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Catalog Number: KICA-7696/7 |
| Released On: April 5, 1996 |
| Composed By: Miki Higashino, Tappy Iwase, Taniguchi, Mayuko Kageshita, Hiroshi Tamawari |
| Arranged By: Miki Higashino, Tappy Iwase, Taniguchi, Mayuko Kageshita, Hiroshi Tamawari |
| Published By: King Records |
| Recorded At: STUDIO YOU |
| Number of CDs: 2 |
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Tracklist:
Disc One
01 - Into a World of Illusions
02 - Beginning Theme
03 - Royal Palace Consultation
04 - Eternal Empire
05 - Beautiful Golden City
06 - Main Theme Arranged~Guitar Version
07 - Fly, Black!
08 - Black Forest
09 - Touching Theme
10 - Tiny Characters in a Huge World
11 - Distant Mountain
12 - Penpe
13 - Confrontation with Monsters
14 - Victory Theme
15 - Rock Rockland
16 - Theme of Tension~Ensemble Version
17 - Theme of Sadness~Ensemble Version
18 - Eternal Flow
19 - Joy Joy Time
20 - Intrusion
21 - Mysterious Forest
22 - People of Great Pride
23 - Theme of Despair
24 - Peaceful People
25 - Rising Tide
26 - Theme of Perversion
27 - This Sweetie is the Town Treasure
28 - Narcy's Theme
29 - Gorgeous Scarleticia
30 - Dancing Girl
Total Time:
60'21"
Disc Two
01 - Collision!
02 - Victory March
03 - Tense Crisis
04 - Theme of Sadness~Guitar Version
05 - Inside the Silence
06 - Gathering of Warriors
07 - Theme of Tension~Impact Version
08 - This is Just a Rumor
09 - Forgotten Days
10 - Passacaglia
11 - Main Theme Arranged~Ensemble Version
12 - Island Fortress
13 - Glorious Island Fortress
14 - Blue Oceans, Blue Skies
15 - An Old Irish Song
16 - Gate
17 - Theme of a Moonlit Night
18 - Theme of the Advancing Army
19 - Echoes of the Changed Past
20 - Ultimate Enemy
21 - Theme of Tension~Tama-dator
22 - Requiem
23 - Avertuneiro Antes Lance Mao (After the Battle)
24 - Tropical Bath FURO-mix
25 - Cursed Bath~Long Steam Baths Are Taboo
26 - Theme of Thoughtlessness
27 - Gakkuri
28 - Fanfare
Total Time:
59'32"
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Genso Suikoden OGS was a phenomenal breakthrough for Konami, marking a spot for them in what seemed to be a new style of VGM in itself...Impossible to describe, but great to listen to.
If you have played a significant amount of Suikoden, you should know that you are not only in the majority of RPG Fans out there to have played it, and that you are much more likely to enjoy this soundtrack than those who haven't played the game. Because almost every track is used only in one specific occasion, each song will take you back to different spots in the game.
The highlights of this soundtrack are most definitely the opening and ending tracks. The opening is epic, but not heavy. The ending, a choral vocal singing in some romance language (Italian? Portugese? I don't know), left the gamers with a definite feeling of accomplishment (even MORE definite if you got all 108 characters)...If you never played the game, the song still leaves you feeling satisfied with the soundtrack itself. It feels like every track before it was written just to build up to that point.
The soundtrack is quality through and through...No track is worth skipping, each is uniquely enjoyable. Many tracks have synth vocal sounds in them...I don't know about you, but I couldn't tell the difference between synth and real if I tried. Check out disc 1 track 24's sample to see what I mean. The only little problem I see in this whole soundtrack is track placement...specifically, throwing the cute little bonus tracks after what would be the ending of the storyline. It sort of bothers me, hearing this wonderful piece and then hearing these little "bleep-blip-you got some treasure!" themes. Other than that, I cannot see why one wouldn't want this soundtrack.
If you own any other Suikoden soundtrack but for some reason never managed to pick this up, there is probably something wrong with you. If you haven't heard any Suikoden music yet, I'll consider not deeming it a crime as long as you hastily buy this soundtrack. Game Music Online sells Genso Suikoden OGS for $43...That's $21 a disc for a soundtrack that is likely to become rare after this and a few other online stores run out of stock with it.
Reviewed by: Patrick Gann
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