Kiyoshi Murai
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Seiya Murai
Artist Information
- Last name: Murai (first name unknown)
- Birthday: February 1st
- Birthplace: Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
- Likes: Curry, synths
- Favorite Band: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mu_station
- Website: http://www.geocities.jp/mu_station/
Profile
One of pop'n music's most frequent composers, Murai's history with Konami dates back to as early as the early 1990's, where he started off doing music for various Mega Drive games and music tracks for the then popular Tokimeki Memorial Vocal CDs, as well as the 1998 Red Company-developed RPG / dating simulation Mitsumete Knight. His first project for BEMANI was the 1999 pop'n stage EX, a re-release of pop'n stage with two new songs, one of them being his song WE TWO ARE ONE that was soon ported to pop'n music 4. Since pop'n music 4 he has appeared in every arcade entry. His style of music tends to drift more into a 1980's synth sound (as seen in his V.C.O. and ALT songs), though he's also dabbled occasionally in rock and orchestral sounding music as well.
Murai also served as head sound director of 4 and 5, as well as being the co-director of KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX with Naya~n and head sound director of KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX, the final entry in the series. After pop'n music 5, fellow BEMANI composer Jun Wakita would handle the sound direction of pop'n music with pop'n music 6, though he continued to sound direct various pop'n music entries up to PARTY♪. Murai also appears regularly for years in beatmania IIDX as of DistorteD, and was the sound producer of the ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom series.
Murai currently produces music for KONAMI's arcade game Otoca♥d'or (オトカ♥ドール), which launched on March 14th, 2015. Its website can be found here.
Aliases
- Seiya Murai (村井聖夜)
- Seiya
- seiya-murai
- YASHI♪GANI
- V.C.O.
- world sequence
- Popper Head
- TEMPULA-BROS.
- SOUNDROID
- private states
- 黒踊社中
- natural bear (with Kiyomi Kumano)
- Kiyommy+Seiya (with Kiyomi Kumano)
- T&S seq. factory (with dj TAKA)
- 秋桜 (composer of)
- chihomi
- Five Hammer
- FIVE STICKS
- mu-Ray
Trivia
- Murai has stated in an interview with the Japanese website Gpara.com that "Seiya" isn't his real first name, and that he wishes to keep his real name a secret.
- Murai did the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme heard in pop'n music 4 and 5, as well as the new intro themes from pop'n music 9 through pop'n music 12 いろは.
- Prior to 8bit Princess, all of Murai's beatmania IIDX songs had their own videos.
- Murai is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use a VOCALOID in a song. He used Prima in 鉄甲乙女 -under the steel- in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- Murai's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra".
- Famous KONAMI composers Michiru Yamane and Miki Higashino were Murai's seniors in the same department as him when he first joined KONAMI in the 1990's.
- One of Murai's tracks from Mitsumete Knight was later remixed in pop'n music as THE MAN FROM FAR EAST.
- Likewise, an arrangement of his song 掌の革命 from Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2 has also made an appearance in pop'n music.
