All I know is, I was waiting for this soundtrack, and now I have it. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 18 – Ukulele Trainee 18 – Babushca 07 – At Tokione This is my first real exposure to it, and I didn’t know what to expect beyond harp glissandos. The album is available at CD Japan for 3,500 Yen, and is worth every penny. 02 – Opoona Its soundtrack, by the Basiscape sound team (Sakimoto, et al), was being hailed in some distant corners of the Internet as a gem. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Not that there were no harps, but for the most part, the traditional Sakimoto sound is traded in for something sounds a little more like Basiscape’s projects with CAVE on shooters. 11 – Hotel Moon Forest 06 – Escape Electronic percussion and electronic tones dance around a live and highly reverberating violin, creating a contrast between old and new. © 2020 Emerald Shield Media LLC | Designed by Valkyrie Studio and MPT Creative. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. EU customers, we will have info on pre-orders via @BigwaxIO soon. Iwata’s “Ruins in the Wilderness” is a chill fest with droning pads and smooth percussion, while Kamikura’s “Meditation” will put you to sleep with its serene pads and chimes, drifting seamlessly from one idea to another. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 08 – At Intelligent Sea But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. I particularly love how it’s implemented into “Children of Tokione” (arranged by Mitsuhiro Kaneda) and “At Lifeborne,” the upbeat and futuristic accompaniments to exploring some of the game’s first cities, and “Valley of Wind” (arranged by Masaharu Iwata), where it appears from time to time during the player’s first journey into the wilderness outside of the dome cities. The melody is comprised of a doubled up harp and chromatic bell tones, and captures the playful and naïve character of Opoona on his journey to find his siblings perfectly. While I’m sure someone knows the full story, and there was probably some stupid legal red-tape involved, I don’t have the full story. 05 – Concert Hall Most believed he had worked mainly on the game’s battle themes, but as it turns out, there are a lot of cinematic cues on this soundtrack that you may not have remembered from the game or even the game soundtrack rips that you may have been listening to when you thought this game would never get a soundtrack release. Listen. ...stop staring at my legs, and be on your way, weirdo. 20 – Port Town If you’re a fan of Sakimoto, Basiscape, Opoona, or quirky and playful electronic music, you need to pick this up. For as totally strange, new, and foreign this soundtrack is for the likes of Basiscape, it’s good that there are some measures of consistency taken. Pre-order Bloodstained Ritual of the Night on vinyl via @LimitedRunGames on 3/13! 17 – Garden of Arts 08 – Old Sanctuary 15 – Great Dunes 16 – Dark Force 18 – Blue Desert Stay tuned! 09 – Bravo To get the first order of business out of the way, I think most fans of this game (myself included) had believed that Hitoshi Sakimoto’s role on this soundtrack was minimal.