![]() ![]() guitar line that dominates the first half of the piece, only adding violin towards the end of the loop, helping to flesh out its excellent melody. “Decent Destructors,” while offering all of the aforementioned elements, is certainly more rock focused with its e. Of course, this trend continues with “Dream Weaver” and “Brilliant Streamer,” both also offering a violin focused rock battle theme with great melodies. “Perpetual Stranger” shines with its woodwind and strings driven melody against drum pad and light rock elements while sounding like a mix between Falcom and Gust based soundtracks with a tinge of modern Etrian Odyssey in the strings. “Ambivalent Mirage” is more synth rock driven, although it does feature a strikingly beautiful violin line, that helps to counter and complement the pure energy exuded from the synthesizer aspects of the piece. This style is largely present in many of the battle themes, although each offers its own differences. “Chaotic Recognizer” is a violin forward battle tune with an exhilarating sound, an excellent melody that fans of classic Falcom/Tales soundtracks will fight pleasing. Primarily composed by Shunsuke Tsuchiya, they offer a distinct contrast to the softer sounds found on the album, while still retaining some of the instrumentation present throughout the album. Of course, despite the clear influences from Mitsuda’s past works, there are plenty of examples where this is not the case, but the biggest shift is definitely in the battle themes. Also bearing a Chrono Cross influenced sound is “Earth and the Wind” with its bagpipes, ethereal synths, bass guitar, percussion, and acoustic guitar sound to create a beautiful and warm atmosphere with a wonderfully nostalgic air of Mitsuda’s past soundtracks. One of the best town themes on the soundtrack, “Baruoki,” composed by Mariam Abounnasr, is a stunning tune with clear Irish jig influences, an excellent violin driven melody with a jovial and bright sound that screams Chrono Cross. “One Morning” brings to mind “Peaceful Days” from Chrono Trigger with its intro and progression, while still retaining its own identity with its beautiful woodwind, strings, and harp driven melodies. Once past the first two themes, it is very clear that the composers kept Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross as an influence on some aspects of the soundtrack. Another tone setting piece is Shunsuke Tsuchiya’s “Title,” a softer tune focusing on harps and strings to give off a very mysterious air throughout its beautiful melody. In addition, there is a music box theme, “One Light Source,” that also utilizes the main theme and the “Epilogue,” which gives off a celebratory vibe with its brass and woodwind focus and light marching percussion. Mitsuda’s other contributions are few on the soundtrack and range from a poignant reflective piano piece, “The Unforgettable Light,” co-composed by Mariam Abounnasr, to an engaging and adventurous rendition of the main theme, “To the Sky of Time,” full of airy woodwinds and an orchestral focus, giving off a sense of flight. The end result is a solid theme that helps to set the tone for the rest of the album. Mitsuda’s Celtic/world influenced music is on display featuring a beautiful blend of strings and woodwinds with slight musical callbacks to both Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. The melody itself has an excellent progression with an exquisite violin lead in the bridge and closing off with an addition of electric guitar. The album opens up with the main theme, “Another Eden,” composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. Featuring a main theme by Yasunori Mitsuda and composed primarily by Procyon Studio staff Shunsuke Tsuchiya ( Luminous Arc, Stella Glow) and Mariam Abounnasr, with her first major composition debut for a video game, at least to my knowledge, how does the overall soundtrack turn out? Body Another Eden is a free-to-play mobile RPG with a time-travel setting done in the traditional JRPG style and is written by Masato Kato, best known for writing the Chrono series for Square. ![]()
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