Romancing SaGa 3 Original Sound Version

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  • "Great action themes with forgettable filler."
Reader review by Aaron Lau

Release info

  • Release date: 1995-11-25
  • Catalog number: PSCN-5033~5
  • Retail price: 3800 yen
  • Publisher: Squaresoft
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Disc 1 (50 minutes)

  1. Prologue - Surprise Of The Death Eaters
  2. Opening Theme - The Saga Continues
  3. Julian's Theme
  4. Ellen's Theme
  5. Sara's Theme
  6. Thomas' Theme
  7. Harrid's Theme
  8. Mikhail's Theme
  9. Monica's Theme
  10. Katalina's Theme
  11. Field
  12. The Battle
  13. Victory!
  14. Boundaries
  15. Dungeon 1
  16. Battle 2
  17. Celebration March
  18. The Voyage
  19. Muse's Theme
  20. Dungeon 2
  21. The Professor's Theme
  22. Operation : Pet Retrieval
  23. Sailing

Disc 2 (49 minutes)

  1. Ranch Of The Holly King
  2. Year Of The Holly King
  3. Magical Tank Battle
  4. The Great Arch
  5. Jungle
  6. Fairy Town
  7. Nightmare
  8. Dufore's Evil Plans
  9. Robin's Theme - Evil Does Not Cherish
  10. Arousing
  11. On With The Bangard!
  12. Island At The Farthest Reaches
  13. Insufferable Desert
  14. Ruin Of The Crystal
  15. The Eastern Country
  16. Emperior's City
  17. Rasukuta
  18. Tower Of The Godly King
  19. Trade Off
  20. Aurora
  21. Snowman's Town
  22. Ice Lake
  23. Owain's Nest
  24. Lonied's Castle

Disc 3 (50 minutes)

  1. The Devil King's Castle
  2. The Dark Underground
  3. Benny's Nest
  4. Fortress Of Fire
  5. Underwater Palace
  6. Foreboding Danger
  7. Four Noble Devils
  8. Defeated
  9. Grieve
  10. Sorrow
  11. Into War....
  12. Gen's Castle Battle
  13. The Last Journey
  14. Four Noble Devils (2)
  15. Abyss' Gate
  16. The Last Battle
  17. Epilogue - Into A New Horizon
  18. Staff Roll - Finale
  19. Fanfare
  20. Good Night!
  21. Trade For Revenge
  22. Trade For Defeat
  23. The Professor's Theme (Original Version)

Great action themes with forgettable filler.

Reader review by Aaron Lau

Kenji Ito has been known to be an experienced composer of action tracks, and Romancing SaGa 3 is no exception. Just like the first two SaGas before, the best songs are his battle and action tracks. The drum machine is used extensively and the synthesized "crashes" are used just as much (maybe a bit too much!). The soundtrack, for some reason, has a slight "Arabian" sound to it (am I alone on this?). The Opening/Saga Theme is here once again, and it's in the same vein as SaGa 2's. Other than the action tracks, I didn't find much else off of this three disk set. The moderate songs aren't that great, and the compositions seem like random rythms. I did find themes like Katerina and Monika to be pretty good, but nothing else. He used to be good, especially in Seiken Densetsu 1, when the music had substance. Overall, Romancing Saga 3 is pretty cool, albeit a bit unbalanced. It's more show than play, but the battles themes always rule.

Submission credits: Aaron Lau (CD info), Adam Page (cover pic)

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