{"id":2240885,"date":"2026-01-19T15:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2240885"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:16:29","slug":"theres-an-increasing-number-of-game-osts-where-the-music-doesnt-match-the-gameplay-says-the-hundred-line-and-danganronpa-composer-masafumi-takada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/theres-an-increasing-number-of-game-osts-where-the-music-doesnt-match-the-gameplay-says-the-hundred-line-and-danganronpa-composer-masafumi-takada\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s\u00a0an increasing number of\u00a0game\u00a0OSTs where the music\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0match the gameplay, says The Hundred Line and\u00a0Danganronpa\u00a0composer Masafumi Takada\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Talking to AUTOMATON\u00a0Japan,\u00a0Masafumi Takada, the composer for\u00a0<strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/strong>,\u00a0talked about\u00a0recent changes\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0noticed\u00a0in game music.\u00a0Takada feels that\u00a0lately,\u00a0music\u00a0is\u00a0increasingly being treated as\u00a0a separate entity, rather than an integral part of gameplay\u00a0and worldbuilding, which is creating a mismatch in games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300eHUNDRED LINE -\u6700\u7d42\u9632\u885b\u5b66\u5712- Original Soundtrack\u300f\u8a66\u8074\u52d5\u753b\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vU2iZI_BKmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Takada is a veteran composer who has\u00a0written\u00a0music\u00a0for\u00a0a wide range of\u00a0games, including\u00a0Suda 51\u2019s\u00a0The Silver Case, the\u00a0Danganronpa\u00a0series, the Earth Defense Force series, the Digimon Story series,\u00a0and\u00a0Super Smash Bros<em>.<\/em>\u00a0series.\u00a0Known for\u00a0its\u00a0distinctive use of synthesizers, Takada\u2019s latest\u00a0work is\u00a0the massive original soundtrack of Too Kyo Games\u2019 The\u00a0Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In creating the OST, Takada\u00a0says he\u00a0paid special attention to\u00a0making sure\u00a0his music functioned\u00a0as part of The Hundred Line\u2019s\u00a0eerie\u00a0setting and\u00a0framework.\u00a0In the same vein, he notes that\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0seen\u00a0an increasing number of\u00a0games in which the music feels\u00a0out of sync\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0rest of the experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eaeaea\">\u00a0\u201cLately, something\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0been bothering me a bit is that even though\u00a0game music\u00a0is often\u00a0very rich\u00a0and high in quality, there are\u00a0more and more\u00a0instances\u00a0where it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0really align\u00a0well\u00a0with the actual gameplay experience.\u00a0To be honest, it sometimes\u00a0feels\u00a0more like\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0just making good music\u00a0instead of\u00a0actually\u00a0<em>making\u00a0a\u00a0game<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWhen you look at game reviews, you sometimes see comments like \u2018the music was great,\u2019 and\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0not really praise for the music,\u00a0it\u00a0means the music stands out more than the game itself.\u00a0In other words,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not that a cohesive game is being made;\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0that the\u00a0playing\u00a0experience and the music are\u00a0out of sync. I want people to think about it that way.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0why, when I make music,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0always\u00a0considering these things to make the entire game experience entertaining.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than criticizing the quality of game soundtracks,\u00a0Takada\u00a0appears to be\u00a0pointing out a shift in how deeply\u00a0the process of music production is interwoven with other aspects of development, like scenario and gameplay systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>Original Soundtrack by Masafumi Takada\u00a0is out now\u00a0on digital\u00a0streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and\u00a0is also available for purchase on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4282300\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy_Original_Soundtrack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>.\u00a0A Director\u2019s Edition\u00a0of the soundtrack will\u00a0release\u00a0on disc\u00a0on\u00a0April 24 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source automaton-media.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking to AUTOMATON\u00a0Japan,\u00a0Masafumi Takada, the composer for\u00a0The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy,\u00a0talked about\u00a0recent changes\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0noticed\u00a0in game music.\u00a0Takada feels that\u00a0lately,\u00a0music\u00a0is\u00a0increasingly being treated as\u00a0a separate entity, rather than an integral part of gameplay\u00a0and worldbuilding, which is creating a mismatch in games.\u00a0 Takada is a veteran composer who has\u00a0written\u00a0music\u00a0for\u00a0a wide range of\u00a0games, including\u00a0Suda 51\u2019s\u00a0The Silver Case, the\u00a0Danganronpa\u00a0series, the Earth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[418817],"class_list":["post-2240885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-news-japan-related"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Theres-an-increasing-number-of-game-OSTs-where-the-music-doesnt-match-the-gameplay-says.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240887,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240885\/revisions\/2240887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}