"I kept saying I wanted to work on a fantasy and this title finally came around," Yoko Shimomura said of the Legend of Mana soundtrack. "I really had fun with it. I tried hard to make it fit the style of the game and to express myself." Something of a departure from the previous Seiken scores produced by Hiroki Kikuta and Kenji Ito for the series, Shimomura's entry took advantage of the Playstation's sound capabilities to introduce voice tracks and sound samples from acoustic instruments. In tune with the eclectic style of the game itself, the original score features delicate melodies, quirky flights of fancy, even hardcore rock battle themes.