WWCE-31212~6: BAYONETTA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

[Hellacia]

Originally Posted by Guitarist500

How come there are three composers (Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Yoshitaka Suzuki) credited for 56 pieces... I'm pretty sure they didn't all work together on the pieces.

http://vgmdb.net/album/926

Two composers are both credited for 95 songs here (Akari Kaida & Yoshino Aoki for Breath of Fire III) and this a pretty well-known fact in VGM circles so I'm not sure why it comes to such a shock to you that there isn't composer-specific breakdown in this soundtrack. This kind of thing happens very often. Yeah, there could be a couple things about who did what in the liner notes, and 7 years from now someone will probably come out with an interview that I will doubt the legitimacy of, but for right now I'm not very surprised that the breakdown we have currently is all we have.

[Chris]

It's well-documented that the collective works of GEM Impact are often just credited by company (Bayonetta, Blassreiter) or head composer (Elvandia Story, Yakuza 2). Usually the composers do work separately, but there are some interactions and occasionally full collaborations. I suspect most of the Bayonetta stuff is Yoshitaka Suzuki, given he is the company's main Hollywood guy and has a reputation for imitating Zimmer scores. The exact credits might not be an industry secret, but simply may not have been communicated from Hibino to Sega.

[Guitarist500]

I don't know why two of the comments before chris were attacking me like I'm an idiot. Shame. I'm not shocked at all about the composer break-down and I can't read Japanese from the booklet (which I had in my hands when I typed up this comment). Also, thank you Chris for providing a reasonable explaination, I understand now. I barely listen to anything by GEN Impact and I didn't know squat about the company 'til now.

[Secret Squirrel]

A recent tracklist edit changed "In Trouble" to "Pinch". I thought that "ピンチ" in Japanese was usually slang for a troublesome situation. Is there a good justification to change it to the more literal translation?

[Efendija]

If eng. "pinch" is written in katakana, it becomes ピンチ, so this looks like a usual loan word stuff.

I would just leave any katakana (normally) written loan word in the original language form, if the situation is clear (meaning no hidden pun etc.)... That's just me though.

[MegaSonicManX]

I had thought that the title "In Trouble!" was a mistake going by the katakana, but since I don't actually know Japanese, I didn't know that ピンチwas slang. I apologize for any confusion on my part.

[Mortavia]

Well, the phrase "in a pinch" in English can refer to being in a difficult/emergency situation, so it seems like Japanese and English aren't too much different in this regard. I think that the title "Pinch!" here could just as well refer to that as any other title. Or you could title it "In a Pinch!" or something.

Well, just wanted to say that this basically means the same in both languages, I think.

[Secret Squirrel]

Ok, it's probably fine to go with "Pinch" then.

[Daveit]

Play-Asia is also OOP.

[strugglepoo]

I only really liked Erina Niwa's tracks. Yamaguchi and Ueda have some pretty fun tracks. Kondoh has that style I don't care for much. GEM Impact's tracks were more or less filler to me since I don't have experience with the game. The retro tracks are pretty fun, and it's really cool to see them include prototype/trailer stuff as well. Just like with Okami.

Drive with Enzo is my favourite track. Such a crisp sound!

[Jotamide]

I am trying to add the US iTunes releases as child albums, but since the number of tracks are different (mainly due to the exclusion of the repeated instances of Fly Me to the Moon) the system gives me the following error:

Please fill in tracklist information for all discs before submitting.

So I went ahead and creted a completely different entry for the first volume. I want to know if this is the correct way to proceed before I add volumes 2 through 5. Otherwise, there's no point in doing all this work if it is going to get rejected in the end.

[dissident93]

If they have different number of tracks, I don't think they are suppose to be child albums? But yes, everything looks good. (except the fact you ported over the entire composer list, but that's an easy fix)

[Myrkul]

All releases are sold separately: they must be entered separately.

[Jotamide]

Originally Posted by dissident93

If they have different number of tracks, I don't think they are suppose to be child albums? But yes, everything looks good. (except the fact you ported over the entire composer list, but that's an easy fix)

Originally Posted by Myrkul

All releases are sold separately: they must be entered separately.

Alright then, I went ahead and added them all.

[Jotamide]

Can a trusted editor please link volumes 2 through 5 of the individual OST album releases to the main product page? Only vol. 1 is showing up for some reason.

[Hermandshot]

I added Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Masami Ueda and Hiro as arrangers because they arranged Disc 2 - Tracks 24 (Fukuyama), 25 (Ueda), 26 (Hiro) and Disc 3 - Tracks 23 and 24 (Hiro).

These credits can be found in the in-game Sound Jukebox. I find it amazing that no one has added these credits almost 7 years after the game's release.

I also deleted the WiiU as a represented platform because the soundtrack does not reflect the music featured in that port, it only reflects the music featured in the 360 and PS3 releases.

[RBM95]

I really find it a bummer how the GEM Impact composers didn't get individual credits, specially given how in the Bayonetta 2 album Hibino and Izutani received them for their respective tracks (I'm assuming here the production of the tracks would be equal or similar for both games btw).

[KobobKC]

I added the tracklist with the official English track names from streaming services / the in-game jukebox. Not sure how this page has gone 10+ years without that.

