Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack

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Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack to Metal Gear Solid by the Metal Gear series
Released September 23, 1998
Genre Video game music
Length 79:51
Label King
Producer Konami
Metal Gear series chronology
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original Soundtrack
(1991)
Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack
(1998)
Metal Gear >> Solid Snake: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Red Disc
(1998)

The Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to Konami's 1998 stealth game Metal Gear Solid. Most of the original music was composed and performed by the Konami Computer Entertainment (KCE) Sound Team Japan (comprising Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo)[1], with the exception of the "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", composed by TAPPY, and "The Best Is Yet to Come", composed by Rika Muranaka and performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh. The CD was released on September 23, 1998 – three weeks after the Japanese release of the game.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and performed by KCE Sound Team Japan, except "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" composed by TAPPY and "End Title/The Best Is Yet to Come" composed by Rika Muranaka and performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh.

  1. "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" – 2:42
  2. "Introduction" – 0:57
  3. "Discovery" – 5:05
  4. "Cavern" – 3:11
  5. "Intruder 1" – 2:04
  6. "Encounter" – 2:20
  7. "Intruder 2" – 1:55
  8. "Warhead Storage" – 3:39
  9. "Intruder 3" – 2:55
  10. "Mantis' Hymn" – 2:56
  11. "Hind D" – 1:58
  12. "Duel" – 2:22
  13. "Enclosure" – 2:14
  14. "Blast Furnace" – 2:58
  15. "Colosseo" – 1:53
  16. "Rex's Lair" – 3:05
  17. "Escape" – 3:11
  18. "End Title/The Best Is Yet to Come" – 5:46
  19. "VR Training" – 2:37
  20. "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" (1997 E3 edit) – 5:23
  21. "Metal Gear Solid Control Mix" (mixed by Quadra) – 6:53

[edit] "The Best Is Yet to Come"

"The Best Is Yet to Come" was written in Japanese by Rika Muranaka and translated into Irish by Bláthnaid Ní Chufaigh. The song was recorded at Beech Park Studio, Ireland, engineered by Philip Begley and produced by Muranaka.[2]

[edit] Personnel

Musicians
Additional personnel
Chorus vocalists
  • Iarlaith Carter
  • Stephen Mailey
  • Eimear Noone
  • Meav Ní Mhaolchatha
  • John Mc Namara
  • Cathal Clinch
  • Rachel Talbot
  • Sinead Fay
  • Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter
  • Ewan Cowley

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