VGCD-0135: Sekaiju no MeiQ² *shoou no seihai* Original Soundtrack

[Cedille]

The 10th track's translation could be wrong. The last letter "n" here isn't the variation of "nu", which is the negative auxiliary verb, but more likely it derives from "mu", the volitional auxiliary verb, so the opposite translation like " The Wind Draws Heroes" would be correct. My rationale isn't perfect though, as I'm not a teacher.

[Dag]

I've been meaning to fix/clean up all the Sekaiju no Meikyu albums (ex.- 1-17 is more like 'the melody of the resounding weapons', or what you posted) and add some official translations, but it'll take a while.

Btw, I don't quite get what they mean in 2-09 ("400" ) and 2-10 ("14"), any ideas?

[Don]

Here's the localized tracklist (in order of OST) for Etrian Odyssey II:

1. Beginning the Journey
2. Explorer’s Guild
3. Ancient Forest
4. Battle on Terra Firma
5. Victory
6. High Lagaard: Day
7. Auburn Thicket
8. Threat of the Labyrinth
9. F.O.E.
10. High Lagaard: Night
11. Frozen Grounds
12. Artelind and Wilhelm
13. Towering Adversary
14. Duke’s Palace
15. Petal Bridge
16. One with Wings
17. Battle in the Sky

Disc 2

1. Heavenly Keep
2. The Labyrinth’s Secrets
3. Overlord of the Heavens
4. Struggle with the Overlord
5. Peace Restored
6. Forbidden Wood
7. Forbidden Battle
8. The Secret Struggle
9. The Highest Pinnacle
10. Game Over
11. Jingle 1
12. Jingle 2

[dancey]

More Sekaiju no MeiQ cleanup:

Disc 1:

M1: Changed to past tense
M2: Capitalized "their"; Facility --> Establishment. I left "Guild" as just plain "Guild" instead of Explorer's Guild like the previous release because it didn't include the kanji for Explorer ("冒険者")
M3: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M4: Slight change
M5: Lands Spreading in the North --> The Vast North. Some liberty taken here, though.
M7: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M9: Changed from "A Sudden Gust of Wind that Calls for Death" --> "A Gust of Wind Invites Death"
M10: The Wind Doesn't Draw Heroes --> The Wind Draws the Heroes Near
M11: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M12: Guardians of the Sorrowful Ice --> Sorrowful Guardians of Ice; Raischutz --> Der Freischütz (localization)
M14: Beautiful and Sublime Lands --> Beautifully Sublime Lands; Facility --> Establishment; Hi- --> High ; Archduke --> Duke (localization)
M15: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M17: "Inspecting the Resounding Weapons" --> "Investigating the Sounds of Battle". Some liberty taken here

Disc 2

M1: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M4: "Heavens' Governer" --> "Heavenly Ruler"
M6: localization; removed spaces from '# ~ #F'
M7: Shiver --> Shudder ("Shiver" usually has to do with temperature, "Shudder" usually has to do with emotion/feeling)
M9: slight verbiage change
M10: slight verbiage change

M13~rest of the disc + disc 3 are all the above changes repeated for the DS track titles, since they are all the same and just the DS version.

A few minor track time updates from CD source

*edit* 1/21/2019 -- changed Town - to Townscape - per EO3 OST. Much better translation.

[SerenissimusDux]

In the liner notes, Koshiro says

my homages and parodies for the sound of the arcade games from the mid 80s to the early 90s can be found here and there. I think it’s challenging to identify them on the first listen unless you’re an extraordinary fanatic.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

[eduhunter]

Originally Posted by SerenissimusDux

In the liner notes, Koshiro says

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

The first thing i can think of (kinda) is some Namco arcade games, like The Tower of Druaga on track 1.02/2.14, some earlier Koshiro works on Falcom and some earlier Capcom arcades (Ghouls'n Ghosts), on all battle music 1.04/2.16 and 1.09/2.21 (other ones too), the later parts before the loop its kinda similar to me.

Of the labyrynth tracks, i dint' got any hints...Anyway, it's wild guesses from me lol

[Aifread]

Originally Posted by SerenissimusDux

In the liner notes, Koshiro says

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Konami orchestra hits all over "Overlord of Heavens"