I would like to use this thread to list and provide catnumbers for all soundtracks which contain music from handheld games, whether original or arranged. Such music forms a rather small fraction of CD/tape releases of video game music, it seems, and it would therefore be quite possible to make this topic into a fairly accurate reference for people who wish to know what handhelds games have been represented in some form or another in album releases.

Er.....basically, I'd appreciate it if you guys would mention as many soundtracks for handheld games (or soundtracks on which handheld music is there, even if not the focus), keeping in mind the guidelines I've put below.

Please us English names when applicable!

Please do not mention soundtracks to games that have been ported to handhelds (such as Final Fantasy IV or Megaman Legends), unless they got a soundtrack release for the portable version. Also, please don't mentions games that draw some of their music from games with released soundtracks (Guilty Gear Petit 1&2&Advance, Zelda: Minish Cap), unless of course they got their own soundtrack release.

You do not have to use the format below! Just inform me of the existence and any important details!

I will be editing and updating this as new information is found/contributed, so it will hopefully become a useful resource for this sometimes neglected area of VGM. For the most part, I have chosen not to include single track samples, such as Lethal Strike (FFL2) being on the Kenji Ito × SaGa Battle Music Collection.

Thanks!

Gameboy
Alleyway (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
Baseball (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World (ORIGINAL/DRAMA/ARRANGE: TKCA-30155)
The Castlevania Adventure (disc 2 of KICA-7506~7)
   -(SAMPLE: medley track on VX010-J1)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-7809)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-1103)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-1162)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on CD 2 of KICA-9005~8)
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge (disc 2 of KICA-7506~7)
   -(SAMPLE: medley track on VX010-J1)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-1103)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-1145)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-1162)
Dragon Warrior III (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SVWC-7071)
Dragon Warrior Monsters (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SRCL4391)
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SVWC-7075)
Final Fantasy Adventure (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: PSCN-5029, NTCP-5029)
   -(ORIGINAL ONLY: N23D-003 )
   -(ARRANGE ONLY:  N30D-005)
Final Fantasy Legend (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: N32D-007~8, NTCP-1004~5)
Final Fantasy Legend II (disc one of N32D-007~8, NTCP-1004~5)
Final Fantasy Legend III (disc two of N32D-007~8, NTCP-1004~5)
Game & Watch Gallery (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: TKCA-71254)
Gargoyle's Quest (disc six of CPCA-10128~34)
   -(ARRANGE: PCCB-00034)
Gargoyle's Quest II (disc seven of CPCA-10128~34)
Ghosts'n Goblins (disc one of CPCA-10128~34)
Golf (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
   -(ARRANGE: one track on PCCB-00023)
Harvest Moon GB (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: COCC-14969)
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (single track on CN-P020)
Kid Dracula (SAMPLE: medley track on VX010-J1)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on KICA-7809)
Kirby's Block Ball (single track on KIRBY04-2)
Kirby's Dream Land (three tracks on KIRBY04-2)
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (three tracks on KIRBY04-2)
Kirby's Pinball Land (single track on KIRBY04-2)
Lufia: The Legend Returns (discs 3-4 of SCDC-00486-9)
Pokémon Blue/Red (ORIGINAL & SFX:  TGDS-98 or TGCS-384?)
Nemesis II (ARRANGE: single track on disc two of KICA-1053~5)
Quarth (ARRANGE: single track on disc two of KICA-9005~8)
Solar Striker (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
   -(ARRANGE: three tracks on PCCB-00023)
Star Ocean Blue Sphere (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SCDC-00123)
Super Mario Land (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: CA-3838)
   -(ARRANGE: ALCB-744)
   -(ARRANGE: six tracks on PCCB-00023)
   -(ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ARRANGE: single track on disc two of KICA-9005~8)
Tetris (ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)
   -(ARRANGE: four tracks on PCCB-00023)
Twinbee (ARRANGE: single track on disc two of KICA-9005~8)
X (single track on CN-P020)
Yakuman ((ARRANGE AND ORIGINAL MEDLEY: COCA-6327)

