
Title:The Orchestral SaGa -Legend of Music-
Type OST: Video Game Soundtrack
Composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito, Ryuji Sasai, Chihiro Fujioka, Masashi Hamauzu/ Orchestrations provided by Kousuke Yamashita, Natsumi Kameoka, Shiro Hamaguchi
No. of tracks: 14
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date:Mar 23, 2016
Size: MP3 195mb/ ALAC 450mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC
Tracklist
Disc 1
01 The Minstrel’s Refrain: SaGa Series Medley 2016 (Orchestral Version)
02 In My Father’s Footsteps: Battle Medley from Final Fantasy Legend II (Orchestral Version)
03 We All Are Tested: The Ultimate Trial from Romancing SaGa / The Emperor’s March from Romancing SaGa 2 Medley (Orchestral Version)
04 No Turning Back: Final Dungeon Medley from Romancing SaGa 1-3 (Orchestral Version)
05 Here and Now: Final Battle Medley from Romancing SaGa 1-3 (Orchestral Version)
06 Fields of Valor: Battle Medley from SaGa Frontier (Orchestral Version)
07 The Bewitching Traveler: Last Battle – Emelia Medley from SaGa Frontier (Orchestral Version)
08 The Curtain Rises: Opening Medley from SaGa Frontier 2 (Orchestral Version)
09 Days of Strife: Feldschlacht Medley from SaGa Frontier 2 (Orchestral Version)
10 Beyond Limits: Unlimited SaGa Medley (Orchestral Version)
Disc 2
01 In the Mazewood’s Arms: Claudia’s Medley from Romancing SaGa (Orchestral Version)
02 The Mystics’ Dream: Asellus’s Medley from SaGa Frontier (Orchestral Version)
03 Full Speed Ahead!: Vanguard’s Medley from Romancing SaGa 3 (Orchestral Version)
04 Ultimate Glory: Battle Two, Encounter with The Seven Heroes, and Four Sinistrals Battle Medley from Romancing SaGa 1-3 (Orchestral Version)
320kbs MP3
https://mega.nz/#!uMhgRBRB!3h1f8ZeOHbGxLGSJs9EPSa6qnAdR-ozlTE8At65xjdI
ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.nz/#!zV5hwR6D!l6iUU3lOiczt3avgRtuGUW0TfzuY29Nfz_-PaB7uBcA
This was a last minute buy and surprisingly it came to me on time. Heard samples and fell in love with one. And boy does it not disappoint. Lots to like here. I only wish there even more to dig into. But in any case enjoy! http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif.html)
Wholeheartedly appreciated, +Rep and +Thanks 😉
Soapbox time: Folks, this is a proper symphonic suite made under studio conditions just like they hardly ever bother to make any more, with an overseas recording thrown in for good measure. Go buy the bloody thing. Do your part. Once upon a time just about every franchise that didn’t completely sink got a symphonic suite. Nowadays it is happening about twice a decade. If you care about this stuff to any meaningful extent, put your money where your mouth is. 🙂
As for the music itself, I find this quite delightful. Kosuke Yamashita has worked wonders on the source material – of variable quality and from vastly different composers – particularly in the very first piece, the twelve-minute medley, which combines work from all four composers but nonetheless makes for a coherent and consistent listen. I wonder why Natsumi Kameoka got short-changed with a smaller (60 players) and badly recorded domestic studio orchestra and all of her arrangements "dumped" on a very lonely Disc 2, whilst Yamashita got all of Disc 1 to himself and a luxurious Czech orchestra recorded in a real concert hall? Both discs total only 75 minutes which would fit comfortably on one disc with space to spare. Does Kameoka not shower or something?
Oh yes, and for the sake of interest… Shiro Hamaguchi didn’t arrange anything for this disc. The dual credit on "Beyond Limits" is because Hamaguchi arranged three cues for a smaller orchestra in UNLIMITED and the present medley is substantially based on those arrangements, with a few instrumental changes (most notably at the front of the finale cue) and expanding the existing parts to fit the bigger ensemble.
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BTW, anyone interested in the 24/96 version?: http://animehdaudiolist.info/albums/sagaoke-the-orchestral-saga-legend-of-music
By the way, anyone got the bonus CD (http://vgmdb.net/album/57460)?