Secret of Mana
The "Mana" series has had several different composers. "Final Fantasy Adventure" was composed by Kenji Ito; it was his second original score. Ito's music is mainly inspired by images from the game rather than outside influences. The scores for "Secret of Mana" and "Trials of Mana" were both composed by Hiroki Kikuta. Despite difficulties in dealing with the hardware limitations, Kikuta tried to express, in the music of "Secret of Mana", two "contrasting styles", namely himself and the game. This was to create an original score which would be neither pop music nor standard game music. Kikuta worked on the music for the two games mostly by himself, spending nearly 24 hours a day in his office, alternating between composing and editing to create an immersive three-dimensional sound. Kikuta considers the score for "Secret of Mana" his favorite creation. His compositions for "Secret of Mana" and "Trials of Mana" were partly inspired by natural landscapes. In 1995, Kikuta released an experimental album of arranged music from the two installments, titled "Secret of Mana +", which features one 50-minute-long track.