Gameboy Advance
Advance Guardian Heroes (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SCDC-00371)
Atelier Marie, Elie & Anis (second disc of KDSD-10021~23)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (first CD of LC1453-54, contains one arrangement)
   -(ARRANGE: three internet promotion arrangements on disc two of GFCA-32~3)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (KMCA-162)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (KMCA-162, contains one arrangement)
CIMA: The Enemy (ORIGINAL/ARRANGED?/DRAMA: MII-013)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (ORIGINAL AND FULLSOUND: SSCX-10083, SQEX-10070~71)
   -(ARRANGE:  SVWC-7172)
   -(DRAMA: SSCX-10081/SSCX-10082?,  SSCX-10088, SSCX-10092, SSCX-10094)
   -(SINGLE: SRCL-5513,  SRCL-5511)
Gunstar Super Heroes (SCDC-00470, contains one arrangement of a GH/GSH track)
Gyakuten Saiban (disc one of CPCA-1087~8)
   -(ARRANGE: CPCA-10178/CPCA-10179)
   -(JAZZ ARRANGE: CPCA-10186)
Gyakuten Saiban 2 (disc two of CPCA-1087~8)
   -(ARRANGE: CPCA-10178/CPCA-10179)
   -(JAZZ ARRANGE: CPCA-10186)
Gyakuten Saiban 3 (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: CPCA-1089 + CPCA-1090T)
   -(MISC BGM & SFX: Nintendo Dream Vol. 107 special CD)
   -(ORCHESTRAL ARRANGE: CPCA-10178/CPCA-10179)
   -(JAZZ ARRANGE: CPCA-10186)
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (three tracks on KIRBY04-2)
Megaman Battle Network (first disc of CPCA-1069)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on CPCA-1084)
Megaman Battle Network 2 (first disc of CPCA-1069)
Megaman Battle Network 3 (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: second disc of CPCA-1069)
Megaman Battle Network 4 (first disc of CPCA-10110~1)
Megaman Battle Network 4.5 (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: CPCA-10110~1)
Megaman Battle Network 5 (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: disc two of CPCA-10110~1)
Megaman Zero (first disc of CPCA-1092~3)
   -(REMASTER/ARRANGE/DRAMA: INTIR-001)
Megaman Zero 2 (CPCA-1092~3)
   -(REMASTER/ARRANGE/VOCAL: INTIR-002~3)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on CPCA-1084)
Megaman Zero 3 (second disc of CPCA-1092~3)
   -(REMASTER/ARRANGE/DRAMA:  INTIR-004~5)
Megaman Zero 4 (REMASTER/ARRANGE/DRAMA:  INTIR-006~7)
Mother 3 (iTunes release - REMASTERED?)
   -(ARRANGE/VOCAL: HOBO-4)
Pokémon Fire Red (ORIGINAL AND BONUS: ZMCP-1778)
Pokémon Leaf Green (ORIGINAL AND BONUS: ZMCP-1778)
Pokémon Ruby (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: ZMCP-1538)
Pokémon Sapphire  (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: ZMCP-1538)
Riviera: The Promised Land (disc two of VGCD-0069)
   -(REMASTER/UNUSED: BJCA-0018)
   -(UNKNOWN PROMO) *1
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (SCDC-00365)
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (disc five of CPCA-10128~34)
Sword of Mana (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SSCX-10097, SQEX-10038~9)
   -(ARRANGE: single track on preorder bonus SSD-001)
Yggdra Union (ORIGINAl/BONUS/REMASTER/ARRANGE: VGCD-0028~9)

Game Gear
GG Aleste (disc two of SCDC-00497~505 )
GG Aleste II (disc two of SCDC-00497~505 )
Shinobi  (PRD-688)

