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I was looking at Jonathan Coulton's page on Wikipedia, out of sheer boredom, and eventually clicked on the page for Still Alive, the credits theme for Portal, which was written by Coulton.

Right at the bottom of the page, Wikipedia says that at an event called "Press Start - Symphony of Games" in 2009, a Japanese version of Still Alive was performed.

I got curious, followed the source, and indeed, it was. Sung by Mariko Otsuka, and translated into Japanese by Kazushige Nojima of Final Fantasy fame.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062850/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/08/sound_current_2009_press_start_symphony_of_g.php

The page only links to a regular upload of the song in English, no link whatsoever to a recording of the Japanese version. Youtube's search also didn't help me much.

So apparently, there's a lost Japanese version of Still Alive, performed at a Japanese symphonic concert, at which Jonathan Coulton was present.

Any leads towards finding that would be great.

I was looking at JoCo's page on Wiki and eventually clicked on Still Alive's page. At the bottom of the page, Wikipedia says that at Press Start - Symphony of Games - 2009, a Japanese version of Still Alive was performed.

I got curious, followed the source, and indeed, it was. Sung by Mariko Otsuka, and translated by Kazushige Nojima of Final Fantasy fame.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062850/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/08/sound_current_2009_press_start_symphony_of_g.php

The page only links to a regular upload of the song in English, no link whatsoever to a recording of the Japanese version. Youtube's search also didn't help me much.

So apparently, there's a lost Japanese version of Still Alive, performed at a Japanese symphonic concert, at which Jonathan Coulton was present.

I'd love to find it someday, man.