Quark Cognition

The conundrum of the Catholics.

2012-01-03T21:44:00.000-08:00

     A word of interest to me is “catholic”. I had always assumed that it referred to a religion, but it is chiefly identified as an adjective which means: (1) Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive. And: (2) Including or concerning all humankind; universal.
     Based on this new knowledge I can state that the antonym of “catholic” is “parochial”, which I find highly ironic, as Catholic schools are often referred to as parochial.
     If Catholics were in fact catholic in their outlook, then perhaps Giordano Bruno would not have been burned at the stake and Galileo would not have been placed under house arrest. Those things happened a long time ago and it is illogical for me to be disturbed by them, but those facts are still being chewed on by others, since the Catholic Church waited some 350 years to exonerate Galileo.
     In reality, Catholics are parochial, and thus exhibit mental attitudes which conflict with their decent name. If Catholics were in fact catholic, then they would not believe in just one god. In fact, Catholics don’t even believe in the facets of their own religion. As an example, the Pope makes public appearances on roads in a vehicle armored with bulletproof glass. In the Catholic religion, the Pope is the top dog (pun intended) and he doesn’t even believe that praying works. If the Pope believed that praying actually works, then he would pray to God that no one would shoot him. After praying, he should then make public appearances without hiding behind bulletproof glass. If the Pope is shot and killed, then that would serve as proof to the world that praying does not work. But we already have the proof in the form of the Pope’s behavior.
     Honestly, I would like to call myself a “Catholic”, due to the optimistic nature of its adjectival definition. However, other people would assume I was referring to the childish religion that propounds absolutism and traditionalism. Catholics are children, even if they are morphologically adults. I’m not concerned with their bodies, or with what I can see; I am concerned with the mentality of Catholics and all other religious people, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc.
     When I think of religion, I think of absolutism, which reminds me of Hitlerism. Since I’m not religious, does that mean I am an atheist? Many people think in those simplistic terms, always correlating beliefs with God or other gods. But did you know that there are these things called humans? I believe in humans; God and gods are completely irrelevant and archaic. Only traditionalist and absolutist people concern themselves with God and gods. I am concerned with humans, which makes me more mature than religious people, because, at least we have evidence indicating that humans exist. In fact, I made the existence of humans the starting point for my Philosophy of Reality, which is posted elsewhere in this blog.
     I am clearly not an atheist, since that solves nothing by placing God at a level of paramount importance by denying His existence. God is the main point in atheism. And that’s why I don’t like it. So what am I? In my studies, I have discovered two terms that I really like. They are:

       1. Meliorist
       2. Secular Humanist

     What is a meliorist? The Latin root is melior, which means better. You’ve probably seen the word ameliorate, which is one of the English words derived from melior. A meliorist is someone that believes humans can be improved or there is a tendency for humans to improve themselves. I also want to point out I did not make up the word meliorist; it is listed in my 2011 American Heritage Dictionary. This quote aptly summarizes meliorism:

     "In my case this article of faith is that the human race will continue to live forever and will develop and progress without limit. This is an assumption that I must make for my peace of mind. Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress."
-Paul Dirac, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1933

     A secular humanist is someone that places precedence on humans, rather than religion. I automatically became a secular humanist when I placed humans above God in my Philosophy of Reality. I have always believed in the importance of humans. Do bear in mind that my bias plays a role in this inclination. I am a human. People that place God above humans must have an infinitely odd identity crisis. I also agree with the related notion of secularism, which is the view that religious teachings are irrelevant to society. It’s more relevant to teach the reality of religion and not teach religion as if it is descriptive of reality.
     Catholics are neither secular nor melioristic. The orthodox Catholic has a paradoxically heretical parochial mentality. This is the conundrum of the Catholics.

What is a wife?

2011-12-31T19:22:00.000-08:00

One of the activities I engage in with my free time is the perusal of my dictionary, or now, my dictionaries. I own the 3rd and 5th editions of The American Heritage Dictionary, which were published in 1992 and 2011, respectively. There are some interesting differences between the two, such as the exclusion of the word “internet” from the 1992 edition. However, I find the differences between the definitions of “wife” and “husband” rather compelling.

Consider the 1992 definitions of “wife” and “husband”:

wife - A woman joined to a man in marriage; a female spouse.

husband - A man joined to a woman in marriage; a male spouse.

Now consider the 2011 definitions:

wife - A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.

husband - A man joined to another person in marriage; a male spouse.

I find the definitions compelling because they make me wonder what they will be 20 years from now, since they have already changed within a span of less than 20 years. Take keen notice that one simply needs to be joined to another person; gender of the other person is not specified, as it is in the 1992 definitions.

Ted Chiang's science fiction.

2011-12-13T22:42:00.000-08:00

I want to mention that Ted Chiang's science fiction is better than exceptional. As Greg Bear stated, I agree that it is essential.

I read "Stories of Your Life and Others" this weekend and my attention was frozen, immobilized, by his erudition and exploration of complicated topics. This is science fiction for aggressive readers and autodidactically inclined people.

Category 2 and Category 3

2011-09-11T17:59:00.000-07:00

     According to my Philosophy of Reality, which can be found in this blog, there are 3 categories of existence. The first category contains humans, the second category contains things that exist because of humans, and the third category contains things that exist irrespective of whether humans exist or not.
   Many of the things that I dislike or disagree with can be found in category 2. This is part of the reason why I maintain such a low profile in public and make no move to gain a position of power or find a wife. I'm not that interested in the society that humans have made and I do not revel in its wonders as I do with those in category 3. This is also why I do not vote. No candidate has yet shown any interest in improving the well-being of human life.
   These are the things that need to happen in order for me to show a greater interest in category 2 beyond that of science fiction, movies, and music.

Health insurance needs to be abolished. All health care should be paid for by taxes, without raising taxes.
All prisons need to be destroyed. If a person is so dangerous that they can not be allowed to roam free, then they should not be a part of our society.
Car insurance needs to be abolished. The tests necessary to grant a driver's license should be far more rigorous than an infantile multiple choice exam and a 15 minute observation by a yawning old person. And, as Robert Heinlein once stated, "If you don't have a gun, then you'll grow eyes in the back of your head." No insurance will create better drivers, as a man lost in the woods with no weapon will make better choices.
All professional athletes should be capped at $250,000 per year. Too much money is given to people that play games. The extra money should be re-routed into health care or NASA. $250,000 is an unthinkable amount of money and will still offer a very, very high quality of life. Any athlete that complains about the salary cap should be kicked out immediately and forced to work for minimum wage at a fast food restaurant.
Teachers should have a base starting pay of $100,000 per year. The status of teachers should be higher than that of doctors and lawyers, since they influence the future actions of humans. Doctors fix people that have been unlucky or have been stupid. Lawyers are involved in a game that should be handled by scientists.
All U.S. soldiers should be ordered to leave their foreign posts. We have nuclear weapons. Any foreign nation that gives U.S. citizens trouble should be repeatedly tapped with mushroom clouds until they learn how to behave.
There should be no penalty for using illegal drugs. None at all. Rather, the people that make and distribute illegal drugs should be executed without hesitation.
Adults should not be defined by age. Why are a 17 year old and an 18 year old classified as two completely different kinds of people? Why isn't the split at age 24? Why not 35? Why not 42? Who the hell decided to declare that 18 year old people are suddenly adults?

My last suggestion or veiled complaint is something of interest to me. A guy a know named Brandon (nickname Idolores) once stated in response to a recovery of old forum comments:

Idolores wrote:
Oh God. I so don't want to see how I was back then.

   I stated:

     Or, more precisely, your semaphoronts. "Semaphoront" is a word I find to be very interesting. I learned about it through my studies of phylogenetic systematics. I would imagine that all graduate students in biology are familiar with that word, and it is probably rarely used outside of that specialty.
     The philosophical implications are never ending, since I can't come to a decisive way of thinking about it. It is clearly defined within biology, but in plain English, it refers to an individual that exhibits life processes during a period of time (not a 'point in time'). The period of time itself is not defined. This is most useful for creatures that have different forms, such as insects. It is easy to see their semaphoronts, since the structural changes are distinct.
     It's more complicated with humans, since we retain the same basic shape throughout our lives. This is why I tend to think of it in terms of psychology. But I have no concern for whatever psychologists have invented, such as 'adolescent' or 'adult', since people of vastly differing ages can act roughly the same or completely dissimilar. The laws we have invented are even less satisfying, since they claim we are adults at age 18. I don't like any of it, so I have to make up my own classifications. I believe the semaphoront is a good start for reclassifying the stages of people since it focuses on individuals and not large groups of people. Each person changes at a different pace and it is wrong to use pre-defined ages to determine what a person is.
     The bottom line is that you don't want to "see" your younger self anymore than a fly wants to see itself as a maggot.

   That's enough of category 2. Onward to category 3, which I enjoy with heartfelt enthusiasm. You got a taste of my love when I was writing about the concept of a semaphoront. The word exists because of humans, but the stages of a life-form are quite real, which makes it category 3. But wait a second...isn't politics real? Isn't health insurance real? Of course they are, but if we humans suddenly disappeared, then politics and health insurance would also disappear. All the category 3 phenomena would be quite content whether we existed or not, such as protons and neutrons.

The Science Fiction of Doris Piserchia

2011-09-03T01:14:00.000-07:00

     I have a stack of novels that I'm going to read and it represents the complete works (minus short stories) of Doris Piserchia. I can confirm beyond any doubt that she is similar to R.A. Lafferty. This is marvelous and I am thrilled to the point of busting a few neurons. Piserchia wrote 11 science fiction novels and 2 horror novels, using the name Curt Selby. These were all published from 1973 to 1983.
   I have found an interesting and antiquated website in which Piserchia's fiction is referred to as feminist. I have found other sites that classify it as feminist. I don't know why people usually refer to female writers that create female protagonists as "feminist", when it is nothing but a natural bias. All people have a race and gender bias, in which they are naturally preferential to, and view themselves as, belonging to a certain gender or certain race (skin color). I would expect a black man to create a black male protagonist; it would not be racist for him to do so. It would be his natural bias to do so. I would likewise expect a Korean to create a Korean protagonist, an Eskimo to create an Eskimo protagonist, and a female to create a female protagonist.
     It is thus of no surprise that Piserchia chooses to use a female as her protagonist, at least in the first two novels. I would expect her to do so, as I would expect a male to create a male protagonist. There is nothing in her writing that would conjure the word "feminist" in my mind. It's just really bizarre science fiction in the vein of R.A. Lafferty.
     Honestly, if public schools gave students Mister Justice, then more people would probably read. I remember being bored to the point of madness in high school, due to the required readings of so-called "important" or "classic" novels. Mister Justice is about a man that can travel through time, yet is unable to physically affect anything; he may only take pictures. Thus, he chooses to take pictures of unsolved crimes in progress in the past and apprehends the offender in the future. He ties up the offender and drops him off at a police station, with the pictures attached.
   I also want to mention that her work is OOP (out of print), yet cheap and easy to find on abebooks.com
   Here are her novels:

Mister Justice (1973)

Star Rider (1974)

A Billion Days of Earth (1976)

Earth-Child (1977)

Spaceling (1978)

The Spinner (1980)

The Fluger (1980)

Doomtime (1981)

Blood County (1981), using alternate name "Curt Selby"

Earth in Twilight (1981)

The Dimensioneers (1982)

I, Zombie (1982), using alternate name "Curt Selby"

The Deadly Sky (1983)

Two Powerful Korean Films

2011-08-26T02:16:00.000-07:00

I will never forget the first time I watched a movie by Hong Sang-Soo. I had started at the beginning of his filmography, with The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996).

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)

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My first 3 viewings of The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well were not good enough. I was still recovering. By now, a full 5 years after having had watched it for the first time, I am able to cope with it. What the hell are these people doing? What is the plot? What is happening!? And that's it! This film is about regular people going about their regular activities. This is a masterstroke of psychological film making. One deep powerful stroke into your ephemeral thought center that caresses your neurons for days, weeks, months, years. This is definitely specifically designed for the INTP personality or for anyone that values thinking. Most people will not be able to watch this film and feel that anything truly remarkable has happened. And you, the reader, might be wondering how a film showing regular people doing regular things can be so powerful.

The second film by Hong Sang-Soo I had watched is the 2nd in his filmography:

The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)

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The plot of The Power of Kangwon Province does exist, provided one sits through the whole film and pays very close attention. This is not a typical movie, where one can accept phone calls, grab a bite to eat, leave a swirl in the toilet, pick their toenails, etc. You have to sit there and shut out everything else in your life and pay attention. You will be rewarded.

QUESTIONS

2011-08-22T23:57:00.000-07:00

     I'm going to use this posting space to keep track of some of the questions I have in reference to science and philosophy. One of the earliest questions I had was:

   CAN THERE BE A SMALLEST THING?

   It seems logical to me that there can not be a smallest thing, but there is a smallest theoretical length at which new science would need to be developed in order to explain. That is called the Planck Length and it's many orders of magnitude smaller than atoms or their constituents.

     Another question I had formed, in my early 20s:

   SINCE MASS BECOMES INFINITE AT LIGHT SPEED, WHAT HAPPENS AT ZERO VELOCITY?

   Light speed makes no sense for objects that have mass, so my answer to this question is that zero velocity also makes no sense. Using logic, an object that came completely to rest would lose all its mass, have infinite length, and not last long enough to witness the birth of the universe. Since time slows as velocity increases, then that implies that time speeds up as velocity slows. If somehow, one could achieve zero velocity, then one would experience such a fantastic rate of time that the birth of the universe would never happen.
   One might wonder what I'm talking about, since zero velocity is so easy to achieve. But that is not the case. While you are reading this blog post, you are on the Earth (very likely). Since the Earth is moving around the Sun and the Sun is moving around the core of the galaxy and the galaxy is moving through space, you are not even remotely close to zero velocity. And it gets worse. Space itself moves.
   Gravity is definitely something to consider while pondering this question. The one thing that locks your velocity is gravity. You are "locked" at around 66,000 miles/hr because that is the orbital velocity of the Earth. You can escape that lock by leaving the influence of the Earth's gravitational field. But then you must escape the Sun, and then, you must escape the Milky Way.
   At what velocity would one be locked outside of the gravitational field of a galaxy? That is something I do not know. One thing is clear: from your point of view, everything would be moving. If you found something that was not moving, then you could determine your velocity to be zero, with respect to that object. But since everything is moving (in reality), you are automatically moving at the same velocity as that object. Your next task would be to determine the velocity of that object and then escape its lock. Good luck achieving absolute zero velocity!!!

   WHAT WOULD YOU SEE WITH X-RAY VISION?

      I am perturbed by the laziness of many writers for TV and movies, as well as with the developers of video games. But in their defense, I am also perturbed by the name given to energetic photons. In particular, the suffix -ray is what I find so bothersome. Photons of all energy levels are waves, whether we see them or whether they kill us. X-rays and gamma rays are "rays" as much as "fat" makes one fat. ("Fat" is another poorly understood word.) Why am I calling some writers lazy?
     Because they should know that our eyes collect photons; they do not emit photons. Anyone that thinks a person with x-ray vision could look through walls or see a woman's breasts has not advanced much beyond what the ancient Greeks thought. They thought that our eyes emitted light.
     Just like with visible light, if one wants to see anything with x-rays, then one needs an x-ray source. I am curious as to what one would see if they could detect x-rays. I wrote the following on 5-25-2010 and posted it at a physics website:

      "I couldn't sleep the other night because I was thinking about photons and their ability to penetrate materials. It can be argued that humans are photon detectors. This is true in more than just the sense of visible light because photons don't just enter our pupils. As an example, our bodies can detect x-rays (our bones stop them). But we can't form an x-ray map of our surroundings, as we can with visible light, unless computers assist us.
     Imagine for a moment if our eyes were unable to detect visible light. For some reason we evolved to detect x-rays. If I were in a building, away from all windows, what would I see? Assume that all light sources (in this case the sources would emit x-rays) were turned off. Since x-rays have greater penetrating power than visible light, would I still see the Sun if I were inside a building? If one had eyes able to detect x-rays would there be a need to make artificial x-ray sources?
      But then I thought about much longer wavelengths. As you know, if you step outside of a building and shine a flashlight against the wall, the photons will not pass through the wall and be detected by any humans inside. Interestingly, I asked, 'Why can radio waves pass through the wall?'
      Since radio waves have less energy than light waves, how are they able to penetrate materials that absorb and reflect visible light? I used to think that radio waves were made of photons, but I read recently that they are not. It just seems logical to assume that the carriers of electromagnetic radiation, the photons, waved at all wavelengths.
      Since radio waves are not made of photons (are they made of electrons?) why are they put on the same chart as visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma-ray, etc.?"

   Wow. Everything was fine until I got to the end of what I had typed. What made me think that radio waves are not made of photons? I must have read a really bad forum answer somewhere else. Luckily, someone responded to what I had typed....

      "Radio and Visible light are exactly the same phenomenon.

Long radio waves can be explained "classically" because the wavelength is so much larger than the size of atoms, and because they have low energy: you have many many many individual photons each very subtle so you only see the overall effect. The atoms of the radio antenna don't stop and absorb a photon and change state; instead, quantum effects mix displacements of the free electrons with the photons and when it all comes out in the end you say "electric field" etc.

Short visible waves don't do all that because they are very small compared to the atoms. Your eyes work by having a molecule stop (absorb) photons which causes a change to the electron's energy level in the atom. Visible light's energy is a good match for the available energy levels in organic molecules... so no coincidence that we use it to see with!

Just at the edge of visibility and into UV, individual photons knock individual electrons out of a metal, which is what lead to the realization that photons exist. Radio waves, in huge numbers, gently sway the electrons in the metal instead, like water molecules in the surf making small seashells dance on the edge of the beach.

The two things are extreme ends of a continuous range of phenomena. Just like water is "a liquid" in bulk, but individual hard and solid atoms on another scale. Radio and Visible light is like the difference between a pile of sand and a large slab of stone. Different things happen if you drop each one onto you. "

   Honestly, I'm kind of embarrassed about my mistake. Anyway, I still want to know what would happen if our eyes could collect photons in the x-ray energy range. My guess is that hospitals would be sources of light, as well as dentist's offices. How many x-ray photons from the Sun penetrate down to ground level? Would the Sun even be visible?

For now, this is my answer, based on my research. The sun would probably be hard to distinguish amongst the more powerful and unusually ubiquitous x-ray sources covering the entire sky. The whole sky would probably be "visible", but I can't even guess what "color" it would be. X-rays don't penetrate to the surface of the earth, so a life-form that could detect x-rays on the earth would need to develop artificial sources and carry around flashlights that emit x-rays. Even so, regular objects and other life-forms would look pretty odd. A lot of things would also be transparent.

   Updates to come randomly.

Video Game Music Collection

2011-08-21T13:03:00.000-07:00

I'm going to use this posting space to keep track of my video game music collection. I do want to mention that I am considering renaming the misleading term "video game" due to the fact that it implies simplicity and puerility. Rather, I feel, the terms "video story" or "video art" are better.

This collection was started in September of 1999. I have divided it up into 4 parts:

OFFICIAL GAME MUSIC
DOUJIN / FAN-MADE MUSIC
WANTED ALBUMS
EXPLANATION

     I have changed some album names, which seems rational to me, but may seem irrational to you.

PART 1: OFFICIAL GAME MUSIC

ARIKA / 1995

Escape Goat [PCCBX-00001]
Fighting Layer Arcade OST [PCCB-00358]
Street Fighter EX Arrange Sound Tracks [PCCB-00251]
Street Fighter EX OST [PCCB-00241]
Street Fighter EX2 & EX + Alpha OST [PCCB-00322]
Street Fighter EX2 Arrange Album [CPCA-1009]
Street Fighter EX2 Plus OST [CPCA-1038]
Street Fighter EX3 OST [CPCA-1042]

ATLUS / 1986

Burn My Dread -Reincarnation PERSONA3- [SVWC-7460]
Catherine Original Soundtrack [SVWC-7746]
Devil Summoner Soul Hackers Hyper Rearrange [KICA-5010]
Devil Summoner Soul Hackers OST [KICA-5008~9]
Etrian Odyssey - Live Music by Piano and Strings [VGCD-0149]
Etrian Odyssey I DS OST [VGCD-0072]
Etrian Odyssey I PC-8801 FM Version [VGCD-0072]
Etrian Odyssey I Super Arrange Version [VGCD-0104]
Etrian Odyssey II DS OST [VGCD-0135]
Etrian Odyssey II PC-8801 FM Version [VGCD-0135]
Etrian Odyssey II Super Arrange Version [VGCD-0136]
Etrian Odyssey III DS OST [VGCD-0185]
Etrian Odyssey III Outtake [No Catalog Number]
Etrian Odyssey III PC-8801 FM Version [VGCD-0185]
Etrian Odyssey III Super Arrange Version [VGCD-0189]
Kartia OST & Classical Arrange [KICA-5011~12]
Majin Tensei Excellence Sound Collection [PCCB-00256]
Majin Tensei II Excellence Sound Collection [PCCG-00337]
Maken X OST [KICA-5047]
Maken X Remix L'Image [AVCA-14002]
Megami Ibunroku Persona OST & Arrange Album [FSCA-10003]
Megami Tensei I II [VICL-40029~30]
Megaten World - Atlus Best Selection [PCCG-00257]
Persona - Be True Your Mind [KICA-5033~5]
Persona 2 Batsu PUNITIVE DANCE [FMCD-1002]
Persona 3 OST [SVWC-7380~1]
Persona 4 OST [SVWC-7566~7]
Persona II - Eternal Punishment [KICA-5049~50]
Persona II - Innocent Sin [KICA-5042~3]
PERSONA3 FES ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK [SVWC-7464]
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Arrange Album [FSCA-10166]
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Live Studio Versions [POCX-1024]
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner OST [POCX-1023]
Shin Megami Tensei II Sound Relation [PCCG-00261]
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Maniacs [SVWC-7185]
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne OST [SVWC-7173~4]
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Original Soundtrack [ATU0011825CDA]
Shin Megami Tensei Sound Collection [SVWC-7175~6]
Shin Megami Tensei [VICL-40046~7]

CAMELOT SOFTWARE PLANNING / 1990

Beyond the Beyond Arrange Album [ARCJ-33]
Mario Sports CD [C4J09-3]
Mario Tennis 64 OST [FMCN-1001]
Shining Force II Symphonic Suite [PICA-2002]
Shining Force III Original Soundtrack [TYCY-10003]
Shining Force Symphonic Suite [TYCY-5397]
Shining the Holy Ark Arrange Album [OOCO-26]
Shining Wisdom Arrange Album [NACL-1195]

CAPCOM / 1983

19XX - The War Against Destiny [VICL-2168]
Breath of Fire II [SRCL-3119]
Breath of Fire III OST [FSCA-10015]
BREATH OF FIRE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK SPECIAL BOX [CPCA-10146~56]
Breath of Fire V OST [CPCA-1067~8]
Capcom Game Music Vol. 1 [SCDC-00193]
Capcom Game Music Vol. 2 [SCDC-00195]
Capcom Game Music Vol. 3 [SCDC-00198]
Chaos Legion OST [CPCA-1072]
Chiptuned Rockman [INTIR-015]
Dead Rising OST [CPCA-10185]
Devil May Cry 1 OST [CPCA-1096~97]
Devil May Cry 2 OST [CPCA-1098~9]
Devil May Cry 3 OST [CPCA-10112~4]
Devil May Cry 4 OST [SE-2033-2]
Devil May Cry Dangerous Hits [CPCA-10172~3]
Devil May Cry ~ Dante's Selection [CAPJ-010823]
Final Fight GUY SPECIAL CD [CAPCOM-001]
G.S.M. Capcom 1 - Ghouls 'n Ghosts [D28B-0011]
G.S.M. Capcom 2 - Strider [D25B-1001]
G.S.M. Capcom 3 - Final Fight [PCCB-00030]
G.S.M. Capcom 4 - Street Fighter II [PCCB-00056]
G.S.M. Capcom 5 - Captain Commando [PCCB-00083]
G.S.M. Capcom 6 - Varth - Operation Thunder Storm [PCCB-00110]
G.S.M. Capcom 7 - Tenchi wo Kurau II - The Battle of Red Cliff [PCCB-00133]
Gargoyle's Quest Arrange Album [PCCB-00034]
Ghost Trick OST [CPCA-10216~7]
GHOSTS 'n GOBLINS MUSIC COLLECTION [CPCA-10128~34]
Ghouls 'n Ghosts HOMEBREW [SuperGrafx]
Ghouls 'n Ghosts BONUS TRACKS [Saturn]
GigaWing OST [CPCA-1026]
GOD TRACKS! (Soundtrack to GOD HAND)
Gyakuten Saiban 1 OST [CPCA-1087]
Gyakuten Saiban 2 OST [CPCA-1088]
Gyakuten Saiban 3 OST [CPCA-1089]
Gyakuten Saiban Bonus Disc [CPCA-1090T]
Hyper Street Fighter II ~The Starting Over~ Remix Tracks [INDV-0104]
Mars Matrix & Giga Wing 2 OST [CPCA-1050~1]
Marusa no Onna Arrange Album [PCCB-00005]
Mega Man 10 - Threat from Outer Space!! Original Soundtrack [INTIR-016]
Mega Man 10 Image Soundtrack [INTIR-017]
Mega Man 2 The Power Fighters [VICL-2173]
Mega Man 9 Arrange Album [INTIR-014]
Mega Man 9 OST [INTIR-013]
Mega Man Battle & Chase [VICL-60065~6]
Mega Man Famicom Series Arrange Album Rockman Kai Arrange shitemita!! [CPCA-10221]
Mega Man Inti Bonus Disc Vol.1 [INTIP-001]
Mega Man Rock Arrange [KDSD-00173]
Mega Man Special Vol. 1 [CAPCOM-003]
Mega Man Special Vol. 2 [CAPCOM-005]
Mega Man Techno Arrange [KDSD-00174]
Mega Man The Power Battle Arcade OST [SRCL-3451]
Mega Man X - Alph Lyla with Toshiaki Ohtsubo [SRCL-2828]
Mega Man Zero 1 Remastered Tracks [INTIR-001]
Mega Man Zero 2 Remastered Tracks - Idea [INTIR-002+3]
Mega Man Zero 3 Remastered Tracks - Telos [INTIR-004+5]
Mega Man Zero 4 Remastered Tracks - Physis [INTIR-006+7]
MEGA MAN ZERO COLLECTION SOUNDTRACK - r‚sonnant vie - [INTIR-021]
Mega Man Zero Remastered Tracks - Mythos [INTIR-018]
Mega Man ZX Advent - ZXA Tunes [INTIR-010~011]
Mega Man ZX Soundsketch ZX GIGAMIX [INTIR-012]
Mega Man ZX Tunes [INTIR-008+9]
Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album [CPCA-1060]
Onimusha 2 OST [CPCA-1059]
Onimusha 3 OST [CPCA-1085~6]
Onimusha Blade Warriors OST [CPCA-1084]
Onimusha OST [CPCA-1048~9]
Resident Evil 2 OST [CPCA-1001]
Resident Evil 4 Soundtrack Book [CPCA-10126~7]
Resident Evil 5 OST [CPCA-10198~20]
Resident Evil Orchestra Album [CPCA-1034]
RESIDENT EVIL SOUND CHRONICLE BEST TRACK BOX [CPCA-10104~9]
Resident Evil Soundtrack Remix [TYCY-5511]
Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams Special Pack OST [CPCA-10162~5]
Street Fighter Alpha 2 OST [VIZL-24]
Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST [CPCA-1012~3]
Street Fighter Alpha OST [SRCL-3297]
Street Fighter Artist Album [CPCA-1015]
Street Fighter II - Chun Li Flying Legend [TOCT-6542]
Street Fighter II - Mad Revenger [TOCT-6802]
Street Fighter II - Portrait of the Magician [TOCT-8088]
Street Fighter II Alph Lyla with Yuji Toriyama [SRCL-2857]
Street Fighter II Complete File [CAPCOM-004]
Street Fighter II Image Album [PCCB-00075]
Street Fighter II Instrumental Version [PCCB-00114]
Street Fighter II Vocal Album [PCCB-00103]
Street Fighter IV OST [CPCA-10201~2]
Street Fighter Tribute Album [CPCA-1083]
Strider 2 OST [CPCA-1035]
Sweet Home Arrange Album [PCCB-00016]
U.N. Squadron [PCCB-00018]
Ultimate Ecology [GCD-2]
Viewtiful Joe + Viewtiful Joe 2 Original Soundtrack [CPCA-10102~3]
War-Zard [VICL-40197~8]

CAVE / 1994

Akai Katana OST [CVST-0018]
Akai Katana Shin Arrange Album [CVAS-008]
Cave no Uta Compilation Image Song Album [CVST-0997]
Deathsmiles Arrange Album [CVAS-005]
Deathsmiles IIX Music Pack Contents OST [CVST-0017]
Deathsmiles IIX OST [CVST-0016]
Deathsmiles OST [CVST-0008]
Deathsmiles Premium Arrange Album ~ Manabu Namiki Selection [CVST-0009]
DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu Arrange Album [CVAS-006]
DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu BLACK LABEL [CVST-0012]
DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu iPhone, iPod touch OST [CVIS-0001]
DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu OST [CVST-0010]
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou & ESPGALUDA -Perfect remix- [SRIN-1012]
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou EXTRA [FPBD-0154]
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou [arrange album] [CVAS-002]
DoDonPachi I & II OST [SCDC-00126]
DonPachi [PCCB-00184]
ESPGaluda II BLACK LABEL [CVST-0013]
ESPGaluda II OST [CVST-0004]
ESPGaluda OST [CVST-0001]
Guwange Arrange Album [CVAS-004]
Guwange ESP Ra.De. [CVST-1000]
Guwange OST [CVAS-004-2]
IBARA OST [CVST-0003]
Ketsui ~Cutting the Bonds of Hell~ & DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou OST's [CVST-0000]
Ketsui ~Cutting the Bonds of Hell~ BLACK LABEL [CVAS-007]
Ketsui ~Cutting the Bonds of Hell~ EXTRA [FPBD-0154]
Ketsui ~Cutting the Bonds of Hell~ [Arrange Album] [CVAS-001]
Muchi Muchi Pork! OST [CVST-0007]
Muchi Muchi Pork! W OST [CVST-0019-1]
Mushihimesama Double Arrange Album [CVAS-003]
Mushihimesama Futari OST [CVST-0006]
Mushihimesama Futari Ver. 1.5 EXTRA TRACK [Xbox 360]
Mushihimesama OST [CVST-0002]
NIN^2-JUMP Sound Track ~ AKAI KATANA FM Sound Collection [CVST-0020]
Pink Sweets W OST [CVST-0019-2]
Pink Sweets ~After Ibara~ OST [CVST-0005]
THE LUNATIC - IBARA REMIX TRACKS [INDV-0111]
THE SECOND APOCALYPSE - Ketsui ~Cutting the Bonds of Hell~ PERFECT [INDV-0106]
THE SECRET LOVER - Mushihimesama REMIX TRACKS [INDV-0107]

CHUNSOFT / 1984 & ENIX / 1975

Angelus ~The Gospel on Evil~ [BY30-5205]
Dark Half OST [SRCL-3595]
Dragon Quest I & II Symphonic Suite Remastered [SVWC-7062]
Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite [BY30-5121]
Dragon Quest I TMSO [SVWC-7457]
Dragon Quest I, II, III in Brass [BY30-5201]
Dragon Quest II Symphonic Suite [BY30-5136]
Dragon Quest II TMSO [SVWC-7246]
Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite Remastered [SVWC-7063]
Dragon Quest III TMSO [SVWC-7247]
Dragon Quest IV in Brass [APCG-4007]
Dragon Quest IV Live in Concert 2002 [SVWC-7169~70]
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite Remastered [SVWC-7064]
Dragon Quest IV TMSO [SVWC-7252]
Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito Synthesizer & Original Soundtrack [KICA-1460~1]
Dragon Quest Jipangu World [APCG-4011]
Dragon Quest V Symphonic Suite Remastered [SVWC-7065]
Dragon Quest V TMSO [SVWC-7313]
Dragon Quest VI Symphonic Suite Remastered [SVWC-7066]
Dragon Quest VI TMSO [SVWC-7369]
Dragon Quest VII Symphonic Suite & OST [SVWC-7052~3]
Dragon Quest VII TMSO [SVWC-7403]
Dragon Quest VIII TMSO [SVWC-7261]
Dragon Quest ~ Loula [PSCR-5009]
Dragon Quest ~ String Quartet [SVWC-7302~3]
Dragon Quest ~ Symphonic Suite ~ Live Best [SRCL-2735]
Furai no Shiren Special Collection [WWCE-31061~3]
Kamaitachi no Yoru 2 OST [WPCV-10191]
Kamaitachi no Yoru OST [KTCR-1293]
Kamaitachi no Yoru Special Arrange Pack [FSCA-10069]
Koichi Sugiyama - Melodies of Game Music [APCG-9002]
Misty Blue [ALCA-123]
Music From Jesus - The Fearful Bio Monster [276A-7701]
Mysterious Dungeon 2 Fuurai's Test Special Arrange Version [KTCR-1363]
Personal Computer Music Jesus ~ Gandhara ~ Wingman 2 [BY30-5169]
Torneko's Great Adventure Suite ~Musical Chemistry~ [SRCL-2731]

CLIMAX ENTERTAINMENT / 1990

Blue Stinger Original Soundtrack [COCX-30238]
Dark Savior OST [VICL-8193]
Lady Stalker Arrange Album [VPCG-84253]
Landstalker ~The Emperor's Treasure~ [VICL-5179]
Shining and the Darkness [TOCT-6169]

