Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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A recent JRPG game I've played had some excellent themes all around, some of which I couldn't resist transcribing the full sheet music!
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➤ Analysis:
The track itself is quite a typical "Battle Theme" (and indeed, very similar to the other two "Battle Themes" from Octopath), with an aggressive rhythmic ostinato juxtaposing the rhythm of 3 against 2 (0:05), which continues periodically throughout.
I was a little uncertain with the last note of the opening two bars; I can hear 2 main melodic lines in there (e.g. Violins on one, then Cello and Contrabass on the other), with a slightly different 3rd in the viola and upper brass. But I also hear a very slight B-flat on the very last note of these two bars, though it may well simply be an A-flat instead.
The strings take the main focus, with the brass only entering at syncopated cadential points (e.g., 0:21, 0:45) and other occasional melodic doubling (0:47). Surprisingly, there are no woodwind instruments at all, I suspect largely due to the likelihood of the winds being drowned and lost in the final mix.
Otherwise, the track sticks to the key of G minor, remaining safely close to it throughout with a quick modulation to C minor at 0:34 before moving back to G minor at 0:47. It is a small shame that Nishiki doesn't explore the material a little bit further, but I'm sure he had an exceptionally tight deadline to produce the 80+ tracks for this game!
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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: Octopath Traveler
★Developer: Square Enix
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Yasunori Nishiki
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Octopath Traveler, Battle Theme I, Battle Theme 1, Octopath Traveler OST, Octopath OST, Octopath Soundtrack, Octopath Battle Theme, Octopath Battle Music, Battle Music
#OctopathTraveler
#BattleTheme
#SheetMusic
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A recent JRPG game I've played had some excellent themes all around, some of which I couldn't resist transcribing the full sheet music!
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
The track itself is quite a typical "Battle Theme" (and indeed, very similar to the other two "Battle Themes" from Octopath), with an aggressive rhythmic ostinato juxtaposing the rhythm of 3 against 2 (0:05), which continues periodically throughout.
I was a little uncertain with the last note of the opening two bars; I can hear 2 main melodic lines in there (e.g. Violins on one, then Cello and Contrabass on the other), with a slightly different 3rd in the viola and upper brass. But I also hear a very slight B-flat on the very last note of these two bars, though it may well simply be an A-flat instead.
The strings take the main focus, with the brass only entering at syncopated cadential points (e.g., 0:21, 0:45) and other occasional melodic doubling (0:47). Surprisingly, there are no woodwind instruments at all, I suspect largely due to the likelihood of the winds being drowned and lost in the final mix.
Otherwise, the track sticks to the key of G minor, remaining safely close to it throughout with a quick modulation to C minor at 0:34 before moving back to G minor at 0:47. It is a small shame that Nishiki doesn't explore the material a little bit further, but I'm sure he had an exceptionally tight deadline to produce the 80+ tracks for this game!
--------------------
The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Octopath Traveler
★Developer: Square Enix
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Yasunori Nishiki
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Octopath Traveler, Battle Theme I, Battle Theme 1, Octopath Traveler OST, Octopath OST, Octopath Soundtrack, Octopath Battle Theme, Octopath Battle Music, Battle Music
#OctopathTraveler
#BattleTheme
#SheetMusic
