o_o Eleniak Witch? I've visted that Wild ARMs Fan website before. It's great. o.o Welcome, by the way! It seems you're more familiar to the music than Kimi and Keizah. Wild ARMs is just a great series.
Yeah, Michiko Naruke was inspired by a lot of music. If you noticed, the "Village of the Elw" song has the theme from a movie (can't remember which), and so does "Lonely World", "Lone Bird in the Shire/Filgaia", and the battle theme of Liz and Ard. Have you, by any chance, listened to her other works? It took me a very long time to find out of other game music she composed. One of her earliest works (the Valis III soundtrack) was great, but it doesn't sound like the music she composes today.
Keizah... I prefer the original. <3 So much nostalgia there. But ACF, aside from the TERRIBLE grammar Agetec has, was very good. Most of Michiko Naruke's music in there was perfect.
eleniak_witch said:
Hmm, is that so? I still like the original out of all of the games. Alter Code: F was still a very good game. I got into the craze and ended up buying the memory card, stationary set, and mousepad when I saw them at a store in town. ^_^
So, does anyone have any favorite soundtracks from the series? My favorite is the Wild Arms OST, closely followed by The 4th Detonator Original Score.
Right on, eleniak! The original is still the best. I wish I could buy the artbooks and manga. x_x I've seen the Wild ARMs: Alter Code F memory card... I want it. So much.
I would rate the soundtracks in this order:
06. Wild ARMs: 2nd Ignition
05. Wild ARMs: The 4th Detonator (I must say, Masato Kouda did an excellent job in covering up for Michiko Naruke)
04. Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom (Kow Otani did a very good job)
03. Wild ARMs: Advanced 3rd
02. Wild ARMs: Alter Code F
01. Wild ARMs
Michiko Naruke is a goddess... x_x
Eleniak, have you heard all of the CDs? Wild ARMs Original Game Soundtrack, Wild ARMs DRAMA vol. 1, Wild ARMs 2nd Ignition Original Soundtrack, Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom Anime Soundtrack, Wild ARMs DRAMA vol. 2, alone the world: Wild ARMs vocal collection, Wild ARMs: Advance 3rd Original Soundtrack, Wild ARMs DRAMA vol. 3, Wild ARMs: Alter Code F Original Score, Wild ARMs: The 4th Detonator Original Score, and Wild ARMs Complete Tracks?
I've heard and have them all, except the Wild ARMs TV soundtrack, and the three DRAMA CDs. The alone the world vocal collection is amazing. Anyone in this club is unfortunate if they haven't heard the alone the world vocal collection.
Who are all the musicians known to Wild ARMs? All I know of are the composer (Michiko Naruke, Kow Otani, SHO WADA, Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Ryuta Suzuki), the arrangers (Kazuhiko Toyama, Michiko Naruke, Takeo Miratsu), and the singers (Machiko Watanabe, Kaori Asoh, Akiko Hiramatsu, Yumi Kakazu, Toru Ohkawa, Mitsuru Ogata, Takahiro Sakurai, Yui Horie, Mitsuki Saiga, Fujiko Takimo, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Moyu Arishima, Yukana Nogami, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Akemi Okamura, Masumi Asano, Akira Ishida, Kazuhiko Inoue, Hideo Ishikawa, Toshihiko Seki, Naoki Takao, Shinichi Naruke).
... I'm so addicted.
