FM1-DA: FRONT MISSION 1St SPECIAL BGM SELECTION

[Medina]

This says it was arranged by Hidenori Iwasaki and gives original composers... but it says Original Soundtrack. Is it not an arrangement? I don't have it but the track lengths also look different from the same songs on FRONT MISSION 4 plus 1st ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.

[Cedille]

Never played or heard any Front Mission so far, but in general, if a game's soundtrack is based on arranged tracks taken from other games, the classification we'd select is "Original Soundtrack" (example: Dissidia).

[Xenofan 29A]

I think it is a selection from the original soundtrack to the PSX remake of the first Front Mission. Iwasaki did the work of converting the SNES pieces into PSX synth.

[Medina]

Oh, I see, that explains the arrangement credit. Thanks.

Cedille, Front Mission 5 is very good. Everything before it is pretty mediocre - not bad at all but also not really great. But I really do like Front Mission 5's music.

[Jormungand]

Right, it's the OST to the PSX remake, literally called Front Mission 1st. It includes an extra story mode for which Iwasaki did music.

[Chris]

Actually, I'm fond of most of the early Front Mission scores for different reasons. FMA is a bit of a dud, but the rest are interesting. Especially FM2 and FM3. FM5 is more of a Zimmer emulation and, while quite accomplished, could be more original.

[Xenofan 29A]

I felt 4 was the worst in terms of Zimmer emulation, actually. It has moments ripped right out of Gladiator. My personal favorites are 2 and 3 as well.

[_if]

Assuming the scans here are incomplete, it would be appreciated if anyone who owns this album could verify that track 8 is in fact credited to Hidenori Iwasaki somewhere in the packaging.

[Alcahest]

No details _if.

[_if]

Thanks a bunch for the confirmation.