Niji no Silkroad Image Album: Windy Road

Niji no Silkroad Image Album: Windy Road

Local	「虹のシルクロード」イメージアルバムウインディ・ロード
Released	1991-03-06
Publisher	Victor Musical Industries
Country	Japan
Catalog	VICL-5052
Games	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)

Niji no Silkroad Image Album: Windy Road is a soundtrack CD released by Victor Musical Industries in 1991. It contains most, but not all songs from the game Niji no Silkroad Image Album: Windy Road (FC). Most of these are recordings taken directly from the game, but the rest are arranged versions of the songs, some of which contain lyrics. These arrangements were done by Masayuki Nakatomi and performed by Nakatomi and other musicians.

The game also contains a section written by Gozo Shiozaki, editor-in-chief of the popular video game magazine Famitsu. He talks about how the developers of this game were competing against Yuji Horii's Dragon Warrior 4 (NES) and Rune Master. However, the latter title never released, and was intended as a Famicom Disk System title.

While the game itself does not have credits, the manual does. However, it does not credit the audio staff from the developer. Fortunately, the soundtrack's liner notes credit the usual Advance Communication Company audio team; Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Masaaki Harada. As a result, this can be used as a source for when the game's page is created.

The game itself has its music tuned to approximately A=447Hz. However, the soundtrack CD changes it to A=400Hz, but with the lowest octave of the frequency registers left untouched, leaving for an undesired out-of-tune sound for the title music's bassline. This was due to an oversight with the game's sound driver.

Tracks

Note: Tracks 1-7 are for the Arranged Version, while tracks 8-19 are for the Famicom Sound.

#	Title	Game	Composer	Arranger	Length
1	Fuuun Silkroad (Title) ~ Nekketsu Typhoon (Battle) (風雲シルクロード（タイトル）〜熱血タイフーン（バトル）)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	4:12
2	Wasurecha Damesa (Map) (忘れちゃだめさ（マップ）)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	4:19
3	Silkroad no Kumikyoku: "Kaze no Tabibito" (シルクロード組曲「風の旅人」)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	11:59
4	Boueki Kaze ni Notte (Sail) (貿易風にのって（航海）)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	1:20
5	Kenja no Kunimon (Safety Zone) (賢者の国紋（安全地帯）)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	2:38
6	Wasurecha Damesa [Reprise] (忘れちゃだめさ［ＲＥＰＲＩＳＥ］)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	1:25
7	Mahoroba: Yakusoku no Chi (Zipang) (ＭＡＨＯＲＯＢＡ〜約束の地〜（ジパング）)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Masayuki Nakatomi	5:08
8	Title (タイトル)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:59
9	Battle (バトル)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:48
10	Map (マップ)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:45
11	Arabia (アラビア)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:29
12	Persia (ペルシャ)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:31
13	Mongol (モンゴル)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:30
14	India (インド)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:33
15	Siam (シャム)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:31
16	China (中国)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:28
17	Sail (航海)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:28
18	Safety Zone (安全地帯)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:55
19	Zipang (ジパング)	Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC)	Asei Kobayashi	Ryoko Kihara, Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Michiharu Hasuya	0:35

Credits

Supervision/Composition: Asei Kobayashi
Produce/Arrange (Arrange Version): Masayuki Nakatomi
Arrange (Famicom Version): Ryoko Kihara
Vocal: Fumiaki Nakajima (Dan Gang Brothers Band), Tantan, Suzy Kim
Guitar: Shingo Nakamura (Dang Gang Brothers Band)
Keyboard: Masayuki Nakatomi
Voice: Emi Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Ishii
Manipulator: Jun Fukazawa (HAM), Shizuno Oshiro
Programmer (Famicom Version): Osamu Kasai (Advance Communication), Masaaki Harada (Advance Communication), Michiharu Hasuya (Advance Communication)
Engineer: Kiyoshi Okabe, Tohru Okitsu
Assistant Engineer: Ryoichi Seyama (Resort Studio Inn Eggs), Manabu Tezuka (Studio Shangri-La)
Package Illustration: Kazuo Enomoto (Banana Grove Studio)
Package Design: Ikari Tsuboi
Design Coordination: Etsuko Matsuoka
Liner Notes Coordination: Tsuneo Matsumoto (Caramel Mama)
Promotion: Koki Minami, Katsura Iino
Coordination: Hiroyuki Ishii (I&S)
Director: Shigeo Kihara (Astro Music)
Supervisor: Harunobu Komori
Executive Producer: Satoshi Honda
Controlled by: Masaru Yoshioka
Special Thanks to: Norio Inoue, Hiroyuki Yasui, Tamotsu Fujiwara
Recording: Resort Studio Inn Eggs (Sep. 25~27, 1990), Studio Shanghri=La (Oct. 9~12, 1990)
Mastering: Victor Aoyama Studio (Oct. 16, 1990)