BSPE-1032: Soukyugurentai Original Soundtrack

[Giga_Force]

I kept asking Sakimoto-san to reprint this and yay! I'm hoping Radiant Silvergun is the next backlogged soundtrack to be released. I'm thinking it will too since the game is being ported to XBLA this year with an HD remix. Why not celebrate the games release with the soundtrack

[Judge Ito]

No no no, you gotta push for a Bad Omen / Devilish release with new arrangements.

[Giga_Force]

That would be nice too!

[Don]

Added remixers based on list Sakimoto's assistant gave me.

[Cedille]

I made an attempt on translation, but some more improvements are required (in terms of both grammatic quality and consistency). While 蒼穹 is missing, I thought it would be better to use S.O.Q for 1-01 and 1-19, but was not too certain.

01 Scroll of S.O.Q
02 Select of Individuality
03 Ignition, Liftoff, Injection
04 Ota City Sky
05 'Kokubetsu' Appears
06 On a Satellite's Orbit
07 Chapter of 'Shin-Sen'
08 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds
09 Gale 'Don-Ryu'
10 Asteroid Belt Region
11 'Akitaka'-kun Assaluting
12 Arctic Oil Field Base
13 'Kaihou' Rotates
14 Entering Mars
15 Shield of Earth's Surface
16 'Bakuzan', Gunpowder Warehouse
17 'Kokubetsu' Reappears
18 Beginning of Great Retirement
19 S.O.Q at Funeral
20 High-income Team
21 Inside of Jin-Sei Office
22 On a Satellite's Orbit Arrange ver.
23 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds 10118 mix
24 Ota City Sky micro-cynic mix
25 On a Satellite's Orbit Extra Live ver.

[Don]

Based on the files that I was sent, SOQ seems reasonable. That's what the folder was abbreviated as.

[dancey]

Originally Posted by Cedille

I made an attempt on translation, but some more improvements are required (in terms of both grammatic quality and consistency). While 蒼穹 is missing, I thought it would be better to use S.O.Q for 1-01 and 1-19, but was not too certain.

Here are some edits for discussion:

* 01 Crimson Lotus Squad Picture Scroll (Crimson Lotus Squad is the literal translation of Soukyugurentai, picture scroll I would assume would be the game intro but i've never played. I guess SOQ makes sense but I feel like if they wanted it to be SOQ they would have just written SOQ )
* 02 Personality Selection (I'm under the assumption this is pilot/craft selection music and this title fits it well)
03 Ignition, Liftoff, Injection
04 Ota City Sky
* 05 Kokubetsu Appears (No ' on tracklist)
06 On a Satellite's Orbit
* 07 Shinsen Chapter (No ' on tracklist, no - in romanization from 8ing site, Shinsen Chapter flows better)
08 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds
* 09 Hurricane Donryu (No ' on tracklist, I think Hurricane fits better but that's preference. Donryu is the stage 3 boss name, literal translation is "Storm Dragon")
10 Asteroid Belt Region
* 11 Akitakakun Assault (stage 4 boss name)
12 Arctic Oil Field Base
* 13 Kaihou Rotates (stage 5 boss name)
14 Entering Mars
* 15 Shield of the Earth's Surface (Added "the", Shield of Earth's never really flowed well)
* 16 Gunpowder Storehouse Bakuzan (I think Warehouse implies a location when in fact it should be a description of the boss Bakuzan)
* 17 Kokubetsu Reappears
18 Beginning of Great Retirement
* 19 Crimson Lotus Squad at Funeral (SOQ/Crimson Lotus Squad, up for debate)
* 20 High Income Squad (For consistencies sake I say "Squad" instead of Group)
* 21 Inside of Jinsei Company Office (Added "Company" and Office could be interpreted as compound, complex, base, etc. I haven't seen it in the game though.)
22 On a Satellite's Orbit Arrange ver.
23 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds 10118 mix
24 Ota City Sky micro-cynic mix
25 On a Satellite's Orbit Extra Live ver.

We're also going to have to translate the ~ part's too. I'll work on that.

