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[TriAceJP]

Legend of Mana is my favourite OST.

You can guess how excited I am for this.

 

[Young Magus]

Oh God!

Like, Like someone hold me fam.

 

[Falk]

YEEEEESSSS

Still not the Cross Arrange we've been waiting years for, Mitsuda.

Spoiler

More Mitsuda celtic flair is always a good thing

 

[chrono01]

Yes please! I'll definitely be importing this.

 

[Ostinatto]

no sample?

something like this ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUclDZHax0w

 

[fedexpeon]

Yasunori Mitsuda=instant buy.

 

[AnGer]

Haruka naru's artwork looks flippin' amazing - like a classic prog rock/art rock album cover. Wonderful.

 

[Kazer]

The Chrono album is up on the NA Square store too now.

Can't find the Legend of Mana one yet.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The Chrono album is up on the NA Square store too now.

Can't find the Legend of Mana one yet.

Hmm... Do they still use Digital River? If not I'll cancel my Amazon.jp order.

 

[Kazer]

Hmm... Do they still use Digital River? If not I'll cancel my Amazon.jp order.

I can't find anything official, but it sounds like they ditched Digital River when they set up their new online store a few months ago.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

OMG just found out about this.

Hopefully it's REALLY Mitsuda working on this album, unlike Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album which was a fucking scam (Mitsuda only did 2 tracks out of 14 on that album).

The involvement of Millennial Fair gives me good hope, however.

 

[Jotamide]

The Chrono album is up on the NA Square store too now.

Can't find the Legend of Mana one yet.

SE store exclusive? If that's the case I'll have to pass. Digital River's shipping charges to Canada are outrageous.

 

[Evo X]

SE store exclusive? If that's the case I'll have to pass. Digital River's shipping charges to Canada are outrageous.

I thought they stopped using digital river after the Kingdom Hearts HD fuck up?

 

[entremet]

Do they ever put these things on iTunes or Amazon MP3?

I hate having to buy CDs for Japanese stuff.

 

[LaneDS]

Do they ever put these things on iTunes or Amazon MP3?

I hate having to buy CDs for Japanese stuff.

Was going to ask the same thing. Definitely do not want a CD of this, but do want to be able to purchase it digitally.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Laura Shigihara (To The Moon singer) is working on this arrange album

 

[tokkun]

Hmm, so does the involvement of Millennial Fair mean this album will be Celtic folk-rock fusion like Creid?

I went back and listened to Brink of Time a couple months ago, and that acid jazz style hasn't really held up so well since the 90s.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Hmm, so does the involvement of Millennial Fair mean this album will be Celtic folk-rock fusion like Creid?

Probably. Mitsuda is currently doing a series of concerts in Japan with Millennial Fair, and judging from their instrument list they surely still have a Celtic style. The lineup of the concerts and the lineup of the album might be slightly different though (we know Laura Shigihara has joined for the album for example).

By the way here they are playing Balto in a pub in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjtHQAtn_1s

 

[XxSlasherMcGirkxX]

Mitsuda and anything Chrono = squealing like a school girl on prom night

 

[SuperAngelo64]

The album will have a Bossa Nova flair to the rearrangements.

Already need this.

 

[BasilZero]

Wow never knew this was happening :O!

I need this in my life lol.

 

[DarknessTear]

From Mitsuda's twitter:

 

[Spikematic]

Mitsuda and anything Chrono = squealing like a school girl on prom night

Pretty much. So hyped!

 

[anaron]

Probably. Mitsuda is currently doing a series of concerts in Japan with Millennial Fair, and judging from their instrument list they surely still have a Celtic style. The lineup of the concerts and the lineup of the album might be slightly different though (we know Laura Shigihara has joined for the album for example).

By the way here they are playing Balto in a pub in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjtHQAtn_1s

this is awesome! I would've DIED witnessing this IRL

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Apparently Sarah Alainn (who did the ending theme for Xenoblade) will also sing on a few tracks. Her + Mitsuda + Supershigi + Millennial Fair + Chrono + Creid-style = potentially best album ever?

