A Remixed Song From Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Has Been Released

Release day has come round so quick, only seems a month back that it was announced end of October - I remember thinking 20 weeks to go, now its just under 3....

Speaking of the flying theme: As much as I like it I really hope they include an option to turn it off. Kinda annoying that it would start each time you fly (even if it's only for a little bit) and therefore cuts of the overworld theme

I just never got around to actually finishing any of these games. I played every game in the series but somehow other games just pull my attention away. I really gotta get these played through one of these days. Might get working on that soon and this time ill actually be finishing them hopefully.

Man they should have remixed Black Tar instead

Hello? Is this thing on? Am I all alone? I need a bigger gun

X's soundtrack is truly amazing, like every Xeno game.

I bought a wii u and an external hard drive back in the days to play this game and what a good game, and good memories, not revisiting it but if you never played this gem go for it.

Nice! I really liked the game’s music back on the Wii U - composer Hiroyuki Sawano was quite a high-profile musician at the time, for his music in Attack on Titan and other anime. He certainly has a flair for dramatic! I liked his work on XCX so much, I bought the soundtrack.

It’ll be great to climb back into a skell cockpit and explore away! I’m really looking forward to this release on Switch.

@Bizaster I clicked on the article so fast hoping it was “Black Tar”

Hopefully the full remastered soundtrack is released on CD quickly. It took until the trilogy boxset to get the remastered XC1 soundtrack on CD

Hiroyuki Sawano always with the amazing music. Yeah the very same one of Attack on Titan fame.

@mariomaster96 It has been confirmed that you can choose the flight music in the options menu.

That being said

@echoplex I'm sorry you hate peak. Don't worry, we can't all have good taste. 😉

Not bad, but it doesn't hit the same.

While I find Japan's habit of using english to sound cool sort of endearing, so few of them are actually fluent that it ruins a lot of their music for me. X's soundtrack comes off as particularly schizophrenic. I don't remember if there's a toggle for it, but I know a lot of the game's songs have instrumental versions, so ideally I'd like to just turn the vocals off.

Sounds like more guitars which seems on par with many other remixes Sawano makes these days, and an overall "ethereal" feeling which, IMHO, only enhances the already awesome song and should be an even better fit for the context of a flight theme. And hey, at least nominally a "new" release with Aimee Blackschleger (who reportedly appeared in recent Sawano concerts but they don't seem to have had studio collabs since... Re:Creators almost eight years ago?); maybe she might even come back for the new chapter's music?

@echoplex YMMV, I didn't get anywhere Skells on Deck but Don't Worry is among my most looped tracks in the OST. The lyrics and melody, especially in the refrain, make for a deliciously bittersweet and elated blend that befits the notion of gaining several times the initial mobility and freedom in the new home humanity never got the luxury of choosing.

@Yoshi3 AoT and Seven Deadly Sins, Kill la Kill and Promare, Re:Creators and Aldnoah Zero, Solo Leveling and Rose of Versailes, separate songs for a ton more fiction series from Gundam and Legend of Galactic Heroes to One Piece and Bleach... this guy's portfolio is something else.

Way too loud and that percussion will be annoyingly intrusive in game. It's like the Xenoblade DE remix tracks which are similarly overcooked. The original OST had a great balance in the production where it blended into the gameplay perfectly. I'll definitely stick with the original but I guess this is fine for everyone who craves being beaten over the head these days.

@Bizaster As far as remixing Black Tar, I don't know how you can improve upon perfection...
Then again, that didn't really stop them from remixing music from the first Xenoblade game for its Definitive Edition.

This game has one of the best sound tracks of any game I've ever played. Sawano really made something special here.

@nhSnork gotta agree, even his solo albums are great and I love Promare so much (even got it on vinyl), Seven deadly sins and kill la kill too

Ah yes, so many memories. I can't wait till I get my tax money back, this is the first game I'm buying with it.

Both versions slap - I'm day one with Elma.

you know what would be cool? Xenoblade music in the Nintendo music app

I'd love to see a new genre fusion spring up based on the sublime and eclectic XCX OST sound. It has been probably 20% of my music listening over the past 2 years. (I encountered it late, having never played the game.)