Nintendo DS
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (CPCA-10187)
   -(JAZZ ARRANGE: CPCA-10186)
Appare! Shogi Jiisan (Egg Music release: order page)
A.S.H. -Archaic Sealed Heat- (SVWC-7503~4)
Atelier Lise ~Alchemist of O'ldor (KDSD-10020)
   -(ALTERNATIVE OST: first disc of KDSD-10021~23)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow  (second CD of LC1453-54, contains one arrangement)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin  (LC-1541~2) *4
Children of Mana (OST distributed via Japanese iTunes
Deep Labyrinth (LIMITED ORIGINAL: NTR-P-ADLJ and one other)
Dokidoki Majo Shinpan! (STF-0016~7)
Etrian Odyssey (VGCD-0072) *3
   -(ARRANGE: VGCD-0104)
   -(DRAMA: VGCD-0103 )
   -(PROMOTIONAL W/UNUSED, EARLY VERSIONS: IFPI LB80?)
Feel The Magic XY/XX (WM-0515)
Final Fantasy III (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: SQEX-10076~7)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate (ORIGINAL+SINGLE PIANO ARRANGE: SQEX-10101)
Heroes of Mana (REMASTERED?: SQEX-10095~6)
Hoshigami Remix (YTTA-1001)
Kabu Trader Shun (CPCA-10188)
Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta (SCDC-00424)
LostMagic (iTunes release: ZTTL-9001)
Luminous Arc (ORIGINAL AND 2 ARRANGE: MJCD-20089)
   -(PROMO: need details!)
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 (SQEX-10079)
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Dual Whatevers (LIMITED ORIGINAL: CPCA-10136)
Mega Man ZX (REMASTERED AND VOCAL: INTIR-008~009)
Mega Man ZX Advent (REMASTERED AND VOCAL: INTIR-010~11)
   -(DRAMA: scheduled for fall 2007, catnumber currently unknown)
Metal Saga DS (LIMITED ORIGINAL: promotional CD, GMR record is none0250)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (CPCA-10124)
Sonic Rush (ORIGINAL AND REMASTERED: WM-0516)
Sonic Rush Adventure (OST currently has no cat number thus no GMR record, tracklist can be found here)
Subarashiki Kono Sekai (SQEX-10100)
The Rub Rabbits! (WM-0515)
   -(UNKNOWN PROMO: GMR record is none0234)
WarioWare: Touched! (single track on CN-P020)
Yoshi Touch & Go (single track on CN-P020)
Ys Strategy (LIMITED ORIGINAL: promotional CD, GMR record is none0226)

Playstation Portable
Blade Dancer (LIMITED ORIGINAL:  no current GMR record, no catnumber)
Carnage Heart (ORIGINAL AND BONUS: SRIN-1027)
Dracula X Chronicles (LC-1609-10)*6
Fate/Tiger Colosseum (GNCA-1151, LE is GNCA-1150)
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (WPCL-10438~9)
Loco Roco (COCX-33981)
   -(SINGLE: COCC-15942)
   -(BONUS W/BOOK: COCZ-1053)
LUMINES (BRST-0001~2 - ?)
Metal Gear AC!D (disc one of GFCA-36~37)
Metal Gear AC!D^2 (disc two of GFCA-36~37)
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (GFCA-52)
Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner (LIMITED ORIGINAL W/GUIDE BOOK: PCPX-96206)
Ridge Racer (ORIGINAL AND ?????: KICA-1366~7)
Ridge Racer 2 (ORIGINAL:  KICA-1417)
   -(MEGAMIX PROMO: BNG-P002)
Riviera: The Promised Land (disc one of VGCD-0069) *2
Rengoku 2: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. (SCDC-00534)
R-TYPE TACTICS (KDSD-00152)
Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins  (CPCA-10160)
Wild ARMs XF (COCX-34482-5)

Neo Geo Pocket Color
SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Clash (PCCB-00397)
SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millenium (SCDC-00005)

