New recordings of Mitsuda's Xenosaga Episode I score and they hit different. This 2004 release revisits key tracks with rerecorded arrangements, and pieces like "Warmth" and "Green Sleeves" gain this extra layer of clarity that the original mixes couldn't quite capture on PS2 hardware.
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"Pain" in its piano version is stripped down to almost nothing and somehow hits even harder than the full arrangement. "Kokoro" still wrecks you. The vocal performances carry so much weight. "Ω" brings the scale back up with this towering orchestral finish that earns every second.
If you already own the original Xenosaga OST, these new recordings are the reason to double-dip.