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  North American Ys SEVEN Limited Edition Includes Soundtrack CD

  June 11, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | Comments Off on North American Ys SEVEN Limited Edition Includes Soundtrack CD Share this North American Ys SEVEN Limited Edition Includes Soundtrack CD

  

  But then again, the complete soundtrack for Ys SEVEN has already been released in Japan, and is probably worth checking out. XSEED has announced that they will be releasing a Ys SEVEN Limited Edition version which will contain the game, a soundtrack disc containing over 20 tracks from the game, a 60-page art book, and a nifty cloth map of the Ys universe. The Limited Edition will set you back $49.99, which seems like a fair price to pay.

  I’m greatly appreciative of XSEED’s efforts in bringing over these soundtrack discs and making them even snazzier than their Japanese counterparts (the Japanese Ys SEVEN Mini Soundtrack only contained 7 tracks). We saw the same thing with the Fragile Moonlight Tracks album a few months back. While 20 tracks is less than half of the music featured on the 2-disc soundtrack that Wes reviewed earlier this year, it’s still a nice bonus, and I’d love to get my hands on that cloth map.

  Are you looking forward to Ys SEVEN? Will you be picking up the standard edition or limited edition?

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  Ys SEVEN Original Soundtrack: Kicking 7 Shades of… (Review)

  December 9, 2009 | Wes Chung | 7 Comments Share this Ys SEVEN Original Soundtrack: Kicking 7 Shades of… (Review)

  

  In 1987, Nihon Falcom released a simple action-RPG with genre-defining music called Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished. 22 years, over ten games, and almost a googolplex of arranged CDs later, the franchise continues to adhere to these two elements. From rock-synth and memorable MIDI ditties to full orchestral arrangements, Ys will likely be remembered far more for its music than any other aspect, so we won’t open this review with any sort of query or cliff-hanger.

  Ys SEVEN’s soundtrack is great, and after the jump we’ll tell you why. (more…)

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  Ys SEVEN Soundtrack Announced: Come to the Land of Fertility!

  October 8, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 3 Comments Share this Ys SEVEN Soundtrack Announced: Come to the Land of Fertility!

  

  It appears as though a 2-disc soundtrack has been announced for Ys SEVEN. Justin had coverage from the most recent JDK Band Live event which featured some music from the game, and he was quite impressed with what he heard. I’ve since listened to the promotional albums that have been released featuring music from the game and have also liked what I’ve heard, so it’s great to know when we’ll be able to hear the soundtrack in its entirety.

  There are certainly some interesting track names here, including the one I mentioned in the post title, “Land of Fertility” as well as “Primitive Deep Leaves,” “Road to Solitary Death,” and “A Sunbaked Throb.” Likely literal translations of the Japanese track titles that makes little sense in English, but they’re still quite amusing. All the music will be composed by legendary Falcom Sound Team JDK, including Akiko Nagano on violin, Masaru Teramae on guitar, Atsushi Enomoto on bass, and Norisuke Yoshikawa on drums.

  Are you looking forward to checking out the Ys SEVEN soundtrack? Any thoughts as to why they’re calling it Ys SEVEN instead of Ys VII?

  [via VGMdb]

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  Catch a Glimpse of Ys SEVEN – Falcom JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009

  September 15, 2009 | Justin Pfeiffer | 7 Comments Share this Catch a Glimpse of Ys SEVEN – Falcom JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009

  

  [Editor’s note: Here we are again with an amazing concert writeup from Justin Pfeiffer, one of our correspondents from Japan. He previously brought you some lengthy impressions from EXTRA – Hyper Game Music Event 2008, and now has impressions from Falcom’s JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009.  It’s a great read, so check it out!]
  
  Ys SEVEN is almost upon us.  Have you preordered your copy?  (If not, get to falcom.com now!) The best action-RPG series ever continues on the PSP and Falcom’s JDK Band was alive this summer to kick off Ys I&II Chronicles and Ys SEVEN.  I was on the scene with some of my Falcom maniacs in Japan to get our fix of JDK Band rockage.

  Check out OSV’s concert report and take a peek into Falcom mania in Japan after the jump. (more…)

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