![]() ![]() Both are nice tracks, but the latter makes for a disappointing ending. The lead out of the album is carried by a vocal piece entitled The Endless Dream, and a piano solo rendition of Legend Forever. The violin lead nails it, and it has some decent variation within the track. My favourite track on the album though I think has to be Battle 2 though. Another curious choice is Final Battle being turned into a jazz piece, which fails to work for me on many levels. Then along come surprises such as Infant of Mana come along with some rather powerful guitar work thrown into the mix. Fool’s Dance tries to go for a Spanish flamenco feel, but is failed by the vocals used. Mana Palace in techno form is interesting, to say the least. Mana’s Mission follows the same vein as the version on Let the Thoughts Ride on Knowledge, though I feel it was not executed as well. In Search of the Holy Sword has been given a dance/dubstep treatment which I’m not entirely in agreement with, but then again that’s because I’ve always seen it as a rather rocking track. His rendition here of Rising Sun finally departs from doing the same song over and over and adds a few new twists here and there. Itoken offer some interesting takes on his previous work, though not all of them hit the mark with me. It is intended to be the first of three arrangement albums for the Seiken Densetsu series to celebrate this anniversary, the other two being worked on by Kikuta and Shimomura. This is an arrangement album by Kenji Ito of tracks from his contribution to the various games in the Mana series, released as part of the 20th anniversary of the series.
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