hurry Up Ver.- | 1:44 |
| 24. | "Irwin On Reflection -Hurry Up Ver.-" | Shimomura, arranged by Soken | Irwin On Reflection -Hurry Up Ver.- | 2:04 |
| 25. | "Gentle Eyelids" | Masayoshi Soken | やさしい瞼 | 1:26 |
| 26. | "Morning Light Horn" | Soken | 曙光のホルン | 1:44 |
| 27. | "Stand on the Front Lines" | Soken | 前線に立て | 0:09 |
| 28. | "Hurry Up!" | Soken | Hurry Up! | 0:07 |
| 29. | "Yes! That's Far Enough!" | Soken | はい!そこまで! | 0:08 |
| 30. | "Challenge Arena Fanfare" | Soken | チャレンジアリーナ・ファンファーレ | 0:10 |
| 31. | "A Big Victory" | Soken | 大勝利 | 0:29 |

### *Breath of Mana*

| Breath of Mana | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito | |
| Released | December 21, 2006 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 13:41 |
| Label | Square Enix |

*Breath of Mana* is a promotional album of music from *Dawn of Mana* included with preorders of the game in Japan. Despite the many composers of the full soundtrack, the five songs on *Breath* were all composed and arranged by Kenji Ito. Three of the songs, "Breath of MANA", "Unforgotten Memories", and "Rising Sun (piano solo ver.)", did not appear on the full soundtrack album. The songs on the disc are "gentle melodies" using orchestra and piano. The five songs cover a duration of 13:41. The disc was published by Square Enix on December 21, 2006. A review of the album by Dennis Rubinshteyn of RPGFan called it a "good showcase" of the strengths of the full album, which were in his opinion the tracks by Ito. He felt that the tracks on the single were "superb", and said that it was a shame that two of the tracks were not found on the soundtrack album.

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Breath of MANA" | Breath of MANA | 1:19 |
| 2. | "Prologue ~Mana, the Earth and the Spirits~" | プロローグ -マナと大地と精霊と- | 2:44 |
| 3. | "Feelings Not Forgotten" | 忘れえぬ想い | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Burning Spirits" | Burning Spirits | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Rising Sun (piano solo ver.)" | Rising Sun (piano solo ver.) | 2:15 |

### *Heroes of Mana*

| Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Yoko Shimomura | |
| Released | April 18, 2007 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 2:24:28 |
| Label | Square Enix |

*Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana Original Soundtrack* is a soundtrack album of music from *Heroes of Mana*, known as *Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana* in Japan. The soundtrack was composed by Yoko Shimomura. The musical style of the tracks is primarily orchestral, with the addition of a strong piano and drums that sometimes verge on a more tribal rhythm. The soundtrack features 49 tracks on 2 discs and spans a duration of 2:24:28. Three of the game's tracks were released as part of *Drammatica: The Very Best Works of Yoko Shimomura*, an arranged album highlighting the composer's work: "To the Heroes of Old ~Opening Theme from Heroes of Mana~", "The Way the Heart Is" (as "Tango Appassionata"), and "The Tale Told by the Wind ~Ending Theme from Heroes of Mana~". Shimomura carefully chose the songs to be included on the album based on their apparent popularity among fans and how suitable they are for orchestra. The *Heroes of Mana* soundtrack was published by Square Enix on April 18, 2007, with the catalog numbers SQEX-10095~6.

Denis Rubinshteyn, in his review of the album, said that while the game itself was poor, "the music is a treat". Calling the music "solid" and "enjoyable", he highlighted Shimomura's use of drums and variations on themes as particularly worthy of praise. Don Kotowski of Square Enix Music Online agreed, saying that Square Enix "made the right decision" in asking Shimomura to compose the soundtrack, as she was able to "capture the spirit of the Mana series extremely well". He singled out the "battle tracks and event themes" as the weakest tracks and "'The Tale Told by the Wind' and the final battle" as some of the best.

