Soulcalibur is a weapon-based fighting video game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. There are seven main installments of video games and various media spin-offs, including music albums and a series of manga books. The first game in the series, '' ...

'' is a

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-based

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series by

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. The series revolves around a sword that, after years of bloodshed and hatred, gained a

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of its own, the Soul Edge, and the sword forged to counter it, Soulcalibur. The discography of the ''Soulcalibur'' series consists of two soundtrack albums for the first game in the series, ''

Soul Edge is a fighting game developed by the Namco team Project Soul and published by Namco as the first installment in the ''Soulcalibur'' series of 3D fighting games. Originally released as an arcade game in December 1995, an upgraded and expanded versi ...

'', and one soundtrack album each for ''

'', ''

Soulcalibur II is a 2002 fighting game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco and the third installment in the ''Soulcalibur'' series of weapon-based fighting games. It is the sequel to ''Soulcalibur'', which was released in July 1998. Originally in ...

'', '' III'', '' IV'', '' V'' and '' VI''. None of the other games in the series have received a soundtrack release. Music from the series was performed by a live orchestra at a concert at the

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in Paris in February 2017.

''Super Battle Sound Attack Soul Edge''

''Super Battle Sound Attack Soul Edge'' is the soundtrack album for the arcade version of ''

''. It was composed by

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employees Takayuki Aihara and Takanori Otsuka, with Aihara providing the majority of the tracks while Otsuka composed tracks 9, 11, 16, 20, and 25. Its 26 tracks have a duration of 42:24. The album was published by Media Remoras on September 20, 1996 with the catalog number of MRCA-20099, and reprinted by

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a month later on October 21, 1996 with the catalog number PCCG-00365.

''Soul Edge Original Soundtrack - Khan Super Session''

''Soul Edge Original Soundtrack - Khan Super Session'' is the soundtrack album for the

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version of ''Soul Edge'', which contained entirely different music than the arcade version, including "The Edge of Soul", which served as this version's main theme. It was composed by

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(tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 14), Benten Maru (2, 8, 10, and 16), Yoshiyuki Ito (6 and 12), Aki Hata (4), and

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(9, 13 and 15). Its 16 tracks have a duration of 58:09. The album was published by BMG Japan on December 18, 1996 with the catalog number BVCH-732.

''Soulcalibur Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album for the second game in the ''Soul'' series, ''

''. It was composed by Namco employees

Junichi Nakatsuru is a Japanese video game composer and sound director employed at Bandai Namco Entertainment. He is best known for his work in the ''Soulcalibur'' series. Biography Growing up, Nakatsuru enjoyed music, playing around with instruments while lis ...

, Yohihito Yano, Akitaka Tohyama, Takanori Otsuka, and Hideki Tobeta. Its 37 tracks span two discs and have a duration of 1:13:21. The second disc is only four tracks long, and contains two arrangements of tracks from the first disc made for the arcade version of the game as well as two additional arrangements. The album was published by Bandai Music Entertainment on October 21, 1999 with the catalog number APCG-9006. Track list

''Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album for the third game in the ''Soul'' series, ''

''. It was composed by Namco employees

, Yoshihito Yano, Asuka Sakai, Rio Hamamoto, Ryuichi Takada, and Junichi Takagi. Nakatsuru and Yano had also worked on the prequel's soundtrack. The album's 35 tracks span two discs and have a duration of 1:49:13. The album was published by

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on March 26, 2003 with the catalog numbers SSCX-10086~7. 28 of the tracks were included in a CD distributed with the game's strategy guide in

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titled ''Soulcalibur II Limited Edition Strategy Guide Soundtrack'' on August 21, 2003. The Gamecube version of the game received an exclusive track that was a remix of ''

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'' theme which played in Link's profile and Destined Battle. Track list

''Soulcalibur III Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur III Original Soundtrack - Legend of Sounds'' is the soundtrack album for ''

Soulcalibur III is a fighting video game produced by Namco as a sequel to ''Soulcalibur II'' and the fourth installment in the ''Soulcalibur'' series. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. An improved arcade version, ''Soulcalibur III: Arcad ...

''. It was composed by Namco employees

, Ryuichi Takada, and Keiki Kobayashi. Its 62 tracks span two discs and have a duration of 2:15:53. The album was published by Victor Entertainment on November 23, 2005 with the catalog number VIZL-158. Like the previous soundtrack in the series, a one-disc, 35-track version of the album was included in the North American strategy guide for the game. It was released on October 25, 2005. Track list

''Soulcalibur IV Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur IV Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album for ''

Soulcalibur IV is the sixth installment in the ''Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games, released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008. It features greatly improved graphics over the previous title, and includes three guest characters from the ''Star War ...

''. It was composed by Namco employees

, Keiki Kobayashi,

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, and Hiroyuki Fujita. Its 65 tracks span two discs and have a duration of 2:17:00. The album was published by Marvelous Entertainment on September 3, 2008 with the catalog number MJCD-20132. As with the previous two games in the series, a one-disc, 22-track version of the album was included in the North American strategy guide for the game. It was released on July 22, 2008. Three tracks from the Star Wars films accommodate the three guest characters:

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, and

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. The tracks are " Duel of the Fates", "

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," " Qui-Gon's Noble End", and respectively. Track list

''Soulcalibur V Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur V Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album for ''

Soulcalibur V is a fighting video game developed and released by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. The sixth main installment in Namco's ''Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games, ''Soulcalibur V'' is the follow-up to ''Soulcalibur ...

''. It was composed by Junichi Nakatsuru,

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, Tomoki Miyoshi, Andrew Aversa,

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, and

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. Its 57 tracks span three discs and have a duration of 2:33:44. The album was published by Creative Intelligence Arts Records on January 31, 2012 with the catalog number SCV-0010112L. A one-disc, 17-track version of the album that included in the collector's edition game, was also released on January 31, 2012. Track list

''Soulcalibur VI Original Soundtrack''

''Soulcalibur VI Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album for ''

Soulcalibur VI ''Soulcalibur VI'' is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in 2018. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Soulcalibur' ...

''. It was composed by Junichi Nakatsuru, Yoshihito Yano, Syuri Misaki, Yu Sugimoto, Rio Hamamoto, and Yukihiro Jindo. Its 71 tracks span four discs and a total length of 3:56:58. The album was published by SweepRecord on July 27, 2019 with the catalog number SRIN-1161. Track list

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