Tappi Iwase (岩瀬立飛), sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japan… Read Full Bio ↴Tappi Iwase (岩瀬立飛), sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Metal Gear and Suikoden franchises.

Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991.

Iwase is credited with composing all of the music to the game Metal Gear Solid, with the exception being the ending theme "The Best Is Yet to Come". This includes the well-known main theme to Metal Gear Solid, arrangements of which were subsequently used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

"Metal Gear Solid" Main Theme
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Dō

7y↑4.8K

R.I.P. MGS
snake wont be forgotten! he'll be always in our memory cards!

cameron johnson

7y↑32

Yup

Simple Concept

7y↑25

Dou I deleted the game :/

Maneymon

6y↑65

You're big boss, I am too.

anothersadboy

6y↑16

What happend?

David Larkin

6y↑47

@CarlDaLord yeah, but the MGS series itself is over.

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Perryl Snowfall

3y↑750

Snake, Raiden, Gray Fox, Otacon, Big Boss, Ocelot, Liquid Snake, Quiet, Miller, DD, you will always be in our hearts.

Ryan Farrelly

2y↑45

You included Quiet but not the Boss or Armstrong?

Matoi Ryuko

2y↑10

Miller was... Well, you know.

Za Warudo

1y↑26

Campbell has entered the chat

apchistuz

1y↑16

solidus

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Zuon94

5y↑1.1K

I've never actually listened to this theme the whole way through, but starting at 2:14 onward, the song leaves the Metal Gear universe and goes full on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

D C

4y↑26

Yeah

Studio H.W.O, The Animator

4y↑26

Yup it's weird

Gerardo Iglesias

4y↑2

lmao

Azam Roslan

4y↑23

Nice one space ranger

filipeflower

Uhm, what?

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Blazer Ashbringer

8y↑789

I slept only 4 hours today i had to wake up clean the house and i had no energy i pop this song on my cell and suddenly every part of my body becomes alive...truly such music is a masterpiece.

Chilindro 7788

8y↑17

JokeDindonChannel

8y↑63

+Blazer Ashbringer It's got to be the nanomachines son!

Jennifer Glimmer

8y↑17

+Blazer Ashbringer Music from games is great for studying and keeping you awake its designed to keep you engaged! :3

Blazer Ashbringer

8y↑7

Jennifer Glimmer true but certain music have a stronger connections to it.. i never sadly played any of the MGS games but when i found out about the soundtrack alone it moved me

Arber Dumi

8y↑8

+Blazer Ashbringer where you crawling when you cleaned under the sofa,sticking on the wall while cleaning the floor or rolling to fix the bed? hahahahahha

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Yotipo

9y↑423

This song gives me chills from nostalgia. And I never even played the game

Connormgs

4y↑9

Did you ever get around to playing it?

Twinbee

3y↑4

Same here. Today's music mostly sucks in comparison.

Jared Redlegs

2y↑10

Play the game you won't be surprised one of the greatest ps1 games ever no doubt damn skippy solid snake forever😎

SuperAdam Bomb

2y↑4

I would highly recommend playing them. I didn’t expect much from the first game being that it was on the ps1 but even in 2022 this game is amazing. The characters are extremely well written and the gameplay and boss fights are really fun.

NormanFoxLee

2y↑2

@Twinbee the music is not even from this game originally - it is from 1974 or so : D

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Pingas Pearce

8y↑3.2K

whenever you think of a stealth game the first thing that pops into everyones head is METAL GEAR.

Darcy Phillips

8y↑177

Nah man Big Rigs Over the Road.

Pingas Pearce

8y↑25

Big rigs is a racing game. What?

C M

8y↑42

Hit man or payday 2

ZBoner

8y↑65

Thief: The Dark Project.

Pingas Pearce

8y↑3

Jarrett Basse I don't even know what that is.

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HollowSFM

2y↑124

I have come here to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of METAL GEAR!

Even without any new games, its legacy will still live on in the hearts of many people.

TurboShell

48w↑5

Good news, we’re getting something new

Bad news, no idea how it’ll turn out without Kojima’s involvement

thecatdragon589

47w↑4

I GOT NEWS

N0REE

45w↑2

what a thriill

MERAJ

1y↑118

1:14 will forever be the hardest part 🔥

DeiMoS OK

41w↑1

🥹

DeiMoS OK

41w↑5

2:15

Maarak Mehdi

38w↑2

my god YES <3

KQ

9y↑91

This is probably the best theme out of all the Metal Gear games.There's just something about it that I can't explain.

