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IDES Library Music

In 1993, the Japanese software house IDES began to release their computer games in CD format, and to some people the music in them seemed... familiar. They might have heard it in everything from a commercial, to a weather forecast or a train compilation video. Why would that be so? The answer, as it turns out, is stock music.

Licensed from a music library for a one-time or yearly fee, companies would be given access to countless albums' worth of music, for use as they see fit. This has proven to be a convenient setup for the fast-paced world of commercials, direct-to-video productions, and even the odd video game. The decision to use one seemed unusual, however, for a company that already employed a music production team dedicated to scoring their video games. The story behind that... is a bit more complicated.

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Games

ID Release Game Label
IDES-001 1996-01 きゃんきゃんバニー　プルミエール
(Can Can Bunny Premiere)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-003 1993-03 レモンカクテル・コレクション
(Lemon Cocktail Collection)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-004 1993-02 DEAD OF THE BRAIN フェアリーテール
(Fairytale)
IDES-006 1993-03 亜紀子
(Akiko)		 RED-ZONE
IDES-007 1993-03 ドラキュラ伯爵
(Dracula Hakushaku)		 フェアリーテール
(Fairytale)
IDES-008 1993-04 マリンフィルト
(Marine Philt)		 フェアリーテール
(Fairytale)
IDES-010 1993-11 リップスティックアドベンチャー３
(Lipstick Adventure 3)		 フェアリーテール
(Fairytale)
IDES-014 1993-09 きゃんきゃんバニー　エクストラ
(Can Can Bunny Extra)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-015 1993-10 ANGEL カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-016 1993-12 稚恵美&奈緒美
(Chiemi & Naomi)		 RED-ZONE
IDES-018 1994-03 DEMON CITY
 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-020 1994-06 雀妃楼
(Jankirou)		 RED-ZONE
IDES-023 1995-04 ハーフムーンにかわるまで
(Halfmoon ni Kawaru made)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-024 1994-09 沙也香&美穂
(Sayaka & Miho)		 RED-ZONE
IDES-025 1994-12 カスタムメイト＆電話のベルが…
(Custom Mate & Denwa no Bell ga...)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-038 1995-08 カスタムメイト2＆いつかどこかで。
(Custom Mate 2 & Itsuka Dokoka de.)		 カクテル・ソフト
(Cocktail Soft)
IDES-043 1995-11 真奈美 ～愛と交換の日々～
(Manami ~Ai to Koukan no Hibi~)		 RED-ZONE
IDES-050 1996-03 香奈子
(Kanako)		 RED-ZONE

(There is a PC-9821 version of Dora Dora Emotion that is currently undocumented. Please let us know if you have any info regarding its music!)

Unknown songs

There are still a few songs which we do not know the source of. If you come across the original albums that these appeared in, please let us know!

# Game
Title #
1 Can Can Bunny Premiere 11
2 Lemon Cocktail Collection 18
3 Dracula Hakushaku 04
4 05
5 07
6 08
7 09

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