The acoustic ICARO arrangement alone makes this worth finding. Shadow Hearts' Special Sound CD strips the main theme down to its vocal and instrumental core and it's stunning how much emotion comes through without the full production.
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Lady Theme's piano arrangement is bare and melancholic, just keys and silence. Ladder to Heaven brings back the mid-boss intensity with this climbing, urgent energy. The character themes for Yuri, Karin, Anastasia, and the rest give each party member a short musical portrait, and Joachim's is predictably bizarre.
nde, near death experience as a prototype remaster is a fascinating look at how the battle music evolved. Raw and rougher than the final. If you're deep into Shadow Hearts lore and want to hear the series from a different angle, this bonus disc rewards that dedication.