Both the beginning and the end of the trailer quote that particular etude.

Oh, I didn't doubt the piece was played by a professional pianist. I just didn't care for the interpretation. And chances are, he might have had suggestions for mine as well. It's no big. Like all art, music is subjective.

Odd. While Chopin wrote sonatas (three of them but one of them is considered juvenilia and never performed), they're not really what he's known for. If the game involved Beethoven, that would make more sense.

A new bit of info from Gamespy:

"Motoi Sakuraba, perhaps best known for his work on the Tales series of role-playing games, composed 50 original songs for Eternal Sonata. In addition, some of the larger boss battles and the defining moments of the game will be accompanied by ten of Chopin's most well-known compositions, and so this vision of the pianist's dying dream and his greatest living works comes full circle."

Full article here:
http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/nam … 510p1.html

Sounds good to me.

...and to resurrect the thread after a long silence...the official  Japanese website has finally gotten a facelift.

http://namco-ch.net/trusty_bell/index.php

Looks pretty nice, with a sweet little loop of Chopin playing in the background...which unfortunately restarts every time you go to a different page.

...and is it just me, or is the graphic loading slow?

Ah well. Gripes aside, it's nice to see it.

In other news, it looks like June 14 is the release date for Japan. Man, that's gonna be a nice wait for this Sakuraba fan...especially since the soundtrack will take longer to be released.