![]() Following in that vein is “Festival of Worship” which also sounds more epic and stately. With a bold march-like tempo and a snare drum keeping the beat and a strong melodic presence, the piece fits the sound of a guild hall where you take the time to form your adventuring party. The first incarnation “That Name Was Engraved Into the 100th Volume!” is an epic and militaristic sounding track. The various town themes which are scattered throughout the soundtrack all make their mark in different ways. I’m sure they fit the environment well, but they feel a bit too calming. Tracks such as “The Green Green Woodlands”, “The Vast Primeval Hidden Grove”, and “The Thousand Year Old Blue Woodlands” don’t generate a feeling like you’re entering a place where danger might be lurking around every corner. The one thing which I find lacking of the dungeon tracks is that they feel a bit too calm. ![]() Everything is perfectly arranged into a nice neat package that, even though you’d never accuse it of being a live orchestra, still manages to draw you in. An early example can be found in the early dungeon track, “The Green Green Woodlands,” which combines a simple yet catchy melody line, with an unobtrusive, yet effective background track. In this way Koshiro is a master craftsman, who knows how to draw out exactly what is needed at exactly the right time. ![]() One of the beauties of having a soundtrack pared down to the core elements like this is that if you have weaknesses they’re exposed for all the world to see. You have the melodic voice, the rhythmic harmonies that work their magic underneath, and the drum track. BodyĮven though this soundtrack is an homage to classic sound, structurally it’s not extremely elaborate, but in my opinion it doesn’t need to be. That being said this soundtrack is still a stellar work as long as you can look beyond the sound quality and listen to the composition. As such, the soundtrack doesn’t really showcase the full power of the DS sound system, but instead gives into the nostalgia of the old sound chips from the early days of gaming. Much like ye old dungeon crawls in the past such as Wizardry and Bards Tale, this game invites players to create their own party and head out into a large sprawling dungeon. In this soundtrack to the RPG Etrian Odyssey ( Etrian Odyssey in Japan) veteran composer Yuzo Koshiro brings to the table an old school feel to an old school game.
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