{"id":55984,"date":"2026-01-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55984"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:42:48","slug":"the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-osts-uncanny-similarity-to-you-know-what-game-was-intentional-says-composer-thats-the-very-first-request-i-got-fro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-osts-uncanny-similarity-to-you-know-what-game-was-intentional-says-composer-thats-the-very-first-request-i-got-fro\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy OST\u2019s uncanny similarity to \u201cyou know what\u201d game was intentional, says composer. \u201cThat\u2019s the very first request I got from Kodaka\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Original Soundtrack<\/strong>, featuring a total of 112 songs from the game, went live on all major streaming platforms on January 17. Alongside the streaming release, a physical release containing 88 hand-picked tracks by composer Masafumi Takada is scheduled to go on sale on April 24. Commemorating the announcement of the highly anticipated soundtrack, AUTOMATON sat down with Takada to talk about how it was designed, and why it sounds so strikingly familiar in some instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the initial pointers he got from director Kazutaka Kodaka when it comes to the overall mood of the soundtrack, Takada said that the similarity to<em>you know what<\/em> other game was very intentional. \u201cThe very first request I got from Kodaka was to give the OST a <em>you know what <\/em>kind of vibe,\u201d he said. Apparently, the idea behind this was to create something new while also reminding fans that The Hundred Line IP was still built upon the legacy of Too Kyo Games&#8217; founders. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300eHUNDRED LINE -\u6700\u7d42\u9632\u885b\u5b66\u5712- Original Soundtrack\u300f\u8a66\u8074\u52d5\u753b\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vU2iZI_BKmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe decided to make The Hundred Line under the assumption that Kodaka had a lot of fans from the get-go, and when we were considering how to sell the new IP as a fairly new company, we concluded that it would be best if the musical direction of the songs we made evoked a slight sense of familiarity,\u201d Takada elaborated. He mentioned that some of the tracks were intentionally made to evoke \u201cd\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,\u201d specifically ones like Cacophony and Outgoing Hope (going \u30ad\u30dc\u30a6). And once you listen to the soundtrack, you\u2019ll understand that Cacophony was pretty much designed to make the player feel a certain kind of <em>Distrust <\/em>towards the composer, or as Takada said, \u201cI thought it would be fun to make the tone quality match the players\u2019 memories of having heard it somewhere before, and then misleading them by straying away from their expectations bit-by-bit.\u201d On the other hand, while Takada made many big technical changes to the work that he was originally referencing when composing Outgoing Hope, the synth-heavy track still sounds like it could be playing during some kind of <em>Underground Trial.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, in terms of the creative process itself, things didn\u2019t change much, as the Too Kyo games team has a long history of working together. \u201cIt was the same feel, the same process,\u201d Takada noted. \u201cKodaka isn\u2019t the type to ask for retakes, so I was just making the songs based on his feelings while looking at Komatsuzaki\u2019s illustrations and the actual game screen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/theres-an-increasing-number-of-game-osts-where-the-music-doesnt-match-the-gameplay-says-the-hundred-line-and-danganronpa-composer-masafumi-takada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>There\u2019s\u00a0an increasing number of\u00a0game\u00a0OSTs where the music\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0match the gameplay, says The Hundred Line and\u00a0Danganronpa\u00a0composer Masafumi Takada\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/yoko-taro-jokingly-calls-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-a-danganronpa-spin-off-then-clarifies-its-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Yoko Taro jokingly calls The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy a \u201cDanganronpa spin-off\u201d \u2013 then clarifies it\u2019s not<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUTOMATON talked to The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy composer Masafumi Takada about the production of the recently released OST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":55987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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