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Metal Gear Solid Composer Norihiko Hibino Stealths Into Pop Music

The long-running Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies series gives way to the cross-over project Prescription for Pop, turning Billboard pop hits into jazzy tunes to chill out to

SAN DIEGO - March 20, 2026 - Scarlet Moon is pleased to present a fun cross-over project from Metal Gear Solid series composer Norihiko Hibino titled Prescription for Pop. While Norihiko Hibino is renowned as a game composer having contributed to games such as Metal Gear Solid, Bayonetta, Zone of the Enders, Yakuza, and more, in 2014 he took his saxophone and joined with AYAKI (performer on Etrian Odyssey and PersonaQ) to form GENTLE LOVE, arranging game music to sleep, study, and chill out to through Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies. After charting on Billboard and releasing 16 albums, the duo now looks to bring their iconic brand of jazzy lullabies to cure what's ailing pop music, with two albums, one each dedicated to 2025 hits and 2024 hits, respectively. Prescription for Pop: 2025 Hits and Prescription for Pop: 2025 Hits are both available today with full track lists below:
 

Prescription for Pop: 2025 Hits

Prescription for Pop: 2024 Hits
 

"It's interesting how Hibino-san's 2009 album GENTLE LOVE covering pop tunes from around the world and 2009's original Prescription for Sleep resulted in our first Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies album in 2014," reflects Scarlet Moon's Jayson Napolitano. "In that way, we're coming full circle, after 16 albums in the games and anime spaces, we're turning our attention back to pop music where it all began. We hope gamers who've loved our game music covers will come along for the ride as Hibino-san wants to bring his unique brand of therapeutic music to even more people around the world."
 

The full track listing for Prescription for Pop: 2025 Hits is as follows:
 

  1. Mystical Magical by Benson Boone
  2. Ordinary by Alex Warren
  3. Golden by HUNTR/X
  4. WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by Raye
  5. back to friends by sombr
  6. bittersweet by Madison Beer
  7. Man I Need by Olivia Dean
  8. Diet Pepsi by Addison Rae
  9. I'm the Problem by Morgan Wallen
  10. Jealous Type by Doja Cat
  11. Gone Gone Gone by David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I
  12. Opalite by Taylor Swift
  13. Reborn (Original) by GENTLE LOVE
 

The full track listing for Prescription for Pop: 2024 Hits is as follows:
 

  1. A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey
  2. Too Sweet by Hozier
  3. As It Was by Harry Styles
  4. i like the way you kiss me by Artemas
  5. Flowers by Miley Cyrus
  6. Make You Mine by Madison Beer
  7. High Road by Joe Wetzel and Jessie Murph
  8. LUNCH by Billie Eilish
  9. Illusion by Dua Lipa
  10. we can't be friends by Ariana Grande
  11. Lose Control by Teddy Swims
  12. Grace (Original) by GENTLE LOVE
 

Learn more: http://scarletmoon.com/sleep/

 

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Scarlet Moon is a music and game label supporting creators big and small. They are an artist roster of acclaimed musical talents available to handle all audio needs, including music, vocals, sound design, and VO; a record label distributing game soundtracks and cover albums; a public relations partner promoting game music; and a games publisher partnering with developers to bring their dreams to market. Scarlet Moon's sister brand, Violet Moon, promotes independent videogames.
 

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