Wonderswan
Alchemist Marie & Elie (third disc of KDSD-10021~23) *5
Cho Aniki: Otoko no Tamafuda (UNKNOWN) *1
Ghosts'n Goblins (disc one of CPCA-10128~34
Riviera: The Promised Land (disc three of  VGCD-0069)
   -(REMASTER/UNUSED: BJCA-0018)

*1. Still need extra verfication
*2. Note that the music featured in Riviera PSP and on the first disc of the Perect Audio Collection is essentially identical to the remastered audio created for the Full Arrange (BJCA-0018).
*3. Contains both DS and PC-88 versions of the original music
*4. Contains both DS and original sound sources.
*5. May be the audio from the original Game Boy titles, but it's unlikely
*6. Contains the music from the Turbo CD original, the PSP 'remake' and a bit of new SOTN stuff

.........whew. All I know of at the moment that I'm missing is SMT: Devil Children, and to be honest, that's a headache for another day.

GB
Pokémon Gameboy Sound Collection (ORIGINAL ONLY: two discs, TGDS-98)

GBA
Metroid Prime and Fusion OSTs (ORIGINAL ONLY: disc two of SCDC-00276~77)
Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Music Super Complete (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: two discs, ZMCP-1538)
Pokémon Fire Red & Leaf Green Music Super Complete (ORIGINAL AND ARRANGE: two discs, ZMCP-1778) (also contains original GB tracks)

MIXED
Luigi B-Side Music Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3 (ORIGINAL ONLY: CN-P020) (Contains songs from GB/GBA/DS games)
The Very Best of Kirby (ORIGINAL ONLY, KIRBY04-2) (contains songs from GB/GBA Kirby games)

Here's some more to add...

Nintendo DS

SCDC-00424   Tendo + Dokuta Soundtracks
none               Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush
KICA-1366~7  Ridge Racers Direct Audio

Game Boy

COCC-14969   Bokujou Monogatari Gameboy Original Sound Collection
PCCB-00023    Nintendo G.S.M. 2 Game Boy Music

Ridge Racers Direct Audio is a DS soundtrack? I always thought that it was for the PSP version of the Ridge Racer.

Also two more:

GBC
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere Arrange & Sound Trax (ARRANGE and ORIGINAL, two discs, SCDC-00123~124)

GBA:
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon Original Sound Tracks (ORIGINAL ONLY, SCDC-00365)

Still, there's probably few more that I don't remember.

Here's some more:

Gameboy Gallery Musics (TKCA-71254) 
[Disc 1 Original, Disc 2 Arranged]

Teketeke! Asumikkun World, Gameboy Soundtrack (TKCA-30155)
[Which is called "Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World" in the U.S.]
Tracks 1, 3-5, 12 are arrange versions.
Track 2 is a drama track.
Tracks 6-11 are original versions.

Okay, updated with all current info, thanks.

Uh, on the Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green OST....what exactly is the second disc? I can't exactly find concrete details on it's contents.

Also, does ZMCP-2005 have anything to do with the gameboy games?

So then, nothing at all for Gamegear or Wonderswan that anyone knows aboout?

-Joshua

It is definitely the PSP version.

Disc 1 of the Makaimura box has WonderSwan music.

In case you care, the omake disc is cat# CPCA-1090T.

Don't forget Akado & Kimishine: http://www.gmronline.com/info.asp?CatNumber=WM-0515

Okay, I've updated with a few things, but I know there have been some recent PSP (and probably DS) games that have no doubt slipped under my radar. I'm especially thinking of games with promotional albums (like Deep Labyrhiuerhtn), and details about what is original and what is arranged on said promos would be appreciated.

*wonders if he'll ever have the attention span to produce one of thes topics for a regular console system*

By the way, does anyone know if a full rip of Ys Strategy exists? I'd figure that Ys fans would have made one by now, but...I don't exactly know where they go for meetings, or whatever.

Look at GMR for info on the two upcoming Loco Roco albums.

