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вЂњScholarвЂ™s HavenвЂќ is a mournful theme that combines a clarinet with a series of woodwinds, percussion, and guitar to create some wistful harmonies, and вЂњThe Snowbound LandвЂќ is one of my personal favorites, using a mix of organ, bells, and flute in a beautiful arrangement. вЂњRemote VillageвЂќ also didnвЂ™t do much for me it felt a little bit like a phoned-in snow theme in the midst of some much more developed music. As is, I found this town theme to be forgettable. вЂњAn Oasis in a Desolate DesertвЂќ was one of my least favorite themes while on its own it may have worked, to me it felt like a much weaker rehash of вЂњThe Land of Sand and Its Great ClockвЂќ from Bravely Default, but without the mechanical ticking that distinguished the latter as a unique desert theme. I found these to be hit-or-miss вЂњHome of the Spring BreezeвЂќ is the first town theme, and is pleasant enough itвЂ™s neither revolutionary nor bad, but what youвЂ™d expect from a starting town.

Of course, with each new area comes a new town theme. Some of these are a little more successful than others вЂ“ I loved вЂњSnowy HorizonsвЂќ, and вЂњWoodland HorizonsвЂќ distorts the melody with a new key and some echoing reverb for a thoroughly mystical effect, while вЂњDesert HorizonsвЂќ just slapped the theme on a harmonic minor scale, which felt a little uninspired. Similarly, вЂњDesert HorizonsвЂќ is the desert version. When listening to вЂњSnowy HorizonsвЂќ, you would not need the title to know that itвЂ™s the ice world variant of the theme. However, this also allows Revo to play with the theme much more freely over the course of the score вЂ“ which he does extensively.ДЄny JRPG player could listen to one of the overworld theme variants, and immediately identify what itвЂ™s supposed to accompany. Instead, вЂњGrassy HorizonsвЂќ is an airy melody that plays around with the main theme of the series in a much lighter fashion. This approach has some benefits and drawbacks in the score вЂ“ on one hand, there is no equivalent to the powerful вЂњLand of Light and ShadowвЂќ from the first soundtrack. One of the big changes of Bravely Default IIвЂ™s score is the introduction of theme variations unlike the first game, where there was one normal overworld theme, one asterisk (a unique type of boss) theme, one crystal theme, and so on, Bravely Default II has variations of each of the normal themes to match different areas. ThereвЂ™s a few extra lines of melody and accompaniment that I enjoyed, but for the most part, itвЂ™s not too different from the original. ItвЂ™s a lovely rendition of a theme thatвЂ™s already pretty strong, and segues nicely into вЂњA CrystalвЂ™s Radiance and WindвЂ™s RevelationвЂќ, a slightly amped up version of the crystal theme from the first game.

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Over the course of the track, other instruments are slowly added until it becomes a full orchestra, and it finally dies down again at the loop back into guitar.

The soundtrack starts with вЂњAnother Overture to Hope,вЂќ a soft acoustic guitar version of what has become the seriesвЂ™ main theme. How does the sequel measure up? BodyД«efore I start, I want to mention that while I usually prefer to avoid comparisons in my reviews, I am going to be drawing a lot of parallels from this soundtrack to the original Bravely DefaultВ score, not just because this soundtrack is a direct sequel, but because the music itself seems to have been written with an awareness of its legacy, and invite those comparisons. Bravely Default II marked RevoвЂ™s return to the games since his original soundtrack, which has been a phenomenal success since itвЂ™s release, and marked several new trends in JRPG scores. Square EnixвЂ™s recent foray into modernized retro JRPGs has left us with a new line of great soundtracks, starting with RevoвЂ™s original score to Bravely Default and ending most recently with Akira SenjuвЂ™s work on theВ upcoming Project Triangle StrategyВ demo game (official title TBA).

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