Also, here's the in-game jukebox list (some of the numbering is different from the official release due to it having missing tracks and a few in a different order). This is from the Switch version, haven't checked other versions:

Title Call
Opening Scene
One Of A Kind
EV01 The Beginning
GM01 Chapter Start
EV02-1 Prologue
EV02-2 The Angels Descend I
Riders Of The Light
Fly Me To The Moon (∞ Climax Mix)
EV03-1 Driving With Mr. Enzo
EV03-2 Jeanne Appears
ST01 Crash Of The Transport Plane
EV04 Dance With Jeanne
The Gates Of Hell
EV05 Scarborough Fair
ST02 Vigrid Station Platform
Theme Of Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny
ST03 The Old City Of Vigrid
EV06-1 The Angels Descend II
EV06-2 Bayonetta, Ready To Fight I
The Heavies
Summoning The Infernal Demon
Fortitudo - In Labors And Dangers (Movement 1)
GM02 Chapter Clear
EV07-1 Jeanne - Bike Action I
EV07-2 Battleground Of Memories
Battle For The Umbra Throne
EV08 The Angels Descend III
EV09-1 Luka Appears
EV09-2 Conversation With Luka I
EV09-3 Conversation With Luka II
EV09-4 The Angels Descend IV
EV09-5 Bayonetta, Ready To Fight II
In Trouble!
EV10-1 The Mysterious Child, Cereza
EV10-2 Appearance Of Fortitudo
EV11 Chatting With Fortitudo
ST04 A Town Swallowed By Lava
EV12-1 In The Nick Of Time!
EV12-2 Action!
ST05 The Catacombs
Angelic Hymns I
Angelic Hymns II
EV13 Fortitudo Returns
Fortitudo - In Labors And Dangers
Climatic Battle
Let's Hit The Climax!
ST06 The Sunrise and Crescent Valleys
EV14-1 Battle With Jeanne I
EV14-2 Battle With Jeanne II
Red & Black
ST07 Ruins Of The Witches' Training Grounds
First Love
Heartbreak
EV15 Sexy Battle
EV16 Cereza
EV17 Cunning
EV18 Temperantia Appears
Temperantia - In Foregoing Pleasures
Splash Wave (∞ Climax Mix)
After Burner (∞ Climax Mix)
Magnificent 7 (∞ Climax Mix)
ST08 Paradiso - Graveyard Of Remembrance
EV19 Attack On The Battleground Of Memories
ST09 Paradiso - Sea Of Stars
EV20 Luka's Glimpse Of Bayonetta's Battle
EV21-1 Iustitia Appears I
EV21-2 Luka's Wild Idea I
EV21-3 Iustitia Appears II
EV21-4 Iustitia Appears III
Iustitia - In Giving Every Man His Due
EV22-1 Luka's Story At The Airbase I
EV22-2 The Eyes Of The World
EV22-3 Luka's Story At The Airbase II
EV22-4 Attack On The Airbase
ST10 The Giant Military Transport - Valkyrie
EV23-1 Battle With Jeanne III
EV23-2 The Crashing Valkyrie
ST11 Save Cereza!
EV24-1 Sapientia Appears I
EV24-2 Sapientia Appears II
Sapientia - In The Choice Between Good And Evil
EV25 Luka's Wild Idea II
Space Harrier (∞ Climax Mix)
Wiwi Jumbo (Heaven Sent Mix)
EV26-1 Before The Final Battle With Jeanne I
EV26-2 Before The Final Battle With Jeanne II
EV26-3 Before The Final Battle With Jeanne III
Blood & Darkness
EV27-1 Jeanne I
EV27-2 Truth
EV27-3 Jeanne II
EV27-4 Miraculous Return!?
EV27-5 Bayonetta & Luka
EV28 To The Ithavoll Building
ST12 Ithavoll Building - Lower Floors
ST13 The Top Of The Ithavoll Building
EV29-1 Balder's Speech I
EV29-2 Balder's Speech II
EV29-3 Balder's Speech III
EV29-4 Balder's Speech IV
EV29-5 The Death Of Luka
EV29-6 Balder
You May Call Me Father
EV30-1 End Of The Road
EV30-2 Bayonetta Seized By The Goddess
EV31 Jeanne - To The Heavens
Friendship
EV32 The Death Of Jeanne
The Greatest Jubilee
EV33 The Demise?
EV34 Luka Views The Stars
EV35-1 Epilogue
EV35-2 Romance
Let's Dance, Boys!
Fly Me To The Moon
Memory
Magical Sound Shower / Out Run
Splash Wave / Out Run
After Burner / After Burner
After Burner / After Burner II
After Burner With Melody Ver. / After Burner II
Boss / Fantasy Zone
Theme / Space Harrier
GM03 Verse Result Jingle
GM04 Angel Attack
2008 Tokyo Game Show Trailer

"EV31 Jeanne - To The Heavens" is a single track in the jukebox but it's split into two on the official soundtrack.

"Title Call" is the only track that's in the jukebox but not on the official soundtrack, probably because it's not music. The sound designer Daisuke Sakata is credited as well as Helena Noguerra for the voice.

Tracks on the official soundtrack that are missing from the jukebox:
EV04-2 Unsettling Signs
EV07-2 Conversation With Jeanne
Paradiso - Garden of Light
EV19-1 Battleground Of Memories II
GM05 Silver Coin Jingle
GM06 Gold Coin Jingle
GM07 Platinum Coin Jingle
Angelic Hymns: Trois Marches Militaires
Angelic Hymns: Quasi una Fantasia
Angelic Hymns: Fantaisie-Impromptu
Angelic Hymns: Sonate in D K. 448
Angelic Hymns: Les Patineurs Waltz op.183
Angelic Hymns: Walkürenritt
Angelic Hymns: Messiah, HWV. 56
Angelic Hymns: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Angelic Hymns: Mars, the Bringer of War
Bayonetta Image Song (Prototype A)
Mysterious Destiny (Prototype)
Bayonetta Image Song (Prototype B)
Bayonetta Image Song (Prototype C)
In Trouble! (Prototype)
Mysterious Destiny (Retro Version)
One Of A Kind (Retro Version)