Panzer Dragoon World has posted a new interview with Panzer Dragoon Saga composer Saori Kobayashi. Interview topics include her favourite tracks and games, Tomonori Sawada (Panzer Dragoon Zwei composer)’s involvement with “Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement”, and how the original Panzer Dragoon Saga soundtrack was created. From the interview:
For the original game, I used Roland and E-mu sound samples. When implementing them into the Saturn, we ran into data size limitations, which restricted how we could use the sounds in the game. We downgraded the sound quality and performed various processes in order to create the soundtrack. Nowadays, I can totally control the kind of sound I want in the game, so that is quite fun and convenient, but if that were true back in the 90s, then perhaps the unique sound attributed to that era may never have been created.
The interview confirms that Saori Kobayashi is not currently planning a re-arrangement album for the tracks that were missing from “Resurrection”, but she is interested in working on future Panzer Dragoon projects.
To read the full interview, head on over to the Panzer Dragoon World campaign website.