Alph Lyla (アルフ・ライラ), also known as Alfh Lyra wa Lyra or Alpha Lyla, was
Capcom's "house band", composed of several Capcom musicians and sound designers. They disbanded in the late 1990s. The name derives from the
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...
spelling of
One Thousand and One Nights.
Members of the band included pianist Pii♪ (a.k.a.
Yoko Shimomura
is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year. She wrote music for several game ...
), keyboardists Bunbun (a.k.a.
Yasuaki Fujita) and Pakkun, guitarist Uppi (a.k.a. Kazushi Ueda), bassist WOODY, and drummer Tatsui, amongst others.
Some of their works appear on the following albums:
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Daimakaimura'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 1 (D28B-0011)
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Strider'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 2 (D25B-1001)
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Final Fight
''Final Fight'' is a series of beat 'em up video games by Capcom, which began with the arcade release of ''Final Fight'' in 1989. Set in the fictional Metro City, the games focus on a group of heroic vigilantes who fights against the control and ...
'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 3 (PCCB-00030)
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Street Fighter II'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 4 (PCCB-00056)
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Captain Commando
is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up originally developed and published by Capcom as an arcade video game, and later ported to several other platforms. It was the seventeenth game produced for the company's CP System hardware. The ga ...
'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 5 (PCCB-00083)
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Varth: Operation Thunderstorm'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 6 (PCCB-00110)
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Tenchi wo Kurau II: The Battle of Chi Bi'' ~ G.S.M. Capcom 7 (PCCB-00133)
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Rockman X with Toshiaki Ohtsubo'' (SRCL-2828)
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Street Fighter II Alph-Lyla with Yuji Toriyama'' (SRCL-2857)
References
External links
Artist profileat
OverClocked ReMix
OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-commercial organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs, both with new technology and software and by vari ...
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Capcom people
Japanese instrumental musical groups
Video game music cover bands
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