DATA EAST / 1976

Back in the Gamadelic!! ~Data East Arrange Album~ [SCDC-00551~2]
Crude Buster - Midnight Resistance [PCCB-00039]
Dark Seal II [PCCB-00089]
Dark Seal [PCCB-00048]
Data East Game Music [28XA-205]
DECO History - Data East Game Music Scene One [H25X-20008]
Doukoku...The Four Season [MJCA-00020]
Dragon Gun [PCCB-00117]
Dunk Dream & Gun Hard [PCCB-00173]
Edward Randy & Super Burger Time [PCCB-00061]
Fighter's History Dynamite & Wind Jammers [PCCB-00149]
G.S.M. Data East 1 [D25B-1002]
Glory of Heracles ~ Greece Reminiscences [DC-0126]
Hercules' Honor II - Titan's Downfall [PCCB-00021]
Magical Drop & Dunk Dream '95 [PCCB-00195]
Magical Drop 2 OST [PCCB-00217]
Magical Drop 3 OST [PCCBX-00002]
Miracle Adventure & Fighting Cavemen 3 ~ Starring Joe & Mac [PCCB-00146]
Mutant Fighter - Death Blade OST [PCCB-00078]
Night Slashers - Flower Busters [PCCB-00142]
Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty [PCCB-00180]
Skull Fang & Avengers in Galactic Storm [PCCB-00205]
Tantei Jinguji Saburo - Innocent Black OST [KOLA-003]
Tantei Jinguji Saburo Inishie no Kioku Original Sound Track [STF-0021~4]
Tantei Jinguji Saburo Yume no Owari ni 10th Anniversary Special Album [PCCB-00333]
Thunder Zone [PCCB-00068]
Vapor Trail [PCCB-00027]
Wolf Fang & Tumblepop [PCCB-00084]

DREAM FACTORY / 1995

Ehrgeiz OST [SSCX-10025]
The Bouncer OST [SSCX-10049~50]
Tobal 2 OST [SSCX-10007]
Tobal No. 1 OST [SSCX-10001]
Tobal No. 1 Remixes - Electrical Indian [SSCX-10002]

EIGHTING/RAIZING / 1993

Armed Police Batrider HOMEBREW [Arcade (Raizing-Eighting, 1998)]
Battle Bakraid (1999) [SGCD-0008]
BLOODY ROAR 2 -Bringer of the New Age- HOMEBREW [PlayStation]
Bloody Roar 3 OST [SCDC-00082]
Bloody Roar 4 Original Soundtrack [DECX-0010]
Bloody Roar Original Arcade Soundtrack [WSCA-00007]
Dragon Quest - Swords Wii OST [SVWC-7485]
Great Mahou Daisakusen Original Soundtrack [CPCA-1041]
Mahou Daisakusen [GCD-3]
Terra Diver Remastered OST [BSPE-1032]
THE MADNESS - BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK [INDV-0101]

FALCOM / 1981

All Over Xanadu [BY30-5170]
All Sounds of Sorcerian [H30X-20006]
Brandish -The Dark Revenant- [NW10102800]
Brandish FM Towns [BR-OST-FR1]
Brandish Perfect Collection [KICA-1102]
Brandish Piano Collection [KICA-1153]
Brandish REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Brandish ~Renewal~ PC-98 [BR-OST-FR2]
Celceta - Rie Sugimoto [KICS-105]
Dinosaur Resurrection OST [NW10102530]
Falcom Classics [KICA-1201]
Falcom Ending Collection [KICA-1133]
Falcom Game Music [28XA-179]
Falcom Namba Collection [KICA-1056]
Falcom Neo Classic - From Studios in London City [KICA-1114~5]
Falcom Neo Classic Rehearsal Version [8SSX-10001]
Falcom Special Box '89 [NW10102220~30]
Falcom Special Box '90 [169A-7717~19]
Falcom Special Box '91 [KICA-9001~3]
Falcom Special Box '92 [KICA-9009~11]
Falcom Special Box '93 [KICA-9012~5]
Falcom Special Box 2004 [NFA0134]
Falcom Vocal Collection IV [KICA-1179]
Feena - Shoko Minami [NW10102310]
Genso Sangokushi II Super Arrange Version [GS2-SAV]
Gurumin Original Sound Track [GRMOST-1~2]
Heal Ring ~Ring of Tranquility~ Rie Sugimoto [KICS-230]
J.D.K. Band 1 [KICA-1019]
J.D.K. Band 2 - Dark Fact's Counterattack [KICA-1035]
J.D.K. Band 3 - Vocal Special [KICA-1128]
J.D.K. Band 4 - Ys IV vs. The Legend of Xanadu [KICA-1141]
J.D.K. Band Spring 2008 [NW10102770]
J.D.K. Band Summer 2010 [NW10102830]
Lilia ~from Ys~ [KICA-132]
Midori Kawana Sings Ys [KICA-9031]
Music From Brandish 2 - The Planet Buster [KICA-1125]
Music From Brandish 3 [KICA-1157~8]
Music From Dinosaur [KICA-1030]
Music From Star Trader [276A-7702]
Music From The Legend of Heroes III [KICA-1146~7]
Music From Ys II Renewal [KICA-1177]
Music From Ys II [K32X-7704]
Music From Ys III [276A-7715]
Music From Ys Renewal [KICA-1168]
Music From Ys [K30X-7701]
Original Sound of Xanadu Vs Ys -MSX Version- [KHY-1028]
Plus Mix Version [150A-7712]
Popful Mail Paradise 1 [KICA-1150]
Popful Mail Paradise 2 [KICA-1156]
Popful Mail Paradise 3 [KICA-1161]
Popful Mail Paradise 4 [KICA-1164]
Popful Mail Paradise 5 [KICA-1169]
Popful Mail Sound Box '94 [KICA-1148~9]
Popful Mail Super Arrange [KICA-9022]
Popful Mail The Next Generation II [KICA-1195]
Popful Mail The Next Generation [KICA-1184]
Preprimer - M. Fujisawa & Pre Project [KICA-1018]
Preprimer II - M. Fujisawa & Pre Project [KICA-1031]
Provincialism Ys [KICA-1051]
Sorcerian Forever I [KICA-1183]
Sorcerian Forever II [KICA-1185]
Sorcerian Forever MIDI Piano [KICA-1196]
Sorcerian Perfect Collection Vol. 1 [KICA-1033~4]
Sorcerian Perfect Collection Vol. 2 [KICA-1037~8]
Sorcerian Perfect Collection Vol. 3 [KICA-1039~40]
Sorcerian Super Arrange Version II [NW10102250]
Sorcerian Super Arrange Version III [NW10102260]
Sorcerian Super Arrange Version [NW10102240]
Sound Fantasy Romancia [BY30-5176]
Symphony Gagharv Trilogy [NW10102450]
Symphony Sorcerian [276A-7707]
Symphony Ys '95 [KICA-1160]
Symphony Ys 21st Century [NFO-2033]
Symphony Ys [K32X-7710]
Tarako Pappara Paradise [KICA-1170]
The Legend of Dragon Slayers [H32X-20012]
The Legend of Heroes II Perfect Collection [KICA-1117~8]
The Legend of Heroes II REDBOOK [PC Engine]
The Legend of Heroes III - The Legend [KICA-1159]
The Legend of Heroes III - The Mysterious Lake [KICA-1163]
The Legend of Heroes III - The White Witch [KICA-1155]
The Legend of Heroes III Electric Orchestra [NW10102430]
The Legend of Heroes III J.D.K. Special Vol. 1 [KICA-1197]
The Legend of Heroes III J.D.K. Special Vol. 2 [KICA-1198]
The Legend of Heroes III Symphonic Fantasy 'White Witch' [NW10102510]
The Legend of Heroes IV - A Tear of Vermillion OST [NW10102380]
The Legend of Heroes IV - The 1st Chapter [KICA-1190]
The Legend of Heroes IV Electric Orchestra [KICA-1188]
The Legend of Heroes IV MIDI Special [KICA-1186~7]
The Legend of Heroes IV Running Red Blood [KICA-1180]
The Legend of Heroes J.D.K. Special [KICA-1110~1]
The Legend of Heroes Perfect Collection [KICA-1003~4]
The Legend of Heroes Piano Collection [KICA-1194]
The Legend of Heroes REDBOOK [PC Engine]
The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki Original Sound Track [NW10102550]
The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki SC Original Sound Track [NW10102680]
The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki Super Arrange Version [NW10102700]
The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki the 3rd Original Sound Track [NW10102750]
The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki Vocal Version [NW10102690]
The Legend of Heroes Symphonic Poem Vol. 1 [KICA-1101]
The Legend of Heroes Symphonic Poem Vol. 2 [KICA-1113]
The Legend of Heroes V OST [NW10102320~30]
The Legend of Heroes Zero no Kiseki OST [NW10102870]
The Legend of Heroes Zero no Kiseki SUPER ARRANGE VERSION [NW10102880]
The Legend of Xanadu II - The Heroine's Birthday [KICA-1167]
The Legend of Xanadu II OST & Arrange [KICA-1166]
The Legend of Xanadu II PSG Sound Source [KICA-1165]
The Legend of Xanadu J.D.K. Special [KICA-1138]
The Legend of Xanadu Super Arrange from Special Box '94 [KICA-9021]
The Legend of Xanadu Super Arrange Version [KICA-1143]
The Songs of Zemeth ~Instrumental Only~ [SOZ-INST]
The Songs of Zemeth ~Ys VI Vocal Version~ [NW10102640]
The Vocal from Ys + Surround Theater Sorcerian & Plus Mix Version [NW10102280]
The Vocal From Ys [150A-7710]
Unpublished Music - Ys & Ys II Eternal, Legend of Heroes IV [NW10102400]
Vantage Master - Mystic Far East OST [NW10102500]
Vantage Master OST [NW10102760-2]
Vantage Master Portable OST [NW10102760-1]
Wanderers From Ys X68000 Original Sound Track
Xanadu Anthem EP [K07S-7085]
Xanadu Next OST [NW10102710]
Ys - The Oath in Felghana Perfect Collection [NW10102650]
Ys -THE OATH IN FELGHANA- jdk SPECIAL [YSF-JDKSP]
Ys and Ys II Eternal OST [NW10102390]
Ys Dramatic Concert [KICA-1029]
Ys Healing [NW10102490]
Ys Heaven's Sanctuary -J.D.K. Band- [NW10102410]
Ys Heaven's Sanctuary -J.D.K. Electric Orchestra- [NW10102420]
Ys I & II Chronicles [NW10102810]
Ys I & II REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Ys I Perfect Collection [KICA-1012~3]
Ys II Perfect Collection [KICA-1014~5]
Ys III J.D.K. Special [KICA-1002]
Ys III Perfect Collection [KICA-1021~2]
Ys III REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Ys III Super Arrange Version [276A-7716]
Ys IV J.D.K. Special Part II [KICA-9025]
Ys IV J.D.K. Special [KICA-1137]
Ys IV Perfect Collection Vol. 1 [KICA-1139]
Ys IV Perfect Collection Vol. 2 [KICA-1140]
Ys IV Perfect Collection Vol. 3 [KICA-1144]
Ys IV REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Ys Origin Soundtrack [NW10102720]
Ys Origin Super Arrange Version [NW10102740]
Ys Piano Collection 2 [KICA-1142]
Ys Piano Collection [KICA-1130]
Ys Seven OST [NW10102820]
Ys V Image Album [KICA-1172]
Ys V Orchestra Version [KICA-1178]
Ys V OST [KICA-1175~6]
Ys VI OST [NW10102630]
Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga Collective Music Files
Zwei!! Original Sound Track 2008 [NW10102790]
Zwei!! OST [NW10102480]
Zwei!! Super Arrange Version [NW10102540]
ZWEI2 Original Soundtrack [NW10102780]

FROM SOFTWARE / 1986

Armored Core 2 OST [ABCA-69]
Armored Core 3 OST [SVWC-7136]
Armored Core 3 Silent Line OST [SSCX-10085]
Armored Core 4 Original Soundtrack [SVWC-7425]
Armored Core For Answer [SVWC-7540]
Armored Core Last Raven Original Soundtrack [SVWC-7278]
Armored Core Nexus OST [SVWC-7195~6]
Armored Core Nexus OST [SVWC-7311~2]
Armored Core Original Best Track [ABCA-40]
Eternal Ring OST [ABCA-62]
Evergrace Original Soundtrack [ABCA-66]
Historic FF - Armored Core Formula Front Official Sound Track [ACFFCD]
Ninja Blade Original Soundtrack [XQEF-1003~4]

GAME ARTS / 1985

Grandia Arrange Version ~Vent~ [KICA-5004]
Grandia II ~Deus~ [TRCD-10013]
Grandia II ~Povo~ [TRCD-10014]
Grandia III ~original sound tracks~ [TRCD-10048~9]
Grandia Vol. 1 [KICA-5002~3]
Grandia Vol. 2 [KICA-5013~4]
Grandia Xtreme OST [TRCD-10020]
Gungriffon 2 Original Sound Tracks Full Version [COCC-15140]
Gungriffon Blaze HOMEBREW [PlayStation 2]
Lunar Songs 1 ~Legend of the Blue Star~ [TYCY-5537]
Lunar Songs 2 ~Memories of the Revived Earth~ [TYCY-5538]
Lunar the Silver Star [TOCT-6459]
Silpheed Official Game Music Sound [TYCY-5338]

GENKI / 1990

Shutokou Battle 01 Original Soundtrack [LACA-5213]
Shutokou Battle 2 Original Soundtrack [ABCA-65]
Shutokou Battle Original Sound Track [ABCA-17]
Shutokou Battle Original Soundtrack [ABCA-4]
Shutokou Battle R Original Game Soundtrack 'Endless Highway' [PSCR-9106]
Shutokou Battle ZERO Original Soundtrack [ABCA-74]
Shutokou Highway Battle 1,2 & 0 HOMEBREW [Playstation]

GLODIA / 1986

All Sounds of Ragnarokkr [DPCX-5045]
All Sounds of Zavas [H28X-10004]
Bible Master 2 [POCH-2212]
Emerald Dragon - Electric Shock CD Library EX [MWCG-0016]
Emerald Dragon - Electric Shock CD Library [MWCG-0006]
Glodia Music Vol. 1 - All Sounds of Emerald Dragon [PSCX-1044]
Glodia Music Vol. 2 - All Sounds of Vain Dream [PSCX-1047]
Glodia Premium CD Single Vol.3 [N-A]
Ragnarokkr - Feria ~ Dreams Come True With Love [DPDX-5013]
Vain Dream II + Die BahnWelt Full Arrange Version [DPCX-5043]
Voice From Emerald Dragon [DPCX-5055]

GUST / 1993

Atelier Elie Unknown origin [KDSD-10005~6]
Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA 2 Arranged Tracks - RED LUCIFER RISING [KDSD-10017]
Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA 2 OST [KDSD-10007~8]
Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA Arranged Tracks - DECEITFUL WINGS [KDSD-10011]
Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA OST [KDSD-10001~2]
Atelier Iris Grand Fantasm OST [KDSD-10015~16]
Atelier Rorona OST [KDSD-10038~9 ]

IGUANA ENTERTAINMENT / 1991

Turok 2 - Seeds of Evil Full Sound Version [MJCA-00063]
Turok 2 Seeds Of Evil - Les Remixes Officiels
Turok Dinosaur Hunter HOMEBREW [N64]
Turok Dinosaur Hunter Official Remixes [ACCD1]
Turok Dinosaur Hunter REDBOOK [PC]

IMAGE EPOCH / 2005

7th Dragon DS Version [VGCD-0160]
7th Dragon FM Version [VGCD-0160]
7th Dragon Super Arrange Version [VGCD-0167]
Arc Rise Fantasia OST [KDSD-00344~6]
Criminal Girls OST [VGCD-0206]
Fate Extra Limited Sound Track [N-A]
Last Ranker Limited Soundtrack [CPDA-10065]
Last Ranker OST [CPCA-10218~9]
Luminous Arc 2 will OST [MJCD-20125]
Luminous Arc 3 EYES OST [KDSD-00347~8]
Luminous Arc OST [MJCD-20089]

IREM / 1974

Dragon Breed [PCCB-00006]
Image Fight -G.S.M. IREM 1- [D28B-0012]
Ninja Spirit [15A3-3]
Pound For Pound & Kengo [PCCB-00049]
R-Type Delta OST [PCCB-00359]
R-Type II -G.S.M. IREM 2- [PCCB-00017]
R-Type Special [VICL-8077]
R-Type ~ Irem Game Music [28XA-199]
Undercover Cops [VICL-5180]

JALECO / 1974

E.D.F. ~ Earth Defense Force [PCCB-00058]
Game Sound Jaleco -G.S.M. JALECO 1- [D28B-0003]
Plus Alpha [PCCB-00015]
Rod Land [PCCB-00028]

KOEI / 1978

2 Shinhou - Eiji Fukuzawa & His Family [KECH-1026]
Bandit Kings of Ancient China Arrange Album [H29E-20003]
Dynasty Warriors 1 OST [KECH-1111]
Dynasty Warriors 2 OST [KECH-1207]
Dynasty Warriors 3 OST [KECH-1206]
Dynasty Warriors 4 OST [KECH-1233~4]
Gemfire Arrange Album [KECH-1015]
Genghis Khan Arrange Album [H29E-20002]
Genghis Khan II - Clan of the Grey Wolf Arrange Album [KECH-1029]
Inindo - Way of the Ninja Arrange Album [KECH-1014]
Kessen II OST [KECH-1189]
Kessen OST [KECH-1167]
Keys of the City - Leading Company Arrange Album [KECH-1006]
KOEI Original BGM Collection Vol.12 Sangokushi IV - Pacific Theater of Operations II [KECH-1079]
KOEI Original BGM Collection Vol.3 Sangokushi II - Ishin no Arashi [KECH-1001]
KOEI Original BGM Collection Vol.5 Super Nobunaga's Ambition Super Sangokushi II [KECH-1023]
KOEI Original BGM Collection Vol.7 Sangokushi III - Super Royal Blood [KECH-1032]
KOEI Original BGM Collection Vol.9 Operation Europe - Super Genghis Khan [KECH-1049]
L'Empereur Arrange Album [KECH-1004]
Nobunaga's Ambition 2 Arrange Album [H29E-20001]
Nobunaga's Ambition 3 Arrange Album [KECH-1007]
Nobunaga's Ambition 4 Arrange Album [KECH-1033]
Nobunaga's Ambition 5 Arrange Album [KECH-1077]
Nobunaga's Ambition National Edition Romance of the Three Kingdoms [H29E-20005]
Operation Europe Arrange Album [KECH-1017]
Pacific Theatre of Operations Arrange Album [H29E-20006]
Pacific Theatre of Operations II Arrange Album [KECH-1055]
Pacific Theatre of Operations III Arrange Album [KECH-1101]
Rise of the Phoenix Arrange Album [KECH-1040]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms - Eiketsuden [KECH-1062]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms II Arrange Album [H29E-20009]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms III Arrange Album [KECH-1022]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms IV Arrange Album [KECH-1057]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms IV Cyber Electric Version [KECH-1075]
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms V Arrange Album [KECH-1095]
Saiyuki - Journey West OST [KECH-1164]
Samurai Warriors OST [KECH-1262~63]
Storm of the Meiji Restoration Arrange Album [H29E-20004]
Taikou Risshiden Arrange Album [KECH-1024]
The Gate of Souls ~ From Dante's Divine Comedy [KECH-1025]
Uncharted Waters Arrange Album [KECH-1002]
Uncharted Waters II Arrange Album [KECH-1036]
Winning Post 2 Arrange Album [KECH-1076]
Winning Post Arrange Album [KECH-1070]

KONAMI / 1969

7 Blades OST [KMCA-85]
A.P.J. Labyrinthos [KOLA-005]
Axelay OST [KICA-7606]
Battle the Best Perfect Selection {KICA-1189}
Broken Helix OST [KICA-7839]
Busou Shinki BATTLE MASTERS Original Soundtrack [LC-1797]
C - The Contra Adventure REDBOOK [Playstation]
Castlevania 1, 2, 3 Famicom OST's [KICA-7901]
Castlevania 64 OST [KICA-7942]
Castlevania Adventure & Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge OST's [KICA-7903]
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow OST [LC-1453]
Castlevania Best Music Collections BOX - Disc 18 [GFCA-212]
Castlevania Bloodlines OST [KICA-7623]
Castlevania Chronicles OST & Arrange [KMCA-104~5]
Castlevania Circle of the Moon & Harmony of Dissonance [KMCA-162]
Castlevania Curse of Darkness OST [GFCA-34~35]
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow OST [LC-1454]
Castlevania Dracula Battle II Perfect Selection [KICA-1162]
Castlevania Dracula Battle Perfect Selection [KICA-1145]
Castlevania Dracula Perfect Selection [KICA-1036]
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles OST [LC1609]
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles Rondo of Blood [LC1610]
Castlevania Dracula X HOMEBREW [SNES] INCOMPLETE & NOT EDITED
Castlevania Dracula X Nocturne in the Moonlight BONUS TRACKS [Saturn]
Castlevania Dracula X Rondo of Blood OST [KICA-7622]
Castlevania Dracula ~New Classic~ Perfect Selection [KICA-1103]
Castlevania Harmony of Despair OST [LC-1960]
Castlevania II HOMEBREW [NES]
Castlevania III HOMEBREW [NES]
Castlevania IV OST [KICA-7902]
Castlevania Judgment OST [GFCA-153]
Castlevania Lament of Innocence Limited Edition Music Sampler
Castlevania Lament of Innocence OST [GFCA-32~33]
Castlevania MIDI Collection [KICA-7809]
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia [LC-1713~14]
Castlevania Oretachi Game Center Akumajo Dracula Music CD [HOGC-0015]
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin Full Sound Version [LC-1542]
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin OST [LC-1541]
Castlevania Symphony of the Night OST [KICA-7760]
Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth & Contra -ReBirth- Original Soundtrack [LC-1850]
Castlevania Tribute Vol. 1 [LC-1957]
Castlevania Tribute Vol. 2 [LC-1958]
COMPOSERS [LC-1859]
Concerto ~ Mitsumete Knight [KICA-7893]
Contra - Legacy of War REDBOOK [Playstation]
Contra 3 OST & Arrange [KICA-7604]
Contra 4 OST HOMEBREW [DS] MP3
Contra Shattered Soldier OST [KOLA-016]
Crypt Killer OST [KICA-7693]
Detana!! Twinbee Arrange & OST [KICA-7503]
Elder Gate OST [KMCA-61]
Enthusia ~Professional Racing~ OST [LC-1354~55]
Esper Dream Memorial Best [KICA-7603]
F-1 Spirit + F-1 Spirit ~ 3D Special [140A-7706]
Flame of Recca FINAL BURNING OST [VW224-J1]
Ganbare Goemon ~Deroderodochu Obake Tenkomori~ OST [KICA-7943]
Genso Suikogaiden Vol. 1 - Swordsman of Harmonia OST [KMCA-75]
Genso Suikogaiden Vol. 2 - Last Duel at the Crystal Valley OST [KMCA-97]
Gradius Arcade Soundtrack [KMCA-155~56]
Gradius Gaiden OST [KICA-7817]
Gradius II Gofer's Ambition MSX OST [140A-7705]
Gradius II Space Odyssey [BY30-5202]
Gradius III OST [KICA-1001]
Gradius III Symphonic Poetry [KICA-1010]
Gradius in Classic I [KICA-7624]
Gradius in Classic II [KICA-1135]
Gradius IV OST [KICA-7947]
Gradius Perfect Selection Vol. 2 [KICA-1112]
Gradius Perfect Selection [KICA-1048]
GRADIUS ReBirth Original Soundtrack [LC-1741]
Gradius Suite Fantasia [BY30-5207]
Gradius Tribute [SCDC-00530]
GRADIUS ULTIMATE COLLECTION [LC-1949~56 ]
Gungage OST [KMCA-19]
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Power Pro Music Stadium 2 [KOLA-054~5]
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Power Pro Music Stadium [KOLA-010~1]
Konami All Stars - The Senryo Bako Heisei 4 Nen Ban [KICA-1053~55]
Konami All Stars 1993 - Music Station of Dreams [KICA-9016~18]
Konami Amusement Sounds '93 Autumn - Martial Champion [KICA-7620~1]
Konami Amusement Sounds '93 Summer - GAIAPOLIS [KICA-7617~7]
Konami Ending Collection [KICA-1046~7]
Konami Famicom Music Memorial Best Vol. 1 [140A-7709]
Konami Famicom Music Memorial Best Vol. 2 [KICA-1007]
Konami Famicom Music Memorial Best Vol. 3 [KICA-1023]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 0 [276A-7708]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 1 [K30X-7705]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 2 [KICA-1016]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 3 [KICA-7502]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 4 [KICA-7505]
Konami Game Music Collection Vol. 5 [KICA-7605]
Konami Game Music Remix Series Vol.1 Dracula X Remixies [KICA-7801]
Konami Game Music Special [28XA-214]
Konami Game Music Vol. 2 [SCDC-00060]
Konami Game Music Vol. 4 [28XA-201]
Konami GM Hits Factory I [KICA-1122]
Konami GM Hits Factory II [KICA-1131]
Konami Special Music Golden Treasure Chest 1990 [220A-7721~3]
Konami Special Music Golden Treasure Chest 1991 [KICA-9005~7]
Konamic Game Freaks [SCDC-00465]
Kukeiha Club [KICA-7912]
Kukeiha Club ~ Hope [KICA-7625]
Lagrange Point OST & Arrange [KICA-1028]
Lightning Legend OST [KICA-7750]
Live Chattering Parodius ~Forever with Me~ OST [KICA-7730]
Metal Gear - Solid Snake [KICA-7929]
Metal Gear 20th Anniversary ~ Metal Gear Music Collection [GFCA-53]
Metal Gear Solid 2 OST - The Other Side [KMCA-144]
Metal Gear Solid 2 OST [KMCA-127]
Metal Gear Solid 3 OST [KOLA-089~90]
Metal Gear Solid OST [KICA-7895]
MIDI Power Pro1, 2, 3 Wingroove Conversions
MIDI Power Pro2 ~Twinbee Yahoo! & Salamander 2~ [KICA-7708]
MIDI Power Pro3 ~Policenauts~ [KICA-7729]
MIDI Power Pro4 ~Tokimeki Memorial~ [KICA-7791]
MIDI Power Pro5 ~Salamander~ [KICA-7837]
MIDI Power Pro6 ~Castlevania - Symphony of the Night~ [KICA-7928]
MIDI Power Pro7 ~Gradius~ [KMCA-5]
MIDI Power ver. 1.0 [KICA-7907]
MIDI Power ver. 2.0 [KICA-7908]
MIDI Power ver. 3.0 [KICA-7615]
MIDI Power ver. 4.0 [KICA-7634]
MIDI Power ver. 5.0 [KICA-7645]
Mitsumete Knight Original Game Soundtrack [KICA-7865~6]
Mouryou Senki Madara 2 OST [KICA-7619]
Mouryou Senki Madara 2 Sound Fantasia [KICA-7618]
Mouryou Senki Madara Arrange Album #2 [KICA-1025]
Mouryou Senki Madara OST [KICA-1024]
Mouryou Senki Madara Special [KICA-7504]
Mouryou Senki Madara [KICA-1008]
Neo Contra -Music Box- HOMEBREW [Playstation 2]
Neo Contra Original Soundtrack [LC-2028]
Okami Kakushi OST [LC-1696]
Otomedius OST [LC-1852~4]
OZ OST [GFCA-3~4]
Parodius -From Myth to Comic- Perfect Selection [KICA-1032]
Parodius! -From Myth to Comic- OST [KICA-1011]
Policenauts FN [KICA-7724]
Policenauts OST [KICA-7653]
Pop 'n Twinbee Arrange Version [KICA-7613]
Pop 'n Twinbee Graffiti [KICA-7614]
Rain drops Nekomata Master [LC-1756]
Ring of Red OST [KMCA-72]
Salamander 2 OST [KICA-7695]
Salamander Arcade Soundtrack [KOLA-030]
Salamander Pro Fusion [KICA-7702]
Salamander ~Again~ [KICA-7905]
SCC Memorial Series Snatcher -Joint Disk- [KICA-7607~9]
Sexy Parodius OST [KICA-7703]
Shiori Fujisaki Piano Collection [KICA-7854]
Shooting Battle II Perfect Selection [KICA-1171]
Shooting Battle Perfect Selection [KICA-1136]
Silent Hill 1 OST [KICA-7950]
Silent Hill 2 OST [KMCA-120]
Silent Hill 3 OST [KOLA-038]
Silent Hill 4 - The Room [LC1292~3]
SILENT HILL SOUNDS BOX [GFCA-243~251]
Snatcher & SD Snatcher Perfect Selection [KICA-1017]
Snatcher - Policenauts [KICA-7888]
Snatcher Battle Perfect Selection [KICA-1152]
Snatcher OST [276A-7713]
Snatcher Sound Clip
Snatcher Zoom Tracks [KICA-7906]
Solid Snake - Metal Gear 2 MSX [KICA-5701]
Sound Locomotive [KICS-212]
Sound Racing History Perfect Selection [KICA-1119]
Space Manbow from MSX [KICA-1006]
Suikoden 1 OST [KICA-7696~7]
Suikoden 2 Orrizonte [KMCA-57]
Suikoden 3 Music Collection ~Rustling Wind~ [KMCA-170]
Suikoden 4 OST [KOLA-102~3]
Suikoden 5 OST [GFCA-41~4]
Suikoden Asian Collection [KOLA-049]
Suikoden Celtic Collection 1 [KOLA-022]
Suikoden Celtic Collection 2 [KOLA-036]
Suikoden Celtic Collection 3 [KOLA-064]
Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Hiroyuki Namba [KMCA-107]
Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Kentaro Haneda [KMCA-143]
Suikoden Piano Collection 2 [KOLA-056]
Suikoden Piano Collection ~Avertunerio Antes Lance Mao~ [KOLA-017]
Suikoden Tierkreis Extra Soundtrack [LC-1758~60]
Suikoden Vocal Collection 1 [KMCA-163]
Suikoden Vocal Collection 2 [KOLA-018]
Thunder Cross [276A-7703]
Tobe! Polystars & Total Vice Original Soundtracks [KICA-7818]
Tokimeki Memorial - Forever With You OST [KICA-7675~6]
Tokimeki Memorial 2 Music Collection 1 [KMCA-92]
Tokimeki Memorial 2 Music Collection 2 [KMCA-93]
Tokimeki Memorial 4 OST [LC-1783~4]
Tokimeki Memorial Competition Puzzle Ball OST [KICA-7699]
Tokimeki Memorial Guitar Collection [KMCA-176]
Tokimeki Memorial MIDI Collection 1 [KICA-7765]
Tokimeki Memorial MIDI Collection 2 [KICA-7776]
Tokimeki Memorial Piano Collection 2 [KICA-7825]
Tokimeki Memorial Piano Collection [KICA-7707]
Tokimeki Memorial Pro Fusion [KICA-7873]
Tokimeki Memorial Sound Collection 1 [KICA-7644]
Tokimeki Memorial Sound Collection 2 [KICA-7701]
Tokimeki Memorial Sound Collection 3 [KICA-7706]
Tokimeki Memorial Sound Collection 4 [KICA-7749]
Tokimeki Memorial Vocal Best Collection [KICA-7681~2]
Twinbee Paradise -Music Box- [KICA-7639]
Twinbee Paradise 2 Sing! Praise! Laugh! Edition [KICA-7652]
Twinbee Paradise 3 Soundtrack Selection [KICA-7754]
Twinbee Paradise Sound Fantasia [KICA-7677]
Twinbee Perfect Selection [KICA-1057]
Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventure [KICA-7628~9]
Twinbee Vocal Paradise featuring MARIKO KOUDA [KICA-7692]
Twinbee Wars Puzzle Ball OST [KICA-7672]
Twinbee Yahoo! OST [KICA-7661]
Twinbee Yahoo! Pro Fusion [KICA-7669]
Ultra Parodius OST [KICA-7641]
Under the Blue Sky ~Include Gradius Arrange~ [KOLA-091]
Vandal Hearts OST [KICA-7725]
Vocalize ~ Mitsumete Knight [KICA-7870]
Wec Le Mans 24 [BY12-5027] MP3
Winbee Neo Cinema Club 1 ~Evergreen~ [KICA-7612]
Winbee Neo Cinema Club 2 ~Paradise~ [KICA-7642]
Winbee Neo Cinema Club 3 ~Tokimeki~ [KICA-7674]
Xexex Perfect Selection [KICA-1109]
XEXEX [KICA-7508]
XEXEX [KICA-7911]
Yajuh-Ohkoku ~ CANDY [KOLA-004]
Zone of the Enders - The 2nd Runner OST [KOLA-027]
Zone of the Enders Z.O.E. OST [KMCA-98]

LEVEL 5 / 1998

Dark Cloud 2 Premium Arrange [KDSD-00034]
Dark Cloud OST [SVWC-7072]
Professor Layton and the Curious Village OST [PKCF-1007]
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box OST [PKCF-1008]
Professor Layton and the Last Specter OST [PKCF-1017]
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future OST [PKCF-1009]
Rogue Galaxy OST [KICA-1382~3]
Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange [KDSD-00085]

MISTWALKER / 2004

Archaic Sealed Heat DS OST [SVWC-7504]
Archaic Sealed Heat Full Sound Versions [SVWC-7503]
Blue Dragon OST [SVWC-7428~9]
Lost Odyssey OST [SVWC-7514~5]
THE LAST STORY [DERP-10012~4]

