Rest in peace, Kageyama-san. May his memory be a blessing. Most of us here at CM got to see him perform at MAGFest this year along with many other Brave Wave collaborators - what an absolute legend to see live. (This whole video rules, but this link jumps to his bit.) youtu.be/Ms6HmMrHBgA?...

MAGFest 2025: Super Strikers

YouTube video by MAGFest

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Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 11mo ago

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

RIP to the legendary Masashi Kageyama! Thank you for giving us some of your time. We're so glad we got to celebrate you before you left us!

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 11mo ago

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

Rest well, Kageyama-san. It's not often that you can call one of your favorite classic video game composers a friend, but Masashi Kageyama was a special case.

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 11mo ago

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

Rest in Peace, Masashi Kageyama. I was touched by the Diggin' in the Carts doc featuring him & his work on the Gimmick! OST. Meeting him on my 1st trip to Japan in 2018 was special; he welcomed me with his kindness & saxophone skills. 🎷 Glad he met with fans at MAGFest this year. He will be missed.

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 11mo ago

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

💚NOW AVAILABLE💚 GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack is out on Bandcamp! Listen to the full album featuring brand new arrangements from Masashi Kageyama & his legendary Brave Wave colleagues! 🌟 💫 Art by Pokémon & Mega Man artist @arigamegamix.bsky.social 🎵 bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/gimmic...

Visited record store Zig Zag in Thun, Switzerland with @monomirror.bsky.social – thrilled to see our albums being sold there! (Big thanks to our publishing partner @blackscreenrecords.com)

We’re proud to announce Kitamura’s Blueprints! I’ve been working with Mega Man creator AK on chronicling Mega Man’s history since we met early last year. I’m excited for people to finally read everything he has to say about the first two MM games. Please support the project if you can!

AK@akblueprints.bsky.social · last yr.

Kitamura’s Blueprints is now live! I’m the creator of Mega Man, and I’d like to share my thoughts on the production of Mega Man 1 & 2 for the first time, in addition to other game dev topics. Please start by reading “About This Site.” Thank you for your support. www.patreon.com/ak_blueprints

Kitamura’s Blueprints is now live! I’m the creator of Mega Man, and I’d like to share my thoughts on the production of Mega Man 1 & 2 for the first time, in addition to other game dev topics. Please start by reading “About This Site.” Thank you for your support. www.patreon.com/ak_blueprints

Get more from Kitamura’s Blueprints on Patreon

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Mega Man composer Harumi Fujita's first solo album is HERE! ✨ “Rockmama” features OkanP’s incredible homages to Zelda, Mario Kart, Undertale, Splatoon, Mega Man, Donkey Kong & more. Brought to CD by @BraveWave.net Art by Akira Kitamura Pre-order here: buff.ly/LymAhUT

Mega Man composer Harumi Fujita’s first-ever solo album is here — as OkanP! 💙 ROCKMAMA sees OkanP genre-hop while channeling the spirit of Zelda, Mario Kart, Undertale, Splatoon, Pokémon & more. Art by legendary Mega Man creator @akblueprints.bsky.social! Pre-order 💿 buff.ly/LymAhUT

Resurrection is a killer album that I have in regular rotation to this day. Highly recommend it. (Disclaimer: I get nothing from sharing this link, but I'm both friend and collaborator to BW, having edited liner notes for The Retro-Active Experience.) bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/resurr...

Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement, by Saori Kobayashi

20 track album

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Back in January 2018, I interviewed composer Saori Kobayashi about her work on @bravewave.net's #PanzerDragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement Album. That interview only ever made it to the print edition of CGMagazine—until now! I'm excited to share it online for the first time. ✨

Thank you all for coming to our MAGFest show! Our Gimmick album is out now on Bandcamp 💫 Much love from Masashi Kageyama, Super Strikers & the Brave Wave team 💚🌟

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 2y ago

💚NOW AVAILABLE💚 GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack is out on Bandcamp! Listen to the full album featuring brand new arrangements from Masashi Kageyama & his legendary Brave Wave colleagues! 🌟 💫 Art by Pokémon & Mega Man artist @arigamegamix.bsky.social 🎵 bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/gimmic...

💚NOW AVAILABLE💚 GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack is out on Bandcamp! Listen to the full album featuring brand new arrangements from Masashi Kageyama & his legendary Brave Wave colleagues! 🌟 💫 Art by Pokémon & Mega Man artist @arigamegamix.bsky.social 🎵 bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/gimmic...

