Tracklist:
Disc One
01 - Time and a Word
02 - A Visitor in Scarlet Clothes
03 - Country of Bonfires
04 - Let's Work Hard!
05 - Fortone of the Wind
06 - City of Time
07 - Sue the Broom, Wielder of the Wind
08 - Lisa's Story
09 - Karack Credit Company
10 - Grasslands and the Sky at Sunset
11 - The 10,000 Year Old Sea Urchin
12 - Ocean's Cocktail
13 - Lisa's Strange Adventure
14 - Quiet Tunnel
15 - The Ancient Age
16 - The Wonderful Land
17 - Go! Go! My Baum!
18 - Twilight Blue
19 - Level Up
20 - Carnival
21 - Fight to the Death
22 - Beguiled by the Wind
23 - Summer Beach
24 - Decisive Battle
25 - Rhythm Nation
26 - Speed Star
27 - Royal Blue
28 - Final Battle
29 - The Day of Fate's Return
30 - Epos "How Heaven and Earth Came To Be"
31 - Epos "Tunnel Poem"
32 - Epos "And?"
33 - Epos "A Clear Morning"
34 - Epos "Of Love Snatched Away"
35 - Elle Gramnad
36 - ARMERIA
Total Time:
70'53"
Disc Two
01 - Girl Who Authors Time
02 - The Loanshark
03 - The Winds of Adventure Are Blowing
04 - Surrounded by Darkness
05 - Gate Watcher of the Mine
06 - Tomorrow's Weather Will Surely Be Clear
07 - Insatiable Curiosity
08 - Searching For Good Fortune
09 - The Gentle Giant Tree
10 - The Ghost Girl
11 - Saint of Lisa
12 - A Girl's Dream
13 - The Town's Talented Man
14 - Manager of Shaved Ice
15 - Oh Ms. Fairy 
16 - And Then, She Became Like This
17 - A Quack Doctor
18 - My Prince
19 - That Thing I Borrowed...
20 - Adventure is Romantic
21 - Oh No!!
22 - Hey Friend
23 - Alchemy and Me
24 - What Happened
25 - Lonely Heart
26 - A, Ahaha...
27 - Ominous Shadow
28 - Requiem
29 - It's a Monster!
30 - Wasted Effort
31 - Memories in my Heart
32 - Help Me
33 - Ancient Civilization
34 - Let's Head Out
35 - Here I Come!
36 - D O T A B A T A
37 - Oh, I'm So Busy
38 - My Truth
39 - Painfulness
40 - The Mystery of Alchemy
41 - My Last Run
42 - Sayonara
43 - Farewell
44 - Please, Come Home
45 - A Vow
46 - At a Distant Time in Some Distant Place
47 - Make Your Memories Precious
Total Time:
73'08"
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Years ago I wrote a review for the original print of this album, a rarity from Gust themselves: "hopefully someday Team Entertainment will make a reprint that increases the soundtrack's availability." Dear universe: you're welcome. My predictions come true.
Well, actually, Gust and TE did us one better. Gust ported Atelier Judie to PSP, with some extra content included. Part of that "extra content" was 3 new pieces of music, all composed by Daisuke Achiwa. Two vocal themes (first and last track of disc 1) and one new instrumental theme (first track of disc 2) were added. Otherwise, it's the same OST as before. And it's totally awesome.
The years have passed slowly since I first heard this soundtrack. And many, many more soundtracks from the Gust Sound Team have been published in that time. With the passing of time, I have a new perspective. And I have to say, the Atelier Judie soundtrack ranks higher for me now than ever before. It's just below the first Iris and Viorate (which are the two games that follow it, in order of original publication), and about on-par with Totori. The provincial sound is perfect. I love all the auxiliary percussion, the hand claps, the bandneon ... everything just sounds beautiful. And when it's not provincial in an "old Europe" sense, it's funky in a "new Europe" sense (see, for example, "Royal Blue").
This is one you simply have to have if you like Gust even the slightest bit. My soundtrack collection rotates quickly and frequently, but I won't be letting this one go anytime soon. The new vocal tracks are great, and the old soundtrack is still impressive a full decade later.
Reviewed by: Patrick Gann
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