Frances Marie Wallinger

5y↑10

Because a classical composer wrote it, Georgy Sviridov in his snowstorm IX. Then it was stolen, such a shame for a great game like this

al west

2y↑3

@Frances Marie Wallinger tell me you don’t understand how music is mad without saying it.

Fredy 20

2y↑3

@Frances Marie Wallinger It wasnt stolen, it was similar and Konami did not even bother to make a legal fight and Kojima was force to change it. Worse, nobody knows the Sviridov's song, LITERALY NOBODY, he is an unknown, a no one. Yet still Kojima was force to change his song for a mere minor coincidence

Co Founder of racism

I like the themes of mgs 1, 2 and 3

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414MrMilwaukee

4y↑139

Imagine hearing this when the movie comes out

💯

ShardOfKingdoms

3y↑7

Doubt it, they got copyrighted

Alekseev

3y↑19

@ShardOfKingdoms they did not. Kojima/Konami were just afraid of incoming lawsuits over the fact that they blatantly ripped a musical piece named 'Troika' composed by soviet composer Georgy Sviridov back in 1974. Lawsuits never came to be, something to do with the rights holder, but that is more of an educated guess.
Moreover, bits and pieces of this theme, rearranged by several composers, kept on resurfacing in MGS4, PW, GZ and PP soundtracks.

BDG4Life

3y↑3

@ShardOfKingdoms they can allways use orginal music of this russian guy

al west

2y↑6

@Alekseevahh bullshit just because it’s inspired by and has many similarities to the song doesn’t mean it’s a ripoff, music is an inherently plagiaristic art and rarely if ever does any composer nowadays have any right to claim they 100 percent didn’t take inspiration or even blatantly rip off another piece similarity to metal gear. I’ve heard both versions, and metal gear took what was there and changed it completely to have a new feeling to it. Not saying anything about you or if you think it’s justified, just that the whole situation surrounding this piece is really pissing me off and I wanted it to get off my chest.

Alekseev

2y↑4

@al west well, first of all, I'm a big fan of the franchise for quite some time and I'm happy about how these things still serve as discussion points and people are still into it.
To be fair, this one was indeed ripped of, there's no need for forensics diploma or musical background for this to be obvious.
I habe nothing to comment on your point of culture being self-cannibalistic to such extent. Of course, Williams and Zimmer, for example, may have relied on Schubert, Bach, Vivaldi, etc., yet their works have developed very distinct personalities.
I love 'Troika' as it is, more so incorporated into MGS theme. That's like what it was all about from the start - the embers of the cold war, which Russia was a prominent part of.
Should've just credit Georgy as a composer too.

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اكرم A K R M G O D

1y↑26

We're not looking for these old songs, we're looking for the memories they hold

warchief ultradeath conan barbarian terminator....

34w

Not really

Grizzly

10y↑4.1K

This makes me want to grab the nearest cardboard box and try to infiltrate area 51.

The Jacobi

6y↑98

Grizzly yes. METAL GEAR SOLID VI

עוביידה חסדייה

6y↑58

@The Jacobi they didnt finsh V yet it remians cuted such a lust for cut content ? Whoooooo??!!!!

Shellstorm1

6y↑30

Cardboard gear solid 2

amazing shorts

5y↑41

TFW snake and raiden did that to rescue sunny from area 51

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Les Pommes

11y↑23

Ah that synth solo gets me every time. This is fucking badass. Fantastic music, gameplay, story, characters, everything. Flawless.

Icy 3-1

6y↑27

If anybody has played the first MGS and the VR Missions, you can literally see the VR mission intro in your head when listening to this. Epicness of the late 90's

David Navarro

2y↑22

Boy oh boy! What a memory! I used to be a huge fan of the MGS until I kinda moved on from it around 2010.

I remember watching, around 2000-2001 or even earlier, the 1997 trailer on a PS1 demo disc. The theme was absolutely wonderful and visuals were pretty stunning!

Thank you Kojima-sama for crafting such a mind-bending plot with the MGS saga!

moosesnWoopPlays

4y↑11

1:26 hits me everytime

Evan Roldan

2y↑44

One of the greatest Things Mankind has ever created, The Metal Gear franchise

Thank you Kojima

Yoann

2y↑22

Metal Gear Solid main theme is the kind of soundtrack that drags you to your childhood all over again

DrasticBoy 6696

1y↑1

Even if I’ve never heard that theme while watching this game in my childhood, it’s STILL nostalgic somehow.

Mo Q

13y↑12

I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing this theme and of course MGS1 itself. Such a landmark in videogames and my favourite game of all time.

CyberSourCatMGK

4y↑10

one of the best stories in any videogame. what a masterpiece no doubt.

