Melody of Legend update

[01.04.01] » Yasunori Mitsuda and more of gaming's most renowned composers to arrange their colleagues' work in a new two CD series. Check out the full details, including track list as well as sound clips.

    King Records has announced a two CD release compiling some of the best music RPGs have to offer. The two albums, entitled Melody of Legend: Chapter of Love and Chapter of Dream, will each feature 10 arranged songs from a variety of games. What makes these albums unquie, however, is that several prominent composers will be lending talents for new arrangements of the work of their peers. On board at this point are Hitoshi Sakimoto, the composer for Vagrant Story, and Yasunori Mitsuda, whose works should be familiar to fans of Chrono Cross and Xenogears.

   The complete track list includes:

   Chapter of Love:

• Chiisana Hana - Popolocrois II
• Arcana Densetsu~Main Theme - Tamamayu Monogatari
• An Old Irish Song - Genso Suikoden
• Promise - Moon
• Hydrangea - Star Ocean: The Second Story
• Yoake - Lunatic Dawn Odyssey
• Castle and Dragon - Spectral Force 2
• Eyes on Me - Final Fantasy VIII (Sakimoto arrangement)
• Radical Dreamers - Chrono Cross
• Kukuru - Arc the Lad

   Chapter of Dream:

• Yumemi tono Saikai - Tengai Makyo ~ The Apocalypse IV
• Termina: Another - Chrono Cross
• Saishugakusho~Hanayaka na Souretsu -Madara 2
• Melodies of Life - Final Fantasy IX (Mitsuda arrangement)
• Mizu to Hikari to Kaze no Nakade - Valkyrie Profile
• Parm no Machi - Grandia
• Passiong Moment - Tactics Ogre
• Kizuna~Main Theme - Panzer Dragoon Zwei
• U-FOLK - UFO
• C O Z Y - Zeus II

   Melody of Legend: Chapter of Love and Chapter of Dream will be available in Japan on January 11, each for a suggested retail price of about $22.00 US. As with most game soundtracks, it is unlikely these albums will see a release stateside, but they should be available through online retailers.

   Thanks to Quasi for the track list and samples.