Saori Kobayashi

Saori Kobayashi (小林 早織) is a former Sega sound composer best known for her work on the latter titles of the Panzer Dragoon series.

She later formed the Ethtronic music unit Akane alongside Yumiko Takahashi of Suikoden II fame.

Production History

• Inspector Gadget (1993) — Sound Composer
• Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) — Sound Composer (as S.Kobayashi)
• Sonic Triple Trouble (1994) — Staff (as Saori.K)
• Sylvan Tale (1995) — Music Compose (as Saori.K)
• Sonic Drift 2 (1995) — Sound (as S.Kobayashi)
• Blue Seed (1995) — Sound Edit
• Let's Make a Pro J. League Soccer Club! (Saturn Version) (1996)
• NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) — Sound Effects
• Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998) — Music
• MIDI Power Pro 7 ~Gradius~ (CD) (1999)
• Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (1999) — Developed by TNS Co., Ltd.
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) — Music
• Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth Remix (2007)
• Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Ran (2008)
• Sakura Note: Ima ni Tsunagaru Mirai (2009)
• A New Story / Kanon (CD) (2011)
• Kocha-e (original work)
• GE-ON-DAN vol.1 (original work)

Song Credits

Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck

• Opening (GG) — Music & Arrangement
• Opening (MS) — Music & Arrangement
• Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Select — Music & Arrangement
• Savanna (Round 1-1, 4-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Jungle (Round 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Volcano 1 (Round 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Volcano 2 (Round 2-2, 5-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Under Water (Round 3-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Sunken Ship (Round 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Ice Cavern (Round 4-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Chili Pepper (Power Up) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Boss Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Shrine 2 (Round 5-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Statue (Round 6-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Miss — Music & Arrangement
• Continue — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Staff Roll — Music & Arrangement

Sonic Drift 2

• Emerald Ocean — Composition & Arrangement
• Final Round — Arrangement
• Invincible — Arrangement

Let's Make a Pro J. League Soccer Club! (Saturn Version)

• One Special Day (SS Edition J. League Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club Opening Theme) — Arrangement

Panzer Dragoon Saga

• First Battle — Music & Arrangement
• Noble Rebel Army — Music & Arrangement
• A Holy Nation of Deceit — Music & Arrangement
• Solitary Battle — Music & Arrangement
• Wings — Music & Arrangement
• Separated for Eternity — Music & Arrangement
• Premonition of War — Music & Arrangement
• Metamorphosis 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Chaos Within the Silence — Music & Arrangement
• Metamorphosis 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Breath of Life — Music & Arrangement
• Blue Ruins Theme — Music & Arrangement
• Giant Creature 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Wandering — Music & Arrangement
• Forbidden Land — Music & Arrangement
• The Black Fleet — Music
• Atolm Dragon — Music & Arrangement
• Giant Creature 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Sona mi areru ec sancitu — Music

Panzer Dragoon Orta

• Dragonmares — Music & Arrangement
• City in the Storm — Music & Arrangement
• Altered Genos — Music & Arrangement
• Gigantic Fleet — Music & Arrangement
• Pain — Music & Arrangement
• Eternal Glacies — Music & Arrangement
• Ancient Weapon 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Legacy — Music & Arrangement
• Forbidden Memories — Music & Arrangement
• Imperial City — Music & Arrangement
• The End of Destiny — Music & Arrangement
• Anu Orta Veniya — Music
• Iva — Music & Arrangement