There's another album for Riviera it was a freebie with the japanese gba version that had tracks from the game and a drama track at the end of it. If I remember when I get home this evening I will look up the details for you.

Rgds

Game Gear got some album love.  Hora.

GG Shinobi (tracks 8-25 "Yuzo Koshiro Early Collection 2nd" Ancient 0041)

BTW, wouldn't it make more sense to include the album title in the listings?

- Justin Pfeiffer

It got some love yeah.
Game Sound Legend Series "LEGEND OF GAME MUSIC ~CONSUMER BOX~" got GG Aleste & GG Aleste II on disc 2.

For PSP:
Carnage Heart Portable / SRIN-1027
Later,

Alcahest

Technically, the Valkyrie Profile OST and Arrange reprints from Team Entertainment were for the Lenneth version on PSP. Don't know if you want to add that or not.

Ramza

Here's my contirbution:

Blade Dancer ~Lineage of Light~ Bonus Soundtrack

Not sure if it had a catalog number, my actual cd is packed right now. 

Ys Strategy got an actual disk release?!  Holy crap, I have to find that!  i downloaded the three free tracks from the homepage and loved them.

Riviera was originally released on the Wonderswan, and the second disc has some unreleased tracks from it.

I don't know of any gamegear osts. 

myaje:

don't know how I forgot to mention that. Yeah, that too. It's an American promo release (from NIS America) and does *not* have a catalog number.

Ramza

Just remembered one for WonderSwan. I have no idea what the catalog number is, but there WAS a soundtrack release for the WonderSwan Card-Based RPG in the Cho Aniki series. I believe the game's title was Cho Aniki: Otomo no Tamafuda (the kanji on Tamafuda was a pun so it could be Tamafuda or Tamashii). I saw the album on eBay once, I believe champ-des-pins was selling it for $20, and it was an official release. GMR doesn't have it listed though so I'm having trouble getting info on it.

Ramza

Updated with info from the above posts (thanks!), as well as the following:

Portrait of Ruin OST
Luminous Arc OST
Mother 3i and +
Etrian Odyssey OST, Arrange, Drama and Promo
Lost Magic iTunes release
Jewel Summoner guidebook promo
Heroes of Mana OST

I also added a few footnotes, I'll review the list sometime later and see if there's anything else I should clear up (or people could point something out...)

Any others from recently that I've forgotten? Any mistakes I've made...?

PSP:
Ridge Racers 2 Direct Audio (KICA-1417)
Ridge Racers 2 Special Megamix (BNG-P002)

DS & GBA:
Rockman EXE 5DS & 6 Music Encyclopedia (CPCA-10136)

The pointless project continues!

added entries for the following (thanks xlord):
Mega Man Battle Network 5DS
Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)
FF7: Crisis Core
Fate/Tiger Colosseum
A.S.H.
R-TYPE TACTICS
FFCC Ring of Fates
ZXA Tunes
Sonic Rush Adventure
Wild Arms XF
Hoshigami (DS)
Subarashiki Kono Sekai (and whatever they decide to call it should it really come to the US)
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Dokidoki Majo Shinpan
Kabu Trader Shun
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (Gyakuten Saiban 4)
Gyakuten Saiban Jazz
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Dracula X Chronicles
Appare! Shogi Jiisan

whew!

As usual, if I'm missing anything, please tell me. I'm especially eager to know if there's more stuff being distributed online (like Lost Magic, the Mother 3 albums and Appare! Shogi Jiisan were)

(I read something on GMR about Hoshigami DS having a remix disc? Is this just nonsense or what?)

oh, and should I start listing vocal singles, like CLAP&LOVE / Why (WPCL-10434), which contains the vocal (and instrumental of vocal) for Crisis Core?

man, the Lost Magic soundtrack is really totally sweet for a game I didn't expect much of. Norihiro Furukawa needs to compose more DS games.

Couldn't hurt.

Anyone have these?  How are they?  Curious

- Brandon

Presumably we're going to have to wait for that one to get released...