Motoi Sakuraba
The music of all the "Valkyrie Profile" games was composed by Motoi Sakuraba. "Valkyrie Profile" and its remake ' were composed by Motoi Sakuraba, with original soundtrack version highlighting just a handful of the songs on the game soundtrack as being really enjoyable, with his use of rock music and harpsichord. The music of ' composed by Motoi Sakuraba of "Star Ocean". It has two original soundtracks, Alicia and Silmeria. Each soundtrack is divided into two discs totalling 70 songs from the game. Prior to the release, a special artifact box was released which included a copy of the game, ten musical tracks, a keychain, and a figurine. In 2012, characters Rufus and Alicia were added to the Square Enix card game "Lord of Vermillion Re: 2". The Music for ' was composed by Motoi Sakuraba The in-game score was written as MIDI tracks, allowing it to fit easily onto the DS cartridge. Drawing from the darker themes of the narrative, Sakuraba created a subdued and emotional score that noticeably moved away from his score for "Silmeria" while still being separate from his work on "Valkyrie Profile". The score included original composition and arranged versions of tracks from Sakuraba's scores for "Valkyrie Profile". The soundtrack conversion for the DS cartridge was done by sound design studio Noisycroak. A two-disc soundtrack album was published on November 5, 2008 by Square Enix's music label. For the album release, Sakuraba used the MIDI originals as reference and redid all the tracks with fuller orchestration. While faithful to the original, the larger range of sounds resulted in some differences. A twelve-track arrange album, handled by Sakuraba, was published alongside the main soundtrack album. For ' composer Motoi Sakuraba was chosen. Producer Yoshinori Yamagishi mentioned his favorite way of drawing out emotion in players was through music and sound effects, helping to both immerse new players in the world of the game and play upon the nostalgia of series fans. The game utilizes a mixture of music from the franchise and new compositions.