That being said, the next track, “War Bells Toll,” works well as the main battle theme. The shifts in tone mid-song are jarring and don’t lend themselves to the epic sound a world map theme should have. It opens up quietly, increases in grandioseness through a soaring orchestra, then inexplicably returns to that initial quietness. “The Adventure Begins,” the world map theme, sadly doesn’t hold a candle to the first game’s theme. The drum beat and flute had me tapping and whistling along as I shopped. Short as it may be, the shopping theme, “This Would Be Good Too,” is wonderfully catchy. Right after that comes one of my favorite tracks in the game. The mood shifts again in “Gathelatio, Seat of the Orthodoxy.” The song captures the spirit of the town it plays in perfectly, and carries shades of Final Fantasy IX with its trumpets and castanets. The music carries itself well enough without the choir hanging over its head, but thankfully said choir is not nearly as overbearing as it is in the main theme. Again, I feel as if Ryo could have refrained from incorporating a choir into this piece. Three tracks later, the album shifts to “Battle of Oblivion,” which harkens back to the guitar-heavy battle themes from Bravely Default. Ryo incorporates Revo’s album in similar ways in some of his other tracks, without being too dependent on the first game’s style. However, the song’s end carries motifs from Bravely Default’s main theme, which is a great way to show that the music knows its roots, so to speak.
The game’s opening piece of music, “Bravely Second Main Theme,” is suitably epic, though I found the choir that goes along with the instrumentation to be a bit overbearing. It doesn’t reach quite the same heights as its predecessor, but it doesn’t stay tied to the ground either.īravely Second’s album is just as instrumentally diverse as the one that came before it, with everything from guitars to pianos to choral voices being used in abundance. But for a first-time effort from an artist that has zero experience with video game composition, I found myself suitably impressed with Ryo’s soundtrack. It’s hard not to compare Ryo’s soundtrack to Revo’s, superb as it is.
Sadly, Revo was not available to work on Bravely Second due to scheduling issues, and thus newcomer Ryo, songwriter of the doujin music group Supercell, headed the game’s music instead. Every piece felt perfectly paced and expertly constructed, and I still whistle tracks like “Horizon of Light and Shadow” without realizing it. 15 – Pirate Barbarossa’s Grand Ship, Great Bellowġ6 – Performer Praline’s Grand Ship, God Arrangeīravely Default: Flying Fairy, composed by Revo, houses one of the best JRPG soundtracks of recent memory.
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