 

[Mental Atrophy]

I hope we get a new arrangement of Ruined Sparkling City from Legend of Mana. It's a track I don't see people talk about very often, but is quite neat. This arrangement is also neat.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

https://twitter.com/YasunoriMitsuda/status/643782992628838400

Mitsuda just announced 5 of the tracks on the album:

-Scars of Time (possibly vocal)
-Radical Dreamers (vocal)
-Marbule (instrumental)
-Corridors of Time (vocal)
-To Far Away Times (vocal)

We know that Radical Dreamers and To Far Away Times will be sung by Sarah Àlainn in English, while Corridors of Time will be sung by Laura Shigihara also in English.

 

[DJIzana]

Page is up for samples. Day freaking 1!!!

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/

 

[lobdale]

How do I listen? On mobile Chrome here.

Edit: (wups, guess it only works on the desktop site)

 

[Evo X]

Page is up for samples. Day freaking 1!!!

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/harukanaru/

Amazing. How do I order this in US?

 

[reelbigtink]

I would also like to buy this hotness here in the states. Sounds/looks amazing.

 

[TriAceJP]

Oh my god, the first track is a jazz lounge arrangement of Hometown Domina.

Take all of my money. I don't care. Just... just take it. Slide the disc under the door, I can't be seen like this.

 

[cheststrongwell]

The lyrics on those Chrono songs are awful. The Legend of Mana tracks sound amazing though.

 

[dehydratedbabies]

Didn't like any of those samples :/

 

[jackal27]

If anyone is not digging the samples or just doesn't want to wait, I would recommend checking out these:

http://thechronosymphony.com/

The quality and composition is absolutely amazing. I just bought them last week. I'm not into video game compositions with vocals so I'll be sticking with these I believe.

 

[jholmes]

SE store exclusive? If that's the case I'll have to pass. Digital River's shipping charges to Canada are outrageous.

Wow you are not kidding.

Might have to import from Japan if they're the same product. Ridiculous that that would be cheaper but it probably is by quite a bit.

 

[jb1234]

The CT samples are a big disappointment but I was already setting myself up for that when I heard they were going the vocals route. In contrast, the LoM album sounds like it'll be a blast and I can't wait for that one.

 

[MMarston]

Kinda liked the To Far Away Times sample


Apart from that

 

[jett]

Vocal albums?

I didn't ask for this. I didn't ask for this at all.

 

[chrono01]

The vocal songs are...okay, I'm interested to hear more of the non-vocal tracks, though. Marbule was pretty nice.

 

[PfantzyPantz]

I really dig the samples, love me some vocal remixes.

 

[TheAggroCraig]

Well... I need the Chrono one in my life for sure.

 

[duckroll]

Marbule sounds great and is what I expected from the album. The vocal tracks are pretty iffy, and it's disappointing that once again Mitsuda isn't even doing most of the arrangements himself. :/

 

[Hades Hotgun]

I really liked the samples, though I wasn't terribly happy with the lyrics in the Laura Shigihara rendition of Corridors of Time.

Otherwise I am all on board for this.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Reminds me of FF Pray back in the day, which may or may not be my favorite FF album. Definitely interested in this.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Hell yeah, happy to fork over whatever they ask for some of the best game music ever written.

 

[One Punch-Man]

Need this

 

[wmlk]

Marbule sounds like a dream come true. I always whistled that Home World tune on the way home.

Seeing Laura Shigihara on the credits makes me want to play Finding Paradise finally. I was introduced to her when I played To the Moon.

 

[Famassu]

Amazing. How do I order this in US?

CDJapan is my preferred place for Japanese OSTs, if you want physical CDs. Not sure if they are the cheapest, but they've mostly been cheaper than the SQEX Store (except maybe when they've had sales).

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SQEX-10510
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SQEX-10501

 

[SiegfriedFM]

What? People hating on Sarah Alainn? Both her tracks were amazing, goosebumps all over.