BEMANI Songs
| Song | Artist | Game | Genre | Composition | Arrangement | Lyrics | Vocals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaving... | SEIYA MURAI meets "eimy" | beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD | SYMPHONIC EURO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| TRANOID | T&S seq. factory | beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD | PSG WORKS | - | ✓ | - | - |
| the trigger of innocence | Seiya Murai | beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS | ETHNOTRONICA | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 鉄甲乙女 -under the steel- | Seiya Murai | beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS | IRON CONCERTO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| To the Future | seiya-murai | beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS | CLUB 80'S | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| La Mar | seiya-murai feat. David Solanes Venzala | beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem | CATALA LOUNGE | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| GIGANT | seiya-murai | beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle | MARCHING ROCK | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 8bit Princess | seiya-murai feat. ALT | beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | CHIPTUNE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Leaving... | seiya-murai | DanceDanceRevolution X2 | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| REBORN MAGIC | seiya-murai meets "eimy" | DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Qipchãq | world sequence | DanceDanceRevolution (2013) | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| CLOUD | WORLD SEQUENCE | ee'MALL | JAZZ WALTZ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| さんぽのうた | V.C.O.+ALT | ee'MALL 2nd avenue | A.I.KIDS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| しっぽのロック | 板橋ギャング | GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Invincible | 80Apes | GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Spring Pain | seiya-murai feat. ALT | GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2: Groove to Live | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| 風／雷 | world sequence | GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2: Groove to Live | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 双つ雲と暁の奏 | world sequence | GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 隅田川夏恋歌～納涼mix | seiya-murai feat. ALT | GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| ガラス越し→バイなう | seiya-murai feat. ALT | GITADORA | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| 空色デイズ | ♪♪♪♪♪ | jubeat ripples | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 隅田川夏恋歌 | seiya-murai feat. ALT | jubeat ripples | A.I.DATE POP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| KUNG-FU MAMA | seiya-murai feat. ALT | jubeat knit | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| HEAT-BIT-HIT-BEAT | V.C.O. | jubeat copious APPEND / pop'n music 20 fantasia | LO-BIT SAMPLING | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Baby Bleep March | seiya-murai | jubeat saucer | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Life Connection | world sequence | jubeat saucer | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Mighty Guy | CHIHOMI | KEYBOARDMANIA | MAXIMUM | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Mighty Guy -LONG VERSION- | CHIHOMI | KEYBOARDMANIA PS2 | STRAIGHT | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Beyond the Ocean | WORLD SEQUENCE | KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | ASIAN | ✓ | - | - | - |
| Hear My Love Song | SAKI | KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | POWER | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| MA-SSA-RA | natural bear | KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | LITE POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| STEAM AND DREAM | V.C.O. | KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | EU-TECH | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Limitation | Seiya Murai | KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX | THEME | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Pink Rose | Kiyommy＋Seiya | KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX | HEART | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| まっさら Long Version | natural bear | KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX | LITE POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| birds | Sana | pop'n music 4 | AMBIENT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| ELECTRONISM | V.C.O. | pop'n music 4 | ANALOG TECHNO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hi-Tekno Millennium mix | Hi-Tekno/Millennium Project | pop'n music 4 | DANCE REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Quick Master Millennium mix | act deft/Millennium Project | pop'n music 4 | J-TEKNO REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music! | Popper Head | pop'n music 4 | SPECIAL ENDING | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| TOON MANIAC | Theme from "TOON MANIA" | pop'n music 4 | CARTOON | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 愛言葉～アイコトバ | 課長とマミちゃん | pop'n music 4 | KARAOKE | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 今宵Lover's Day | ミッキー・マサシ | pop'n music 4 | PASSION | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| すれちがう二人 Millennium mix | apresmidi/Millennium Project | pop'n music 4 | BONUS TRACK REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 透明なマニキュア | Kiyommy + Seiya | pop'n music 4 | NIGHT OUT | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 龍舞~DRAGON DANCE | WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 5 | NEW AGE | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Love Is Strong To The Sky～V.B.