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Old Jun 9, 2021, 03:04 AM
BlazingAbyss BlazingAbyss is offline
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I've been trying to figure out something about the soundtrack for The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories which Yuji Takenouchi composed. It appears that there are a few BGM titles listed in the game's credits which aren't featured on the vinyl release and I'm trying to figure out if these were re-titled for said vinyl release or if they are instead the titles for the few BGMs which weren't included on it.

These are the titles that are listed in the game's credits

Theme Song
"The Missing"

BGM
Journey's End / Her Song / Cobbled Body / Forgiveness
Decision / Awakening / Flash Back / Starry Night
Lovely Day / Elk's Voice / A sign
Hairshrieker / In The Rain / Eternal Tracer / Missing Your Soul
Rebirth on Reverse / A'Lapo Grymo / DEAD / Truth
Yourself / Falling Into It Now

Here are the titles used on the vinyl which I've paired with their respective in-game filenames for reference.

BGM-GRASSLAND = The Missing
BGM_StoryTaler = A'Lapo Grymo
BGM_Opening2a = Starry Night
BGM_Opening2b = Elk's Voice
BGM_Mysterious = Falling Into It Now
BGM_DEAD + BGM_Kaminari = Myself
BGM_clocktower = Rebirth on Reverse
BGM_Suspicious = A Sign
BGM_TIMETRAVEL = Flash Back
BGM_Choir = Lovely Day
BGM_Boss1 = Cobbled Body
BGM_truth = Truth
BGM_MAINTHEME_KAKUSEI = The Missing Inst
BGM_KETSUI = Decision
BGM_Boss2 = Awakening
BGM_EndDemo1 + BGM_EndDemo = Journey's End
BGM_STAFFROLL = Her Song
SMARTPHONE-HOUSE = Missing Your Soul
SMARTPHONE-TECHNO = Eternal Trancer
SMARTPHONE-JAZZ = In the Rain
SMARTPHONE-BALLAD = The Missing (Ballad)
SMARTPHONE-HUGMEMOMMY = Mom (Note: The in-game sound option titled it "Mommy."
BGM_FK = I Love F.K.
BGM_FK2 = F.K. My Love

The titles featured in the game's credits which aren't on the vinyl are "Forgiveness," "Yourself," "DEAD" & "Hairshreiker." "DEAD" is most likely referring to "BGM_DEAD" which on the vinyl is merged with "BGM_Kaminari" to make "Myself." Furthermore, I feel like "Myself" and "Yourself" might be the same track as their titles are synonymous. I'm not sure about "Forgiveness" and "Hairshreiker" though, you'd assume that the track titled "Hairshreiker" would be the Hairshreiker's theme, but instead their theme music was titled "Myself."

Lastly there is the unreleased tracks which consist of "BGM_CATACOMBE," "BGM_Rebirth," "BGM_KaminariJJ" and the choir ambience in the the Franklin Rose Church. "BGM_CATACOMBE" plays in that small puzzle room where you need to arrange the arms and legs along the statue that resembles the Vitruvian Man with a Moose's head. "BGM_Rebirth" is a brief slower instrumental of "The Missing" which plays when speaking to F.K. after the giant Hairshreiker segment. "BGM_KaminariJJ" is a variation of "Myself" (aka the Hairshreiker chase theme) which plays near the end during the segment where you're walking through the school near the end of the game.
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