**Track list**

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "To the Heroes of Old ~Opening Theme from HEROES of MANA~" | 古の勇者達へ ~Opening Theme from HEROES of MANA~ | 1:52 |
| 2. | "HEROES of MANA" | HEROES of MANA | 2:49 |
| 3. | "The Premonition Begins" | 始まりの予感 | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Charge!" | 襲撃! | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Let's Begin the Story" | お話を始めよう | 0:10 |
| 6. | "The Beast Kingdom" | The Beast Kingdom | 2:36 |
| 7. | "Army of the Beast King" | 獣王軍 | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Tense Movement" | 胎動 | 2:16 |
| 9. | "Power to Tomorrow" | 明日への力 | 1:12 |
| 10. | "A Moment's Rest" | ひとときの休息 | 1:16 |
| 11. | "Setup" | セットアップ | 2:30 |
| 12. | "The Way the Heart Is" | その心のままに | 4:38 |
| 13. | "Black Mirror" | 黒き鏡 | 2:11 |
| 14. | "Kingdom of the Wind" | 風の王国 | 2:39 |
| 15. | "Tale of the Old Nostalgic Kingdom" | 古く懐かしき国の物語 | 4:03 |
| 16. | "A Prayer for the Holy Capital" | 聖なる都に祈りを | 3:25 |
| 17. | "Gazing at the Dream of the Flowing Sand" | 流れる砂が見る夢は | 2:07 |
| 18. | "At the End of the Hot Sands" | 熱砂の果てに | 3:36 |
| 19. | "Hidden Light" | 秘やかな燦めき | 1:52 |
| 20. | "Make the Oath, Friend!" | 友よ誓いを! | 3:16 |
| 21. | "And Thus Fate Becomes Cruel" | 運命はかくも残酷に | 3:55 |
| 22. | "Retreat" | 撤退 | 2:49 |
| 23. | "With Courage and Prayer" | 勇気と願いを | 4:16 |
| 24. | "The Dragon Emperor" | 竜帝 | 4:14 |
| 25. | "Summoning the Beast God" | 神獣召還 | 1:02 |
| 26. | "A Time of Happiness" | 幸せのとき | 1:13 |
| 27. | "Strategy Meeting" | 作戦会議 | 2:13 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "A Song of Ice and Snow" | 氷と雪が奏でる歌 | 3:40 |
| 2. | "A Cold Beat" | 冷たき鼓動 | 4:34 |
| 3. | "To the Heroes of Old" | 古の勇者達へ | 3:23 |
| 4. | "An Offering to King Annais" | アナイス王に捧ぐ | 3:42 |
| 5. | "The Battle VS. Celestan" | The Battle VS. Celestan | 3:35 |
| 6. | "The Knights of the Wind" | 風の騎士たち | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Make an Effort" | 一息入れて | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Tenacity" | 頑張りやさん | 2:31 |
| 9. | "Secret Objective" | 内緒の目標 | 3:55 |
| 10. | "The Wings of Soaring Reality" | 天翔る真実の翼 | 2:33 |
| 11. | "Battle With the Beast God" | 神獣との闘い | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Sadness" | 悲しみ | 2:11 |
| 13. | "Why Are We Without Hope..." | 我らに希望はないのか… | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Illusionary Fragment" | 幻影のフラグメント | 3:53 |
| 15. | "Ring of Revolving Fate" | 廻る運命の輪 | 2:08 |
| 16. | "It's Either Real or Not" | それは真実か幻か | 3:24 |
| 17. | "The Trembling Earth, The Time of Fate" | 震える大地、運命の時 | 3:54 |
| 18. | "And Those Who Finally Reached Their Destination" | そしてそこへ辿りつく者 | 4:15 |
| 19. | "Time for the March to Ruin" | 滅び行く時 | 4:28 |
| 20. | "With the Holy Sword, Deliver the Final Blow" | 聖剣でとどめ | 1:55 |
| 21. | "Journey to the Darkness" | 闇への旅立ち | 1:29 |
| 22. | "The Tale Told by the Wind ~Ending Theme from HEROES of MANA~" | 風が教えてくれた物語 ~Ending Theme from HEROES of MANA~ | 3:54 |

## 20th Anniversary

For the 20th anniversary of the *Mana* series in 2011, Square Enix released a number of albums. These included several arranged albums, as well as a box set of every soundtrack album from the series plus *Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge* and *Secret of Mana+*. The twenty-disc set, entitled *Seiken Densetsu Music Complete Book*, was released on September 14. It includes music composed by Kenji Ito, Nobuo Uematsu, Hiroki Kikuta, Yoko Shimomura, Masaharu Iwata, Takayuki Aihara, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masayoshi Soken, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album has a total length of 19:35:19.

