“Ecce valde generous ale”, “A Premonition of Battle”, “Toward the Promised Land”, and “Sona mi areru ec sancitu” each represent a variation of Panzer Dragoon Saga’s main themes, but all four are indispensable to the overall narrative that none could be easily be left out. For example, the album contains exactly one track representing each of the five major factions in the game (“Noble Rebel Army”, “Nomad”, “Village of Zoah”, “Gigantic Warship”, and “Seekers’ Stronghold”). Yet overall, the selection of tracks represent a broad selection representative of the diversity of the original soundtrack. Fan favourites such as “Pure Blood Seed”, “Paet”, and “Imperial Airforce” are notably missing, while less prominent tracks such as “The Breath of Life” and “The Ark” take centre stage. Some listeners will no doubt be disappointed that their personal favourite tracks are missing from this twenty year commemoration. “Resurrection” contains a smaller selection that attempts, and succeeds in giving us a summarised, alternative version of the original score. The original album was a massive 57 tracks spanning two CDs. To celebrate the twenty years since Panzer Dragoon Saga’s release, twenty tracks have been selected from the original “Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG Complete Album”.
Twenty Years, Twenty Tracks Resurrection celebrates the 20th anniversary of Panzer Dragoon Saga. Different approaches lead to fundamentally different experiences which ultimately make the two albums feel like distinct works sharing common themes. “Resurrection”, on the other hand, is a live orchestra production from Saori Kobayashi and the Triforce Quartet (with Eri Ito returning for the vocals). The original score made heavy use of the Saturn’s hardware, it’s constraints producing a soundtrack that was truly unique. However, comparing “Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement Album” with the original game soundtrack is like comparing apples and oranges. Twenty years later Saori Kobayashi, Panzer Dragoon Saga’s original composer, has decided to revisit the soundtrack that made our beloved game world so memorable. That soundtrack was never far from making players feel surrounded by the echos of an ancient civilisation. Its unique mixture of Saturn chip generated sound together with tribal drum beats and reverberant vocals made Panzer Dragoon Saga’s soundtrack a significant contributor to the game’s unique, post-apocalyptic setting. In 1998, one of the most memorable game soundtracks was released with the Sega Saturn’s swan-song, Panzer Dragoon Saga.
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