Soundtrack Name: Space Channel 5 Original Soundtrack
U.S. Game Name: Space Channel 5
Musical Genre: Dance
Original Game System: Dreamcast
Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
Copyright Holder: Sega Enterprises, LTD.
("Mexican Flyer" licensed by Shanghai Music LTD)
Number of CD's: 1
Number of Tracks: 99 (really)
CD Length: 69 min 58 sec
Track List: English
Composers and Performers:
"Mexican Flyer" by Ken Woodman and his Picaddilly Brass
Other tracks by Dr.Pris and Dr.Rachel
Review:
Intro:
I don't own this Dreamcast game. It's one of the few I don't own. Honestly,
I dislike playing dance/rhythm myself, although I do enjoy watching them.
Many of my friends play these kinds of games and I usually enjoy them
musically. Space Channel 5 has a good variety of music, which is
surprising considering that all the tracks are based on one song. Kudos to
Sega on picking an excellent song to remix so many times.
Music:
The CD starts off with the song you will be hearing in one form or another
throughout the CD, "Mexican Flyer". Big band music with a Latin flare and
heaping piles of Brass. The tracks from the first level, "Spaceport:
introducing Ulala!!" and "Coco*Tapioka: The Huge Dancer", are funk style
songs. After that, the CD bounces from creepy jazz, "Space Ship: Strut",
to new age, "Mororina: The Elegant Coward", to techno,
"Mororin! Monroe!: Rapid Geminis in the Monitor", to a Bond style spy song,
"Space Channel 5: Getting the Truth". The last official track (see next
section) is a final minimal remix of "Mexican Flyer", and by minimal I mean
that recognizing the original song is easy. I enjoyed this album, but the
first track was the best track on the whole CD. After listening to the
CD repeatedly, I feel only luke-warm towards it. This would be a great CD
to package as a pre-order bonus but as a separate (and expensive) purchase
it falls a little short. Unless you are enfatuated with this game, I
really can't recommend it.
Other Misc:
OK, only 18 of the 99 tracks are music tracks. There are four "Short
Programs" in the labeled tracks which are full of random Japanese that
might be funny. Above track 22 there are a number of tracks with Japanese
that I don't understand including some of the male voice actor's out-takes
(but no female out-takes). About 60 of the tracks are just blank.
If you know Japanese you might enjoy these tracks, or they might be lame.
Drop me a line if you know what's in those tracks.
Final Rating: C+
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