KICA-1370~73: WILD ARMS the 4th Detonator ORIGINAL SCORE

[Dag]

I tweaked the tracklist and other WA albums to sync translations (for the better I hope).

Here is the old one for reference.

Spoiler:

01 the 4th Detonator 1:11
02 I Look Up At The Sky Because You Are There (Opening Theme) 1:52
03 Still Village Ciel 5:30
04 Perilous Change 2:47
05 Catastrophe Now 2:38
06 Clash, the Fourth Battle Position 3:16
07 For the Sake of One Flower 3:42
08 over the wind 3:24
09 Gun Blaze 3:33
10 Condition Green! 0:54
11 Port Ailinton 3:29
12 So Close, Yet So Far Away 3:09
13 Friends Who Watch Your Back 3:10
14 Totally Busy 2:10
15 Time and Rocks Piled Up 4:05
16 Ghosts of the Knights 4:28
17 A Future Wet With Tears 2:37
18 Shadow Territory 4:08
19 Critical Attack - Breaking Boundaries 5:00

01 In the Cold Iron Box 3:21
02 From Anxiety to Impatience 3:54
03 REASON Which Becomes Clear In a Moment 2:52
04 Weapon X 3:16
05 The Shining Spear Pierces the Darkness 3:19
06 Nightmare Spiral 3:25
07 Beckoning Bewitching Princess 3:56
08 Like a Rolling Stone 3:26
09 unrest 2:57
10 Nanodat the Gardener!? 3:42
11 Nightless City Guara Bobelo 4:51
12 Gloom of the Duelist 3:33
13 With Admiration and Returned Blood 0:45
14 The Unknown Terminal Station 3:49
15 Run Without Stopping Time 2:25
16 At the End of the Wilderness Ver. Detonator 2:56
17 Taste of the Sand That Sheds No Tears 3:46
18 Flickering Flame In the Darkness 3:46
19 Unbinded Shackles, Released Brute 3:14

01 Dark Grey Back Ry 3:10
02 Wandering Nothingness 3:19
03 Howling At An Unstoppable Fate 3:46
04 Force, Storm, and CRISIS 1:57
05 Buried City 9:05
06 Black Trigger 4:36
07 Starlight and the Passing Breeze 3:27
08 Trusting In the Wings Beyond the Storm 2:27
09 Taking the Name of Exorcist 2:02
10 Feeling the Bonds 2:19
11 That Is Where the Spirit Becomes Certain 3:39
12 From Your Tears... 4:17
13 Infrared Threat 4:46
14 SECRET of the Thin Line Between Truth and Lies 2:52
15 Those Sparkling Eyes, That Shining Smile 2:14
16 You Are To Take the Lost Sword 2:26
17 The Funeral Rain Flows Down Your Cheek 2:13
18 Green Tracks 3:36
19 Don't Be Afraid of the Future 2:05
20 Frontier Harim 3:10
21 Manifestation From Hell 3:35

01 Catch, Call, and Awaken 4:47
02 The Flower Blooms In the Heart As Much As It Can 4:19
03 reckless ARM 4:18
04 Until the Sorrow Ends 2:04
05 Falling Stardust, Dancing In the Wilderness 5:04
06 Black Shadow of the Closing Coffin 2:24
07 Hauser Hazard 3:47
08 I Look Up At The Sky Because You Are There 5:16
09 The Path of No Return 1:30
10 If You Call Out That Name Beyond the Wind 4:20
11 The Desire To Fly Exceeds Words 4:32
12 Neverending Story 1:45
13 as time goes by ~Never Forget Me~ 4:10
14 Introduction 0:15
15 Bird's-eye View Test 1:51
16 Do It 0:40
17 Launch the Land Gear! 2:31
18 Ex. File 1:23
19 Yet Another Ex. File 2:34
20 The Power to Control 3:06
21 Leave It To Me 3:21
22 The Hand Reaching Out to the Sky Above 7:08

I couldn't quite get 3-02 though. Too much fluff in these titles.

