Xenogears Light
Album by OneUp Studios
Released	February 8, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Video Game Music
Length	74:03
Label	OneUp Studios
Producer(s)	Mustin
Professional reviews
The Internet Hammer Enterprise (NR) Feb. 19, 2005 Animefringe July 2005 RPGFan (NR) link SquareSound (95%) link 1 SquareSound (94%) link 2
OneUp Studios chronology
The Very Best of SEGA (2004)	Xenogears Light (2005)	The OneUps Volume 1 (2005)

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A fan-made production, OneUp Studios licensed the use of the original music arranged for the album from Square. In order to obtain the content for this album, OneUp Studios held an open audition for fan-made MIDI arrangements of Xenogears. Once tracks were approved, the OneUp Studios staff then performed each track via a combination of samples and live performance. Every artist who submitted their work had at least one track chosen to be a part of the album. The album's catalog number is OUS-003. It has been suggested that Licensing (strategic alliance) be merged into this article or section. ... An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist. ... ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that can record and store audio signal samples, generally recordings of existing sounds, and play them back at a range of pitches. ...

Track listing

1. "Premonition" (Christian Pacaud) – 3:14
2. "Grahf, Conqueror of Darkness" (Mazedude) – 3:39
3. "Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People" (Josh Barron) – 3:47
4. "Far Away Promise" (Erik Xian) – 2:38
5. "My Village is Number One" (Will Buck) – 4:02
6. "Shevat, the Wind is Calling" (Christian Pacaud) – 3:30
7. "Singing of the Gentle Wind" (Tim Sheehy) – 3:45
8. "Shattering the Egg of Dreams" (Blak_Omen) – 3:07
9. "One Who Bares Fangs At God" (Kunal Majmudar) – 2:58
10. "Bonds of Sea and Fire" (Christian Pacaud) – 4:00
11. "Ship of Sleep and Remorse" (Luke Nickel) – 3:29
12. "Broken Mirror" (Jay Semerad) – 4:58
13. "Dreams of the Strong" (Kevin Stephens) – 3:51
14. "The Blue Traveler" (Christian Pacaud) – 3:28
15. "October Mermaid" (Christian Pacaud) – 3:24
16. "The Treasure Which Cannot Be Stolen" (Paul van de Geijn) – 5:11
17. "Valley Where the Wind is Born" (The Wingless) – 4:48
18. "Gathering Stars in the Night Sky" (Dale North) – 2:59
19. "The Alpha and Omega" (Christian Pacaud) – 4:10
20. "Into Eternal Sleep" (David Hsu) – 3:08

Demo samples of the album are free and available for download at the OneUp Studios website.

Personnel

• Josh Barron – arranger
• Matthew Bridges ("Moose") – additional arrangement
• Will Buck ("Conqueso") – arranger
• John Allen Burnett ("The Wingless") – arranger
• Henry Chong ("Blak_Omen") – arranger
• Jared Dunn – bongos
• Chris Getman ("Mazedude") – arranger
• David Hsu ("Dhsu") – arranger
• Greg Kennedy – violin
• Anthony Lofton ("Miller") – soprano sax
• Kunal Majmudar ("ktriton") – arranger, additional arrangement
• Wing Yun Man (of Wooti) – logo design
• Mustin – piano, acoustic bass guitar, mixing, producer
• Luke Nickel ("lightwarmth") – arranger
• Rik Nicol (of Wooti) – logo design
• Dale North – arranger, mixing
• Christian Pacaud – acoustic bass guitar, arranger, additional arrangement
• Jessica Perkins – flute
• William Reyes – acoustic guitar, additional arrangement
• Nastassja Riley – flute
• Jay Semerad – arranger
• Tim Sheehy ("Kaijin") – arranger
• Kevin Stephens – arranger
• Aaron Teague ("Nólaquen") – website design
• Paul van de Geijn – arranger
• Erik Xian ("Iggy Koopa") – arranger
• Tim Yarbrough – acoustic guitar

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External links and references

• OneUp Studios
• Xenogears Light at MusicBrainz