Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack
Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack cover artwork by Masatsugu Saito | |
Original Title | ゼノブレイド2 オリジナル・サウンドトラック |
Composer(s) | Yasunori Mitsuda ACE Kenji Hiramatsu Manami Kiyota |
Source(s) | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 |
Track count | 126 |
Release date(s) | 23 May 2018 |
Product code | SBPS-0024 (Type A) SBPS-0025~30 (Type B) SBPS-0031~5 (Type C) |
Soundtrack label | Sleigh Bells |
Manufacturer | Procyon Studio |
Original price | ¥4,500 |
Links | Official website |
The Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack (Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Original Soundtrack on Amazon Music and in the Trinity release) is the official soundtrack set for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and the most complete release of the music of this game. It was composed by ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota and Yasunori Mitsuda. It includes tracks from the base game, covering cutscene, battle, field, and menu themes distributed across five discs. A sixth disc (exclusive to the Type A and B versions) includes short gameplay sound elements and several piano arrangements of tracks from the first five discs.
Three different versions were put on sale, all made available on May 23, 2018:
- Type A: This version was released as a USB drive in the shape of the Aegis Core. It contains all of the music on the OST, including the extra tracks included in the 6th disc (mentioned above), as well as a 120-page booklet about the music of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and a card with the signatures of the composers. Only 2,000 copies were made.
- Type B: This version was released as the 6 CDs, covering all the tracks on the OST (as mentioned above), as well as the booklet and card in the Type A version and sheet music for Where We Used to Be. The front of each of the CDs features the official render of one of the Drivers: Rex, Nia, Tora, Mòrag, Zeke, and Vandham respectively. It was also a very limited release.
- Type C: This version included the first 5 CDs from the Type B version, and a 12-page booklet featuring a track list, lyrics for the English-language songs, and credits. Besides being available physically, this version was also made available as a digital download on Amazon US and iTunes US.
Before the official release, a selection album with a few tracks (mainly from the early in-game regions and cutscenes) was released bundled with the Collectors Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, titled Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Sound Selection, in December 2017. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Kingdom of Torna Original Soundtrack includes Torna ~ The Golden Country tracks, and it was published in December 14, 2018.
The music of the Type C soundtrack is also included as part of the Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box.
Track List[edit]
This list is based on the Type B version. The English names are taken from the iTunes version. As the Disc 6 tracks haven't received any international release, the names for them are unofficial translations taken from the VGMdb listing.
Nr. | English name | Original name | Composer(s) | Arranger(s) |
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Disc 1 | ||||
1 | Xenoblade II - Where It All Began - | Xenoblade II - Where It All Began - | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
2 | Elysium, in the Blue Sky | Elysium, in the Blue Sky | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
3 | Argentum | アヴァリティア |
ACE | ACE |
4 | Argentum/Night | アヴァリティア |
ACE | ACE |
5 | Bana's Theme | バーンのテーマ | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
6 | A Ship in a Stormy Sea | ACE | ACE | |
7 | The Ancient Vessel | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
8 | Exploration | Exploration | ACE | ACE |
9 | A Portent Crawling Over | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
10 | Elysium in the Dream | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
11 | The Awakening | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
12 | Crossing Swords | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
13 | Incoming! | Incoming! | ACE | ACE |
14 | Gormotti Forest | グーラ |
Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota |
15 | Gormott | グーラ |
ACE | ACE |
16 | Gormott/Night | グーラ |
ACE | ACE |
17 | Battle!! | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
