Brave Wave Productions

Brave Wave Productions
Founded 2013 (2013)
Founder Mohammed Taher
Status Active
Genre Video game music, chiptune
Location Tokyo, Japan

Brave Wave Productions is a Japanese-based record label founded in 2013 that specializes in video game music artists, often those who originally became active during the chiptune era of the 1980s and 1990s.[1]

History

Brave Wave was founded in 2013 by Mohammed Taher. Taher originally started communicating with musicians while organising a small EP collaboration, but ultimately began to draw the attention of veteran chiptune artists such as Keiji Yamagishi. At the time, Yamagishi had not worked on a video game in ten years. The first results of this were the 2013 album World 1-2, which featured Austin Wintory, Akira Yamaoka and many others.[2] From there Brave Wave would go on to produce solo albums from these artists, such as Yamagishi's Retro-Active and Three Movements by Manami Matsumae.[3][4][5]

Brave Wave Productions are now often known for their restoration work, mastering and preparing the soundtracks of older video games for CD and vinyl re-release. The "Generation Series" includes major license titles such as Street Fighter II, Shovel Knight, and Ninja Gaiden.[6] Their vinyl collection Ninja Gaiden Trilogy marks the first ever official release of the Ninja Gaiden III (1991) soundtrack, as it did not receive a CD release at the time.[7]

Notable artists

See also

References

  1. ↑ Martin, Ian (20 June 2014). "New music label helps classic video-game composers go solo" – via Japan Times Online.
  2. ↑ "Super music bros: 'World 1-2' is an all-star collection of gaming's best musicians".
  3. ↑ Aguilar, Mario. "The Man Behind Iconic Video Game Music Finally Made a Chiptunes Record".
  4. ↑ "Mega Man Composer Manami Matsumae Releases First Solo Album".
  5. ↑ Hamilton, Kirk. "Proof That There's No Such Thing As Too Many Video Game Composers".
  6. ↑ ""Art of Fighting" Classic Game Soundtrack Restored for Vinyl and CD".
  7. ↑ "Brave Wave unveil remastered Ninja Gaiden trilogy soundtrack on vinyl". 11 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Artists". Brave Wave Productions.
  9. ↑ "The composer behind the original Mega Man just released an incredible solo album".
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