Part 42: Soundtrack Discussion 5
Time to post the musical highlights of Act 2!
Ryoshima Coast This, this right here? My favorite track in the whole game. I know I said it’s tough to pick favorites from so many good tunes, but this is mine. I just love it. It’s grand, sweeping, majestic, and conveys the sense of discovery and adventure perfectly! If you don’t listen to this at least twice, you have no soul.
Cursed Sei-an City A fitting tune to go along with the stagnant, hopeless air of Sei-an City. Interestingly, the opening notes of this track are the same ones that Komuso plays on his flute.
Dig, Ammy, Dig! Another theme for the digging mini-game. This time, the stakes are higher: you’re digging to save Sei-an City!
Rao’s Theme An elegant tune with a sensual twist. It suits Priestess Rao quite well.
Sei-an City: Commoner’s Quarter A happy, up-beat tune. Now the city is back to normal and the people can go about their lives!
Sei-an City: Aristocratic Quarter A more somber theme, stately and dignified. All is not well in the city quite yet, and the nobles know it, being closer to the Imperial Palace.
Kaguya’s Theme An elegant, mysterious tune, with a celestial feel. Just who is Kaguya, anyway?
Kaguya’s Journey A sad tune. It represents Kaguya saying goodbye to her beloved grandfather and starting her journey in search of herself, and her past.
Queen Himiko’s Theme Her realm is besieged by a threat she’s powerless to stop. All she can do is pray. This tune is heavy with sorrow and hopelessness, sad and beautiful.
We’ll Always Be Together! This is the friendship theme, bouncy and hopeful. It’s short, but sweet!
Orca’s Theme A majestic and nautical tune! It’s perfect for riding around on the ocean blue.
The Dragon Palace Mysterious, elegant, and underwater-y. This theme fits the Dragon Palace perfectly.
Inside the Water Dragon Similar to the Dragon Palace’s theme, but with an ominous, tense, undertone.
Oni Island Ominous and threatening. This is not a place where Amaterasu is welcome! She’d better stay on her guard.
Boss Fight: Ninetails More mood music to get you primed for some serious butt-kicking! This bitch has had it coming for a long time!
That’ll do it! The next soundtrack discussion will be the last. I’ll be covering the best tunes from Chapter 6 and THE ENDGAME (and there are a lot, trust me). But that’s a ways off, yet. For now, it’s back to the game!
Vil posted:
The main point of the act 2 soundtrack discussion had better be the supreme and utter awesomeness of Ryoshima Coast.
I believe I have already made my opinion regarding the Ryoshima Coast music abundantly clear.
(Watch the Ryoshima Coast 1 video again if you forgot).