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[Kenka]

OMY (Orient Magnetic Yellow) is a band of video games composers who had the idea in the 90's to pay homage to the Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated YMO), a pioneer in electronical music in Japan in the 70's.

Participants are Shinji Hosoe (Famicom 20th Anniversary Arrange Soundtracks, Xenosaga Episode II : Jenseits von Gut und Bose, Ridge Racer), Nobuyoshi Sano (Tekken 3), Takayuki Aihara (Drag-on Dragoon, Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Premium Arrange, NieR Tribute Album -echo-) and Hiroto Sasaki (THE IDOLM@STER) who made several albums between 1994 and 2001.

They have remixed several YMO successes with great result.

Rydeen:

OMY - ライジーン - RYZEEN-
Original

Technopolis:

OMY - テクノポリッシュ -TECHNOPOLISH
Original

Tong Poo:

OMY シャンプー SHANG POO
Original

Mad Pierrot:

Oriental Magnetic Yellow / Good Pierrot
Original

I only discovered their work today and damn ! this sounds great. Amazing stuff in retrospect. No wonder why so many of their compositions later on retained a distinctive YMO touch, especially Xenosaga II.

 

[Kenka]

F UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GAF for letting this thread sink (still love you)

 

[Tenrius]

That's probably due to the thread title being not very informative. Thanks for the heads-up, I'll check it out.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Shinji Hosoe + Noboyushi Sano?

STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS

 

[Shinta]

That's interesting. I'm just now getting into Shinji Hosoe's stuff after Zero Escape.

 

[TheShampion]

Ooo nice find. I always thought most good video game music owes a lot to YMO (especially FF6) so it is cool to see VG composers remix their songs.

 

[ShinobiFist]

Don't let Kotaku see this.....

BTW, those sample tracks in the OP...Godlike. Reminds of SEGA arcade games.

 

[bunbun777]

Thanks for sharing and I am just letting songs play on youtube-- right now it is playing this

YellowMetalOrchestra

the hair is killing me.

 

[Kenka]

Yes, great reaction !

Supradarky featured one of their songs in his playlist (two actually), mentioning how close the tune sounds like the one in Second Miltia from Xenosaga II, which is absolutely gorgeous. I wonder if other musicians have had bands that shaped the sound of their work in video games, especially Robin Beanland and David Wise.

 

[MrTeachwell]

I am really loving the YMO originals, thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Thanks for sharing and I am just letting songs play on youtube-- right now it is playing this

YellowMetalOrchestra

the hair is killing me.

This too is awesome.

 

[Arc Christelle]

+1 Thank you for bringing me this!

 

[Killer Yakuza B]

Will definitely have to check this out later.

After having read and heard about YMO for a long time, I finally had the chance to listen to them about a year ago and automatically fell in love. Rydeen, Technopolis, Behind the Mask and La Femme Chinoise are some of my favorites. (Michael Jackson's and Eric Clapton's covers of Behind the Mask are interesting too).

 

[popyea]

Any fans know if Nobuyoshi Sano or Takayuki Aihara created anything else that's comparable to the first Drakengard's soundtrack? I adore that thing and it's the only reason I know who these guys are. I get the feeling that the style they used was a one off for them though.

 

[7threst]

Ooo nice find. I always thought most good video game music owes a lot to YMO (especially FF6) so it is cool to see VG composers remix their songs.

As a big fan of FFVI music I'd like to know more. What YMO albums do you recommend?

 

[Kenka]

As a big fan of FFVI music I'd like to know more. What YMO albums do you recommend?

When it comes to gaming music, I'd recommend to narrow your selection to their two first albums, all their early works are pure electronic music. Starting in 1980, they tried to be more part of the pop scene, also with success :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Magic_Orchestra_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Survivor