A lot of us probably know that SMT: NINE is regarded as pretty much an epic fail among other titles in Megami Tensei franchise.
The game was a black sheep and could definitely use some improvements in terms of gameplay.
Yes that is true, but what it did also have is a surprisingly good soundtrack. One of the very best in the series actually.
If curious, you can check out some reviews here:

RPGFan Soundtracks - Shin Megami Tensei NINE Premium Sound Trax (http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/smtnine/index.php)

Game Music :: Shin Megami Tensei NINE Premium Soundtrack :: Review by Chris (http://www.squareenixmusic.com/reviews/chris/shinmegamitenseinine.shtml)

The thing is, the soundtrack was released in limited quantities as a bonus CD with Deluxe Edition of the game.
It is pretty rare and the best quality I could find on the net was 128 kbps mp3s.
I'm currently deciding weather to buy it or not from Yahoo Auctions JP.

My gamerip notes:

Step1. Extract contents of ISO with xISO tool.

That's it! This is like the easiest game to rip ever.
All music files are already in perfect quality WAV 1,536 kbps and located in Media > adpcm > bgm folder.
I wish all games were simple like that.

* File names are kept as they were in bgm folder.
* Uploaded the source files (WAV) as they are the most lossless in this case.
* Number of tracks : 57




◆| Shin Megami Tensei: NINE |◆
[ 真・女神転生ＮＩＮＥ ]

❖ WAV @ 1536 kbps � � � 650 MB

❖ FLAC � � � � � � � � � � � � � 533 MB

❖ AAC � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 246 MB

❖ mp3 @ 320 kbps � � � � 178 MB


Shin Megami Tensei NINE -gamerip - WAV.part1.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3134coi3r608kyp)
Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - WAV.part2.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?17w3n8ujvn8a35v)
Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - WAV.part3.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?np076hhbvc6au3l)
Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - WAV.part4.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?4spcfnyti9dcz5t)

Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - FLAC (533mb) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/BjfpvUU/Shin_Megami_Tensei_NINE_[BGM]_-gamerip_-_FLAC.rar)

Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - AAC (246mb) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/eZnZgtr/Shin_Megami_Tensei_NINE_[BGM]_-gamerip_-_AAC.rar)

Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - mp3.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?7l0ooo7sa6eqyez)


[B]◆| Shin Megami Tensei NINE PREMIUM SOUND TRAX |◆
[ 真・女神転生ＮＩＮＥ　PREMIUM SOUND TRAX ]

( VBR mp3 )

1CD ~ 50 MB

Release Date : Dec 05, 2002

541

■ VGMdb ■ (http://vgmdb.net/album/7116)
Shin Megami Tensei NINE PREMIUM SOUND TRAK (vbr by dag).rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?4lcajbvd4pvlsos)

thank you so much milo for the soundtrack {}.{}

Here is the premium OST in VBR V2 LAME3.93 (so says foobar):

http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/CXUH5VOA/SMT9_PST.rar_links
http://mir.cr/CXUH5VOA

Great mix of quality new tracks and arrangements of classic SMT tunes.

IIRC NINE used 4-channel WAVs, so maybe you guys should grab the original files, since I'm guessing MP3 encoders will botch the 4>2ch resample.


Btw MiL�, SuperSweep announced this year they are going to release a proper SMT NINE OST (and SMT if too!), you probably want to wait for that one.
Doesn't have a release date right now but I'm guessing december or jan.

You have my thanks for the SMT NINE gamerip MiLO.

I also thank you dag for a version of the NINE soundtrack better than 128kbps, as my copy was also 128kbps.

Interesting and quite unexpected news, Dag.

Knowing this I think I'm gonna hold off the auctions yahoo jp deal and keep an eye on the new printing.
Only one thing concerns me is that they announced it back in 2010, and we are almost in Q4 2011.
So what could be taking them so long to publish a soundtrack? I mean they are not creating a fresh re-arrange album, so all the material is original from 2002, so it really should come down to getting hold of master tapes and then releasing it on a disc.

Thank you for higher quality VBR btw!

I'm guessing SuperSweep or maybe Atlus just doesn't have the manpower, since they've been releasing a bunch of other Atlus albums too (like Last Bible and Trauma Center)
Atlus was fully absorbed by Index corp in late 2010 I believe so maybe that delayed it too.
Or maybe there is no 'master' and they're going to record the music from the game itself (surely this is the case for if...)
Perhaps Atlus albums sales haven't been so hot and they are taking their time, too?

Also apparently both NINE and if... will be 2 CDs, yay
4Gamer.net info (Japanese) (http://www.4gamer.net/games/066/G006693/20100910002/)

thankyou MiL� and Dag for the gr and the premium ost!
pretty excited to check this out!!!

Thanks for the lossless game rip!
BTW, is there any information about the name of each track? I have not played the game, so just curious about it.

Links are down.

Can this be reuploaded?

Yes it can, I'm actually going to do it this evening.

yay! =D

UPDATE:

Shin Megami Tensei NINE [BGM] -gamerip - : re-uploaded WAV & MP3 to mediafire.

Shin Megami Tensei NINE PREMIUM SOUND TRAX : re-uploaded VBR MP3 to mediafire.

thanks alot Milo! ^_^

Can somebody reupload the Premium Sound Trax, please?

Sorry for the necrobump. Could this potentially be re-loaded?

I found it on another website : http://www.4shared.com/rar/_FRMzIKDce/SMTnine.html

Alive in the link above... but MEDIUM LOSSY 128 kbps!!

reupload please