"Memory of Running" uses a light trumpet to add effect to the heavy chimes and synth in the background to create a mystical feeling to the theme. "Calmly Travelling" is a drum-based piece that has a distorted keyboard playing the tune but the song would be nothing without the drums. A fast paced guitar and the many other instruments used to create this awesome tune, will keep you head banging. Yoko Shimomura did an excellent job fitting this one together. The guitar pieces in Legend of Mana are the best you'll find on a non-arranged Original Soundtrack. It is the first theme in the album that includes a heavy and a light guitar. "Pain the Universe" is the battle arena theme that is used the most frequently in Legend of Mana. It has a nice drum beat and adds a slight bit of orchestral tune to a faster beat which works effectively. Carrying on, amongst a few enemy areas is "Wanderer's Path," a faster paced piece good for small enemies that ties in well with the areas it accompanies. It also really gives a great atmosphere for the town of Domina itself. I like the way everything just merges into one piece after a while. "Hometown Domina" is another peaceful track with two completely different instruments playing roughly the same tune, which by the way, is also great. It has a brilliant tune and a slow beat, which is excellent considering it's only for the title screen and one or two short parts in the game. It is a very peaceful theme, set like an orchestrated piece. The next theme, "Nostalgic Song" is one of my personal favourites. The title theme plays through a few cut scenes at the beginning of the game, and it is an orchestral piece to begin with, with the rest being a faster paced piece that is slightly more melodic. The first two themes are definitely worth a mention. Some themes are repetitions or slow versions of other themes, so I'd be repeating myself if I did all of the tracks. As the album is two discs, I'll pick out some noticeably good ones, and maybe a few bad ones, too. Some may not like the game, but this soundtrack is for everybody to like. Yoko Shimomura, the genius behind the Parasite Eve and Kingdom Hearts soundtracks, does a brilliant job with this album, with some themes here being some of her best works to date. Legend of Mana isn't particularly liked by many, or known by many for that matter, but I will save game talk for other reviewers, let's talk soundtracks.
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