Motoi Sakuraba's strings and synths colliding with full force across twelve carefully picked tracks from Xillia's score. This collector's edition CD distills the PS3 soundtrack down to its emotional peaks. Milla's Theme hits with this determined, soaring quality that captures her character perfectly, while Jude's Theme builds from quiet resolve into something genuinely powerful.
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Clenched Fist throws you straight into battle with aggressive percussion and layered instrumentation that gets your hands tightening on the controller. Spirit-lit Seat of Kings has that grand, almost sacred atmosphere. Filled With Tenderness does exactly what it promises.
If you grabbed the collector's edition and haven't actually sat with this disc, it's the best possible sampler of what Xillia sounds like.