### *Re:Birth*

| Re:Birth/Seiken Densetsu Kenji Ito Arrange Album | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito | |
| Released | October 19, 2011 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 45:06 |
| Label | Square Enix |

As a part of the anniversary celebration, Square Enix released an album of arrangements of music from the series, *Re:Birth/Seiken Densetsu Kenji Ito Arrange Album*. The album features ten arrangements by Kenji Ito of music he composed for *Final Fantasy Adventure*, *Sword of Mana*, *Children of Mana*, and *Dawn of Mana*. Six tracks are from the original game, two from *Dawn*, and one each from the other two games. The album was published by Square Enix on October 19, with a duration of 45:06. The arrangements cover a wide variety of genres, from vocal and chamber music to techno and dubstep. The album was originally planned to be followed soon after by two more similar albums, one each from Hiroki Kikuta and Yoko Shimamura, but those albums were never released.

Patrick Gann of RPGFan felt that the album's tracks were "hit-or-miss", containing some stellar arrangements mixed in with lackluster ones. He recommended it to any collector of *Mana* music. Jayson Napolitano of Original Sound Version was more complimentary towards the album, enjoying many of the tracks that Gann did not, though he too was not as impressed by the *Dawn of Mana* arrangements.

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Re:Birth - Rising Sun (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - Rising Sun ∗from 聖剣1 | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Re:Birth - In Search of the Sacred Sword (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - 聖剣を求めて ∗from 聖剣1 | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Re:Birth - Mana's Mission (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - マナの使命 ∗from 聖剣1 | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Re:Birth - Mana Palace (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - マナの神殿 ∗from 聖剣1 | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Re:Birth - Infant of Mana (from Seiken CoM)" | Re:Birth - マナの嬰児 ∗from 聖剣CoM | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Re:Birth - The Fool's Dance (from Seiken 4)" | Re:Birth - 愚者の舞 ∗from 聖剣4 | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Re:Birth - Battle 2 -Touched by Courage and Pride- (from Shinyaku Seiken)" | Re:Birth - 戦闘2-勇気と誇りを胸に- ∗from 新約聖剣 | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Re:Birth - Final Battle (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - 最後の決戦 ∗from 聖剣1 | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Re:Birth - The Endless Dream (from Seiken 4)" | Re:Birth - 終わりなき愛 ∗from 聖剣4 | 5:17 |
| 10. | "Re:Birth - Legend Forever (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - 伝説よ永遠に ∗from 聖剣1 | 4:59 |

## *Rise of Mana*

| Seiken Densetsu: Rise of Mana Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kenji Ito, Hiroki Kikuta, Yoko Shimomura, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, and Kokia | |
| Released | April 23, 2014 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 1:07:04 |
| Label | Square Enix Music |

In 2014, Square Enix released *Rise of Mana*, a free-to-play action role-playing game for iOS and Android. The music of *Rise of Mana* was composed by a group of different composers: the majority of the music was handled by Tsuyoshi Sekito. In addition to Sekito, the soundtrack was also contributed to by three previous *Mana* composers: Kenji Ito (*Final Fantasy Adventure*, *Children of Mana*, *Dawn of Mana*), Hiroki Kikuta (*Secret of Mana*, *Trials of Mana*) and Yoko Shimomura (*Legend of Mana*, *Heroes of Mana*). Also joining the team was sound engineer Yasuhiro Yamanaka. In all, 21 out of the 28 composed pieces were done by Sekito. Ito, Kikuta, Shimomura and Yamanaka each contributed one track. The soundtrack featured an arrangement for piano of "Rising Sun", the series' main theme. Yamanaka acted as sound director, while poro@lier created the piano arrangements for both "Rising Sun" and the game's theme song.

The game's theme song, "Believe in the Spirit", was composed, written and sung by Japanese singer-songwriter Kokia. Prior to coming on board, she had little knowledge of the *Mana* series. As with her previous compositions for video games, Kokia tried to get a feel for the game's atmosphere before starting, either through playing the game directly or looking at behind-the-scenes material related to the game's world. With "Believe in the Spirit", she worked to create a song that would appeal to both players and the production team. The track was performed using strings, a tin whistle, an acoustic guitar and percussion. The arrangement was done by Mina Kubota.

