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Now that the chocobo has its own franchise, the responsibility of scoring the music has been taken up by Joe Down Studio of Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Ian Hartley is a Tokyo-based DJ hailing from London who publishes drum'n'bass, acid jazz and electronica mixes through his independent label Kikaizuki.
The soundtrack release for Nintendo DS role-playing game The World Ends With You preceded enhanced ports for smartphones and Nintendo Switch.
Arrangement album "Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura" includes orchestral arrangements of music from Kingdom Hearts and Legend of Mana.