Music of Wild Arms

Albums for the video game Wild Arms contain music from the original title of the Wild Arms series developed by Japanese software company Media.Vision. Two separate albums, one released alongside the 1996 PlayStation game, and the other ten years later, contain the original background music from the game, while a single drama album contains a spoken-word interpretation of events in the game. All music featured on each album was composed by Michiko Naruke and carries a contemporary American Western feel intermixed with electronic instrumentation.[1] As each album was only released commercially in Japan, track names contain original Japanese character names and spelling.

Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack

Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Michiko Naruke
Released JPN January 22, 1997
JPN October 1, 1999 (re-print)
Recorded Hitokuchizaka Studio
(Keio University)
Genre Video game music
Length 68:17
Label Antinos Records
SPE Visual Works (re-print)
Producer Michiko Naruke, Kazuhiko Toyama
Michiko Naruke chronology
@MIDI's Drive
(1996)		 Wild Arms Original Game Music
(1997)		 @MIDI's Love
(1997)
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The Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack is a music soundtrack for the video game Wild Arms, and was released one month after the PlayStation title on January 22, 1997. The album was marketed and sold exclusively in Japan, and was issued a re-print two years later in October 1999.[1] While the original release was published under the now-defunct Antinos Records label, the re-issue was sold under Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works, later known as Aniplex.

Album information

All tracks were composed by Michiko Naruke, who would be responsible for the majority of the Wild Arms series' soundtracks in the coming years.[2] The music of Wild Arms is highly reminiscent of classic American Westerns and related films, which coincides with the game's setting in a fantasy world made to resemble the American Old West. While the tracks contains a number of synthesized instruments, recurring sounds include mandolins, acoustic and electric guitars, woodwind instruments, trumpets, and whistling alongside a score composed in a classical style.[3] Arrangement for each track was handled by Kazuhiko Toyama.[4]

The soundtrack contains a total of 36 tracks, representing less than half of all the total background music in the game.[3] All tracks are contained on a single disc, with the order and arrangement of the pieces being different than their presentation in actual game-play. Among the songs present are the original Japanese ending theme "Swearing to the Blue Sky" performed by Machiko Watanabe[5] that was not used for the North American or PAL region releases of Wild Arms, and "Clash and a Promise", which features a choral accompaniment by students of Tokyo's Keio University sung in Latin.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Into the Wilderness" – 2:13
  2. "The Demon Tower that Pierces the Heavens" – 0:58
  3. "Return to Ashes and Dust" – 1:21
  4. "Burning Castle (Prologue 1)" – 3:09
  5. "Clash and a Promise (Prologue 2)" – 2:43
  6. "Funeral Procession" – 2:24
  7. "The Morning the Journey Begins" – 2:43
  8. "A Sister's Sentiments" – 2:21
  9. "Ending Theme: Swearing to the Blue Sky" – 4:49
  10. "Hope" – 2:16
  11. "Wayfarer of the Wilderness" – 1:36
  12. "Cold Darkness (Dungeon)" – 1:31
  13. "Critical Hit!" – 0:57
  14. "Town" – 1:53
  15. "Passing through the Stormy Seas (Bartholomew's Theme)" – 1:34
  16. "The Bird That Soars Through the Skies (Emma's Theme)" – 1:07
  17. "Courage (Dungeon)" – 1:28
  18. "Getting Rich Quick! (Zakk's Theme)" – 0:52
  19. "Battle: Mid-Boss" – 1:28
  20. "All Alone in the World" – 2:43
  21. "Lone World" – 2:04
  22. "Village of the Eruu" – 1:32
  23. "Adlehyde Castle" – 1:41
  24. "Abbey" – 1:35
  25. "Huh? (Zet's Theme)" – 0:59
  26. "Fake Wedding Ceremony on the Sea" – 2:11
  27. "Don't Think I'm a Child, I'm a Young Lady! (Jane's Theme)" – 0:46
  28. "The Warrior's Whistle (Boomerang's Theme)" – 2:18
  29. "A Moment of Tension (Lady Harken's Theme)" – 1:17
  30. "From Anxiety to Nervousness" – 2:05
  31. "Rody's Companions" – 1:16
  32. "To the Sea of Stars" – 2:12
  33. "Battle: Mother" – 1:31
  34. "Battle: Ziek" – 1:21
  35. "Knight Quarters" – 2:04
  36. "Into the Wilderness ~ Into New Voyages" – 2:44

