SQEX-10431: memória! / The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura

[LiquidAcid]

Things I'd like to see covered here:
- Radiant Historia
- Gargoyle's Quest

[Zanasea]

Since Square Enix is publishing, it will only feature their own titles I'm afraid.

[Datschge]

Should be a 20th (or so) anniversary album then.

[James O]

So far according to the website it's taking stuff from Kingdom Hearts, Front Mission, Legend of Mana, and LIVE A LIVE. so ya just Squix stuff.

[seanne]

Maybe the "25" is just a reference to how long she's been in the business, and not necessarily an indication of the contents of the album. Since it's a Square Enix release after all I too am guessing it won't have any earlier/later stuff.

[LiquidAcid]

Which is a shame, since especially the 8-bit Gameboy sound of Gargoyles's Quest holds IMO a lot of potential for interesting arrangements.

But like seanne said, they will probably focus on the "big titles", which means, more Kingdom Hearts. Well, that's also fine with me. Just don't overdo it and make Destati into a second OWA...

[Chris]

SQEX Music should have teamed up with Capcom again to cover Street Fighter II, Last Ranker, and The King of Dragons.

[Zanasea]

Originally Posted by seanne

Maybe the "25" is just a reference to how long she's been in the business, and not necessarily an indication of the contents of the album. Since it's a Square Enix release after all I too am guessing it won't have any earlier/later stuff.

Yes, she has been in the industry for 25 years. Drammatica was made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her career as well.

[The Ultimate Mario Fan]

I'm soooo excited for this album! I really hope she includes some SMRPG or at least Mario & Luigi music; that was absent from Drammatica, which really made me sad.

But anyway, GO YO-KO!! One of the best composers EVER (I only prefer Kondo and Mitsuda over her), and I can't wait to add this CD to my Shimomura collection!

[James O]

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/memoria/

The website's been updated a bit - a small pic of the cover and the fact that a Super Mario RPG track will be on there!

The track is "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms".

[Phonograph]

if s-e was honest, they would change the date to 20th anniversary and release it in september (live-a-live, sept. 1994)
but because of that other release, it won't happen

next game to come could be parasite eve

[Zanasea]

Originally Posted by Phonograph

next game to come could be parasite eve

The cover picture confirms "Theme of AYA" is included.

[Phonograph]

I don't know how you can see anything on that tiny cover or there is another cover
but sony has parasite eve tho

[Zanasea]

Yes I saw that on a bigger version: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgQ5j_6CUAABVFu.jpg:large

[LiquidAcid]

Anyone noticed the product description on CDJ?

Originally Posted by CDJ

Greatest hits album release of Yoko Shimomura. Features tracks from "FINAL FANTASY XIII", "Final Fantasy XI" and "Final Fantasy XIII-2 " game series.

Hmmmmmm....

[cal]

Looks like they accidentally added the description from Lightning Returns OST Plus (catalog number is only one digit off).

Edit: Or maybe the descriptions are just really similar but a couple sentences are direct copy and paste. I don't know.

[Efendija]

Well maybe they'll put some new track from FF15 (ex versus 13), like they did on that drammatica album. I need more music from that game. And the game itself. I'm waiting eight fucking years.

Just hoping though, no evidence whatsoever.

[dissident93]

possible track list from the live concert. seems like they have some non square-stuff too (Street Fighter II)

M01：「キングダム ハーツ」シリーズより『Dearly Beloved』
M02：「マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!!」より『インザ・ファイナル』
M03：「ライブ・ア・ラブ」より『Kiss of Jealousy』
M04：「ライブ・ア・ライブ」より『GO!GO!ブリキ大王!!』
M05：「聖剣伝説 -LEGEND OF MANA-」より『Pain the Universe』
M06：「聖剣伝説 -LEGEND OF MANA-」より『滅びし煌きの都市』
M07：「スーパーマリオRPG」より『森のキノコにご用心』
M08：「パラサイト・イヴ」より『A.Y.A.(Theme of AYA アレンジ)』
M09：「ラストランカー」より『The Bloom of Passion』
M10：「ラジアントヒストリア」より『-HISTORIA-』
M11：アルバム「murmur」より『ハッピーエンド』
M12：「マリオ＆ルイージRPG4 ドリームアドベンチャー」より『神々のムユーウッド』
M13：「ストリートファイターII」より『バルログのテーマ』
M14：「ストリートファイターII」より『ケンのテーマ』
M15：「ゼノブレイド」より『引けない戦い』
M16：「ライブ・ア・ライブ」より『MEGALOMANIA』
EC1：「キングダム ハーツII」より『The Other Promise』
EC2：（11日夜公演のみ）「熱唱!!ストリートファイターII」より『紅のケン～The Burning Blood～』
EC3：「聖剣伝説 -LEGEND OF MANA-」より『Song of Mana』

[LiquidAcid]

W00t, this screams one thing: Concert recording on BluRay

[ᄐv๑–X²]

If I'm reading that tracklist right there's songs from Super Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi RPG 3 and Mario & Luigi RPG 4...

Now it has my attention.

[Zanasea]

I'm afraid the concert and CD are unrelated. "memoria!" will only feature tracks from Square Enix games.

Shimomura just shared a photo from the master CD on Twitter, you can see the names of the 10 first tracks:

http://twitpic.com/dw4btc/full

[Ramza]

well, still has Parasite Eve, which is one more title than we got in drammatica.

[Zanasea]

And these 10 tracks are...

Dearly Beloved (Kingdom Hearts)
Beware the Forest's Mushrooms (Super Mario RPG)
Kiss of Jealousy (Live A Live)
The Revolving Wheel of Fate (Heroes of Mana)
Elegie (Front Mission)
Vector to the Heavens (Kingdom Heats 358/2 Days)
"Dragon Slayer Storyline" Medley (Legend of Mana)
A.Y.A. (Parasite Eve)
Pain the Universe (Legend of Mana)
MEGALOMANIA (Live A Live)

[James O]

disappointing but understandable.

[TerraEpon]

But what is it? Just a compilation album? New recordings? New recordings plus some from Drammatica (or maybe various other CDs, ala Final Fantasy Orchestral Album)?

[LiquidAcid]

Originally Posted by TerraEpon

But what is it? Just a compilation album? New recordings? New recordings plus some from Drammatica (or maybe various other CDs, ala Final Fantasy Orchestral Album)?

I think you can think of it has a successor of drammatica.

[The Ultimate Mario Fan]

YESSSS! SUPER MARIO RPG!!!!!! My prayers have been answered! I jumped and clicked my heels when I found out this news. It was a travesty that her best game was omitted from her previous compilation.

Now let's see some arranged Mario & Luigi tracks, chop chop!

[James O]

Well, Square had nothing to do with those games so we probably won't be seeing any tracks from that game series unfortunately.

[Ramza]

While I appreciate the enthusiasm, I'm a little shocked to see a 5-star rating on this album when it's not out yet. :P

The full tracklist gets me excited though.

Anyone know what "Demons' Score" is?

[Zanasea]

It's a mobile title (running on Unreal Engine though) with rhythm action gameplay. Each character has its own composer attached.

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/smart/demons/en/#!/top

Shimomura did Azazel.