Genso Suikoden III Music Collection ~Rustling of the Wind~
| Composed by | Keiko Fukami / Masahiko Kimura / Michiru Yamane / Takashi Yoshida |
| Arranged by | bosque aroma |
| Published by | Konami Music Entertainment |
| Catalog number | KMCA-170 |
| Release type | Game Soundtrack - Official Release |
| Format | 1 CD - 10 tracks |
| Release date | September 11, 2002 |
| Duration | 00:48:46 |
| Genres |
Overview
Genso Suikoden III Music Collection ~Rustling of the Wind~ is an arranged album compiling Genso Suikoden III music funnily enough! Under the banner of Bosque Aroma, a collective of musicians give us an ethnic jazz hybrid series of arrangements of ten original tracks.
Body
"Duckling" is the opener and possibly the strongest track on the arranged CD. It starts off with a strong hookline and evolves around a jazzy Spanish / Asian circle with a nice simmering piano passage in the middle. It stretches the legs of the instruments and the players and is definitely a highlight of the arrangments. "The Rustling Wind" then offers electric pianos in a soft arrangement that reminds me of the type of music you hear in every Japanese high school love anime! All very Loveboat if you will with a saxaphone leading the way but shadowing keyboards that gives it a slightly different tone in places. "Koroku's Theme" starts off in a light jazz fusion manner before once again becoming more traditionally structured. The main tune itself is quite catchy and the saxophone once again streches its legs for an intelligent solo.
"Town on the Bridge" reminds me, especially at the beginning, of very old comedy movies from the 1940s. Its low brass arrangment is excellent and the bouncy rasping of the instruments fits the tune here excellently. Once it's joined by the surrounding instruments, you can tell the piece works 100%. As I'm not a fan of jazz music and tend to shy away from it even in the game music world, it can mean arrangements like this take a longer time to please me. However, if I know I like something jazzy and really enjoy the track, then at least I know it definitely works! This track definitely does! "Detective Kidd" is a very stereotypically super-sleuth song, however I have no quarms with it at all as it pulls off the sneaky tap danciness to perfection. Dare I say "Dandy Richmond 2"?
"The Great Cave" gives us latin jazz fusion again done to perfection. It's been such a long time since I've heard a jazzy salsa dance so I'm more than happy to welcome it aboard! "Journey" returns to the more lounge music we had at the start of the CD with another catchy melody interrupted by some nice Asian-influenced percussion and electric guitar. "Conversation 2" is a much more subtle affair with gentle drums, sympathetic strings, and some wonderful piano and flute work. "Wind and Earth" features a theme running much slower than the percussion and it makes for an interesting time switch. "Seeking a Former Hero" ends the arranged CD with some beautiful bells and forest ambience. It slowly evolves to into a beautiful closing goodbye with completely different instrumentation to the rest of the album.
Summary
Not being a fan of jazz, I must admit I sometimes found one or two of the saxophone-led songs ever so slightly too long as most arrangements come in around the five minute mark. However what I didn't expect was to be pleasently surprised and wanting to relisten to some of the songs again. Fans of jazz music and the suikoden series music will enjoy this arrangment (we know there's so many of them but this is a good one) and while non-jazz fans may struggle at first; repeated listens should draw you in.
Simon Smith
bosque aroma
野々田万照 Mantell Nonoda: Saxophones, Flute, Recorder, Tap
村井秀清 Shusei Murai: A. Piano, Keyboard, Violin, Programming
岡田治郎 Jiro Okada: E. Bass, A. Bass, Tap
吉田匡 Tadasu Yoshida: Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Tap
北沢マロ Maro Kitazawa: Percussion, Tap
[Guest]
粥川なつ紀 Natsuki Kayukawa: A. Saxophone
澤野博敬 Hironori Sawano: Trumpet
斎藤幹雄 Mikio Saito: Trumpet
河合 わかば Wakaba Kawai: Trombone
勝田かず樹 Kazuki Katsuta: A. Saxophone
是方博邦 Hirokuni Korekata: E. Guitar
M-1 "Little Ducks" [あひるぼっこ]
Music: Keiko Fukami, Masahiko Kimura (深見慶子, 木村雅彦)
Arrange: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
S. Saxophone, Recorder: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Piano, Keyboard, Violin: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-2 "Rustling of the Wind" [風のざわめき]
Music: Michiru Yamane (山根ミチル)
Arrange: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Piano, Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-3 "Koroku's Theme" [コロクのテーマ]
Music: Keiko Fukami (深見慶子)
Arrange: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-4 "Town on the Bridge" [橋上の街]
Music: Takashi Yoshida (吉田孝志)
Arrange: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
Saxophones: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Saxophone: Natsuki Kayukawa (粥川なつ紀)
Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
A. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums, Marimba: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-5 "Detective Kidd's Theme" [探偵キッドのテーマ]
Music: Keiko Fukami (深見慶子)
Arrange: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
Flute, Saxophones, Tap: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Saxophone: Natsuki Kayukawa (粥川なつ紀)
Trumpet: Hironori Sawano (澤野博敬)
Trumpet: Mikio Saito (斎藤幹雄)
Trombone: Wakaba Kawai (河合 わかば)
A. Bass, Tap: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Marimba, Tap: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion, Tap: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-6 "The Great Hollow" [大空洞]
Music: Keiko Fukami (深見慶子)
Arrange: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta (勝田かず樹)
T. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
Trumpet: Hironori Sawano (澤野博敬)
Trumpet: Mikio Saito (斎藤幹雄)
Trombone: Wakaba Kawai (河合 わかば)
A. Piano: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-7 "Journey" [旅立ち]
Music: Keiko Fukami, Masahiko Kimura (深見慶子, 木村雅彦)
Arrange: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Guitar: Hirokuni Korekata (是方博邦)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-8 "Conversation 2" [会話２]
Music: Keiko Fukami (深見慶子)
Arrange: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Piano, Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass, A. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-9 "The Wind and the Earth" [風と大地と]
Music: Keiko Fukami, Masahiko Kimura (深見慶子, 木村雅彦)
Arrange: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Piano, Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
M-10 "Searching for a Hero of Long Ago" [かつての英雄を求めて]
Music: Michiru Yamane (山根ミチル)
Arrange: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
S. Saxophone: Mantell Nonoda (野々田万照)
A. Piano, Keyboard: Shusei Murai (村井秀清)
E. Bass: Jiro Okada (岡田治郎)
Drums: Tadasu Yoshida (吉田匡)
Percussion: Maro Kitazawa (北沢マロ)
| 1 | Little Ducks | 05:24 |  |
| 2 | Rustling of the Wind | 05:22 | |
| 3 | Koroku's Theme | 05:06 | |
| 4 | Town on the Bridge | 04:51 | |
| 5 | Detective Kidd's Theme | 03:29 | |
| 6 | The Great Hollow | 05:09 | |
| 7 | Journey | 05:12 | |
| 8 | Conversation 2 | 05:00 | |
| 9 | The Wind and the Earth | 04:31 | |
| 10 | Searching for a Hero of Long Ago | 04:42 | |
