arrangers:
- link: artist/2344
  names:
    en: Tomoki Hasegawa
    ja: 長谷川智樹
barcode: '4988003081461'
catalog: KICA-1010
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement
composers: []
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discs:
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  tracks:
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      Japanese: 序曲
    track_length: '4:54'
  - names:
      English: Departure
      Japanese: 出発
    track_length: '6:46'
  - names:
      English: Battle I
      Japanese: 戦闘I
    track_length: '5:22'
  - names:
      English: Boss!
      Japanese: Boss!
    track_length: '7:08'
  - names:
      English: Prelude
      Japanese: プレリュード
    track_length: '3:43'
  - names:
      English: Battle II
      Japanese: 戦闘II
    track_length: '6:13'
  - names:
      English: Final Battle
      Japanese: 最後の闘い
    track_length: '7:50'
  - names:
      English: Finale
      Japanese: 終曲
    track_length: '5:46'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/391
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2006-08-04T12:49
  edited_date: 2022-09-14T10:55
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T23:09
  freedb: 22
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 10940
name: Symphonic Poem GRADIUS III
names:
  en: Symphonic Poem GRADIUS III
  ja: 交響詩グラディウス III
  ja-latn: Symphonic Poem GRADIUS III
notes: 'Full Tracklist

  Overture .... from Gradius III  Invitation, King of Kings, Prelude of Legend, Departure
  for space

  Departure .... from Gradius III  Invitation, Cosmo Plant

  Battle I .... from Salamander  1st. BGM, 2st. BGM

                   from Gradius III  Easter Stone, King of Kings

                   from Gradius II  The Old Stone Age

  Boss! .... from Gradius  Boss BGM

                from Gradius III  Easter Stone, Final Shot

                from Salamander  All Pattern Clear

  Prelude .... from Gradius III  Invitation, Prelude of Legend

                   from Gradius II  Farewell

  Battle II .... from Gradius III  King of Kings, Prelude of Legend

  Final Battle .... from Gradius II  Crystal World, The Final Enemy

  Finale .... from Gradius III  Return to the Star, Easter Stone, King of Kings, Prelude
  of Legend

                from Gradius II  Farewell

                from Gradius  Dog Fight, 1st. BGM

  Full Tracklist

  序曲 .... グラディウスIIIより  Invitation, King of Kings, Prelude of Legend, Departure for
  space

  出発 .... グラディウスIIIより  Invitation, Cosmo Plant

  戦闘I .... 沙羅曼蛇より  1st. BGM, 2st. BGM

               グラディウスIIIより  Easter Stone, King of Kings

               グラディウスIIより  The Old Stone Age

  Boss! .... グラディウスより  ボスBGM

                グラディウスIIIより  Easter Stone, Final Shot

                沙羅曼蛇より  オール・パターン・クリアー

  プレリュード .... グラディウスIIIより  Invitation, Prelude of Legend

                      グラディウスIIより  Farewell

  戦闘II .... グラディウスIIIより  King of Kings, Prelude of Legend

  最後の闘い .... グラディウスIIより  Crystal World, The Final Enemy

  終曲 .... グラディウスIIIより  Return to the Star, Easter Stone, King of Kings, Prelude of
  Legend

             グラディウスIIより  Farewell

             グラディウスより  空中戦, 1st. BGM

  [note: first-print bonus is a very nice cardboard box.]

  Side Note:

  The characters on the front cover is actually reflective gold in color,not black.

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  Composition: Konami Kukeiha Club

  Arrangement & Conductor: Tomoki Hasegawa

  Performed by Konami Philharmonic Orchestra

      Piano: Haruki Mino

      Flute: Yukio Etoh, Tomoko Iwashita

      Clarinet: Hiromi Sano, Motoe Miyajima

      Oboe: Masakazu Ishibashi

      Bassoon: Josuke Ohata

      Trumpet: Susumu Kazuhara, Nobuo Kato, Kenichiro Hayashi

      Trombone: Yasuo Hirauchi, Sumio Okada, Taro Kiyooka

      Horn: Nagahisa Kasamatsu, Shin Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Katsumi Kubota

      Tuba: Shuhei Kubo

      Drums: Masaharu Sato

      Percussion: Masao Yoshikawa, Isao Kanayama, Kazuo Izumi (泉一男)

      Harp: Keiko Yamakawa

      Guitar: Eiji Shibata

      Strings: Takashi Kato Strings

  PRODUCER: Fujio Sakai

  PRODUCE & COMPOSITION: Konami Kukeiha Club

  SOUND PRODUCE & ARRANGED BY: Tomoki Hasegawa

  DIRECTOR: Jun Otsuki

  ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Takuo Uchida

  ENGINEER: Takao Suga

  ASSISTANT ENGINEER: Yoshimasa Sakaguchi

  DESIGNER: Kazuya Suzui

  Special Thanks to: Masaaki Fujita (Office Two One), 福井洋介 (イメージ・ヴォックス)'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2246
  names:
    en: KONAMI
    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
  role: label
- link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/10677
  names:
    en: Konami Philharmonic Orchestra
    ja: コナミ・フィルハーモニック・オーケストラ
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platforms:
- Arcade
products:
- link: product/435
  names:
    en: Gradius
    ja: グラディウス
    ja-latn: Gradius
- link: product/436
  names:
    en: 'Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou'
    ja: グラディウスII GOFERの野望
    ja-latn: 'Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou'
- link: product/437
  names:
    en: Gradius III
    ja: グラディウスIII -伝説から神話へ-
    ja-latn: Gradius III Densetsu kara Shinwa e
- link: product/741
  names:
    en: Salamander
    ja: 沙羅曼蛇
    ja-latn: Salamander
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1990-06-05'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints:
- catalog: KITA-1010
  link: album/78405
  note: Cassette, Jun 05, 1990
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/391?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: http://yukko.iiyudana.net/g3cdsuitemanual.htm
    name: Liner notes transcription