Wild Arms Complete Tracks

Wild Arms Complete Tracks
Soundtrack album by Michiko Naruke
Released JPN April 5, 2006
Genre Video game music
Length 119:15
Label King Records
Producer Michiko Naruke, Kazuhiko Toyama, Takeo Miratsu
Michiko Naruke chronology
Wild Arms: The 4th Detonator Original Score
(2005)		 Wild Arms Complete Tracks
(2006)		 Wild Arms Music the Best -feeling wind-
(2006)

Wild Arms Complete Tracks is a VGM soundtrack for Wild Arms featuring music from the PlayStation title in its original format released in Japan in April 2006. Unlike the previously released Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack, which only contained a limited number of pieces from the game, Complete Tracks features 79 pieces of background music across two discs, including all selections from the original album.[7] The album was distributed by King Records, a subsidiary of literary and manga company Kodansha Limited.[5]

Album Information

All tracks were composed by Michiko Naruke, and lend themselves to the American West thematic present throughout the game. Like the Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack, it contains a number of tracks representing a wide variety of synth instruments, with accompanying vocals on select tracks. Though the album houses all the music from its predecessor, it contains an additional 43 tracks of previously unreleased tracks.[7]

An additional production credit was given to Takeo Miratsu, who served as an arranger for certain tracks, while Michiko Naruke and Kazuhiko Toyama retained their roles as arrangers and primary album supervisors.[7] The track "Holy Mother of Darkness" contains addition choral music from Keio University's chorus, originally recorded in 1996 and released with the Wild Arms video game in Japan.[6]

Track listing

Disc 1 – 54:59

  1. To the End of the Wilderness
  2. Hope
  3. The Cold Darkness (Dungeon)
  4. Things That Crawl in the Dark
  5. Battle: Mid-Boss
  6. Win!
  7. Omen of Ostracism
  8. Alone in the World
  9. Oh, Abbey Maiden...
  10. Abbey
  11. Way of Illusion
  12. Getting Rich Quick! (Jack's Theme)
  13. Courage (Dungeon)
  14. Critical Hit!
  15. An Escapable Situation
  16. Shock
  17. Taboo Storyteller
  18. Adlehyde Castle
  19. Ancient Civilization Exhibition
  20. The Sky Is Being Torn Apart
  21. World of Loudening Screams
  22. Against the Backdrop of World Destruction
  23. From Anxiety to Impatience
  24. The Sharp Edge of an Assault
  25. Power Fighter
  26. Defeated
  27. Retreat
  28. After the Chaos and Destruction
  29. A Sorrowful Separation
  30. Funeral Procession
  31. Wild Arms
  32. Migrant Bird of the Wilderness (Rudy's Theme)
  33. Marsh Where the Migrant Birds Gather
  34. Inn
  35. The Power Which Supports the World
  36. Knight Quarters
  37. A Wound Carved Upon The Heart
  38. Castle of Flames (Prologue 1)
  39. Lamenting and a Promise (Prologue 2)