MIXTURES/VARIETY

C64 - Back in Time II [C64CD2]
C64 - Back in Time III [No Catalog Number]
C64 - Back in Time [C64CD1]
C64 Orchestra - Run 10 [LC-09253]
Extra ~Official Compilation~ [VGCD-0087]
Famicom 20th Anniversary Vol. 1 [SCDC-00317]
Famicom 20th Anniversary Vol. 2 [SCDC-00318]
Famicom 20th Anniversary Vol. 3 [SCDC-00319]
Famicom Music Best Selection [SRCL-2476]
Game Music Festival ~Super Live '92~ [PCCB-00099]
Hyper Game Music Event 2007 EXTRA The Live Album Vol.1 [FVCG-1005]
Immortal 1 [RMCD001]
Immortal 2 [AKCD001]
Immortal 3 [AKCD002~3]
Immortal 4 [AKCD0004~5]
Orchestral Game Concert 1 [WPCL-560]
Orchestral Game Concert 2 [WPCL-709]
Orchestral Game Concert 3 [SRCL-2732]
Orchestral Game Concert 4 [SRCL-2736]
Orchestral Game Concert 5 [SRCL-2739]
PC88 Music CD [NKCD-464]
PIA-COM I [DERP-10005]
PIA-COM II [DERP-10006]
Super Famicom Magazine Volume 16 - Musical News Flash!! Final Fantasy VI [TIM-SFC16]
Super Famicom Magazine Volume 21 - New Game Sound Museum [TIM-SFC21]
Super Mega Drive Fan - Mega Drive Super Music Collection Vol.2 [TIM-SMD02]
Super Mega Drive Fan - Mega-CD Super Music Collection Vol.1 [TIM-SMD01]
Violin de Hitemita [SRIN-1063]
Yuzo Koshiro Best Collection Vol.1 [VGCD-0081]
Yuzo Koshiro Best Collection Vol.2 [VGCD-0092]
Yuzo Koshiro Early Collection Vol. 1 [ALCA-328]
Yuzo Koshiro Early Collection Vol. 2 [0041]

MONOLITH SOFT / 1999

Baten Kaitos II OST [KDSD-00096~98]
Baten Kaitos OST [KDSD-00024~25]
Soma Bringer OST [SBPS-0012~14]
Xenoblade OST [DERP-10008~11]
Xenosaga Episode I OST [SBPS-004~5]
Xenosaga Episode II Jenseits von Gut und B”se ~Movie Scene Soundtrack~ [VICL-61431~2]
Xenosaga Episode III Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Track [VICL-61975~6]

NAMCO / 1955

Ace Combat 2 Invitation [SCEG-765]
Ace Combat 2 OST [AC2-001~2]
Ace Combat 4 Shattered Skies OST [SCDC-00146]
Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War OST [KICA-1346~49]
Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation OST [KICA-1451~3]
Ace Combat Zero The Belkan War OST [KICA-1398~9]
Dirt Dash Arcade OST 015 [WSCA-00017]
G.S.M. NAMCO 1 - Mirai Ninja [D28B-0009]
G.S.M. NAMCO 2 - Winning Run [D24B-1003]
G.S.M. NAMCO 3 - Final Lap 2 [PCCB-00040]
GOD EATER OST [AVCD-38031~2]
Katamari Damacy Soundtrack ''Katamari Fortissimo Damacy'' [COCX-32760]
Katamari Damacy TRIBUTE Original Soundtrack Katamari Takeshi [COCX-35745~6]
Katamari Original Soundtrack Damacy [COCX-33517~8]
Klonoa 2 OST [SCDC-00201~2]
Klonoa OST [CRCP-15517]
Namco Best Hit Parade! [VDRY-25023]
Namco Game Music Vol. 1 [28XA-170]
Namco Game Music Vol. 2 [28XA-171]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 01 The Legend of Valkyrie [VDR-14001]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 02 Burning Force [VICL-15001]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 03 Finest Hour [VICL-15004]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 04 Dragon Saber [VICL-40014~5]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 05 Rolling Thunder 2 [VICL-15005]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 06 Star Blade - Galaxian3 Project Dragoon [VICL-15009]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 07 F-A [VICL-15011]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 08 Cosmo Gang The Video-The Puzzle [VICL-15018]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 09 Knuckle Heads [VICL-15019]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 10 Cyber Sled [VICL-15024]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 11 Ridge Racer [VICL-15025]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 12 Galaxian3 Project Dragoon Theater 6 [VICL-15026]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 13 Nebulas Ray [VICL-15027]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 14 Ridge Racer 2 [VICL-15031]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 15 X-Day [VICL-15034]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 16 Attack of the Zolgear [VICL-15035]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 17 Tekken [VICL-15039]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 18 Air Combat 22 [VICL-15040]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 19 Mach Breakers [VICL-15041]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 20 The Outfoxies [VICL-15042]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 21 Great Sluggers [VICL-15045]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 22 Gun Bullet [VICL-15046]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 23 Cyber Cycles [VICL-15047]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 24 Rave Racer [VICL-15048]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 25 Alpine Racer [VICL-15049]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 26 Tekken 2 [VICL-15050]
Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 27 X-Day 2 [VICL-15051]
Namco Graffiti Collection Best 10 [VICL-8102]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 1 [VDR-1165]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 10 [VICL-40097~8]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 2 [VDR-5222]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 3 [VDR-5278]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 4 [VDR-5282]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 5 [VDR-5300]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 6 [VDR-5301]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 7 [VICL-8004]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 8 [VICL-8074]
Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 [VICL-8089]
Namcot Game a la Mode II [VDR-5243]
Namcot Game a la Mode [VDR-1285]
Project Soul the Primary Sound Box [MJCD-20137]
Prop Cycle Arcade OST 006 EX [WSCAX-10004]
Ridge Racer Type 4 Direct Audio [ZMCX-103]
Soul Calibur II OST [SSCX-10086~7]
Soul Calibur OST [APCG-9006]
Soul Edge Khan Super Session [BVCH-732]
Soul Edge Super Battle Sound Attack [PCCG-00365]
Star Ixiom [APCG-4048]
Tales of Destiny 2 OST [SSCX-10074~7]
Tales of Phantasia Original Soundtrack Complete Version [VICL-60369~70]
Tales of Series Battle Arrange Tracks [KDSD-00230]
Tales of Symphonia OST [SSCX-10105~8]
Tekken 2 Strike Arranges [NACL-1238]
Tekken 3 Battle Trax [PCCG-00416]
Tekken 6 Soundtrack [Limited Edition] [SRIN-1068]
Tekken Tag Tournament OST [ZMCX-1094]
The Best of Video Game Music [32XA-66]
This is NAMCO! [APCG-4006]
Walkure Story For Orchestra [VICL-8068]
Wangan MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 2 OST [KICA-1361~2]
Wangan MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 3 OST [MJCD-20102]
Wangan MIDNIGHT OST [SCDC-00188]
We Love Katamari Damacy OST [COCX-33273]

NCS MASAYA / 1986

Assault Suits Valken [TOCT-6861]
Criminal's Night music from CYBER CITY OEDO 808 [KICA-1009]
Langrisser Arrange Album [TOCT-8181]
Langrisser II Arrange Album [TYCY-5403]
Langrisser III [POCX-1033]
Langrisser REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Masaya Omnibus [TKCA-30377]

NINTENDO / 1889

3D Hot Rally - Famicom Grand Prix II [28BCP-2049] MP3
Doshin the Giant N64 + 64DD OST [ZMCX-1055]
F-ZERO Arrange Album [TKCA-30516]
F-ZERO GX-AX Original Soundtracks [SCDC-00358~9]
F-ZERO X Guitar Arrange [ZMCX-101]
F-ZERO X OST [PCCG-00459]
Famicom 20th Anniversary Arrange Soundtracks [SCDC-00320]
Famicom Music Vol. 1 [28XA-69]
Famicom Music Vol. 2 [28XA-197]
Fantastic World of Super Mario Bros. 3 [BY12-5031]
Fire Emblem III Sound Memorium [PCCG-00250]
Fire Emblem IV Genealogy of Holy War Arrange [TKCA-70929]
Fire Emblem V Thracia 776 Arrange [TECD-27448]
G.S.M. Nintendo 1 - Super Mario Bros. 3 [D25B-0005]
G.S.M. Nintendo 2 - Game Boy Music [PCCB-00023]
G.S.M. Nintendo 3 - Fire Emblem [PCCB-00029]
Game & Watch Gallery OST & Arrange [TKCA-71254]
Game Music Graffiti [COCA-6969~70]
Go Mario Go!! [ALCB-803]
Kid Icarus & Metroid [10FC-2079] MP3
Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards OST [TECD-27457]
Kirby Super Star - Story of the Fountain of Dreams [SRCL-2959]
Mario & Zelda Big Band Live CD [SCDC-00315]
Mario Kart 64 On Club Circuit [TKCA-71301]
Mario Kart 64 OST [No Catalog Number]
Mario Party 3 OST [GACR-3004~5]
Mario Party HOMEBREW [N64]
Mario's Big Adventure ~Aya & Nakayoshi Pep Squad~ [7G0083] MP3
Metroid Prime HOMEBREW [GameCube]
Mother 1 + 2 Arrange Album [TOCT-25125]
Mother 2 - Gigya's Counterattack [SRCL-3024]
Mother [MHCL-341]
N64Y2K Millennium Trax [Artikel 3591040]
Nintendo Power - Play it Loud! Original Soundtrack Volume 1 [8440-Spring96]
Nintendo Sound History Series - Zelda The Music [SCDC-00395]
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.1 Peach Healing Music [CN-P004]
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.2 Koopa Loud Music [CN-P018]
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.3 Luigi B-Side Music [CN-P020]
Nintendo Super Famicom Game Music [TOCT-6429]
Paper Mario OST [FMCN-1002]
Pikmin OST [TOCT-24808]
Starfox 64 OST [No Catalog Number]
Starfox [TECD-25275]
Super Mario 64 OST [No Catalog Number]
Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3 -Hop! Step! Jump!- [CA-3393]
Super Mario Bros. 3 Akihabara Electric Circus [CT32-5329]
Super Mario Bros. Special [MECG-28003]
Super Mario Bros. ~Mario Syndrome~ [K13A-748] MP3
Super Mario Compact Disco [ALCB-829]
SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 OST
Super Mario Galaxy HOMEBREW [Wii] MP3
SUPER MARIO GALAXY OST Platinum Version
Super Mario Land Arrange Album [CA-3838]
Super Mario Land Rap Single [ALCB-744]
Super Mario RPG OST [PSCN-5047~8]
Super Mario Sunshine HOMEBREW [GameCube]
Super Mario World [WPCL-233~4]
Super Metroid - Sound in Action [SRCL-2920]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl HOMEBREW [Wii] MP3
Super Smash Bros. Melee HOMEBREW [GameCube]
Super Smash Bros. Melee Orchestra [No Catalog Number]
Super Smash Bros. OST [TECD-35446~7]
The Legend of Zelda & Castle of Murasame [07FA-1085] MP3
The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past [SRCL-2940~1]
The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask Orchestrations [FMCN-1003]
The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask OST [PICA-2006]
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Hyrule Symphony [ZMCX-102]
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time OST [PCCG-00475]
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged Album [TKCA-71824]
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Sound Track CD
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Vol. II The Lost Tracks [3590940]
The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker OST [SCDC-00250~251]
Toy Music 2 - Akihabara Electric Circus [TOCT-5711]
Toy Music Dancing Super Mario Bros. Akihabara Electric Circus [CT32-5299]
Waverace -BlueStorm- Music CD [promo]
Waverace 64 OST [PCCG-00425]
Yoshi's Island OST [PSCN-5040]
Yoshi's Story OST [PCCG-00438]
Yuuyuuki Arranged Sound [CA-4634]

NIPPON ICHI SOFTWARE / 1991

Angel's Present Marl's Kingdom Story OST [TYCY-10044]
Disgaea - Hour of Darkness Arrange Album [MACM-2028]
Disgaea 2 Arrange Album [GNCA-1092]
Disgaea 3 Arrange Album [KDSD-1092]
Disgaea 4 Arrange Album [KDSD-00465]
Hayari Gami OST [SCDC-00361]
La Pucelle Arrange Album [SCDC-00183]
Little Princess - Puppet Princess of Marl's Kingdom 2 OST [TYCY-10031]
Phantom Brave Arrange Album [SCDC-00348]
Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album [SCDC-00434]
Puppet Princess of Marl's Kingdom OST [AZCA-10015]
Puppet Princess of Marl's Kingdom Vocal Image Album [KLCA-2013]
Soul Cradle Arrange Track [SCDC-00576]

OTHER COMPANIES

'Hello, world.' OST [HBC-002]
11eyes Original Sound Track & Arrange Sound Track [LACD-0002]
2197 [TTRC-0028]
4.6 Billion Year Story -The Theory of Evolution- Symphonic Synth Suite [PLCE-902]
ABANDONER original sound track [SKR036CD]
Aero Fighters OST [PCCB-00118]
Ai Choaniki [TYCY-5437]
Aion ~The Tower of Eternity~ OST [PCSD-00277]
Air Buster [PCCB-00025]
AIR Original Soundtrack [KSLA-0004~5]
Alien Trilogy REDBOOK [Playstation]
All Sounds of Burai [H24X-10010]
All Sounds of Gdleen [PSCX-1032]
All Sounds of Illusion City [PSCX-1043]
All Sounds of Last Armageddon [H30X-20010] MP3
All Sounds of Rune Worth [PSCX-1003]
All Sounds of Xak III [DPCX-5007]
All Sounds of Xak [H24X-10003]
ALNAM [POCX-1001]
Alpha Squad
Alphabet Planet [NSLCD-0004~5]
Alshark Mega-CD Arrange Album [POCH-2208]
Alshark OST & Arrange [VICL-5067]
Alundra 2 OST [SVWC-7050]
Alundra OST [ARCJ-66]
Another World (15th Anniversary Edition)
Ape Escape HOMEBREW [Playstation] MP3
Aquales Arrange & OST [APCG-4023]
Arc the Lad Arrange Album [ARCJ-12]
Arc the Lad Piano Album [VRCH-5005]
Arc the Lad Twilight of Spirits OST [VRCL-4007]
Arcade Sound 80's PROTO sampler CD [SCDC-10008]
Armored Dragon Legend Villgust ~ Missing Girl [APCG-4022]
Arsys Best Selection [PSCX-1016]
Aselia The Eternal -The Spirit of Eternity Sword- Perfect Arrange Album [ABCA-5009]
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 OST [SRCL-3471]
Battle Arena Toshinden Retake & Remix [SRCL-3194]
Battle Master ~ The Ultimate Warriors [TOCT-8252]
Beast III Dramatic Music Collection Chapter II [POCH-2204]
Berserk ~Millennium Falcon Arc - Record of the Holy Demon War~ OST [VPCG-84815]
BlazBlue - Calamity Trigger OST [KDSD-00253~54]
BlazBlue -Calamity Trigger- Original Soundtrack ~Consumer Edition~ [KDSD-00285]
BlazBlue Song Accord #1 with Continuum Shift [KDSD-00321]
Blazing Star OST [PCCB-00306]
Bloody Bride ~Imadoki no Vampire~ OST & Drama [NACL-1270]
Blue Almanac Arrange Album [TKCA-30298]
Border Down Image Sound Tracks [SRIN-1007]
Border Down OST Vol. 1 [SRIN-1009]
Border Down OST Vol. 2 [SRIN-1011]
Bounty Sword Music Collection [PICA-2005]
Burai Brave Warriors of the Eight Coin Legend [TOCT-6382]
Burai Prototype [H30X-10008]
Bushido Blade 2 OST [SSCX-10019]
Bushido Blade OST [SRIN-1004]
CAL - The Eternal Beautiful Girls [NACL-1082]
CD Technopolis Vol.1, PC Game Music Collection [TKCA-30156]
CHAOSFIELD SOUND TRACK [STRV-001]
Chikudenya Toubei Hiroku Kubikiri Yakata [CA-4549]
Chilam Balam [APCG-4028]
CHO REN SHA 68K ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -COMPLETE EDITION- [DLOC-0002]
Choaniki - Otoko no Tamashii [FSCA-10124]
Civilization II REDBOOK [PC]
CLANNAD Original Soundtrack [KSLA-0012~4]
CLANNAD Piano Arrange [ADSH-014]
CLANNAD remix album -memento- [KSLA-0016~7]
Claymore [MVCD-0001]
Combat Choro Q OST [ABCA-15]
CONCERTO ~The extraordinary world of Concerto Gate~ [NSLCD-0006]
Cosmic Psycho [NEWS-1001]
Cross Romance - Fantastic Character Series [PCCB-00245]
Culdcept II OST [SVWC-7083~4]
Cyber Core Arrange Album [TKCA-30069]
Cyber Tank Arcade Version [KHY-1027] MP3
Cyborg Hunter HOMEBREW [Master System]
D-Xhird -Arrange Sound Trax- [PCCB-00264]
Daiva Image Album [CA30-1399]
DANGANRONPA Original Soundtrack [SPLR-1101~2]
Deja-Vu Baroque in the Future [FGBG-4254.AR]
Deltora Quest DS OST [VGCD-0130]
Deltora Quest Full Sound Version [VGCD-0130]
Depth Fantasia OST [KDSD-00012~13]
Devil Crush & Alien Crush [TKCA-30097]
Diablo 2 REDBOOK [PC]
Digital Angel - Fantastic Character Series [PCCB-00257]
Doki Doki Idol Starseeker Remix [SRIN-1005]
DOOM Music [No Catalog Number]
Dragon Cavalry Danzalv [APCG-4034]
Dragon Souseiki [APCG-4024]
Dragon Tail [COCA-7049]
Dragonball Final Bout [ZACL-1042]
Dragonball Z & Z2 OST's [KDSD-00042]
Dragonball Z Gaiden - Plan to Eliminate the Saiyans [FMCC-5006]
Dragonball Z Hyper Dimension Arrange Album [COCC-13345]
Dragonball Z Super Fighting Legend 1 Arrange Album [COCC-10703]
Dragonball Z Super Fighting Legend 2 Arrange Album [FMCC-5011]
Dragonball Z Super Fighting Legend 3 Arrange Album [FMCC-5044]
Dragonball Z Super Gokuden 1 - Assault Chapter Arrange Album [FMCC-5061]
Dragonball Z Super Gokuden 2 - Kakusei Hen Arrange Album [COCC-13062]
Dragonball Z The Great Dragon Ball Legend Arrange Album [COCC-13661]
Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22 [FMCC-5067]
Dragonball Z3 OST [KDSD-00060]
Driving Emotion Type-S [SRIN-1003]
DUST BOX [TURC-0009]
E.V.O. -Search For Eden- Symphonic Synth Suite [APCG-4030]
echochrome Original Sound Track [KDSD-00209]
Eiyuu Shigan ~Gal Act Heroism~ [DPCX-5044]
El Shaddai - Ascension of the Metatron OST [SQEX-10244~5]
Elemental Gearbolt OST [FSCA-10030]
Elfaria Suite [FHCF-2073]
ESCHATOS Soundtrack [SRIN-1083]
Estpolis Biography II [PCCB-00170]
eXceed 2nd -VAMPIRE REX- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK [TMP-0701]
eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE-BLACK PACKAGE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK [TSP-1001]
Extreme G Official Remixes [No Catalog Number]
F1 Triple Battle [CA-4378]
Famicom Jump - The Seven Strongest People [APCG-4018]
Famicom Jump Hero Retsuden -G.S.M. (FC) BANDAI 1- [D25B-0007]
Far East of Eden II OST [SSCX-10109~110]
Fate~stay Night OST [TMC-1002]
Favorite Dear Character Song Files II [KICA-5029]
Feda - The Emblem of Justice Arranged [SRCL-3125]
Feda - The Emblem of Justice OST [SRCL-3124]
Feda The Emblem of Justice Super Tracks [NACL-1174]
Final Fight CD REDBOOK [Sega CD]
First Queen [POCH-2207]
Flashback PC Version Sampler [DEL 2718.1]
Flashback REDBOOK [Sega CD]
FM Sound Module Maniax [FMCD-1006]
Folklore OST [KDSD-00141~3]
Forsaken - The Music [BONES CD 02]
Fortune Quest - Roll the Dice [VICL-548]
Friends Vocal Collection [KICA-5015]
Full Metal Alchemist OST [SVWC-7190]
Futari no Fantavision OST [STF-0005]
Fuujin Ryouiki Eretzvaju (Evil Zone) OST [AZCA-10018]
G.M.O. Christmas Songs [28XA-180]
Game Sound Nichibutsu -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1- [D28B-0004]
Gate of Thunder REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Gatekeepers OST [PCCG-00522]
GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver 1.0 [GODCD1]
GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver 2.0 [GODCD2]
Gikyokuonsou [FGBG-4301.AR]
Godzilla - Monster Battles [COCC-12246]
Gotha II REDBOOK [Saturn]
Gotha REDBOOK [Saturn]
Gotha World ~ Gardener of Holy Area [COCA-13254]
Gotzendiener Arrange Album [TYCY-5417]
Gran Chaser OST [NACL-1188]
Great Strategy Expert - Rhapsody of Soldiers [APCG-4026]
Great Strategy III '90 ~ Imperial Force ~ Air Combat II [TOCT-5932]
gRiMgRiMoiRe Soundtrack CD
Growlanser OST [KICA-5045]
Guilty Gear 2 Overture OST [KDSD-00170]
Guilty Gear Isuka OST [KDSD-00036]
Guilty Gear X Dreamcast OST [FSCA-10164]
Guilty Gear XX Korean Version OST [KDSD-00017~18]
Guilty Gear XX OST [SCDC-00191~92]
Guilty Gear XX Sound Alive [KDSD-00001]
Guin Saga [COCC-11227~8]
Gungrave OST [VICL-60845]
Gunslinger Girl [MJCD-20013]
GunValkyrie Official Soundtrack [TPCD 0218-2]
HAL Game Music [32JC-321]
Hanii in the Sky Soundtrack [SRIN-1053]
Harvest Moon - Back to Nature [ABCA-50]
Harvest Moon Gameboy [COCC-14969]
Hatris Arrange Album [PLCE-903]
Hatsukoi Valentine [PCCB-00266]
Heavy Nova REDBOOK [Mega CD]
Homeworld REDBOOK [PC]
Hydlide Music Collection Renewal [DWRPS-00102]
I.Q. Final Perfect Music File [SVWC-7015]
ICO ~Melody in the Mist~ [SVWC-7117]
Impetuth Original Soundtrack [OGST-0001]
IN THE SKY ON THE WATER [NSLCD-0007]
Iridion 3D & II Arranged [SHN CD 002]
Itadaki Street 2 Original Soundtrack [MVCD-28001]
Itadaki Street Sound Map [APCG-4010]
Izumo & Izumo2 Original Soundtrack [RYUSYS-0038]
July OST & Arrange [KICA-5021]
JumpingFlash! 2 OST [ARCJ-36]
Kagura-souenshu [RYUSYS-0103]
Kamidori Alchemy Meister Sound Collection [EUMU-005]
KAROUS original soundtrack SPRING RAIN [SRCD-1001]
Kileak, The Blood Sound Tracks & Remix [SRCL-3496]
Kisana & Irumina [PSCX-1019]
KO Century Beast 3 Game Music File [SRCL-3048]
Koudelka OST [PCCB-00396]
Kumatanchi Original Soundtrack [BSPE-1001]
L.O.L. Lack of Love [WPC6-10086]
La Lecon Particuliere [PCCB-00304]
Last Ninja 2 Music Collection [CZCD 009]
Last Ninja 3 Music Collection [CZCD 010]
Last Ninja Music Collection [CZCD 008]
Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver 2 Promo CD [PSOU2SUS58]
Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver COMPLETE HOMEBREW OST [Playstation] MP3
Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver PARTIAL HOMEBREW OST [Playstation] MP3
Legacy of Kain [No Catalog Number]
Legaia 2 - Duel Saga OST [MACM-2024]
LEGEND CONSUMER SERIES Summer Carnival '92 RECCA FAMICOM SOUNDTRACK [SCDC-00461]
Legend of Legaia OST [SVWC-7008]
Legend of Schwarzschild III, IV [NACL-1155]
Legend of Schwarzschild [APCG-4002]
Lords of Thunder REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Lost Child Alternative OST - Side X [No Catalog Number]
Lost Child Original Sound Track from S.S.H The Final Side-Z
Lost Child Side A OST [HBMC-008]
Lost Child Side B OST [HMBC-009]
Lost Files [NSLCD-0001]
LOVE RELAXATION [NSLCD-0008]
Macross VF-X2 Original Soundtrack [VICL-60448]
Mahou Syoujo Ai 2 Arrange Album [CHCD-1001]
Majotachi no Nemuri OST [POCX-1012]
Mamoru Has Been Cursed! Arrange Tracks [SRIN-1067]
Mamoru Has Been Cursed! Soundtrack [SRIN-1046]
Manabu Namiki WORKS ~ OPERATION RAGNAROK ~ [SRIN-1074]
Mars Story OST [AYCM-623]
Mars Story Song Collection Album [AYCM-594]
Master of Monsters [TOCT-6268]
Mechwarrior 2 REDBOOK [PC]
Melty Lancer Vocal Collection [POCX-1022]
Metal Saga Original Sound Track [INCD-E0101~3]
Michigan OST [SCDC-00378]
Mistlarouge ~Music Festival of the Spirits~ [LACA-5057]
Mitsubachi Gakuen Original Sound Track [FHCF-1105]
Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics [FHCF-1164]
Monopoly ~String Quartet Musical Compositions~ [APCG-4035]
Mortal Kombat 3 & 4 Arcade OST [No Catalog Number]
Mortal Kombat I & II Arcade OST [123770-C1]
Muramasa - The Demon Blade OST [BSPE-1002~4]
Music From 'DUEL' [MLC-1004]
Music from Bomberman [FHCF-1104]
Music From Hydlide 3 - The Space Memories [K30X-7706]
Musics from Super Star Soldier [FHCF-1072]
My Angel [VMJ-0001]
Mystic Ark OST [KTCR-1326~7]
Nakayoshi to Issho Arrange Album [FMCC-5010]
Napple Tale OST [MJCG-80042~43]
Night Raid OST [SCDC-00084]
Nightmare Creatures REDBOOK [Playstation]
NO MORE HEROES 2 DESPERATE STRUGGLE OST [GHMR-0010]
NO MORE HEROES OST - DARK SIDE [GHMR-008]
NO MORE HEROES OST [MJCD-20108]
Nostalgia 1907 Original Sound Track ~PC Version~ [TKR-91001]
Odin Sphere OST [VGCD-0120]
Okage Shadow King OST [JDCM-0001~2]
Omega Five Sound Track [SRIN-1041]
Operation Ragnarok (a.k.a. Zed Blade) HOMEBREW [NEO GEO]
Opoona OST [BSPE-1022~4]
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke OST [SVWC-7033]
Otogi - Hyakki Toubatsu Emaki Visual Works & Original Soundtrack [OTOGI-I]
Outlaws REDBOOK [PC]
OverBlood Original Soundtrack -GM-PROGRESS-10- [MGCD-1024]
Paladin's Quest - Memory of the Ancient Machine [TYCY-5270]
Paladin's Quest OST [PCDLZ-1033]
Planescape - Torment REDBOOK [PC]
Planet of Hot Sand Orchestrated Illusion Image Album [BVCH-738]
Populous - G.S.M. Imagineer 1 [PCCB-00053]
Princess Knights OST & Arrange [FSCG-85112]
Princess Maker 2 [NACL-1169]
Princess Maker Arrange Album [NACL-1066]
Project Cerberus Phase 0.01 [HBMS-309]
Promised Dawn Melty Blood Original Sound Track [WATANABE-006AB]
PSY-O-BLADE & Laydock ~ T&E Soft Game Music Scene 1 [H28X-10002]
PSYCHIC DETECTIVE SERIES - THE BEST [TOCT-6381]
Psyvariar 2 OST [KDSD-00032]
Psyvariar Original Sound Track [RBCD-0001]
PSYVARIAR ~THE MIX~ [EMCA-0004]
Quo Vadis OST [VOCR-5007]
Radirgy Original Soundtrack [SCDC-00508]
Ragnagard OST [PCCB-00208]
Ragnarok Online Complete Soundtrack [LACA-9163~7]
Ragnarok Online OST [SSCX-10090~91]
Raiden Densetsu [PCCB-0047]
Raiden Fighters Aces Original Sound Track [INCD-E0110]
Raiden Fighters ~The Onslaught~ Insanity Soundtracks Set [INDV-0102]
Raiden II [PCCB-00150]
Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden-
Raiden, Raiden II Original Sound Track [INCD-E0106~8]
Record of Lodoss War Arrange Sound [VDR-28071]
Record of Lodoss War II Arrange Sound - Symphonic House [VICL-8060]
Red - The Adventurous Sequence [POCH-2205]
Red Stone OST [KDSD-00182]
Refrain Love - Fantastic Character Series [PCCB-00253]
REI-NANA ARRANGE CD
Rei-nana Original Sound Tracks [PLYM-0002A~B]
Robotech Battlecry Exclusive Game Soundtrack [No Catalog Number]
Rurouni Kenshin RPG OST [SRCL-4233]
Sailor Moon Arrange Album [FMCC-5005]
Sailor Moon R Arrange Album [FMCC-5012]
Sailor Moon RPG Another Story Arrange Album [COCC-13201]
Sailor Moon S Arrange Album [FMCC-5051]
Samsara Naga 2 [VICL-625]
Samurai Soundtrack [STF-0003]
Sapphire HOMEBREW PSP OST MP3
Sapphire REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Secret of Evermore OST [No Catalog Number]
Senko no Ronde -Carpe Diem- Sound Tracks vol.2 [SRIN-1030]
Senko no Ronde -Image Sound Tracks- [SRIN-1020]
Senko no Ronde -Sound Tracks- [SRIN-1025]
Senko no Ronde DUO -fullflat- sound tracks vol.2 [SRIN-1085]
Senko no Ronde DUO Sound Track [SRIN-1066]
Seta Game Music Scene 1 - Twin Eagle [H24X-10001]
Shadow Blasters Arrange Album [COCA-6840]
Shadow Brain Arrange Album [PCCB-00054]
Shadow Hearts Arrange Album - Near Death Experience [KDSD-00077]
Shadow Hearts II OST [KDSD-00030~31]
Shadow Hearts OST [SCDC-00116~117]
Shin Momotarou Densetsu [VICL-40102~4 ] MP3
Shining Force - Resurrection of the Dark Dragon [SCDC-00365]
Shock Man 1 & 2 [TOCT-6114]
Silver OST [No Catalog Number]
Sindibad Arrange Album [TKCA-30096]
Sister Contrast! Soundtracks [GMCP-1001]
Sixty Nine2 Original Soundtrack from Saitama Saisyu Heiki [HBMS-013]
SKYGUNNER OST [STF-0013]
Sound Adventure Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin ~ Okhotsk ni Kiyu [STF-0001~2]
Space Adventure Cobra II Original Super Soundtracks [ALCA-183]
Spider HOMEBREW [Playstation]
SPIRIT OF STONE [TRNK-0001]
Star Command Arrange Album [C273-5001]
Star Cruiser II -The Odysseus Project- Image Sound [POCH-2203]
Star Cruiser ~ PC Sound of Arsys~ [SCDC-00560~1]
Star Soldier [Vanishing Earth] Original & Arranged Soundrack [PCCBX-00003]
Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire [VSDE-5700]
STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album [AT-001]
Super Adventure Island OST [ALCA-242]
Super Godzilla Arrange Album [COCC-11418]
Super Meat Boy - Nice to Meat You
Sword Maniac Arrange Album [TOCT-8253]
Sword of the Berserk - Gut's Rage OST [MMCC-7008]
System Soft Super Simulation Sound [MECG-28006]
Tail of the Sun GM-PROGRESS-8 [MGCD-1021]
Takeda Shingen 2 [TKCA-30068]
Takeda Shingen [CA-4706]
Tears to Tiara -Earth's Wreath- OST [KICA-1457~8]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 1 -Illusion- [TCS-0001]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 10 -Technology- [TCS-0010]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 15 ~ BEST OF THUNDER FORCE [TCS-0015]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 2 -Excursion- [TCS-0002]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 3 -Thunder Force III- [TCS-0003]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 4 -Elemental Master- [TCS-0004]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 5 -Thunder Force IV- [TCS-0005]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 6 -Sanctuary- [TCS-0006]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 7 -Reincarnation- [TCS-0007]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 8 -Dimension- [TCS-0008]
Technosoft Game Music Collection Vol. 9 -Voyage- [TCS-0009]
Teketeke! Asmik-kun World [TKCA-30155]
Tempest 2000 - The Soundtrack [J8909]
Ten Plants 2 [BICA-5002]
Ten Plants [BICA-5001]
Tenchu 3 OST [SVWC-7177~8]
Tetrisphere HOMEBREW [N64]
That's Atari Music -G.S.M. ATARI GAMES 1- [PCCB-00066]
That's Atari Music Vol.II -G.S.M. ATARI GAMES 2- [PCCB-00070]
THE ACES HIGH RAIDEN RARE TRACKS [INDV-0109]
THE FLASH DESIRE - Raiden III PERFECT SOUND TRACK [INDV-0113]
THE ILLEGAL FUNCTION Radirgy PERFECT SOUND TRACK [INDV-0112]
The Lost World - Jurassic Park Original Soundtrack [SID-8803]
THE PERFECT TERROR Mamoru Has Been Cursed! Special Sound Track
The Scheme Sound Track [SCDC-00199]
The Scheme [25A2-8]
The Silent Service Game Original Soundtrack [KICA-1104]
The Sketches of Moondays ~We Kept Our Promise To You~ [STF-0006~8]
The Tale of the Shell Monsters Arrange & OST [H30K-20136]
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang Arrange Album [TYCY-5298]
The War of Genesis III PART1 + PART2 OST [480063]
Timesplitters 2 HOMEBREW [Playstation 2] MP3
Timesplitters HOMEBREW [Playstation 2]
To Heart Arranged - Heart Session [KICA-5040]
To Heart PS OST [KICA-5038]
ToBi D+VINE Complete Sound track [SRIN-1016~7]
Tobi Tsukihime OST [ODZR-0001]
Tokyo Dungeon [SRCL-3447]
Tomb Raider - Anniversary Soundtrack [MTOMAZZZ03]
Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness Promo CD [No Catalog Number]
Tomb Raider II REDBOOK [Playstation]
Tomb Raider REDBOOK [Playstation]
Tous les thŠmes de Ninja - Swagman - Tomb Raider [N-A]
Trusty Bell ~Chopin's Dream OST~ [KICA-1445~48]
Tyrannosaurus, Sound Poem Dinosaur World Killing House [FMCF-7024]
Ultima Mix [D32G-0063]
Under Defeat -Sound Tracks- [SRIN-1026]
Unreal - Original Soundtrack from the Hit Game [04-15949]
Vasteel Arrange Album [COCA-6898]
Viewpoint [PCCB-00112]
Viper Phase 1 Original Sound Track [INCD-E0104~5]
Virus OST [AVCD-11595]
Wander and the Colossus Original Soundtrack- Roar of the Earth [KICA-1379]
Way of the Samurai 2 OST [SVWC-7179]
Way of the Samurai OST [STF-0003]
We Love Wizardry [BY30-5179]
Wild Arms Advanced 3rd OST [SVWC-7118~21]
Wild Arms Alter code F OST [KICA-1317~20]
Wild Arms Music the Best -feeling wind- [KICA-1415]
Wild Arms Music the Best -rocking heart- [KICA-1416]
Wild Arms OST [ARCJ-60]
Wild Arms the 4th Detonator OST [KICA-1370~3]
Wild Arms the 5th Vanguard OST [KICA-1425~30]
Wild Arms XF OST [COCX-34882~5]
With You Vocal Collection [ANEC-80004]
Wizardry Gaiden I - Suffering of the Queen [APCG-4009]
Wizardry Gaiden II - Curse of the Ancient Emperor [COCC-10586]
Wizardry Gaiden III - Scripture of the Dark [COCC-11006]
Wizardry II Legacy of Llylgamyn [BY30-5209]
Wizardry III Suite - Knight of Diamonds [APCG-4003]
Wizardry Llylgamyn Saga [COCX-30242]
Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land [KICA-1251]
Wizardry V Heart of the Maelstrom [APCG-4031]
Wizardry VI Bane of the Cosmic Forge [TKCA-70601]
Wizardry ~Dimguil~ [TYCY-10020]
Wizards Star Sound Track [FBCD-004]
Xak II & Fray [PSCX-1023]
Xardion Arrange Album [TYCY-5229]
XVAIN Original Soundtrack [STEG-07028]
Xyanide Official Soundtrack [AOCD7006]
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito Image Sound Track [ROOT-0008]
Yukyu Gensokyoku 3 - Perpetual Blue [PCCB-00405]
Zero 4 Champ RR Complete Music Collection [MGCD-1004]
[-Aka-] original sound track PRIMITIVE [LACA-9033~4]
[eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack [RZCD-45343]

