There's not much to say about the uninspired stuff besides that it's typical run-of-the-mill fantasy tunes or scenario shorts. It's true that some of the material here is uninspired or repetitive. I could go on all day about some of the better tracks on this album. "Silesia Palace" is also a nice track and has a simple but great melody going on. Another good track would be "Yuria's Theme", which is very emotional and saddening. Tracks that would normally be twenty seconds long are a lot more well thought out this time around too, like "Dew and Patty". I love the brass at about fifty seconds in. I hear some great composing, melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation happening all around in this track. One track I personally liked from the third disc was "Celice's Theme". It's hard to cover all of these tracks in one review because there are just too many highlights left, even on the third disc. The town themes are a bit shorter and repetitive, but still pretty well thought out. There's also a collection of town tracks on the second disc, which are all also very fitting to their towns. I couldn't imagine listening to all the battle music outside of the game, but it's all very fitting to say the least (though not much can beat "Dark Earth Dragon" from the previous game). A lot of the darker tracks exist on this disc and they keep the same quality as the lighter ones. The second disc consists of many battle and army themes and the variation here is excellent. "Music Box" is also a great track, though it suffers from being very high pitched. This is just a great bonus in addition to having so many tracks in the first place. After looking at the times for all of the tracks, I noticed that this album has a lot of relatively longer tracks. "The Continent Afterward" is an extremely long piece for a Fire Emblem game and it manages to not be too repetitive. The piano and bass background is very atmospheric, though repetitive after a while.Īfter the chapter themes, there are a couple of other highlights on the first disc. The composition in "Chapter Seven" as a whole isn't outstanding, but there are some great aspects through out the piece. "Chapter Two" has an amazing pan flute melody that can't be missed. If there's one part of the chapter themes that truly impressed me, it is either the theme for chapter two or seven. It's fun to hear all of these themes work together with such different instruments and beats. Chapter three uses a guitar, while chapter eight uses some sort of bells. It's a little bit repetitive, but still has an interesting premise.Īfter a couple listens I noticed that every chapter uses a different instrument as the star instrument while still keeping that grand fantasy theme.
The use of pianos and bongos in chapter seven's theme really shows off the variety on this album. Pretty much all of them are catchy especially the first chapter theme, "Girl of the Spirit Forest". Every chapter theme has its own unique theme to it. Some of the first disc's strong points are the chapter themes. It's true that there is something for everyone, in terms of people who like the "Super Nintendo Fire Emblem" style of music at least. But is this soundtrack merely quantity over quality? Body
With this soundtrack having over a hundred tracks, there's got to be something for everyone. Yuka Tsujiyoko went all out this time as this soundtrack boasts an endless quantity of tracks. It's one of the most popular Japan-only Fire Emblem games to ever be released. The Fire Emblem Genealogy of Holy War Original Sound Version is from the second installment of Fire Emblem on the Super Nintendo, released only in Japan.