Not all that long ago, OSV very favourably reviewed Yuzo Koshiro’s Original Sound Track for Sekaiju no MeiQ (Etrian Odyssey III) and generated some very interesting dialogue between the readers. The music for these games has enjoyed quite a history of love from OSV, and I’m quite happy to carry on that tradition, or perhaps happy that this album deserves it.
Considering Yuzo Koshiro’s Ys contributions were one of my prime motivations for getting into game music, my lack of interest in this particular series might be a bit baffling. On the other hand, I don’t own a Nintendo DS (they’re marketed as primarily a girl-gamer gadget here in Australia, funnily enough) and I don’t play all that much anymore anyway. Except Final Fantasy: Dissidia, and ironically I quite dislike the arrangements for that.
So what right have I, you may ask, to talk about this album? Have I played the game? Nope. Do I intend to? Nope! And here’s where I reply to the hypothetical query with my own: how good must the music be for someone who hasn’t played the game to want to tell you all about an arranged version? The answer lies a click away… (more…)