POLYPHONY DIGITAL / 1991

Gran Turismo 2 OST [VRCH-4005]
Gran Turismo 4 OST [VRCL-4008]
Gran Turismo OST [SRCL-4269]
Omega Boost OST [SVWC-7032]

QUEST / 1988

All Sounds of Ogre Battle [DPCX-5003]
Ogre Battle 64 - Person of Lordly Caliber MIDI Arrange [DPCX-5204~5]
Ogre Battle Image Album ~ The Entrance [DPCX-5019]
Ogre Battle ~ Grand Repeat [DPCX-5081]
Tactics Ogre - Let Us Cling Together [DPCX-5052~54]
Tactics Ogre Unmei no Wa Original Soundtrack [SQEX-10206~9]

QUINTET / 1989

Actraiser OST [ALCA-105]
Actraiser Symphonic Suite [ALCA-182]
Solo Crisis [MGCD-1047]
Soul Blader OST [APCG-4021]
Terranigma Arrange & OST [KTCR-1344]

RARE / 1982

Banjo Kazooie OST
Banjo Tooie OST
Blast Corps HOMEBREW [N64]
Conker's Bad Fur Day OST [RARECBFD01]
Diddy Kong Racing OST [PCCG-00448]
DK Jamz - Donkey Kong Country OST [DIDX-026334]
Donkey Kong Country 1 Japanese OST [PSCN-5020]
Donkey Kong Country 1 OST
Donkey Kong Country 2 Japanese OST [PSCN-5049]
Donkey Kong Country 2 OST
Donkey Kong Country 3 Japanese OST [TKCA-71091]
Donkey Kong Country 3 OST
Donkey Kong Country Game Music CD ~ Jungle Fantasy [PCCG-00328]
Goldeneye 007 HOMEBREW [N64]
Perfect Dark OST

SEGA / 1940

3 x 3 Eyes Arrange & OST [KICA-1123~4]
AFTER BURNER 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX [WM-0581~6]
After Burner [PCCB-00032]
Azel - Panzer Dragoon Arrange Album [MJCA-00009]
Azel - Panzer Dragoon RPG Memorial Album [MJCG-80066]
Back in the S.S.T. Band!! ~The Very Best~ [SCDC-00312]
Beep! Sega Megadrive Best Selection [PSCX-1018]
Blind Spot [PCCB-00085]
Border Break Air Burst OST [WWCE-31238]
Border Break Original Sound Track [GNCA-7147]
Burning Rangers Sound Track [MJCA-00014]
Crack Down & Gain Ground [PCCB-00012]
Cyber Troopers 'Virtual-On' Arcade OST [WM-0579]
Cyber Troopers 'Virtual-On' 'Marz' Official Sound Data [HR-05]
Cyber Troopers 'Virtual-On' Oratorio Tangram for Dreamcast Official Sound Data [MJCG-80016~7]
Cyber Troopers 'Virtual-On' Saturn Official Sound Data [TYCY-5486]
Dark Wizard Symphony [TOCT-6635]
Daytona USA [TYCY-5392]
Dragon Force Original Soundtrack [POCX-1019]
Eternal Arcadia Original Sound Track [FMCD-1001]
Fighting Vipers Saturn OST [POCX-1053]
G.S.M. Sega 1 - Galaxy Force [D28B-0002]
G.S.M. Sega 2 - Power Drift [D28B-0010]
G.S.M. Sega 3 - Super Sonic Team [PCCB-00009]
G.S.M. Sega 4 - Hyper Drive [PCCB-00035]
G.S.M. Sega 5 - Formula [PCCB-00059]
GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK [WM-0574]
Golden Axe - The Duel Arcade & Saturn OST [WM-0597]
Golden Axe 89 & 92 Arcade Versions [WM-0595]
Golden Axe Genesis Soundtracks [WM-0596]
House of the Dead REDBOOK [Saturn]
Last Bronx Sound Battle [FSCA-10008]
Legend of Joe Musashi SHINOBI Music Collection [WM-0626~9]
Let The Winds Blow Phantasy Star Online episode III Special Edition [Nintendo DREAM Vol. 100]
Let's Go Away The Video Game DAYTONA USA Anniversary Box [WM-0620~3]
Mega Selection II [PCCB-00077]
NiGHTS into dreams... PERFECT ALBUM [WM-0601~3]
Nights OST [POCX-1038]
NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack [WWCE-31153~5]
Outrun 2 OST [AMMX-2003]
OUTRUN 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX [WM-0538~548]
Outrun [PCCB-00081]
OutRun2 Sound Tracks SIDE B [V3N-00001]
Panzer Dragoon Full Sound Version [NACL-1181]
Panzer Dragoon Original Sound Track (Remastered) [WM-0530]
Panzer Dragoon Orta OST [MJCG-80116]
Panzer Dragoon OST & Arrange [POCH-2219]
Panzer Dragoon Power Remix D-RAM [NACL-1190]
Panzer Dragoon Zwei Alternative Elements [NACL-1213]
Panzer Dragoon Zwei OST [POCX-1026]
PHANTASY STAR 0 OST [WM-0613~6]
Phantasy Star Collection I [RS-1]
Phantasy Star Collection II [RS-2]
Phantasy Star I OST [WM-091]
Phantasy Star II OST [WM-092]
Phantasy Star III OST [WM-093]
Phantasy Star IV OST [WM-094]
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Premium Arrange [KDSD-00039]
Planet Harriers The Original Soundtrack [MJCG-80052]
Rent A Hero [WM-0618]
Riglord Saga [POCX-1010]
S.S.T. Band Live! -G.S.M. Sega- [PCCB-00042]
Sakura Wars 2 OST [MJCA-00027]
Sakura Wars 2 Song Collection [MJCA-00021]
Sakura Wars Complete Song Collection [BVCH-735]
Sakura Wars OST [BVCH-2601~2]
SDI & Quartet ~SEGA System 16 Collection~ Original Soundtrack [WM-0511]
Sega Gaga Soundtrack Collection Blue [HR-01]
Sega Gaga Soundtrack Collection Red [HR-02]
Sega Game Music Vol.1 [28XA-107]
Sega Game Music Vol.2 [28XA-108]
Sega Game Music Vol.3 [28XA-109]
Sega Motorcycle Music History [WM-0634~35]
Sega Rock Vol. 1 [WWCE-31034]
Sega Rock Vol. 2 [WWCE-31035]
Shenmue Orchestra Version [POCX-1116]
Shenmue OST [TYCY-10034~5]
Shining Force CROSS RAID OST [WWCE-31236~7]
Shinobi Original Soundtrack [STF-0010]
Sonic & Knuckles - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Arrange Album [ALCA-5015]
Sonic Adventure 2 OST [MJCG-80075]
Sonic Adventure OST [MJCA-00034]
Sonic Boom! OST [No Catalog Number]
Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors [WWCE-31241~3]
Sonic Heroes OST [WWCE-31027~8]
Sonic R OST [MJCA-00012]
Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack speedbeats grand prix [WM-0525]
Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack [WM-0587]
Sonic the Fighters OST [TYCY-5521]
Sonic the Hedgehog - Tales of the Knighthood [WWCE-31198~9]
Sonic the Hedgehog [WM-0550~2]
Sorcerian Mega Drive Version OST [WM-0611~2]
Streets of Rage II OST [ALCA-443]
Streets of Rage III OST [ALCA-5006]
Streets of Rage OST [ALCA-181]
Strike Fighter [PCCB-00067]
SUPER HANG-ON 20th Anniversary Collection [WM-0570]
The Super Shinobi & Works [25A2-53]
Thunder Force VI HOMEBREW [Playstation 2] MP3
Valkyria Chronicles 2 OST [BSPE-1010~1]
Valkyria Chronicles 3 OST [BSPE-1030~1]
Valkyria Chronicles OST [SVWC-7550]
VANQUISH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK [WWCE-31233~5]
Vermilion [WM-0617]
Virtua Fighter 2 - Dancing Shadows [TYCY-5449]
Virtua Fighter 2 OST [TYCY-5410]
Virtua Fighter 3 OST [TYCY-5522]
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution OST [AMMX-2002]
Virtua Fighter 4 OST [AMMX-2001]
Virtua Fighter B-univ [TYCY-5386]
Virtua Fighter Maximum Mania [TYCY-5409]
Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift [MJCAX-00011]

SNK/ADK / 1978/1980

Art of Fighting 2 Image Album [PCCB-00156]
Art of Fighting 2 [PCCB-00144]
Art of Fighting 2 REDBOOK [Neo-Geo CD]
Art of Fighting 3 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00213]
Art of Fighting 3 OST [PCCB-00212]
Art of Fighting Arrange Tracks HOMEBREW [PlayStation 2]
Art of Fighting [PCCB-00101]
ASO II - Last Guardian [PCCB-00062]
Crossed Swords & Sengoku Densyo [PCCB-00076]
Eight Man HOMEBREW [NEO GEO]
Fatal Fury & Last Resort OST [PCCB-00087]
Fatal Fury - Mark of the Wolves OST [SCDC-00006]
Fatal Fury 2 OST [PCCB-00111]
Fatal Fury 2 REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Fatal Fury 3 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00183]
Fatal Fury 3 OST [PCCB-00179]
Fatal Fury Image Album [PCCB-00132]
Fatal Fury Special Image Album Part 1 [PCCB-00152]
Fatal Fury Special Image Album Part 2 [PCCB-00155]
Fatal Fury SPECIAL [PCCB-00138]
Fatal Fury Symphonic Sound Trax [PCCB-00197]
Fatal Fury Wild Ambition Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00371]
Game Sound SNK -G.S.M. SNK 1- [D28B-0006]
King of the Monsters - Quiz Daisousasen [PCCB-00072]
King of the Monsters 2 HOMEBREW [NEO GEO]
Last Blade 2 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00353]
Last Blade Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00301]
Last Blade [PCCB-00287]
METAL SLUG COMPLETE SOUND BOX [SCDC-00542~9]
NEO-GEO Sound Power -G.S.M. SNK 2- [PCCB-00031]
Neo-Geo Super Live! 1994 [PCCB-00161]
Psycho Soldier [001-PS] - (First video game to have a vocal song.) MP3
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00316]
Real Bout Fatal Fury Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00207]
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00250]
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special [PCCB-00240]
Samurai Spirits 1 Image Album [PCCB-00147]
Samurai Spirits 1 OST [PCCB-00135]
Samurai Spirits 2 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00169]
Samurai Spirits 2 OST [PCCB-00164]
Samurai Spirits 3 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00204]
Samurai Spirits 3 OST [PCCB-00200]
Samurai Spirits 4 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00237]
Samurai Spirits 4 OST [PCCB-00231]
Samurai Spirits 64 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00294]
Samurai Spirits 64 OST [PCCB-00283]
Samurai Spirits 64 Warrior's Rage Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00338]
Samurai Spirits 64 Warrior's Rage OST [PCCB-00331]
Samurai Spirits Shinsho New Chapter OST [SCDC-00001] INCOMPLETE
Samurai Spirits Symphonic Sound Trax [PCCB-00198]
SNK Game Music [28XA-120]
The King of Fighters '94 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00165]
The King of Fighters '94 [PCCB-00162]
The King of Fighters '95 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00189]
The King of Fighters '95 [PCCB-00187]
The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00225]
The King of Fighters '96 [PCCB-00223]
The King of Fighters '97 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00279]
The King of Fighters '97 [PCCB-00273]
The King of Fighters '98 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00337]
The King of Fighters '98 ~ Dream Match Never Ends [PCCB-00334]
The King of Fighters '99 Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00393]
The King of Fighters '99 [PCCB-00387]
The King of Fighters 2000 Arrange Sound Trax [SCDC-00041]
The King of Fighters 2000 [SCDC-00035]
The King of Fighters 2001 Original Sound Trax [SCDC-00143]
The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match Original Soundtrack [KDSD-00266~7]
The King of Fighters 2003 Original Sound Tracks [SCDC-00337]
The King of Fighters Best Arrange Collection ~from '94 to '00~ [SCDC-00014]
The King of Fighters Neowave Original Sound Track [STF-0015]
The King of Fighters Symphonic Sound Trax [PCCB-00220]
The King of Fighters XIII Original Soundtrack [KDSD-00379~80]
The Super Spy - Ninja Combat [PCCB-00046]
World Heroes 2 Image Album [PCCB-00137]
World Heroes 2 Jet Image Album [PCCB-00160]
World Heroes OST [PCCB-00106]
World Heroes Perfect Arrange Sound Trax [PCCB-00188]

SQUARESOFT/SQUARE-ENIX / 1983/2003

20020220 Music From Final Fantasy [SSCX-10065~66]
All Sounds of Final Fantasy Legend I, II, III [N32D-007~8]
All Star Pro Wrestling II OST [SSCX-10060]
Another Mind OST [SSCX-10024]
Bahamut Lagoon OST [PSCN-5046]
Brave Fencer Musashi OST [SSCX-10022]
Chill SQ [SQEX-10193]
Chocobo Racing OST [SSCX-10030]
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon - Coi Vanni Gialli [SSCX-10016]
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 1 OST [SSCX-10014]
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 OST [SSCX-10026]
Chrono Cross OST [SSCX-10040]
Chrono Trigger Arrange Version - The Brink of Time [PSCN-5024]
Chrono Trigger OST [PSCN-5021~3]
Chrono Trigger PS OST [SSCX-10039]
Cyber Org OST [SSCX-10029]
Distant Worlds music from FINAL FANTASY Returning Home [SQEX-20004~6]
Drammatica ~The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura~ [SQEX-10112]
Earthbound Papas - Octave Theory [DERP-10015]
Einhander OST [SSCX-10015]
F. F. MIX [PSCN-5012]
Final Fantasy 1 PS Remake OST [SSCX-10071]
Final Fantasy 1, 2 All Sounds of [H25X-20015]
Final Fantasy 10 OST [SSCX-10054~7]
Final Fantasy 10 Piano Collections [SSCX-10064]
Final Fantasy 10 Rikki [SSCX-10053]
Final Fantasy 11 - Sanctuary - THE STAR ONIONS [SQEX-10143]
Final Fantasy 11 - The Star Onions Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel [SQEX-10050]
Final Fantasy 11 OST PREMIUM BOX [SQEX-10088~94]
Final Fantasy 11 OST [SSCX-10069~70]
Final Fantasy 11 Rise of the Zilart OST [SSCX-10093]
Final Fantasy 11 Wings of the Goddess Original Soundtrack [SQEX-10113]
Final Fantasy 12 OST [SVWC-7351~4]
Final Fantasy 13 OST PLUS [SQEX-10192]
Final Fantasy 13 OST [Limited Edition] [SQEX-10178~82]
Final Fantasy 13 Piano Collections [SQEX-10196]
Final Fantasy 14 Battle Tracks [SQEX-10204]
Final Fantasy 14 Field Tracks [SQEX-10203]
Final Fantasy 1987-1994 [PSCN-5011]
Final Fantasy 2 PS Remake OST [SSCX-10072]
Final Fantasy 3 DS OST [SQEX-10076]
Final Fantasy 3 Legend of the Eternal Wind [PSCX-1005]
Final Fantasy 3 OST [PSCN-5013]
Final Fantasy 4 Celtic Moon [PSCN-5017]
Final Fantasy 4 DS OST [SQEX-10105~7]
Final Fantasy 4 OST [PSCN-5014]
Final Fantasy 4 Piano Collections [N38D-010]
Final Fantasy 5 Dear Friends [PSCN-5018]
Final Fantasy 5 OST [PSCN-5015~6]
Final Fantasy 5 Piano Collections [N30D-018]
Final Fantasy 6 Grand Finale [PSCN-5004]
Final Fantasy 6 OST [PSCN-5001~3]
Final Fantasy 6 Piano Collections [PSCN-5005]
Final Fantasy 6 Special Tracks [PSDN-6101]
Final Fantasy 7 Before Crisis & Last Order [SQEX-10087]
Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core [WPCL-10438~9]
Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus [CRCP-40137~38]
Final Fantasy 7 OST [SSCX-10004]
Final Fantasy 7 Piano Collections [SSCX-10111]
Final Fantasy 7 Reunion Tracks [SSCX-10012]
Final Fantasy 8 FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC [SSCX-10037]
Final Fantasy 8 OST [SSCX-10028]
Final Fantasy 8 Piano Collections [SSCX-10041]
Final Fantasy 9 OST Plus [SSCX-10047]
Final Fantasy 9 OST [SSCX-10043~6]
Final Fantasy 9 Piano Collections [SSCX-10048]
Final Fantasy Adventure - Put Your Thoughts to Music [N30D-005]
Final Fantasy Adventure OST [N23D-003]
Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 [SQEX-10235~7]
Final Fantasy Dissidia OST [SQEX-10132~3]
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Sound Collection [N25D-020]
Final Fantasy Song Book [UPCH-1332]
Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite [PSCR-5253]
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - Sealed Grimoire OST [SQEX-10102~3]
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Full Sound Version [SSCX-10084]
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance OST [SSCX-10083]
Final Fantasy Tactics OST [SSCX-10008]
Final Fantasy Vocal Collections I - Pray [PSCN-5006]
Final Fantasy Vocal Collections II - Love Will Grow [PSCN-5041]
Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission OST [AVCD-17388]
Final Fantasy X-2 OST [AVCD-17254]
Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collections [AVCD-17444]
Front Mission 1 OST [PSCN-5019]
Front Mission 1st OST [SQEX-10023~4]
Front Mission 2 OST [SSCX-10011]
Front Mission 3 OST [SSCX-10035]
Front Mission 4 OST [SQEX-10021~2]
Front Mission 5 OST [SQEX-10055~7]
Front Mission Alternative OST [SSCX-10010]
Front Mission Online OST [SQEX-10078]
Gun Hazard OST [PSCN-5044~5]
Hanjuku Hero Divertissement [N30D-015]
Hanjuku Hero OST [TIN-50]
Hanjuku Hero vs. 3D OST [SSCX-10095~96]
Heroes of Mana OST [SQEX-10095~6]
iS internal section original soundtrack [SSCX-10027]
Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- Additional Tracks [SQCD-40001]
Kingdom Hearts OST [TOCT-24768~9]
Legend of Mana OST [SSCX-10034]
Live A Live Arranged Single [LALS-0001]
Live A Live OST [PSCN-5007]
Lord of Vermilion II [SQEX-10195]
Lord of Vermilion OST [DERP-10003]
Melodies of Life - Emiko Shiratori [KICS-811]
Musashiden II Blademaster OST [VPCG-84814]
NieR Gestalt & Replicant 15 Nightmares & Arrange Tracks [SQEX-10212]
NieR Gestalt & Replicant [SQEX-10189~90]
Nobuo Uematsu's 10 Short Stories [DERP-10007]
Parasite Eve 2 OST [SSCX-10038]
Parasite Eve OST [SSCX-10020]
Parasite Eve Remixes [SSCX-10023]
Phantasmagoria [PSCN-5010]
Piano Pieces 'SF2' - Rhapsody on a Theme of SaGa Frontier 2 [SSCX-10033]
Potion 1 - Relaxing with Final Fantasy [SSCX-10051]
Potion 2 - Relaxing with Final Fantasy [SSCX-10059]
Project Sylpheed Original Soundtrack [SQEX-10080]
Racing Lagoon OST [SSCX-10032]
Romancing SaGa 1 La Romance [PSCN-5037]
Romancing SaGa 1 OST [PSCN-5036]
Romancing SaGa 2 Eternal Romance [PSCN-5039]
Romancing SaGa 2 OST [PSCN-5038]
Romancing SaGa 3 OST [PSCN-5033~5]
Romancing SaGa 3 Windy Tale [PSCN-5043]
Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song OST [UPCH-1411~4]
Rudra's Secret Treasure OST [PSCN-5050]
SaGa 2 Hihou Densetsu Goddess of Destiny OST [SQEX-10171]
SaGa 3 Jikuu no Hasha Shadow or Light OST [SQEX-10221]
SaGa Frontier II OST [SSCX-10031]
SaGa Frontier OST [SSCX-10009]
Secret of Mana OST [PSCN-5030]
Secret of Mana+ [PSCN-5031]
Seiken Densetsu 3 OST [PSCN-5026~8]
Seiken Densetsu 4 -Sanctuary- [SQEX-10083~6]
Soukaigi OST [SSCX-10017]
Sword of Mana Premium Soundtrack [SSCX-10097~8]
The 3rd Birthday Original Soundtrack [SQEX-10217~9]
The Black Mages II - The Skies Above [SQEX-10111]
The Black Mages II [UPCH-1377]
The Black Mages III [DERP-10002]
The Black Mages [SSCX-10080]
The Last Remnant OST [SQEX-10127~9]
Threads of Fate OST [SSCX-10036]
Unlimited SaGa OST [SSCX-10078~9]
Vagrant Story REMASTERED [SQEX-10068~9]
Vagrant Story [SSCX-10042]
Vielen Dank [SQEX-10098]
White Melodies of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance [SVWC-7172]
Xenogears - Creid [SSCX-10018]
Xenogears Orchestral Album - Myth [SQEX-10230]
Xenogears OST [SSCX-10013]

STING / 1989

Baroque OST [SSCX-10021]
Hexyz Force OST [COCX-35946~7]
Treasure Hunter G OST [PSCN-5051~2]

SUNSOFT / 1971

Albert Odyssey Gaiden - Legend of Eldean [PCCB-00210]
Albert Odyssey II OST [PCCB-00178]
All Sounds of Albert Odyssey [DPCX-5008]
Galaxy Fight -Universal Warriors- [PCCB-00177]
Takusan Hebereke [DPCX-5039]
Waku Waku 7 [PCCB-00215]

TAITO / 1953

'S.C.I.' Special Criminal Investigation OST [PCCB-00024]
Arkanoid DS Audio Planet [SRIN-1036]
Battle Gear - The Discovery of Roads [ZTTL-0054]
Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned OST [KDSD-00124]
Battle Gear III - The Edge [ZTTL-0059]
Bubble Symphony [PCCB-00172]
Bujingai OST [ZTTL-0060]
Cameltry & Cadash [PCCB-00043]
Chaos Heat OST [ZTTL-0033]
Cosmo Warrior Zero OST [ZTTL-0052]
Dangerous Curves OST [PCCB-00194]
Darius - The Omnibus [ZTTL-0008]
Darius Famous Recording Series [PCCB-00093]
Darius Gaiden Arrange ~ The Last Kiss [ZTTL-0013]
Darius Gaiden OST [PCCB-00166]
Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- [ZTMD-0001~5]
Darius Remix [SRIN-1037]
Darius Twin HOMEBREW [SNES]
Dariusburst Another Chronicle OST [ZTTL-0067]
Dariusburst OST [ZTTL-0063]
Dariusburst Remix WONDER WORLD - A Breath Of A Living Thing [ZTTL-0064]
Dariusburst Remix WONDER WORLD - A Breath Of A Machine [ZTTL-0065]
Densha de GO! & Side by Side 2 [ZTTL-0018]
Densha de GO! 2 OST [ZTTL-0042]
Densha de GO! 3 OST [ZTTL-0051]
Don Doko Don OST [PCCB-00008]
Elevator Action Returns OST [PCCB-00186]
Energy Airforce OST [ZTTL-0058]
Fighters' Impact OST [ZTTL-0003]
G-Darius - There is no Future [ZTTL-0019]
G-Darius Arcade OST [ZTTL-0014]
G.S.M. Taito 1 - The Ninja Warriors [D28B-0001]
G.S.M. Taito 2 - Twin Cobra [D28B-0008]
G.S.M. Taito 3 - Syvalion [D28B-0014]
G.S.M. Taito 4 - Darius II [PCCB-00010]
G.S.M. Taito 5 - Taito DJ Station [PCCB-00037]
G.S.M. Taito 6 - New Continent [PCCB-00064]
G.S.M. Taito 7 - Nouvelle Vague [PCCB-00086]
Galactic Storm -pupil- [ZTTL-0035]
Gamera 2000 OST [ZTTL-0010]
Grid Seeker - Project Storm Hammer [PCCB-00131]
Grid Seeker - The Dictator of Justice [ZTTL-0040]
Insector X Arrange Album [COCA-6648]
Jet de GO! 2 OST [ZTTL-0056]
Jet de GO! OST [ZTTL-0050]
Kaiser Knuckle OST [PCCB-00159]
Keep Walking Down the Steps [SRIN-1002]
Landing Gear & Side by Side OST [ZTTL-0006]
Light Bringer OST [PCCB-00154]
Magic Pengel - The Quest for Color OST [ZTTL-0057]
Magical Date OST [ZTTL-0017]
Metal Black -The First- [ZTTL-0012]
Metal Black OST [PCCB-00079]
Neck Hanging Balloon [TTRS-2002]
Night Striker & Syvalion Perfect Box [SRIN-1031~5]
Night Striker Complete Album [PCCB-00119]
Night Striker Famous Recording Series [PCCB-00140]
Operation Tiger OST [ZTTL-0032]
PC Engine's World of Darius [APCG-4001]
Psychic Force 2012 Arcade OST [ZTTL-0026]
Psychic Force 2012 Arrange Sound Tracks [ZTTL-0037]
Psychic Force OST [ZTTL-0004]
Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen OST [ZTTL-0015]
Pu.Li.Ru.La OST [PCCB-00091]
Puchi Carat OST [ZTTL-0023]
Puzzle Bobble Variety [ZTTL-0009]
Ray'z PREMIUM BOX -BEYOND- [ZTMD-0006~10]
Raycrisis - Rayons de l'Air [ZTTL-0041]
Raycrisis OST [ZTTL-0034]
Rayforce OST [PCCB-00153]
Rayforce Rubbing Beat [ZTTL-0011]
Raystorm Neu Tanz Mix [ZTTL-0005]
Raystorm OST [ZTTL-0002]
RC de GO! OST [ZTTL-0044]
Runark & Gun Frontier [PCCB-00060]
Space Gun & Liquid Kids [PCCB-00052]
SPACE INVADERS EXTREME -AUDIO CLUSTER- [ZTTL-0062]
SPACE INVADERS EXTREME 2 -AUDIO ELEMENT- [SRIN-1064]
Stunt Typhoon & Land Maker [ZTTL-0055]
Super Darius II PC-Engine World [NACL-1084]
Syvalion Arrange Album [TOCT-6617]
Taito Game Music Vol. 2 - Darius [28XA-166]
Taito Game Music [SCDC-00156, 28XA-110]
the FEAR OST [TTRS-2003]
The Ninja Warriors Complete Album [PCCB-00116]
The Ninja Warriors Famous Recording Series [PCCB-00074]
The Straw Cutter Original Soundtrack [TTRS-2001]
THE VERY BEST OF Mar. GAME MUSIC II ~Dawn Chronicle~ [ZTTL-0053]
THE VERY BEST OF OGR GALLERy ~Concepts~ [ZTTL-0049]
Welcome to the Karu Land! [PCCB-00196]
Z-REPLICA Vol. 1 DADDY MULK ~ THE NINJA WARRIORS [ZTTL-0024]
Z-REPLICA Vol. 2 URBAN TRAIL ~ NIGHT STRIKER [ZTTL-0025]
Z-REPLICA Vol. 3 LEGEND ~ THE RASTAN [ZTTL-0029]
Zoids Infinity Arcade OST [ZTTL-0061]
ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 1st [ZTTL-0038]
ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 2nd [ZTTL-0039]
ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 3rd [ZTTL-0043]
Zuntata Live 1990 -G.S.M. Taito- [PCCB-00045]
Zuntata Live 1997 Cineteque Rave [ZTTL-0016]
Zuntata Live 1998 Guten Talk from the Earth [ZTTL-0031]
Zuntata Night [ZTTL-0047]
Zuntata Rare Selection - Impromptu [ZTTL-2001]
Zuntata Rare Selection Vol. 1 - Stoic Romance [ZTTL-0020]
Zuntata Rare Selection Vol. 2 - 10cm Blue Sky in All Directions [ZTTL-0021]
Zuntata Rare Selection Vol. 3 - S'WORK'S [ZTTL-0022]
Zuntata Rare Selection Vol. 4 - Arabian Magic [ZTTL-0030]
Zuntata Rare Selection Vol. 5 - Hot Menu [ZTTL-0036]

TECHNOS / 1981

Double Dragon Arcade Version [BY12-5028]
Double Dragon II Arrange Album [MECG-28001]
Double Dragon II HOMEBREW [Arcade]
Double Dragon II REDBOOK [PC Engine]
Double Dragon NEO GEO OST [PCCB-00175]
Kunio Kun Sound Collection [C228-5008]
Nintendo World Cup Soccer [MECG-28005]
Super Spike V'Ball Arrange Album [MECG-28002]
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer [PCCB-00176]

TECMO / 1967

Dead or Alive 2 PS2 OST [KWCD-1004]
Dead or Alive 3 Original Sound Trax [KWCD-1006]
Dead or Alive OST Special Edition [PCCB-00314]
Dead or Alive Ultimate Original Sound Trax [KWCD-1008]
Ninja Gaiden - G.S.M. Tecmo 1 [D28B-0013]
Ninja Gaiden II Arrange Album [MECG-28004]
Ninja Gaiden Xbox OST [KWCD-1007]
Ninja Gaiden ä2 Official Soundtrack [(386514) TCM1065 03]
Raiga - Strato Fighter [PCCB-00063]
Rygar The Legendary Adventure OST [VJCP-68457]
Solomon's Key & Mighty Bomb Jack [K13A-758] MP3
Tecmo Game Music [28XA-95]

TELENET JAPAN / 1983

Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 [K30X-7707]
Telenet Selection [TOCT-5617]
Telenet's Sound Special Version - RENO Renovation Game - Since 1985 [TSR-1001]
The Fantasm Soldier Valis ~PC SOUND ORCHESTRA~ [WM-0657~9]
Valis II - The Fantasm Soldier [CT28-5530]
Valis III [TONS-1001]

TOAPLAN / 1984

Batsugun [PCCB-00151]
DOGYUUN [PCCB-00113]
Fixeight [PCCB-00100]
Out Zone - Snow Bros. [PCCB-00044]
Shark! Shark! Shark! [PCCB-00007]
TATSUJIN ~TOA PLAN GAME MUSIC SCENE ONE~ [H24X-10005]
Tatsujin-Oh [PCCB-00094]
V Five [PCCB-00120]
Vimana - Teki-Paki [PCCB-00071]
Zero Wing [PCCB-00001]

TREASURE / 1992

Alien Soldier [TYCY-5439]
Dynamite Headdy [TYCY-5400]
Gradius V OST [KOLA-081]
Gunstar Heroes Arrange Album [PICA-2001]
Ikaruga HOMEBREW [GameCube]
Radiant Silvergun Soundtrack+ [ABCA-5043]

TRI-ACE / 1995

End of Eternity OST [KDSD-00358~363]
Infinite Undiscovery OST [SQEX-10122~4]
Motoi Sakuraba Live 2006 -Valkyrie Profile 2- [KDSD-00113]
Motoi Sakuraba Live Concert Star Ocean & Valkyrie Profile [KDSD-00019~20]
Star Ocean 2 Arrange Album [FSCA-10056]
Star Ocean 2 Fantasy Megamix [FSCA-10145]
Star Ocean 3 Arrange Album [KDSD-00006]
Star Ocean 3 Director's Cut OST [KDSD-00026]
Star Ocean 3 OST Vol. 1 [KDSD-00002~3]
Star Ocean 3 OST Vol. 2 [KDSD-00004~5]
Star Ocean 4 Arrange Album [KDSD-00268]
Star Ocean 4 OST [SQEX-10139~42]
Star Ocean Blue Sphere Arrange Album [SCDC-00123]
Star Ocean Blue Sphere OST [SCDC-00124]
Star Ocean First Departure OST [SQEX~10108-10]
Star Ocean Perfect Collection [SRCL-3686]
Star Ocean Synthesizer Album [KDSD-00028~29]
Valkyrie Profile -Covenant of the Plume- Arrange Album [KDSD-00239]
Valkyrie Profile -Covenant of the Plume- OST [SQEX-10125~6]
Valkyrie Profile -LENNETH- Arrange Album [KDSD-00100]
Valkyrie Profile 2 -Silmeria- Vol. 1 OST [KDSD-00102~103]
Valkyrie Profile 2 -Silmeria- Vol. 2 OST [KDSD-00104~105]
Valkyrie Profile 2 Arrange Album [KDSD-00106]
Valkyrie Profile Arrange Album [FSCA-10121]
Valkyrie Profile OST [FSCA-10118]

