Ni No Kuni - Music

Music

Joe Hisaishi and Rei Kondoh composed the game's soundtrack. All in-game music was performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Kokoro no Kakera (in Japanese), the game's theme song, is sung by Hisaishi's daughter Mai Fujisawa in the Japanese version while chorister Archie Buchanan performed the English language version. For the orchestral music to fit onto the Nintendo DS at a high enough quality, the game was put onto a 4-gigabit game card. An album titled Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi Original Soundtrack was later released in Japan on February 9, 2011. A complete two-disc soundtrack was released in March 2013. The first disc is a re-release of the Japanese soundtrack and the second disc contains additional tracks from the PS3 version. It also comes with a 20-page booklet featuring artwork, lyrics, and background information. RPGFan wrote a positive review of the soundtrack, comparing it favorably to Koichi Sugiyama's work on the Dragon Quest series. Squareenixmusic.com awarded the album a perfect score, calling Hisaishi's work "his best score since Spirited Away."

Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi Original Soundtrack
No. Title Length
1. "Ni no Kuni Main Theme" 3:19
2. "Morning of Beginning" 2:35
3. "Hotroit" 2:11
4. "Incident Occurrence!" 2:23
5. "Arie ~Recollection~" 2:10
6. "Shizuku" 1:39
7. "Mighty Magic" 2:01
8. "Field" 3:36
9. "Neko Kingdom's Castle Town" 2:45
10. "Desert Kingdom's Town" 3:03
11. "Imperial March" 2:23
12. "Crisis" 1:12
13. "Tension" 1:18
14. "Battle" 2:22
15. "Jabo, the Black Wizard" 2:45
16. "Imargen Battle" 2:37
17. "Labyrinth" 2:33
18. "To The Decisive Battle" 3:21
19. "Final Battle" 3:22
20. "Miracle ~Reunion~" 2:50
21. "Fragments of Hearts" 4:12
Total length: 54:37
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Soundtrack (Disc One)
No. Title Length
1. "Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn — Main Theme" 3:19
2. "One Fine Morning" 2:35
3. "Motorville" 2:11
4. "The Accident" 2:23
5. "In Loving Memory of Allie" 2:10
6. "Drippy" 1:39
7. "Magic with Oomph" 2:01
8. "World Map" 3:36
9. "Ding Dong Dell — The Cat King's Castle —" 2:45
10. "Al Mamoon — Court of the Cowlipha —" 3:03
11. "Imperial March" 2:23
12. "Crisis" 1:12
13. "Tension" 1:18
14. "Battle" 2:22
15. "Shadar, the Dark Djinn" 2:45
16. "A Battle with Creatures" 2:37
17. "Labyrinth" 2:33
18. "The Lead-Up to the Decisive Battle" 3:21
19. "The Showdown with Shadar" 3:22
20. "Miracle — Reunion —" 2:50
21. "Kokoro no Kakera (Japanese Version)" 4:12
Total length: 54:37
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Soundtrack (Disc Two)
No. Title Length
1. "Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch — Main Theme"
2. "The Fairyground"
3. "Mummy's Tummy"
4. "Battle II"
5. "The Horror of Manna"
6. "Unrest"
7. "Blithe"
8. "Sorrow"
9. "The Zodiarchs"
10. "The Final Battle Against the White Witch"
11. "The Wrath of the White Witch"
12. "Kokoro no Kakera — Pieces of a Broken Heart — (English Version)"


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