*Seiken Densetsu: Rise of Mana Original Soundtrack* was released on April 23, 2014, through Square Enix's music label. Andrew Barker of RPGFan was cautiously positive about the album: he described "Believe in the Spirit" as being "hit-or-miss" for different listeners while evoking memories of earlier *Mana* games. The rest of the soundtrack was generally praised: the first half's restful melodies were the stand-out tracks and said to be the strongest, while the later upbeat tracks were praised for their various energizing qualities. Some tracks, such as "The Drip Drip Drip of Memory", being fairly weak and forgettable. Barker generally compared the music to that of *Final Fantasy XII*, recommending it for fans of the latter and finishing that the album was generally good despite some unmemorable pieces. Chris Greening of Video Game Music Online gave the album a 2.5-star rating: he was most positive about the tracks from the guest composers like Ito and Shimomura. While he praised Sekito for moving away from his traditional musical style, he felt that the result was fairly mixed, with some tracks lacking the proper emotional drive and others "falling flat". "Believe in the Spirit" was praised for avoiding J-pop elements and sticking with its Celtic style, being favorably compared to the theme songs of *Xenogears*. Overall, Green felt that, while it had good production value and was substantially better than other mobile game soundtracks, but lacked the emotional impact of previous *Mana* titles in the majority of its tracks. Many reviewers of the game also praised the soundtrack.

Track list
| No. | Title | Japanese title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Re:Birth - Rising Sun (from Seiken 1)" | Re:Birth - Rising Sun ∗from 聖剣1 | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Believe in the Spirit" | Believe in the Spirit | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Silent Resolve" | 静かなる決意 | 2:22 |
| 4. | "Sunlight through the Trees" | 木漏れ日の中で | 1:59 |
| 5. | "Where the Heart Beats Free" | 心踊りし魂の住処 | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Luck of the Draw" | くじびきひいたら、み〜んなハッピーにゃ！ | 1:05 |
| 7. | "Ode to the Workshop" | 工房賛歌 | 1:47 |
| 8. | "The Drip Drip Drip of Memory" | 美しき想いの雫 | 4:33 |
| 9. | "The Enemy Appears" | 立ちふさがる強敵 | 2:18 |
| 10. | "Fanfare!" | ファンファーレ！ | 0:55 |
| 11. | "Ominous Clouds" | 暗雲 | 1:23 |
| 12. | "Those Who Delve into Darkness" | 暗闇に潜むモノたち | 3:05 |
| 13. | "Breath of the Goddess" | 女神の息吹き | 2:56 |
| 14. | "Heart's Lament" | 憂心 | 1:31 |
| 15. | "A Map Unfurled" | 旅立ちの地図 | 1:48 |
| 16. | "On Windswept Lands" | 風馳せる地にて | 3:37 |
| 17. | "Quickening Light" | 光の胎動 | 1:48 |
| 18. | "A Worthy Foe" | 試練の相克 | 2:46 |
| 19. | "Curtainfall" | 閉幕 | 0:11 |
| 20. | "One Bard's Tune" | とある詩人の調べ | 4:00 |
| 21. | "Tension" | 緊迫 | 0:50 |
| 22. | "The Far Side of Grief" | 嘆きの彼方 | 2:36 |
| 23. | "This Way to Another Dimension" | 異次元への道標 | 1:35 |
| 24. | "Fear the Messenger" | 汝、彼の使いの恐怖を知るや | 2:05 |
| 25. | "The Sanctuary of Mana" | マナの聖域 | 3:16 |
| 26. | "Omen" | 予兆 | 1:26 |
| 27. | "Back to Mana's Embrace" | 生命に還る刻 | 2:48 |
| 28. | "Rising Sun: An End, A Beginning (Piano Arrangement)" | Rising Sun 〜 ひとつの終わり、ひとつの始まり 〜 \[Piano Arrange Ver.\] | 2:25 |
| 29. | "Believe in the Spirit (Instrumental)" | Believe in the Spirit \[Instrumental\] | 4:22 |

## Legacy

The track "Fear of the Heavens" from *Secret of Mana* was performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra for the third *Orchestral Game Concert* in 1993, while "Meridian Child" from *Trials of Mana* was performed for the fifth *Orchestral Game Concert* in 1996. "Fear of the Heavens" was also performed at the fifth *Symphonic Game Music Concert* in 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. *Legend of Mana*'s title theme was also performed by the Australian Eminence Symphony Orchestra for its classical gaming music concert *A Night in Fantasia 2007*. Kenji Ito, along with other players, performed "Fool's Dance" from *Dawn of Mana* at the *Extra: Hyper Game Music Event 2007* concert in Tokyo on July 7. *Sinfonia Drammatica*, an August 4, 2009 concert performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Stockholm, Sweden, featured several *Mana* songs as part of a combination of Yoko Shimomura's album *Drammatica* and the previous Stockholm *Symphonic Shades* concert. These tracks, all from *Drammatica*, were "Colored Earth", "Sparkling City", "Title Theme", and "Hometown Domina" from *Legends of Mana*; none of the *Heroes of Mana* tracks on the album were played at the concert.

