The Music

狐火 · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 15 Location: Requiem Forest

This topic is mainly addressed to those who have already played Tales of Xillia in its entirety: without telling me too much about the game, how would you rate the music? Could you explain your reasoning for the rating? I know that Motoi Sakuraba is the composer for Xillia; however, I feel his contributions in Graces (with the exception of a few tracks) aren't as... "memorable" as the tracks in games like Symphonia or Legendia. Don't get me wrong--I really like having Mr. Sakuraba as a composer, and I adore his unique style in music. I'm merely wondering if Xillia's music is more varied and overall more enjoyable.

Yume Hanabi · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 5816

Personally, I liked it a lot, especially the town themes. I love the atmosphere his music give the world in this game. Usually town music never marks me but in this case it did a lot.

I liked Milla's battle themes a lot (I'm not that fond of Jude's but they weren't bad), and there's a couple of X2 tracks that are really great.
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Xendyl · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:17 pm Post subject:

I thought it was good and one of Sakuraba's better pieces

My only beef was that I recognized one of Jude's battle themes as recycled Mario Tennis N64 music. (Though technically it was just because a friend and I were playing that game for nostalgia's sake. Don't know how much Sakuraba recycled altogether...)
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Colour · Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 1492

Xillia's OST is overall good and better than Sakuraba's usual work. Some Xillia 2 tracks are among my favorite tracks the series along with Legendia's.
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Radge · Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 972 Location: Town of Duwang

I absolutely love Milla's first battle theme, and the victory theme is one of the best in the series.

Xillia 2, I have a LOT of favorite tracks, all of em boss themes...
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Flamfas · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:32 am Post subject:

I honestly don't remember any of the tracks off the top of my head.

I don't remember any of the tracks being bad, but they evidently weren't memorable to me.
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CyborgZeta · Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 356

I really liked the music in both Xillia games. Especially the music featured in a region that shall not be named in this post.
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Flamfas · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:54 am Post subject:

^I retract my previous post, I do remember that music. Good stuff.
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Dice · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:05 am Post subject:

I like that smooth jazzy track (given that I haven't played Xillia any more than about 10 hours, I don't know when it plays).
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狐火 · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 15 Location: Requiem Forest

Thanks, everyone, for your descriptive responses--I look forward to Tales of Xillia more than ever, now. I think that music, though not the most important component in video games, is essential in creating a link with the story, the settings, the characters, etc.; and, ultimately, helps the players become that much more immersed within them. Music makes for unforgettable experiences.