Symphonic Tale: The Rune of Beginning (Music from Suikoden II) - Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Compact Disc)

 STORY OF “SUIKODEN II”

The story centers on the reigniting of a war between the City States of Jowston and the Kingdom of Highland. In order for Highland to rekindle the war, it betrays and destroys its own Unicorn Youth Brigade, and it blames the destruction on its enemy, the City States of Jowston. The protagonist and his best friend, Jowy Atreides, are new soldiers of the Unicorn Youth Brigade of Highland who manage to escape the destruction and hide. Then, their own country of Highland scapegoats them as traitors and sentences them to death. However, they are helped to flee to the City States of Jowston. Then they happen upon the two halves of the Rune of Beginning (one of the twenty-seven True Runes that were said to be the sources of many powers and phenomena in the world). The two friends eventually become separated and find themselves facing off against each other in the war, the protagonist on the side of the City States and Jowy on the side of Highland. With 108 Stars of Destiny, friends, families, and allies gathered around the Rune, the two young men fight each other, just as the Black Sword and the Bright Shield (the two halves of the Rune of Beginning) battled each other, according to the creation legend of the world.

Original Music Authored by KDET
Arranged & Conducted by Kentaro Sato (Ken-P)
Performed by Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Tracklist

1. Prologue
2. Reminiscence
3. Beautiful Morning
4. Adventurous Journey
5. The Desire to Triumph
6. Distant Star
7. Bygone Days
8. Praise to My Master
9. Gothic Neclord
10. A Bustling Town
11. Even Farther
12. A Moonlit Night
13. Tactics
14. Battlefield without Light
15. Parting
16. Drive into a Corner
17. Requiem of Sadness
18. The Silver Wolf
19. Reunion
20. A New Beginning
21. Epilogue: 108 Stars of Destiny
22. Passion Sets History in Motion
23. Victory and Beyond