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Old Jul 6, 2008, 08:54 AM
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I've recently stumbled upon a piece of information, which is that the end credits theme in the American version of Wild Arms differs from the Japanese one. Plus, it seems this different theme is not included on the soundtrack release.

A video of the credits sequence can be seen here.

Since I've never really played to Wild Arms and haven't listened to the whole soundtrack, I was wondering if said credits theme is an original composition or an arrangement of various game themes (my guess would be the latter since it's a medley)? What bugs me is that it's credited as is:

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Music Finale

Composer:
Chuck Doud

Producer:
Buzz Burrowes
"Composer" being the ambiguous word.

I would greatly appreciate if anyone could share some light on this. The info will be used to update Chuck Doud's profile on VGM Rush.
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Old Jul 6, 2008, 09:56 AM
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Since I've never really played to Wild Arms and haven't listened to the whole soundtrack, I was wondering if said credits theme is an original composition or an arrangement of various game themes (my guess would be the latter since it's a medley)?
Well, this seems to be mostly original composition, but does contain small parts of "To the End of the Wilderness", "Courage (Dungeon)" (atleast the music around 2:30 onwards sounds like it), then maybe "Ballad of the Shadow Wolf" (Again, not so sure). Someone with better ears for melodyspotting should check those. :P

But damn, that ending track is nice, especially those arranged parts of Naruke's tunes. And seems that I need to start playing this, I can't remember anything like that in the end roll, of course, could be because I have the PAL-copy.
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Old Jul 6, 2008, 02:24 PM
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When I saw this post, it got me wondering how many English versions of Japanese games have unique opening/ending songs. I know they usually just use an instrumental version, but some games like Wild Arms and Alundra have unique songs that can only be found in the English version? Is there any other games like this?
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Old Jul 6, 2008, 02:42 PM
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I believe most of the English Tales of... games had the original Japanese opening music (and possibly endings) changed in some way.
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Old Jul 3, 2010, 04:31 AM
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I went over the old WA1 OSTs translations and fixed/synched them.
Old translation for reference:
WA1 Complete:

01 To the End of the Wilderness 2:14
02 Hope 2:18
03 The Cold Darkness (Dungeon) 1:39
04 Things That Crawl in the Dark 0:28
05 Battle M-BOSS 1:24
06 Win! 0:30
07 Omen of Ostracism 0:36
08 Alone in the World 2:47
09 Oh, Abbey Maiden... 1:08
10 Abbey 1:38
11 Way of Illusion 1:59
12 Getting Rich Quick! (Jack's Theme) 0:52
13 Courage (Dungeon) 1:17
14 Critical Hit! 1:30
15 An Escapable Situation 0:43
16 Shock 0:33
17 Taboo Storyteller 1:04
18 Adlehyde Castle 1:42
19 Ancient Civilization Exhibition 1:26
20 The Sky Is Being Torn Apart 1:12
21 World of Loudening Screams 1:28
22 Against the Backdrop of World Destruction 0:51
23 From Anxiety to Impatience 2:00
24 The Sharp Edge of an Assault 0:42
25 Power fighter 1:49
26 Defeated 0:38
27 Retreat 0:41
28 After the Chaos and Destruction 2:07
29 A Sorrowful Separation 1:04
30 Funeral Procession 2:25
31 WILD ARMS 0:24
32 Migrant Bird of the Wilderness (Rudy's Theme) 1:39
33 Marsh Where the Migrant Birds Gather 1:55
34 Inn 0:12
35 The Power Which Supports the World 1:44
36 Knight Quarters 1:51
37 A Wound Carved Upon The Heart 0:52
38 Castle of Flames (Prologue 1) 3:13
39 Lamentation and a Promise (Prologue 2) 2:42

01 Ancient Shrine 1:08
02 Village of the Elw 1:33
03 Agitation to Destruction 1:42
04 Kishum Flame 0:52
05 Town 1:51
06 Fallen into a Trap 0:47
07 Not Just Any Kid, But A Lady! (Jane's Theme) 1:10
08 A Moment of Tension (Lady Harken's Theme) 1:13
09 False Wedding on the Sea 2:03
10 Wh-What? (Zed's Theme) 1:29
11 What You're Looking For Is on the Calm Beach 2:08
12 Crossing Over the Raging Waves (Bartholomew's Theme) 1:33
13 Suddenly 0:26
14 Warrior's Whistle (Boomerang's Theme) 2:17
15 Holy Mother of Darkness 1:51
16 Eulogy of Ruin 1:30
17 Collapse 0:54
18 Rudy's Companions 1:12
19 Seperate World 2:03
20 A Lonely Dream of Bygone Days 1:05
21 The Miracle of Love 2:12
22 The Bird Which Flies In the Sky (Emma's Theme) 1:06
23 Running Spirit 1:20
24 Fragments of Hope, Revival 0:56
25 The Demon Tower that Pierces the Heavens 0:58
26 Ballad of the Shadow Wolf 0:59
27 A New Moon ~Malduke~ 1:35
28 Battle MOTHER 1:32
29 The Way Back 0:42
30 To the Sea of Stars 2:08
31 Battle ZEIK 1:09
32 Return to Ashes 1:16
33 "Asgard Did His Best, Didn't He?" 1:24
34 The Prologue Beginning From Here 3:24
35 Morning of the Journey 2:44
36 The Princess-Sorceress' Feelings 2:19
37 On a Journey, Companions... 0:44
38 To the End of the Wilderness ~To a New Journey~ 2:47
39 Making An Oath to the Blue Sky 5:01
40 Battle Demon 1:31
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Old Jul 17, 2010, 05:29 PM
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Overlapping tracks sound much worse than the original release which actually has acceptable mastering, http://vgmdb.net/album/1069

Don't know what they did, this version is louder and has slightly extra clipping, but not to the point where it would explain why it's so much worse. Pretty much sums up where the entire music industry has been going...
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Old Jul 17, 2010, 06:45 PM
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I think this album was derived from the data on the game disc itself which explains a lot because a lot of early games on any system usually don't take full use of a system's sound capabilities like later ones do. "Critical Hit! (Fight Theme)" sounds as flat on Complete Tracks as it does in the game; the remastering on the OGS really took this track to new heights - solidifying the argument if you’re a fan there is no reason not to own both albums.

And as most here probably feel, it's a bummer the US/(PAL?) ending - which slays the Japanese ending vocal - didn't make it onto Complete Tracks, which makes it not so complete.

On a related note, I've played the game several times and don't ever remember hearing track 2-24 "Fragments of Hope, Revival". Can anyone else confirm that?
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On a related note, I've played the game several times and don't ever remember hearing track 2-24 "Fragments of Hope, Revival". Can anyone else confirm that?
I've re-played the game since I posted this and confirmed this plays when the party revives Zephyr, the Gaurdian of Hope near the end of the game.
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