Track 2 has another prevelant theme, a slow and relaxed piece that shows up again on track 31 of disc 2. The first disc, in my opinion, is the stronger of the two, with a number of memorable tracks. While I don't know the track names or how the music relates to the game, some of it is easy to spot. The rest of the soundtrack is excellent as well. The song itself is sung in Sweedish of all things, and it fits the music quite well. This theme is now one of my favorite OST themes ever, right up there with "Small Two of Pieces" from Xenogears, and far above "Somnia Memories" from Parasite Eve. The other main theme of the game is the "Song of Mana", which has two versions: a short one of only the fast part on disc 1, track 4, and the full version as the final track, disc 2, track 32. This piano music returns in full force at the end of disc 2, track 28, with even better piano writing than the beautiful Parasite Eve main theme. A beautiful piano starts out, followed by accompaniment, then it morphs into a haunting movie-esque form, and back again. Right from the start, the soundtrack pulls you in. She ended up creating one of the most masterful and beautiful game music scores ever written. Because of this, there is no real "standard" that Shimomura had to keep to, because the series already had a stylistic change musically. Shimomura is actually the third composer for the series - Kenji Ito wrote for the first one (which I enjoy greatly). As a result, I bought this soundtrack "blind", before I had played the game or heard much of the music. However, I am a huge fan of the music of Yoko Shimomura, enjoying both Super Mario RPG's music and its total oposite, Parasite Eve. I was never a fan of the music in Secret of Mana (not to mention the game itself), and the music I heard from the third game, while better, was still nothing that special. When I heard that Hiroi Kikuta was not composing the music for the fourth installment, but rather Yoko Shimomura, I could not have been any happier. In America, we got the first one as Final Fantasy Adventure, and the second one as Secret of Mana. "Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana" is the fourth game in Square's popular Seiken Densetsu series. Reviews Beautiful, breathtaking, simply amazing. Detailed release notes and credits at VGMdb.Nostalgic Song ~ Ending Theme of Mana's Story.The Great Virtue of Gathering Mana's Spirit ~ Theme of Mana.The One who Waits for the Breath of Destiny.
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