Paul J Chi (paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU)
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:42:26 -0500
X-Sender: paulchi@imap.acsu.buffalo.edu Message-ID: <l03130303b459cbab9245@[128.205.233.234]> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:42:26 -0500 From: Paul J Chi <paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> Subject: Re: Jouki Chikuonkan, and other things>At 06:39 PM 11/17/99 -0500, you wrote: >I love this soundtrack, but they really did a bad job on it IMO. First, why >oh why did they order the tracks this way? Especially since there are so >many similar tracks (esp 2-5) why didn't they just intersperse the live >stuff with the chip stuff like they did in the second one? >Also, what was the point of having Sakura's song? If it was for space >filler, they should have added the 7 mini-games/character themes, and the >short version of the opening. One other thing is that they play a couple of >the chip pieces through once (like "Friendship") but yet play the final >battle twice, making a 10 minute long track (not that I don't like it -- I >*love* that music). This is all tied together really -- they shouldn't have >bothered with the CD extra, and simply put in ALL the music (except maybe >the ending song since it's on the other CD), mix the chip and live music, >and looped ALL the chip music like normal, then it would have easily taken >up enough to fill a smaller sized 2 CD soundtrack (50 minutes or so on each >probably). Not putting the CD Extra stuff probably would have made it cost >less too. >Unfortunately, what's done is done :-( Actually, I kind of like the way they did it, with all the "proper" BGM on one disc and all the dinky ones on another disc. That way, you don't have to have a CD player with a carousel to play all the good BGM. But I have to agree with you that the inclusion of the CD-Extra probably wasn't a good move. It ought to be a soundtrack first and foremost, and I gladly would have traded the CD-Extra for instrumental/karoake versions of the image songs and the minigame music. But also like you said, what's done is done. I'm just glad that the CD-Extra actually worked on my computer, unlike the CD-Extra on the new Tamura Naomi album. :/ >I got mine at Animenation back in June. They are having problems with their >distributor, but they should have that corrected soon, so after they update >their page, if they still have it listed, I'd say they are the best way to >go (and $9 cheaper than TOP as well) > >-Joshua > >AOL-IM: TerraEpon ICQ: 5404138 $9 cheaper, huh? I guess I should have shopped around more, but I got $10 off for joining that Tokyopop club. Which means I actually paid $20 more, but oh well. At least it's good for buying domestically-released anime. Speaking of which, I also ordered the Sakura Wars DVD (US) from them (which I haven't received yet). Did you get yours yet, Joshua? Anyway, I heard that the front and rear channels got swapped or something in episodes 3 and 4, is that true? Kind of a black eye for ADV... I hope they get around to fixing that.