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versions of his compositions, like most game composers of that time did, and hand these over to the sound engineering department, Kikuta made his own samples that matched the hardware capabilities of the Super
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are featured in both. All songs in each book have been rewritten by Asako Niwa as beginning to intermediate level piano solos, though they are meant to sound as much like the originals as possible. Selections of remixes of Kikuta's work appear on
Japanese remix albums, called
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1901:"Skullgirls Dev Collaborating with Trigger for Indivisible Opening Animation"
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1807:"More Eroge Soundtracks from Kikuta: Nice Life as Wife (Review)"
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1398:"Where Angels Fear to Tread: A Conversation with Hiroki Kikuta"
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Densetsu Best Collection Piano Solo Sheet Music
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Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
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1996:"Earthlock: Festival of Magic"
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