The staff at Soundtrack.net have written up
a quick review of the recently released soundtrack from BioWare's Jade Empire. A snip to follow:
The score opens with two cues that present the powerful and majestic main theme for the game on the flute: "The Way of the Open Palm", which introduces the theme, and "Jade Empire Main Theme", which presents the more dramatic main title by incorporating percussion and further orchestration. The next few cues are composed of stunning eastern instrumentation such as koto ("Hills and Fields/Dance of the Babbling Brook/Fallow Ground") and taiko drums ("Fist/Test Your Mettle", "Fury, Hammer and Tongs"). Some cues are composed with electronics, and subtract from the score's ethnic feel. Certain modes of play in video games require certain sounds. But the powerful, eastern-inspired, music is never far away.
Jade Empire Soundtrack Review 
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