Staff Roll: Manabu Saito – PA101

Pixelated Audio

We begin a new chapter of Pixelated Audio with our first solo show, and our first full-length tribute episode, this time honoring Manabu Saito. Saito was a prolific composer for System Sacom from 1987 to 1991, composing and arranging the music for over 15 games. You may have heard his music in Yuurei-kun on Episode 91, but this time we take a deeper dive over his entire career. Listen to Saito's growth as a composer over four years and 25 songs in a wide range of styles. "Yuurei-kun" key production staff. Manabu Saito (left) Episode Track List: 0:00:06 Opening - Euphory (Sharp X1 - OPM) 0:04:36 Vertes - Euphory (Sharp X1 - PSG) 0:07:13 Track 2 - Fire Rock (Famicom Disk System) 0:09:58 The Dome - Dome (X68000 - OPM) 0:14:52 RPG Theme - Soft and Hard Stories (X68000 - OPM) 0:17:27 Bar - Chatty (PC88 - OPNA) 0:22:43 Stage 1 - Evolution (FM Towns) 0:29:12 Cave of Plateau - Providence (PC88 - OPNA) 0:32:18 Hell Hole - Yuurei-kun (MSX2 - PSG) 0:35:15 Grassland - Valna (PC88 - OPNA) 0:39:48 Driving Before Dawn - Soft and Hard Stories 2 (X68000 - OPM) 380,000km of Emptiness / 38 Man Kilo no Kokuu 0:43:55 A Pack of Cigarettes (X68000 - MT-32) 0:47:02 Snappy Time (X68000 - OPM) Manabu Saito and Sumeya Kunihiro The Darkness of Kin / Yami no Ketsuzoku 0:50:44 Masayuki Izawa (X68000 - OPM) 0:53:22 Ending (X68000 - OPM) The Darkness of Kin: The Final Chapter / Yami no Ketsuzoku: Kanketsu-hen 0:57:12 Kumaha's Attack (X68000 - OPM) 0:59:27 Lean Burned (X68000 - OPM) The Darkness of Kin: Special / Yami no Ketsuzoku Special 1:02:53 Opening (FM Towns) All Darkness of Kin music composed by Manabu Saito and Haruo Hosoya Gemini Wing 1:05:33 Stage 6 (Arcade - OPL2) Composed by Mikio Saito 1:06:20 Stage 6 (X68000 - CM-64) Arranged by Manabu Saito 1:09:14 Darkness - Jerry Boy (Super Famicom) Akira Yamaoka, Hirohiko Fukuda and Manabu Saito 1:12:49 Big Boss Attacks - Yuurei-kun (MSX2 - PSG) 1:13:42 Big Boss Attacks (Unused) - Valna (PC88 - OPNA) 1:14:58 Vertes Waterway - Euphory (Sharp X1 - OPM) 1:16:17 Vertes Waterway (Unused) - Soft and Hard Stories (X68000 - OPM) 1:22:53 Ending (Unused 3) - The Darkness of Kin: The Final Chapter (X68000 - OPM) Manabu Saito and Haruo Hosoya LINKS GALORE! Purchase Manabu Saito's music at Egg Music (JP) Manabu Saito Memorial Website (JP), Additional memorial site (JP) Research sites: VGMRips, Zophar's Domain, VGMPF, VGMDB, GDRI, Mobygames Other great podcasts mentioned: Game Music Gaiden, The Diad Presents, Forever Sound Version