Octopath Traveler box art
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Octopath Traveler

Developer:
Square Enix, Acquire
Platforms:
Nintendo Switch, Windows, Stadia, Xbox One, PS 4, PS 5
Release Date:
13 Jun 2018
Genres:
JRPG

Great fantasy game soundtrack 😊.

I've listened more to Beneath the Surface recently, and I'd say it's a really good fleeting and emotional track. It uses a subtle percussion evoking a picture of a drop falling into a clear surface of water, creating ripples and making a slightly cavernous-sounding echo.

The Main Theme is just a banger: absolutely capturing the wondrous and adventurous spirit of the game.

Decisive Battle II is good battle theme which somehow brings me assosications to parts of the soundtrack for Code Vein, but I can't quite put my finger on the specific track.

Decisive Battle I is also good, and I'd say even better if the track included in the game was the boost version: Boost: Battle 1

Battle at Journey's End is another great battle theme, evoking feelings of nostalgia for the end of the journey, with its dynamic and dramatic nature.

Determination is a beautiful and serious composition, befitting it's title quite wonderfully.

The Sunlands uses warm guitar plucking, imagining sunrays hitting the lush and green landscape (I assume, I haven't played the game).

The rest of the soundtrack is well worth having a listen to as well. Each character's theme is also great and I plan on revisiting them later on.

Favorites

  1. Main Theme
  2. Battle at Journey's End
  3. Decisive Battle II
  4. Determination
  5. Beneath the Surface

Arrangements

Break & Boost on Spotify

  1. Boost: Octopath traveller (Main Theme)
  2. Break: The Frostlands
  3. Boost: Battle 1

FamilyJules have made some good metal arrangements for those interested: youtube link

Published:
29 September 2024
Last Updated:
17 January 2025
0 / 9
  1. Octopath Traveler (Main Theme)
  2. Ophilia, the Cleric
  3. Cyrus, the Scholar
  4. Tressa, the Merchant
  5. Olberic, the Warrior
  6. Primrose, the Dancer
  7. Alfyn, the Apothecary
  8. Therion, the Thief
  9. H'aanit, the Hunter
  10. The Frostlands
  11. The Flatlands
  12. The Coastlands
  13. The Highlands
  14. The Sunlands
  15. The Riverlands
  16. The Cliftlands
  17. The Woodlands
  18. Flamesgrace, Guiding Light
  19. Melancholy
  20. Atlasdam, Seat of Learning
  21. Tranquil Days
  22. A Sea Breeze Blows
  23. How Amusing!
  24. Cobbleston, Nestled in the Hills
  25. Tension
  26. A Brief Respite
  27. Dark Caverns
  28. Battle I
  29. Victory Fanfare
  30. Requiem for the Fallen
  31. Sunshade, City of Pleasures
  32. On a Knife's Edge
  33. Clearbrook, by the Pristine Waters
  34. Reminiscence
  35. A Settlement in the Red Bluffs
  36. Discord
  37. My Quiet Forest Home
  38. Determination
  39. Beneath the Surface
  40. Creeping Dread
  41. Decisive Battle I
  42. Battle II
  43. Town Veiled in White
  44. Gazing Over the Great Plain
  45. Enveloped in Kindness
  46. Grandport, Center of Commerce
  47. Among Stately Peaks
  48. Sorrow
  49. The Trees Have Eyes
  50. Despair
  51. Decisive Battle II
  52. Oasis in the Sparkling Sands
  53. River of Life
  54. Bonds of Friendship
  55. Orewell, Beneath the Crags
  56. Victors Hollow, Jewel of the Forest
  57. Jubilation
  58. Forbidding Corridors
  59. An Ill Omen
  60. Battle III
  61. They Who Govern Reason
  62. Stolen Dreams, Lost Light
  63. Pure Evil
  64. For Light
  65. For Truth
  66. For Treasure
  67. For Redemption
  68. For Revenge
  69. For Succor
  70. For Freedom
  71. For Master
  72. Battle at Journey's End
  73. The Gate of Finis
  74. The One They Call the Witch
  75. Moment of Truth
  76. Daughter of the Dark God
  77. Ending Theme
  78. Ophilia Motif
  79. Cyrus Motif
  80. Tressa Motif
  81. Olberic Motif
  82. Primrose Motif
  83. Alfyn Motif
  84. Therion Motif
  85. H'aanit Motif