Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album

Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album
Soundtrack album by
Yasunori Mitsuda
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2011
RecordedBulgaria, London
GenreVideo game music, Traditional music, Irish music
Length51:33
LanguageBulgarian, English
LabelSquare Enix
ProducerYasunori Mitsuda
Yasunori Mitsuda chronology
Gekijouban Inazuma Eleven Saikyou Gundan Ogre Shuurai Original Soundtrack
(2010) 		Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album
(2011) 		Inazuma Eleven TV Anime Hot Blood Soundtrack! Volume 3
(2011)

Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album is an arranged soundtrack to Square Enix's role-playing video game Xenogears. It is the third soundtrack to the game, after Xenogears Original Soundtrack and Creid, another arranged album, both released in 1998. Myth was composed by the game's composer Yasunori Mitsuda and arranged by Mitsuda, Youki Yamamoto, Sachiko Miyano, and Natsumi Kameoka. The album contains 14 tracks, including a song performed by the Irish singer Joanne Hogg, and has a length of 51:33. The orchestration was performed by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yamamoto. The album was announced in October 2010, and was released on February 23, 2011 by Square Enix. A vinyl record version of the album was released on April 1, 2011, consisting of six tracks from the full album.

Reviewers were consistent in their praises and criticism of the album. They noted the high production values and the quality of the original compositions and the performance of the orchestra. They also felt that the later tracks in the album were notably weaker than the early tracks, that the arrangements in general did not stray far from the source material, and that several of the track choices did not seem to fit as well as orchestral renditions as others.