Feb 2, 2007, 10:37 PM
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I managed to snag it a couple of days ago, and it didn't excite me as much as Wild Arms 4's OST, not to say that it wasn't a good OST. Just that songs like Stationary Village Ciel and The Hand Reaching Out to the Sky were instantly more appealing. I didn't click as easily with Noriyasu Agematsu's stuff, although I still love a couple of tracks:
A Boy Meets Girl and ARMS - what a title! Almost as if there should be ellipses before "and ARMS". Sounds very much like a battle theme despite the very different and serene opening. Also has hints of the motive in Justice to Believe which I noticed in other songs too.
The Dry Wind Blows Over You - This must be a dungeon/field theme. I wouldn't get tired of dungeon crawling to this music. Not for a while. Very Western, despite "An Encounter in the Sunset" being the most Western sounding track, IMO.
Elvis PALB_3106 (: Battle) - Odd. I don't know how to describe the correlation between the title and what it sounds like.
The Road to Tomorrow Follows Behind You - I am strongly reminded of the river section in Wild Arms 4, where Jude saves the dog. Gives me an autumn impression with the flute, so that must be why.
It's a wonderful OST, but for me, this time every track is really good without any single one standing out as being any of my favourites I would listen to many times in succession. The goodness of the OST is more equally divided over a lot of songs rather than having a couple of good songs and a couple of bad songs. There are only 2 songs I willingly skip over out of all the tracks in the WA5 OST!
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Summonmaster