Rurouni Kenshin: PREMIUM COLLECTION

Cover image of the album

Rurouni Kenshin: PREMIUM COLLECTION (るろうに剣心－明治剣客浪漫譚－プレミアム・コレクション) is a compilation CD album of the Rurouni Kenshin/Anime soundtrack. It includes a selection of tracks from The Original Soundtrack I~III, the Anime Movie OST, the SONGS and the Tsuiokuhen albums; as well as most of the opening and ending songs for the anime. This collection has 3 discs with 30 tracks.
It was released on December 18ht, 1999. This album was published by SPE Visual Works.

It includes music composed by Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Mitake, Taro Iwashiro, Taku Iwasaki, Yoshihito Onda, Kazuya Yoshii, Toshiaki Yamazaki and Daisuke Asakura.

Track List

Disc 1

Track	Name (Romanji)	Name (English)
1	"Sobakasu"	Freckles
2	"Tactics"
3	"Namida wa Shitteiru"	I know the tears
4	"Heart of Sword~Yoake Mae~"	Heart of Sword -Before Dawn-
5	"Nibun no Ichi"	One Half
6	"It’s gonna rain!"
7	"1/3 no Junjou no Kanjou"	1/3 True Feelings
8	"Kimi ni Fureru Dake de"	Just Touched By You
9	"Dame!"	No!

Disc 2

Track	Name (Romanji)	Name (English)
1	"Kimi wa Dare wo Mamotte Iru (Original Mix)"	Who are You Protecting (Original Mix)
2	"Unmei no Hagaruma ~Kyoto e no Prologue ~"	Destiny's Wheels ~Prologue to going to Kyoto~
3	"The Last Wolf Suite ~Shishio Makoto no Kumikyoku"	The Last Wolf Suite ~Shishio Makoto group music
4	"Departure (Master Mix)"
5	"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu - Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki - A theme of Hiko Seijurou"
6	"Ishin Tenpuku Keikaku"	The Ishin Overthrow Plan
7	"Warriors Suite"
8	"Twist of Time"
9	"No Way Out"
10	"Her Most Beautiful Smile"
11	"Kono Sekai no katasumi de..."	In This Corner of the World...

Disc 3

Track	Name (Romanji)
1	"Scene #1"
2	"Shades of Revolution"
3	"Scene #2"
4	"The Wars of The Last Wolves"
5	"Scene #3"
6	"Quiet Life"
7	"Scene #4"
8	"Sound of Snow Falling"
9	"Scene #5"
10	"In Memories "KO・TO・WA・RI""

Trivia

• The CD3 of this collection includes scenes from Tsuiokuhen OVAs (audio sample tracks).
• The release of this collection CD was limited to only 5000 copies.
• The only track from the album Rurouni Kenshin: The Original Soundtrack is:
  • "Kimi wa Dare wo Mamotte Iru (Original Mix)".
• The tracks from the album Rurouni Kenshin: The Original Soundtrack II - Departure are:
  • "Unmei no Hagaruma ~Kyoto e no Prologue ~", "The Last Wolf Suite ~Shishio Makoto no Kumikyoku" and "Departure (Master Mix)".
• The tracks from the album Rurouni Kenshin: The Original Soundtrack III -Kyoto Kessen- are:
  • "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu - Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki -A Theme of Hiko Seijuro-", "Ishin Tenpuku Keikaku", "Fallen Angel -Haiiro no Tenshi-" and "Warriors suite".
• The tracks from the album Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi e no Requiem Theatrical Animation Original Soundtrack are:
  • "Twist of Time", "No Way Out" and "Her Most Beautiful Smile".
• The only track from the album Rurouni Kenshin: The Original Vocal Album SONGS is:
  • "Kono Sekai no katasumi de..."
• The tracks from the album "Original Video Animation Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen Original Soundtrack" are:
  • "Shades of Revolution", "The Wars of The Last Wolves", "Quiet Life", "Sound of Snow Falling" and "In Memories "KO・TO・WA・RI"".