Well, my friend just sent me the whole soundtrack over instant message (took like 3 hours, ugh) and I have to say that I am only somewhat impressed. The songs seemed to fall into one of two catagories... either they were slower, ballad-like songs, or they were upbeat funky songs. There is an abundance of piano on the soundtrack. Not that piano is bad, there is just a lot of it.

However there are several songs that are really great! There's a great song with a choral backround called "Akagi Tai" which reminds me a little of the end of FFVII. Also, there is the orchestral version of "1000 No Kotoba" which I could just listen to over and over. Same lyrics, but with a much fuller backround sound, and not so pop-like. There are also a few of those "boss battle" tracks that are very intense, my favorite being "Gekitotsu".

After listening to all the songs on the soundtrack (and there are MANY) I'd give it an overall rating of 6 out of 10. However, this is mostly personal preference and you might like it more or less. I'd suggest you try and download some of the songs over a file-share program like Kazaa or something similar. If you want, I could even send some of the files to you!

Hopefully lots of people will review the soundtrack so you can get a good rounded perspective! Good luck!! :moggie: