Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Does anyone else remember this game? Well, with Final Fantasy's Nobuo Uematso composing the music, I sure did!
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➤ Analysis:
In true Uematsu fashion, the track is simple yet infinitely memorable with its focus on a strong trumpet melody playing around a common harmonic sequence (Bb - Gb - Ab - F).
While the snare drum creates the trudging tread of an army, the lower strings perform a persistent crotchet ostinato with the occasional chromatic excitement (e.g. 0:23), altogether creating the impression of an army marching into battle.
Tonally, the track is largely in the Dorian mode, noted with the characteristic shift from Bb minor to Eb major at 0:07, 0:15 and 0:39.
The track ends with a nice snippet of contrary motion (1:20) as the oboe and clarinet travel away from one another, concluding with an Ab dominant 7th chord with an added 6th (F) to better loop back to the tonic of Bb minor.
At 0:55, the snare drum doesn't perform the tremolo roll that it performs throughout the rest of the track. As to whether that is a performance error or intended is tricky to discern.
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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Blue Dragon
★Developer: Mistwalker, Artoon
★Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
★Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Blue Dragon, Blue Dragon OST, Blue Dragon Soundtrack, Army of the Holy Sword, Blue Dragon Holy Sword
#BlueDragon
#ArmyOfTheHolySword
#SheetMusic
🎵 Sheet Music & Parts ➤ musicnotes.com/l/DV2bW
💗 MIDI / XML / Sibelius ➤ bit.ly/TandABundle
🎹 Commissions ➤ jshaw.co.uk/commissions
🎮 More Arrangements ➤ jshaw.co.uk/TandA
👍 Facebook ➤ bit.ly/TandAFacebook
🐦 Twitter ➤ bit.ly/TandATwitter
🎵 Bandcamp ➤ bit.ly/TandABandcamp
🎵 Spotify ➤ bit.ly/TandASpotify
🎵 Deezer ➤ bit.ly/TandADeezer
🎵 YouTube Music ➤ bit.ly/TandAYouTube
🎵 Apple Music / iTunes ➤ bit.ly/TandAApple
Does anyone else remember this game? Well, with Final Fantasy's Nobuo Uematso composing the music, I sure did!
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
In true Uematsu fashion, the track is simple yet infinitely memorable with its focus on a strong trumpet melody playing around a common harmonic sequence (Bb - Gb - Ab - F).
While the snare drum creates the trudging tread of an army, the lower strings perform a persistent crotchet ostinato with the occasional chromatic excitement (e.g. 0:23), altogether creating the impression of an army marching into battle.
Tonally, the track is largely in the Dorian mode, noted with the characteristic shift from Bb minor to Eb major at 0:07, 0:15 and 0:39.
The track ends with a nice snippet of contrary motion (1:20) as the oboe and clarinet travel away from one another, concluding with an Ab dominant 7th chord with an added 6th (F) to better loop back to the tonic of Bb minor.
At 0:55, the snare drum doesn't perform the tremolo roll that it performs throughout the rest of the track. As to whether that is a performance error or intended is tricky to discern.
--------------------
The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Blue Dragon
★Developer: Mistwalker, Artoon
★Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
★Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Blue Dragon, Blue Dragon OST, Blue Dragon Soundtrack, Army of the Holy Sword, Blue Dragon Holy Sword
#BlueDragon
#ArmyOfTheHolySword
#SheetMusic