Music from the series made up one-fourth of the music in the *Symphonic Fantasies* concerts in Cologne and Oberhausen in September 2009 which were produced by the creators of the *Symphonic Game Music Concert* series and conducted by Arnie Roth. The concerts featured a suite comprising *Secret of Mana* songs "Fear of the Heavens", "Flight into the Unknown", "Eternal Recurrence", "Premonition", "The Sorcerer", and "Rose and Spirit", as well as a boss battle encore suite which included "Meridian Festival". The Eminence Symphony Orchestra played a concert in Tokyo on February 6, 2011 as part of the *Game Music Laboratory* concert series as a tribute to the music of Kenji Ito and Hiroki Kikuta. The concert included "Bodorui", "Mana Temple", and "Rising Sun" from *Final Fantasy Adventure*; "Kind Memories", "Crisis", and "Meridian Dance" from *Secret of Mana*; and "Meridian Child" from *Trials of Mana*. The *Final Fantasy Adventure* pieces were played on the piano by Ito. A concert composed of music from the *Re:Birth* album and the *Re:Birth II* *SaGa* series album was performed in Tokyo on May 9, 2015, and in Osaka on May 10. The concert was produced by Ito, and featured him on piano.

Music from the original soundtracks of the *Mana* games has been arranged for the piano and published by DOREMI Music Publishing. Books are available for the soundtracks to *Dawn of Mana*, *Legend of Mana*, and *Sword of Mana*. Two companion books have also been published as *Seiken Densetsu Best Collection Piano Solo Sheet Music* first and second editions, with the first edition covering tracks from *Final Fantasy Adventure*, *Secret of Mana*, and *Trials of Mana*, while the second adds tracks from *Legend of Mana* and *Dawn of Mana*. All songs in each book have been rewritten by Asako Niwa as beginning to intermediate level piano solos, though they are meant to sound as much like the originals as possible. Additionally, KMP Music Publishing has published a book of the piano album included in the *Sword of Mana* soundtrack album, which was arranged by Kenji Ito.

## InfoBox

| Seiken Densetsu Original Sound Version | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Soundtrack album by Kenji Ito | |
| Released | July 15, 1991 |
| Genre | Chiptune, Electronic, Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 34:40 |
| Label | NTT Publishing/Square |


title: John Stoddard Cancer Center

abstract: John Stoddard Cancer Center is a cancer care center located in Central Iowa. It was the first cancer center in that location. The John Stoddard Cancer Center is a part of Iowa Health-Des Moines, where a number of important treatment options and services originated.

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# John Stoddard Cancer Center

41°35′24″N 93°38′06″W / 41.590100°N 93.635054°W / 41.590100; -93.635054 **John Stoddard Cancer Center** is a cancer care center located in Central Iowa. It was the first cancer center in that location.

The John Stoddard Cancer Center is a part of Iowa Health-Des Moines, where a number of important treatment options and services originated.

## History

Iowa’s first children’s cancer center opened at Blank Children’s Hospital in 1987, concentrating on all phases of pediatric cancer diagnosis and treatment in one area. Expanding upon that concept in 1991, the John Stoddard Cancer Center opened at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center. It was the first cancer center in central Iowa to house all radiation oncology and ancillary services in one location. The new facility centralized all outpatient oncology services in one area while locating them by the inpatient services offered at Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

In 1962, Iowa Methodist Medical Center established Iowa’s first hospital-based radiation oncology department. Stoddard began offering intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in 2002, which allows them to precisely shape the radiation beam to maximize treatment of the tumor while minimizing exposure to the surrounding healthy tissue.

In 2004, Stoddard began treating patients using stereotactic radiosurgery. Both of these were first used for healthcare in central Iowa. Today, the John Stoddard Cancer Center remains at the forefront of cancer care in Central Iowa. In 2008, the cancer center opened the completely renovated Stoddard Adult Oncology Unit, hired three new radiation oncologists, installed a state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner and continued to offer cancer care coordinator services and multidisciplinary team support to cancer patients with the edition of a new colorectal cancer care coordinator and a breast cancer care coordinator.

## The legacy of John D. Stoddard

John Stoddard was an engineer (by training), a real estate developer and an entrepreneur by profession who amassed a large fortune, giving most of it away. He would often say that the reason he worked so hard to make money was to have more to give away.