TRIANGLE SERVICE / 2003

Shooting Love. 2007 Soundtrack CD [INCD-E0109]
Shooting Love. 200X OST [INCD-E0114]
Takadanobaba Ga-Cen Mikado Soundtrack [MSTS-0001]
THE SHOOTING LOVE XIISTAG & Trizeal PERFECT SOUNDTRACK [INDV-0108]
Trizeal Bonus Track's [N-A]

WOLF TEAM / 1987

Aisle Lord REDBOOK [Mega CD]
Annet Futatabi REDBOOK [Mega CD]
Arcus II Silent Symphony [TOCT-5616]
Earnest Evans REDBOOK [Mega CD]
Fhey Area REDBOOK [Mega CD]
FZ Series 'AXIS' [TOCT-5931]
Maneuver Cepter 'GRANADA' [TOCT-5933]
Sol-Feace REDBOOK [Sega CD]
Ten-Bu [BVCR-118]
Zan - Kagerou's Era [TOCT-5654]

ZOOM / 1989

Genocide [TOCT-5724]
Lagoon OST & Arrange [TOCT-5934]
Super Speed Racing HOMEBREW [Dreamcast rip & Prominy demos]
Super Speed Racing HOMEBREW [Dreamcast]
Zero Divide -The Final Conflict HOMEBREW [Saturn]
Zero Divide 2 - The Secret Wish HOMEBREW [PlayStation XA rips]
Zero Divide 2 - The Secret Wish Original Soundtrack [MGCD-1042]
Zero Divide Original Game Soundtrack [ARCJ-37]

PART 2: DOUJIN / FAN-MADE MUSIC

5~4TAKEPOD - S [TPCD-0023]
5~4TAKEPOD - SII [TPCD-0024]
Aether - Essence -Music of Mana- [AETR-0004]
Aether - Etrian Odyssey - Yggdrasika 2 [AETR-0010]
Aether - Etrian Odyssey - Yggdrasika [AETR-0007]
Aether - LE:mix -Limited Editionmix- [AETR-0005]
Agane Yuurei - kompass [AGNE-0001]
Agane Yuurei - Navigazione [AGNE-0002]
AIR Family Computer Arrange [HKMP-OTO07]
Akametal [PSCD-0001]
Bike Banditz Original Sound Track [FBCD-003]
C-CLAYS - GROUND ZERO ~ TOHO ROCK!! 2007 [TOCD-0007]
C-CLAYS - Hoshitsukuyo [TOCD-0018]
C-CLAYS - MIZU KAGO [TOCD-0002]
C-CLAYS - Touhou Gensou Shiten ~KAZABANA~ [TOCD-0008]
C-CLAYS - Touhou Sekka ~East dawn~ [TOCD-0001]
C-CLAYS - YU-NARI [TOCD-0020]
Carmina Lunae - Februa [CLPJ-0004]
Carmina Lunae - Zeitlos [CLPJ-0006]
Chaos & Order
CODE-49 - MEGA BEAT RUSH!! [49CD-0003]
Crow's Claw - 17 Division [PAEG-0001]
Crow's Claw - Battlefield 1987 [PAEG-0002]
Crow's Claw - Blacker Than The Blackest Black [PAEG-0010]
Crow's Claw - Broken Phantasm [PAEG-0003]
Crow's Claw - Brutal Game For Reminding of Death [PAEG-0009]
Crow's Claw - Crossfire Barrage [PAEG-0008]
Crow's Claw - From the Bottom of the Heart [PAEG-0014]
Crow's Claw - Frozen Frog [PAEG-0007]
Crow's Claw - Over the Rainbow [PAEG-0013]
Crow's Claw - Parental Advisory Explicit Guitar [PAEG-0005]
Crow's Claw - Scythe of Hell [PAEG-0006]
CROWZFEST [CZFCD-001]
Crystal Flash
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Blazt Devil Carnival [DMCD-0008]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Celestial Score [DMCD-0005]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Cheetah in the Dark [DMCD-0003]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Endless History [DMCD-0009]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Happy Trigger [DMCD-0004]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Highspeed [DMCD-0002]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Megalomania [DMCD-0001]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Memento Mori [DMCD-0006]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Muscle Spark [DMCD-0007]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - OverDriver [DMCD-0012]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Tyrant Honey [DMCD-0010]
Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Weiá Ritter [DMCD-0011]
Demetori - Il Mondo dove e finito il Tempo [DECD-0004]
Demetori - Manenjushaka ~ Nada Upasana Pundarika [DECD-0006]
Demetori - Sendaisoushi ~ Offering to The Sukhavati [DECD-0005]
Demetori - Shout at the Devil [DECD-0002]
Demetori - Sinen ni Nozomu ga Gotoshi [DECD-0003]
Demetori - Super Retro Game [DECD-0001]
Dobu Usagi - Nimen ni susumemasen!! [DBCD-0008]
Dust Box 49 - Everyday Adventurers [DSCD-0001]
Dust Box 49 - Faith of Format [NDCD-0002]
Dust Box 49 - Harunoyume [DBLB-0002]
Earth Japan Soft - F-ZERO The Graded Driver 2201 [eJfz-023]
Earth Japan Soft - NINJA GAIDEN Steel Dragon~Beat Blade [ejnr-024]
Earth Japan Soft - The Lost Vampire Killer - Dracula arrangement album [eJdcl-017]
Entertainment System - Super Entertainment System
Factory Noise & AG - Borderline [FNAG-0002]
Factory Noise & AG - Haganebushi [FNAG-0008]
Factory Noise & AG - Silver Crescent Moon I [FNAG-0007]
Factory Noise & AG - Thunder Force V - Lost Technology Plus [FNAG-0009]
Factory Noise & AG - Thunder Force V - Lost Technology [FNAG-0001]
Factory Noise & AG - Thunder Force VI - Absolute Area [FNAG-0004]
Factory Noise & AG - Thunder Force VI - Broken Thunder [FNAG-0003]
Factory Noise & AG - Time Limit ~Eternity~ [FNAG-0011]
Factory Noise & AG - Time Limit ~Momentary~ [FNAG-0012]
Factory Noise & AG - Wanderings II [FNAG-0013]
Factory Noise & AG - Wanderings [FNAG-0006]
Factory Noise & AG - WindAge [FNAG-0005]
Fragile Online [FOCD-0013] INCOMPLETE
Golden City Factory - 7th Dragon Battle Remixes Album [GCFT-0055]
Golden City Factory - Sekaiju FIGHT -Ready GO!- [GCFT-0035]
Goldeneye Remake Soundtrack
GYRO MiX - CatHolic [GMIX-0001]
GYRO MiX - ScapeGoat [GMIX-0004]
GYRO MiX - WitchCraft [GMIX-0002]
H.P. Sneakstep The Metroid Renaissance EP [KM-HPS010]
Harmony of a Hunter
Hiiraki Psychotherapy - RAY ILLUMINANT [HPCD-004]
I-Chu Sound Studio - BLACK BOX [ICSS-0001]
Innocent Key - Etrian Odyssey - Melody of Etrian and High Lagaard [IK-06]
Iron Attack! - CAVE ATTACK! [MIA006]
Iron Attack! - DEAD HEAT REFRAIN [MIA008]
Iron Attack! - Miss Understanding [MIA015]
Iron Attack! - SAVAGE FLAMES [MIA011]
Iron Attack! - SPARKING! [MIA012]
Iron Attack! - THUNDER CONCERTO [MIA010]
IWADON - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki Tribute Album
J.M. MIDI - Battle Collection Complete Edition [JMCP-0009~10]
J.M. MIDI - Final Fantasy SFC Style Mix [JMCP-0016]
Jesus is Dead - Jail Break
JPS - Nidhoggr [JPSCD-0001]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Paradigm Lost~ [Muse-0008]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Prim Girl~ [Muse-0006]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Reincarnation~ [Muse-0009]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Romanced Fate~ [MUSE-0005]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Spell on Asterism~ [MUSE-0014]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Starry Nightmare~ [MUSE-0011]
Kimino Museum - dialogue ~Stella Theater~ [Muse-0012]
Kimino Museum palette ~The Gensokyo the People Loved~ [MUSE-7001~7002]
Kota-rocK - Birth of Fire [TOKO-0005]
Kota-rocK - Ghost Dignity [TOKO-0006]
Kota-rocK - Kaze no Onkai ~Boss-hen~ [TOKO-0004]
Kota-rocK - Kaze no Onkai ~Douchuuhen~ [TOKO-0003]
Kota-rocK - Shin'en no Yoru [TOKO-0002]
Liverne - Touhou Gensou Shiten 2 Canon [LIVE-0005]
Liverne - Touhou Gensou Shiten Banquet [LIVE-0001~2]
Lost Childlen [LSTC-0001]
Mad Tea Party - GODMOTHER [MTPD-0002]
Mad Tea Party - HEADSHOT [MTPD-0001]
Magical Trick Society - Bit Master Style FC [MTSC-7]
Magical Trick Society - CASTLEVANIA -Odi et amo- [MTSR-2]
Magical Trick Society - Dragon Spirit ~Lead into Genesis~ [MTSC-3]
Magical Trick Society - F-ZERO The Transmitter [MTSR-1]
Magical Trick Society - Famicom Tantei Club Twilight Symphony [MTSC-2]
Magical Trick Society - Folktale Recollection -FINAL FANTASY- [MTSC-11]
Magical Trick Society - GRADIUS - Energy Force [MTSC-8]
Magical Trick Society - Jam Jam Junction N [MTSC-9]
Magical Trick Society - Melodies ~RPG Piano Collection~ [MTSC-12]
Magical Trick Society - North Blue [MTSA-2]
Magical Trick Society - SG-FM UNIT [MTST-1]
Magical Trick Society - Shooting Battle Arena [MTSR-3]
Magical Trick Society - Sign -Shooting Game Tracks +- [MTSC-10]
Magical Trick Society - Sound in Labyrinth [MTSA-1]
Magical Trick Society - The Last Testament ~Romancing SaGa~ [MTSC-4]
Magical Trick Society - Zelda Triforce Trilogy [MTSC-1]
Metroid Metal - Expansion Pack [SUR 008]
Metroid Metal - Varia Suite [SUR 006]
Midi Mushi - Romancing SaGa 1, 2, 3 [AGCD-30221]
Mintjam - 1st GIG #Awake [MJCD-0001]
Mintjam - 3rd GIG #Crescent [MJCD-0003]
Mintjam - Mushihimesama Arrange CD -Haitenai Densetsu-
NeuzKraft - Ayatan Rock [NKCD-0012]
Nitro Game Injection - Dynamite Headdy: Secret Bonus Point [KNGIA-0001]
OC Remix - Castlevania - Sonata of the Damned [OCRA-0016]
OC Remix - Chrono Trigger - Chrono Symphonic [OCRA-0006]
OC Remix - Donkey Kong Country - Kong in Concert [OCRA-0002]
OC Remix - Donkey Kong Country 2 - Serious Monkey Business [OCRA-0017]
OC Remix - DOOM - The Dark Side of Phobos [OCRA-0005]
OC Remix - DOOM II - Delta-Q-Delta [OCRA-0011]
OC Remix - Duck Hunt Remix Project
OC Remix - Final Fantasy IV - Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption [OCRA-0014]
OC Remix - Final Fantasy V - The Fabled Warriors ~I. WIND~ [OCRA-0018]
OC Remix - Final Fantasy VII - Voices of the Lifestream [OCRA-0009]
OC Remix - Heroes vs. Villains [OCRA-0022]
OC Remix - Kirby's Adventure - Rise of the Star [OCRA-0004]
OC Remix - Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening - Threshold of a Dream [OCRA-0020]
OC Remix - Mega Man series - The Robot Museum [OCRA-0024]
OC Remix - Namco Tales Series - Summoning of Spirits [OCRA-0013]
OC Remix - NiGHTS - Lucid Dreaming [OCRA-0026]
OC Remix - Pokemon series - The Missingno Tracks [OCRA-0023]
OC Remix - Radical Dreamers - Thieves of Fate [OCRA-0010] MP3
OC Remix - Sonic 3 and Knuckles - Project Chaos [OCRA-0008] MP3
OC Remix - Sonic the Hedgehog - The Sound of Speed [OCRA-0025]
OC Remix - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Hedgehog Heaven [OCRA-0003] MP3
OC Remix - Super Metroid - Relics of the Chozo [OCRA-0001]
OC Remix - Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Blood on the Asphalt [OCRA-0007] MP3
OC Remix - Xenogears - Humans + Gears [OCRA-0015]
octet - 'REBELLION' einhander remixes album I [OSLA-0003]
ooedo Express mail - f II [OEMM-0083]
ooedo Express mail - f [OEMM-0073]
ooedo Express mail - Roaming Romance [OEMM-0093]
PHOENIX Project - Resolution Trigger [PPCD-0701]
Press Play on Tape - Loading Ready Run [PPOT-1]
Press Play on Tape - Run Stop Restore [PPOT-2]
Project Majestic Mix Gold Edition [No Catalog Number]
Quarter Circle Jab #2
Real Cadenza [UNCD-0005]
Rock 'n' Roll Over Dose
Rolando - Fiori Celesti -Shooting Best- [RLCD-0018]
Rolando - Seraphic Lawsuit [RLCD-0014]
Romancing Cyberbard - m.e.c.a. [RCCD-1008]
revasser - The Legend of Zelda, Essence of Lime Remix Album [Oracle of Ages, Game Boy Color]
Scoundrel Records - Minus 10 Plus 10 1985~1995 Gamemusic Omnibus Arrange [SDCD-0016]
Scoundrel Records - WAVELET - Konami Game Music Arrange Sound [SDCD-0018]
SHINYA [PSCD-0001]
sound sepher - Cradle -Touhou Gengaku Shiten- [SEPR-0001]
sound sepher - Cradle2 [SEPR-0003]
sound sepher - Megalomachia [SEPR-0005]
sound sepher - Megalomachia2 [SEPR-0007]
sound sepher - Touhou Gensou Shiten 3 Deary [SEPR-0004]
sound sepher - Touhou Gensou Shiten 4 Excess [SEPR-0006]
sound sepher - Touhou Gensou Shiten 5 Fable [SEPR-0008]
sound sepher - Touhou Gensou Shiten 6 Grimoire [SEPR-0009]
Sound.Ave - Without reStraint [SACD-004]
StarFox Anthology
Super Metroid Remastered
Sync.Art's - Wind of Healing [SACD-5002]
TAMUSIC - FF VIOLIN -FINAL FANTASTIC VIOLIN- [TAM3-0070]
TatshMusicCircle - FAR EAST OF EAST
TatshMusicCircle - FAR EAST OF EAST II
Time & Space - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda [OUS-001]
Toshinori Hiramatsu & Fellows SWORD OF JUSTICE [SJCD-0708]
Tribullets - OVER THE LIMITS! [TRBL-0008]
Tribullets - OVERBLAST!! Shooting Game Arrange Compilation Album [TRBL-0004]
Tribullets - OVERBLAST!! x2 Shooting Game Arrange Compilation Album [TRBL-0007]
UI-70 - Touhou Fusion - Spreading Full Colors [UI-0010]
Unionest.NET - Hanataba [UNCD-0004]
Unions Jade - Chrysoprasos [JADE-0001]
Unions Jade - Diliculo [JADE-0002]
Unions Jade - Diva [JADE-0004]
Unions Jade - Labyrinthus [JADE-0003]
Velvet Sounds - Maditation
Viking Guitar
VivaCissimo - Konami Game Music Arrange Album [VDMA-001]
Washudoll - Street Fighter 2010 Arrange Album
We Are Error
Woodsoft - 99, 100 [WDCD-0021]
Woodsoft - AGES Gaiden [WDCD-0033]
Woodsoft - AGES [WDCD-0029]
Woodsoft - Final Takahashi RX [WDCD-0030]
Woodsoft - Gekitsui-ou Ue
Woodsoft - Maicoso Basic Magazine [WDCD-0026]
Woodsoft - MSX wo 10-bai Tanoshimu Disc [WDCD-0031]
Woodsoft - Music From Falcom Games Vol. 1 [WDCD-0019]
Woodsoft - Music From Falcom Games Vol. 3 [WDCD-0032]
Woodsoft - PC Collection [WDCD-0027]
Woodsoft - Super Takahashi [WDCD-0023]
Woodsoft - The Legend of Xanadu ~KLEENE~ [WDCD-0024]
Woodsoft - YK-2 Collection [WDCD-0025]
Zephyr Cradle - Zephyr Violin Duo [ZVLN-0002]
Zubareus - From 8 To Infinity [BC008]
ZUN - Celestial Wizardry ~ Magical Astronomy [ZCDS-0007]
ZUN - Doll of Hourai ~ Dolls in Pseudo Paradise [ZCDS-0001]
ZUN - East-West Tokaido ~ Retrospective 53 Minutes [ZCDS-0004]
ZUN - History of Yougakudan 1 [ZCDS-0005~6]
ZUN - History of Yougakudan 2 [ZCDS-0008]
ZUN - History of Yougakudan 3 [ZCDS-0009]
ZUN - History of Yougakudan 4 [ZCDS-0010]
ZUN - History of Yougakudan 5 [ZCDS-0011]
ZUN - Lotus Pedestal Field Travels in the Night ~ Ghostly Field Club [ZCDS-0002]
ZUN - Scarlet Weather Rhapsody [TFM-003]
ZUN - Thermonuclear Titan Hisoutensoku ~ Touhou Hisoutensoku ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK [TFM-004]
ZUN - Yumetagae Kagaku Seiki ~ Changeability of Strange Dream [ZCDS-0003]

PART 3: WANTED ALBUMS

OFFICIALS:

ALEX KIDD COMPLETE ALBUM [WM-0632~3]
All Sounds of Last Armageddon [H30X-20010]
Broken Thunder [FNAG-0015]
Bullet Soul Original Soundtrack [FPBD-0177]
Dangun Feveron [SGCD-0004]
Dirtfox [PCCB-00013]
Famicle Parodic 2 [COCA-6839]
Galaxy Odyssey [VDR-1305]
Glory of Heracles IV ~ Gift of the Gods [PCCB-00167]
Image From Colossus - Sega Sound Orchestra [BVCH-2812]
Machine-Armor 'Louga' I + II Kogado PC-Engine ORIGINAL [NACL-1185]
Mahou Shoujo Ai 2 Soundtrack CD [HUE-AI2-SAN]
Mercury - The Prime Master [DMCD-2004]
Milestone Sound Collection [STRV-002~5]
Music From Yaksa & Arcus [K30X-7709]
Mushihimesama Cave Festival ver1.5 -Arrange Album- [CVAS-009]
RAP à de LIC - Gamadelic [PCCB-00090]
Sega Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix [VPCG-84273]
Senjou no Valkyria Piano Pieces [BSPE-1034]
Shin Momotaro Densetsu [VICL-40102~4]
Tenshitachi no Gogo - First Love Chapter [APCG-4012]
The House of the Dead 2 [MJCA-00044]
Tomb Raider 3 - Toutes les musiques [N/A]
UnchainBlades ReXX OST [DERP-10016]
Wildtrax ~ Rare Tracks for Driving [SRCL-2961]

Kid Icarus / Metroid Original Soundtrack Orchestra Version [07FA-1106]
Note: I want a transfer from the vinyl. I already have a transfer from the cassette.

DOUJINS:

ANCIENT GRADE [SFCD-00001]
Dangei -BulletArt- [N2PD-013]
dialogue ~Thermosphere~ [Muse-0003]
dialogue -FANFAN. FANTASY IV- [Muse-0017]
Dungeon & Danger [NDCD-0003]
Fairytale and Separation [SSRY-0004]
Floatia [SSRY-0001]
Floatia 2 [SSRY-0003]
MADE in Saitama [SSH-666]
Nadir [COCD-0004]
Nekketsu Na! Instrumental Arrange Album CD [APCD-0001]
Ragnarok Online Arrange CD -MintJam / GRAVITY- [MJCD-0000]
Reverence of Mana [RMCD-0001]
Rokujuunen no Shikisai [SSRY-0002]
Sengoku Ranse [KRGN-0001]
Touhou kara kimashita. [NBLS-0001]
Touhou Zerokyo Kitan ~ Sophisticated Insanity [CIAP-1003L]

PART 4: EXPLANATION

     It began with an advertisement in Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, way back in July of 1999. The advertisement was from a store called GameCave and they were selling a large amount of video game related items, which included soundtracks. One of them caught my eye: Ocarina of Time - Hyrule Symphony. I was curious beyond reason, but I didn't order the item right away because I wasn't accustomed to such things. I wasn't even using e-mail at the time, and I don't think I had a credit card yet, either. I found soundtrackcentral.com in September of 1999 and that website solidified my actions, due to the fact it made me aware that arranged game music albums were quite real. Honestly, I wasn't so sure until I found that site.
     I called GameCave and they convinced me to buy the Ever Anime version, because it was $10 cheaper. In fact, the sales representative told me to always buy Ever Anime albums. My very first game music purchase was a bootleg. I didn't find out it was illegal until several months later.
     The beginning was actually much earlier than 1999, since I was listening to sound tests from video games in 1990. In fact, I clearly remember recording music from Castlevania IV and Blast Corps to cassette and playing my recordings in my car. So I was quite familiar with video game music by 1999; I just wasn't aware that real albums were being made in Japan.
It turned out to be a major disappointment when I attempted to buy more video game music. I got very lucky with Hyrule Symphony, as it was still in print in 1999. Using the search engine at soundtrackcentral.com (vgmdb.net and gmronline.com did not yet exist), I made a list of all the game music albums I wanted. That list included Dracula Battle and Super Mario World, which could not be purchased at any English language retailer of video game music in 1999. In fact, much of what I wanted was completely unavailable. The solution was rather involved and illegal.
     From what I have been able to understand, video game music albums produced in Japan are strictly intended for the Japanese market. If one outside of Japan wanted an old game music album, then the solution in 1999 involved using ebay. One could not download the album and trading physical cd-r copies was slow and often didn't work. Here is a relevant post I made at vgmdb.net:

     I wanted to buy one [Dracula ~New Classic~], so I searched my favorite retailer at the time, which was the-place.com. They had DNC on a list of CD's that they would not be able to find, so don't even bother to ask. (I didn't ask.)
      I did, however, try my luck at ebay. The very first auction I found was for a sealed Dracula New Classic. The minimum bid had reached $4,555 by the time I looked at the auction. (Someone at soundtrackcentral reported the auction was a fake.) I then realized it was way, way outside of anything I could realistically afford. So I tried to get a CD-R.
      I posted at soundtrackcentral and a guy named Kevin Murphy agreed to send me a CD-R, provided I send him a CD-R of Dragon Quest Digital Sound Explosion, which was the Son May version of Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite (I didn't know Son May made bootlegs at that time). Kevin sent me a CD-R that sounded horrible; it made popping and clicking noises every few seconds. I actually sent it back to him. I never heard from him again. Lol.
      I did manage to get a CD-R before the summer of 2000 from another source. Keep in mind it was difficult to get just a copy. Getting the original was beyond unthinkable (at the time).
In the summer of 2000, Cloud V managed to sell DNC for $1525 on ebay to darkfact. Darkfact actually posted on STC and explained why he spent so much money, saying it was completely worth it to him. (Darkfact was a pretty cool guy, since he got me the redbook audio for Sapphire.)
      The most I ever bid on DNC was $450 and my bid was destroyed. Near the end of 2000, I managed to get a DNC on ebay for $263. The auction I won was the first time I had seen it sell for under $300 (on ebay).
      By 1999 Dracula New Classic had already risen to "don't ask us, because we can't get it" status. Keep in mind that the-place was completely capable of taking special orders for import CD's. They found me Salamander Pro Fusion and many other Konami CD's, so DNC really was damn impossible to find.
      If anyone knows how to look up old ebay auctions, I think this page lists the auction where DNC sold for $1525. Just scroll down to the transaction between darkfact and Cloud V, on May 23, 2000.

      http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ab=AllFeedback

      It would be interesting to see if my memory is correct. (I think the price was $1525.)

   Anyway, the only affordable option for regular people was to buy cd-r copies or trade cd-r copies. But all this changed when Kahori Ezaki (coco74 on ebay) started selling game music on ebay. She made all of those unattainable albums suddenly within reach. I bought quite a bit from Kahori, using my ebay account with the userID emperorsblackbones. But I called this part of my collection the explanation, so I'm going to explain how I got all of this music.
     Approximately 900~1,000 of the albums in my collection are purchases of originals that I made myself, from GameCave, the-place.com, gamemusic.com, animenation.com, otaku.com, CDJapan.com, vgmworld.com, the sellers coco74, champ_des_pins, m-2 on ebay. I have also used Shopping Mall Japan. The other 1,200 or so albums were acquired in the following ways:

Trading cd-r copies
Buying cd-r copies
Trading originals for cd-r copies
Trading online

   Why do I have so much? Because I don't know. I don't know if an album is going to be good or not. I have been shocked repeatedly by soundtracks to games I have never heard of, so my strategy is to buy what I can afford and trade for anything I have never heard. I have since sold the originals I have purchased because they are worth too much money. I can't afford to have $20,000 worth of music CD's just sitting on a shelf.
     How much of my collection have I listened to?
   I don't know. I can say that I will never listen to all of it, because I spend too much time listening to the ones that I really like.
   Why don't I get rid of the albums I never listen to?
   I did. About 8 years ago, I got rid of everything I didn't want, which amounted to roughly 300 albums. I did that mainly because of space. But space is no longer an issue. Hard drives are very small and inexpensive.
   How much space does my collection require?
   Approximately 1 terabyte.

Korean Movie - The Customer is Always Right

2011-08-06T00:56:00.000-07:00

I take enormous risks when I watch movies. I haven't sat down and figured out the ratio, but the amount of bad movies I watch exceeds the great movies. I consider the bad movies the price I have to pay in order to find the gems. I don't consider the money to be the price I have to pay - no. The actual price is all the crap I have to be exposed to. This is the same with books, music, and to some extent - women.
I won't be telling you about the crap because I don't want to talk about it or even think about it. The other night I sat down and watched The Customer is Always Right, completely unaware as to whether it would blow me away or ruin my day. The best word I can use to describe this movie is "magical", but with a caveat. If you're not really into Korean movies and haven't seen the early works of Lee Chang-Dong, then you might be less entranced. I don't want to potentially spoil anything, so I won't name the exact movie you should watch first.

The Customer is Always Right (2006)

DVD Front Cover

DVD Back Cover

I'm going to tell you about the actors.

성지루 (Seong Ji-Ru) is the barber in the scan. He is gullible and timid; he breaks down and is thwarted easily. It took me a long time to recognize him, since he acted very differently from his role in A Good Lawyer's Wife. In that movie, he played the seriously mentally disturbed person that rambled nonsense.
이선균 (Lee Seon-Gyun) is the man blowing the bubble in the scan. I was very surprised to watch his role in this movie because he was essentially an alpha male; very calm, assertive, assiduous, easily able to kick the crap out of people, successful with the ladies, etc. A total bad-ass. He normally plays a sexually frustrated character that can't talk to women without stuttering, or he's psychologically abusive to women.
명계남 (Myung Gye-Nam) is the man with the sunglasses. He's the mystery character, he's the customer, and he's always right.
성현아 (Seong Hyeon-Ah) is the woman in the picture. I remember her playing a psychologically disturbed person in Time who used plastic surgery as her source of paramount satisfaction. She also played the mother in the closed-loop paradox horror movie Cello. In this movie, she is a manipulative sex-crazed maniac that is content with nothing and upset with everything.

Sadly, I can not tell you why I loved this movie so much. There is much I can not reveal, due to the fact it's spoiler-heavy. The fact that I have seen so many Korean movies definitely made this a far more interesting experience, because I was able to compare how these people act compared to what else I have seen them in. Ultimately, this movie is mysterious. The man in the sunglasses had me stumped beyond hope. Well, here's the gist of it. I can tell you this much...the barber did something very bad...and somehow...the man in the sunglasses found out.

Two Korean Movies - The Snare and Say Yes

2011-08-03T22:54:00.000-07:00

     Youtube is a great place to find out what movies to watch. In my particular case, I like to watch Korean movies, and there are plenty of such lists on Youtube, even genre lists. I found a video that listed the top 69 (!) R-rated Korean movies and I had watched 22 of them. The #1 movie on that list was The Hole. I found the list credible since all 22 of the movies I had seen were indeed quite good. However, I had never seen the #1 movie, so I watched it last Saturday night. It was easy to find because it was already contained in my physical collection.
   Before I proceed, I have to talk about the title of the movie. The original Korean title is 올가미, which does not mean "the hole" in English. I looked up 올가미 in my Korean-English dictionary and here is the definition: a noose; a snare; a lasso; a rope; a trick; a cheat; a trap. I couldn't find The Hole listed at Han Cinema or Asian DB, but I did find The Snare listed as Asian DB. Asian Media Wiki decided to use the title on the DVD case and here is their entry. Take note that IMDB also lists it as The Hole. I have decided to officially call it The Snare, since Asian DB uses that title, plus that is the correct meaning of the Korean word.
     Anyway, I have posted the DVD front and back covers, so you can see for yourself.

The Snare (1997)

DVD Front Cover

DVD Back Cover

I can understand why someone would rate this as the best R-rated Korean movie. It ventures into taboo territory in the form of perverse emotional desire, which makes the viewer feel rather uncomfortable. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't mention the exact nature of the emotional abnormalities. I was constantly surprised and I would call this "original". I very, very, very seriously doubt this will ever be remade by Hollywood, due to the uncomfortable nature of the content.

As for the picture quality of the DVD, it varies between low and high resolution. Some scenes look like VHS quality and others are clearly DVD quality. I don't know how that works, but it doesn't in any way alter the viewing experience. The movie is shocking enough that it could be in black and white and it wouldn't make a difference. There is an oddity to report about the DVD. The soundtrack is actually available through the on-screen menu. I have never seen anything like that before.

The second movie I feel compelled to blog about is called 세이 예스 in Korean, which is a spelling of the English "Say Yes". So the title is rather straightforward and means the same thing in both languages. Why am I mentioning this movie in the same blog post as the above movie? They were both made by the same director. I had seen Say Yes several years ago and something happened that was not supposed to happen. In other words, I was thoroughly shocked.

Say Yes (2001)

DVD Front Cover

DVD Back Cover

Besides the thing that was not supposed to happen, there was something else that shocked me. 박중훈 (Park Joong-Hoon) plays a psychologically demented and manifestly violent character that torments the lives of others. He is normally a comedian. Consider for a moment watching Jim Carrey playing a violent hard-edged murderer that stops at nothing to make his human prey suffer. Wouldn't it be strange to watch the jovial Carrey kill people?

The main theme in this movie, as in The Snare, is torment. Someone, for a reason they consider rational, has decided to torment other people. The torment is far more physical than psychological and there is no concern for the comfort of the victims.

These are both "hard-hitting" movies and I would recommend them if you enjoy being shocked.

Elegance and Beauty

2011-07-25T01:04:00.000-07:00

This post is a collection of some of my philosophies, along with my follow-ups.

PHILOSOPHY OF REALITY

    Humans exist. Why they exist is beyond the scope of my philosophy and will not be discussed. There are a variety of ways to organize all of the things that exist. For the purposes here, I have chosen to organize things (all things that exist) 3 ways:

Category 1: Humans.
Category 2: Exist because of humans. (Humans are relevant.)
Category 3: Exist prior to humans. (Humans are irrelevant.)

    Summarily, we have humans, those things humans have brought into existence, and those things that existed prior to humans. Examples, I feel, are appropriate at this point.
    -An ant maintains a category 3 existence. If humans disappeared, ants would not disappear. Ants do not require humans in order to exist. This example can be extended to nearly the entirety of the animal kingdom, with the exception of certain bacteria and insects that require humans.
    -The boogeyman maintains a category 2 existence. He exists within the imagination of human beings. If humans ceased to exist, the boogeyman would go extinct. This example can be extended considerably to encompass the totality of human imagination.
    -Atoms maintain a category 2 and 3 existence. Elements heavier than plutonium do not occur naturally, so they require our existence. Those lighter than, and including plutonium, do not require humans.
    -Both science and religion maintain a category 2 existence. Science is a process by which natural processes are investigated and occurs due to the human mind. Religion is a collection of belief systems and exists due to human imagination.
    -The Gods (Christian, Muslim, Greek, Norse, etc.) maintain a category 2 existence. Since Gods arise from religion, they are automatically category 2. Some people mistakenly place Gods in category 3.
    More examples of category 2 existence:
Art, sports, writing systems, music, computers and books.
    Highly debatable category 2 possibility:
Language. (Animals do communicate.)
    More examples of category 3 existence:
Dinosaurs, planets, gravity, stars, electrons, space and time.

    My philosophy does not invalidate the existence of anything. Reality is simple and this is a simple explanation. In order to accept my philosophy, one must overlook a minor detail - the future. The future is beyond the scope of my philosophy, although time is included. The future, although a part of time, has not yet happened. I am not sure how to sufficiently explain this problem, so I must call it a 'paradox' for now.

