![]() ![]() But the main draw here is “Baka Mitai”, another throwback to older J-Pop days in the same vein as “Kamurochou Love Song” from Yakuza 4. The more upbeat “Rouge of Love” has more edge, and here Kaguya has the upper hand on the vocal, sounding more clear and confident. The track is pretty catchy, and the arrangement is not overly tacky. “ring” is another straightforward bright J-Pop track, and both vocalists fare well enough. Only three new karaoke tracks are included here, each with two versions changing just the vocalists. The remaining prominent vocal tracks are the karaoke tracks. Basic pop all around, but some tracks manage to be pretty enjoyable as far as pop goes. “Like an Arabesque” is much better, with properly pronounced lyrics, a solid vocalist, and an easy catchiness to it. “Couleur d’une jeune fille” is actually in French, and is one of the better tracks though still not particularly innovative. “Joy to the Dance” starts leaning to Euro styles, but the lighter vocals are again a bit weak and the rest is fairly generic. ![]() “Comin’at ya, My girl” has a solid backing but is otherwise unimpressive and not very strong. The others are mostly electronic in style. It’s easily the best of the five tracks, though the poorly pronounced English lyrics mar the track just a bit. Here it has been extended to include a couple of instrumental solos that are all pretty nice. They are more or less all at game length, with the exception of “Be the Star!!”, a funky pop track with a lot of attitude and a great arrangement mixing brass and dance elements in a throwback style. There is a notable exclusion of “Dream”, the power ballad track from the game, but I personally found it overly cheesy and weaker than the other tracks anyways, so it’s no big loss.Īlso from the story are the five street dance tracks. “loneliness loop” is a bit more serious in tone while “Kimi wa Iru Kara” is a lighter, hopeful sounding track with uplifting strings throughout. Given its heavier exposure in the game, it seems probable that it will worm its way into any player’s head. “KONNAN Jyanai!” is the upbeat and bouncy number, and probably the most catchy of the tracks. As for the songs themselves, they are all by-the-books generic J-pop, which will please some but not do much for others. This might be blasphemous to say, but I enjoyed the T-SET versions much better, as the vocals are less cutesy and more strong. However, it paves the way to the Princess League vocal themes which follow, of which two versions exist for each: Haruka and T-SET versions, switching up just the vocals. It has two distinct segments: one being a rather bland electronic backing the other having more rock elements, though overall it is overlong and a bit too bland. The album begins with “The Opening of the Princess League”, an instrumental track that doesn’t really have a lot to grab our attention. Although its marking as one volume may lead listeners to think of it as one disc of music, it actually clocks in at over two and a half hours worth of material. As with Yakuza 4’s soundtrack release, this second volume includes mostly lighter tracks like the club tracks and vocal tracks, though for Yakuza 5 this means that many of the story-relevant tracks are also included here. As per the usual, it features compositions by a large number of Sega artists, and for the most part keeps with the style of the Yakuza series in terms of music. 2 in Japan) is the second of a two-volume soundtrack released digitally for Yakuza 5. 2 (or Ryu ga Gotoku 5 Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 (Ryu ga Gotoku 5 Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Original Soundtrack Vol. ![]()
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