In partnership with Game Arts, Wayô Records is proud to add a Japanese RPG masterpiece to its catalog with the Grandia original soundtrack composed and arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare! Acclaimed title on the SEGA’s Saturn released in Japan in 1997, Grandia reaches the West for a release on the Sony’s PlayStation in 1999, and has a HD remaster in 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PC.
WAYO-018~022 (Summer 2020) 80 tracks, 5 discs Cristal box into a hardbound box Composed and arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare Produced, published and distributed by Wayô Records Licensed by Game Arts
The Grandia Complete Soundtrack includes the full Grandia Original Soundtrack and the arranged album 'Vent' on a total of 5 CD, presented within a deluxe package featuring a brand new piece of artwork made especially for this edition by Toshiaki Hontani, who worked as the co-director and animator on Grandia.
It features:
- A completely new 20-page booklet, featuring Toshiaki Hontani and Takuhito Kusanagi’s gorgeous artworks and new comments from the development team (Toshiaki Hontani, Kazuyuki Ôhata), the soundtrack producer (Isao Mizoguchi) and composer Noriyuki Iwadare.
In addition, the arrange album of 1998, Vent, out of print in Japan for years, entirely arranged and performed by Noriyuki Iwadare and his best musicians, is included as a supplement to the original soundtrack, on an additional disc!
PREORDER BONUS (OUT OF STOCK!)
To complete this great release, the first 250 orders will received a mini-Shikishi featuring a completely original illustration by Toshiaki Hontani, the original character designer from the game!
A Japanese Shikishi is a sheet of fine handmade paper affixed to a hard backing. The edges are decorated with a strip of gold paper.
Tracklist
Disc 1 (53:50) Original Soundtrack "Orchestra Side"
01 Theme of GRANDIA 02 The Sandy Beach of Gumbo 03 Delightful Adventure 04 Farewell to Sue 05 Mirage Castle 06 Mullen 07 Nymph in Alent 08 Ghost Ship 09 The Edge of the World 10 Approaching Crisis 11 Leen’s Love Theme 12 Time to Relax and Talk* (From Best of Grandia) 13 Pavane* (From Best of Grandia)
Disc 2 (51:16) Original Soundtrack "Synthesizer Side"
01 Prelude 02 Town of Parm 03 Lilly’s Seagull Restaurant 04 Sult Ruins 05 New Parm ~Frontier of Our Hearts~ 06 Dom Ruins 07 Duel with Gadwin 08 Dight Village 09 Gumbo Festival 10 Twin Towers 11 Cafu Village 12 Zil Padon 13 Snowy Laine Village 14 Justin, Stand Up!
Disc 3 (49:56) Original Soundtrack
01 Off Runs Sue 02 Justin Hits the Scene 03 Angelou Civilization 04 Deck Swabbing 05 Inside Sult Ruins 06 Battle 1 07 Victory 08 Misty Forest 09 Gaia’s Egg 10 The Air Battleship Takes Off 11 Gaia Hatching 12 The Destruction of Zil Padon 13 Leen vs Gaia 14 Gaia Grows 15 Having Dinner 16 Inside Dom Ruins 17 Four Tensions in Succession 18 Dungeon 1 19 New Parm Church 20 Perfect Victory 21 Luc Village
Disc 4 (64:15) Original Soundtrack
01 Rah-Rah! Cheer 02 Rah-Rah! Cheer Ver.2 03 Three Sisters 04 Dungeon 2 05 New Parm Sake Bar 06 Parm Harbor 07 Inside Twin Tower 1 08 Battle 2 09 Warp Space 10 Garlyle 11 Farewell 12 Underground Ruins 13 Short Loop 1 14 Short Loop 2 15 Inside Twin Tower 2 16 Battle 3 17 The Cursed Tower 18 Assault 19 Aiming for a New World 20 Adventurers Society
Disc 5 (49:25) Arrange Album "Vent"
01 Parm 02 For the Love of You 03 Lilly 04 Farewell 05 New Parm Church 06 Gadwin’s Sorrow 07 Luc 08 From Beyond the Darkness 09 Alent -Holy Banquet- 10 Remembrance… 11 Theme of GRANDIA 12 Theme (Piano Version)