I’ve had my eyes and ears onBravely Defaultsince it wasteased last year. I was wondering who would be handling the music, and assumed it would be Square Enix’s Naoshi Mizuta based on his fantasy scores forFinal Fantasy XIandFinal Fantasy Legends. As it turns out, however, Square Enix is outsourcing composition duties to Revo, the head of the popular Sound Horizon music team in Japan.
In addition to the soundtrack disc being included with thecollector’s editionof the game, however, Revo will be creating a special group called Linked Horizon consisting over over 54 different musicians (including the progressive rocker Motoi Sakuraba ofTales,Star Ocean, andDark Soulsfame) to create pieces inspired by the world ofBravely Default. There are several versions of the Linked Horizon CD being produced, including alimited editionwith a packed-in DVD and aBravely Default-branded versionwith artwork from the game (as you can see above, the cover for the other edition is… well, silly).
Normally I’d probably pass on this rock band tie-in to the game, but with Motoi Sakuraba on keyboards, I’m certainly a lot more interested.
Are you looking forward to announcements regardingBravely Defaultoutside of Japan, and will you be hoping to see a more generalized soundtrack release separate from the collector’s edition of the game?
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