Music of the Ace Attorney series

Lore & Background

The music of the Ace Attorney series was created by several composers. Masakazu Sugimori composed for Gyakuten Saiban, with Akemi Kimura arranging the Nintendo DS version and composing for Gyakuten Saiban 2. Noriyuki Iwadare and Masakazu Sugimori co-composed Gyakuten Saiban 3, and Iwadare also composed both Gyakuten Kenji titles, with Yasuko Yamada co-composing the first Gyakuten Kenji. Toshihiko Horiyama, Takashi Yoshida, and Noriyuki Iwadare co-composed Gyakuten Saiban 4.

Reader's Guide

The Ace Attorney soundtracks are notable for their thematic consistency across games, with recurring track titles such as 'Objection!', 'Pursuit', and 'Cross-Examination' appearing in multiple entries with year-specific suffixes (e.g., 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009). Each soundtrack includes character themes, courtroom music, and investigation tracks. The Gyakuten Kenji Original Soundtrack introduced new tracks like 'Logic ~ The Way to the Truth' and 'Confrontation ~ Presto 2009'. The series' music has been released on multiple albums, with some spanning two discs.

Did You Know?

• The Gyakuten Saiban + Gyakuten Saiban 2 Original Soundtrack includes a track titled 'Justice for All - Opening (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by J. S. Bach)'.
• The Gyakuten Kenji 2 Original Soundtrack entry in the article begins with 'Gyak' and is incomplete.
• The Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack features music from the Nintendo DS version of the first game, arranged by Akemi Kimura.
• The Gyakuten Saiban 3 Original Soundtrack includes a track titled 'Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee'.