-Remaster | SAORI | pop'n music 5 | GIRLY REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| POP-STEP-UP | SOUNDROID | pop'n music 5 | LESSON | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| WITHOUT YOU AROUND | GEILA Z. | pop'n music 5 | US-DANCEPOP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| どうなっちゃったって | チャーミングス | pop'n music 5 | HI-TENSION | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| クチビル | 中山マミ | pop'n music 5 | ALLEGRIA | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| お江戸花吹雪 TEYAN-day MIX | 高田香里 ReMIXed by SEIYA | pop'n music 5 | ENKA REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 天麩羅兄弟 | TEMPULA-BROS | pop'n music 5 | COMIC SONG | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| マシュマロ・マーチ | まろりんズ | pop'n music 6 | MARCHING | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| うるとら★ボーイ | V.C.O. featuring Yuko Asai | pop'n music 6 | TECHNO KAYO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| CHICKEN CHASER | V.C.O. | pop'n music 7 | CRAZY TECHNO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 龍舞～DRAGON DANCE Revision-2 | WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 7 | NEW AGE REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 電気人形 | フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ | pop'n music 7 | DARKNESS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| ラムのラブソング | kaco | pop'n music 7 | URUSEI | - | ✓ | - | - |
| スウィーツ | natural bear | pop'n music 7 | PRECIOUS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 透明なマニキュア moonlit mix | Kiyommy+Seiya | pop'n music 7 | NIGHTOUT REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Tir na n'Og | WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 8 | JIG | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 0/1 ANGEL | V.C.O. featuring Alt | pop'n music 8 | A.I. TECHNO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| ヒーロー ~HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO~ | REIKA | pop'n music 8 | HERO | - | ✓ | - | - |
| ホノホノ | YASHI♪GANI | pop'n music 8 | UKULELE | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| CAT'S EYE | ♪♪♪♪♪ | pop'n music 9 | CATS | - | ✓ | - | - |
| WE TWO ARE ONE | Lala Moore | pop'n music 9 | SUPER EURO LONG | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| コンピューターおばあちゃん | V.C.O. featuring Alt | pop'n music 9 | A.I.OBAACHAN | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 禁じられた契約 | フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ | pop'n music 9 | DARKNESS 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| 어찌됐든 | Ahn Sungyoon | pop'n music 9 | HI-TEN K-MIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 掌の革命 | Kiyommy + Seiya | pop'n music 9 | PRIDE | - | ✓ | - | - |
| SCI-FI | SEIYA & A.I. units | pop'n music 10 | COSMIC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| This way | HIROMI | pop'n music 10 | STRAY GIRL | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 絡繰男爵奇譚 | エレハモニカ | pop'n music 10 | DARK MARCHEN | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| ラブ・アコーディオン | WORLD SEQUENCE plays "mon cheri H.T." | pop'n music 10 | ROMANESQUE | - | ✓ | - | - |
| スウィーツ -instrumental | private states | pop'n music 10 | PRECIOUS ENCHORE | - | ✓ | - | - |
| ウキウキWATCHING | 風尾課長とポップン青年隊 | pop'n music 10 | IITOMO | - | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| ANAHONIKUY -雪の華 PuzzleMix- | moonlit | pop'n music 11 | TAIGA REMIX | - | ✓ | - | - |
| AUSLANDSGESPRACH | V.C.O. | pop'n music 11 | 80's WERK | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Space Dog | Sana | pop'n music 11 | UCHU-RYOKOU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| YOLCU MUSTAFA | WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 11 | ISTAN BEATS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 烏 | 黒踊社中 | pop'n music 11 | NEBUTA | - | ✓ | - | - |
| home. | 秋桜 + WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 12 いろは | HEALING DUO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| New days | ko-saku | pop'n music 12 いろは | POSI ACO | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~電子ノウタゴエ~ | strawberry barium "s" | pop'n music 12 いろは | X'MAS PRESENT AC | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Trick or Treat! | Three Little Evils | pop'n music 12 いろは | HALLOWEEN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| 乱 | V.C.O. | pop'n music 12 いろは | SYMPHONIC TECHNO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| DAWN | PARSEC | pop'n music 13 カーニバル | SF POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Der Wald | エレハモニカ | pop'n music 13 カーニバル | DARK OPERA | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| ƒƒƒƒƒ | Five Hammer | pop'n music 13 カーニバル | HARD Pƒ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| キボウノタネ | 秋桜 | pop'n music 13 カーニバル | FLYING DUO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| セイント★セイジのうた | 西本英雄ともうしま児童合唱団 | pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS | MOUSHIMA | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| ニワトリなのだ | A.I.Units | pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS | CHICKEN HEART | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| スーパーマリオブラザーズBGMメドレー | ♪♪♪♪♪ | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | SUPER MARIO BROTHERS BGM | - | ✓ | - | - |
