![]() We really aren’t here to talk about them anyway. However, let’s just forget about the novel and the film for a little while. A manga adaptation of the game, entitled Parasite Eve DIVA, was released in 1998. The novel was also adapted into a film in Japan in 1997. The game may be considered a sequel to Hideaki Sena’s novel of the same name, which was released in Japan in 1995. The game hit US shores later that year on September 9th. I would easily put it up against Hisaishi's most popular, Mononoke, as well as the Parasite Eve game soundtrack, even though both incredible in their own right.Parasite Eve is an action role-playing game with survival horror elements that was released by Square Co., creators of the acclaimed Final Fantasy series, to the original Sony Playstation game console on March 28th, 1998. Yes, it is short, but fortunately it's also cheaper than most Japanese CDs. Overall, this is a CD worth having, especially for fans of Hisaishi's music. Hisaishi provides the piano playing in the whole album, and in this track especially he shows off his wonderful performing skills. "EVE ?EPiano Version" is once again the beautiful singing melody, but this time played on the piano. It's fast action music, but like the rest of the CD it's still dark and beautiful. "Explosion" sounds exactly like the title implies. It retains a wonderful piano ostinato with a synth melody on top of it. And speaking of "Darkness", that track is where the music starts to pick up a bit. There are little motifs thrown in everywhere, and it's quite relaxing, but it never wanders out of the darkness. "Cell" is quite an ambient track, but where it lacks in memorability, it makes up for in setting mood. "Choral" continues along the same lines, but is less melodic, and uses the synth choir as a sustained background under rhythmic activity. It's one of those tracks you can just listen to forever and not get bored. It's quite similar to the effect in the game's soundtrack, but it's a real voice, and not quite as harsh. The first track, "EVE - Vocal Version", is a beautiful singing melody. And it's interesting to hear the obvious influences that Shimomura had when she wrote the game soundtrack. There's an overall feeling of darkness in the music, and much of it uses synths, but it never suffers to bore me. I'm happy to say that upon first listen it instantly became one of my favorites. ![]() ![]() What really matters is how good the music on the CD is. There was also a single released, however I don't know if there was any of the same music on it or not.īut enough about history and time lengths. This isn't a mistake - the CD is indeed that short, with 6 tracks running from 4 to 5 minutes each. Now if you look at the CD time, you'll notice the CD runs just over 27 minutes. The soundtrack to that movie is what I'm reviewing. The novel was also made into a live action movie. Well, if you didn't know, Parasite Eve started out as a novel, which the Square game was in essence a sequel to. You may even be wondering what exactly this CD is that I'm reviewing, because you know the music to said game was written by Yoko Shimomura, not respected anime composer Joe Hisaishi. ![]() If you are reading this review, it's almost definite that you know that name because of the video game. ![]()
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