Chillmatic Cinematic

9y↑185

Why can't Konami just pay off the royalties already, plagiarism or not this theme is amazing and I really want it to be in MGSV.

Sandan Saiyan

4y↑12

It's definitely plagiarism but I agree with you. Unfortunately game was released and Kojima had left Konami

Blacktain Falcon

2y↑1

@Sandan Saiyan what's plagiarism of what?

Sandan Saiyan

2y↑15

@Blacktain Falcon Georgiy Sviridov's "Winter Road".Our great Soviet classical conductor)
Our game journalist showed it and Hideo Kojima almost didn't use it in MGS 4 after listening (it was in 2007)
Just to be clear, a lot of old game soundtrack is copycat.So yeah

OHA v

2y↑2

@Sandan Saiyan They sound nothing alike

Testiclopps

2y↑7

@OHA v you’re deaf then

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Solid Snake

3y↑621

God: creates humans

Humans: create MGS

God: NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!

Tim Ames

3y↑50

Excellent snake, age has not slowed you down on bit.

Solid Snake

3y↑26

@Tim Ames Thanks to the VR Training.

Boo

2y↑15

God bless you my dude

Solid Snake

2y↑9

@Boo ❤️

ashleyy69

2y↑5

Well said Solid Snake, as always

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X1 Gen KaneshiroX

5y↑6

Even in 2020s, 2030s, or 2040s it will not get old. Excellent for space warfare compilation or even stealth sci-fi compilation. I probably first listened to this in the 2010s, probably mid 2010s.

recordatron

10y↑20

I wish they'd bring a theme like this back for MGSV.

Sid

2y↑15

Just finished the first MGS today. Can't wait to play rest of the games ^_^

Edit: I finished the all the games. They're all masterpieces in their own way,

Urmas Keba

4y↑5

Still gives me goosebumps...

Luca Balliano

9y↑48

In my opinion the greatest game of all time!

Adriana FamilyMember

2y↑2

Man I gotta try whenever I have the chance

Mohammad pannah mahar

2y↑1

Greatest game yeah no 😠
It is GREATEST GAME FRANCHISE EVER CREATED

Luca Balliano

1y↑1

@Mohammad pannah mahar Yep, but this game, the 1st mgs, from my point of view is unique! Anyway you're right, mgs franchise is terrific! 😉

ALEC LABELL

9y↑111

Such a shame that this theme stopped being used in the MGS games (yes, we all know the reason).
It doesn't make it any less tragic. I think that the hatred towards MGSV would have been halved if this theme appeared in it (I love MGSV regardless)

Coming Soon

8y↑14

+iTubeYourDadsMinge Funnily enough, this theme is actually included in the main theme for Ground Zeroes. Which means that they actually bought the rights to use the theme again...
Yet it wasn't included in The Phantom Pain.

What the fuck.
I'm so conflicted. On the one hand, I'm overjoyed that the theme was brought back... BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I'm kinda upset that it wasn't included in The Phantom Pain's lackluster soundtrack. There's no real point to getting the theme back if you're not going to use it. It would have been perfect to hear again.

What went wrong between Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain's soundtracks? Ground Zeroes even brought back the Encounter Theme, which was rendered in it's own style. It used the original theme again. What's TPP's excuse?

DeadEyeMIDGET 08

wait, why dont they use it?

James

8y↑13

+XIXI COCO it bares similarities to a piece of music named "winter road" by a Russian composer and there was a legal dispute which meant the theme couldn't be used anymore.

Fruusty

6y↑1

Im suuuper late, but uts in the mission sortie prep in TPP

Topaz

It actually plays in the game over theme if you get spotted in one of the Total stealth missions ing mgsv

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MurtMan

6y↑5

100% my favourite MGS theme and game. From 1:14 on still gives me chills. Sheer awesomeness.

Damian

1y↑3

I just…can’t believe it’s over. It hurts too much to know that even if it returns, it’ll never be the same as it was. Kojima couldn’t even if he wanted to. The phantom pain is real…and it hurts a part of me to the core. I just want my kids, if I ever have any, to be able to appreciate this series for what it was. The best masterpiece ever made with pixels and people.

Taudro

2y↑9

1:13 is the absolute height of video game musical awesomeness.

Michael Francis

10y↑3

Absolutely brilliant theme tune. Every time I hear it, I just wanna play the game. Even if I've just played it for 7 hours, play this tune and I'll be booting up the Playstation before it's even done!

oetzP

6y↑4

Will always and forever be my #1 videogame OST

Svenni Jpc

11y↑3

Always brings me right back to my childhood. I miss being a kid playing this game. Everything was so new and exciting. Even the graphics!!! Good times....

