Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - original soundtrack coming May 23, coming both digital and physical

Production notes blog with main composer Yasunori Mitsuda

- the main composer is here to talk about the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Original Soundtrack album
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Original Soundtrack album will be released on May 23 in Japan
- soundtrack will be available in 4 formats:
USB Deluxe Edition
Deluxe Edition
Regular Edition
Digital edition (iTunes, more): mp3 and high quality format (FLAC or equivalent)
-  soundtrack album includes no less than 105 tracks, which is roughly 5 hours and 30 minutes of music
- Deluxe Editions include some bonus tracks, including 5 piano arrangements by Ivan Linn, 16 jingles
- makes the total 126 tracks
- also comes with a 120 page booklet
- reason there’s a USB Deluxe Edition is because of the large number of tracks, and they needed to find a smart way to store all of them
- did think of people who just want everything on discs instead, which is why there’s also a CD based Deluxe Edition
- music quality details:
USB Edition: 48khz / 24bit
CD Edition: 44.1khz / 16bit
Digital Edition: 96khz / 24bit (high quality version)
-  some of the artists who contributed to the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Original Soundtrack: ANÚNA, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava Symphony Choir, Ivan Linn and many more

Editions

Type A: Luxury USB Music Complete Edition (2 000 units only)
Price: 18 000 Yen + taxes
Format: USB
Music contents: all 126 tracks (including the 105 tracks from the “main” album, 16 jingles, 5 piano arrangements)
Contents:
Core Crystal USB (serial numbered, engraved on it). Size: W48mm / H92mm / D7mm. Size (cap): W30mm / H20mm / D7mm. This collector’s item was created in close collaboration with Monolith Soft
special box
booklet (120 pages)
piano score
message card

Type B: Luxury CD Music Complete Edition
Price: 7 800 Yen
Format: CD
Music contents: all 126 tracks (including the 105 tracks from the “main” album, 16 jingles, 5 piano arrangements)
Contents:
special box
booklet (120 pages)
piano score
message card

Type C: Regular Edition
Price: 4 500 Yen + taxes
Format: CD
Music contents: all 105 tracks from the “main” album
Contents:
booklet (12 pages)

Type D: Digital Edition
Price: 200 Yen (individual tracks) / 4 500 Yen (full album)
Digital stores: iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon, mora, RecoChoku, animelo mix
Digital stores (high-quality version): mora, e-onkyo music, RecoChoku, music.jp