List of Little Busters! soundtracks

This is a list of soundtracks attributed to the visual novel "Little Busters!". The first music album released was a maxi single entitled "Little Busters!" released on May 25 2007. This first album contained "Little Busters!", "Faraway", and "Alicemagic" in original and instrumental versions. As with Key's previous works (excluding ""), a music album came bundled with the limited edition release of the game; the album, released on July 27 2007, was called "Semicrystalline." and contained arranged versions of ten tracks of the game's music. [citeweb|url=http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/6820 |title=Himeyashop.com on the Little Busters! release|accessdate=2007-04-20] Eight of the tracks were background music while the last two were remix versions of "Little Busters!" and "Faraway". The game's original soundtrack was first released on August 17 2007 at Comiket 72 containing three discs with forty-three different tracks along with a piano version of one of the background music tracks, a short version of another BGM track, plus short and instrumental versions of the theme songs. Of the fifty-three total tracks, three were left out of the visual novel. The original soundtrack was re-released in Japanese stores on September 28 2007. Two more albums were released at Comiket 73 on December 28 2007: another arrange album entitled "Rockstar Busters!" and an image song single called "Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper" sung by Tomoe Tamiya, the voice actress who voiced Rin in the game.citeweb|url= http://c73.product.co.jp/brand/key.html|title=Comiket 73 Key goods|publisher=Visual Art's|accessdate=2007-12-28|language= Japanese] An LP album entitled "Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition" featuring original and remix versions of three "Little Busters!" theme songs was released on May 4 2008. A remix album entitled "Ontology" containing arranged versions of nine tracks from "Little Busters! Ecstasy" was released bundled with the limited edition release of that game on July 25 2008. A soundtrack entitled "Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks" containing tracks exclusive to "Little Busters! Ecstasy" was released on August 15 2008.

Little Busters!

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Name = Little Busters!
Artist = Jun Maeda, Magome Togoshi, Shinji Orito, Rita
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Released = May 25 2007
Format = Maxi
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Genre = Video game soundtrack
Length = 30:08
Label = Key Sounds Label
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Next single = Nihongo|"Little Busters!"|リトルバスターズ！|Ritoru Basutāzu! is a maxi single from the visual novel "Little Busters!" containing three of the game's theme songs sung by Rita and was first released on May 25 2007 by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0028".citeweb|url= http://key.soundslabel.com/discography.htm|title=Key Sounds Label's discography|publisher=Key Sounds Label|accessdate=2007-04-06 |language=Japanese] The single contains one disc with six tracks in regular and off-vocal versions. The song "Little Busters!" is the opening theme of "Little Busters!"; "Faraway" is an insert song; and "Alicemagic" is one of the ending themes. The single is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Yūto Tonokawa, I've Sound, Manack, and MintJam.

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emicrystalline.

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Name = Semicrystalline.
Type = Remix album
Artist = Jun Maeda, Manack, PMMK, Rita
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Released = July 27 2007
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Genre = Video game soundtrack
Length = 36:35
Label = Key Sounds Label
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"Semicrystalline." is an arrange album which contains a selection of songs from the visual novel "Little Busters!", remixed by Rintaro Iwashita of PMMK. The album is otherwise composed, and produced by Jun Maeda and members of PMMK. The album came with the subtitle: "Little Busters!" original arrange album". This album was released as a bonus item, included with the limited edition first printing of the PC version of the game released on July 27 2007 by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0032". As a result, it was not released for individual sale. Of the ten tracks on the one-disc album, eight are remixed background music from the game while the last two are remix versions of "Little Busters!" and "Faraway", two songs originally featured on the "Little Busters!" single. The original tracks listed below are the names of the tracks that were remixed for this album. The titles for "Little Busters!" and "Faraway" were unchanged.

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Little Busters! Original Soundtrack

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Name = Little Busters! Original Soundtrack
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, PMMK, Rita
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Released = August 17 2007
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Genre = Video game soundtrack
Length = 181:46
Label = Key Sounds Label
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Next album = The "Little Busters! Original Soundtrack", from the visual novel "Little Busters!", was first released on August 17 2007 at Comiket 72 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog numbers "KSLA-0033—0035". The soundtrack was re-released on September 28 2007, and contains three discs totaling fifty-three songs composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, Ryō Mizutsuki, MintJam, and members of PMMK. [citeweb|url= http://www.chudahs-corner.com/soundtracks/index.php?catalog=KSLA-0033%7E5|title="Little Busters! Original Soundtrack" listing|publisher=Chudah's Corner|accessdate=2008-05-10] Rita provides vocals for five songs, "Little Busters!" (plus remixes), "Faraway", "Alicemagic", "Clear Whether After the Rain", and "Song for friends".