18 | Torigoth | トリゴの |
ACE | ACE |
19 | Torigoth/Night | トリゴの |
ACE | ACE |
20 | Wanted Nia | ACE | ACE | |
21 | Omens of Life | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
22 | Awakened DNA | ブレイド |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
23 | A Nopon's Life | ノポンの |
ACE | ACE |
24 | Tiger! Tiger! | Tiger! Tiger! | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota |
25 | A Brewing Storm | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
Disc 2 | ||||
1 | Titan Battleship | ACE | ACE | |
2 | Monster Surprised You | Monster Surprised You | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
3 | Irritation | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
4 | Where We Used to Be | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
5 | Friendship | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
6 | The Towering Yggdrasil | そびえ |
Kenji Hiramatsu Yasunori Mitsuda |
Kenji Hiramatsu |
7 | Ophion | サーペント | ACE | ACE |
8 | Womb Center | インヴィディア/ |
Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota |
9 | Garfont Mercenaries | フレースヴェルグ |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
10 | Garfont Mercenaries/Night | フレースヴェルグ |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
11 | Death Match With Torna | ACE | ACE | |
12 | Kingdom of Uraya | インヴィディア |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
13 | Kingdom of Uraya/Night | インヴィディア |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
14 | Those Who Stand Against Our Path | ACE | ACE | |
15 | Fonsa Myma | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
16 | Fonsa Myma/Night | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
17 | The Heroic Adventures | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
18 | The Beginning of Darkness | ACE | ACE | |
19 | Drifting Soul | Drifting Soul | ACE | ACE |
Disc 3 | ||||
1 | Counterattack | Counterattack | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
2 | You Will Recall Our Names | さらに |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
3 | Desolation | ACE | ACE | |
4 | Contrition | ACE | ACE | |
5 | War and Peace | ブリーフィング | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota |
6 | Driver Vs | ドライバー VS | ACE | ACE |
7 | Alba Cavanich | ACE | ACE | |
8 | Alba Cavanich/Night | ACE | ACE | |
9 | Running | ACE | ACE | |
10 | Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes - | スペルビア |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
11 | Mor Ardain/Night | スペルビア |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
12 | Eye of Shining Justice | ACE | ACE | |
13 | Bringer of Chaos! Ultimate | ACE | ACE | |
14 | Song of Giga Rosa | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
15 | Jump Towards the Morning Sun | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
16 | Leftherian Archipelago | リベラリタス |
ACE | ACE |
17 | Leftherian Archipelago/Night | リベラリタス |
ACE | ACE |
18 | Gramps | ACE | ACE | |
19 | Gramps/Night | ACE | ACE | |
20 | A Place in the Sun | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
Disc 4 | ||||
1 | Our Eternal Land | Our Eternal Land | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
2 | We Are the Chosen Ones | We Are the Chosen Ones | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr |
3 | Misgivings | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
4 | The Impending Crisis | ACE | ACE | |
5 | Temperantia | テンペランティア | ACE | ACE |
6 | Over the Sinful Entreaty | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda Mariam Abounnasr | |
7 | Tantal | ルクスリア |
ACE | ACE |
8 | Tantal/Night | ルクスリア |
ACE | ACE |
9 | Ever Come to an End | Ever Come to an End | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
10 | Shadow of the Lowlands | Shadow of the Lowlands | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr |
11 | The Past Revealed | ACE | ACE | |
12 | The Decision | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
13 | Loneliness | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
14 | Spirit Crucible Elpys | エルピス |
Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota |
15 | Tensed Mind | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
16 | Drifting Soul (Violin Version) | Drifting Soul (Violin Version) | ACE | ACE |
17 | A Faint Hope | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
18 | Cliffs of Morytha | モルスの |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
19 | Still, Move Forward! | それでも、 |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
20 | Land of Morytha | モルスの |
ACE | ACE |
Disc 5 | ||||
