Soundtrack

[doky]

The soundtrack for this game is so beautiful. If the developers made additional DLC for the soundtrack, who else would buy?

[Melodia]

I wouldn't, as I've owned the CDs for 15 years.

[Artemis-kun]

I'd be down for this

[Nonexistinghero]

Well, all of the songs are sound files that you can find in the folder of the game. But all other sounds are there as well, so... it's not soundtrack ready. In Half-Minute Hero 2: The Second Coming the folks who released it on Steam put the music separately in a folder so you pretty much have the digital OST good to go with that game.

[Detestable Geohound]

I don't think it'd be likely that they would have the soundtrack for download. Just seems like something they wouldn't do for a 15 year old game.

As for taking the music from the game itself; the quality of the soundtracks in the game pale to comparison of the actual hard-copy soundtrack that exists. The problem is finding those discs (for a reasonable price) is incredibly hard.

On the plus side; there are some really good fan made covers for this game in some cases.
The mini-album Frets of Valmar was released as a fundraiser for the Japanese Red Cross and can be found on bandcamp :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLe0ZUfM5B0

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Nonexistinghero:

Well, all of the songs are sound files that you can find in the folder of the game. But all other sounds are there as well, so... it's not soundtrack ready. In Half-Minute Hero 2: The Second Coming the folks who released it on Steam put the music separately in a folder so you pretty much have the digital OST good to go with that game.

HMH2 is a horrible example. In fact one would get a better experience listening to the included OOG files with this game (after ordering them a bit) because at least those fade out, where HMH2 just stops -- there's not even silence, it just stops.

Oh how I wish there was a proper release of HMH2...

[Nonexistinghero]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Originally posted by Nonexistinghero:

Well, all of the songs are sound files that you can find in the folder of the game. But all other sounds are there as well, so... it's not soundtrack ready. In Half-Minute Hero 2: The Second Coming the folks who released it on Steam put the music separately in a folder so you pretty much have the digital OST good to go with that game.

HMH2 is a horrible example. In fact one would get a better experience listening to the included OOG files with this game (after ordering them a bit) because at least those fade out, where HMH2 just stops -- there's not even silence, it just stops.

Oh how I wish there was a proper release of HMH2...

Yeah, I do suppose in HMH2 it's not that good. The tracks are very short and stop very suddenly (some do have a solid finish). I'd prefer it if the tracks would be played 2 times and would then fade out for most part.

It's a shame, because the game has a ton of excellent songs and I definitely consider it to be among the best game soundtracks around.

[Warrior of Right]

Me as there are 3 OST discs (not the one that comes with the game) that i think are japan only and rare. (You basically have the OST but in OGG format) just have to dig through it all.

Originally posted by Melodia:

I wouldn't, as I've owned the CDs for 15 years.

There are 3 OST discs that didn't come with the game, you thought this games amazing OST could fit on 1 disc???

[Detestable Geohound]

Originally posted by What's next? Pillow Gauntlet?:

Me as there are 3 OST discs (not the one that comes with the game) that i think are japan only and rare. (You basically have the OST but in OGG format) just have to dig through it all.

Actually a quick Ebay search pulled up the Povo disc (second half of the soundtrack) for a decent price. If you're willing to go that route (I did and had to get them at much higher prices; because availability) you might be able to still grab them. Though whether you'll end up with both discs (because Melodia is supposedly awful and not worth it) at a decent price or get stuck with a bootlegged version (it happens) is going to be hard to say if you get it from just any seller.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by What's next? Pillow Gauntlet?:

Originally posted by Melodia:

I wouldn't, as I've owned the CDs for 15 years.

There are 3 OST discs that didn't come with the game, you thought this games amazing OST could fit on 1 disc???

Not sure what you're trying to say. The are two discs, released seprately consisting of the OST, called Deus and Povo.
There's also a disc called Melodia which was released with the LE version of the game in Japan, but it only has the two remixes of songs that are on the US game's pack in, as well as arrangements of four tracks from the original Grandia and a track from Grandia Digital Museum.

I am currnetly in possetion of all three of these, though I've been trying to sell my Japanese LE copy for ages...

[Warrior of Right]

Ah so Melodia came with the game as well, didn't know that.

[Eldritch Moon]

Originally posted by Melodia:

I wouldn't, as I've owned the CDs for 15 years.

same here. but i might still buy the digital soundtrack if it was somehow released on steam, just to pay it forward. :)

[Eldritch Moon]

Deus, Povo and Melodia, + the original soundtrack. I love iwadare. His music and especially his arranged scores for the grandia series are all very good. The main theme makes my hairs stand on end, probably because it was so mercilessly imbued and masterfully orchestrated in the first game, and i have major nostalgia connected with that particular game, so when i heard it again, albeit in a more mild manner in the opening of grandia 2, i got the chills.

[Zeraki]

I only own the first CD of the soundtrack,had it imported back in 2004 and it was pretty pricey for me at the time so I couldn't get the second disc. I would jump at the chance to buy the rest of the soundtrack for a reasonable price.