VA - Breath of Fire Original Soundtrack Special Box [11CD Limited Edition Box Set] (2006)

Breath of Fire Original Soundtrack Special Box is a near-complete collection of music from the entire series released on CD format. Capcom released a limited print run of 2000 copies on March 31, 2006 through their Suleputer music label.

The box includes artwork from the series, tracklists, and liner notes from Breath of Fire series composers Yasuaki Fujita, Yuko Takehara, Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki, Hitoshi Sakimoto as well as developers Hironobu Takeshita, Yugo Togawa, Takanori Arai, Tadashi Sanzen, Yoshiharu Nakao, Unamuji Hasunuma, Yohka Taguchi, Yoshinori Kawano, Makoto Ikehara, and Tatsuya Yoshikawa. The liner notes have been translated into English by Video Game Music Online.

This release marked the first time the music for Breath of Fire I - III were released in their near-entirety. The sound source for Breath of Fire and Breath of Fire II are derived from their Super Famicom versions. The sound source for Breath of Fire III is based on the PlayStation Portable version. Discs 8, 9, 10 and 11 have been taken directly from the Breath of Fire IV Original Soundtrack (CPCA-1043~4) and the Breath of Fire V Dragon Quarter Original Soundtrack (CPCA-1067~8).

This 11 disc set contains the music from the five Breath of Fire games that were released prior to 2006 and was supposedly limited to 2000 copies, but the boxes are not individually numbered and the set was commercially available years after its release so it may or may not have been re-released at some point.

Breath of Fire IV and Dragon Quarter soundtracks contain all their respective songs since they are exact copies of their standalone soundtracks.

The Breath of Fire III discs contain a handful of unused tracks (6-33, 6-35 and 7-06) that were written for the game and were present in the game's data when the music was siphoned off the disc by Capcom. Additionally, the synthesizers in track 7-10 sound different in the North American version of the PS1 game, this may be a regional difference.

This set is the first and only appearance of the original Breath of Fire soundtrack on disc. Breath of Fire II had its own soundtrack release in 1995. However, that rendition only contained about half the music. The track fadeouts on that album are shorter and more concise and the recording volume is lower than the recording in this set.