music with Italian names for all the tracks, reminiscent of the traditional use of Italian words to describe a musical pieces mood. Since it was made in conjunction with Ito, Kikuta found it difficult to write the last two songs to complete the album and tie it together musically. One song that required a lot of effort, "Overture", became one of Kikuta's favorites. The soundtrack was released as an album through Kikuta's Nostrilia label with the title Concerto: The Extraordinary World of Concerto Gate in 2008. Drawing from the word "Concerto" in the title, the theme of the game's music was to be "harmony among many people". The album cover used was a painting called "Spring" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Reception Joystiq praised Concerto Gate for attempting to bring the excitement and frustration of the random battle system to an MMORPG. In 2009, Game Campus announced that Concerto Gate and five other games would be compatible with the ONE Power-Up Game Card for video game related micro transactions. References External links Official Japanese Website 2007 video games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Square Enix games Fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing games Inactive massively multiplayer online games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Kenji Ito Video games scored by Hiroki Kikuta Windows games Windows-only games UserJoy Technology games Gamepot games