Final Fantasy IX: Piano Collections [Soundtrack] [Import]

final fantasy ix: piano collections [soundtrack] [import]

Track Listings

1. Eternal Harvest

2. Secret Library Daguerreo

3. Place I'll Return To Someday

4. Vamo' Alla Flamenco

5. Frontier Village Dali

6. Bran Bal, The Soulless Village

7. Passing Sorrow

8. You're Not Alone!

9. Two Hearts Not Captured - Towards That Gate

10. Loss Of Me

11. Sleepless City Treno

12. Unfathomed Reminiscence

13. Final Battle

14. Melodies Of Life

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Composed and Produced by Nobuo Uematsu. Arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi. Performed by Louis Leernik.

Final Fantasy IX: Piano Collections,Nobuo Uematsu,Louis Leerink,Shiro Hamaguchi,Sony/Columbia

Final Fantasy IX: Piano Collections [Soundtrack] [Import]

Average customer rating:

Better than Original...
Best Piano Soundtrack Uematsu's written
A Must Have For Music Fans!
Only because Final Fantasy is always the best...
Great musical CD..must have!!

Final Fantasy IX: Piano Collections
Nobuo Uematsu , Louis Leerink , and Shiro Hamaguchi
Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005HTED
Release Date: 2001-01-24

Tracks:

Vamo' Alla Flamenco

Tracks:

Melodies of Life - Final Fantasy
Melodies of Life (The Layers of Harmony)

Album Details

Composed and Produced by Nobuo Uematsu. Arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi. Performed by Louis Leernik.

Customer Reviews:

Better than Original..........2006-03-25

Ever since I played Final Fantasy IX, I've wanted to buy a soundtrack of it. I thought of buying the Original Soundtrack, but it cost more than $25, and i didn't have that much money. So I decided on this CD and it was worth it. Most of the songs on this CD are even better than the originals, and I wasn't going to listen to most of the songs on the original so... It's worth every penny.

Best Piano Soundtrack Uematsu's written.......2005-08-23

I almost wonder if I've been listening to the same album as 'elwen'.

You're Not Alone was one of the highlights of this album in my opinion. I understand the comments of "sounds like two songs being played at the same time: a simple melody line, and a bunch of staccato notes and chords..." but I thought they added to the musical experience, and that only plays in that manner for the first minute or so, before becoming a much more complicated and sophisticated song. Though it does return to that first section of melody a little later, it doesn't dwell on it before coming the fuller, louder melody that is what sticks in my head when I think of this song.

... Also Vama Alla Flamenco is AKA Chocobo Hot & Cold, and was only played during that mini-game, not during a sword fight.

I loved this album to death. In my opinion it's the very best piano soundtrack Uematsu has written. FFIV & FFVI's piano soundtracks sound very amaturish compared to the compilations included in the piano soundtracks for Final Fantasy 7 & 9.

While Uematsu has yet to write anything to the degree of say, Beethoven's third movement of Moonlight Sonata, this CD contains a number of quite powerful piano arrangements.

Melodies of Life is one such example. It is by far the most beautiful piano song (aside from FF7's Aerith's Theme) Uematsu has released.

Other noteworthy songs on this CD include: Place I'll Return to Someday, Sleepless City Treno, and Loss of Me.

I would recomend this album to anyone who likes listening to piano music, and I can promise you that this music will stick in your head, if not by technical merrit, then certainly on it's beauty.

A Must Have For Music Fans!.......2003-03-19

This piano collection is great! All of the songs sound just as good or better, then on original soundtrack. I ordered the Final Fantasy IX original soundtrack a year or so ago, and it took me a while to get used to all the music. But now I love every track! So when I learned that there was a piano collection, I knew I had to get it. It may cost a lot of cash for only 14 tracks, believe me, it's worth it. There is almost an honor of music on this great cd!

Only because Final Fantasy is always the best..........2002-03-08

...can I justify giving this CD four stars instead of five. The problem is that it simply doesn't live up to the previous piano collections like FFVI and FFVIII. And believe me, I know these songs inside and out: I listen to them and then I learn them from the sheet music.

The first problem with these songs is the simplicity. There are a lot more sections when you are just hearing one or two notes played together and rather disjointedly at that. There aren't as many blocked and broken chords that add depth to the songs beyond their melodies. Of course, there are exceptions. Eternal Harvest in particular is complex and even more exciting than the original.

That leads us to the second problem I found in this CD. Usually the piano arrangements of songs are comparable to the original, or they provide some different perspective to the song. In my opinion, the original soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX is one of the best of any video game out there, so I had high expectations for the piano collection as well. Unfortunately, in many cases the original songs are plainly better. Again, there are exceptions. Vamo' Alla Flamenco is amazing at capturing the mood of the lively sword fight to which it was played in the game.

The last complaint I have is that there are so many dischordant and jarring places in the pieces. One song, You're Not Alone, sounds like two songs being played at the same time: a simple melody line, and a bunch of staccato notes and chords that do nothing to add to the music.

All considered, I suppose it's still somewhat unfair for me to rate this CD a four. The key here is relativity. While I would probably recommend this collection more than I might recommend some CDs I would give fives, I would even more highly recommend the previous piano collections from the Final Fantasy series. All the same, if you're looking for the nostalgic, distinctive mood of Final Fantasy IX, this CD still fits the bill.

Great musical CD..must have!!.......2001-08-02

I love this CD..It's better than FFVIII piano collection. The music expresses more sense of adventurous and give you feeling of the game although it's not an original soundtrack. The CD comes with a sheet music of "melodies of life"..All I can say is, this CD is the one that I can't miss to have it in my collection. It's worth buying!!

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