The 2020 version of the Magician Lord soundtrack — same core seventeen tracks but with Japanese titles preserved alongside English. "Ankoku no Kettô" (Duel of Darkness) and "Shugo Shinden" (Legend of the Guardian God) reveal the original Japanese naming.
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"Fukkatsu no Az Athos" (Resurrection of Az Athos) uses a slightly different romanization of the dark god's name. The NeoGeo Sound Logo opens with the iconic startup jingle that every Neo Geo owner heard thousands of times.
Including it as track one is a love letter to the hardware. The bonus "Magician Lord Wayô Piano Collection" closes with piano arrangements that strip the FM synthesis compositions down to their melodic essence. "The Castle of Zephros ～ Seifû no Kyûden" preserves the Japanese subtitle (Royal Palace of the West Wind) in romanized form.
This version sits alongside the 2022 remaster as an alternate presentation of the same legendary score — two years, two releases, slightly different titling conventions. The piano collection bonus makes this the edition for listeners who want to hear beneath the arcade bombast.