Stringed scales are combined with guitars, giving the piece a quick introduction before moving into slow, sweeping strings, flute, and guitar. This one has a very regal sound to it, supporting the idea that the game takes place in the Falena Queendom. Let's begin at the start, on disc one with Yuji Toriyama's "Wind of Phantom." The opening pieces for each Suikoden game always seem to be perfectly tailored for their settings and their plot. All of the tracks that I am going to look at, use this sound to the best of their ability, so I won't be mentioning it each time. If you've read my other Suikoden album reviews, you know that I mention the 'Suikoden' sound, where a large symphonic instrument set is used to achieve the maximum quality and overall fullness of any given track. This score is also the longest, coming in at 148 tracks! Obviously I can't look at them all, so instead I'm going to choose a select few tracks from each disc, which demonstrate their individual strengths, yet stay true and connected to one another. More importantly, this score does a fantastic job at staying consistent style throughout the entire album. Suikoden V also features, in my opinion, the most diverse score, courtesy of Norikazu Miura, branching into several different genres with more than one attempt in each. The cast is diverse, the plot is intriguing and stays fresh, and the setting is quite suited to the franchise as a whole. Suikoden V is probably my most favorite out of the series so far.
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