11-11-2007

FOLLOW-UP to Philosophy of Reality

    I had written my philosophy about 3 years ago, due to frustration. I’m not sure what use it may have, or even if it has any use. It is interesting to think about. I chose to place humans (us) above everything else because it is impossible to deny that we exist. While you may certainly deny that other humans exist, you would be hard pressed to deny your own existence. So each human, at the very least, believes that at least one human exists. Since one human exists, this implies that others exist, since it takes humans to make humans. So it is conceivable that even the most stubborn solipsist acknowledges the existence of other humans.
    I got to thinking about what could be possibly be left if humans exist. That leaves two possibilities (not to be mistaken with the categories):
    1. Things that humans did make.
    2. Things that humans did not make.
    After thinking about my philosophy, I have decided it is elegant. This is because it is simple and easy to understand. A child could have made this up. There is a fine point to discuss, though. Humans have actually not created anything (physically). All humans are capable of doing is transforming matter, or making complicated things from simpler things. For example, a building is made from materials that were dredged from the earth. Everything used to make a building was already on this planet. So we can’t create anything, since we essentially just change the shape and properties of materials. We don’t actually create matter. Even childbirth is not a creation. If childbirth were actually a creation of life, then the pregnant female would not need to eat food. A pregnant woman unconsciously changes the shape of matter. She essentially ingests a great deal of atoms, which combine to form another human. Those atoms that form a new human could have come from anywhere on this planet. Parts of your infant self could have formerly been grasshopper legs or dinosaur teeth. It would be really hard to find out what you were before you started to develop in the womb.
    One might argue, however, that certain abstractions, such as numbers, were created by humans. This would contradict my statement that humans have not created anything. It’s hard to say whether the number 5 existed or not before we came up with the notion. It doesn’t matter whether humans exist or not; quantities of 5 objects are all over the place. I would argue that assigning numbers to objects could just be a way of thinking.
    How could I not place God above humans? There is evidence that humans exist, but God isn’t doing so well. While He purportedly created us, no evidence has been found indicating that He exists. God must be accepted on faith. The thing about faith is that humans invented it. Since humans invented faith, that makes it a Category 2 (refer to the first page). If humans did not exist, then faith would not exist. Since faith is required to make God “exist”, this implies that God would disappear if humans disappeared. Which means: God needs us. We don’t need Him.
    I have decided not to be concerned with how humans originated. It is still beyond the scope of my philosophy. The bigger question is: Where did all of the matter come from? I disagree with the Big Bang Theory, simply because it was proposed as a joke (by the physicist Fred Hoyle). No one has any clue where the matter came from that makes up our Universe. We certainly didn’t make it. So all matter, including ourselves, is Category 3. That is one hell of a paradox. We existed prior to ourselves. Great. So much for elegance.

11-5-2010

ARTIFICIAL HUMANS

    Let’s say that God really did create humans. First of all, what is God? God is supposed to be an all-powerful being responsible for the creation of the universe. God, if it exists, is not all powerful if it created humans. We humans are extremely advanced, but very incapable of certain tasks. We made computers because they are more advanced in certain areas, but they are not considered to be alive because they don’t fit our definition. The purpose of the computer is to do what humans can not. The purpose of God is to do what humans can not. From God’s point of view we are probably not considered to be alive. God must be more aware of things, just as humans are more aware than computers. Somehow, God is more alive. If God created humans, then we are artificial and not natural. Therefore we are not alive. If God were infinitely powerful and knowledgeable, then it would only need to exist for a fleeting instant. It would only need an infinitesimal instant to do everything possible. Is what we consider to be the universe part of God’s infinite possibilities? Not likely. If God knew everything, it would have to do nothing.
    As far as I’m concerned, humans are alive and God did not create us - we created him. God fills an enormous gap in our knowledge of things. The gap is shrinking and so is God. Eventually God will vanish because it is just a placeholder for much of reality. Everything humans have created has a purpose. We created God and its purpose was to create us. What’s wrong with existing just to exist? For the time being that will have to be sufficient, because we don’t know where we came from. For the small amount of us that think all too clearly, God is just a festering annoyance.

    (The above was written in 1999, when I was 23.)

FOLLOW-UP to Artificial Humans

    I don’t remember writing it, since it was done 11 years ago. But I do remember the point I was trying to make.
    Whenever we humans make something, it is typically done out of a desire to improve our lives. A car offers significant improvements over walking. A car is able to do something we can not - and it is also not alive. Almost everything we make is considered artificial. We don’t make natural things; they occur without our involvement.
    My reasoning was that if we were created, then we must be artificial. We wouldn’t be natural. This would imply that there is a type of life that is “more alive” than us. Since we have no evidence of anything “more alive” than us, we must have occurred naturally.
    The difference between create and make in the way I’m using them is subtle. As an example, we can make a building, but we can not create one. We can create a short story, but we can not make one. Making refers to things that can be touched (since it involves the transformation of materials), while creation refers to things that can not be touched.
    If God did create humans, then that would further imply we are not made of any sort of material, but simply thoughts in his mind. We’re His story. That’s even less tenable than being artificial, since it implies we are just a bunch of characters.

    11-5-2010

FREEDOM OF INSPIRATION

    It may seem on the surface level that I'm referring to a freedom associated with stimulating the mind to a high level of mental activity. In fact, the title of this page has an unwanted psychological effect. Inspiration, among other meanings, means the act of drawing in air, or simply - breathing. The Latin root is spirare, which means “to breathe”.
       The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees U.S. citizens freedom of speech. It may appear that freedom of inspiration and freedom of speech are not related, but they are almost
precisely the same thing. All people, everywhere, are allowed to breathe freely. There are no restrictions on the amount and type of breathing that one may engage in. If, for instance, one wishes to breathe underwater (without any type of SCUBA - self contained underwater breathing apparatus), one may do so. However, there is a penalty for breathing in certain places, such as underwater. Just like one may breathe anywhere, one may talk anywhere.
       Freedom of speech is precisely that. We all have complete freedom to say whatever we want, whenever we want, wherever we want. Just like there is a penalty for breathing in certain places, there is a penalty for talking in certain places and times, and saying certain things. The freedom can not be violated and anyone that thinks otherwise needs to remember their place in things. Freedom of speech not only applies to YOU, but to everyone else. If someone decides they don't like what you are saying on TV and cuts you off, your freedom of speech has not been violated. Remember - we all have freedom of speech. Even the censors. If someone censors your words, they are merely exercising their freedom of speech.
       So, there are 2 main types of freedom of speech...

   1. Freedom, but with penalty.
   2. Freedom - with no penalty.

       The first type of freedom is the one that we, along with the rest of life, experience. It is the same in every country. Whether one lives in North Korea, Cambodia, Russia, or the United States, the freedom of speech is precisely the same - the kind that has a penalty. To explicitly state that Americans have freedom of speech is no different than stating that we have freedom of breathing. This type of freedom is not an illusion, as one may suspect, although it is deceptively contradictory. The second type of freedom, actually, is the illusion.
       In order to realize the second type of freedom, humans would need to form a single mind or live in isolation, singly. Neither situation is palatable nor allows life to flourish; thus, freedom must carry a penalty.
        The seemingly contradictory nature of freedom is so problematic that the definition ought to be heavily modified. But this is reality, not an illusion.

    10-8-2007

FOLLOW-UP to Freedom of Inspiration

    How could someone possibly relate breathing to freedom of speech? Well, it seems obvious to me that we are allowed to breathe wherever we want, even in situations that would kill us. So we have the freedom to breathe, but it is not free of problems. Likewise, we are able to say anything we want, even things that could get us into a lot of trouble. So we do have freedom of speech, in the sense that we can say anything.
    However, after thinking about freedom, I realized there are at least 2 types. Everyone knows this, but I would suspect few people are concerned with defining it.
    I didn’t know about Facebook when I wrote the essay. Due to Facebook, I can now provide a more relevant example; something more in tune with the Zeitgeist (German for “spirit of the times”).
    On Facebook, one has the freedom to post anything they want on their “wall”. That freedom even extends to other users’ pages, which are considered, often in name only, “friends” of the poster. The casual postings, often made in a few seconds or less, can cause real-life complications, such as losing one’s job or losing one’s life. (Though I would argue that losing one’s life is a little bit more than a complication.)
    So, Facebook users are exposed to the penalizing consequences of freedom of speech at a frequency that our ancestors could have never imagined. Our ancestors had to wait to use the telephone, wait for physical encounters, etc. They couldn’t just turn on a computer and instantly annoy the shit out of 258 people.
    In summary, the point of the original essay was to show that freedom of speech, in the sense we’d like to believe, does not exist. The only possible way to have freedom of speech without consequences is to reduce the population of the planet to one person. In other words, freedom is more an ideal concept than an actuality.

    11-8-2010

NOTIONS OF THE AFTERLIFE

By my reasoning, their first "life" experiences would occur in the afterlife. These people would, of course, be trained as angels - or demons. These people that die early would ultimately be called the "Superiors". When us regular humans die, we are shuffled into heaven or hell, since we had a life to judge. The Superiors bypass heaven and hell. I would have to invent this third place. I'm not sure what it is yet.

(I wrote the above sometime in 2007, spurred by my readings of the Riverworld series.)

FOLLOW-UP

    The above is purely fantasy. I don’t believe in heaven or hell. I was writing about people that die early, before age 3 or 4. They didn’t live long enough to experience much of anything on the Earth, so their first “experiences” would occur in the afterlife, assuming it exists. This would make them “Superior” to someone that lived for a long time on the Earth, since they would be exempt from judgment. They didn’t have a life to judge, so they could not possibly enter heaven or hell. There logically must be a third place, for people that died early.
    Another reason why they would be superior is due to the fact they would be “raised” in the afterlife. Whatever the afterlife is, people that die early would regard that as their first life. So they would be more comfortable and knowledgeable about the afterlife than some person that had 80 years of experience on the Earth. Long-lived people would thus be at a disadvantage when entering the afterlife, and the early death people would tell them what to do.
    So if you believe in the afterlife, then get ready. There will be no freedom for you.

    11-5-2010

ANOTHER NOTION OF THE AFTERLIFE

    Sometime in 2007, I had proposed a question concerning the afterlife:

    If you could choose between immortality and the afterlife, which would you choose?

    I called it the “Ultimate Gamble”. This is because, if one chooses immortality, then they will be unable to die. It would lock one into a permanent existence in a body. If one chooses the afterlife, then they will die. But there is a problem with dying. We have no actual information about the afterlife. We don’t know if it’s real. So, if one picks immortality, then they would be unable to experience the afterlife, assuming it exists. One would have to choose between guaranteed life (immortality) and guarantees according to religion (afterlife). It’s an unrealistic decision, but would be the toughest decision I can imagine. It would be easy for me, since I’m not religious. But most people are religious.

    11-8-2010

INTERRUPTION

    My thoughts often drift into the realm of science. I wonder where our universe came from and if there can be a smallest thing. According to science, our universe exploded and created space. There was no explosion in space, since space was created by the explosion. So I wonder if the universe ever had a smallest size, a starting point. Or perhaps it has always been expanding? If the universe never had a smallest size, then that neatly eliminates what happened “before”, since there was no before (in that case). Some religious people have it very easy; they merely say God created the universe and they are satisfied. In order for me to think that way, I would first have to understand where God came from (if He exists). I stated some religious people because some religions, like Buddhism, don’t have God. That doesn’t mean I’m Buddhist or Hindu; reincarnation and nirvana have no supporting evidence. In fact, there is no evidence of any kind suggesting an afterlife exists. Death, to me, is much like the period of time before birth. An interesting question I propose is this:
    Is the period of time before birth longer than the period of time after death? In other words, which interval of nonexistence is longer?
    Imagine for a moment that, somehow, each interval is infinitely long. This means there was an infinite amount of time before your birth and there will be an infinite amount of time after your death. If that is valid, then we have all already been dead. There will be no surprise - we’ve already been there. One could almost argue that life is an interruption, it’s so damned brief.

    (I wrote the above sometime in 2005.)

FOLLOW-UP to Interruption

I was thinking that life could be interpreted as a point on a number line. Compared to the amount of time that exists, a human life would be a mere pinprick. The amount of numbers that exist is infinite. No matter where one decides to put their life on a number line, there would be an infinite stretch in both directions. This implies that one’s life is just a slight disturbance; hardly worth noticing.

11-5-2010

Complete Listing of Speculative Fiction Books I Have Read

2011-07-20T15:42:00.000-07:00

     This blog post is intended to keep track of the speculative fiction books I have read from age 14 to present. Speculative fiction includes: science fiction, fantasy, horror, ALL fiction, mystery, western, romance, etc. If it's fiction, it's speculation by default.

     Total number of speculative fiction books read since age fourteen = 362

(I have not included several anthologies and many short stories. I probably forgot a few, as well. The number isn't really accurate, since many of these books contain more than one novel. I counted the omnibus volumes as one unit each, so the number read is a tad higher. Also, I have a lot of magazines with short stories and I'm not sure how to count them, so I didn't add them.)

   I have posted the following awards, when applicable:

Edwin A. Abbott

Flatland

Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King

Roger MacBride Allen

The Depths of Time
The Ocean of Years
The Shores of Tomorrow
Ambush at Corellia
Assault at Selonia
Showdown at Centerpoint

Aaron Allston

Wraith Squadron
Iron Fist
Solo Command
Starfighters of Adumar
Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand

Kevin J. Anderson

Jedi Search
Dark Apprentice
Champions of the Force
Darksaber
Lethal Exposure

Poul Anderson (Damon Knight Grand Master Memorial Award - 1998)

Vault of the Ages

Piers Anthony

Double Exposure (Omnibus)

Isaac Asimov (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1987)

The Foundation Trilogy (Retro Hugo - 1996 for "The Mule")
Foundation's Edge (Hugo Award - 1983)
The Naked Sun
Nemesis

John Barnes

Finity

Greg Bear

Dinosaur Summer

Peter Benchley

Beast

Alfred Bester

Starburst (Collection)
The Dark Side of the Earth (Collection)

William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 (Retro Hugo - 2004)

David Brin

Earth

Mike Brotherton

Star Dragon

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game (Hugo Award - 1986) (Nebula Award - 1985)
Speaker for the Dead (Hugo Award - 1987) (Nebula Award - 1986)
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets

Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others (Nebula Award - 1991 for novelette "Tower of Babylon"; Nebula Award - 2000 for novella "Story of Your Life"; Hugo Award - 2002 for novelette "Hell is the Absence of God"; Nebula Award - 2003 for novelette "Hell is the Absence of God")

Robert Chilson

The Shores of Kansas

Arthur C. Clarke (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1986)

Childhood's End
Earthlight
Imperial Earth
Cradle (with Gentry Lee)
The Hammer of God
The Light of Other Days (with Stephen Baxter)
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey Two
2061: Odyssey Three
3001: The Final Odyssey
Rendezvous with Rama (Hugo Award - 1974) (Nebula Award - 1973) (John W. Campbell Memorial Award - 1974) (BSFA Award - 1973)
Rama II (with Gentry Lee)
The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee)
Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee)

D.G. Compton

The Palace

Michael G. Coney

Mirror Image
Friends Come in Boxes
The Hero of Downways
Syzygy
Rax

Michael Crichton

The Terminal Man
Sphere
Jurassic Park
The Lost World
Prey

A.C. Crispin

The Paradise Snare
The Hutt Gambit
Rebel Dawn

Elaine Cunningham

Dark Journey

Troy Denning

Tatooine Ghost
Star by Star

Philip K. Dick

The World Jones Made
The Man Who Japed
Time Out of Joint
Dr. Futurity
Vulcan's Hammer
The Man in the High Castle (Hugo Award - 1963)
The Game-Players of Titan
Lies, Inc.
Now Wait For Last Year
Counter-Clock World
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Ubik
Our Friends From Frolix 8
We Can Build You
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (John W. Campbell Memorial Award - 1975)
A Scanner Darkly (BSFA Award - 1978)
Radio Free Albemuth
Gather Yourselves Together
Voices From the Street
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
Puttering About in a Small Land

Gordon R. Dickson

Sleepwalker's World

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Greg Egan

Quarantine
Permutation City
Distress (Aurealis Award - 1995)
Diaspora
Teranesia (Aurealis Award - 1999)
Schild's Ladder
Incandescence
Dark Integers and Other Stories (Collection) (Hugo Award - 1999 for novella "Oceanic")
Crystal Nights and Other Stories (Collection)

Gordon Eklund

The Eclipse of Dawn
A Trace of Dreams

Philip José Farmer (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 2001)

To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Hugo Award - 1972)
The Fabulous Riverboat
The Dark Design
The Magic Labyrinth
Gods of the Riverworld
The Maker of Universes
The Gates of Creation
A Private Cosmos
Behind the Walls of Terra
The Lavalite World
Red Orc's Rage
More Than Fire
A Feast Unknown
Lord of the Trees
Dayworld
Dayworld Rebel
The Lovers
A Woman a Day
The Green Odyssey
Flesh
Inside Outside
Dare
Time's Last Gift
Jesus on Mars
Dark is the Sun
The Unreasoning Mask
Up From the Bottomless Pit
Fire and the Night

Robert L. Forward

Dragon's Egg
Starquake
Saturn Rukh

Alan Dean Foster

Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Aliens
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

Daniel F. Galouye (Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award - 2007)

Dark Universe
A Scourge of Screamers

William Gibson

Neuromancer (Hugo Award - 1985) (Nebula Award - 1984) (Philip K. Dick Award - 1984)

William Golding

Lord of the Flies

Wyman Guin

The Standing Joy
Living Way Out (Collection)

Barbara Hambly

Children of the Jedi
Planet of Twilight

Robert A. Heinlein (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1975)

"If This Goes On --"
Methuselah's Children
Orphans of the Sky
Time Enough For Love
The Number of the Beast
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Beyond This Horizon
Red Planet
Sixth Column
Farmer in the Sky (Retro Hugo - 2001)
The Puppet Masters
The Rolling Stones
Starman Jones
The Star Beast
Tunnel in the Sky
Double Star (Hugo Award - 1956)
Time for the Stars
The Door into Summer
Citizen of the Galaxy
Have Space Suit - Will Travel
Starship Troopers (Hugo Award - 1960)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Hugo Award - 1962)
Glory Road
Podkayne of Mars
Farnham's Freehold
Job: A Comedy of Justice
The Man Who Sold the Moon (Collection)
Waldo and Magic, Inc. (Collection)
The Green Hills of Earth (Collection)
Assignment in Eternity (Collection)
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Collection)
The Menace From Earth (Collection)

Frank Herbert

Dune (Hugo Award - 1966) (Nebula Award - 1965)

Fred Hoyle

October the First is Too Late

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

K.W. Jeter

The Mandalorian Armor
Slave Ship
Hard Merchandise

Greg Keyes

Edge of Victory I: Conquest
Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
The Final Prophecy

Stephen King

The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Waste Lands
Wizard and Glass
The Green Mile
The Shining
The Stand
The Running Man
Pet Sematary
Thinner
It
Needful Things
Rose Madder
Cell
Night Shift (Collection)
Four Past Midnight (Collection)

Dean Koontz

The Funhouse
The House of Thunder
Watchers
Lightning
The Bad Place
Cold Fire
Hideaway
Fear Nothing
Seize the Night

Cyril M. Kornbluth

Not This August

Michael P. Kube-Mcdowell

Before the Storm
Shield of Lies
Tyrant's Test

Madeleine L'engle

A Wrinkle in Time

R.A. Lafferty (Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award - 2002)

Past Master
Space Chantey
The Reefs of Earth
Fourth Mansions
Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine
Not To Mention Camels
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Collection)
Through Elegant Eyes (Collection)

David J. Lake

Walkers on the Sky
The Right Hand of Dextra

Keith Laumer

The Great Time Machine Hoax
A Plague of Demons
Nine By Laumer (Collection)

Frank Lauria

Dark City

Gentry Lee

Bright Messengers
Double Full Moon Night

Harper Lee

To Kill A Mockingbird

James Luceno

Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
The Unifying Force

Barry Malzberg

The Remaking of Sigmund Freud

Anne McCaffrey (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 2005)

The Dragonriders of Pern (Omnibus)
The Harper Hall of Pern (Omnibus)

Wil McCarthy

The Collapsium
The Wellstone
Lost in Transmission
To Crush the Moon

Steven McDonald

Event Horizon

Vonda McIntyre

The Crystal Star

Larry Niven

World of Ptavvs
Ringworld (Hugo Award - 1971) (Nebula Award - 1970)
The Ringworld Engineers
The Mote in God's Eye
The Gripping Hand
Neutron Star (Collection) (Hugo Award - 1967 for short "Neutron Star")
The Draco Tavern (Collection)

William F. Nolan

Things Beyond Midnight (Collection)

George Orwell

1984
Animal Farm

Steve Perry

Shadows of the Empire

Clifford A. Pickover

Spider Legs (with Piers Anthony)

Doris Piserchia

Mr. Justice
Star Rider
A Billion Days of Earth
Earthchild
Spaceling
The Spinner

Michael Reaves

Shadow Hunter

Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The New Rebellion

Richard Paul Russo

Ship of Fools (Philip K. Dick Award - 2001)

J.D. Salinger

Catcher in the Rye

R.A. Salvatore

Vector Prime

Bob Shaw

Orbitsville

Robert Sheckley

Immortality, Inc.
The Status Civilization
Journey Beyond Tomorrow
Dimension of Miracles
Untouched By Human Hands (Collection)
Citizen in Space (Collection)
Pilgrimage to Earth (Collection)
Notions: Unlimited (Collection)
Store of Infinity (Collection)
Shards of Space (Collection)
The People Trap (Collection)
The Same To You Doubled (Collection)

Robert Silverberg (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 2004)

One of Our Asteroids is Missing

Clifford D. Simak (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1977)

City
Cosmic Engineers
They Walked Like Men
Way Station (Hugo Award - 1964)
Why Call Them Back From Heaven?
The Werewolf Principle
The Goblin Reservation
Out of Their Minds
Mastodonia
The Visitors
Special Deliverance

L. Neil Smith

Star Wars: The Lando Calrissian Adventures

Michael A. Stackpole

Rogue Squadron
Wedge's Gamble
The Krytos Trap
The Bacta War
Isard's Revenge
I, Jedi
Dark Tide I: Onslaught
Dark Tide II: Ruin

John E. Stith

Scapescope
Manhattan Transfer
Reunion on Neverend
Reckoning Infinity

Matthew Stover

Traitor

William Tenn

Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume I
Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume II

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

Kathy Tyers

The Truce at Bakura
Balance Point

Jack Vance (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1997)

The Five Gold Bands
The Languages of Pao
Araminta Station
Ecce and Old Earth
Throy

Vernor Vinge

The Peace War
Marooned in Realtime
A Fire Upon the Deep (Hugo Award - 1993)
The Children of The Sky
Rainbows End (Hugo Award - 2007)

A.E. van Vogt (Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - 1996)

The Voyage of the Space Beagle
Empire of the Atom
The Wizard of Linn
Mission to the Stars
Slan
The Book of Ptath
The House That Stood Still
The Universe Maker
Masters of Time
The Violent Man

H.G. Wells

The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Time Machine

Sean Williams

Force Heretic I: Remnant
Force Heretic II: Refugee
Force Heretic III: Reunion

Walter Jon Williams

Destiny's Way

Dave Wolverton

The Courtship of Princess Leia

Timothy Zahn

Spinneret
The Icarus Hunt
Angelmass
Manta's Gift
The Green and the Gray
Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last Command
Specter of the Past
Vision of the Future
Survivor's Quest

Roger Zelazny

Damnation Alley

Jack Vance's Cadwal Chronicles

2011-07-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

It took me roughly two weeks to read the 1,245 pages that comprise the 3 volumes. This trilogy is about an Earth-like planet named Cadwal that has three continents: Ecce, Deucas, and Throy. The original explorers decided to leave the planet as untouched as possible, so they made a small settlement on one of the continents and drew up a Charter with strict rules designed to keep the population in check and to thwart mass colonization. Araminta Station is the name of the human settlement and also the name of the first book.

Araminta Station (1988)

Ecce and Old Earth (1991)

Throy (1992)

Jack Vance does not write hard science fiction, so the science is kept at a minimum. In fact, this could've taken place on Earth. The only thing that makes it science fiction is that the events take place on other planets and on the Earth of the future. Vance mainly writes sociological and psychological science fiction, in which the focus is on the behavior of humans. There are aliens, but they are similar to humans in appearance and - no surprise: sociologically and psychologically very different. Alien fauna is also introduced and I was reminded of Michael Coney's fiction, because of the amorphs (shape-shifting biological organisms). I suppose that octopi are the closest we have to amorphs here on Earth.

Summarily, this trilogy is one fascinating detective novel, with some serious revenge. If you're out for justice that involves blood, you will find it here.

Jack Vance has quite the vocabulary. Here are some of the words I had to look up, either because I had never seen them, or because I wasn't sure of the meaning.

avarice - similar in meaning to "cupidity", a word I am familiar with

bellwether - one that serves as an indicator of future trends

calumny - similar in meaning to "slander"

catarrh - inflammation of mucous membranes

dishabille - the state of being casually dressed; careless

eclat - great brilliance, as of performance or achievement

epicure - a person with refined taste in food and wine

gauche - lacking social polish; tactless

halcyon - This is an interesting word. I had known it was a type of bird, but as an adjective, it means calm and peaceful; tranquil

hauteur - haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance

indite - to write; to put in writing

laconic - use of few words; terse

lucubration - laborious study or meditation

marmoreal - resembling marble

maudlin - tearfully sentimental

pantology - This word is not listed in my 1992 American Heritage Dictionary, although I did correctly guess the definition. The root "pan-" gives it away.

peccancies - From the word "peccant" meaning sinful or guilty; violating an accepted practice

peculation - to embezzle or engage in embezzlement

plash - As a noun, it means a light splashing noise. As a verb it means to spatter liquid about.

pulchritude - great physical beauty and appeal

sang-froid - coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances

solecism - an impropriety, a mistake, especially in grammar or etiquette

staid - Sober, serious, fixed, permanent

stolid - having or revealing little emotion

sylvan - relating to or characteristic of the woods or forested regions

termagant - a quarrelsome, scolding woman

venality - susceptibility to bribery or corruption

Some funny dialogue from Araminta Station:

"Under this law the killing of the night-whisks became a crime punishable by death, and the poaching stopped at once."

"Death?" cried Julian in consternation. "For hunting a bird? Isn't that extreme?"

"It doesn't seem so to me," said Glawen. "No one stands in the slightest danger unless he breaks the law. It is transparently simple."

"I understand!" said Milo. "I will explain to Julian. If I jump off a cliff, I will die. If I kill a night-whisk, I will die. Both acts are discretionary, both are suicide, and a person makes his own choice."

The aliens that resemble humans, the Yips, had some pretty amusing dialogue. As an example:

During the interrogation of Selious, when Bodwyn Wook accuses him of withholding facts, to which Selious replies:

"I will cite these facts if you tell me what they are."

My two favorite Korean movies.

2011-07-17T10:44:00.000-07:00

Out of the 200+ Korean movies I have watched since 2005, I have to rate these as my picks for the #1 position.

Attack the Gas Station! (1999)

DVD Front

DVD Back

     Attack the Gas Station! was one of the very first Korean movies I watched, almost exactly 6 years ago. It has an original story (not a remake of anything), the actors are risible, and it gets better with each viewing. Some of the actors in this movie have gone on to star in many more films, and some have previously starred in many films. Who attacks the gas station?
   These are the four ragtags on the DVD front above:

   1. 이성재 (Lee Seong-Jae) He's standing third from the left, in the front. He plays the leader of the gang and has starred in several other K-movies I like:

2. 유오성 (Yoo Oh-Seung) He's the one holding the stick and plays the enforcer of the gang; he does the heavy beating, when necessary. The only other movie I've seen him in that I liked was Friend (2001). He also starred in several movies before this, and I've seen one of them and it was horrible: Terrorist (1995).

3. 강성진 (Kang Seong-Jin) He is standing on the far right in the image above and plays a crazy guy addicted to music. If he doesn't hear music, then he'll start smashing things and beating people. This actor is one of my favorite comedians in Korean cinema. I also like him in the following movies:

Kick the Moon (2001)
The Humanist (2001)
Break Out (2002)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Silmido (2003)
Some (2004)
Running Wild (2005)
Life Is Cool (2006)
Big Bang (2007)

4. 유지태 (Yoo Ji-Tae) He's jumping on the far left in the image above and plays a fairly taciturn role, only deigning to make a ruckus when he sees complicated words. He spends most of the time making nude art. He's also the most well-known of the four hoodlums. I have enjoyed his acting ability in these other Korean movies:

Into the Mirror (2003) (Was remade by Hollywood into "Mirrors" (2008))
Oldboy (2003)
Woman is the Future of Man (2004)
Running Wild (2005)
Hwang Jin-Yi (2007)

Who else is in this movie? These are the big three. (I don't know how to extract their images from the DVD.)

1. 유해진 (Yoo Hae-Jin) He plays the leader of a competing gang of thugs that collects money from one of the gas station employees. Yoo Hae-Jin has been in many Korean movies that I have enjoyed.

Kick the Moon (2001)
Public Enemy (2002)
Break Out (2002)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Public Enemy 2 (2004)
Blood Rain (2004)
The King and the Clown (2005)
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Truck (2007)
Desire to Kill (2009) (a.k.a. "Enemy at the Dead End")
Moss (2010)

2. 김수로 (Kim Soo-Ro) He plays the leader of the motorcycle gang and initially meets the ragtag four when they order out for Chinese food, as he is the delivery driver. I have enjoyed his antics in these other movies:

Shiri (1999)
The Foul King (2000)
Kick the Moon (2001)
S Diary (2004)
Vampire Cop Ricky (2006)
Life Is Cool (2006)
Big Bang (2007)

   I also want to mention that Kim Soo-Ro played a small role in Taegukgi (2004). His role was near the end of the movie, where he had suspected communists kneel down in front of pits, to prepare for execution. It felt strange to see him playing such an evil character, after having seen so many of his comedic roles.

   3. 김응수 (Kim Eung-Soo) This man has been in every Korean movie. There must've been a time when I once randomly selected a few movies to watch and he appeared in each one. In Attack the Gas Station!, he plays the role of one of the two police officers you first see, and yells at Kang Seong-Jin for drinking a can of Pepsi. He usually plays a bad guy in movies; someone that yells a lot and becomes angry easily. It's rare to see him do anything nice and I've never seen him with a leading role.

     I lent Attack the Gas Station! to a co-worker and while he didn't care for it, he stated his cousin loved it; it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. My parents were able to tolerate it and I can't even get my friends to watch it. Some people just can't handle subtitles. Another thing I want to mention is the soundtrack. Occasionally, Korean movies will use music from video games. I heard music from Guilty Gear XX Reload during some action scenes in My Wife is a Gangster 3 and music from Outrun in Chilsu and Mansu. From what game did this movie borrow music from? G-Darius. At the very beginning, when they are preparing to raid the gas station, you can hear the beginning of the song G Zero #2 (track 1 on the arrange album). The rest of the music is pretty good and I would like to have the soundtrack, but it's OOP in Korea and quite expensive. My only complaint about the Attack the Gas Station! DVD is that the image is not anamorphic. It looks great on a standard 4:3 set and there is no way to fix the image on a 16:9 set without losing some of the image, unless you put the TV in 4:3 mode.

A Dirty Carnival (2006)

     A Dirty Carnival took me several viewings to comprehend. This is what you need to know:

   1. Gun control laws are very strict in South Korea.
   2. Gangsters that use guns are regarded as sissies.
   3. Gangsters need sponsors. A sponsor is a semi-legitimate businessman that needs someone to carry out his illegal activities.

   I had wondered about the paucity of guns and why the gangsters needed sponsors so badly. Once those basic things are understood, then this movie makes a lot more sense. It is very much unlike your typical gangster movie, involving the Mafia or the Yakuza. These gangsters have to fight and coerce people with knives and bats; they are thugs in suits. Have you seen 28 Weeks Later? Do you remember that horrifically cold scene at the very beginning, when the man left his wife behind? This movie is like that scene. It is cold, it ends cold, and it leaves a cold feeling. This is a hard hitting movie that doesn't use violence in the most extreme sense, such as that used in I Saw the Devil, but it effectively skewers any hope of happiness in your heart.
     By the time I had watched this movie, I was far more familiar with Korean cinema and the actors involved, so this was quite dissimilar to Attack the Gas Station!, on many levels. I do want to mention that the director, Yu Ha, is one of my favorites. I also greatly enjoyed Marriage is a Crazy Thing and A Frozen Flower.

   In summary, my two favorite Korean movies are opposites. One is happy and the other is cold. This was not done on purpose.

The House Where Throats Are Slit

2011-05-22T04:44:00.000-07:00

A few months ago I was browsing Yahoo! Japan Auctions (YJA) in order to find a replacement for my bad CD-R copy of an early Data East album. I did find what I was looking for, and here are some scans:

Front Cover Art

Back Cover Art

Disc

   I had thought it would take $100 or more to get an original, but it was more like $50. I got very lucky. Bear in mind that I have never seen one of these on ebay. Most surprising of all was the condition. Data East Game Music Scene One was released on 9-23-1988, which makes this CD 23 years old. The previous owner kept it out of sunlight, and apparently, rarely touched it. It's about as clean as a CD can be.
     I originally got a CD-R copy of this album about 10 years ago and I never knew it was a bad copy, since there wasn't any official information about the album posted in English. A few tracks were cut short. Now I can finally listen to this gem, which contains music from old Data East arcade games and a few pinball machines.
     So what does this have to do with a house where throats are slit? Well, as I was browsing YJA a few months ago, I stumbled across the cover art of a CD that looked vaguely familiar. I browse YJA in Japanese, which I can't read, and I rely upon the cover art of albums for identification. I recognized one such cover art from my wish list at vgmdb; it was some old album that no one knew anything about. The title of the album is:

Chikudenya Toubei: Hiroku Kubikiri Yakata

(The House Where Throats Are Slit)

The seller had a pretty high starting bid at 7000 yen, which was $85 at the time (it changes daily). I placed a bid of 7500 yen and thought for sure that it would be crushed. But no one bid against me and I managed to get an original of an extremely rare CD that exceeded my expectations. One fellow user on vgmdb stated of my find: "I've been on the lookout for this one for a couple years and to this day, never saw one listing in that time. Consider yourself lucky for finding this and having had no competing bidders." Here is what it looks like:

Front Cover Art

Back Cover Art

Disc

It is a full arrange album, meaning that it does not contain any actual video game music, but arranged music based on music used in the game. Out of curiosity I have been searching YJA for another listing. No such listing has been found over the past 2 months. My guess is that a complete listing, one that includes the obi, would sell for in excess of 10000 yen. The obi is a spine card and is not necessary for enjoying the music, but it is a piece of paper that fanatical collectors will pay extra for. A similar situation is in the world of collecting books, in which a dust jacket can greatly increase the value. One might surmise that I am fanatical, since I was willing to pay $85 for a CD. But that is not the case. If I could trade for this CD, that is, get a CD-R from someone, then I would have done so. But no one has it! I don't even know of anyone that has it in the mp3 format! So I was left with no choice in the matter.

