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Ace Combat 2 - Rising High 1st draft SC​-​88

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The 25th anniversary of Ace Combat 2 was also the 25th anniversary of Kohta Takahashi's commercial composing debut.

Since joining Namco, I have played guitar in Ridge Racer Revolution and Rage Racer, and had a little experience as an apprentice arranger in World Stadium EX, but Ace Combat 2 was the first game in which his compositions were incorporated into a game.

When Ace Combat 2 was released in 1997, Kohta Takahashi was 25 years old. At the time of development, he was 24 years old. Taking advantage of the fact that rookies were not encouraged to work overtime in the beginning, I really enjoyed playing outside of work a lot. My senior Nontan supported me in all my work problems as a rookie, so I was able to really relax and work on my compositions.

The first song I presented to the team was Rising High. I had everyone listen to the song with all instruments played on a Roland SC-88 Pro. It was during the final stages of sound development and trackdown that the guitar was played and layered over the song. Until then, everyone was familiar with this SC-88 version, so Kanno-kun said, "The original version is better than the guitar recording version!" I also agreed :)

...Oops, there is no end to what I can remember. That's enough for today. Today is the day I realized again that Kohta Takahashi's commercial composing debut was Ace Combat 2.

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released May 30, 2022

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高橋コウタ Kohta Takahashi
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