I’ve been looking forward to doing this, actually, because stylistically, Amano’s compositional style is very interesting her songs primarily use a rock template to build from- particularly hard rock, although some elements of punk and thrash work their way in- and feature plenty of shredding, chugging and some delicious riffs and solos (good examples of this are the songs 鮫, JOKER JOE, ウララカ, and SPY), but she usually builds atop this template by mixing elements of funk (particularly in the basslines, like on the songs ダンデライオン and 太陽, the latter of which almost sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers style Funk Metal track), some vaguely hip hop/breakbeat inspired drum patterns (such as those on the tracks 枳 and Primal Scream), a fair bit of synthpop and electronica inspiration, particularly in song intros (like the songs Bowling, p i g e o n, 恋, and Devil Flamingo), and even some jazz fixings in places ( 亀 (in ラウンジ) and 刺青 being good examples). The sole exception is Higanbana, which was performed by AnJu, who we’re guessing is an upcoming Idol information on her is a bit scarce, but that could just be my weak google fu. More or less all of these songs were composed by Tsuki Amano (formerly Tsukiko Amano), a renowned Japanese composer and songwriter she’s also a fashion designer (having designed most of the costumes she wears in her videos and shows herself), and has published a storybook, so she’s had quite an extensive career.
Zero shinku no chou japan save series#
The first game lacked a proper image song, but all the games in the series since that point have made use of a song that captures the feeling of the series overall, and more specifically the game the song is tied too, musically and lyrically.