I bought this CD without having heard any samples first, due to the inability to even get samples. This CD was released on 1-21-1990, and is one of my favorite arranged albums. I have listened to it more than 10 times over the past two months. This is a classic and one that I will enjoy for the rest of my life. I had to make a translation request in order to get the track list, since, as you can see, almost everything is typed in Japanese. You can get more album details here: VGMDB official page.

Honestly, some of the music on this album deeply affects me; I find myself not humming, but replaying, it in my mind. It cuts right into the core of emotion, especially the track where the shakuhachi (Japanese flute) is played. I am left with a feeling that is not suitable for words, as the words don't exist. This makes me wonder: Is it correct for me to say that I "love" this music? No, I don't think so. The word "love" has become overused and misused and used to explain anything from slight adoration to maniacal dedication. The best I can say is that my emotions are aroused when I listen to this music. I don't know how to explain in words what that means. I could cheat and act like everyone else and use the word "love".

It's unfortunate that this music is so difficult to obtain.

EDIT:

I have no idea why the text suddenly became double-spaced. I tried to correct it, but was unable to do so. This site is free, and anything free is worth what you paid for it. Lol.

I live in my head, as do us all. Except I know it.

2011-05-07T13:53:00.000-07:00

     What do I mean by that? Here is my justification for that statement, which I wrote about 8 months ago:

   "I am always by myself. And I mean that seriously. I can only access my own mind. Everything I experience is processed by my brain, approximated, and left for me to decipher. I can socialize with other humans, but I still must do so through my own brain. In other words, my experiences with reality are heavily filtered. I can only get a vague representation of what objects really look like or what other people are thinking."

   And my notion of a "vague representation of reality" is supported by some important people from the past - Max Planck and Bertrand Russell. I wrote this on May 13, 2010:

   "I no longer have the faintest idea of what a table is. Both Bertrand Russell and Max Planck brought this most curious question to my attention, because they did take it very seriously.
They point out that if your senses are disabled, then you can't know anything about a table (so what is a table?). This is truly not a trivial problem, although it seems laughable.
     How does one define the edges of a table? Since you can stand back a few feet from a table and still experience it, that must mean the table extends a few feet beyond its physical existence. You can know about a table because of the reflected photons. Thus, the real edges of the table are the photons. If you disable your ability to detect photons then the edge will creep back to where it activates your tactile sense. If you disable your tactile sense and still can't detect photons, then you'll have to smell it, hear it, taste it, burn it, or have someone put it on your back. While you won't feel the table on your back, you'll still be able to detect gravity and thus sense your weight has increased. If you burn the table, then the odor molecules will collect in your nose and the rise in room temperature will become apparent.
     Does a table have an objective reality? I have to say that it does, but I'm not sure what it could be. The foremost problem is does the table have a surface? Well, to our tactile sense it sure does. But imagine if your fingers are thinner than neutrons. You might not find a surface. That's why this problem is not trivial."

   On May 14, 2010, I stated:

   "My reasoning is that a table may be something else, if our senses were different. It's also important to understand the real problem. The question 'What is a table?' refers to a table that is not being monitored by any of the human senses. I should have specified that. If possible, imagine not having any of your senses (sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing, heat, gravity). With all of your senses disabled, the table would still exist. There would be no way to know anything about it. Now, imagine getting back one of your senses (touch). But this touch sense is very different (pretend we're now in a movie, where ridiculous things are perfectly acceptable). In this movie, you are given fingers that are thinner than neutrons. Your very thin fingers could potentially stick right through the table without touching any atoms. Matter is not continuous. It has gaps that could be exploited by sufficiently thin probes (fingers in this case).
     What fascinates me so much about this question is trying to understand how a table might appear at a default level. This leads to a question that is more important sounding: Does reality have a default level? The default level of reality would be how things appear in the complete absence of any sense. For example, we see what a table looks like in a very small part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A neutrino map of a table might turn up one little dot or nothing at all (they only show the core of the Sun, for example). But still, the table persists. It doesn't matter how you look at matter. It is still there."

   I posted that stuff at an online open forum and I was openly ridiculed. One user stated: "Monitored by human senses right now or not, a table is what it is."

   That leads to one of my greatest pet peeves. There is a very common saying amongst the vulgar (common) people: It is what it is. The amount of hatred I have for that phrase is unlimited. It implies an understanding when no one knows what it is; they have accepted a given situation with careless and hopeless abandon. All inquiries are discarded; cogitation is disabled. Let's all be insects! Yay! Don't worry about thinking or understanding - just go with the flow and give up!

   As for the so-called nonsense about the table, an intelligent reader will understand the discussion is not about tables, but about reality in general. A table is a simple example. I could have used a napkin or a paper clip. The object is irrelevant. The real argument is what is reality if our senses are disabled? This is an abstract problem, which my brain is equipped to enjoy. People that understand people and socialize a lot will simply call this "nonsense", for the same reason I would call drinking alcohol "nonsense".

iPhone video game music and my general collection. CVIS-0001

2011-02-13T12:38:00.000-08:00

I would never buy an iPhone or any type of time-wasting hand-held technological curiosity unless it was open source and allowed me to use any file format of my choice. One of the most important factors when I look at portable music players is if it can handle ape. If it can't handle ape, then it's completely useless to me.

I need compatibility with ape because I have approximately 700 gigabytes of video game music in the ape format. It's neat that cell phones also double as portable music players, but if they can't handle ape, then I have to convert everything to mp3 (and I should not have to do that).

I recently purchased a SATA 1 terabyte internal hard drive, manufactured by Western Digital, for $72 shipped. This price also included the necessary SATA connecting cable. The rotation speed is 7200 RPM and the cache is 64 MB. A few years ago, such a purchase could not have been done for less than several hundred dollars. For $72, I purchased a device that can hold my entire music collection.

The total number of game music albums I have numbers above 1650. But the amount I don't have is increasing far more rapidly than what I am able to obtain. Twenty years ago, back in 1991, there were less than 900 game music albums. As of right now (February 2011), 18,626 game music albums have been released. This means I have approximately 8% of all the game music albums that have been released.

How do I currently listen to music? Obviously, my computer is the most useful listening device, since it can hold everything and offers the most convenient access. For critical listening, I use a Marantz CD player, along with amplifier powered headphones. For on-the-go, I use a 16 gigabyte thumb drive in my car stereo.

I recently purchased an iPhone video game soundtrack, published by CAVE. Here are some scans of it:

The catalog number is CVIS-0001, which implies there will be more. Normally, CAVE uses CVST or CVAS for their music albums, and CVIS is a new one. CVST = CAVE Sound Track, CVAS = CAVE Arrange Soundtrack, and CVIS = CAVE iPhone Soundtrack.

As far as I know this is the very first iPhone soundtrack to be published (officially) and it reminds me of Twinbee (happy music), Mega Man (cool music), and is more similar to Pinksweets ~After Ibara~ than the other Do-Don-Pachi soundtracks. I had no idea what to expect concerning sound quality, but I can say that the iPhone is comparable to the PSP. In other words, the quality is phenomenal.

Why would I buy an iPhone soundtrack if I would never buy an iPhone? The developer makes the difference. If this were a soundtrack by an unfamiliar company, then I would be hesitant. But this is music by CAVE, a company I have been familiar with for the past 8 years. And they consistently produce the most soul-rending and interesting music I have ever heard. Never mind that I don't have a soul; it's just that the music increases my happiness, since it's so good.

Now, Manabu Namiki normally handles the Do-Don-Pachi soundtracks. A new guy, Kenichi Maeyamada, composed the iPhone version. As I stated, he brings a little Twinbee flavoring to the DDP world. My favorites on this are Rush to the Future and Back to the Dream.

Analysis of Love

2011-01-28T00:50:00.000-08:00

I had posted my theories of love in another blog (at a site I no longer use) and 179 people viewed my post. I have copied and pasted their responses below my theories...

Theory:

The basis for love that males express towards females is actually sexual desire.

Evidence:

Women that are sexually attractive cause men to think about having sex with them. This results in agony if the act of sex is not fulfilled. The desire to have sex also makes a man think about a woman he wants much more. This extra thinking beyond sexual acts is interpreted as love.

This explains why a man can tell a woman he loves her after having known her for a brief period of time, such as two weeks. He interprets sexual desire as love and will desperately say anything to ameliorate the agony of unfulfilled sex.

Theory:

The word "love" is socially acceptable because no one understands it.

Evidence:

As Richard Feynman pointed out, people prefer to talk about things that no one understands, such as weather. The problem with sex is that it is well understood, so a man must be mysterious with a woman and say "I love you", rather than "I want to have sex with you".

Theory:

Love at first sight is simply immediate sexual desire.

Evidence:

Males vigorously respond to visual stimuli, so this is why they can "love" a woman without having ever talked to her, without knowing a single thing about her personality.

3 blog users agreed with me...

TessRB: Wow, the theory is correct.

zoe_tm_03: I seemed to agree...

annathology: I hate to say this...but you seem right.

One user quoted me and disagreed...

Quoting justine4u:Love at first sight is simply immediate sexual desire. _ This is not love at all but LUST.

And I responded...

But lust can happen all of the time, even with men and women that are very familiar with one another.

What I was trying to say is that a man can "think" he loves a woman immediately by mistaking sexual desire for love. While this may also be referred to as lust, that same man could lust for the woman even after having had her 1,000 times. This implies that a man can continually lust for a woman that he claims to love, which contradicts the "first sight" uniqueness of lust.

On the other hand, a man can love a woman without feeling the need to have sex with her. In that case, sexual desire is not love. But actual "love", whatever that is. Some kind of emotional bond, currently understood by every individual but not defined by science.

Gordon Eklund

2011-01-19T07:13:00.000-08:00

As far as I know, all of Gordon Eklund's science fiction is OOP. It's neither expensive nor difficult to find his fiction, although it does require the use of ebay or abebooks. The reason why I started reading Eklund is because I read that his writing is similar to that of Michael G. Coney's. I can verify that that is correct.

I've read two of his novels so far:

The Eclipse of Dawn is his first novel and it's very smoothly written, with a huge focus on human interactions. I was impressed by the clear writing style and the consistently realistic interactions of the characters. This is not action oriented science fiction, nor are there spaceships or mind-stretching physics phenomena involved. This is a story about promises and wishful thinking. I would call this "psychological science fiction".

A Trace of Dreams has the same clarity of writing and focus on realistic human interactions, but the setting is not on Earth. In fact, some of the people are living in quite primitive conditions, despite the fact the cover art shows immense structures. This is his second novel and is a bit more ambitious than the first.

None of Eklund's short fiction has been collected together. Instead, they are spread out in magazines and anthologies. Unlike his novels, his short fiction is pretty damned difficult to collect. I've only collected about 8 of his short stories. I am dreaming of NESFA or Subterranean offering his complete short fiction in one mega volume.

If you like Michael G. Coney or don't require much action in your reading, then Gordon Eklund is for you. Just be prepared to bid on auctions or buy from used book stores.

Two awesome books.

2011-01-16T23:50:00.000-08:00

I finished reading A ZEPTOSPACE ODYSSEY a few days ago. It was published in January 2010 by Oxford University Press, which usually offers more advanced reading material for non-scientists. I would not recommend this as a first book about particle physics unless you are prepared to use supplemental material. In other words, this is not a light or casual read; one must work at this book in order to finish.

Here are some of the interesting facts I learned from this book:

-The prefix 'zepto' is derived from the Latin 'septem' and the 's' was changed to a 'z' in order to avoid duplication of symbols, since the 'second' already uses 's' as an abbreviation. 'Zepto' is a relatively new prefix, as it was invented in 1991. A zeptometer is one billionth of a billionth of a millimeter. Or, it is one million times smaller than the diameter of a proton. We actually have the ability to probe this fantastically small space.
-Leibniz (a contemporary of Isaac Newton) called atoms 'monads'. Philip K. Dick sometimes used the word 'monad' in his novels. Now I know where it came from.
-Cathode rays were originally thought to be electromagnetic radiation, but photons do not have charge.
-The atom was first split in 1897 by J.J. Thomson, since a fragment (the electron) was observed. Electrons (not photons) were determined to be cathode rays.
-The ratio between the size of the solar system (out to Neptune) and the diameter of the Sun is 6,000:1. The ratio between the size of an atom and its nucleus is 20,000:1. Thus, there is more empty space (relatively speaking) inside atoms than inside our solar system.
-Leo Szilard first thought of liberating atomic energy, due to the fact that neutrons don't ionize matter.
-The weak nuclear force transforms particles, while the electromagnetic force does not transform them.
-Subatomic particles are nothing but localizations of quantum field energy. An electron is not really a particle, but a lump of energy in a quantum field.
-The slow disintegration of some hadrons led to the property of strangeness. Strangeness is a property of particles, like charge or mass. It refers to unusually slow decays.
-The W bosons mediate the 'charged current' weak interaction, in which neutrinos transform into electrons. The Z boson mediates the 'neutral current' weak interaction, in which neutrinos retain their identities.
-The discovery of neutral currents provided evidence for electroweak unification.
-Less than 1% of particle accelerators are used for science research. The majority are used in hospitals.
-X-rays lose most of their energy close to the skin surface, causing more damage to healthy cells than hadron-based treatments. (This makes sense. X-rays do not have mass, but hadrons do.)
-A bent proton beam emits ten thousand billion times less radiation than an electron beam.
-It takes 20 minutes for a proton beam to reach 7 TeV.
-A proton beam consists of 2,808 bunches of 100 billion protons per bunch. Each bunch is separated by 10 meters. 100 billion protons weighs about a ten-trillionth of a gram.
-The full power of the beam can melt a 1,000 pound block of solid copper.
-Two main detectors are called ATLAS and CMS. Each consists of 4 structures: 1. trackers 2. electromagnetic calorimeters 3. hadron calorimeters 4. muon chambers
-One million gigabytes of data are generated every second.
-Soft events are when the quarks and gluons inside a proton do not collide with those inside another proton.
-Hard events are when quarks or gluons have direct head-on hits.
-The GRID was invented to handle the enormous amount of data, which is a vast network of processing power.
-Symmetry in the subatomic world refers to invariance under a transformation of particles. For example, the strong force is symmetric, since it does not distinguish between protons and neutrons.
-The configuration inside a superconductor spontaneously breaks the gauge symmetry associated with electromagnetism, giving mass to the photon. Photons are impeded in their motion and they can propagate the electromagnetic force only within a short range, behaving like massive force carriers.
-The Higgs mechanism contributes less than a kilogram of mass to the average person.
-The Higgs substance becomes much less dense at temperatures exceeding one quadrillion degrees.
-Nature saves energy by filling space with the Higgs substance, rather than leaving it empty.
-Present understanding of matter and forces is based on 3 elements: 1. general relativity (gravity) 2. Yang-Mills gauge theory (strong, weak, composition of matter) 3. Higgs sector (spontaneous breaking of electroweak symmetry)
-The masses of quarks accounts for 1% of proton and neutron masses.
-98% of the mass of hadrons comes from the motion of quarks and gluons (binding force of QCD)
-Electromagnetic effects account for the other 1%.
-Higgs mechanism generates the quark masses, but not the QCD effect
-Higgs mechanism accounts for 1% of the mass of ordinary matter, or 0.2% of the mass of the universe.
-Electromagnetic waves are purely transverse, because the electric and magnetic fields oscillate only in directions perpendicular to the direction of motion.
-Samuel Goudsmit and George Uhlenbeck invented the concept of particle spin in 1925.
-The rate of particle spin never changes, like electric charge.
-The 3 coupling constants become nearly equal at 10^-32 meters, which is beyond what can be explored at the LHC. It would be like using regular binoculars to spot molecules on the surface of the moon.
-Gravitational red shift is not the same as Doppler red shift. Gravitational red shift refers to the increase in wavelength of light as it loses energy during its escape from a star.
-On the scale of the universe, 3000 billion complete LHC programs are occurring every second.
-INFLATION: In 10^-35 seconds, the universe expanded by a factor of 10^30, which is equivalent to a 20 nanometer virus expanding into a creature with a diameter of 2.2 million light years in the time it takes light to cross a few millionths of a zeptometer. (How awesome is that?)
-Our technology can peer no further back than 380,000 years after inflation, due to the background temperature exceeding 2700 degrees Celsius, which is like a brick wall to electromagnetic radiation. Thus, the early universe is 'opaque' to our current telescopes.
-Experiments must be sensitive to 10^-19 watts in order to detect dark matter.
-The 72% estimate for dark energy comes from observations of supernovae and data from the cosmic microwave background.
-Due to the expansion of space, nothing beyond the solar system will be visible 500 billion years from now. (Like it will matter.)

Funny quotes the author provided:

"Communication is established between humans here on earth and extraterrestrials living in a galaxy made of antimatter. It is found that in that anti-world they have anti-science, anti-mathematics, and anti-physics. Earthbound physicists get a description of an anti-physics anti-laboratory, and lo and behold, they find it is filled with anti-Semites."

   -Peter Freund

"If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew."

   -Albert Einstein

"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."

   -Bertrand Russell

"There is no law except the law that there is no law."

   -John Wheeler

The second book I recently finished is titled GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER. It was written sometime between 1949-1951 by Philip K. Dick and is his first novel. It was not published until 1994, a full 12 years after his death.

This is not a science fiction novel, but one of his realistic novels which focuses on a small group of people. Usually, they are miserable, just like real people. In this novel, 3 American workers are left behind after a company in China has gone bankrupt. Two of them are connected in an unusual way, while the third is supposed to be PKD himself. This is a haunting novel and very well written, considering he was younger than 25 when he wrote it. There are certain things I will never forget, especially the dialogue between the Chinese scout and the Americans.

More Good Korean Movies.

2011-01-14T11:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some I've watched relatively recently (within the past year) that are excellent.

The first scan is from Thirsty, Thirsty. The original Korean title is Give Me Water. I've watched Thirsty, Thirsty 5 or 6 times just within the past year. It's a directorial debut and won the Best New Director Award in Asia. The story involves debt collecting and its intricacies, with more humor than is reasonable.

The second scan is from Plastic Tree. It is fortunate I have seen so many Korean movies. Before watching this movie, it is worth it to watch Plum Blossom and The Day a Pig Fell into the Well. I won't explain why, but you'll know why. I found this for $4 at the now defunct DVD From Korea website, and it was a bargain indeed. This movie completely blew me away. Don't worry about the cover; there is no possible way one can predict what will happen. This is an example of why Korean Cinema is numero uno.

This third scan is from Love Her. Not "Lover". But "Love Her". Wow, was this a masterpiece. If you want to see the complete psychological breakdown (the downward spiral) of a person, then look no further. A movie like this explains why some men say "All women are crazy.". I loved the soundtrack, too.

Separation of body and mind.

2011-01-14T10:29:00.000-08:00

I believe that the body and the mind are distinct from one another.

As an example, your body can receive considerable damage while leaving the mind intact. Also, your mind can be completely deranged while your body is pristine.

Because of my belief, I am in support of any future technologies that can transfer and store human consciousness on a substrate other than our carbon-based brains. My belief horrifies many religious people, that is, those that believe in souls.

A girl I know hates the notion of storing human consciousness on a computer because it conflicts with her religious beliefs. But consider the advantages...

Let's say that a 9 year old girl has been shot and killed. With our current technology, that girl is permanently dead. In the future, death might be a temporary inconvenience.

Now take that same 9 year old girl that has been killed. Imagine that her mind is backed up on a computer and a new body can be cloned. To her, being shot and killed would be a minor annoyance, since she could transfer a back-up of her consciousness into a new body and continue living. Even religious people would probably agree that such technology could be beneficial, especially when facing their own deaths.

I do not believe that humans have souls, so I have no problem with storing consciousness on a computer, since it's simply an emergent property of connected neurons. There is no reason why consciousness requires biological neurons. A sufficiently advanced silicon substrate could do the same thing.

Since I don't believe that humans have souls, what do I believe we have? Consciousness. That's what I know for sure. I am conscious. I'm not so sure about YOU.

You'll have to excuse my solipsism, but the problem with souls is that I don't see how they can explain anything that is not already a part of consciousness. Although I feel that shaving with Occam's Razor is trite, I am using it to get rid of the soul.

The conscience, feelings, individuality, personality, fears, scruples (or lack thereof), etc. are parts of consciousness. People that believe in souls are unnecessarily complicating the otherwise straightforward notion of consciousness by claiming there is something that is separate from it other than the body.

Ascetic

2010-09-27T11:07:00.000-07:00

Ascetic is not to be confused with aesthetics. Just leave it to some obscure Korean movie to improve my English vocabulary. I watched Come, Come, Come Upwards (1989) last night, which is about the lives of female Buddhists and, of course, asceticism.

It's not my job to elaborate the difference between ascetic and aesthetics. I just wanted to point out I was forced to run to an English language dictionary while watching a Korean movie.

Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine

2010-09-13T11:22:00.000-07:00

I can not explain to you what I have just finished reading. My first exposures to the writings of R.A. Lafferty made a significant impact, but this novel just left me irritated and confused. And running to the dictionary every few moments (but sometimes laughing out loud, which makes reading this bilge worthwhile).

Here are some (I left out the really woolly ones) of the words that I had either never seen before or did not readily know the definition:

callow - lacking adult maturity or experience; immature
purlieu - a neighboring area; outskirts; a place that one frequents
aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry - the nest of a bird, built on a cliff; a house or stronghold perched on a height
tor - a pile of rocks on top of a hill; a rocky peak or hill
fulgent - shining brilliantly; radiant
urbane - polite, refined, and often elegant in manner
fellah - a peasant or agricultural laborer in an Arab country (plural is fellahin or fellaheen)
poseur - one who affects a particular attitude, character, or manner to impress others
aestivation - the act of spending or passing the summer (also spelled estivation)
eutectic - formed at the lowest possible temperature of solidification for any mixture of specified constituents; used primarily for alloys
eidolon - a phantom, an apparition; an image of an ideal
chthonic - of or relating to the gods and spirits of the underworld (Greek mythology)
bilge - the rounded portion of a ship's hull; stupid talk or writing, nonsense
abscond - to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
cloy - to cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant
subtile - accepted variant spelling of subtle
cybern - [not in my dictionary, could be a made-up word]
roue - a lecherous, dissipated man
intramuros - [not in my dictionary, could be a made-up word]
intraficies - [not in my dictionary, could be a made-up word]
paean - a song of joyful praise or exultation
palimpsest - a manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible; an object or place that reflects its history
gamy - ill-smelling; rank; showing an unyielding spirit; corrupt, tainted
prescind - to separate or divide in thought; consider individually
philology - literary study or classical scholarship (literally 'love of learning')
numinosity - related to 'supernatural' in meaning
amnestic - adjectival form of amnesia
Faeroes - a group of volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
outre - highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre
caul - a portion of the amnion, especially when it covers the head of a fetus at birth; also called pileus
gravid - carrying developing young or eggs
quoit - a game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it (sounds like horseshoes to me)

A few quotes from this book:

"There is nothing the matter with matter. Life is no more than a privileged form of matter. Love is no more than a privileged form of life."

"You never get anything out of the ones who have the most."

"There is a man and a woman walking on the walkway; I would have to describe them as congenial-appearing crabs.
'Are you two married to each other?' Gregory asked them lovingly.
'Got to be,' the man said. 'Who else would have us?'"

Angels on the Streets

2010-09-10T09:58:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to cracking open "THE PAST UNEARTHED: Collection of Feature Films in the Japanese Colonial Period". It's a 4 DVD box set of Korean films from the early 1940s. In 2004, the Korean Film Archives found them in China, in a vault. The first movie in the set is titled "Angels on the Streets"

The picture and sound quality made the experience rather trying. I could barely hear the Korean above the static and the picture was very dark. Thankfully, the producers included quality English subtitles. The extensive booklet is also written in Korean and English. The movie is 73 minutes long and I watched it in two parts, to make the experience more tolerable.

This movie is about the street urchins, which refers to the thousands of homeless children. They are never referred to as angels in the film. While the quality of the movie left much to be desired, the story and acting were not so bad.

At the end of the movie, all of the actors (all Koreans) got into formation and pledged allegiance to the Emperor of Japan, under the crimson eye of the Japanese flag. I seriously doubt that was voluntary.

My newest favorite authors.

2010-09-02T04:09:00.000-07:00

Greg Egan and R. A. Lafferty are my newest favorite authors. They are pointedly different from one another, as Egan focuses on hard science and Lafferty essentially wrote tall tales, with very little science. I have read all 7 of Egan's published novels and I'm currently waiting for Zendegi to be published. Egan doesn't write that much, so it's easy to keep up with him.
Lafferty is a bit more complicated. He wrote a lot; more than 30 novels and 200 short stories. What's impressive is that he didn't start writing until he was in his 40s. His first novel, pictured below, was nominated for the Hugo Award:

   The above novel features Thomas More as the protagonist, the inventor of utopia.

   Both of these authors are not for lazy readers. They either use vocabulary or concepts that will require the use of dictionaries or other supplemental material. Lafferty makes me use the dictionary every 22 seconds, while Egan makes me use a Physics textbook every 22 attoseconds. That's great and it's what I enjoy about reading.
   Although a great deal of information can be found about these authors at other sources, I can summarize by writing that Egan is the hardest of hard science fiction writers (read Schild's Ladder if you want proof) and Lafferty is the funniest (read Through Elegant Eyes).

Psychotic people.

2010-02-19T10:23:00.000-08:00

     Yesterday, a psychotic man flew a small plane into an IRS building. The story is here: uphill battle

   Most interestingly, I had read a short essay written by Philip K. Dick the morning it happened. He wrote the essay in October 1979. Here is the relevant excerpt:

     "An excellent therapist I once knew made the point that in almost all cases of criminal psychotic acting-out there was an easier alternative that the disturbed person overlooked. Brenda Spenser, for instance, could have walked to the local supermarket and bought a carton of chocolate milk instead of shooting eleven people, most of them children. The psychotic person actually chooses the more difficult path; he forces his way uphill. It is not true that he takes the line of least resistance, but he thinks that he does. There, precisely, lies his error. The basis of psychosis, in a nutshell, is the chronic inability to see the easy way out. All the behavior, all that constitutes psychotic activity and the psychotic lifestyle, stems from this perceptual flaw."

   Most people suffer from an acute inability to see the easy way out. Those are the types of people that yell and display much anger. I remember my 5th grade physical education teacher, Mr. Beekman, pointing out that it's unhealthy to bottle up anger. However, there is something to be said for people with chronic psychosis - they are very pleasant to be around until they crack.
   Another thing of interest is that 'shootings' are not new. They were making the news in 1979, just like they are today. In Los Angeles in 1979, a 17 year old girl named Brenda Spenser walked into a shoolyard of children and opened fire, killing two of them. She did so 'because she didn't like Mondays'.
     As for the attack on the IRS building, I can relate to the anger some people have for the IRS. As I pointed out in my previous blog post, I view the IRS as bullies. But to destroy one's own life in order to attack a bully is not very helpful to one's life. Just like with Korean gangsters, if you give the IRS some of your money, then they will leave you alone. I view it as 'paying them off'. Paying them to leave me alone; that's how I justify it. I could fight them, but they are bigger and stronger - it'd be like jumping into a pit of crocodiles. However, if I were psychotic, then I'd view the pit of crocodiles as the easiest solution.

DoDonPachi: Dai-Ou-Jou Arrange Album

2010-01-21T10:09:00.000-08:00

DoDonPachi: Dai-Ou-Jou roughly translates to "Angry Leader Bee: A Peaceful Death". It was originally released in 2002 in the arcade format and eventually ported to the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360. The company that made the game is called "Cave" and they typically make shooting games (like Gradius) that are considered too difficult for Western gamers, so you've probably never played one of them, unless you import games (or live in Japan).
I first heard the soundtrack about 7 years ago. It was composed by Manabu Namiki, who does much of the music for Cave shooters. In 2009, an arrange album for Dai-Ou-Jou was published by Cave featuring a variety of top artists in the game music world. The music is transcendent; it exceeds any possible auditory desire I could ever have. I have to pick this as the best arrange album released in 2009. I made some scans of it.

Front Cover

Back Cover

Disc

The next two scans are of the obi, which means "belt" in Japanese. However, it is more colloquial to say "spine card". The obi, or spine card, covers the spine of the jewel case and displays pertinent information about the CD, such as the catalog number, release date, title, bar code, etc. Almost all Japanese CDs contain an obi, and they are collectable items. People tend to pay less or not pay at all for CDs that are missing the obi. Rarely do obi have any sort of interesting artwork. But this one does.

Obi Front

Obi Back

The line-up of arrangers on this CD is impressive.

The first track was arranged by Yasuhiko Fukuda, who composed Emerald Dragon for the PC Engine, which I have listened to many times.

The second track was arranged by Yasuhisa Watanabe, a member of Zuntata, well known for Metal Black. His nickname is "Yack". I am very familiar with the works of this composer.

The third track was arranged by Kohta Takahashi, whom I am not very familiar with. He has done some work for Namco series, such as Ridge Racer and Tekken.

The fourth track was arranged by Ryu Umemoto, whom I am not very familiar with.

The fifth track was arranged by Motoaki Furukawa, whom I am extremely familiar with. I've been listening to his music for nearly a decade. He is foremost a talented guitarist and has composed music for several early Konami games, such as SD Snatcher and Xexex.

The sixth track was arranged by Yuji Takenouchi, who also composed music for several old Konami games. He composed the music for the sequel to Metal Gear, as well as Space Manbow.

The seventh track was arranged by Kinuyo Yamashita. She also worked for Konami and composed the music for Castlevania, the very first one. The reason why I bought this CD without even wondering if it would be good is because of Yamashita's involvement. If the composer for Castlevania makes something, then you listen.

The eighth track was arranged by Hiroki Kikuta, an old Squaresoft composer, well known for Secret of Mana, and its sequel Seiken Densetsu 3.

The ninth track was arranged by Motoi Sakuraba, who probably has the largest discography in all of video game music. I am very familiar with his music, but I can't say I've even listened to half of what he's composed. Most notably, he's the man behind the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series.

The tenth track was arranged by Kota Hoshino, whom I am not very familiar with. I know he's done a lot of work on the Armored Core series, though.

The eleventh track was arranged by Akari Kaida, whom I am somewhat familiar with. Most notably, I can recall her work on Breath of Fire III. She's done music for several other Capcom games as well.

The twelfth track was arranged by Tomoko Sasaki, who composed the music for Nights, a popular Sega Saturn game.

Oh, and I can't forget the guy that originally composed this music, Manabu Namiki:

BLAZT DEVIL CARNIVAL

2010-01-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

     One of my favorite doujin groups is Dangerous Mezashi Cat. They have many different members and have published 8 albums so far. Doujin groups are quite different from the people that normally arrange video game music albums, as they are not actually hired by the company that made the game. "Doujin" essentially refers to a fan-made thing, or a group of people that share an interest in something. This is not to be confused with an amateur status; the doujin groups do sell their albums and make money. They just aren't officially recognized. However, since they are simply fans, the quality ranges from phenomenal to atrocious. Many thousands of doujin albums have been released in Japan, alongside the many thousands of official albums.
     Here is what the artwork looks like from Dangerous Mezashi Cat's latest album:

As you can see, they even went through the trouble of making a picture disc, which I think is really cool. On this album, they arrange music from the earliest Megaten games, which is short for Megami Tensei, a popular series of games in Japan. The music is similar to Castlevania, mainly because of the gothic sounds. Even though I've never played any of the Megaten games, I am quite familiar with the music, as I've listened to almost all of the soundtracks in that series. Thus, I found this CD remarkably interesting for the new arrangements of music I have loved for many years.

One thing is very much for certain - DMC is getting better. There is absolutely no way for a casual listener to single this music out as coming from a video game.

This CD was released on Dec. 30th, 2009 and I received it just a few days ago. It's important to buy these types of CDs right when they come out because the print runs are very limited, which can potentially skyrocket the price if it becomes popular. It is very easy for these albums to reach $50 and then $150, so if you wait, you're either going to pay out the ass or have to find someone willing to trade. Or hope someone posts it on the internet.

Airports for human beings.

2010-01-17T06:25:00.000-08:00

     There currently does not exist any airport which is designed to accommodate humans. Every human that walks into an airport is assumed to be a terrorist, which implies that the design of an airport is based on that assumption. I would argue that approximately 99.9% of all humans are not terrorists, which means that 6.5 million people are terrorists, or have terrorist-type thoughts and plan to bring them to fruition.
     An ideal airport would not have any security and would be designed like a movie theater. Customers buy tickets and then proceed to their appropriate aircraft. The process should take less than 15 minutes. This is not a laughable prospect, nor an impossible one. Just think of termites.
     When your house is infested with termites, you don't say to yourself, "You know, I'm going to fight these termites. I don't want to exterminate them. I just want to fight them every day for many years and spend as much money as I possibly can." But that is precisely how the U.S. military wants to deal with terrorists. Scratch that. There is no "want" about it, that is how the U.S. military does things. As slowly and as expensively as possible. It is not a living organism, so the concept of want has no meaning. While it is constructed of humans, the military itself is not a human and thus erroneous anthropomorphic thoughts easily come to mind.
     So this is why we still have terrorists on the planet. The U.S. military does not view them as the average homeowner views termites.

