SOUNDTRACKS
Albums past and present
The Panzer Dragoon fan population has been blessed with some amazing music from the geniuses at SEGA Enterprises and Team Andromeda. Hopefully,
the music from Smilebit will be just as good. Off the top of my head I can name seven albums relating to Panzer Dragoon, comprising of 5 OSTS and 2 remix albums.
Here they are in all their entirity, with some ratings and a short description of how I like the music (if applicable).
The Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack
This was the first album to be released. There isn't really need to buy it, seeing as the entire soundtrack is on the Sega Saturn CD the game comes on. It includes 3 tune remakes, which I haven't heard,
so I can't comment on them. The "Bonus Track" is the SFX collection. Uh...why? Who would be driving along in their car on the freeway jammin' to the sound of the Dark Dragon roaring...? Anyway, it's been out
of print for some time now. You might see it on Ebay, or you could download it from Media-zero.com...when they've finished updating the page to include a pay feature...what a pain!
Rarity: Dodo on a pogo stick
Rating for cover artwork: Silver
Rating for music: Silver
Rating for completeness: Gold
Overall: Silver
Composed by Yoshitaka Azuma
Track List
01 Main Title (Orchestra Version)
02 Opening Theme
03 Flight (Orchestra)
04 Sudden Change
05 Worms
06 Confrontation
07 Empire
08 Departed Spirit
09 Creature Revived
10 Raid
11 Flagship
12 The Imperial District Goes Up In Flames
13 Tower (Complete Version)
14 Final Decision
15 Game Over
16 Parting
17 Staff Roll (Orchestra)
18 Main Title (Synthesizer Version)
19 Flight (Synthesizer Version)
20 Staff Roll (Synthesizer Version)
21 Bonus Track SFX Collection
The D-RAM Power Remix Album: Panzer Dragoon
I only heard of this CD's existance about 3 weeks ago. It's pretty damn rare, and I haven't heard a single track from it yet. Therefore, how am I supposed
to give you an opinion on it? I can't give you a tracklist or anything...I can give you this though: someone on the Excavation Camp board saw this on ebay. For £80 ($120).
Rarity: Dinosaur in a Toyota
Rating for Cover Artwork: Silver
Rating for music: unknown
Rating for completeness: unknown
Overall: unknown
Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Soundtrack
Unlike Eine, the soundtrack isn't on the game disc this time. Well, you've got the Game Over music
and the close credits, which some people think are the best pieces of music in the game (i.e. the people at SEGA
who decided to put those tracks on the CD). This disc holds the best piece of Panzer Dragoon music EVER: "The Expected Enemy". If you see it...
BUY IT YOU FOOL! Ebay is, again, your best bet. But, once more, they put the SFX on as a bonus track! GARGH!
Rarity: Dodo on a pogo stick
Rating for Cover Artwork: Gold
Rating for music: Platinum
Rating for completeness: Platinum
Overall: Gold
Composed by: Yayoi Wachi, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Junko Shiratsu & Tomonori Sawada (Thank God for copy and paste!)
Track list:
01 Main Theme
02 Prologue
03 Legend Of Light
04 Destiny Begins
05 The Journey
06 The Great Canyon
07 The Empire
08 Flight
09 The Empire's Giant Carrier
10 Forbidden Forrest
11 Giant Creature
12 Ruins
13 The Darkness Strikes
14 Water Dragon
15 Sea Of Ice
16 Duel
17 The Expected Enemy
18 Requiem
19 Chasing Memories
20 Epilogue
21 Lagi And Lundi - Theme Of Zwei
22 Bonus Track SFX Collection
Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Alternative Elements (remix)
This is sheer class in CD form. The Alternative Element's album is perhaps the best of the lot. Can you say "Remixes rule?". I know I can. =D
Seriously though, this album is as good as, if not better than, the OST, which is a huge achievement. Major league Kudos to LordCraymen and SenorKaffee (Die Welt Von Panzer Dragoon webmasters)
for putting up this amazing album one track at a time on their site. If it wasn't for trademarks and other such crap, many more people would be able to hear this masterpiece. Damn capitalism. DAMN IT! *Ahem* Check out E-bay if you want it...you might get lucky.
