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WILD ARMS Original Game Soundtrack (Japanese:ワイルドアームズ オリジナル・サウンドトラック)[1] is the first album of music from the original Wild Arms game, released on October 1st, 1999 and preceding Wild Arms Complete Tracks. The album was marketed and sold exclusively in Japan, and was issued a re-print two years later in October 1999. While the original release was published under the now-defunct Antinos Records label, the re-issue was sold under Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works, later known as Aniplex.
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All tracks were composed by Michiko Naruke, who would be responsible for the majority of the Wild Arms series' soundtracks in the coming years. The music of Wild Arms is highly reminiscent of classic Western Genre and related films, which coincides with the game's setting in a fantasy world made to resemble the American Old West. While the tracks contains a number of synthesized instruments, recurring sounds include mandolins, acoustic and electric guitars, woodwind instruments, trumpets, and whistling alongside a score composed in a classical style. Arrangement for each song was handled by Kazuhiko Toyama.
The soundtrack contains a total of 36 songs, representing less than half of all the total background music in the game. All tracks are contained on a single disc, with the order and arrangement of the songs being different than their presentation in actual game-play. Among the vocal songs present are the original Japanese language ending theme "Swearing to the Blue Sky" performed by Machiko Watanabe that was not used for the North American or PAL region releases of Wild Arms, and "Clash and a Promise", which features a choral accompaniment by students of Tokyo's Keio University sung in Latin.
- Released = January 22, 1997 (Japan), October 1, 1999 (re-print)
- Recorded = Hitokuchizaka Studio (Keio University)
- Genre = VGM (Video game music)
- Length = 68:17
- Label = Antinos Records, SPE Visual Works (re-print)
- Producer = Michiko Naruke, Kazuhiko Toyama
- Reviews = Soundtrack Central link
Tracks [68:17][]
- To the End of the Wilderness [2:15]
- The Demon Tower that Pierces the Heavens [0:58]
- Ashes to Ashes [1:21]
- Castle of Flames (Prologue 1) [3:09]
- Lamentation and a Promise (Prologue 2) [2:43]
- Funeral Procession [2:24]
- Morning of Departure [2:43]
- The Shaman Princess's Feelings [2:21]
- Ending Theme Oath to the Blue Sky [4:49]
- Hope [2:16]
- Migratory Birds of the Wilderness (Rudy's Theme) [1:39]
- Cold Darkness (Dungeon) [1:30]
- Critical Hit! [1:37]
- Town [1:53]
- Crossing Over the Raging Waves (Bartholomew's Theme) [1:34]
- The Bird Soaring the Sky (Emma's Theme) [1:07]
- Courage (Dungeon) [1:28]
- Getting Rich Quick! (Jack's Theme) [0:52]
- Battle: Mid-Boss [1:28]
- Alone in the world [2:43]
- Isolated World [2:04]
- Village of the Elw [1:32]
- Adlehyde Castle [1:41]
- Abbey [1:35]
- Wh-What? (Zed's Theme) [0:59]
- False Wedding on the Sea [2:11]
- Not Just Any Kid, But a Lady! (Jane's Theme) [0:46]
- Warrior's Whistle (Boomerang's Theme) [2:18]
- A Moment of Tension (Lady Harken's Theme) [1:17]
- From Anxiety to Impatience [2:05]
- Rudy's Companions [1:16]
- To the Sea of Stars [2:12]
- Battle: Mother [1:31]
- Battle: Zeik [1:12]
- Quarter Knights [2:04]
- To the End of the Wilderness ~ To a New Journey [2:44]