Sega’s honoring the 30th anniversary of Sega Rally Championship’s arcade release with a set of music CDs featuring the game’s original soundtrack as well as an arranged one.
The company’s music label, Wave Master, announced the album Monday in Japanese. Set for an Oct. 17 release, it can be preordered at four Japanese retailers — Amazon Japan, Beep Shop, Disk Union and Chara-Ani — but there’s no word on whether it will be sold at Western stores.
The tracklist shows that the first CD will feature the arcade game’s soundtrack, leading off with a new arrangement of “My Dear Friend, Rally” by longtime Sega musician Takenobu Mitsuyoshi followed by a new arrangement of “Getting Muddy” by Shoji Meguro, who composed music for Atlus starting in 1996 until he went freelance in 2021.
There’s a karaoke version of the new “My Dear Friend, Rally” arrangement later on the CD.
The second CD will feature the soundtrack from the Saturn and PC versions of Sega Rally, leading off with a new arrangement of “Desert Replay.”
The full tracklist is as follows:
[DISC-1]
■SEGA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (Arcade : MODEL2A)
≪SOUND! SHOCK Special Bonus Track≫
- MY DEAR FRIEND, RALLY -Vo Arr Ver. 2024- / Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
- GETTING MUDDY -2024- feat. Shoji Meguro
＜Original Sound Track＞ - PUT UP A SIGN -AC Ver.-
- POWER GAMES -AC Ver.-
- WELCOME TO SEGA RALLY -AC Ver.-
- JUDGEMENT -AC Ver.-
- CONDITIONED REFLEX -AC Ver.-
- DESERT LAND -AC Ver.-
- GETTING MUDDY -AC Ver.-
- MY DEAR FRIEND, RALLY -AC Ver.-
- RECKLESS RUNNING -AC Ver.-
- IGNITION -AC Ver.-
- END OF ROAD MONACO -AC Ver.-
- FANFARE -AC Ver.-
- AROUND A LETTER -AC Ver.-
- GAME OVER YEAH! -AC Ver.-
≪SOUND! SHOCK Bonus Track≫ - MY DEAR FRIEND, RALLY -Vo Arr Ver. 2024- [Karaoke]
【DISC-2】
■SEGA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (SEGASATURN/PC)
≪SOUND! SHOCK Special Bonus Track≫
- DESERT REPLAY -2024-
＜Original Sound Track＞ - PUT UP A SIGN -SS Ver.-
- POWER GAMES -SS Ver.-
- MODE SELECT 1 -SS Ver.-
- MODE SELECT 2 -SS Ver.-
- ARCADE SELECT -SS Ver.-
- CONDITIONED REFLEX -Arr Ver.-
- DESERT LAND -Arr Ver.-
- GETTING MUDDY -Arr Ver.-
- IGNITION -Arr Ver.-
- RECKLESS RUNNING -Arr Ver.-
- END OF ROAD MONACO -SS Ver.-
- ENDING DEMO -SS Ver.-
- MY DEAR FRIEND, RALLY -Vo Arr Ver.- / Naoki Takao
- AROUND A LETTER -SS Ver.-
- DESERT REPLAY -SS Ver.-
- EVALUATION 01 -SS Ver.-
- FOREST REPLAY -SS Ver.-
- EVALUATION 02 -SS Ver.-
- MOUNTAIN REPLAY -SS Ver.-
- EVALUATION 03 -SS Ver.-
- LAKE SIDE REPLAY -SS Ver.-
- FANFARE -SS Ver.-
- MY DEAR FRIEND, RALLY -SS Ver.-
- RESULT -SS Ver.-
- GAME OVER YEAH! -SS Ver.-
The set also will come with a booklet with comments — likely in Japanese — from Mitsuyoshi, who was in charge of Sega Rally’s arcade version music, and Takashi Hatani, who was in charge of the Saturn version’s music.
Mitsuyoshi posted in English about the album on X, formerly Twitter, after it was announced.
“Hey, you guys!! I’m quite glad to say that at last!! SEGA RALLY 30th Anniv CD will be released on 17th Oct!” Mitsuyoshi said. “I joined to arrange 3 songs as re-arrangement songs in it. And I’ll do #SEGASOUNDSTREET on YouTube with some guests around the date on sale! Don’t miss it!!”
The game’s original director, Kenji Sasaki, commented on X as well, reposting Wave Master’s announcement and remarking that it’s been 30 years already since Sega Rally Championship was made.
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