Dark Chronicle Original Soundtrack [Import]

Game Music (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2003)
• Original Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Scitron
• ASIN: B000084TEP
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,838 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Japanese

2. Japanese

3. Japanese

4. Japanese

5. Japanese

6. Circus

7. Japanese

8. Japanese

9. It's A Show Time !!

10. Moonlight Tango

11. Japanese

12. Japanese

13. Japanese

14. Battle

15. Japanese

16. Japanese

17. Japanese

18. Halloween

19. Japanese

20. Japanese

See all 77 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dark Chronicle but not Dark Music!, February 12, 2004

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A. Griffiths "Adrian" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Chronicle Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

If you have played Dark Cloud 2, and enjoy game music, you may be inclined to pick up this soundtrack, and although it is expensive, there are some great tracks here. Unlike the first game, the Dark Chronicle (to give it the original title the game had) soundtrack is spread over 2 discs, so there's quite a bit for your money. Bright airy tunes mingle with somewhat sadder melodies, as well as faster paced battle music. There's a certain naivety about the compostions here, unlike the darker moods of my favourite game soundtracks (Shadow Hearts and Parasite Eve for example), but it always amazes me how the composers come up with engaging themes constructed around the simplest of melodies, which they have done to great effect here. The most memorable tracks are those for the various dungeons, the best (in my opinion) being the Starlight Canyon as well as the gorgeous theme for the Luna Lab. Sadly though, this soundtrack still suffers from having the tracks being too short. Background music to games is designed to be looped, so it would be nice to have tracks of 2-3 minutes worth of music to enjoy the flavour of each theme. Here, each track fades out as soon as the second loop starts, so the tracks all clock in at barely over a minute each, which spoils the atmosphere somewhat. I guess this is to limit the costs of the album length to just one or two discs, as only the Final Fantasy series (which releases excellent soundtracks) can boast a fanbase big enough to justify sales of 4Cd box sets! Still, it has a lot of appeal, and, as is often the case, Amazon is one of the only retailers selling this particular soundtrack, so if you want it, be quick!