The original soundtrack for Rockman 10 is finally out.
There are so many things that comes with the package. Let's take a closer look.
Closer Look series:
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Rockman 10 Image Soundtrack-
Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero Mythos(click)
The cover of the booklet tells us who is behind the design and packaging of the soundtrack itself, including the III Sound Create Unit, Official Illustrator Keisuke Mizuno and Guest Illustrator Shigeto Ikehara.
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Flipping to the first page, we can see the full tracklist for the soundtrack. All the music has been composed by the III Sound Create Unit, except for a few select tracks. Here's a list of the guest composers.
08 GAME START by Manami Matsumae
09 KING OF BLADES (BLADE MAN STAGE) by Akari Kaida
10 POLLUTED PUMP (PUMP MAN STAGE) by Yuko Takehara
11 DESERT COMMANDO (COMMANDO MAN STAGE) by Minae Ojalin Fujii
12 ABSOLUTE CHILL (CHILL MAN STAGE) by Shusaku Uchiyama
13 CYBERSHEEP'S DREAM (SHEEP MAN STAGE) by Mari Yamaguchi
14 FIREBALL STRIKE (STRIKE MAN STAGE) by Makoto Tomazawa
15 NITRO RIDER (NITRO MAN STAGE) by Manami Matsumae
16 SOLAR INFERNO (SOLAR MAN STAGE) by Yasuaki Bunbun Fujita
18 STAGE CLEAR by Takashi Tateishi
The DLC music tracks are close to the end of the list, and Forte's Shop theme is shown here too. All the tracks right after track 16 were spoiler tracks, until either you beat the game and gained more info about DLC. And so, we knew that Wily was behind everything (again). And most of you were right: You could see a bit of Forte's helmet on those preview scans on the official site. Now you can see the heroes more clearly.
Flip to the next pages, you can see a summary of the Intro story for the game, and full body drawings of Blues, Rockman and Forte (who does the awesome hand gesture we know and love). If you look closely on the right side, you can see the heroic image of the game's Title Screen, and next to Blues, you can see Forte (Hm...). On the same pages, we can see commentary from Sound Producer & Designer Ippo Yamada, Game Producer Hironobu Takeshita and Game Director Hayato Tsuru, including their past work.
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Flipping the pages some more, we reach the Boss Gallery, where all 8 robot masters shows up, along with background image of their stages, and details about the robot masters and their weapons. Fun to note that the moment the soundtrack list was first announced a couple of weeks back, the robot numbers were easy to figure out.
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On the last pages of the booklet, there's a guest drawing from Shigeto Ikehara and commentary as well, telling us to "Have a Good Fun!". The last page details the main 3 composers of the III Sound Create Unit, and a little back story about them.
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The back cover of the soundtrack package shows the Famicom cover for the game, along with a small tracklist. When turning that cover around, we can see a big pixelated globe.
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The CD for the soundtrack shines brightly, along with a mix of orange and black colors stretched across it. The sprites for the robot masters are here too, with the first 4 on the top, and the last 4 on the bottom.
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Inside the booklet, there was a extra paper sheet flying out of it. This shows a list of Inti Creates' past Rockman soundtracks, with a little commentary and different header for each of them. The 4 Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero soundtracks and the ZX & ZXA Tunes on one side, and ZX Gigamix, Rockman 9 Original & Arrange soundtrack and Chiptuned Rockman on the other side.
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The spinecard on the outer side of the soundtrack package has detailed info about the soundtrack, as well as a list of the last 5 soundtracks that Inti Creates has published. When we turn the spinecard around, we're in for a surprise...!
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That's all about the booklet and other things about the soundtrack.
If you can afford it, please buy the soundtrack from any store available, including
CD Japan.