Secret of Evermore is one of Square's forgotten classics - a SNES title created entirely in North America that tried to ape stable mate Secret of Mana, but didn't quite match it. Despite being less acclaimed than some of Square's other 16-bit titles, Evermore still has plenty of fans - not just for its gameplay, but also for its rather excellent soundtrack.
Composed by Jeremy Soule - who has since worked on the likes of Skyrim and Guild Wars - Evermore's score is one of the SNES' most underrated, but composer and arranger Sean Schafianski aims to change that. He's remixed the game's music as part of his Video Game Music Remastered series, and the end result is Secret of Evermore: Remastered.
You can check out the sample trailer below, and the entire album is available for purchase - along with Schafianski's other work - here.
Don't forget to also check out our exclusive interview with the man behind Secret of Evermore here.
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Secret of Evermore was my favorite SNES game. I personally liked the setting a bit more than Secret of Mana. Glad to see this!
Watched a friend play this game back in '96 or '97
I had the game as a kid, let a "friend" borrow it and they never returned it. Too bad, I never got a chance to complete it.
Jeremy Soule is one my favorite video game music composers! (Behind Koji Kondo, of course).
@mineralrich Life lesson learned. Never lend out your games that you treasure. I let a friend borrow Mega Man X on SNES and I never got it back. When I asked for it, he said he let someone else borrow it. We never talked again.
My sister let her friend borrow my copy of FF9 and I never saw it again. That made me sad.
<3 Secret of Evermore always though it was much better than Secret of Mana.
I do want to hear the remixed miniboss track it's one of my favorite video game tracks of all time.
E: Aww the miniboss track isn't part of the album sadface.
I love this game slightly more than Secret of Mana because of its unique atmosphere.
Squenix should have put this on the Virtual Console back when they supported it. Lord knows they put all the other big Square games on there.
It was a great game, but definitely no match for Mana. I had a multi-tap and 3 player co-op was some of my favourite gaming memories
These are nice tracks, but "ambient music" isn't exactly something I consciously listen to. It works as backround music, but not much else, IMO.
It does remind me that I still need to play my copy, though.
The soundtracks a really nice. I rate this very high for gaming music, it's enjoyable, and it doesn't sound all that repetitive, all and all making you enjoy the game, the music belongs to more.
I played this before Secret of Mana actually, and is the reason I ended up finally getting to play Mana. Square USA made or not, this is a forgotten game that SE will probably NEVER re-release unfortunately. The moody title theme, the ravine theme, and it's been a while, but I believe Ebon Keep had some of the best music in the whole game. Even the atmospheric sounds were nicely done. I'm glad the game will be honored in some capacity. There was just something about Square games in the 90s (even if this one was made in USA, it still managed to capture "some" of that magic). If you can find a way to play this game, and you like action RPGs, DO it.
On an odd slightly off topic note, High Strangeness reminds me off this game from a distance...
@DarthNocturnal @MeloMan
There is still hope As fate would have it, I'm currently apart of a team who has been working on spiritual sequel to Secret of Evermore for well over a year. We are all deeply fond of Evermore and the uniqueness that the game held and breathe new life into it. We hope the fans will be pleased, you can follow the game at this thread as our site is current under construction.
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,16666.0.html
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