Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack

The Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack is the official soundtrack

Soundtrack

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to Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

's 1998 stealth game Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojimas early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake...

. Most of the original music was composed and performed by the Konami Computer Entertainment (KCE) Sound Team Japan (comprising Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo), with the exception of the "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", composed by TAPPY, and "The Best Is Yet to Come", composed by Rika Muranaka

Rika Muranaka

Rika Muranaka has composed and arranged and sung many vocal songs for the popular Konami video game series, Metal Gear Solid.Some of her works include "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" , "The Best Is Yet To Come" and "Don't Be Afraid"...

and performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh

Aoife Ní Fhearraigh

Aoife is an Irish singer and composer, born in Gweedore , northwest County Donegal. She performs Traditional Irish and New Age music, in the style of other musicians native to the Donegal area like Clannad, Moya Brennan, Enya and Altan...

. The CD was released on September 23, 1998 – three weeks after the Japanese release of the game.

A total of three versions of the soundtrack were released, with the "Metal Gear Solid Control Mix" track missing from the earliest version. Limited print editions of the Japanese copy and the standard European copy have cardboard sleeves accompanied with the discs jewel case. The final edition of the Japanese print does not come with the cardboard sleeve.

Track listing

All songs are composed and performed by KCE Sound Team Japan, except "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" composed by TAPPY and "The Best Is Yet to Come" composed by Rika Muranaka

Rika Muranaka

and performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh

Aoife Ní Fhearraigh

"Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" – 2:42
"Introduction" – 0:57
"Discovery" – 5:05
"Cavern" – 3:11
"Intruder 1" – 2:04
"Encounter" – 2:20
"Intruder 2" – 1:55
"Warhead Storage" – 3:39
"Intruder 3" – 2:55
"Mantis' Hymn" – 2:56
"Hind D" – 1:58
"Duel" – 2:22
"Enclosure" – 2:14
"Blast Furnace" – 2:58
"Colosseo" – 1:53
"REX's Lair" – 3:05
"Escape" – 3:11
"End Title / The Best Is Yet to Come" – 5:46
"VR Training" – 2:37
"Metal Gear Solid Main Theme" (1997 E3 Edit) – 5:23
"Metal Gear Solid Control Mix" (Mixed by Quadra) – 6:53

"The Best Is Yet to Come"

"The Best Is Yet to Come" was written in Japanese

Japanese language

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by Rika Muranaka

Rika Muranaka

and translated into Irish

Irish language

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by Bláthnaid Ní Chufaigh. The song was recorded at Beech Park Studio, Ireland, engineered by Philip Begley and produced by Muranaka.

Personnel

Musicians

Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
Aoife is an Irish singer and composer, born in Gweedore , northwest County Donegal. She performs Traditional Irish and New Age music, in the style of other musicians native to the Donegal area like Clannad, Moya Brennan, Enya and Altan...

– lead vocals
Lead vocalist
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Deelan Masterson – low pipe, bouzouki
Bouzouki
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James Blennerhassett – double bass
Double bass
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John Fitzpatrick – fiddle
Fiddle
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Noel Bridgeman – percussion
Percussion instrument
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Rika Muranaka
Rika Muranaka
Rika Muranaka has composed and arranged and sung many vocal songs for the popular Konami video game series, Metal Gear Solid.Some of her works include "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" , "The Best Is Yet To Come" and "Don't Be Afraid"...

– keyboard
Keyboard instrument
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s, production
Record producer
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Additional personnel

Philip Begley – engineering
Audio engineering
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David Downes – additional choral arrangement
Arrangement
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Chorus

Choir

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vocalists

Iarlaith Carter
Stephen Mailey
Eimear Noone
Meav Ní Mhaolchatha
John Mc Namara
Cathal Clinch
Rachel Talbot
Sinead Fay
Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter
Ewan Cowley

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