Millennial Fair – Valkyrie Profile Soundtrack Page
Before Valkyrie Profile, Motoi Sakuraba stunned the gaming world with both the original and arranged
soundtracks for Star Ocean II: The Second Story, for which he used nothing but real instruments. Prior
to his work for Enix, Sakuraba had already composed the music for SEGA (Camelot), and their highly
popular Shinging Force series. Sakuraba developed his own, distinctive style of music that is easy
to regocnize when placed next to other composers’ works. The Valkyrie Profile Original Soundtrack
is a work of art that many people will be able to enjoy. To read more about it, just scroll down to
see the reviews.
Valkyrie Profile Original Soundtrack - Composed by Motoi Sakuraba
Disc One: 55 Minutes 9 Seconds
Tracks:
1. Epic Poem to Sacred Death
2. Take a Flight
3. To the Unhallowed Ground
4. Valhalla
5. Requiem to a Predicament
6. All is Twilight
7. Prosperity’s Compensation, an Introduction
8. In Water, Air, and Light
9. The Road to Glory and Prosperity
10. When a Person Changes
11. Soon we See Shadow and Light
12. Emotional Upset
13. Turn Over a New Leaf
14. Battle with God Syndrome
15. The Key to Singing the Praises of Victory
16. Doorway to Heaven
17. The Counterfeit Self
18. Distortions in the Void of Despair
19. Confidence in the Domination
20. Artifact
21. Blameless Thoughts
22. Ancient Fantasies Eternal
23. Eternal Hydrogen Anxieties
24. Evil Tales and Obligations
25. Clouds of Spray
26. Black Blinding Nightmare
27. Hopeless Resolution
28. Illuminating Magic Links
29. Oblivion’s Joy
30. The Name of His People is Fear
31. In the Beginning, There was Light?
32. Out of Chaos
33. An Illusion of the Brainstem
34. Hard Chain Reaction
Disc Two: 64 Minutes 7 Seconds
Tracks:
1. Ray of Darkness, Ray of Light
2. Delusional Extremities
3. Ending the Spiral
4. Rise Above the World
5. Eternal Engine of Linguistic Massacre
6. Negative Roots
7. Circulate on a Windup Doll
8. Reflections of Trickery
9. Inscription on a Tombstone
10. Eternal Spirits Arise
11. Unstable Balance
12. Recurrent Shudders
13. Heads Magic, Tails Curse
14. To the Last Drop of my Blood
15. Jesting Truth
16. Over There
17. A Hollow Heart
18. A Tense Atmosphere
19. A Clash of Personalities
20. Weeping Lilies
21. Tomorrow
22. The Crumbling Id
23. Through a Thin Haze
24. Behave Irrationally
25. A Chamber of the Heart
26. The First Unison
27. Systematic Enemy
28. Vestigial Dream
29. Break Down
30. The Neverending Cycle of Reincarnation
31. Turn Over a New Leaf (Rhythm Version)
32. The True Nature of All
33. Like becoming Accustomed to Hapiness
34. Fantasy and Reality Intermingled
35. Mission to Deep Space
36. Beast of Prey
37. Shiver
38. The Climax of the Tower
39. The Incarnation of the Devil
40. Mighty Blow
41. Wistful Desire
Review by
The Valkyrie Profile Soundtrack has to be one of the best I have ever heard. Motoi Sakuraba really
deserves a lot of praise for his hard work on this CD. Disc one is probably the best of the two discs,
because it has the most varied tracks. The CD starts off with a dramatic yet soothing
composition called Epic Poem to Sacred Death; a track that would return in the game many times. The next
impressive track is Valhalla, obviously named after the home of the Gods. A beautiful score of many
different intruments, accompanied by a male choir. The sound reminds me a lot of the Shining Force III
sountrack, because of its the trademark flute sounds. All is Twilight is probably one of the most
emotional tracks in the game, and accompanied with the storyline, this track can make you instantly
sad. One of the better tracks, but perhaps not too appealing without insight of the game’s story.
