And, of course, the final battle arrangement is a face-melting, raucous experience. It’s building to something big the whole time, and when the entire band hits those final notes together as if to say “let’s go,” they certainly have your attention. The concert’s pseudo-finale (before the encore) is the final environment music, “The Gate of Finis,” moving into the final battle theme, “Daughter of the Dark God.” The former piece has this mesmerizing minimalist pattern that gets traded across instruments while the occasional melodic tone passes overhead. When the whole BBB Band gets together, things tend to go to a whole new level. Atsuki Yoshida alone pulls out some mind-blowing performances on “A Settlement in the Red Bluffs,” “Daughter of the Dark God,” and the encore “Break Ver.” trio performance of “Decisive Battle II.” Witnessing these musicians perform together with such tight-knit precision, sometimes at break-neck speed, is a miracle all its own. Outside of featured improvised solos, there is not much here that deviates from the studio arrangements, but that honestly doesn’t matter. The major appeal for any fan who might consider this concert-even those who already own the studio arrange albums-is to see the masterful craftsmanship that each performer puts into this work. Nonetheless, it is nice to put a face to the name of one of the big up-and-coming names in VGM. This is frustrating, since Square Enix’s North American e-shop is selling this item, and they had previously added subtitles for spoken-word sections of the more recent NieR concert Blu-rays. Unfortunately, as this is an import release, there are no English subtitles during these speaking sections. At one point, he even does a short interview to promote the upcoming mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent-after which the band performs a battle theme from the upcoming title. Throughout the concert, composer Yasunori Nishiki steps onto the stage to make a statement about the arrangements and musicians. The full ensemble only performs a handful of songs, while most arrangements target a subset of the crew, referred to affectionately as the “BBB Band” (for Break, Boost, Beyond). The featured musicians include three guitarists, bass, drums, piano/keyboard, violin, cello, vocalist Mayu Wakisaka, and one killer multi-instrumentalist (Atsuki Yoshida on violin, viola, and clarinet). Using footage from an August 2019 concert, the December 2019 release Break, Boost and Beyond Live! utilizes arrangements from two previously-released studio-recorded arranged albums. Now, Octopath Traveler gets its time in the limelight. Having a high-fidelity format to work with and facing increased interest, Square Enix first dipped its toes into the market with the NieR franchise, eventually releasing Blu-rays for three separate concerts, all with unique arrangements and instrumental groupings. Other publishers have been doing this for decades, even on VHS cassette. Over the past five years, Square Enix’s music division has added a new product line to their commercial items: live music concerts, recorded and released on Blu-ray. 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