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I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t quit the project after all, haha. While it was a struggle all the way, when I listen to it playing now at the character selection screen, I feel it really evokes the feeling of these eight travelers and their journeys. I was asked to make a lavish (but not too long) ending that would be suitable for trailers and the like, and this is how it turned out.Īnd that’s the main theme. We then repeat the melody once more with an added fill to make a further impression, then bring the piece home with the ending. Transposing it up a semitone, we bring back the melody with even more spirit and energy. I’m quite pleased with it, and I’m glad I was able to preserve it in the final version.Īfter this comes a trumpet melody that’s also used in the victory fanfare (the lead-in to the victory fanfare is from the original draft, while the part that loops after is from the second draft).Īfter this, the melody from the first draft returns, this time in the key of D-flat-this is the intentional repetition I mentioned above.
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It has a hint of melancholy while also being full of hope. The string melody that follows is from the second draft.
The original version had more of an extended intro, but I decided to cut it and have players hear the main melody right from the start. The main theme that I arrived at after this long road starts off in the key of C, with a melody taken from the first draft of the piece. On top of that, I structured it so that the melody repeated, helping it to stick in your head as much as possible, and the theme you hear today finally came together. I had a feeling that I’d just get even more lost if I tried to start over from scratch, so I presented the idea of trying to combine the first and second versions into a third draft. I mentioned this in my Famitsu interview as well, but I honestly considered resigning from the project (even though I’d already composed half the soundtrack!). It was like I was lost in the woods, with no clue of how I could emerge with a completed piece. To be honest, at this point I was in complete disarray. Which I did, but again, the response was…less than enthusiastic. I remember thinking to myself, “Yikes…I really messed this one up, didn’t I?” And so I was given five days to submit a second draft. Unfortunately, it wasn’t very well received. It took me about two weeks to compose my first version of the theme, which-after agonizing for quite some time-I decided to submit as my initial draft. I remember spending about a month composing something, tossing it out, and so on over and over again. We recorded the whole soundtrack in two sessions, and I composed this theme just before the first session. Thinking back, all I can really remember is how much I struggled with this-that’s how much pressure I felt having to compose the main theme of this game.Īt the point I wrote this, I had already finished about half the songs from the game. Octopath Traveler Arrangements - Break & Boost In stock, usually ships within. The main theme is the “face” of the game, as it were, but I can tell you that this one didn’t come out easily. You may have noted that our review of the game is not up yet, but we’re currently playing it obsessively, and our review should be going live soon- hopefully some time next week, so stay tuned.For our inaugural entry in this deep dive into the music of Octopath Traveler, I’d like to talk about the main theme. Octopath Traveler is available now, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. If you are a collector, you can always import it, otherwise you can just get the soundtrack digitally, and enjoy the music for yourself. A physical disc for it has also launched in Japan, but that will likely not come over to the west.
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for download on the iTunes store and also Streamable on the Apple Music. If you want it, it is available to buy right now on iTunes and Amazon. Listen to Cyrus, The Scholar (From Octopath Traveler) by Patti Rudisill and.
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Fully orchestrated, but channeling the sounds of 16- and 32-bit JRPGs, it’s basically the best of all worlds- a soulful, nostalgic, wistful series of compositions that truly seems to be one of the best soundtracks of the year, every bit as accomplished as the game’s graphical look is.Īnd now, in a rare twist, you can buy this soundtrack for yourself. Octopath Traveler launched today, and the one thing that is clear about it already is just how amazing its soundtrack is.