

Takada on his thought process while composing music for Danganronpa, in an interview with Video Game Music Online. Characters themes should each have some unique hook, sometimes I play around with voices samples. Trial music emphasizes rhythms, with voice samples to build the hype. To give you a quick look at my thought process: Exploration music should burn itself into your brain. Several of the series' music releases have appeared on Oricon's Albums and Singles Charts, two nation-wide music charts in Japan. This attempt at ambience has been enjoyed by music critics, who have also praised the series' many types of musical style. The soundtracks have had a key focus to fit the settings, situations, and overall atmosphere of Danganronpa. The series has spanned a variety of different musical genres and styles, prominently electronic, jazz, and rock. Takada has been aided with the franchise's music by various artists, including other composers, lyricists, and singers. The main composer for the series is Masafumi Takada, who has composed for all of the series' soundtracks and has also released many of them on his label, Sound Prestige Records. The music of Danganronpa comprises seven soundtrack albums, as well as numerous singles, mini albums, and other music releases. The series follows groups of high school students who are trapped in an enclosed area, with the only way to escape being to murder a fellow student and not be caught in a subsequent investigation and trial. Danganronpa is an adventure visual novel video game franchise created by Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike).
