Pokémon Game Sound Library

Screenshot of the Pokémon Game Sound Library website in 2024

The Pokémon Game Sound Library (Japanese: Pokémon Game Sound Library(ポケモンゲームサウンドライブラリー)), previously known as the Pokémon DP Sound Library, is a website that hosts music from select core series games for listening and download. It is managed by The Pokémon Company and is currently available only in Japan and select Asian countries and regions.

History

The site was originally launched in Japan in Japanese only as the Pokémon DP Sound Library on December 23, 2021, featuring the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl soundtrack to commemorate the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It was created as part of an internal project called Pokémon Music Spotlight, which began in spring 2021, which also led to the creation of Reconnect and Grown as part of P25 Music. An English version of the site was later made available in 13 countries and regions (the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) on February 2, 2022. The Japanese site could not be visited outside of Japan, and the English site could not be visited in Japan or in any other countries and regions not listed. The DP Sound Library was discontinued on May 31, 2022.

The service was re-launched as the Pokémon Game Sound Library in both Japanese and English on February 27, 2023. The soundtrack of Pokémon Red and Blue and the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet main theme were made available, along with the tracks previously available on the DP Sound Library. Unlike the DP Sound Library, the site is no longer available in countries and regions where The Pokémon Company International holds distribution rights. The Japanese site cannot be visited outside of Japan, and the Asian site cannot be visited in Japan or outside of Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. From February 28 to March 12, 2023, a campaign where customers at the Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Stores in Japan could receive one of two types of Pokémon Game Sound Library stickers.

On February 27, 2024, the soundtracks of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were made available on the Japanese site.

• 

  Logo of the Pokémon DP Sound Library

• 

  Logo of the Pokémon Game Sound Library

Features

The website allows users to listening to music via online streaming and download WAV-format audio files or musical scores.

On the Music Box page, users can listen to soundtracks of various games. On the Playlist page, users can listen to 10 curated playlists of songs. The player features a play/pause button that continues playing or pauses the song, a previous button that starts playing the previous song, a next button that starts playing the next song, a repeat toggle, a shuffle toggle, and a progress bar. Up to six songs can be added to the Party Track list, which allows users to share their list to Twitter, LINE, Facebook, or as a link.

The Download page allows users to download audio files and musical scores at no cost for personal use, as long as the guidelines and Terms of Use are agreed to and followed. After agreeing, the user may fill out a survey.

Available music

The Pokémon Game Sound Library hosts music from the following games. For digital downloading, songs are obtainable either individually or as a batch. This music is also available as a compilation video on The Pokémon Company's Japanese YouTube channel.

• Pokémon Red and Blue (available for listening; 45 audio files and 6 musical scores available for download; video)
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (available for listening; video)
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (available for listening; video)
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (available for listening; video)
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet main theme (Brass Band musical scores available for download)

The Pokémon DP Sound Library only hosted music from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, which were available for listening and download as audio files. For digital downloading, songs were obtainable either individually or in two batches, one for each disc of the original soundtrack release. The music is also available as a compilation video on The Pokémon Company's Japanese YouTube channel and as a compilation video on The Pokémon Company International's English YouTube channel.

Sampled tracks

Three tracks featuring samples from the Pokémon DP Sound Library were released weekly on February 3, 10, and 17, 2022.

• "on my way to Glory" - Alan Shirahama
• "Gyarados!" - Hyadain
• "STAY SHINING" - Matt Cab

Guidelines and Terms of Use

The guidelines and Terms of Use for the Pokémon Game Sound Library can be viewed online when attempting to download any music, sound effects, or musical scores (in English, in Japanese).

Music from the Sound Library may be used in derivative works for non-commercial purposes, subject to the following rules:

• Music available on the Sound Library must be downloaded directly from the Pokémon Game Sound Library website or the previous DP Sound Library website. It cannot be used if it was obtained from any other source.
• Music from the Sound Library cannot be used in any computer software (such as games and apps).
• The music must be used in its original form and cannot be altered or incorporated into any new music, such as remixes. However, sampling a portion of a piece of music or looping all or part of it is permitted.
• Music from the Sound Library can be performed, and video and audio recordings of those performances may be made public. Performers are permitted to make adjustments to the melody, tempo, and key only as necessary to facilitate a performance, such as adjusting for the number of players and instruments in an ensemble and adjusting to the skill level of the performers.
• The music may not be used for commercial purposes, including receiving any money or rewards or using the music to promote any products or services. There are two exceptions:
  • Monetization of videos hosted on video sharing sites through functionality provided by the video platform.
  • Educational uses in schools such as in classes, events, and club activities.
• The music may not be used in any way that suggests endorsement or collaboration by The Pokémon Company.
• The music may not be used with any elements of non-Pokémon characters for which a third party other than the user controls the rights.
• Music from the Sound Library cannot be redistributed to any third party via the internet or physical data storage media such as CDs or USB flash drives. However, derivative works made from the music can be distributed for non-commercial purposes through either the internet or physical media.
• The following copyright notice must be displayed in a location visible to end users:

  ©2023 Pokémon. ©1995-2023 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.

  This content has been created in agreement with the Terms of Use for the “Pokémon Game Sound Library”.

Videos explaining the guidelines in both Japanese and English were posted on The Pokémon Company's Japanese YouTube channel.

By ポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネル

By ポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネル

Some stipulations in the guidelines and Terms of Use for the Pokémon Game Sound Library were changed from the Pokémon DP Sound Library. Data previously downloaded from the Pokémon DP Sound Library can still be used under the current guidelines and Terms of Use for the Pokémon Game Sound Library (for Asian users) or under the previous guidelines and Terms of Use (for Western users). The previous guidelines and Terms of Use were made available in English and French on Pokémon.com after the service's shutdown.

Trivia

Screenshot of the 404 page

• The 404 error page for the site displays a ghost with the text "Begone..... / Intruders....." and a button labeled "Run", in reference to the Marowak ghost encountered at Pokémon Tower.

In other languages

Pokémon DP Sound Library

Language Title Canadian French Bibliothèque de sons Pokémon DP* Bibliothèque sonore Pokémon DP*

External links

• Pokémon Game Sound Library (Japanese)
• Pokémon Game Sound Library (Asian English)
• Pokémon DP Sound Library (English; archived)

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.