![]() Mostly though, the album takes upon a jazzy style with artists contributing their own jazzy sound bites. Similarities from here can be drawn to popular modern day alternative bands such as M83, Maps, or The Album Leaf, again perhaps showing connections from the Japanese game music world to Western culture. In this section, the riff is maintained as distorted guitars play over the top to ethereal effect. "Sky High Mountain Breeze," also from naomee, is a particularly enjoyable track which seems to begin with a distorted bagpipe before moving into a rock-like section. It creates a fairly ominous vibe through simple development and the constant addition of new motifs throughout its playtime. Perhaps better implemented, "Twieky 4" is an electronic track from naomee, and is very similar to the psytrance tracks featured on the Gran Turismo 4 Kicks album. KEMMEI's use of a repeated rhythm and overlying melody creates quite a blissful image, but after a while it does get very dull. The first of these, "Love&Peace" could be considered more as jazz, but is so laid back and simplistic that I would like to classify it more as easy-listening music. Overall, the track takes upon a rock style, but in parts it is also orchestrated, hence creating a unique and epic atmosphere which does the original theme a lot of justice.Īlongside these themes, the album also features three more ambient pieces. What's more is that the arrangement has been managed by Doug Bossi and Vince DiCola from The Bad, who also contributed to the Gran Turismo 4 Original Game Soundtrack. "Moon Over the Castle (GT5 Prologue Version)" is just as successful as any other arrangement of the theme in the series, but for a nice change, the instrumentation has been changed as has the whole structure of the piece. In regard to the main theme, "Moon Over the Castle," there is an arrangement of this at the very end of the soundtrack. This more balladic addition is effective in the game, but perhaps isn't as prominent or enjoyable outside it. The style is very much the same as in "Surv1v3," but takes upon a sadder character. Underdown's "Edge of the World" also features towards the end of the album. It's great to see a Western and Japanese collaboration, at least on the level of promoting Japanese game music. ![]() Unlike other vocal themes in the Gran Turismo series "Surv1v3" is undoubtedly Western-sounding, and in my opinion, the soundtrack benefits from this. Rather than following the traditional way of opening up the soundtrack with an arranged version of Masahiro Andoh's "Moon Over the Castle" Gran Turismo anthem, the soundtrack opens with "Surv1v3," an impressive rock track from Jonathan Underdown and Daiki Kasho. It's just a shame that we still haven't been graced with the Gran Turismo 5 game itself, just the short prologue. ![]() Electronica, rock, and jazz are all featured on this soundtrack as a result, as well as a few vocal themes and classic arrangements. With a vast variety of composers, arrangers, and performers, this soundtrack features a diverse blend of music from a great number of musical backgrounds. The Gran Turismo series features some of the best racing tracks in game music, and rest assured, the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Original Game Soundtrack is far from an exception.
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