| BBLLAASSTT!! | FIVE STICKS | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | KENKA DRUMS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| flutter | 裕紀子＋V.C.O. | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | SPACE WALTZ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| fragments | 秋桜 | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | LONELY FEEL | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| PARTY A GO GO☆ | サドルシューズ | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | PARTY ROCK | ✓ | ? | - | - |
| オトメルンバ♪ | るるるSYSTEM | pop'n music 14 FEVER! | CHIBIKKO IDOL | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Romanticがとまらない | ネオロマンティックス | pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS | ROMANTIC | - | ✓ | - | - |
| forest song | MIKI-CHANG + WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS | NATURE | - | ✓ | - | - |
| ゆずれない願い | 田村直美 | pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS | MAGIC KNIGHT | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Quiet | フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ | pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | DARKNESS 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| THE MAN FROM FAR EAST | WORLD SEQUENCE | pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | WARRIOR | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 走り続けて | 秋桜 | pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | CONTINENTAL | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 恋のミラクル☆ | るるるSYSTEM | pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | ONLINE LOVE POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| EFFECT | mu-Ray-ZY | pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | CHIP POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| existence | parsec | pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | AMBITION | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Have a good dream. | private states | pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | AFTER A PARTY | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 月のワルツ | MAKI | pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | TSUKI NO WALTZ | - | ✓ | - | - |
| ƒƒƒƒƒ op.2 | Five Hammer | pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE | HARD Pƒ+ | - | ✓ | - | - |
| GEO SONG | world sequence feat.Sana | pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE | LAND BALLAD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| The Aim of Nautilus | mu-Ray | pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE | DEEP SEA ROMAN | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| ZIN-DEN-GO | V.C.O. | pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE | 和算テクノ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| O-KU-NI | seiya-murai feat. 楽芭 | pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 | GIN ROCK | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 五七五 | V.C.O. | pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 | TECHNOHOSOMICHI | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 風と自転車 | ウォリ＆荒牧陽子 | pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET | Pf POP | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Linear Locomotive Love | seiya-murai feat. ALT | pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET | A.I.TETSUDOL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| DOES NOT COMPUTE | フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ feat.ALT | pop'n music 20 fantasia | A.I.DARKNESS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Intersection | 秋成 | pop'n music 20 fantasia | PHASING POP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| そして世界は音楽に満ちた | wac+seiya | pop'n music 20 fantasia | EPILOGUE | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| PEACEFUL PLANET PARTY | seiya-murai + A.I.Units | pop'n music Sunny Park | KEYBOARDS POP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| スマイル・リプレイ | seiya-murai feat. 秋成 | pop'n music Sunny Park | REGRETS FEELING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| 終末の序曲 ～オワリノハジマリ～ | フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ | pop'n music ラピストリア | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| オトカドール ～このゆびとまれ～ | NU-KO | pop'n music éclale | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| WE TWO ARE ONE | Lala Moore | pop'n stage ex | SUPER EURO | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| SHAKE'N SWING'N POP'N MUSIC! | seiya-murai | ポップンミュージック | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 夢をかなえてドラえもん | MAO | ポップンミュージック | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| まるでマトリョーシカ | seiya-murai feat. ALT | REFLEC BEAT Ver.1.5 | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| みんな笑った | seiya-murai feat. 凸BOT娘 | REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring- | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Velvet Sentiment | seiya-murai | REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons- | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| GO!!! | ♪♪♪♪♪ | Toy's March | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| INVOKE | ♪♪♪♪♪ | Toy's March | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| 未来 ㋟♫ FUTURE | seiya-murai | ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 晴天Bon Voyage | TOMOSUKE × seiya-murai feat. ALT | (私立BEMANI学園) | SWEETRONICA | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
Discography
Albums
- pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya (with Kiyomi Kumano)
- cosmos (with SAYA and EMI)
- plug+program
- 0/1 ANGEL (with ALT)