1 | Yggdrasil | ユグドラシル | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr |
2 | Past From Far Distance | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
3 | With People and Darkness | Yasunori Mitsuda ACE |
ACE | |
4 | The Power of Jin | シンの |
Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
5 | Praetor Amalthus - The Acting God - | マルベーニ 〜 |
Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr |
6 | Walking with You | ACE | ACE | |
7 | Orbital Ring | オービタルリング | Yasunori Mitsuda | Manami Kiyota |
8 | The Abandoned City | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
9 | Heart in the Fog | Manami Kiyota | Manami Kiyota | |
10 | Flashback | フラッシュバック | ACE | ACE |
11 | Sea of Clouds | ACE | ACE | |
12 | Disappearing World | ACE | ACE | |
13 | Battle in the Skies Above | Battle in the Skies Above | ACE | ACE |
14 | After Despair and Hope | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu | |
15 | Our Hope | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr | |
16 | Parting | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr | |
17 | The Tomorrow With You | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda Mariam Abounnasr | |
18 | Escape - Going Through Clouds - | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
19 | Elysium | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr | |
20 | White All Around Us | White All Around Us | Yasunori Mitsuda | Mariam Abounnasr |
21 | One Last You | One Last You | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
Disc 6 | ||||
1 | New Area | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
2 | Tutorial | チュートリアル | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
3 | Quest Order | クエスト |
Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
4 | Landmark | ランドマーク | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
5 | Secret Area | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
6 | Peaceful Mind | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda | |
7 | Level Up | レベルアップ | Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
8 | Blade Obtained | ブレイドゲット | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
9 | Rare Blade Obtained | レアブレイドゲット | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
10 | Blade Chosen | ブレイド |
ACE | ACE |
11 | Battle Result | バトルリザルト | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
12 | Salvage Result | サルベージリザルト | Kenji Hiramatsu | Kenji Hiramatsu |
13 | Affinity Chart Complete | キズナリングコンプリート | ACE | ACE |
14 | Hunting Succeeded | ACE | ACE | |
15 | Skill in Action | スキル |
Yasunori Mitsuda | Yasunori Mitsuda |
16 | Quest Clear | クエスト |
ACE | ACE |
17 | Gormott (Piano Arrange) | グーラ |
ACE | Ivan Linn |
18 | Battle!! (Piano Arrange) | Kenji Hiramatsu | Ivan Linn | |
19 | The Ancient Vessel (Piano Arrange) | Manami Kiyota | Ivan Linn | |
20 | Counterattack (Piano Arrange) | Counterattack (Piano Arrange) | Kenji Hiramatsu | Ivan Linn |
21 | One Last You (Piano Arrange) | One Last You (Piano Arrange) | Yasunori Mitsuda | Ivan Linn |
Credits[edit]
(Credits are taken from pages 119-123 of the booklet in the Type A/Type B versions.)
Music
- Yasunori Mitsuda
- ACE (TOMOri KUDO, CHiCO)
- Kenji Hiramatsu
- Manami Kiyota
Orchestration
- Mariam Abounnasr (PROCYON STUDIO)
Piano Arrange
- Takayuki Yoshimura / Disc3 M03 "Desolation"
Lyrics
Lyric Translation
Recording & Mixing Engineer
- Hiroyuki Akita
Recording Engineer
- Go Kodachi (Studio Slinky)
Assistant Engineers
- Kyo Kakinuma (AVACO CREATIVE STUDIO)
- Aya Kuroda (VICTOR STUDIO)
- Toshiyuki Kawahito (VICTOR STUDIO)
- Ryo Kanai (VICTOR STUDIO)
- Ryuma Annaka (birdie house)
- Mai Kondo (Landmark Studio)
- Yuta Tateishi (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)
- Genya Koga (Studio Slinky)
Recording Location
- AVACO CREATIVE STUDIO
- VICTOR STUDIO
- Kanagawa Art Hall
- Sony Music Studios Tokyo
- Landmark Studio
- ABS RECORDING
- SHANGRI-LA STUDIO
- Studio Slinky
- PROCYON STUDIO
- Studio O
- Studio FLATPINE
Sound Producer
- Yasunori Mitsuda (PROCYON STUDIO)
Recording Coordinators
- Tsutomu Satomi (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)
- Kiyoshi Tsuda (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)
- Keita Korematsu (PLANKTON)
- Ryosuke Mozumi (FACE MUSIC)
- Yasunori Mitsuda (PROCYON STUDIO)
- ACE
- Kenji Hiramatsu
Recording Interpreter
- Mariam Abounnasr (PROCYON STUDIO)
Copyists
- Yasunori Mitsuda (PROCYON STUDIO)
- Mariam Abounnasr (PROCYON STUDIO)
- Takayasu Seo (Music engrave Ruth-ya)
Music Production Cooperation
- PROCYON STUDIO Co., Ltd.
