Joshua Kaufman (kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU)
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 15:00:09 -0700
X-Sender: kaufmajs@email.uc.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Message-ID: <199906051848.OAA12285@newman.bch.uc.edu> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 15:00:09 -0700 From: Joshua Kaufman <kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU> Subject: Just got the ST OST......and I'm somewhat disappointed. Disc 2 is great, with the music from the original game, which as usual sounds better on CD than on my 13 inch TV. The opening and ending themes aren't there (unless they are hidden, haven;'t checked), but it's not that big a deal as they are on the Song Collections, which I also got. Also the character themes, aren't which I would have liked. What gets me is disc 1. I was really excited about some orchestrations....but there's only like 5 tracks of any length! Most of the others are just either 10-15 seconds or 50-60 seconds, and they all the same with only slight variances. Also, one of the tracks is just an instrumental version of Sakura's song (from the song collection). I would have much rather wanted one of the battle musics instead of that. The extra program is pretty useless to me, as I can't read Japanese very well, but the pictures are nice, but there are some quicktimes of the CG FMVs from the game in high res (not sure if they are accessible from the program or not). In fact, it seems as if the only reason for the arranged music was to accompany the program, and it seems like a very shabby way to jack up the price so much. My main beef is that I payed $40 for it (at Anime Nation, if you are wondering) and got really only one CD plus a bit more. -Joshua