Before John’s own brief fight with cancer and death in 1998, none of his family members ever had cancer. In 1990, his keen interest in medical care and compassion for others still compelled him to support the Iowa Methodist Medical Center’s new cancer center with a $4 million gift. In recognition of his generosity, the center was named the John Stoddard Cancer Center.


title: Mycobacterium fallax

abstract: Mycobacterium fallax is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota, belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.

text:
# Mycobacterium fallax

***Mycobacterium fallax*** is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus *Mycobacterium*.

## Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.5 – 1 μm long) except for a small number (less than 20%) of cyanophil forms.

**Colony characteristics**

* Large, eugonic, buff coloured and rough colonies (Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 30 °C).
* Cauliflower-like morphology, resembling *M. tuberculosis* colonies. Cord formation at the edges of colonies (Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 30 °C).

**Physiology**

**Differential characteristics**

* Similarities to *M. tuberculosis* include colony morphology, thermolabile catalase, positive nitrate reductase; differences are negative reactions for niacin production and rapid growth at 30 °C.

## Pathogenesis

## Type strain

* Isolated from environmental sources in France and the former Czechoslovakia. Strain ATCC 35219 = CCUG 37584 = CIP 81.39 = DSM 44179 = JCM 6405.

## InfoBox

| *Mycobacterium fallax* | |
| --- | --- |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | *Mycobacterium* |
| Species: | ***M. fallax*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Mycobacterium fallax***<br>Lévy-Frébault, V. *et al.* 1983, ATCC 35219 | |
|


title: Md. Ziaur Rahman

abstract: Md. Ziaur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chapai Nawabganj-2 constituency.

text:
# Md. Ziaur Rahman

**Md. Ziaur Rahman** (born 7 December 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chapai Nawabganj-2 constituency.

## Career

Zia was elected to parliament from Chapai Nawabganj-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008. Zia has won the by-elections to Chapainawabganj-2 constituency with 94,928 votes in 2023.

## InfoBox

| Md. Ziaur Rahman | |
| --- | --- |
| জিয়াউর রহমান | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Member of Parliament
for Chapai Nawabganj-2 | |
| **In office**
8 February 2023  6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Md. Aminul Islam |
| **In office**
25 January 2009  24 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Syed Monjur Hossain |
| Succeeded by | Md. Golam Mostofa Biswas |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-12-07) 7 December 1952 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
|  | |


title: Ōsama Game

abstract: Ōsama Game is a cell phone novel written by Nobuaki Kanazawa, consisting of five volumes. A film based on the novel was released in 2011 and directed by Norio Tsuruta. The theme song of the film is "Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" by Berryz Kobo and Cute. An anime based on the novel titled King's Game The Animation was also released in 2017 and directed by Noriyoshi Sasaki.

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# Ōsama Game

| Ōsama Game | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | Norio Tsuruta |
| Starring | Airi Suzuki
Yurina Kumai
Dori Sakurada |
| Production
companies | BS-TBS
CBS |
| Distributed by | MGM Home Entertainment (Current) |
| Release date | * December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |

***Ōsama Game*** (王様ゲーム, *Ōsama Gemu*, trans. "King Game") is a cell phone novel written by Nobuaki Kanazawa (pen name: Pakkuncho), consisting of five volumes. A film based on the novel was released in 2011 and directed by Norio Tsuruta. The theme song of the film is "Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" by Berryz Kobo and Cute. An anime based on the novel titled *King's Game The Animation* was also released in 2017 and directed by Noriyoshi Sasaki.

## Synopsis

**Ōsama Game**
On October 19, a class of 32 students receive a message from a mysterious sender called "King" at midnight, giving them a set of rules and an order.
**Ōsama Game: Extreme**
Being the only survivor of the Ōsama Game and having chosen to continue the game, Nobuaki transfers to a new school, thus starting the tragedy once more.
**Ōsama Game: Spiral**
Set before the events of Extreme, it is about Natsuko's Ōsama Game before she transferred.
**Ōsama Game: Origin**
Thirty years ago, it was a day like any other in Kazunari's small village when the notes outlining the "Ōsama Game" arrived. The villagers received orders, which became more gruesome by the day, and those who failed to comply died, like clockwork. Growing desperation raises suspicions among the villagers regarding the King's identity and police converge on the town as its body count continues to rise.
**Ōsama Game: Annihilation**
All high school students in Japan must participate in the game.
**Ōsama Game: Abyss**
32 students from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are gathered in an island in Taiwan. Then, a new command from the King was given.
**Ōsama Game: Purgatory**

## Rules

1. All students in the class shall participate.
2. After receiving an order from the King, the order must be completed within 24 hours.
3. People who do not complete their order shall be punished.
4. Quitting in the middle of the game is not allowed.

