Vandal Hearts 2 ~Heaven´s Gate~ Original Soundtrack OST

[@imaika281]

My Mom loved vandal hearts when I was little, who knows how she came across an obscure turn-based JRPG like this but she really loved it and I still remember and love the soundtrack to these games today. So good.

[@awesomereviews1561]

Great mom!

[@Atma505]

Just an amazing soundtrack, Mr. Tamawari does ridiculous things with rhythm while still keeping nearly all of his melodies catchy and memorable. An exceptional composer, and a very kind man to boot; I spoke to both him and his wife over e-mail and they were happy to reminisce with a fan! Thank you loads for the upload.

[@youndse4162]

Is this the same man who made Vandal hearts 1 music? How can u contact him to send fanpost?

[@Atma505]

@@youndse4162 He collaborated on Vandal Hearts 1 with Miki Higashino! I forget the website, but there used to be a video game album review site that had interviews with certain composers, and would let you send them email with questions. You can try looking for it... I'll link it to you if I find it 😅

[@youndse4162]

@@Atma505 these Vandal Hearts Composition Sounds follow me since 1997 with Ash Lamberts Story vs Magnus Dunbar, Dolf Crowley and Kane Spites. The music is simply different and hits in a melancholic way very hard. People who know this Game for 20 Years when they played it as kids may understand the feeling in the chest when they hear these sounds. Sad that Iam not rich to pay Konami the whole Costs for a VH 1 Remaster on Ps5 with the same chars. Something like Xenos Survival Retreat as the main enemy or something

[@exiled420]

Best soundtrack out of any game ever created. And I take a lot of soundtracks in mind when writing that. Also one of the greatest games ever, especially for PS1. The storyline and the way the music matched the areas and battles perfectly is reason enough. So much talent, I wish they would remake this game or just make games like this nowadays. Glad I have a copy still, time to replay. 😁

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

Amazing soundtrack indeed ... the only one I dare compare it with is Blizzard's WarCraft II ... as for scenario ? Goddard the Diviner is imho one of the best "evil" characters in games ... especially that written "fuhuhuhu" laughter of his, used to give me the creeps when I was a kid :p

[@youndse4162]

these Vandal Hearts Composition Sounds follow me since 1997 with Ash Lamberts Story vs Magnus Dunbar, Dolf Crowley and Kane Spites. The music is simply different and hits in a melancholic way very hard. People who know this Game for 20 Years when they played it as kids may understand the feeling in the chest when they hear these sounds. Sad that Iam not rich to pay Konami the whole Costs for a VH 1 Remaster on Ps5 with the same chars. Something like Xenos Survival Retreat as the main enemy or something

[@Xperformance]

This game is pure art in so many ways.. great work and sadly underated

[@ChristopherRamirezBabinski]

Completely agree!

[@kharos82]

i remember playing this the night of the supposed world ending in 1999-2000 i had opened my Christmas present and VH2 was there! great times, awesome games.

[@gabrielbritovieira9933]

Madness people ---- 00:29:25 Oh My God...... Fantastic!

[@TheDennyslash]

Truly a disturbing scene when that played...

[@awesomereviews1561]

I love that game and the ost so much. Very underrated.

[@ChristopherRamirezBabinski]

Completely agree! This is my favorite game, and no one ever knows what I'm talking about lol

[@carllugay2512]

Warfare on a Plain woke the inner hero in me as a kid. Then when I got older I started rooting for the villains.

[@thexredxjester1984]

Warfare on a hidden place is pretty good though, classic Vandal hearts 1 OST remixed into this game.

[@robertson1834]

By far hands down the best OST a JRPG could ever have

[@TeamCGS2005]

Warfare on a forest, Warfare on a Ruin, The Empress and Confrontation Against Enemies are my particular faves.

[@grom8cs]

Good taste sir!

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

And "the club" ... so underrated !

[@masExz]

AND WARFARE ON A MOUNTAIN

[@nicolasomarcastro7293]

Hay algo triste, épico y angustiante en la portada del juego. Me encanta como si fuera una obra de arte.

[@ChristopherRamirezBabinski]

Estoy de acuerdo completemente y me siento es porque de Adele. Es un historia triste porque todo los routes es mala para ella :( y por el main character tambien.

[@marcushale1931]

Not only the most underappreciated soundtrack in all of gaming, it's quite possibly the best.

[@cebollafantasticaarcades2220]

This ost is very very awesome , i never tired to heard ! beautiful game an beautiful music !"

