 "Guilty Gear Original Sound Collection" was composed by Ishiwatari, Takahiro Uematsu, Hatsuaki Takami, Takuya Moritou, arranged by Yasuharu Takanashi, and consisting mostly of rock and heavy metal music.The album was well received by critics; Don Kotowski of Square Enix Music called the tracks "very enjoyable", but he felt it is "less refined" than subsequent soundtracks.Another reviewer from the same site, GoldfishX, said the only drawback the disc has is the mastering of the CD which can difficult to hear the guitars on rhythm in some tracks.