As I write this post, Xenoblade Chronicles X is up on my TV, its music blasting from my surround sound system—just as it has been for hours.
I haven’t really played the game at all today. In fact, the most I have done in the game is move my character (Kotaku-tan, naturally) to a different area in the world—you know, to change the music track. That’s how good the soundtrack of Xenoblade Chronicles X is.
Here, let me share some of my favorites with you. (And enjoy the sights as I run around a bit to show off a bit more of the game’s scenery.)
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In the daytime, the background for the city of New Los Angeles is called “N市L街A” and sounds like this.
And now for the city’s smooth after-hours music.
The theme song for the desert biome known as “The Forgotten Valley” is “亡KEI却KOKU心”—a song which comes with a lot of drums and an awesome strings section to make the whole area feel as epic as it is massive.
This one is called “Uncontrollable.” It is the mini-boss battle music in the “Forest of Nocturnal Luminescence” and it’s probably my favorite track of the game so far. (Here’s the song on YouTube without my in-battle sound effects getting in the way.)
The soundtrack is the product of Hiroyuki Sawano—a name that the anime fans among you may recognize. He has worked as a composer on recent hits Attack on Titan, Kill La Kill, and Aldnoah.Zero, among others.
If you want to hear more of the game’s music, here is an official 17-minute video up on YouTube that previews many of the game’s best tracks.
Xenoblade Chronicles X was released in Japan on April 29, 2015, for the Wii U. It will be released in the West sometime in 2015.