Rarity: Dodo on a Pogo Stick
Rating for Cover Art: Silver
Rating for Music: Platinum
Rating for completeness: Gold (I would have liked a remix for the extended main theme)
Overall: Gold
Composed by: Yayoi Wachi, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Junko Shiratsu & Tomonori Sawada
Track List:
01 Main Theme
02 Destiny Begins
03 The Great Canyon
04 The Empire
05 Flight
06 Forbidden Forest
07 Ruins
08 Water Dragon
09 Sea of Ice
10 Duel
11 The Expected Enemy
12 Epilogue
Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG OST (Panzer Dragoon Saga OST)
One of the greatest games ever gets one of the greatest soundtracks ever. There isn't any need to continue with this description:
PDS has the world's most amazing soundtrack (although that may come into perspective when PDO comes out). The original OST is out of print, but it sometimes appears
on Ebay.
Rarity: Dodo on a Pogo Stick
Rating for cover art: Bronze (it's too brown for my liking)
Rating for music: Platinum
Rating for completeness: Gold (no slightly remixed version of "The Expected Enemy")
Overall: Gold
Composed by: Saori Kobayashi,Mariko Nanba
Track List:
Disc 1:
01 Ecce Valde Generous Ale ("Behold the Gracious/beautiful Wings")
02 First Battle
03 Noble Rebel Army
04 A Holy Nation of Lies
05 Solitary Battle
06 Wings
07 Separated for Eternity
08 A premonition of War
09 Transformation 1
10 The Chaos within the Silence
11 Transformation 2
12 Giant Being 1
13 Rest
14 Breath of Life
15 Theme of the Blue Ruins
16 Wandering
17 Forbidden Land
18 Pure Blood Seed
19 Black Fleet
20 Rendezvous with Destiny
21 Atolm Dragon
22 Dragon Spirit
23 Expected Encounter
24 Empire
25 Box Ship
26 Town of Zoah
27 Paet
28 Water Ruins
29 Ancient Weapon
Disc 2:
01 Hito Narazanumono (Not a damned clue what it means)
02 Path to the Being
03 Sealed Spirit
04 Elevator Chase
05 Giant Being 2
06 Separating for a Future Reunion
07 The Protective Flame
08 Dream
09 Sleeping Iron Ingot
10 Imperial Airforce
11 Giant Warship
12 Fading Away
13 Holy Chariot
14 A Century Gone By
15 Interception
16 Awakening
17 Conclusion
18 Village of the Seekers
19 The Forest's Scream
20 Theme of the Red Ruins
21 Into the Promised Land
22 Overture to the Ending
23 Tears
24 Sestren
25 Vision 1
26 Vision 2
27 The Final Battle ~Recurrence~
28 Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu
Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (Panzer Dragoon Saga) mini-soundtrack
The music from the first disc of PDS. Minus the mid-boss music and "Pure Blood Seed". There are some different tracks from the OST
in some cases, usually in terms of playing time. Unfortunately, it's only music from Disc 1. The cover artwork is fantastic.
Rating for cover art: Platinum
Rating for music: Gold (It's PDS...what do you expect?)
Rating for completeness: Stone (it's missing two tracks...unacceptable)
Overall: Silver (And that's being polite)
(Presumably) composed by: Saori Kobayashi,Mariko Nanba
Track list:
01 Ecce Valde Generous Ale ("Behold the Gracious/beautiful Wings")
02 First Battle
03 Noble Rebel Army
04 A Holy Nation of Lies
05 Solitary Battle
06 Wings
07 Separated for Eternity
08 A premonition of War
09 The Chaos within the Silence
10 Transformation 1 (long version)
11 Breath of Life
12 Theme of the Blue Ruins
13 Giant Being 1 (Gigra Version)
14 Rest
15 Wandering
16 Forbidden Land (treble focus version)
17 Black Fleet (long version)
18 Atolm Dragon (Fade out version)
Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (Panzer Dragoon Saga) Memorial Album
When enough cries were made for the double CD album of PDS's soundtrack, they answered the call. The PDSMA (thank God for abbreviations!) contains
all the tracks of the previous OST, and two exclusive "club" remixes. Which are both mediocre. But hey, it's enough just to get your hands on this. Get it while
it's available!
Rarity: AVAILABLE NOW!!!!! Just do a search for Panzer Dragoon!
Rating of artwork: Platinum
Rating of music: Platinum
Rating of completeness: Gold (STILL no "Expected Enemy"!)
Overall: Platinum
Composed by: Saori Kobayashi,Mariko Nanba
Track List:
As for the OST but:
Disc 1:
30. Sona Mi Areru ec Sancitu remix
Disc 2:
29. Sona Mi Areru ec Sancitu remix
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