- Keiko Kawashima [川島恵子] (Plankton)
- Yasunori Mitsuda
Orchestra Session[edit]
Orchestra
- Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertmaster
- Yasunao Ishida
Concertmaster & Solo Violin
- Tetsuo Tozawa
Conductors
- Shimpei Sasaki, Mirai Abe
ANÚNA[edit]
Conductor
Soloist
- Michael McGlynn Disc4 M02 "We Are the Chosen Ones"
- Andrea Delaney Disc4 M09 "Ever Come to an End"
- Dónal Kearney Disc4 M10 "Shadow of the Lowlands"
Andrea Delaney, Dominique Cunningham, Dónal Kearney, Francis Flood, Hannah Traynor, Jan Kuhar, Michael McGlynn, Miriam Blennerhassett, Nick Stoppel, Rachel Thompson, Sam Kreidenweis, Sara Di Bella, Zachary Trouton
Recording & Mixing Engineer
- Brian Masterson
Recording Location
- Sony Music Studio
Bratislava Symphony Choir[edit]
Conductor
- David Hernando Rico
Recording Engineer
- Martin Roller
Chorus Preparation
- Ondrej Šaraj
Librarian
- Jan Mazan
Recording Location
- The Slovak National Radio
Musicians[edit]
Vocal
- Jen Bird, Manami Kiyota, CHiCO (ACE)
Low Whistle, Tin Whistle
- Akio Noguchi
Irish Harp
- Chiaki Umeda
Piano
- Febian Reza Pane, Kenji Hiramatsu
Melodion
- Kenji Hiramatsu
Violin
- Yu Manabe
Erhu
- Reiko Tsuchiya
Drums
- Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi
Acoustic Guitar & Banjo & Mandolin
- Kouichirou Tashiro
Acoustic Guitar & Electric Guitar
- Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Masato Ishinari, YOKOTARO, Tomori Kudo (ACE)
Electric Guitar
- Kenji Hiramatsu
Electric Bass & Wood Bass & Acoustic Bass
- TABOKUN
Electric Bass
- Yousuke Mochida, Hitoshi Watanabe
Flute & Alto Flute
- Hideyo Takakuwa, Yumika Miyazaki
Piccolo & Flute
- Michiyo Morikawa
Flute
- Dogen Kinowaki, Akane Suzuki
Oboe
- Bunkichi Arakawa, Kanami Araki
Oboe & Cor Anglais
- Miyuki Onishi
Clarinet
- Hidehito Naka, Naoki Aouda, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Yurie Shinotsuka
Bassoon
- Masamichi Sasazaki, Juri Miyazaki, Yohta Minakami, Nonoka Ishii
Solo Flugelhorn
- Mitsuhiro Kojima
Horn
- Jonathan Hammill, Tomohiro Kato, Yuta Ohno, Yu Suzuki
Solo Trumpet & Trumpet
- Kenichi Tsujimoto
Trumpet
- Cheonho Yoon, Toshio Tanaka
Trombone
- Hikaru Koga, Hisami Okumura, Sakon Ishihara
Tuba
- Shimpei Tsugita
Orchestra Percussion
- Midori Takada, Megumi Nozaki, Kazumasa Oya, Yasunori Mitsuda
Whistling & Whistle & Percussion
- CHiCO (ACE)
Muroya Strings[edit]
Solo Violin & 1st Violin
- Koichiro Muroya
1st Violin
- Tomomi Tokunaga, Ayaka Notomi, Aya Ito, Shoko Oki, Kyoko Ishigame, Yuki Nakajima, Risa Yamamoto, Rina Odera, Tetsuo Tsushima, Yuhki Naoi, Machi Okabe
2nd Violin
- Shizuka Kawaguchi, Yuya Yanagihara, Shin Eai-sung, Emiko Ujikawa, Yuichi Endo, Riyoko Matsui, Tsunehiro Shigyou, Hanako Uesato, Koichi Yokomizo, Mika Naramura, Nio Taguchi
