Shinji Hosoe
The series is a series of science fiction role-playing video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai on the PlayStation 2. The series began with the 2002 release of "Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht", which was followed in 2004 by "Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse" and in 2006 by "Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra". The music of "Xenosaga" includes the soundtracks to all three chapters, as well as the music for its spin-off media. These include "Xenosaga Freaks", a set of minigames set between the first two chapters, "Xenosaga I &amp; II", a Nintendo DS remake of the first two chapters, and "Xenosaga: The Animation", an anime series covering the events of the first game. "Episode I" was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, "Episode II" was split between Yuki Kajiura and Shinji Hosoe, and "Episode III" was composed by Kajiura alone. "Xenosaga Freaks" reused some of the music of "Episode I" by Mitsuda while also including new work by Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Masashi Yano, Keiichi Okabe, Satoru Kōsaki, and Hiroshi Okubo, while "Xenosaga I &amp; II" and "Xenosaga: The Animation" used new pieces composed by Kousuke Yamashita.