Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Soundtrack Releasing Physically & Digitally August 2023; 99 Songs, Including Future Connected

Nintendo and Monolithsoft have announced that the official soundtrack for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition will launch physically and digitally on August 2, 2023. Manufactured by Procyon Studio and via the label Sleigh Bells, the physical version will cost ¥5,500, while the digital version will be ¥4,500.

There is an official English website for this soundtrack release, with customers potentially able to import the package.

Fans can anticipate a five-CD set containing 99 tracks, including the 54 new arrangements and songs from the Future Connected story scenario. The tracks are sorted by their respective debuts throughout the game’s narrative and are composed by the following individuals:

  • Yoko Shimomura
  • ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
  • Kenji Hiramatsu
  • Manami Kiyota
  • Yasunori Mitsuda

Further, it’s clarified that any tracks which weren’t arranged in the Definitive Edition on Switch will simply be the original Wii iteration. Plus, those who pre-order the soundtrack early can receive a reversible cover featuring the key art for the Future Connected scenario.

The full tracklist is quoted below. The songs themselves have been emboldened for enhanced clarity.

Disc 1

  • 01
    Main Theme
    Composition, Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
    Strings Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
  • 02
    Prologue A
    Composition, Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
  • 03
    Prologue B
    Composition, Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
  • 04
    Everyday Life
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 05
    Colony 9 (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
    Original Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
  • 06
    Colony 9/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 07
    Time to Fight! (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
    Original Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
  • 08
    Enemies Closing In (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 09
    Hometown (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
    Original Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
  • 10
    Hometown/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 11
    A Friend on My Mind
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 12
    The Monado Awakens
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 13
    Tephra Cave (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 14
    Hostile Gazes (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 15
    Crisis
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 16
    An Obstacle in Our Path (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 17
    Engage the Enemy (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 18
    Rage, Darkness of the Heart
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 19
    Sorrow
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 20
    Once We Part Ways
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+

Disc 2

  • 01
    Apprehension
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 02
    Memories
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 03
    Urgency
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 04
    Visions of the Future (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 05
    Majesty
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 06
    Gaur Plain (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 07
    Gaur Plain/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 08
    In the Refugee Camp (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 09
    Face
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 10
    Colony 6 – Ether Mine (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 11
    Unfinished Business
    Composition, Arrangement: Yoko Shimomura
    Strings Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
  • 12
    Colony 6 – Silence (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Manami Kiyota
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 13
    Colony 6 – Rebuilding (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 14
    Colony 6 – Hope (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Manami Kiyota
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 15
    Colony 6 – Future (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: Manami Kiyota
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Piano Arrangement: Natsumi Kameoka
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 16
    Satorl Marsh (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 17
    Satorl Marsh/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 18
    Bionis’ Interior/Carcass (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 19
    Forest of the Nopon (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 20
    Forest of the Nopon/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 21
    Frontier Village (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 22
    Frontier Village/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 23
    Riki the Legendary Heropon
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+

Disc 3

  • 01
    Eryth Sea (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 02
    Eryth Sea/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 03
    Alcamoth, Imperial Capital (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 04
    Alcamoth, Imperial Capital/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
    Original Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 05
    Intrigue
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 06
    Where the Ancestors Sleep (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 07
    Ancient Mysteries
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 08
    Egil’s Theme
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 09
    Prison Island (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 10
    You Will Know Our Names (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 11
    Thoughts Enshrined
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 12
    Valak Mountain (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 13
    Valak Mountain/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 14
    Sword Valley (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 15
    Sword Valley/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 16
    Galahad Fortress (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 17
    Mechanical Rhythm (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 18
    Irregular Bound (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 19
    A Tragic Decision (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Piano Arrangement: Natsumi Kameoka
    Original Arrangement: ACE+

Disc 4

  • 01
    The Fallen Land (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 02
    The Fallen Land/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 03
    Shulk and Fiora
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: ACE+
  • 04
    Reminiscence
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 05
    Riki’s Kindness
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 06
    Hope
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 07
    Hidden Machina Village (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 08
    Tension
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 09
    Regret
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 10
    Mechonis Field (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 11
    Shadows Creeping
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 12
    The Battle is Upon Us
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE+
  • 13
    Central Factory (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 14
    Agniratha, Mechonis Capital (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 15
    Agniratha, Mechonis Capital/Night (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 16
    Disquiet
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 17
    Towering Shadow
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 18
    Bionis’ Awakening
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 19
    A Spiritual Place
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 20
    Reminiscence (Music Box)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota

Disc 5

  • 01
    Bionis’ Interior/Pulse (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 02
    The End Lies Ahead (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 03
    Memory’s End (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 04
    Zanza’s World (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Brass Arrangement, Strings Arrangement: Natsumi Kameoka
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 05
    Zanza the Divine (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 06
    The God-Slaying Sword (Definitive Edition ver.)
    Composition: ACE+
    Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Original Arrangement: ACE+
  • 07
    Futures That Lie Ahead
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 08
    Beyond the Sky
    Composition: Yasunori Mitsuda
    Original Lyrics: Tetsuya Takahashi
    Lyrics Translation: Lisa Gomamoto
    Vocals: Sarah Àlainn
  • 09
    Epilogue
    Composition: Yoko Shimomura
    Arrangement: Tsutomu Narita
  • 10
    Bionis’ Shoulder
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
  • 11
    Bionis’ Shoulder/Night
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
  • 12
    Time to Fight! (Bionis’ Shoulder)
    Composition, Arrangement: Kenji Hiramatsu
  • 13
    Fogbeasts
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
    Piano Arrangement: Takayuki Yoshimura
  • 14
    Gran Dell
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 15
    Gran Dell/Night
    Composition, Arrangement: Manami Kiyota
  • 16
    Roar from Beyond
    Composition, Arrangement: ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
  • 17
    Beyond the Sky (Acoustic Arrange)
    Composition, Arrangement: Yasunori Mitsuda
    Strings Arrangement: Mariam Abounnasr

You can view a preview video featuring several of the songs throughout Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition’s soundtrack below:

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is available on Nintendo Switch.


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