Solo Viola & Viola
- Yuya Minorikawa
Viola
- Yuri Matsumoto, Naoko Kakutani, Chikako Nishimura, Takahiro Enokido, Gentaro Sakaguchi, Masaki Shono, Tomoko Shimaoka
Solo Cello
- Hiroki Kadowaki
Solo Cello & Cello
- Masami Horisawa
Cello
- Takahiro Yuki, Takayoshi Okuizumi, Jun Nakamura, Tomoki Iwanaga, Masutami Endo
Contrabass
- Jun Saito, Yoshinobu Takeshita, Yasuyuki Se, Shigeki Ippon, Koji Akaike
Deluxe Edition Piano Arrange[edit]
Piano Arrange & Performance
- Ivan Linn
Recording Engineer
- Robin Moore
Mixing Engineer
- Hiroyuki Akita
Production Manager
- Claudia Shao
Mixing Service
- Goldstones Studios
Recording Location
- Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH
Scoring Stage Manager
- Thomas Devlin
Mixing Legal
- Peter Myerson
Recording Coordinator
- Lisa Nakamura (PROCYON STUDIO)
Mastering Engineer
- Hiroyuki Shiotsuki (Sony Music Communications)
Mastering Location
- Sony Music Studio
Producer
- Yasunori Mitsuda (PROCYON STUDIO)
Label Director
- Lisa Nakamura (PROCYON STUDIO)
Assistant Label Director
- Mayu Nozaki (PROCYON STUDIO)
Booklet Design
- Tadashi Shimada (T.S.D), Norie Kadokura
Design
- Lisa Nakamura (PROCYON STUDIO)
Deluxe Edition Box Design
- Eiji Takahashi (Monolith Soft)
Illustration
Photographs
- Kenji Hiramatsu, PROCYON STUDIO
Interviewing, Writing & Editing
- Lisa Nakamura (PROCYON STUDIO)
- Mayu Nozaki (PROCYON STUDIO)
Writing & Editing
- Hidetaka Nagayoshi
Promotion & Sales Planning
- Mayu Nozaki (PROCYON STUDIO)
Cooperation
- Monolith Soft
- Tetsuya Takahashi, Koh Kojima, Toshiaki Yajima, Koji Hayashi, Eiji Takahashi, Mamoru Ohta, Takako Shijo
- Mariam Abounnasr (PROCYON STUDIO)
- Tsutomu Satomi (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)
- TABOKUN
- Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi
- Kiyofumi Mochizuki
- Keita Korematsu (PLANKTON)
- Michael McGlynn (ANÚNA)
- LYSSA
- Jen Bird
- Hiroyuki Akita
Promotion & Sales Cooperation
- Tetsuya Kakita (Sony Music Communications)
- Yuma Ogata
Collaboration
Special Thanks
- Genki Yokota (Nintendo)
- Ryuto Kojima (I-TECH JAPAN)
- Graphinica
- Junya Kuroda (PROCYON STUDIO)
- Mami Ashino (PROCYON STUDIO)
External Links[edit]
- Official website (original release)
- Official website (Trinity release)
- iTunes
- Amazon Music
- VGMdb Article (Type A)
- VGMdb Article (Type B)
- VGMdb Article (Type C)
- Promotional crossfade video highlighting ACE's compositions
- Promotional crossfade video highlighting Kenji Hiramatsu's compositions
- Promotional crossfade video highlighting Manami Kiyota's compositions
- Promotional crossfade video highlighting Yasunori Mitsuda's compositions
Gallery[edit]