## Orders

'**Ōsama Game'**
**1st Order:** Male student Seat No.4 Inoue Hirofumi, Female student Seat No.19 Nakao Minako. These two people must kiss. \[Order Completed\]
**2nd Order:** Male student Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki, Female student Seat No.5 Imoto Yuuko. Toyoda Hideki must lick Imoto Yuuko's foot. \[Order Completed\]
**3rd Order:** Male student Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki, Female student Seat No.3 Ishii Satomi. Toyoda Hideki must touch Ishii Satomi's breasts. \[Order Not Completed: Toyoda Hideki and Ishii Satomi died by hanging.\]
**4th Order:** Male student Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke, Female student Seat No.20 Nakajima Misaki. The two people must make love. \[Order Completed\]
**5th Order:** Male student Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta. Yahiro Shouta must give an order in front of everybody. The person who receives the order, must follow it, as if it was an order from the King.
**Shouta's Order:** Male student Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke. Tasaki Daisuke must hang himself. \[Order Not Completed: Tasaki Daisuke was hanged anyway.\]
**6th Order:** Male student Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya, Female student Seat No.9 Ueda Kana. The entire class must hold a Friendship Vote for these two. The side who has the fewest votes shall be punished. If the Friendship Vote is not held, both sides will be punished. ※ Votes cannot be passed. \[Order Completed: Hashimoto Naoya won. As punishment, Ueda Kana must confess to the one she loves. Unfortunately, she killed herself after Hashimoto Naoya's victory.\]
**Extra order:** The King's order must be completed within 5 minutes. Ueda Kana did not complete her order, but she is no longer in this world, and therefore is unable to complete it. As a result, the person who was also involved in the order Hashimoto Naoya will be punished. Male student Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya must find someone to make love to. If this order is not executed, the punishment is spontaneous combustion. \[Order Completed\]
**7th Order** This game involves all male students. Prepare 100 pieces of paper, write 1-100 on them. Going by the seat numbers of the male students, starting from No.1, each person may choose to draw 1-3 cards, and thus continuing, the person who draws card no.100 will be punished. If the game is not conducted, all male students will be punished. Please enjoy the game. ※The punishment this time is a heart attack. \[Order Completed: Akira Ôno drew card no.100 intentionally and died.\]
**8th Order** Female student Seat No.22 Hirano Nami. Hirano Nami must give herself an order. Following the order, is equivalent to following the King's order.
**Nami's Order:** Female student Seat No.22 Hirano Nami. Hirano Nami must touch the King. \[Order not Completed: Hirano Nami was sentenced to eternal darkness (blindness).\]
**9th Order** Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki. You must lose your most important possession. \[Order Completed\]
**10th Order** Male student Seat No.1 Adachi Shingo, Female student Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi. These two must each send two messages saying \[Go die\] to their classmates. The classmates who receive the message will die an accidental death. \[Order Completed Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi\]
**11th Order** All students in the class need to pay attention. People who do any unneeded action within the King's game will be punished. Also, Male student Seat No.28 Mizuuchi Yusuke, Heart attack. Male student Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta, death by suffocation. Female student Seat No.15, drowned to death. These people have broken the rules of the game. (Unneeded action was: crying)
**12th Order** A student in the class must roll a dice. Depending on the number rolled, the person who rolled the dice must specify the same number of classmates. The person who rolled the dice, as well as the people specified, will all be punished.
※ If the dice isn't rolled, or nobody is specified, then everyone in the class shall be punished.
※ Within five minutes after rolling the dice, following the number rolled, specify the same number of classmates. The method to specify, is to have the person who rolled the dice send a message to the specified people. Sending a message to someone who is already dead is invalid. \[Order completed: Hashimoto Naoya rolled the dice. Number rolled was 6.\]
**12th Order Amendment** Within five minutes from now, following the number rolled, specify the same number of classmates. The method to specify, is to say their name. Specify immediately. \[Order completed: Hashimoto Naoya named: Honda Chiemi (Novel only) Chia Kawano (Manga only), Keita Yamashita (was unwillingly named), Masami Matsumoto, (was unwillingly named in the novel; also named in the manga), Toshiyuki Abe, Toshiyuki Fujioka & Minako Nakao.\]
**13th Order (Novel only)** Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki must kill Honda Chiemi with his own hands. Also, the following participants will be punished. Female student Seat No.6 Iwamura Ria, punishment by decapitation. These people have broken the rules of the game. \[Order completed\]
**13th Order (Manga only)** Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki and Female student Seat No.24 Honda Chiemi must kill the person they love the most. If the order is not completed, the 2 students will be decapitated. \[Order not Completed: by sheer determination, both managed to survive, however Honda Chiemi bled to death due to a previous wound inflicted by Toshiyuki Abe\]
**14th Order (Novel only)** Male student Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki must choose between being punished one last time or continue the game. \[Order completed: Kanazawa Nobuaki continued the game\]
'**Ōsama Game Climax'**

