Part 83: The Music of Tales of the Abyss

Bonus Update: The Music of Tales of the Abyss

So as was discussed earlier in the thread, Abyss's soundtrack was composed by Matoi Sakuraba, who has composed every game known to man from Mario Tennis to Dark Souls. His work is, to put it bluntly, a mixed bag. 90% of his stuff is completely indistinguishable from one another. The remaining 10% is fucking amazing, however. Abyss's ratio is a little better, somewhere around 30/70 amazing/boring mark.

This post chronicles all of the music for updates before I started adding the music. From that point onward, the music can be found linked in the update it debuted in. It's also all in a playlist on my youtube channel.

There be spoilers here! I recommend not checking out music until it's been linked in an update!

Town/Location Music
The Place of Rest (Luke's Manor)
The Grocer's Hamlet (Engeve)
The Fortified City (St. Binah)
The Frontier Fortress (Kaitzur)
Port Town (All city ports)
The Distribution Center (Chesedonia)
Royal Capital of Light (Baticul)
Kingdom of the Sky (Baticul Castle)
Desert Oasis
The Mining Town (Akzeriuth)
The City of Guardians (Yulia City)
The City of Fon Machines (Belkend)
The Order of Lorelei's Base (Daath)
The Silver Land of Snow (Keterburg)
Casion
The Floating Imperial City (Grand Chokmah)
Blue Royal Palace (Grand Chokmah Palace)
The City of Craftsman (Sheridan)


Dungeon Music
Cheagle Woods
Tartarus
The Fubras River
Choral Castle
Katsbert Ferry
Abandoned Factory
Zao Ruins
Deo Pass
Akzeriuth Mining Tunnel (Tunnel 14)
Passage Rings
Wyon Mirroed Cave (Ortion Cavern)
Aramis Flooded Cavern (Aramis Spring)
Oracle HQ
Theor Forest
Nature Dungeon (Shurrey Hill + Tataroo Valley)


Battle/Boss Music
The Arrow was Shot (Part 1 Battle Theme)
Fang Which Wants Blood (Generic Boss Theme)
The Edge of a Decision (Part 2 Battle Theme)
Awkward Justice (God General Boss Theme)


World map Music
New World (Part 1 World Map)
Wedge (Tartarus)
Qliphoth
Guilty, Duty, And- (Part 2 World Map)
Wings of Hope (Albiore)


Oracle Knight Themes
This gets it's own section becase there are a handful of songs that the Oracle Knights / God Generals get that all have the same motif, which is quite nice.
Oracle Coercion
Oracle Sorrow
Oracle Conspiracy


Other Music
Prologue (Intro Cutscene)
Abyss (Title Screen)
Crisis
Serious (I have no idea why I picked this image, roll with it.)
Pleasentness
Scramble
Miserable Spectacle
Confrontation
Van
Van Truths
The Frequenters (Dark Wings Theme)
Meeting
Akzeriuth's Collapse
Wish and Sadness
Inbetween 1 and 0


Expect the sidequest update tomorrow, and the update after that either Friday or Saturday.