Get your GIMMICK! now! ⭐ Together with @bravewave.bsky.social and SUNSOFT, we're proud to present "Gimmick! Official Arranged Soundtrack" with new arrangements by Masashi Kageyama and other renowned composers on vinyl, CD & digital platforms Up for pre-order: blackscreenrecords.com/gimmick

Get a taste! ⭐ Stream the first digital single from the "Gimmick! Official Arranged Soundtrack" album featuring all new arrangements by a star studded cast of composers 🎶 Pre-Save now: https://orcd.co/gimmick @bravewave.bsky.social

Super Strikers was fuckin’ incredible. Etrian Odyssey jams! Panzer Dragoon on the big screen! Gimmick with original composer Masashi Kageyama! #MAGFest

Feeling starry-eyed to not only snag a pre-release copy of the new Gimmick! arrange album, but to get it signed by Kageyama-san himself. 💫 Thank you for making this moment possible, @robokick.tokyo and co.! (CC: @soulcatcher02.bsky.social) #MAGFest

Super Strikers made a music video of their 8-minute Ultimate Gimmick! Medley opus, a track that appears on both “GIANTS” (2024) and “Gimmick! Official Arranged Album” (2025) youtu.be/OwhpetVIVUU

Gimmick! Medley by Super Strikers

YouTube video by Brave Wave Productions

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Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama with the Brave Wave in-house rock band Super Strikers at MAGFest 🥹💚

Get your GIMMICK! now! ⭐ Together with @bravewave.bsky.social and SUNSOFT, we're proud to present "Gimmick! Official Arranged Soundtrack" with new arrangements by Masashi Kageyama and other renowned composers on vinyl, CD & digital platforms Up for pre-order: blackscreenrecords.com/gimmick

A brand new arrangement album for NES/FC platformer Gimmick! by composer Masashi Kageyama himself as well as several talented VGM artists is getting released on vinyl by @bravewave.bsky.social and @blackscreenrecords.com and is up for preorder now: blipblop.net/new-gimmick-...

Preorders for the new Official Gimmick Arrangement Album from @bravewave.bsky.social officially start today, but if you are at @magfest.org early copies are already available at Rock Island! bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/gimmic...

I´m so proud of having contributed with one track for this amazing album!

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 2y ago

💚ANNOUNCEMENT💚 ‘GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack’ is a new album celebrating the beloved Famicom classic! Led by original composer Masashi Kageyama with brand new arrangements + various Brave Wave remixes from Manami Matsumae, Harumi Fujita, @teelopes.bsky.social & more! 🎵 orcd.co/gimmick

AHHHHHHHH I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE THIS!!! I CANT BELIEVE I GOT TO ARRANGE TWO OF KAGEYAMA'S TRACKS FROM GIMMICK!

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 2y ago

💚ANNOUNCEMENT💚 ‘GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack’ is a new album celebrating the beloved Famicom classic! Led by original composer Masashi Kageyama with brand new arrangements + various Brave Wave remixes from Manami Matsumae, Harumi Fujita, @teelopes.bsky.social & more! 🎵 orcd.co/gimmick

👋 i did the mixing for this. some pretty killer remixes on this thing 😎

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 2y ago

💚ANNOUNCEMENT💚 ‘GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack’ is a new album celebrating the beloved Famicom classic! Led by original composer Masashi Kageyama with brand new arrangements + various Brave Wave remixes from Manami Matsumae, Harumi Fujita, @teelopes.bsky.social & more! 🎵 orcd.co/gimmick

Our latest for Sunsoft 💚 We’re launching Perspective Series: a new lineup of official arrangement albums supervised by the original composers themselves. We’re starting with ‘Gimmick!’ – bringing Masashi Kageyama to revisit his legendary soundtrack, plus a revolving door of Brave Wave musicians.

Brave Wave@bravewave.net · 2y ago

💚ANNOUNCEMENT💚 ‘GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack’ is a new album celebrating the beloved Famicom classic! Led by original composer Masashi Kageyama with brand new arrangements + various Brave Wave remixes from Manami Matsumae, Harumi Fujita, @teelopes.bsky.social & more! 🎵 orcd.co/gimmick

GIMMICK! returns!⭐️ We’re joining forces with @bravewave.bsky.social to revisit a SUNSOFT classic! "Gimmick! Official Arranged Soundtrack" with fresh arrangements by Masashi Kageyama PLUS an all-star lineup of composers on vinyl, CD & digital platforms. Pre-orders kick off tomorrow!🕕

💚ANNOUNCEMENT💚 ‘GIMMICK! Official Arranged Soundtrack’ is a new album celebrating the beloved Famicom classic! Led by original composer Masashi Kageyama with brand new arrangements + various Brave Wave remixes from Manami Matsumae, Harumi Fujita, @teelopes.bsky.social & more! 🎵 orcd.co/gimmick