The original 2000 release of the Grandia II soundtrack, subtitled ~DEUS~ after the fallen god at the story's center. Noriyuki Iwadare composed a score that matched the game's ambitious narrative about faith, darkness, and the pieces of a shattered deity.
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"A Deus" carries the weight of that mythology. "Garmia Tower" and "Dangerous Zone" build the dungeon-crawling tension. Minor differences from the 2023 reissue appear in track naming — "Inn Town Agear" instead of "Agear Town," "The Mysterious Girl" with the article.
These small variations mark this as the authentic period release. "That Which Lurks in the Darkness" appears twice, escalating the Valmar threat across the narrative. "The Broken Seal" marks the turning points where dark power escapes containment.
Iwadare's Grandia II work represents a peak in JRPG composition — orchestral ambition meeting Dreamcast-era sound design. The ~DEUS~ subtitle frames the entire album as a musical meditation on divinity and its corruption, from "Memory of the Gods" to the final battle.