Music
The original PlayStation and PC versions of Memories Off have one piece of theme music. The ending theme "This May Be the Last Time we can Meet" was performed by Maria Yamamoto, composed by Hidehiko Katō, written by Kaoru Akizuki, and arranged by Sunflower. Two more pieces of theme music were used in the Dreamcast version and the subsequent releases, one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Wings of Bravery" (勇気の翼, Yūki no Tsubasa?) and was performed by Maria Yamamoto; the final ending theme was "Gentle Constellation" (やさしい星座, Yasashī Seiza?), and was performed by Kaori. Both songs were first introduced in the OVA series, and were composed, and written by Chiyomaru Shikura. A new opening theme was introduced in the PlayStation Portable version, in addition to the original opening theme. The opening theme, titled "Eternal Memories" (永遠のメモリーズ, Eien no Memorīzu?) and performed and written by Ayane, is shared by the PSP version of Memories Off 2nd as the game's opening theme.
The game's original soundtrack was released on December 18, 1999 by Scitron containing six background music tracks, three sound dramas, and two vocal tracks. A piano arrangement album was released on November 20, 2002 containing twelve tracks from the Memories Off series, and was followed by a second piano arrangement album released on October 22, 2003 containing thirteen tracks from the series. An arrange album titled Memories Off Orgel Collection was released on December 22, 2004, which contained nine tracks from the Memories Off visual novel and OVA, out of a total of thirty-seven tracks. An 8-bit arrange album entitled Memories Off 8bit Arrange was released on September 25, 2006 containing two discs, which contained thirty-five tracks from the Memories Off series in total.
A series of six image song singles were also released by Scitron for the heroines from the game, featuring their respective voice actress. The first single, for Ayaka, was released on September 6, 2000; the second single, for Shion, was released on January 11, 2001; the third and fourth singles, for Kaoru and Koyomi respectively, were released on March 7, 2001; the fifth single, for Yue, was released on April 11, 2001; the sixth and final single, for Minamo, was released on May 9, 2001 along with a collector's box which can fit the six image song singles inside.
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