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Rockstar Busters!

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Name = Rockstar Busters!
Type = Remix album
Artist = Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, MintJam, PMMK, Rita
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Released = December 28 2007
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Length = 49:15
Label = Key Sounds Label
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"Rockstar Busters!" is an hard rock arrange album with songs taken from the "Little Busters!" visual novel and arranged into hard rock versions. It was released on December 28 2007 at Comiket 73 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0037", and will be re-released on August 15 2008. The album contains one disc with twelve tracks all arranged by the rock group MintJam, and Terra, a member of the group, provides vocals for the eleventh track. Rita provides vocals for three songs, "Little Busters!", "Faraway", and "Alicemagic". The album is otherwise composed, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Manack, and members of PMMK.

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Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper

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Name = Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper
Artist = Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Tomoe Tamiya
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Released = December 28 2007
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Length = 18:07
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Next single = Nihongo|"Rin no Hisokana Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper"|鈴の密かな恋の唄 / Mission:Love sniper is an image song single for the "Little Busters!" visual novel, and was first released on December 28 2007 at Comiket 73 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0038", and will be re-released on August 15 2008. The single is for the main heroine Rin Natsume in the game, and contains one disc with four tracks sung by Tomoe Tamiya, the voice actress of Rin. The song "Mission:Love sniper" uses the same tune as Rin's theme song from the game, "Ring Ring Ring!". The single is is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, members of MintJam. Track three was originally composed by Gustav Holst under the title "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from his orchestral suite "The Planets". The track is called "Jupinya" on the single as a portmanteau of "Jupiter" and the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a cat meowing, "nya".

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Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition

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Name = Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / Haruka Kanata / Alicemagic
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Rita
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Released = May 4 2008
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Genre = Video game soundtrack
Length = 41:04
Label = Key Sounds Label
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Next album = Nihongo|"Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / Haruka Kanata / Alicemagic"|Little Busters! Analog Collector's Edition: Little Busters! / 遥か彼方 / Alicemagic is an LP album for the "Little Busters!" visual novel released on May 4 2008 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0041", and re-released for general sale on July 25 2008. The album features three of the theme songs from the visual novel in regular versions on the A-side, and remix versions on the B-side. [ citeweb|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/ksllive_otsu02/goods.html|title=Goods section at OTSU #2 and KSL Live World 2008 concerts official website|publisher=Key|accessdate=2008-04-04|language=Japanese] The remix versions are from the second "OTSU Club Music Compilation" album released on February 29 2008. The album is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Yūto Tonokawa, Manack, members of MintJam, ZTS, Svenson, and Blasterhead.

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Ontology

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Name = Ontology
Type = Remix album
Artist = Jun Maeda, PMMK
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Released = July 25 2008
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Length = 36:23
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"Ontology" is an arrange album which contains a selection of songs from the visual novel "Little Busters! Ecstasy", remixed by members of Key. The album is otherwise composed, and produced by Jun Maeda and members of PMMK. This album was released as a bonus item, included with the limited edition first printing of the PC version of "Little Busters! Ecstasy" released on July 25 2008 by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0042". As a result, it was not released for individual sale. Of the nine tracks on the one-disc album, seven are remixed background music from "Little Busters!", and two—"Cat, Glass, and the Round Moon" and "Run"—are exclusive tracks of "Little Busters! Ecstasy".

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Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks

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Name = Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Rita, Lia
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Released = August 15 2008
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Genre = Video game soundtrack
Length = 55:14
Label = Key Sounds Label
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Next album = Nihongo|"Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks"|リトルバスターズ！エクスタシートラックス|Ritoru Basutāzu! Ekusutashī Trakkusu is a soundtrack containing the music tracks exclusive to the visual novel "Little Busters! Ecstasy". The soundtrack was first released on August 15 2008 at Comiket 74 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0043".citeweb|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/info/2008/07/74_1.html|title=At Comiket 74, "Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks" Will Be Sold|publisher=Key|date=2008-07-18|accessdate=2008-07-18| language=Japanese ] The soundtrack contains one disc with fifteen tracks composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Yūto Tonokawa, and Manack. Rita provides vocals for four songs, short and long versions of "Little Busters!" -Ecstacysic Ver.-, "Song for friends" -No Intro Ver.-, and "Alicemagic" -Rockstar Short Ver.-. Lia provides vocals for the short and long versions of "Saya's Song".

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