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Gateway: Music
Over the years many talented composers and musicians have contributed to the Suikoden series. This has taken the form of in-game soundtracks, arrangement CDs, vocal collections, and even live symphonic performances.

There have also been audio non-music releases, such as drama CDs and internet radio shows which are also documented here.

Higashino Miki
Higashino Miki (東野美紀, also known as MIKI-CHANG, born January 1, 1968) is a retired freelance video game composer who was the lead music director for both Suikoden and Suikoden II.

Higashino Miki grew up listening to classical music since childhood. She started to learn piano and first began written short pieces while still in kindergarten. While an elementary school student, she attended a composition school, learning the music of such composers as Chopin and Beethoven. She also attended a mission school for 6 years, and the church music learned there would be one of the foundational inspirations for her music. She also formed a band in junior high school and wrote many original pieces.

After entering Osaka University's music composition department, Higashino participated in the Yamaha Popular Song Contest where she advanced to the semi-finals. She also started working part-time at Konami and started working on Gradius and Salamander. At university, Higashino majored in composition and took a synthesizer class to learn about the Moog IIIc synthesizer. (more...)

JAGMO
JAGMO, an acronym for JApan Game Music Orchestra, is a professional orchestra based in Japan which has performed several concerts around the Suikoden series.

JAGMO was founded in 2014 after the bankruptcy of its predecessor, the Japanese BGM Philharmonic Orchestra. JAGMO's stated goal is "to help make video game music part of the culture of music history". To that end, JAGMO is Japan's first professional game music symphony orchestra and has held many concerts since its establishment.

Suikoden songs would first make their appearance in 2017, with several songs from the first two games being performed at the Traveler's Re-idea Suite on August 26 and 27. (more...)

Genso Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Haneda Kentarō
Genso Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Haneda Kentarō (幻想水滸伝 音楽集 Produced by 羽田健太郎, Gensōsuikoden Ongakushū Produced by Haneda Kentarō) is an arrangement album release containing songs from the first three main titles of the Suikoden series.

Haneda Kentarō was a composer and arranger for popular anime and video game soundtracks, particularly in the 1980s. This was one of his rare projects from after the early 90s. He would pass away from liver cancer on June 2, 2007 at the age of 58. (more...)

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