In 2009 composer Steven Odden created an original masterpiece, "Poems of the Moon, Sky, and Sea" using the sounds and music from Discovery's KOTO sample DVD.  Some may wonder what can be created using sample software and this review is one fine example.

Here is what Steve Odden has to say about KOTO sample cd software.

"When I thought up Poems of the Moon, Sky, and Sea I was reading Tale of the Genji and looking at the art work of Amano Yoshitaka.
It was The art work in Tale of the Genji by Amano Yoshitaka that influenced me to create all the tracks for the cd and create the story.
Poems of the Moon, Sky, and Sea is a love story about the Moon, Sky, and Sea. Each track tells a story through music with sampled instruments.
The sounds and instrumnets are all part of the telling of this story.
I was able to create this CD because of the high quality samples on the KOTO sample CD. The main instruments Shakuhachi and Koto in sound totally authentic and give a very real performance.
My love of Inuyasha and Princess Mononoke turned me on to older styles of Japanese music. I consider the traditional Japanese music to be very impressionistic, like the paintings of that time.
I have always wanted to compose some sort of Japanese fairytale soundtrack; finally I was able to because of KOTO!"

You can hear samples of what Steve created by downloading them from Discovery Downloader.