Music of the Soulcalibur series  "Soulcalibur" is a weapon-based fighting game series by Namco Bandai Games. The series revolves around a sword that, after years of bloodshed and hatred, gained a soul of its own, the Soul Edge, and the sword forged to counter it, Soulcalibur. The discography of the "Soulcalibur" series consists of two soundtrack albums for the first game in the series, "Soul Edge", and one soundtrack album each for "Soulcalibur", "Soulcalibur II", "III", "IV", "V" and "VI". None of the other games in the series have received a soundtrack release. Music from the series was performed by a live orchestra at a concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in February 2017. "Super Battle Sound Attack Soul Edge" is the soundtrack album for the arcade version of "Soul Edge". It was composed by Namco employees Takayuki Aihara and Takanori Otsuka, with Aihara providing the majority of the tracks while Otsuka composed tracks 9, 11, 16, 20, and 25. Its 26 tracks have a duration of 42:24. The album was published by Media Remoras on September 20, 1996 with the catalog number of MRCA-20099, and reprinted by Pony Canyon a month later on October 21, 1996 with the catalog number PCCG-00365. "Soul Edge Original Soundtrack - Khan Super Session" is the soundtrack album for the PlayStation version of "Soul Edge", which contained entirely different music than the arcade version. It was composed by Masumi Itō (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 14), Benten Maru (2, 8, 10, and 16), Yoshiyuki Ito (6 and 12), Aki Hata (4), and Taku Iwasaki (9, 13 and 15). Its 16 tracks have a duration of 58:09. The album was published by BMG Japan on December 18, 1996 with the catalog number BVCH-732. "Soulcalibur Original Soundtrack" is the soundtrack album for the second game in the "Soul" series, "Soulcalibur". It was composed by Namco employees Junichi Nakatsuru, Yohihito Yano, Akitaka Tohyama, Takanori Otsuka, and Hideki Tobeta. Its 37 tracks span two discs and have a duration of 1:13:21.