Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Another orchestration of Sakuraba's music from "Golden Sun: The Lost Age". This time, the music that first greets you as you begin the 2nd game.
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➤ Analysis:
This was a rather tricky one, both to transcribe and orchestrate. The transcription was challenging due to the very inaudible flute passage from (0:28) in the original, and the orchestration proved tricky to balance with all the (excessive!) fanfares.
The music begins in the Dorian mode (with a sharpened 6th, which here is the C#), until the whopping climactic C major 7th chord at 0:16, in typical (and glorious) Sakuraba fashion.
The quieter section's melody (0:28) is reminiscent of the original Golden Sun theme from the 1st game (with the initial ascending crotchets, followed by a dotted crotchet and two semiquavers). I referenced this in the orchestration at 0:48 by adding the triplet rhythm in the horn and trombone - a continuation of the Golden Sun theme following the opening notes of the theme that have already been played.
The link between repeats is quite a stretch, modulating from C major into E major - a triadic shift - which is a commonly used progression for modulating to a tonic via a perfect cadence (V - I, which here would have been E major to A major). However, that modulation is absent, making the progression all the more powerful.
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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: Golden Sun: The Lost Age
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Golden Sun, Golden, Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun The Lost Age, TLA, GS, Golden Sun Orchestra, Golden Sun Cover, Golden Sun Remix, Golden Sun Arrangement, Prologue, Book Two, Prologue (Book Two), Golden Sun Prologue
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#TheLostAge
🎵 Sheet Music & Parts ➤ [Removed by Nintendo JP]
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Another orchestration of Sakuraba's music from "Golden Sun: The Lost Age". This time, the music that first greets you as you begin the 2nd game.
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
This was a rather tricky one, both to transcribe and orchestrate. The transcription was challenging due to the very inaudible flute passage from (0:28) in the original, and the orchestration proved tricky to balance with all the (excessive!) fanfares.
The music begins in the Dorian mode (with a sharpened 6th, which here is the C#), until the whopping climactic C major 7th chord at 0:16, in typical (and glorious) Sakuraba fashion.
The quieter section's melody (0:28) is reminiscent of the original Golden Sun theme from the 1st game (with the initial ascending crotchets, followed by a dotted crotchet and two semiquavers). I referenced this in the orchestration at 0:48 by adding the triplet rhythm in the horn and trombone - a continuation of the Golden Sun theme following the opening notes of the theme that have already been played.
The link between repeats is quite a stretch, modulating from C major into E major - a triadic shift - which is a commonly used progression for modulating to a tonic via a perfect cadence (V - I, which here would have been E major to A major). However, that modulation is absent, making the progression all the more powerful.
--------------------
The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Golden Sun: The Lost Age
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Golden Sun, Golden, Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun The Lost Age, TLA, GS, Golden Sun Orchestra, Golden Sun Cover, Golden Sun Remix, Golden Sun Arrangement, Prologue, Book Two, Prologue (Book Two), Golden Sun Prologue
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#TheLostAge
