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To be honest with you, I’ve never much been one for Tactical RPGs (like Fire Emblem), but there has always been one exception: Shining Force. It’s the only TRPG I’ve played start to finish. I can’t really explain why, because it’s not THAT different from classic TRPGs, but I just found it to be a lot of fun. It was also a really good looking game and, of course, had a great soundtrack.

Circus Battle is one of the more popular songs from the soundtrack that plays during a battle that takes place at, you guessed it, a circus. I made sure to add a lot of ‘circusy’ elements to this arrangement, like the whistle at 0:12 (which, by the way, is called a ‘siren whistle’, it took me like an hour to find it, haha) followed by a somewhat circus style organ, and later on at 2:27 I bring in some old-timey Piano and the definitely-circus Calliope. Oh and of course, what circus arrangement isn’t complete without a few slight nods to Entry of the Gladiators?

If you like classic TRPGs, I highly recommend checking out the original Shining Force!