[@gizelbelcoot]

11 - The hometown 31 - Warfare on a water's edge We dont get stuff like this anymore

[@masExz]

u forgot WARFARE ON A RUIN AND WARFARE ON A MOUNTAIN

[@AlexStorm3]

Oh, the entire thing, eh. By far, one of the most underrated, beautiful and well made OST ever created. And you know what? i'm just playing the game (the six time), right now (chapter 3, Eragawa Falls). It's really, REALLY, good! Off course: thank you SO MUCH for sharing this!!

[@Boxningshandske]

Loving it, thanks for this! :)

[@Rajyrr]

Despite it being about a decade since I've played it, I found myself humming along with the music in perfect sync. Fond memories of this game.

[@Chabal117]

34:38 That transition tho!!!

[@masExz]

damn

[@TheDennyslash]

Definitely a badass scene to introduce chapter 1

[@bacayne7039]

Tamawari was crazy. This soundtrack isnjust too good. So nuanced and complex gor a game as well. Masterpiece I wish this was remastered in vinyl or something;p Many of these tracks legit make me do the Stank Face as if it were some technical metal riff

[@rosemarydwitasari4693]

13:16 beautiful

[@mega32drive]

My childhood game

[@hyagoluan3593]

Oh my GOD ty for this bless @NeYayoye .. Um dos jogos que me fazem chorar pela lindíssima trilha sonora

[@miditemplate4011]

This game had a strong brown and grey pallete. And it definitely tried to hide pixels in an knteresting way. It's quite good, 8.2. Beat it as a 6 year old but made challenges to make it harder. Very different from VH1.

[@atrea]

Oh wow this brings back memories… I always loved Urgent stop of the train and Confrontation against enemies. The hard mode ‘cheat’ was amazing. It increases the challenge but also makes battles a lot quicker if you are good 😃 It’s a shame how Konami screwed so many good series like Metal Gear Solid and Suikoden too…

[@kimmolaine8069]

Remember when video games were a form of art?

[@smokebig3584]

yes i do.... KONAMI with MGS, Silent Hill of Team Silent, Shadow Of Memories, Vandal Hearts 2, Castlevania with Koji Iragashi,... And now

[@damonbolduc137]

Nah

[@lazloludd4795]

Man, you forgot Suikoden! ;)

[@kimmolaine8069]

@@lazloludd4795 no I didn't.

[@toddblackburn1737]

@Sypha Flowen Im guessing you did not like xenogears either? this was an amazing game

[@operaaoi]

Hiroshi Tamawari Interview: Switching from Games to Opera www.vgmonline.net/hiroshitamawariinterview/

[@vitorsilvaarte]

cool , very good for this work !

[@maggygonzalez4885]

me encantó este juego, muy buen argumento, buena música, lloras con este juego jajaj. Los gráficos no son increíbles pero esta mejor que muchos de ahora que tienen muy buenos graficos y son una mierda.

[@facundobentos16]

JUGAZO, me da gusto saber que hay más gente con mi mismo pensamiento

[@Hearthless]

"You can't change the world always being good."

[@miditemplate4011]

Wat. *Puts a knife on a childs throat for a whole minute* (about 8 hours ingame) Or *Watch people die and city burn red* (beginning of game)

[@Ritchie288]

excellent!

[@balatong7429]

Thanks for sharing this! You just made me play this game all over again on my PS1 emulator! The music of this game cannot be compared to the other Tactical games out there

[@gamewow7872]

does anyone knows, is there a original concept artwork book of this game?

[@darkblack7317]

Yes there is. I own one and it is absolutely gorgeous!

[@BJMocco]

2022 nostalgic af

[@nicolasomarcastro7293]

Un juego con una historia que puede gustar como el arte barroco.🌹

[@DragonQuarter]

Thanks for uploading the entire thing, it's such an underrated, beautiful soundtrack! I recently got to talk about it on the VGMpire podcast. I recommend everybody check it out: www.vgmpire.com/2015/03/18/vgmpire-89-vandal-hearts-validation/

[@manuelingallardoramos2357]

the best

[@noobtubephails]

A real shame that the composer stopped composing for videogames.

[@TeamCGS2005]

+noobtubephails Really? How do you know about that?

[@noobtubephails]

The guy hasnt composed for videogames after Vandal Hearts 2 I believe, and I read in a interview that the reason for it was that he thought that videogames featured too much fighting, which required a lot of upbeat music but he liked to create more calm music instead.

[@TeamCGS2005]

noobtubephails Wow thanks for the info!! :)

[@noobtubephails]

Mainframe If your interested www.vgmonline.net/hiroshitamawariinterview/

[@TeamCGS2005]

noobtubephails Haha thanks! On that page you just linked, there's an advert for Shadowrun Hong Kong and the weird thing is that I've literally just been listening to that on Steam. Very strange :)

[@PietroCristantielliDracore]

mi ricordo la prima canzone, oddio ma quanto ci avro` giocato, eppure non mi ricordo di averci giocato molto, ma ho un bel ricordo!