Betorockmetal

4y↑69

Solid Snake... One of the best fucking fictional characters ever made. The levels of nostalgia I'm feeling are just insane.

legendary righteous

1y↑4

mgs1 is the best game of all time. everything in this game was so much ahead of its time…. it’s unreal… replayed it so many times its always great

paranoidude

11y↑4

Metal Gear Solid was the perfect game in my opinion. It walked the line of being a game and telling a story perfectly, with great controls and fun gameplay. The plot twists kept me on my toes, and I couldn't wait to see what else the game had in store for me. Metal Gear Solid is, and probably will always be, my favorite game.

Hugo Eliseu

43w

The controls didnt age well, but the rest is better tham most games that come out today ( expt the grafics duh you cant compare older grafics)

Nacho Medina

5y↑2

TEMAZOOOOOOOOO!!!!

cool channel

46w↑3

Everyone, even the actors didn't know how amazing and influential this game would actually be

Satō-Kiōdai Inc

4y↑11

anyone else get goose bumps when they heard this?

John Smith

7y↑20

This is my favorite version of the main theme, even though most prefer MGS2 or 3, they both don't have the same feeling from 0:55 to 1:07
Even though it lacks the slow part.

number1fairfield

4y↑3

This theme was always better than the others

Zack

13y↑5

Thank you for posting this I love the soundtrack to this game

Albert Coello

12y↑4

my favorite song from the whole series!

Abi Nam

41w↑1

I didn't grow up with Metal Gear Solid (I actually got introduced to this game about a month ago), though I did feel kind of nostalgic when I listened to this.

germanchelo

5y↑2

Menudos recuerdos me conmueven...

Ethan Roberts

9y↑3

what an amazing piece of music!!

Sevensky

11y↑2

Soo much memories. I remember me and my friends playing this game. I wish the upcoming Phantom Pain would be a memorable MGS.

Poloman

3y↑3

This plays in my head during cautious situations.

PedroLessa601

11y↑2

Love this theme so much!

Westertin

12y↑1

No word can express my love for this series

Andrea Marchetti

10y↑2

I don't need to forget it, every time I play it it's the same feeling, AWESOME! :D

The Magic

9y↑4

This is just so win. Hearing this makes me remember my old bedroom at my parents house. So much awesome!

! BigBossSnakeCorn !

9y↑1

1st MGS game i had such a great game along with the series can you believe we are 3 years close of to the 20th anniversery of MGS 1 ? how time flies...

Chris Dougan

12y↑3

The part with the synth is so sick.

mr echo

8y↑1

swear to god,sticking this on when your playing battlefield or any game gives you superpowers

George Aveline

11y↑1

This song helped make the mgs1 trailer the best trailer ever, in my opinion. (The one where Snake plants thousands of C4)

Alim

4y↑1

Metal gear solid le meilleur jeux de tous les temps hideo kojima est un maître j'aime cet franchise à jamais gravé dans ma mémoire

Kingantichrist

12y

just a word: masterpiece

KingShade1

6y↑4

I hum this song in my head whenever I get home from drinking at the bar with the boys, while trying to not wake up my wife.

mediaassassin

9y↑218

The most perfectly awesome game theme *ever*.

Rightly, exactly captured the daring, heroics, and triumph in one of the best video games of all time.

HA

Luca Balliano

9y↑1

+mediaassassin Agreed with you!

hyrinshratu

6y↑5

If not this, then it's MGS2

Tharun Logeishwaran

5y↑5

@hyrinshratu Or the Super Smash Bros. Brawl theme. Memes aside, I actually love it.

Triv Triv

5y↑2

This is really a classical music by a Russian composer Sviridov, not a game theme.

Twinbee

Not quite as good as the Amiga Turrican 2 intro theme but getting there!

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lilhoss4reals

1y↑1

I just played this for my 2 year old nephew and it started a little dance party. Kojima's art can inspire anybody.

BRYGUY17

3y↑6

Konami may suck nowadays but this a very great masterpiece from them & one day I hope they go back to their old roots just like the 90’s

Smookie13400 Skunk

3y↑1

Que de souvenirs je le connais par cœur je pourrais le finir les yeux fermés mdr

nicolas jacquel

12y

legendary theme song :)

Chief

I love the 90' feel of this theme !

JustDubstepS2K

10y↑14

Childhood memories <3

OSTRiaK

5y↑1

Memory-Cards)

Luke Hughes

12y

The thing that makes this series great is the fact that all the games are amazing and every game has there equal share of fans that think there favorite mgs is the best.