Disc 2 – 64:16

  1. Ancient Shrine
  2. Village of the Elw
  3. Agitation to Destruction
  4. Kishum Flame
  5. Town
  6. Fallen into a Trap
  7. Not Just Any Kid, But A Lady! (Jane's Theme)
  8. A Moment of Tension (Lady Harken's Theme)
  9. False Wedding on the Sea
  10. Wh-What? (Zed's Theme)
  11. What You're Looking For Is on the Calm Beach
  12. Crossing Over the Raging Waves (Bartholomew's Theme)
  13. Suddenly
  14. Warrior's Whistle (Boomerang's Theme)
  15. Holy Mother of Darkness
  16. Eulogy of Ruin
  17. Collapse
  18. Rudy's Companions
  19. Separate World
  20. A Lonely Dream of Bygone Days
  21. The Miracle of Love
  22. The Bird Which Flies In the Sky (Emma's Theme)
  23. Running Spirit
  24. Fragments of Hope, Revival
  25. The Demon Tower that Pierces the Heavens
  26. Ballad of the Shadow Wolf
  27. A New Moon ~Malduke~
  28. Battle: Mother
  29. The Way Back
  30. To the Sea of Stars
  31. Battle: Zeik
  32. Return to Ashes
  33. "Asgard Did His Best, huh?"
  34. The Prologue Beginning From Here
  35. Morning of the Journey
  36. The Princess-Sorceress' Feelings
  37. The Journey Is Your Fellow Journeyers
  38. To the End of the Wilderness ~To a New Journey~
  39. Making An Oath to the Blue Sky
  40. Battle Demon

Wild Arms Drama vol. 1

Wild Arms Drama vol. 1
Soundtrack album by Michiko Naruke
Released JPN 1998
JPN June 29, 2002 (re-issue)
Genre Drama / Video game music
Length 48:18
Label Movic Co., Ltd
Producer Michiko Naruke
Michiko Naruke chronology
@MIDI's Dance
(1998)		 Wild Arms Drama vol. 1
(1998)		 @MIDI's Battle
(1999)

Wild Arms Drama vol. 1 (later released as simply Wild Arms Drama CD)[8] is a spoken-word drama album containing voice actors performing scenes from the video game Wild Arms. The acting is accompanied by background music from the game's soundtrack composed by Michiko Naruke, who also served as the album's producer. Originally released one year after the Original Game Soundtrack in 1998,[9] Wild Arms Drama was later re-issued in June 2002, both times under the Movic record label.[8]

Album information

Wild Arms Drama serves as an interpretation of various scenes from the original game, which itself featured only written dialogue.[10] As the album was only intended only for Japanese audiences, it is performed entirely in the Japanese language, with sound effects and background music added to increase realism. The album is divided into seven disproportionately sized chapters that take place at certain points throughout the original game, each one following events in the same order as they would appear in normal game-play, with extended and entirely new dialogue added to enhance the story. Background music featured on the album consists of unaltered tracks from the game's soundtrack, and sets the mood and location of each scene.

Originally meant to be the first part in a series of similar albums, Wild Arms Drama vol. 1 remained the only drama CD released for the original Wild Arms for four years until it was re-released in 2002 with the "volume" designation removed. This album later began the trend of issuing only a single drama album for successive games of the Wild Arms series.[11][12]

Track listing

  1. "Fall of Arctica (Prologue)" – 4:32
  2. "Into the Wilderness (Opening)" – 1:59
  3. "The Dragon Shire (Traveling with Friends)" – 8:10
  4. "Lady Harken (Aftermath)" – 2:37
  5. "Demon's Lab and Forward (Annoyance)" – 8:50
  6. "Return to Arctica (Elmina)" – 12:15
  7. "Revival and Milama (Epilogue)" – 9:55

References

  1. 1 2 "RPGFan Soundtrack - Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack" RPGFan. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Release - Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack" MusicBrainz. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Wild Arms Original Soundtrack Review" Soundtrack Central. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Chudah's Corner - Wild Arms Original Game Soundtrack" Chudah's Corner. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  5. 1 2 "Wild Arms Complete Tracks" Game Music Revolution. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  6. 1 2 "Wild Arms" English-language version credits. Sony Computer Entertainment, 1997.
  7. 1 2 3 "RPGFan Soundtrack - Wild Arms Complete Tracks" RPGFan. URL accessed on February 25, 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Wild Arms Drama CD" Game Music Revolution. URL accessed on February 26, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Michiko Naruke Discography" Lost Fantasy. URL accessed on February 26, 2007.
  10. ↑ "IGN - Wild Arms" IGN.com. URL accessed on February 26, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Wild Arms 2nd Ignition Original Drama" Game Music Revolution. URL accessed on February 26, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Wild Arms Advanced 3rd Drama" Game Music Revolution. URL accessed on February 26, 2007.

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