Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete - Audio

Audio

The music for Silver Star Story Complete consists of entirely new background themes by Noriyuki Iwadare. While Hiroshi Fujioka, Isao Mizoguchi, and Yoshiaki Kubodera collaborated with Iwadare on the Sega-CD version, only Iwadare would return for the remake, composing nearly one hundred new songs. When creating the music for Silver Star Story Complete, Iwadare drew from his own experiences, admitting that he was trying to put a personal touch on his work and "express through honest emotions". Music director Isao Mizoguchi claims that the music process was "a little different" than the companies' previous works, with the game's main themes being composed before they viewed the scenes that required them, making adjustments as they went along. Each song was divided into four categories: town or village, dungeon, battle, or field; each with their own pacing and emotional direction. Iwadare described the game's music as "very well received" according to fan feedback. The Japanese version features a new opening theme, Tsu·Ba·Sa (Tsubasa, lit. Wings) performed by Kyōko Hikami. An intermediary song, Wind's Nocturne (風のノクターン, kaze no nokutaan?, lit. Wind's Nocturne), also called "The Boat Song", was added to the game to heighten the emotion of Alex and Luna's departure into the world, which was kept at Mizoguchi's insistence even as material was being cut for time.

For the North American release, Victor Ireland had expressed interest in replacing many of the new themes with ones from the Sega-CD version, including the original opening theme Fighting Through the Darkness. After translating the game, however, Working Designs was left with very little extra space on each game disc, and the idea was abandoned. Many of the arranged songs meant for the English release were included on a special soundtrack packaged with the collector's edition. The English version features the opening theme, Wings, performed by Jennifer Stigile, who also performs Wind's Nocturne. Additionally, Working Designs' arrangements of classic Lunar: The Silver Star pieces were used to replace the new music in two animation sequences, A Trinity of Terror and The Green Earth.