“Resurrection”, the arrangement album for Panzer Dragoon Saga’s upcoming 20th anniversary, is now available to preorder!
You can stream four tracks from the album for free on Bandcamp right now. These tracks are “Ecce valde generous ale”, “Nomad”, “Atolm Dragon”, and “Village of Zoah”. I recommend listening to “Nomad” (the Caravan theme) especially.
You can pre-order a digital version of the album (in the usual Bandcamp formats), as well as a CD or vinyl version. The album is a single bilingual release, and the full version will be released on the 29th of January, the 20th anniversary of the Japanese release of Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG. More details are available on Brave Wave’s website. And you can expect a full review from yours truly on the 29th.
In addition to all this, Andrew Webster from The Verge has written an article about the new album which was based on an interview with Saori Kobayashi. She says:
By rearranging the album this time, I was able to achieve the kind of music that I wanted to do 20 years ago. This project allowed me to achieve things that weren’t possible then.
Interestingly, she’s interested in releasing a similar album based on the Panzer Dragoon Orta soundtrack as well as revisiting some of the Panzer Dragoon Saga tracks that didn’t make it into “Resurrection” due to time constraints. Let’s see what the future holds!