Dude, I don't even care about you. I replied to KeithCourage, not you; plus, at least I'm constructive and apparently know more about music than you, not to mention how the fact that freedom of opinion and speech goes both ways, not to people named Egg.

If it sounds like 'I want people to go along with my opinions', that's your own insecurity and general lack of non-alarmist intelligence talking.

Byakko

@Fabrice:
What? I don't know about Marumaro's theme, but he certainly did do Eternity... just with Sakaguchi's help.

Demaar

Fabrice

I'll put it this way- I definitely like it better than any Post FFVII soundtrack. I may have been a little hasty when I said its better than any FF OST :)

As some others have said, the end-boss theme was badass.

Snuffbox

w1ndwaker

So you're like what, the music police? Are we just supposed to go along with your opinions? Because that's what it sounds like you want us to do. I think I'll stick with my own opinions thanks.

EggmaniMN

Ah, LO's OST is a mixed bag. On one hand, I agree with criticisms that say there isn't a strong central theme throughout the music. There is a central theem, but it's not the focus of most of the pieces.

On another hand, I listened to some tracks from my old FF collection, and then listened to some of the Advent Children OST.

IMO, LO contains stronger overall themes whether for locations, or events for example. It's simply heavier on the orchestral scores for the most part (LO contains quite a bit of scores that sound pure synth), which means that memorable tunes are harder to pick out. Compared with AC, despite the fact that AC sounds a little more coherent, it didn't really stick out with any tune (besides naturally, One Winged Angel) to wow me or to make me actually listen.

Now about melding with the scenes...another mixed bag.

The battle and boss themes are all great, btw. I especially love the Boss theme with the cowbell; slight experimental, with a great beat and nice surprises.

For the most part, everything melds one. And then you have the END BOSS theme.

Now the END BOSS theme is GREAT. It takes a little too long to hit the real 'meat' of the song, but I love the Japanese drummers and especially the rap portion of it (which they should have used in more of the songs, and left in more in this final score).

The problem is 'End-Boss' himself is NOT great.

Not going to spoilered it, but it's a great end-boss song that's utterly wasted.

Also, as much as I love Uematsu's work, I gotta say, ease up on the guitar riffs. Case in point, the World Map music is lovely, with an acoustic guitar and flute crooning the main theme...until you hit...GUITAAAAAAAAAR!!!!! ElECTRIC GUITAAAAAAAR!!

Just...painful...and funny enough right after it kills your unprepared eardrums with the screeching, it drops back to the flute again like nothing happened =/

Byakko

Ulquiorra Schiffer

There are a LOT of tracks in Blue Dragon that are fantastic (Devi Tribe Village, the robot town village, overworld stuff, others) but Lost Odyssey does pretty much destroy it in every way.

A lot of you guys just pre-judge BD or LO off of whatever reviews you've read so once you hear the OST, it's all automatically worse than you'd ever think normally. In fact, I'd almost guarantee that most people wouldn't have minded Eternity at all had no one mentioned it before playing.

EggmaniMN

Robbotron

I absolutely cannot believe they used that godforsaken song in a Japanese RPG. It's just mind boggling. It's like how they used Aerosmith in Dead or Alive 4. It's not that the songs are terrible (I like Aerosmith, and Eternity only sorta makes me want to take a hammer to my ear drums), it's that they have absolutely no place in those games.

I vaguely remember one boss theme from Blue Dragon that was freaking awesome... why couldn't they have used that for all of the bosses is beyond me.

I also agree that Lost Odyssey's OST is fantastic. The boss music is great and I particularly love Uhra's theme. The "you just won a battle" theme is kind of strange though.

HungryWolf AKA C of theCandSshow.com

I hear good things from solid sources and of course typically composers become better with age. That said, I thought Blue Dragon's OST was very weak and Uematsu hasn't to my knowledge increased his prolificity or quality in the past few years or so. I'm crossing my fingers.

On a separate note, I'm interested as to the mixed reviews of Lost Odyssey. A good soundtrack doesn't quite have the same glitter if the moments it accompanies aren't similarly inspiring. That being, Uematsu certainly received the chance to work with the best and other than, again, Blue Dragon, I haven't reason to doubt Sakaguchi.

KeithCourage

IMHO its better than any Final Fantasy soundtrack

Snuffbox

But really, who needs the entire mediocre soundtrack just to listen to one of the greatest songs in that game: The boss theme against Destroy ~ The Seal is Broken.

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KeroseneClimax

unicronband

Dig it~

nihillasohen

ched

darthmole12

DataScream

ERMC

Optimistic Prime

xenovis

flagg

Madeira

TheContender

StopTheOncoming

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xenovis

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xenovis

agreed i imported the OST and absolutely move it. I didn't play enough of BD to get into the music but I might give this a try for the low price.

harlock_JDS

angry_gamer

evslin

shipwreck

Excellent O.S.T.

Now, do I get a decent size cover art as well?, I have never tried this website and will buy it in a heartbeat if its optimal like Itunes.

Fyren

Tuxy79

JoBo