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Game Music, Japanese, Reviews
Guitar Collections – FINAL FANTASY IV (Review)
I’ve had my eyes on FFIV’s Guitar Collections for a long time, and I’m proud to make this my first purchase to Scarlet Moon Records after reading Jason’s articles for so long and thereby being inspired to become a VGM article writer like him. I only wish I wrote as much as he did!
Anyway, I am not familiar with William Reyes, and I’m not sure if I should be. But I really like what he’s done here; Scarlet Moon has surely picked the right man for the job. And what a great, fantastic job it is! In this review, I will cover tracks that stand out to me.
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Anime, Game Music, Japanese
Top 5 Works by Nobuo Uematsu (That Isn’t Final Fantasy)
When people think Nobuo Uematsu, they think “Final Fantasy music” – and that isn’t necessarily always the case. Uematsu has done much and more beyond Final Fantasy, and I hope this top 5 list will broaden your horizons!
This list will not only contain soundtracks, but also his other, original work!
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Game Music, Japanese
Square Enix Music Revives Trilogy Soundtracks of Two Classic Franchises
July 27, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Square Enix Music Revives Trilogy Soundtracks of Two Classic Franchises Share this
Square Enix Music is doing their best to gives fans of their earlier games some love by bringing the music of two of their classic game franchises to Blu-ray. The first three games of the Final Fantasy series as well as the SaGa series will be seeing their soundtracks brought to Blu-ray, along with video from the games and other art assets showcased in a special “Revival” disc series.
Both revivals are linear progressions. The first SaGa game was known as Final Fantasy Legend on the Gameboy in the states. As such, these revivals are the first three NES/Famicom and Gameboy games in the Final Fantasy series respectively. Nobou Uematsu worked on Final Fantasy 1-3, and also worked on both Legend and assisted with fellow composer Kenji Ito on Legend 2. (Ito would go on to composer for the Romancing SaGa games that succeeded the Legend series) Legend 3 was composed by Square newcomers Chihiro Fujioka and Ryuji Sasai.
The Blu-ray releases will not only feature the soundtracks to the games, but also gameplay and other art assets, as revealed by the Square Enix Music twitter.
【2018年8月15日発売】FFシリーズの原点の楽曲がゲーム映像付きBlu-rayでリバイバル！「FINAL FANTASY I・II・III Original Soundtrack Revival Disc」！ 今週はサンプル動画はお休みして制作中のブックレットの一部をチラ見せ！ 詳細はぜひ製品版で！ #FFリバイバルサントラhttps://t.co/MbVsTGEvlm pic.twitter.com/FiLOt7PGWS
— SQEX MUSIC (@sem_sep) July 25, 2018
The SaGa 1,2,3 Original Soundtrack Revival Disc will be available on the Square Enix Music site and Amazon Japan on August 8th, while the Final Fantasy I, II, III Original Soundtrack Revival Disc will be available on August 15th.
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Game Music, Japanese
Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Rockman X with Anniversary Collection Soundtrack
It’s been 25 years since the Super Famicom/SNES successor to the Blue Bomber, Mega Man X, was released. As such, Sony Music and Nintendo have released a special soundtrack collection to commemorate the musical history of the sequel series.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Capcom’s hit action game Rockman X series releases a commemoration album with 27 new tracks made for Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack and Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack 2, plus 1 bonus track specially created for this album, all provided by popular composer Yasumasa Kitagawa. Newly illustrated cover artwork by Mizuno Keisuke.
The soundtrack seems to pay homage to the music of the Mega Man/Rockman series music as a whole and features the following track list.
1.THE WORLD OF X
2.ORBIT
3.GALLERY (RELAXED)
4.GIVE IT A SHOT
5.PRESAGE
6.GRAVITY
7.STAGE START
8.X – BOSS 2
9.X2 – BOSS 2
10.X3 – BOSS 2 (EXTENDED)
11.X4 – BOSS
12.X5 – BOSS (EXTENDED)
13.X6 – BOSS
14.GAME OVER
15.WARNING
16.RE;FUTURE
17.GIVE IT A SHOT (EXTENDED)
18.STAGE CLEAR
19.GRAVITY (RESULT)
20.OVERCOME
21.RE;FUTURE FEAT.ERICA
22.TOTAL RESULT
23.GALLERY
24.THE CRISIS CONTINUES
25.END OF FILE
26.BREAK OUT
27.RE;FUTURE FEAT.JANET
28.ORBIT (NOSTALGIC)The Rockman X Anniversary Collection Soundtrack releases today and is available for around $25 from PlayAsia and CDJapan.
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Game Music, Japanese
Splatoon 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Octotune- Releases July 18th
The Splatoon games have always had a hand it marketing their music as much as their gameplay. Splatoon 2, which was released last year, it no exception as it’s about to see it’s Octo Expansion drop its own soundtrack.The Octotune soundtrack will be two disc long. The first disc will include songs added to the game via updates and the upcoming Octo Expansion. The second disc will have the Game Party Japan 2018 performance tracks. Of course, no Splatoon music collection would be complete without our favorite idols. Off the Hook will definitely be on it, and for all you die hard fans the second Octotune disk will also contain recordings from one of their recent live performances.
The album contains 71 tracks covering the aforementioned content from the expansion and more. The Splatoon 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Octotune- releases July 18th to import retailers Play-Asia and CDJapan.
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Game Music, Japanese
Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack Releases July 13th
July 11, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack Releases July 13th Share this
The original soundtrack to Square-Enix’s new action RPG, Octopath Traveler, containing the songs that colorize the fantastical world that the game presents to the player, will be releasing on the same day as the game itself.
The 4-disc album contains 80 tracks encompassing the game’s music as you take control of the game’s characters and traverse the different lands of Octopath. We previewed some of the music of the soundtrack back in March with a sampler release, and now it’s come time for the full shebang from composer Yasunori Nishiki to be released.
Now with Octopath Traveler releasing this Friday, July 13th (with hopefully no big, Friday the 13th unlucky game breaks on launch), the game’s soundtrack will be releasing simultaneously. You will be able to pick up the Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack on Amazon, Play-Asia and the Square-Enix Music store.
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Game Music, Japanese, Reviews
STORMBLOOD: FINAL FANTASY XIV Original Soundtrack (Review)
Finally, it’s here! The FFXIV Stormblood soundtrack is in my hands. What took them so long? Back in the PlayStation era, I guess it wasn’t exactly rare that a soundtrack release wouldn’t come until a full year after – but now, it usually takes a month.
Regardless, a year has passed since the expansion released – and much and more music has been amassed since then. I’m pleased to announce that the soundtrack contains all tracks added from Patch 4.0 – 4.3; a whopping 105 tracks in total! Does Stormblood really compare to the extremely fitting music of Heavensward?
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