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Brave Wave is a Tokyo-based music label that prints both official soundtracks of video games and solo albums from famed game composers. They also aid in helping Western game developers secure Japanese music talent (they were responsible for Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae contributing tracks to Shovel Knight). Now Brave Wave’s stable of talent has grown with the addition of Lena Raine (Celeste), Shinichi Sakamoto (Wonder Boy series), BUN BUN (Mega Man 3), Tee Lopes (Sonic Mania), and Fourge, a newcomer to the music scene. All these composers will be producing their next albums under the Brave Wave label — these include original tracks, solo projects and game tune remixes. Raine is currently working on her solo album with label director Mohammed Taher. Lopes is also working on a solo album, inspired by the Japanese band YMO (Lopes’ album will include contributions from Matsumae and Ninja Gaiden composer Keiji Yamagishi). As for Fourge, he’s about to release his first album ever, Shifting Approximations of Solitude, through Brave Wave. “I wanted