SQEX-11047~50: STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

[Mac_Tear]

Tracklist and samples for Disc 1 are up: https://www.jp.square-enix.com/music/sem/page/so2rost/

For a first listen, I don't sense any drastic changes to the original themes, which is a good thing as the original was really good on its own. Unsurprisingly, my favorite track from Disc One would be the regular battle theme, which really benefits from the upgrade and sounds like it came straight from one of those live concerts Sakuraba is known for.

What bothers me is the brass in some tracks like "Walk over". It may be the low audio quality, but it does sound pretty MIDI-esque for my ears - at least it's not the brass sound I would expect from Sakuraba.