## Characters

**Ōsama Game**

* Seat No.1 Adachi Shingo \[Killed by Ushijima Motoki, pushed down a staircase.\]
* Seat No.2 Abe Toshiyuki \[Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Loss of blood.\]
* Seat No.3 Ishii Satomi \[Failed to complete Order 3, Punishment: Death by hanging.\]
* Seat No.4 Inoue Hirofumi \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Burned to death.\]
* Seat No.5 Imoto Yuuko \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Burned to death.\]
* Seat No.6 Iwamura Ria \[Novel: Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Decapitation. Manga: Broke the rules by trying to destroy the King, Punishment: Burned to death.\]
* Seat No.7 Iwamoto Maki \[Accidental death due to Order 10, found dead in her bedroom.\]
* Seat No.8 Ueda Yosuke \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.\]
* Seat No.9 Ueda Kana \[Lost Friendship Vote at Order 6, Punishment: Must confess to the person she likes, regardless of the outcome.\](Committed suicide by jumping out of a window before punishment was announced, was not punished as a result.)
* Seat No.10 Ushiji Motoki \[Accidental death due to Order 10, killed whilst being transported to a police station.\]
* Seat No.11 Ohno Akira \[Drew the 100th card at Order 7, Punishment: Heart attack.\]
* Seat No.12 Kanazawa Nobuaki \[Novel: Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Temporary Memory loss (of Ōsama Game) (Regained his memory after killing Honda Chiemi). Was not punished in the manga.\] (Only survivor: chose to continue the game, leading to the events of Ōsama Game: Climax\]
* Seat No.13 Kawakami Yuusuke \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.\]
* Seat No.14 Kawano Chia \[Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Suffocation.\]
* Seat No.15 Kinoshita Akemi \[Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Drowned to death.\]
* Seat No.16 Shirokawa Mami \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Decapitation.\]
* Seat No.17 Tasaki Daisuke \[Failed to complete Order 5 (Shouta's Order), Punishment: Death by hanging.\]
* Seat No.18 Toyoda Hideki \[Failed to complete Order 3, Punishment: Death by hanging\]
* Seat No.19 Nakao Minako \[Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Suffocation.\]
* Seat No.20 Nakajima Misaki \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Decapitation.\]
* Seat No.21 Hashimoto Naoya \[Rolled the dice at Order 12, Punishment: Separated by six cuts.\]
* Seat No.22 Hirano Nami \[Failed to complete Order 8, Punishment: Remain in eternal darkness (Blindness).\](Committed suicide by drowning.)
* Seat No.23 Fujioka Toshiyuki \[Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Loss of blood.\]
* Seat No.24 Honda Chiemi \[Novel: Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Senescence. Was not punished in the manga.\]
* Seat No.25 Matsushima Yoshifumi
* Seat No.26 Matsumoto Masami \[Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Heart attack.\]
* Seat No.27 Maruoka Kaori \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Unspecified death.\]
* Seat No.28 Mizuuchi Yusuke \[Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Heart attack\]
* Seat No.29 Miyazaki Emi \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Quartering.\]
* Seat No.30 Yahiro Shouta \[Broke the rules by blocking messages from the King, Punishment: Suffocation\]
* Seat No.31 Yamaguchi Hiroko \[Failed to complete Order 11, Punishment: Heart attack.\]
* Seat No.32 Yamashita Keita \[Punished due to Order 12, Punishment: Decapitation.\]

## Cast

## InfoBox

Ōsama Game
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Nobuaki Kanazawa |
| Original title | 王様ゲーム |
| Translator | King's Game |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Body horror, drama |
| Publication date | 2009–2015 |
| Publication place | Japan |
| Media type | Cellphone novel |