[@toddblackburn1737]

One of my fave games

[@kazuiyosenpai1888]

Where can you find this these days? Cant find it anywhere

[@kimmolaine8069]

Nowhere unless you were lucky enough to buy it back when it was released. They released only one print in bulk to USA and Europe. Emulators are the way to go unfortunately. This game was fucking intense, and the soundtrack really added to that.

[@АлексейНикифоров-з4г]

Same

[@ЛеняРузаков]

Мир Vandal Hearts!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DangaiRo]

What is Your Deram?

[@heyguysinternet]

02:09:37 Bolero, take two

[@facundobentos16]

13:16 ❤️

[@digitalkaneda]

50:38 , hey that sounds really like windmill's theme (song of storms) from ocarina of time, in a different tune.

[@coballard5334]

Great story! Beating up your childhood friend who turned to the dark side was memorable.

[@strygea6682]

never played this, i finished the one only , is he good than the one?

[@infinityrocks247]

Vandal Hearts 2 is rather solid, and personally I enjoyed it more than the first!

[@awesomereviews1561]

@@infinityrocks247 I would say better. But the combat was change. You can find a modded version with the same combat as the first on the site cdromance.

[@edd3882]

always loved this game, only complaint was that it was a little too easy...especially compared to Tactics Ogre. Xenogears, now there's a challenging game.

[@Gritty1983]

i found it more challenging than final fantasy tactics. The fact that one enemy moves at the same time as your character added a whole new spin to these types of games. I wish they made more from this series.

[@Hotobu]

@@Gritty1983 Over a decade later, and I still can't decide if that battle mechanic is genius, or really stupid. I settle somewhere in the middle, and just enjoy the game. This game shouldn't really be mentioned alongside FFT when it comes to challenge. With just a little effort you can outclass everything in that game and solo it with one character. There's no way you could ever do that in this game.

[@coballard5334]

@@Hotobu don't remember much of the game but I remember sometimes I'd solo some levels flying around throwing coffins at the enemy, lol.

[@robertson1834]

As a die hard fan of vandal hearts 2, there was only like 1-2 fights that was a bit rough, for the rest, its easily exploitable.

[@damonbolduc137]

Good

[@yudavlog7510]

miss Adele

[@Grimmochov]

just now playing this game after putting it off for so long, having never played the 2nd but loving the 1st. i do like the soundtrack for the most part but something about the remixes of the songs from the 1st game just turns me off.

[@semrs666]

I played when i was younger only the 2nd part ..and i loved it 1 of my favorite game on ps1 ..i played recently the 1st part and i can say wandal hearts 2 is bigger than the 1st ..story ..missions ..characters ..more advanced fighting tactics ..gear ...and as u can hear ..music :D ...i do not dare to say the 1st part is worse ..its just both parts are different ..so everybodys got different taste in prefering

[@forestforthetrees7173]

The Powerless People is a rip off of Solveig's Song from Grieg's Peer Gynt.

[@awesomereviews1561]

He did rip off a chunk of it, but I like the rest of his version better. The metal band Kamelot did the same with the song “don’t you cry”.

[@miditemplate4011]

Nothing is a rip off of anything. Haven't you've heard of micro-adjustments that sound mixers do to final mix? This may not be the case with retro vgm that is reused, but combined with visuals, sfx and what movies seen some time ago (or real life exp) combine into full experience. You probably haven't seen that great old Simpsons episode where they stole writer's idea and the distorted creator ended up creating a more followed creation throughout society. An 8-bit song of let's say classical song is sharp and is forbidden in society not a long time ago (though nowadays it's very popular to use chiptunes in songs). If it ain't sharp, it ain't really moving you. But maybe it's only when something is really important, it pierces your mind.

[@mastermaniac1911]

No more than Luke Skywalker's theme is a rip off of Venus, Bringer of Peace, and the Empire's theme is a ripoff of Mars, Bringer of War. There's clear inspiration, but only for a measure or two. The rest of the composition is entirely different.

[@Chewi_Kitten]

Great Music. The story was good except the trashy politics

[@miditemplate4011]

I only disliked when Adele cried with revenge. As a kindergarten(that's when I've completed a game too) I've found that cheesy and today too.

[@miditemplate4011]

This was my most important special game.

[@mastermaniac1911]

What was "trashy" about the politics?

[@Chewi_Kitten]

@mastermaniac1911 the part where the nations were fighting each other only for 90% of it to go down the drain because of Godred. Basically u didn't need to know the politics but the game spoon fed it to u for like 80% of the game only to take a dump on it near the end 😆

[@damonbolduc137]

Pedestrian if you ask me