[Brad Evans]

Originally Posted by Dag

Too much fluff in these titles.

Quoted for truth. Wild Arms became famous for this starting with WA3.

[Jousto]

Gun blaze (track 1-09) contains major bits from the main theme of Il buono, Il brutto, Il cattivo (or The good, The bad and The ugly, if you prefer) by Ennio Morricone towards the end of the loop. Shouldn't this be reflected in the composer credits?

[Dag]

WA music is certainly inspired by Morricone (for example check the WA1 map theme and "L'estasi dell'oro/The ecstasy of gold" from The good, The bad and The ugly), but I don't think some influenced bits are enough to credit him.

(cue to Yoko Kanno drama, lulz)

[Jousto]

No no, what I'm saying is that the last part (and actually the beginning, too) of Gun blaze is lifted straight from the said score, note to note. And it's a long string of notes, not just influenced. Wouldn't have brought this up if it wasn't so obvious. We're talking about some five seconds here. Every composer is influenced by someone, but Naruke took it a bit further. It's not different from, say, GoldenEye 007 using the James Bond theme as a part of each tune, a case where I'd tag Monty Norman as a co-composer.

Still, it's up to the staff to decide where to draw the line. I've tagged them both as composers on this one (but not as artists, obviously) in my rips.

[Xenofan 29A]

I think the problem here is that we can't prove that it was intended. As obvious as it is, unless it is specifically stated, we shouldn't add a "featured composer" credit for what our ears take to be reminiscences, homages, and blatant rip-offs. Unless, of course, the entirety or majority of a piece/track is based on pre-existing material (of a single source), then we shouldn't assign credit.

[Brad Evans]

Just a question about track 1-11: Port Irington. This town goes by the name of Port Rosalia in the game... could the Japanese be interpreted to match this or did they really change this one that much during localization?

[Dag]

The place is "Port Rosalia" in the Japanese game too.
Why the track is "Port Irington" (or variations) I have no clue. Maybe it changed mid-development.


Btw, in case you are interested, what are (usually) called "drifters" in the US games are called "migratory birds" in JP instead.
I left "migratory birds" in the tracklists since it made some of the dumber-sounding tracks about soaring and whatnot a bit more sensical, but maybe you prefer "drifter" instead.
(also, Filgaia (US) > Fargaia (JP))


EDIT: from WA's creator, Port Rosalia was indeed named Port Irington mid-dev, but they forgot to change the track name.

Spoiler:

仕事ひと休みで、唐突に始まるＷＡ４の裏話。（発売日にしなかったので）

序盤の町「ポート ロザリア」。
だけどその町の曲名は「ポート アイリントン」。
ギリギリまで粘ったが予定してたイベントが無くなり、結果、町の名前が変わったんだけど・・・曲名を変更し 忘れたというのが、その顛末。

[LiquidAcid]

Originally Posted by Dag

Btw, in case you are interested, what are (usually) called "drifters" in the US games are called "migratory birds" in JP instead.

Woah, I never realized that. But it makes a lot of sense...

[Brad Evans]

Originally Posted by LiquidAcid

Woah, I never realized that. But it makes a lot of sense...

Actually the terms used by the games changes a lot depending on which one you are playing and/or who translated it.

I *think* WA3 was the first game to use the term "drifter" as the original WA called them (or rather Rudy) a "Dream Chaser." I can't remember if WA2 used the term... if it did it probably would have only been used in regards to Kanon (Solid).

A similar deal kind of revolves around Cecelia as well. In the first game she's generally dubbed the "princess sorceress" but in Alter code:F the game opts for the term "shaman" instead.

I generally like the terms used by the original game cause I like it a lot more.

[BlazingAbyss]

Updated the catalog number, it was incorrectly listed as "KICA-1370~3" instead of "KICA-1370~73"

Edit: whoops, didn't realize that we aren't supposed to list all the numbers after the tilde, I've changed it back to "KICA-1370~3."

[Blaqthourne]

The Front Tray and Back Tray image descriptions were swapped. I've corrected them.