During her work on Parasite Eve, Shimomura spent time in the United States, which was where much of the game's staff came from. Despite her previous work as lead composer on Super Mario RPG, Parasite Eve became Shimomura's breakout project and garnered her international fame. Additional arrangements were done by Shigeo Tamaru. The music for Parasite Eve was composed by Yoko Shimomura, who would later become a well-established video game composer through her work on the Kingdom Hearts series. Parasite Eve Parasite Eve Original Soundtrack A 2007 photograph of Yoko Shimomura, composer for Parasite Eve and later The 3rd Birthday. All three games were primarily developed by Square Enix. Initially designed for mobile devices, it was shifted onto the PSP and designed as a disconnected game focusing on the series' main protagonist Aya Brea. While Parasite Eve II did not leave potential for a sequel, the series was brought back in the form of The 3rd Birthday, a 2010 spin-off for the PlayStation Portable. Its 1999 sequel, the action role-playing game Parasite Eve II, was designed to be similar to games from the Resident Evil survival horror series. Billed as a 'cinematic RPG', it was developed by a team of Japanese and North American staff with a western release in mind. The role-playing video game Parasite Eve, was released in 1998 for the PlayStation. The Parasite Eve video game series is based on the 1995 science fiction novel of the same name by Japanese author Hideaki Sena. While some albums have received mixed responses from critics, the music of the Parasite Eve series has generally received positive reviews, with the score for the first game bringing Shimomura international acclaim. The first two game's original soundtracks were reissued through Square Enix in January 2010 due to popular demand, and a limited edition combined album titled Parasite Eve I & II Original Soundtrack Box was released alongside them. The third game's soundtrack album, The 3rd Birthday Original Soundtrack, released in December 2010 through Square Enix's music label. It also released in North America through Tokyopop Soundtrax in September 2000. The soundtrack album for the second game, Parasite Eve II Original Soundtrack, was released through DigiCube in December 1999. Shimomura also produced an arrange album, Parasite Eve Remixes, which was released through DigiCube in July 1998. The original Parasite Eve Original Soundtrack album was released in May 1998 through DigiCube. For The 3rd Birthday, Shimomura worked with Suzuki and Sekito to create a score reminiscent of Parasite Eve, while Japanese rock band Superfly provided the theme song ' Eyes on Me'. It was Mizuta's first project after transferring from Capcom to Square Enix (then Square). For Parasite Eve II, Mizuta spent a year and a half on the project, using the game's scenario and visuals as references and taking inspiration from multiple film genres. The score for Parasite Eve was recorded at the Andora Studios in Los Angeles. Shimomura's work was described by herself as experimental, and incorporated multiple musical genres including opera music. The 2010 spin-off title The 3rd Birthday was composed for by Shimomura, Mitsuto Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Sekito. The music for its 1999 sequel Parasite Eve II was composed by Naoshi Mizuta and arranged by Hiroshi Nakajima. The music of the 1998 role-playing video game Parasite Eve, based on the novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena, was composed by Yoko Shimomura, and was one of her early popular successes. Music of the Parasite Eve video game series

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