[dancey]

For discussion:

01 Crimson Lotus Squad Picture Scroll ~Opening~Title Demo~
02 Personality Selection ~Player Aircraft Selection~
03 Ignition, Liftoff, Injection ~Player Aircraft Takeoff Demo~
04 Ota City Sky ~Stage 1 / Skies Above Tokyo Stage~
05 Kokubetsu Appears ~Stage 1 Boss: Flying Wing Bomber "Kokubetsu"~ * Translation from en soukyugurentai wiki
06 On a Satellite's Orbit ~Stage 2 / Upper Orbit Stage~
07 Shinsen Chapter ~Stage 2 Boss: Anti-Space Anti-Ground Satellite "Shinsen"~
08 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds ~Stage 3 / Canyon Stage~
09 Hurricane Donryu ~Stage 3 Boss: Grapple Strategy Attack Tank "Donryu"~
10 Asteroid Belt Region ~Stage 4 / Mid-Air Reef Stage~
11 Akitakakun Assault ~Stage 4 Boss / General Purpose Aggressive Strategy Space Craft "Akitakakun"~
12 Arctic Oil Field Base ~Stage 5 / Maritime Oil Field Stage~
13 Kaihou Rotates ~Stage 5 Boss / Polar Region Strategic Transport Attack Plane "Kaihou"~
14 Entering Mars ~Stage 6 / Rushing Into Mars Stage~
15 Shield of the Earth's Surface ~Stage 6 Mini Boss~
16 Gunpowder Storehouse Bakuzan ~Stage 6 Boss: High Altitude Relay and Attack Plane "Bakuzan"~
17 Kokubetsu Reappears ~The 2nd Stage 6 Boss：Flying Wing Bomber "Kokubetsukai"~
18 Beginning of Great Retirement ~Ending~Staff Roll~
19 Crimson Lotus Squad ~Game Over~
20 High Income Squad ~Ranking/Name Entry~
21 Inside of Jinsei Company Office ~Sega Saturn Edition Additional Music~
22 On a Satellite's Orbit Arrange ver.
23 Descent Into the Sea of Clouds 10118 mix
24 Ota City Sky micro-cynic mix
25 On a Satellite's Orbit Extra Live ver.

Source(s):

http://magus.main.jp/cgi/wiki/pukiwi...C8%CF%A1%C2%E2
http://www.8ing.net/prd/soq/soqdt.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Diver

[strugglepoo]

Originally Posted by Judge Ito

No no no, you gotta push for a Bad Omen / Devilish release with new arrangements.

That would own.

[Giga_Force]

Is there a translation of the liner notes from Sakimoto from both 1996 and 2011? I would love to read those in English

[Phonograph]

Surface 1? ahah lol, no

1面 = 1st Stage (or Stage 1) etc.

[dancey]

I knew that, not sure what I was thinking. Apparently I wasn't thinking at all.

[Phonograph]

I deliberately omitted the ending Stage for tracks (too redundant imo)
but I kept what follows Stage # / etc.

I finished the ps version of the game btw (and "Injection" makes no sense)

EDIT: I forgot to say that the oil fields are in the North Sea (could be used in the trackname tho) but not said in the "Arctic" region and I consider "Tactical/Strategic" for bosses as emphasis

[Phonograph]

I was thinking about something, that "emaki" thing could be replaced by "Footage About"

"Emaki" being a way to tell a story (because it's a picture scroll)
it makes me think of film reels, it's basically a scroll with pictures (the only difference is the way to show the story)
is it ok if I change or bad idea?

btw, I don't think "gurentai" means "crimson lotus squad" in that context (it's not really wrong but it has a certain meaning)
it's true that "gang of young toughs" is quite weird

[dancey]

Both "Footage About" (or even "About Footage") sound really bad in English. Gang of Young Toughs sounds even worse in English, I think squad (or Squadron) is the closest thing that makes sense.

I'm not sure I can come up with any suitable alternatives.

[Phonograph]

I thought of "footage (about/on the soq)" in order to go with the "funeral (for the soq)"
because the intro shows the four players like a presentation for what they can do

but my first idea was closer to "Movie about the S.O.Q" tbh

[The Gambler]

Originally Posted by strugglepoo

That would own.

Personally I would kill for a cd release of Gauntlet's score.

[Phonograph]

ah my tracklist was almost all used =)

roll would have had to be kept, because the boss makes rolls in space (chapter makes no sense)
kaihou-go-round is just a pun between the boss name (kaihou) and merry-go-round because it acts like a merry-go-round DAH