Dear Musical World, Play for Japan’s Album is About to Launch

Posted by in news, stuff | 0 comments

Dear Musical World, Play for Japan’s Album is About to Launch

23 May, 2011

Sweet, sweet music to our ears. At last, we are finally graced with details on Play for Japan: The Album. In a video message recorded earlier today, Akira Yamaoka expressed that his goal with the album was to convey the spirit of hope and encouragement and to also “share all the warmth and compassion” he and his country have received from the international community.

Yamaoka-san revealed that the album will be available early next month on iTunes, although a precise release date and whether the album will be released in another format is unknown at this point. He has also revealed the official album cover to the album, illustrated by famed Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano:

Whimsical and definitely conveying the heartfelt love, only how Amano-san can do it. The tracklisting for the album has been also been released, and is as follows:

  • Akira Yamaoka (Shadows of the Damned) | “Ex Animo”
  • Arthur Inasi (Harmonix) | “We Are One”
  • Bear McCreary (SOCOM 4) | “Maverick Regeneration”
  • Chance Thomas (Lord of the Rings Online) | “Rise Up”
  • Hip Tanaka.β (Mother) | “HVC-1384″
  • Inon Zur feat. The Lyris Quartet (Dragon Age) | “Remember”
  • Jason Graves (Dead Space) | “Necromancer”
  • Koji Kondo (Super Mario Bros.) | “Super Mario Medley on Two Pianos”
  • Laura Karpman (Everquest II) with Lisbeth Scott | “Pine Wind Sound”
  • Laura Shigihara (Plants vs. Zombies) | “Jump”
  • Mitsuto Suzuki (The 3rd Birthday) | “Play for You”
  • Nobuko Toda (Metal Gear Solid 4) | “Reminiscence”
  • Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy) | “Every New Morning”
  • Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia) | “White Cloud”
  • Sean Murray (Call of Duty) | “The Temple Stone”
  • Tommy Tallarico (Advent Rising) | “Greater Lights”
  • Woody Jackson (Red Dead Redemption) | “Moshi Moshi”
  • Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger) | “Dimension Break”


    • Play for Japan states that 100% of all the proceeds that come from the sale of this album will go straight to the Japanese Red Cross.

    Sounds like a great deal. Get some tunes from the best in the business, and help out for an excellent cause. And the wait won’t be long, because June is just around the corner.

    Read up on the official announcement by Play for Japan for more information.

    Want to know more about who the composers are? Play for Japan has just the page for you.

    Image courtesy of Play for Japan.

    Via Twitter.

    Other interesting places (external links)

    Leave a Reply