Prosperity’s Compensation, however, is a very powerful, short track which will definately impress
the listener as it invites a lot more intrigue. In water, air and light is one of my favorite tracks,
as it combined traditional japanese sound with an uncanny athmosphere of hapiness. Another one of
those tracks is Soon we See Shadow and Light, which has heavy japanese influences but also a very dominant
and mysterious undertone. The first battle theme, Battle with God Syndrome annoys me somewhat, because
as it progresses, it loses its uniqueness and starts to get a bit annoying. Overal its a good track, but
not too impressive. The next few tracks are all in game tracks of normal occurances, such as
Confidence in Domination, the main battle theme. Not to complain, but they quality of the battle themes
always seems to be lacking in Sakuraba’s work. Follow by this is a collection of dungeon themes,
which are, in my opinion, alright tracks. Hopeless Resolution is a solid track, however, the fact that
it is over four minutes long puts me off because it starts to get repetative. The last few tracks of
disc one are alright, but nothing to be really pleased with.
Disc two continues with more dungeon themes, of which Rise Above the World is one of the better tracks
because it is a lot different from the rest. Unstable Balance and Recurrent shudders are a bit less
cheery than the other tracks and a little more serious, which makes them more appropriate for the
final dungeons. Next is a whole score of tracks from the adventures of the Einherjar. Most of which
are okay, and especially Lilly of the Valley stands out. This tracks reminds me of one of the town themes
on the Shining Force III OST. The Crumbling Id is one of the coolest short tracks on the game, and you
will hear it quite a lot. The Neverending Cycle of Reincarnation is a decent, soothing track which
really draws out the real potential of Sakuraba’'s compositions, which is emotional and
orchestral music. Like becoming Accustomed to Hapiness is my favorite track of all, as it combines all
the good traits in the other songs, and merges them into one impressive ending track. The last part of the
CD is filled with songs from the Star Ocean II Original Soundtrack. They are good tracks, but I would
have personally chosen something else. Oh well, I guess Sakuraba needed to advertise his older work somehow,
which I think is a shame, because the Valkyrie Profile OST is a good album on its own, and so is the Star
Ocean II OST.
Valkyrie Profile Arranged Soundtrack - Composed by Motoi Sakuraba
Disc One: 58 Minutes 45 Seconds
Tracks:
1. Neverending Cycle of Reincarnation
2. Requiem of a Predicament
3. Hopeless Resolution
4. Nigh to the Twilight of Everything
5. The Unfinished Battle With God
6. That Guy’s Name is Fear
7. Epic Tale of a Holy Death
8. At the Bottom of Hell is Distortion
9. Fragments of the Heart
10. To the Last Drop of My Blood
11. Valhalla
12. Becoming Accustomed to Happiness
Valkyrie Profile Voice Mix Arrangement - Composed by Motoi Sakuraba
Disc One: 59 Minutes 14 Seconds
1. Heaven’s Requiem
2. Long Generations of Anger
3. Punishment Creed
4. To an Anxious Earth
5. Into Chaos
6. Booze on a Moonlit Night
7. The First Unison
8. Confidence in the Domination
9. Evil Mortals, Holy Divinity
10. Circulate on a Windup Doll
11. Responsibility
12. An Evil Mechanism
13. Sadness
14. Bloody Panic
15. To the Road of Light and Darkness
Tracks in Japanese:
1. 窮境へのレクイエム～否定的な無意識下へ
2. 古代悠久あまねし幻想～空虚なる心
3. 崩れゆくイド
4. 不浄なる地へ
5. カオスへの派生
6. Booze on a moonlight night
7. The Fisrt Unison
8. Confidence in the Domination
9. 表にある魔、裏にある聖
10. Circulate on a Windup Doll
11. 真実の戯言
12. 悪趣浄瑠璃すべからく
13. 薄霧
14. Bloody Panic
15. 栄光と繁栄の道へ
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