Bryce

4y↑1

I just finished mgs twice today for both endings pretty epic

Rebellious Treecko ꪜ

10y↑905

I know I'm probably in the minority here, but a full-fledged 3D remake of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (bundled together in the same game) should come before a second MGS remake.

It just makes more sense, seeing how the series timeline is getting closer to the events of the first Metal Gear, and it would be the perfect way to finish Big Boss' saga.
I can see one more game starring Big Boss being squeezed in after The Phantom Pain, though.

Prometheus

10y↑12

Youre right about that one

Justin LeClair

10y↑7

I really want this.

Jiggly Gaming

10y↑9

The thing though its the ending of big bosses saga and it begins young solid snake but snakes saga is over

Jonathan Ginsburg

10y↑21

Put in a game set in the mid 90's staring foxhound, before operation intrude n313, maybe featuring a prototype for TX-55 as the metal gear, and then follow it up with remakes of MG and MG2 in 3D, with the original score but upped for the better sound capabilities of today. Maybe have the remakes come bundled with the originals ported to the new system, that would be awsome

AJA Ryan1994

9y↑5

If you have the HD collection, you can play Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2 on the Snake Eater disc.

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デニー先輩

9y↑41

Thats the best main theme from MGS EVER!

Ejwo Jeoske

Leave my alone!

Luca Balliano

9y↑1

+Lord Sairight I love it, but in my opinion "The best is yet to come" in MGS is the best. It gives me goosebump!

kandriod

8y↑1

+Sairight 天, 天Lord What happened to MGS2?

Kirishima

Portable Ops?

EL guay guayareno

3y↑1

me siento viejo, esto eran juegos de verdad

WonPorky

12y↑3

This version started all. You have to respect it.

Stephenx000

3y↑1

A truly perfect song.

Joseph Barnes

4y↑1

MGS is a Timeless Masterpiece of a Game Series. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep it alive.

Ades Productions

10y↑43

BEST THEME SONG EVER!!!

douk990

12y

One of the best storylines I've played!!! I love this game :D

DJ Anonym

5y↑1

This song and the memories that come with it...

Iqbal Hussain

3y↑3

And still.... We all come back to listen to this and MEMORIES!!!!!!

1SpeedDean

11y↑2

by far, my favorite game on the PS1 system. i loved playing MGS.

Justin Dake

12y↑1

I've discovered a new feeling, by playing this on my motorbike as I ride. EPIC.

Snake Latino

5y↑2

a masterpiece ,greetings to all :)

Soul Fire

10y↑1

Ah the nostalgia such a great game.

Fernando catriel david Barral

1y↑1

la saga de mgs es excelente... pero el mgs 1 de ps1 es una maldita obra de arte

Atomik Cosmonaut

5y↑6

1:26 i love that sound

Namielle

Just finished metal gear solid 5 and its the only metal gear game i played and i can already tell this is one of the greatest franchises ever

Asher Courtman

Wait until you get to MGS3

Local_Brain_Error // Synaptic_Misfire_Detected

7y↑1

Oh the memories of childhood and the innocence that came with it.

SOLID SNAKE

2y↑1

Quanto essa Franquia Faz falta 🥲

stephanie baker

Definitely one of my favorite series of all time love this theme played and beaten every game except 5 but only because I felt 4 was just such a perfect way to end the series

La hora del terror

Cause it was the end, also you know about the first MGS 4 ending?

If you didn't know the original ending was Snake and Otacon being kill for their "Crimes" like Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

sconah

7y↑3

The memories, They don't make them like they used to.

Crimmy146

4y↑4

I'm vibing to this, this is some quality music

ColdWindBlows313

12y

MGS for PlayStation will always be my favorite game of all time. The music greatly adds to the game's epicness, let alone the actual gameplay and plot itself. Best game ever.

Galgamos

11y↑1

A game series that I never got into but the music is amazing.

Limit 23

8y↑2

Playing this song while sneaking away from the guards in OOT is the most epic/funny thing

Uchiha Madara

love that part of OOT so much, where you sneak into hyrule castle to see zelda. Or maybe you're talking about the gerudo valley part? that ones fun too

Limit 23

+Uchiha Madara Imao I think we are the only people who enjoyed that part

ItIsReen

11y

I wish this would play as an intro to this game, not as the bonus credits theme for a third playthrough. At least this was in the intro to VR Missions. This is a damn good song

ROGER V.

8y↑1

MUITO EPICO

CYANIDE SNAKE

12y↑3

I almost cried brings me back to the original MGS1!!

Kurikazu

12y

On of those hour long cutscenes was the AI talk with Raiden, a genius point in MGS2's magnificent storyline. Something im sure you didnt get or skipped...