The minimum purchase order quantity for the product is 1. Add to cart. The Grandia Complete Soundtrack includes the full Grandia Original Soundtrack and the arranged album 'Vent' on a total of 5 CD, presented within a deluxe package featuring a brand new piece of artwork made especially for this edition by Toshiaki Hontani, who worked as the co-director and animator on Grandia.
In addition, the arrange album of , Vent , out of print in Japan for years, entirely arranged and performed by Noriyuki Iwadare and his best musicians, is included as a supplement to the original soundtrack, on an additional disc!
To complete this great release, the first orders will received a mini-Shikishi featuring a completely original illustration by Toshiaki Hontani, the original character designer from the game! A Japanese Shikishi is a sheet of fine handmade paper affixed to a hard backing.
One track, "Eating Dinner," is a unique piece, and will be discussed separately. Of the 22 pieces on the Deus album, seven are situation specific. Two of these — "Memory of the Gods" and "Opening Act" — are actual scene music and, in fact, the only scene music of the entire game. The rest are looped pieces used in specific situations in order to impart whatever emotion of the time may be: horror, reverence, relief, etc.
The bulk of these pieces are the usual RPG fare: heavy and tense strings used to communicate a particular instance of evil imminence, somewhat thin and bombastic trumpet and string arrangements to communicate courage in a title theme. Of particular interest here are the pieces "A Deus" and "Granas Sanctuary" They are different arrangements of the same melody.
Both are used as the compulsory reverent and hallowed music of any game. However, where "A Deus" is employed as a pseudo character theme, "Granas Sanctuary" is more of an environmental piece used for the interior of a location. Needless to say, both pieces are gentle and relaxing, and both feature actual singing. The melody itself is slow and sappy, though heartfelt, it seems. The advantage to the "Granas Sanctuary" version is that the voices are done more as a choir.
As such, the overly sentimental nature of the piece is lost in the more reverent feel that the piece is intended to emit. The track begins with a string intro and immediately enters into the trumpet and string carried melody of the piece — very much in vogue, by the way, with the original Grandia theme.
The composition sounds a bit bombastic at times, but is overall a fun tune, if a bit shallow. And that is the case with the majority of these situation specific pieces: fun, if a bit shallow.
Each of these themes are fair and enjoyable, though none are outstanding. In fact, each one is almost exactly as average as the other: not a single one is bad but neither is a single one excellent. Suffice to say that each theme is perfectly suited to the particular town it's located in.
While these themes are fun, mood setting, and engaging, each one is utterly forgettable. All of these extravagantly titled town themes are a prime example of one of the fundamental impasses related to notion of the video game soundtracks, in fact.
These pieces are excellent for what they were intended to be. That is, they are excellent soundtrack material. Apart from the game, however, the music is really quite dull and lame. Community Hub. Grandia II is back and better than ever! The classic Japanese RPG returns with enhanced visuals, new difficulty level, and features both keyboard and gamepad support! Recent Reviews:. All Reviews:. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Is this game relevant to you? Sign In or Open in Steam.
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