Einhander [Import]

Game Music (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toha
• ASIN: B000058AAT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,175 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Assault

2. Take Off

3. Capital

4. Street

5. Ruins

6. Chase

7. Machine Beat

8. Badlands

9. Silence

10. Warning

11. Breakthrough

12. Factory

13. Dawn

14. Madness

15. Confilct

16. Impatience

17. Thermosphere

18. Afterimage

19. Advent

20. Rebellion

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Those Who Enjoy Techno, Prepare To Be Thrilled, May 16, 2002

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Alex Owens (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Einhander (Audio CD)

There isn't really much to say about this except that it's great for techno. It has the hardcore songs that will pump your brain and some soft that can generate doubt and amazement in your mind. It's a great CD overall.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding game with equally outstanding music, August 13, 2004

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solont - See all my reviews

This review is from: Einhander (Audio CD)

Perhaps one of the greatest sidescrolling shooters of all time, einhander had amazing graphics, gameplay, and of course, music. If your a fan of the game or just enjoy techno music, this cd is a great choice. The cd has 29 tracks, all exactley as they were heard in the game, and each one is a excellent audio experience. The songs on here are definetley some of my all time favorites, and I would definetly reccomend this one to anyone whose a fan of game music.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great soundtrack to an amazing game, February 24, 2011

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Julian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Einhander (Audio CD)

Einhander was a rare offering from a game developer taking a gamble playing an off-suit; Squaresoft was attempting to branch out from its RPG base (an experiment that proved ultimately unsuccessful). The result was an amazingly satisfying take on the side-scrolling shooter, with unique gameplay, innovative 2 1/2-D graphic effects, and of course, an awesome soundtrack that kept the action thumping along. This was a simpler time in video games, where expectations for game soundtracks were still being set by the MIDI beeps and boops of the 90's, and "real" music in the background was in its infancy. (Wipeout XL, the pioneer in this regard, was 2 years old at the time.)

Kenichiro Fukui's techno beat is laid down in game-sequential order, with the exception of a couple of recurring boss battle themes that are placed toward the end of the compilation. Overall this is pretty straightforward (albeit addictively catchy) electronica fare, though it is more stop-and-go trance than danceable house, particularly in the "down time" tracks. Because of the direct correspondence to the game's flow, the soundtrack is almost exclusively comprised of alternating aggressive and atmospheric offerings; depending on the environment in which you are listening, this can either be a nice change of pace or distracting. There's also no attempt to flow between tracks -- with one exception, the tracks loop and fade away -- but that's a minor niggle.

Highlights are track 8 (Badlands), 10 (Warning) and 12 (Factory) for adrenaline, and 13 (Dawn) for a reprieve, but the album is almost universally strong, and most tracks stand on their own. Occasionally, the video game soundtrack aspect works to the disc's disadvantage (for instance, track 2 is a throwaway level-select beat). Most of the time, though, you won't even notice the album's origins, as it's atmospheric electronica at its best.