Taking a break from Phylogenetics.

2009-12-19T23:17:00.000-08:00

I had to read something a little less painful, so I picked up a new Philip K. Dick novel I purchased from Amazon. The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike was written in 1960, right before he wrote the Hugo award winning novel The Man in the High Castle. Here's a scan of the most uncomfortable and odd-looking cover art:

This is a realist novel, capturing the actual life of a small town in 1960 California. It was never published while Dick was alive; no one would buy it. The first printing was in 1984 and that one is very expensive. I was only able to read this book because of the reprinting, in 2009.

Just because this book is not science fiction doesn't mean you're going to walk away without something interesting to chew on. On page 136 he writes:

"It's always that way. The guilty party never pays. It's the innocent. That's the real meaning of Christianity."

Besides reading that excellent and very strange book I also saw Avatar. The most interesting thing about watching James Cameron's Avatar was the imagery it provoked in my mind. Normally my mind wanders when I watch movies because they are not good enough; I have to supplant the images with those from my own imagination. I had to do no such thing while watching Avatar - the imagery is on par with what one imagines while reading a first rate science fiction novel. Notably, the impressive use of bioluminescence brought to mind the following novel:

The movie Avatar looked exactly like what I had imagined while reading that book, many years ago. Although the locations were different as Avatar took place in a forested environment and The Hero of Downways took place underground, the imagery is remarkably similar.

The main idea in Avatar, that is, of transplanting a human into an alien environment by changing the species of the human into that of an alien is not new. Clifford D. Simak wrote about that in City and Timothy Zahn wrote about it in Manta's Gift.

Most disturbingly, I must now resume my studies of Phylogenetic Systematics. Perhaps I will benefit from it, perhaps not. Either way, I feel it is something I must understand (I don't know why).

More abstruse words.

2009-12-06T20:37:00.000-08:00

     On page 89 in Phylogenetic Systematics is when things start to supercharge in difficulty. Several new words are introduced that the author does not define very well, nor are they words I have ever seen prior to reading this material. Even worse, the words are used often, which means if one is not intimately familiar with them, then all the processing is spent on dealing with the words and being further frustrated by the difficult content.
     So a different type of reading strategy must be used in order to successfully read this book. I am accustomed to reading books within a few days and dashing over to my dictionary whenever an unfamiliar word appears. What I am accustomed to can not be maintained when reading something of this caliber. I have to take time out and research words before I can continue reading. Here are some more of them:

     1. Plesiomorphous, Plesiomorphy - As with most words in phylogenetics, the authors seem to enjoy putting them together out of Greek roots. This reminds me of when I used to study calculus; the authors enjoyed using Greek letters in the equations. It was not necessary as standard Roman characters would have sufficed. But in phylogenetics it seems to me that it is necessary, perhaps not with Greek, but most certainly with something. In order to cope with these words, one must know that plesio-, plesi- correspond to "near" or "close". And morph- corresponds to "form", "shape", or "structure". In phylogenetics, the meaning refers to traits that are similar within a group, but not unique to that group. As an example, all mammals have a backbone, but so do fish and reptiles. Thus, the backbone is plesiomorphic to mammals, because they were not the first to evolve it, but they all have one. (Most common example I could find.)

     2. Apomorphous, Apomorphy - apo- corresponds to "separate", "away from", "derived from" and refers to traits that are derived from a different group. As an example, the "arms" of birds are used as wings. Thus, having wings is an apomorphy for birds because they did not evolve limbs and they use them for a different purpose. (My example.)

   3. Symplesiomorphous, Symplesiomorphy - sym- corresponds to "together with", "united", or "similar". This simply refers to plesiomorphous traits in different species. I decided to consult wikipedia for an example:

"A famous example is pharyngeal gill breathing in bony and cartilaginous fishes. The former are more closely related to Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates, which evolved out of a clade of bony fishes) that breathe via their skin or lungs, rather than to the sharks, rays, et al.. Their kind of gill respiration is shared by the "fishes" because it was present in their common ancestor and lost in the other living vertebrates."

     4. Synapomorphous, Synapomorphy - This refers to the presence of apomorphous traits in different species. As an example, the opposable thumb in some new world monkeys is synapomorphic. It is a derived condition that they share with each other but not with all other mammals. I suppose that if all mammals had opposable thumbs, then the trait would be apomorphous. (I found that example doing a google search.)

     5. Autapomorphous, Autapomorphy - I can't find a definition that is pleasingly simple. All I can seem to find is that it refers to "uniquely defined traits". My guess is that abstract reasoning would be an autapomorphic trait for humans, even though such reasoning is without structure itself. Or is it? Morphology does not need to be restricted to those structures that are readily visible. The folds of the brain could also be a part of morphology, as well as the new "structures" in the brains of humans; the thinking that we do might have an actual shape in the brain, traceable by synapses.

Coping with Phylogenetic Systematics.

2009-11-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

I would estimate that I have read no more than 700 books in total since I learned how to read at age 5. While some have been more difficult than others, one of them has been the most difficult of all. The title is Phylogenetic Systematics, written by Willi Hennig in German. It was first printed in English in 1966.

I have not yet finished reading this book. I gave it a try back in the summer of 2008 and got half way through. The problem was that every few minutes I'd have to look up some word I had never seen before and quickly internalize it, because it kept reappearing in the text. The unfamiliar words piled up and I found myself thinking about words and not ideas.

The reading is much easier on my second attempt, as I have had time to contemplate many of the ideas in this book as well as ingest the various abstruse words. One such word is chorology, which comes from the Greek word khoros, which means "place". Chorology is thus the study of the spacial distribution of organisms. The distribution can be euryoekous or stenoekous. Again, we have to go back to the Greek to get a handle on these. Eury means "wide" and steno means "narrow" and I have found evidence indicating that "oekous" can be equivalent to oikos, which means "house of". Therefore, an organism that is euryoekous is tolerant of a wide range of habitats, while an organism that is stenoekous tolerates very few. The problem with the words in this book is that I often can not find them in my physical dictionary (American Heritage), published in 1992. It's not that the words are new, rather, they are obscure in the most extreme sense. Not even a google search offers any help with some of them. I have found a book, though, titled Animal Behavior Desk Reference which has many of them defined. I would love to buy the book, but it costs $175 at amazon.com

While reading this book it is important to keep in mind the differences between three types of genetic relationships. Those are:

1. Ontogenetic relationships, which are those between semaphoronts.

2. Tokogenetic relationships, which are those between individuals.

3. Phylogenetic relationships, which are those between species.

Don't know what a semaphoront is? Not sure about tokogenetic? Those are the types of early problems I faced while trying to read this book. All of 3 of those relationships together are called hologenetics and the author expressed that the book could be called Hologenetic Systematics. The Greek root holo, which means "entire" was used. It is also common to see this referred to as "Cladistics".

This book is filled with fascinating definitions. Here's one of them:

SPECIES: "the study of the evolutionary process in which groups of forms that have hitherto interbred, or at least were capable of interbreeding, become divided into two or more separate groups that for physical reasons cannot interbreed"

It is also referred to as species cleavage, which you can see here graphically. It is an important concept, something quite obvious that had never occurred to me before.

The Ineffable Soul and Emergence

2009-11-26T22:36:00.000-08:00

Here is something I wrote in June of this year:

THE INEFFABLE SOUL

     Mostly everyone else accepts that souls exist, yet I reject the notion. A word that can be used to describe me is iconoclastic, which essentially means I have no interest in the belief systems that have been invented by other people. I make my own. By my reasoning, some other person, now very unknown, came up with the idea of a soul. It turned out to be a cool idea because many people have accepted it, but just because something “rings true” does not mean it’s true.
    My suspicion is that people are confusing the soul with consciousness. What is consciousness? It is an emergent property of densely packed neurons that can not be found by looking at the neurons, or, inside the brain. It has been said that if the brain were expanded and we were to walk around inside, we would not find consciousness. Is there a better way to explain this? Yes.
    We humans are made of atoms*. It is only when many atoms come together that humans are apparent. Thus, a human can be called an emergent property of atoms. You will not find a human by looking at atoms, any more than you will find consciousness by looking at neurons. Furthermore, we function very differently from atoms. Atoms do not eat, have sex, go to sleep, etc. This indicates that the stuff of which things are made does not have to bear any resemblance to its function. As a further example, we can think, but our brain cells, the neurons, can not. It’s not until many neurons collect together that something new emerges, such as cognition.
    So, what happens when we die? Since consciousness requires an operating collection of neurons, this indicates that consciousness will stop when the neurons die. In other words, we will not know when we die. Anyone that has an ‘after-death’ experience is remembering something, which indicates they still had a consciousness, even though medical science may say otherwise. If the brain was removed and each neuron was destroyed and the person still remembered something, then that would indicate there might be a soul. But that has never been observed.

    *What is an atom? Imagine an empty football stadium with a fly in the center. What have you got? About 99% empty space. That’s an atom. It’s hard enough to imagine the emptiness of which we are constructed, and even more puzzling that we do not pass through one another. But it gets worse. The components of the nucleus, the proton and neutron, are even emptier. We’re here mainly because of forces. The matter of which we are constructed is ineffable, like souls.

     I wrote this in March of this year:

EMERGENCE

    Although it is reasonable to assume that I am a walking encyclopedia, that is not the case. The amount of information in my head is really not much, but it appears to be significant because I spend a lot of time reading. Somehow, when I was 5 years old, I learned how to read. I do not remember how, because, I could not read and then I suddenly could read. Reading turned out to be pretty useful because I no longer had to guess what was happening in the pictures, nor did I have to ask someone else to read for me. So, I’ve been busily reading for the past 27 years and have learned an important fact. Few people care about the fact they have reading ability and they try very hard to not use it. This explains why some people think I’m smart. Since they don’t read, all the facts I know seem impressive. But those facts are not secrets - any damn fool can read the same books I read and know the exact same things I know. All of it. If I have a secret, then I’d like to know about it. But why did I not stop reading, like most people?
    Generally, people learn how to read and go to great lengths to ignore their ability by spending time watching TV or playing video games. The advantage of continuing to read is that knowledge accumulates and learning more becomes easier, but this does not mean that one can know everything, nor even come close. I quickly discovered that through reading, I could access information that school did not provide. For example, I read about dinosaurs when I was 5 years old, which was not part of the curriculum. It didn’t take me long to realize that in order to get educated I would need some source other than school. I’ve always been curious about reality and school offers no courses on that topic. Have you ever heard of an Introduction to Reality course?
    What is reality? Most people consider it to be what they consciously experience, such as rising from bed, going to work, watching TV, listening to music, going to restaurants, etc. But a conscious experience has many deficiencies, since we see a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, hear a narrow range of sounds, and can touch neither a plasma nor objects with most of the heat removed. The amount of information that we can extract from our surroundings without using technology is quite pitiful. For example, our eyes gather a very small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which we call “visible light”. But we are completely missing out on gamma rays, x-rays, ultra-violet, infra-red, microwaves, and radio waves unless we use technology. So, when we look at objects, we are getting one interpretation of their appearance. Those same objects look different under x-rays or radio waves, for example.
    I view reality as confinement. Analogously, this can understood by imagining sitting in a jail cell. If one is freely ambulating upon the surface of the earth, how can that possibly bear any resemblance to being trapped in a cell? Consider for a moment what is required to escape from a cell and you will see there is little difference. If one wishes to leave, then one may try any of the four forces. While sitting in the cell, you decide to try gravity first. You know that gravity is really strong, because it makes things fall. But the floor of the cell is not falling very far, since the ground is stopping it. So gravity is not that strong. It will not help you. The next force is electromagnetism, which powers your muscles and holds groups of atoms together. After a short while, it becomes apparent that electromagnetism will not help you either. The atomic bonds in concrete and steel are stronger than those in your skin and muscles and thus you tire and get many bruises. After several days of rest you decide to try the third force, the weak nuclear, which is responsible for radiation, or particle decay. Nothing happens for a while and then you start throwing up and become very weak. Weak nuclear decays seem to be more harmful than helpful. Surely, the fourth force will work, you think. After a month of recuperation, you begin to use the strongest force known - the strong nuclear. But nothing happens. You remain in the cell until your very bones turn to particles smaller than dust motes.
    I think of reality in terms of the forces. Gravity is actually the weakest force, by many orders of magnitude. An “order of magnitude” means 10 times. If something is 2 orders of magnitude weaker than something else, then it is 100 times weaker, for example. Gravity is roughly 30 orders of magnitude weaker than the other forces. This only becomes apparent when one conducts a very simple experiment. Just pick up a paperclip. The entire mass of the earth is holding the paperclip down, yet you are able to pick it up. Thus, your arm is able to defy the entire mass of the earth. Electromagnetism is responsible for all of chemical activity, since it moderates the behavior of electrons, through photons. Photons are commonly known as “visible light”, but they move through space like a wave, and have differing amounts of energy, like waves on the surface of the ocean. This is why photons can kill in the form of x-rays; they carry more energy. The last two forces are less common because we can’t directly see what they do; they operate at distances that are smaller than atoms. The weak nuclear force is responsible for radiation, or the decay of particles. The strong nuclear force holds the nuclei of atoms together and can only be broken at very high temperatures, usually exceeding one trillion degrees.
    Back to confinement, it is easy to see that gravity confines us to the Earth, electromagnetism confines our atoms to one place in the form of a body, the weak nuclear confines many particles to a short amount of time (since they decay), and the strong nuclear confines the cores of atoms. Through the notion of confinement, it becomes apparent that life exists in a cell, while life itself is made of cells. It’s not until many things that are similar collect in large numbers that new properties emerge. As an example, many of the cells in our bodies look the same, but they can form objects that look different and have different properties. At even lower levels, all electrons look the same, yet, through interactions with protons and neutrons, are responsible for all of the matter we can see. It’s not until many electrons interact together with many protons and neutrons that something different emerges.
    Emergence is thus a new hot topic in science. This can be extended rather easily to human behavior. While all humans look relatively the same, it’s not until many of them function together that a new property emerges. Just like one atom can not make a cell, one human can not make a prison. Atoms took many billions of years to finally form collections with the emergent property of thought. So, one can argue that a human is now the new particle. What will happen after many trillions of humans function together, for many billions of years? What new property will emerge?

   Here are my responses to some responses I received:

Grassie wrote:
From my viewpoint, reality is a biological construct which is here to aid survival and reproductive fitness. We will die if we don't perceive heat, struggles breathing - seeing colors aids our survival. If we stretch it further, seeing a gun will make us afraid. Reality is that guns are dangerous. Reality is, I think, whatever biological and social constructs which (if we were perfectly built,) would aid us taking the right discussions.

         I wrote:

     DNA is the program for biological structures and I feel it's contained within reality and is not a defining factor. Electrons are also in reality, but DNA does not describe their behavior, which means that biology can not be the final word. However, DNA has the code that builds our brains, which we use to interpret reality. That code is ultimately constructed of fermions, which obey the laws of quantum mechanics. This does not mean that our brains are quantum mechanical, any more than ants are quantum mechanical (the laws of quantum mechanics stop working somewhere between 1 nm to 1000 nm). I'm able to see that you are more interested in a macro-reality, while I am more interested in a micro-reality. I'm more concerned with what I can not see.

   I disagree that guns are dangerous. While they may be perceived as dangerous, it is ultimately the electromagnetic force that is dangerous. A bullet has enough energy to destroy the atomic bonds in your skin (both entrance and exit). The solution is to either engineer skin that has atomic bonds strong enough to repel bullets or to shoot the other guy first.

Grassie wrote:
From another perspective, as reality is a human construct, it's nothing "real", or "transcendent". It is nothing and everything, like a great paradox. This perspective can also be "mixed" with the one above, to make a kind of spiritual-materialistic duality which creates a feeling of being a solid human being with feet on the ground and a purpose in life (no comment about what that purpose is), and not only a fleeting schiup of nothing-somethingness.

I wrote:

The purpose of life is to survive. You intimated that yourself, when you wrote that reality is a biological construct which is here to aid survival. Therefore, we are here to survive. I find that very reasonable, because dying is the alternative.

Grassie wrote:
As we CAN perceive and be affected by all the physical forces you describe, they certainly are a part of reality, but they aren't any more "real" than everything else that we perceive, and the physicist's way of seeing things isn't more "correct" than our everyday way. It's all about how we view it... Think about sound waves. The most correct way to perceive sound is for some reason to visualize it, to see it as waves moving through air. Mass and weight should be measured in numbers. Why shouldn't they be translated to "smell" instead? If we made a system for it, we could've measured the altitude from the sun to the moon in taste instead of visual-auditory numbers.

I guess this doesn't make any sense. :p

I wrote:

It does make sense. Perfect sense. It's just that it doesn't make any sense for us to make distance measurements using taste. An alien race might do that very thing, so it could make sense somewhere.

Video Game Music

2009-11-21T00:56:00.000-08:00

Note: the acronym "vgm" is short for "video game music".

Here's a letter I wrote in December of 2007:

Some of the vgm I have is the result of nostalgia and the pure novelty of having such things. For instance, I was shocked to learn that video game music is actually put on CD and sold in Japan.

But why does that happen? You don't see vgm on store shelves in America, so why Japan? This is purely my opinion, but I believe part of the answer lies in the way that the original Nintendo system was marketed. In Japan, the system was called 'The Family Computer' and was marketed to entire families, to be used by children and adults alike. In America, the system was called 'The Nintendo Entertainment System' and was marketed to kids, to be used as a toy.

Another part of the answer (probably The Answer) is that a video game company in Japan in the mid 80s, called 'Enix', was looking for a person trained in classical music to make music for their video games. They found Koichi Sugiyama, who was trained in classical music, and he composed music for 'Dragon Quest'. The music was good enough to be released on CD and it was put on the market in 1986. It sold well and an orchestral concert was held, with music from Dragon Quest, in 1987. Since then, there have been well over a hundred video game music concerts in Japan.

The reason why I listen to vgm is because I prefer music that has a strong melody and does not have vocals. Sound quality is not that much of an issue, since my imagination can fill in the gaps. For instance, when I listen to original 8 bit music, I can 'hear' what it sounds like if played with real instruments. My guess is that some people are unable to transform music in their minds to what they want it to sound like.

Most of the vgm I listen to is not taken directly from games, but 'arranged'. If vgm is arranged, that basically means the sound quality is much improved, often with real instruments. Sometimes, popular singers in Japan add lyrics. As one might logically suspect, the Japanese might play video game music on the radio. I asked someone in Japan about that, and they don't. It's not considered popular music at all. It's made because there is some money to be made. Generally, the company that owns the video game would hire an orchestra or a band to arrange the music. This is not done very much anymore, since the newest generation of video game systems produces sound that is indistinguishable from real instruments.

I mentioned that nostalgia is a factor, but its influence is minimal, since much of my favorite vgm is from games I have never played. And it would be quite difficult to play some of those games, as reading ability in Japanese is required.

What style of music is video game music?

As far as I can tell, there does not exist a style of music that has not been used in a video game. So, video game music is not a style of music, but rather, video games are a medium for playing different
styles.

How many video game soundtracks exist?

Definitely more than 50,000. The amount that has been transferred to CD and sold in the marketplace now stands at more than 6,500 different albums.

EDIT (7-17-2011): There are now more than 20,000 different video game music albums.

PARTICLE PHYSICS - Summary and Essay

2009-11-01T11:58:00.000-08:00

When I'm not watching Korean movies, reading speculative fiction, or listening to music from video games, I'm probably reading or thinking about real science, most notably, particle physics. I made a summary of them earlier this year:

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES

These particles are not comprised of any smaller particles and are generally referred to as point particles, since they are akin to the notion of a point from high school geometry.
There are two main types of elementary particles - fermions and bosons.

FERMIONS
Fermions are the matter particles - we are made of them, along with everything else. Except dark matter. There are at least 24 different fermions, divided up into two main categories.
I have listed the masses of the particles using the accepted unit - the electron volt. For example, MeV is short for million electron volts and GeV is short for billion electron volts.
It's easier to express the masses of particles in units of electron volts because, if we used kilograms, then the numbers would become tiring (even with scientific notation). Just one GeV expressed in kilograms is about .000000000000000000000000001783

QUARKS (The top quark is the heaviest known particle.)

Up (2 MeV)
Charm (1.25 GeV)
Top (171 GeV)
Down (5 MeV)
Strange (95 MeV)
Bottom (4.2 GeV)

LEPTONS (The neutrino masses are only a few electron volts each.)

Electron (0.511 MeV)
Muon (106 MeV)
Tau (1.78 GeV)
Electron Neutrino
Muon Neutrino
Tau Neutrino

As you can see, I only listed 12 fermions, yet I have claimed there are at least 24. This is because they each have an antiparticle, which raises the count to 24. For example, the antiparticle of the electron is called the positron.
Antiparticle names are not always so clever, however. Physicists generally just place anti- before the particle name, such as antimuon. The main difference between matter and antimatter is the charge. Electrons have a negative charge, while positrons have a positive charge.

BOSONS
Bosons are the particles that mediate forces. We are not constructed of bosons, yet we are greatly affected by them. There are four currently accepted forces - strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, electromagnetism, and gravity.

    PHOTON
    Photons are the most well known bosons, since light is made of them. This particle mediates the electromagnetic force. It has no mass and has no known range, other than the size of the universe.

    W and Z BOSONS
    The W and Z bosons are not well known, nor is the force they mediate, the weak nuclear force. This force is responsible for the decay of neutrons and other forms of radioactivity.
    W and Z bosons have a very limited range, only .000000000000000001 meters. This force is much weaker than electromagnetism and the strong force, but vastly stronger than gravity.
    The mass of the W boson is 80.4 GeV and the mass of the Z boson is 91 GeV.

    GLUONS
    There are 8 different types of gluons, they have no mass, and they mediate the strong nuclear force. Gluons are cleverly named, since they act like glue and hold quarks together. Quarks make protons and neutrons, which in turn make atoms, which in turn make us.
    Since quarks are held tight by gluons, we should be thankful for their adamant adherence to proper behavior. Gluons do not feel the electromagnetic force, nor the weak force. They certainly do not feel gravity as well.

    GRAVITON
    The graviton is unconfirmed. None have yet been observed, but their existence has been theorized in order to explain what mediates the gravitational force. Gravity is a force and no particle has been discovered to explain it. This may be due to the weakness of gravity.
    As an example, it is easy to defy gravity. Just pick up a paper clip. The entire mass of the Earth is holding the paper clip down, yet you are able to pick it up. In numbers, gravity is approximately 1,738,590,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times weaker than the weak force.
    Since gravity is so weak, any particle that mediates it would need to be quite massive. Massive particles are difficult to find, which explains why we haven't found the graviton (if it exists).

    HIGGS BOSON
    This is another unconfirmed particle, but many believe the LHC will find it. It is thought to permeate space like a fluid and impede W and Z bosons, which limits their range. We might know much more by 2011. As for now, it's too early to say what the Higgs really is.

COMPOSITE PARTICLES

Composite particles are constructed of more than one elementary particle. They are all called hadrons, which are themselves divided up into two types.

HADRONS
Hadrons are collections of quarks, in sets of 3 or 2.

    BARYONS
    These are collections of fermions, specifically, 3 quarks. The proton and the neutron are the most well known baryons.

    MESONS
    There are not any well known mesons in the general public. These are quark-antiquark pairs. This may have no meaning to you, but the most well known of the mesons are the pion and kaon. Mesons are responsible for binding protons and neutrons through the strong force.
    Mesons are typically referred to as composite bosons, even though they are not made of bosons. This is because a meson acts like a boson - it mediates a force.

   Bear in mind that my summary above does not even begin to cover how many different particles actually exist. I don't know. No one actually knows that answer. I easily left out more than 100 particles and there's no telling how many more are yet to be discovered. But all particles can be divided up between those that are elementary or composite, or matter or force carriers (I would hope so).

   Here is the essay I wrote earlier this year (click to read) while bored at work one evening:

You'll notice I put a part in brackets [They have zero mass, but not zero energy, which seems like a contradiction]. I did that due to my own uncertainty (at the time). I now know that photons can indeed have zero energy, so there is no contradiction. To check this yourself, refer to page 53 of this book:

I strongly recommend that book if you want to check your own knowledge, or simply get a summary of everything known about particle physics up until 2007.

신하균

2009-11-01T10:39:00.000-08:00

     신하균, or Shin Ha-Gyun, is a talented Korean actor. I first saw him in 공동경비구역 JSA (Joint Security Area) back in early 2005, when I first started watching Korean movies. Last night I watched his 2008 thriller 더 게임 (The Game), which was equal parts funny and bizarre.
   In case you're not sure who I'm talking about, Shin Ha-Gyun played the green haired deaf-mute in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (If you haven't seen that, then what have you been doing? Get with it!)
     I've seen the following movies starring 신하균 :

반 칙왕 / The Foul King (2000)

공동경비구역 JSA / Joint Security Area (2000)

킬러들의 수다 / Guns & Talks (2001)

북수는 나의 것 / Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

지구를 지켜라! / Save the Green Planet! (2003)

친절한 금자 씨 / Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

웰컴 투 동막골 / Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

예의없는 것들 / No Mercy for the Rude (2006)

더 게임 / The Game (2008)

What was I thinking about in 1985?

2009-10-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

TRANSFORMERS!

Some of my happiest memories before age 12 have much to do with The Transformers. I started watching the cartoon at age 8, but I had received an interesting toy before the show was on the air. You see, I didn't know what Transformers were. They just came out of nowhere. On my eighth birthday I got this interesting toy called Optimus Prime, from my Aunt Jane. I remember receiving it very clearly, simply because it was completely new to me. Information traveled differently back in 1984, as the internet was only used by scientists and no one had cell phones. In fact, hardly anyone had a personal computer.

I wrote this story back as a young whip:

And this is the original lineup of Transformers toys:

Life on gas giants and neutron stars.

2009-10-27T23:03:00.000-07:00

I've noticed that many people are surprised when I tell them that Jupiter and Saturn don't have a solid surface, like the Earth. That seems to be incomprehensible and I'll admit it is troubling to think about. I've tried to imagine what living on Jupiter or Saturn could be like and I constantly find myself thinking of oceanic depths. It's untenable; I can't imagine not having any sort of stability. Think of that type of life, such as that of the whale, for example. Their lives are completely transitory with respect to location and they can't have 'property', since there's no way to store it. At least the animals on the surface can store things, such as dead animals, to be consumed later.
Timothy Zahn wrote a good speculative book about potential life on Jupiter. I read this 6 or 7 years ago:

And I'm currently reading this one:

     While Zahn has a master's degree in physics and never worked as a scientist, Forward was a real scientist that later wrote science fiction. Forward's novel, Saturn Rukh, is aptly known as hard science fiction, which means the science is as real as possible. Life on Saturn is simply a speculation, which makes the novel one of speculative fiction, which most people simply call science fiction.
     Thinking about Jupiter and Saturn isn't terribly difficult, since they are somewhat familiar planets. In some sense they can be considered small inactive stars, since their cores are not fusing hydrogen into heavier elements.
     For serious imagination taxation, very little can top the books below:

Have you ever wondered about potential life on a neutron star? Do you even know what a neutron star is? There's no better way to learn about neutron stars. Although I had already known a bit about neutron stars beforehand (that's why I immediately purchased and read those books after becoming aware of them), I had never myself ever considered life on one.

Lability is required.

2009-10-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

     I'm lucky to be labile
     while others are so fragile
     nothing is absolute
     that, my friend, is a waste of time to refute

     The October 2009 issue of Scientific American confirmed something I've been suspecting for a while. Black holes are simply theoretical constructs. They have actually never been observed; only predicted. What has always bothered me is the notion of infinite density; it's simply untenable. Now, it is proper to refer to them as black stars. But do bear in mind that they were never holes to begin with. The physicist John Wheeler coined the term black hole in 1967, at a time when they were referred to as frozen stars. What's sad is that the general public took Wheeler's term quite seriously and actually thought they were holes.
     Since my mind is labile, I have no problem accepting new information. For example, when Pluto was demoted, I was not bothered, as most people were. That's because most people think in absolute terms. There are 9 planets and that can never change. That's some hardcore hogwash and you better damn well believe it. Nothing is absolute, not even your slippery soul.
     Now we know there are 8 planets in our solar system, evolution is the reason why humans exist (not God), teleportation of particles is possible, black holes are really black stars, many other planets exist outside of our solar system, etc.
   There are lots of ways to divide up the minds of human beings. One can go the political route and say there are Republicans and Democrats, the religious route and say there are believers and non-believers, the biological route and say there are males and females, et cetera. But why not consider this - divide up human minds between those that are absolutists and those that are labile. (I'm going to invent the word labilist.)
     An absolutist is one that believes some things never change. For example, an absolutist would reject evolution. A labilist is one that readily accepts change and adapts to it. For example, a labilist would accept evolution. Absolutist minds tend to be religious while labilist minds tend to be scientific.
   In summary, human minds can be divided up between those people that are ABSOLUTISTS (do not accept change) and those that are LABILISTS (readily accept change). Absolutists have trouble dealing with information that conflicts with what they have "known" for a long time, such as the demotion of Pluto. Labilists understand that everything is subject to change, since the information we have concerning the universe is not complete. (If the universe ceased all activity, then I suppose the absolutists would have trouble accepting even that, since the end of change would require one hell of a change.)

Wyman Guin

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     Wyman Guin (1915-1989) worked as a pharmacologist and advertising executive. He also produced 8 short stories and one novel, all in the realm of speculative fiction, within the subcategory of science fiction. Why am I mentioning this man that died 20 years ago? I am mentioning him because his science fiction was first rate, as good as Robert Heinlein and Philip Jose Farmer. He also had an odd streak, similar to that of Philip K. Dick.

     7 of his short stories are collected in this book:

How did I find that book? I didn't actively seek it out, as Wyman Guin is not well-known among authors that are relatively unknown, making his work that less likely to stumble upon. I occasionally search ebay for huge lots of vintage science fiction books, simply because the price per book typically drops below 75 cents. This behavior of mine results in the acquisition of many doubles and even triples, but it's an efficient and cheap means of gaining access to new material. So I found that book among a lot of 90 others.

The cover art does not reflect the content, as there are no cyclopean women. I would have preferred to see a volpla. A what? A volpla. The short story "Volpla" was satisfying beyond words. When I finished the story, I was reminded as to why I stopped watching television shows. You can't get this kind of imaginative storytelling from TV, the kind that generates abundant happiness. While it's more difficult to read than to watch TV, the rewards for reading far exceed those of staring at idiot boxes, or these days - idiot panels.

Read what one of his peers had to say:

"BEYOND BEDLAM, the final story of this collection, is a classic example of what can be done when a first-class imagination takes a far-out assumption and carefully builds it into a society thoroughly self-consistent and logical on its own terms; and repellent, horrifying and yet fascinating on ours. WYMAN GUIN'S gift for putting himself (and therefore the reader as well) completely into societies he builds is in healthy evidence in the other stories as well."

-Isaac Asimov

Reading Wyman Guin turned out to be educational, as I had not previously known what a bedlam was. I also learned the arabic word 'cipher' (from sifr) and the hebrew word 'baal'.

I quickly purchased his one novel, The Standing Joy, and I had to buy it from a bookstore in England, since ebay didn't have any from American sellers. While the cover art is atrocious, it does seem fitting, provided one has read the book.

The main character is Colin Collins, a precocious young man that has solved the problem of limited male orgasms, as well as amassing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Have you ever wondered why women can have multiple orgasms during intercourse, but not males? Once men achieve an orgasm through ejaculation, they need to recharge in order to continue. Women don't have the recharging problem, which frees them up for orgasmic bliss.

Wyman Guin took Robert Heinlein's stance on prostitution in the sense it should be legalized and treated as a profession, similar to that of a lawyer or a doctor. While I found it interesting to read about the activities in a whore house, I agree much more strongly with what Philip Jose Farmer had to say about prostitution (in 1974):

"I think it's a grim grisly exploitation which no healthy society would endure for a minute."

How would you like to pay $150 every time you had to urinate? Imagine if every toilet required payments for using them. You see, sex is a normal activity, just like using the bathroom. Sex is not sinful, any more than taking a dump is sinful. We, us crazy humans, decided that sex before marriage is a sin. That doesn't mean it is, any more than running a 'red light' is sinful. Some things just cause problems.

I don't think anyone should ever pay for sex. There is no need to make laws, either. A healthy society simply would not have prostitution. The fact that prostitutes exist indicates that we need to restructure our society.

Through hormonal modification and chemical manipulation we could adjust male and female bodies in such a way that barrier bags (condoms) became obsolete, and diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea could be forgotten. We're not sexually free creatures. There are too many problems associated with sex, the most significant being that of unwanted pregnancy, since it sometimes forces men and women into a partnership that they do not want and makes children suffer. Almost everyone is sexually capable, but not everyone is financially capable. Thus, it confuses me as to why it's legal for people without sufficient incomes to engage in sexual behavior. We know that there are 800,000,000 starving people on this planet. Many of them are children, produced by men and women incapable of supporting them. This is why we need to modify human bodies, so we can have sex without worrying about producing children. People with sufficiently high incomes could be sexually armed, their reproductive functions activated. And those considered in a state of poverty would have their reproductive functions disabled, since they would be incapable of providing food for their children. If they rose to a higher income level, then their reproductive functions could become armed, if they chose that action. But everyone would be allowed to experience the joys of sex.

Korean Movies You Must Watch

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DA CREDE MIHI

In other words, trust me. Watching these movies will make you feel better. I've watched around 180 Korean movies and these are some of the best, for any mature audience, that is, people that enjoy thinking. And sometimes, laughing. I could list 100 more, but I halted it at 8 movies. If you've never seen a Korean movie, any one of these would be a good start.

3-Iron

A Good Lawyer's Wife

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Big Bang

Gagman

Marriage is a Crazy Thing

Mulberry

Tazza: The High Rollers