Those cuts are admirable for their short-attention-span theatricality, the way the various distinct musical segments edge the tension up a notch at a time, allowing for an occasional balladic moment of repose. Three of the entries are singled out as "special battle tracks," and they sound very much like high-end video game scores: the of-the-moment drum amp bass percussion, the campily canned violins, the grab-bag source material.
The album opens with the TV show's theme, a hyperkinetic mix of symphonic sounds and industrial metal, and contains a few other songs heard on the series, but most of the music appears here for the first time. The songs on this companion to the Yu-Gi-Oh global phenomenon (toys, cartoons, software) is supposed to provide background music for the tension-packed card games played by Yu-Gi-Oh enthusiasts. While many soundtracks include music "inspired by" a given property, Music to Duel By is intended to inspire.
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