Final Fantasy V.8 [Import]

final fantasy v.8 [import]

Track Listings

1. Liberi Fatali

2. Balamb Garden

3. Blue Fields

4. Don't Be Afraid

5. Winner

6. Find You Way

7. Seed

8. Landing

9. Starting Up

10. Force Your Way

11. Loser

12. Never Look Back

13. Dead End

14. Breezy

15. Shuffle Or Boohgie

16. Waltz For The Moon

17. Tell Me

18. Fear

19. Man With The Machine Gun

20. Julia

See all 74 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese soundtrack to Japan's most popular computer game. Composed, arranged & produced by Nobuo Uematsu. 1999.

Final Fantasy V.8,Game Music,Square Soft,Soundtracks,Video Game Soundtrack

Final Fantasy V.8 [Import]

Average customer rating:

Shines like the noon day sun
Soundtrack, FF VII Advent Children
FF:Advent Children DVD
FFVII - Nobuo Uematsu THE BEST
amazing music!!

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Original Game Soundtrack
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ASIN: B000AO8CH4
Release Date: 2005-10-10

Tracks:

Opening
Promised Land
Beyond The Wasteland
Sign
Japanese Title (Piano Version)
For The Reunion
Japanese Title (Piano Version)
Water
Materia
Black Water
Japanese Title (Piano Version)
Battle In The Forgotten City
Violator
Japanese Title (Ffvh Ac Version)
Divinity I
Japanese Title (Ffvh Ac Version)
Japanese Title (Ffvh Ac Version)
Divinity Ii
Encounter
Chase Of Highway
Savior
J-E-N-O-V-A (Ffvh Ac Version)
Japanese Title Advent: One-Winged Angel
Cloud Smiles
End Credits
Calling

Album Details

Includes a booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Shines like the noon day sun.......2007-03-08

Wow with glory this cd shines, The music is ever so awesome :)

Soundtrack, FF VII Advent Children.......2007-02-20

Exactly like in the movie. I do like how they re-do the One Winged Angel.

FF:Advent Children DVD.......2007-01-03

Awesome movie! A must see for any FF fan!
::WARNING-POSSIBLE SPOILER::
But as a particular Aeris/Aerith lover, don't hope for any truth to those ressurection rumours floating around. Just like the game itself (which has been proved to be incomplete and had originally been programed to accomodate the resurrection), its bogus. But she still gets some interesting screen time. Evidently, Tifa's CGI character looks almost exactly like her English voice actress, Rachel Leigh Cook!

FFVII - Nobuo Uematsu THE BEST.......2006-12-17

Nobuo Uematsu is a composer I wish everyone could listen to. FFVII AC soundtrack is just incredible as everyones posted. Fans of FFVII will be taken back in time, to both the game and movie. Nonfans too can appreciate the music!

Nobuo just is a talented composer who can create any type of music fantastically, this track ranges from classical, gospel, hard rock, techno, operatic, just... he does any genre with ease.

This music and FFVII itself has a special place for me, and the music was at the forefront to make the story, characters and experience be unforgettable. Of course playing the game itself I am more emotionally attached to the music and even movie... All the characters themes, everything is here. Mostly from the game, there are original stuff here tho.

WORTH MENTIONG personally... (ending in my favorite on 2nd CD, "Cloud Smiles"

FIRST CD -

2. Promised Land - just great, gospel like, always inspiring and solemn at the same time.

3. Beyond the Wasteland - watch your house rumble! The bass beats during the first half are great. Then it turns into a great action set, gypsie like driving song, always fun to listen to!

4. (piano themes) Aerith's, Tifas... because beautifully done on piano, always takes me back to game. Just wonderful pieces by themselves, I mean Aerith, come on! =)

5.) Battle in Forgotten City - such a percussive, bass driven piece with rock and choir and Herman like violins. I can play this one over and over so fun and great.

2nd CD -

Divinity I - alwyas gives me shivers. Classic Nobuo deep choirical, operatic cinematic classical orchestral action!

Divinity II - Like I. But inpsiring as cloud flies high to save the day... and then Aerith's theme at the peak, just always gets me.

MY FAVORITE - CLOUD SMILES - This purely because it effects me emotionally everytime, takes me back to game, and then end of AC... Aerith such a big thing, just seeing how it ends now, makes you happy, and you feel exactly what Cloud does as she leaves to the music.

ANYWAYS... Long rant but just one of those things, as a fan of anything, the music makes it all come alive for ya! Anything that sends you back in time, effects you on an emotional level is worth raving about!

Nobuo Uematsu - as Barret would say, "You are the man!"

amazing music!!.......2006-08-06

i LOVE this cd very very much. the piano is amazing and the "rockish songs" are awsome...!!!! the piano songs are very peaceful. If u love the movie, then i know u will love this. oh my gosh !!! get this cd now! (i am listening to it now!!!!!!!!!)

Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

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Mill. Classical review
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Some little gems there that I had forgotten!
A very helpful collection
Excellent!

Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

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ASIN: B00000K1C9
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

Brandenbutg Concerto No.3 In G First Movement
Overture No.3 In D Second Movement
Violin Concerto In E First Movement
Prelude In C minor
Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude (Chorus From Cantata No.147)
Overture No.2 In B minor Minuet And Badinerie
Oboe Concerto In D minor Second Movement
Brandenburg Concerto No.4 In G Third Movement
Musical Offering - Fuga canonica
Easter Oratorio - Overture
Minuet In D minor
Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, Vom Himmel herunter(From Choral Prelude BWV 650
Brandenburg Concerto No.1 In F Second Movement
Art Of The Fugue - Contrapunctus 9
Concerto For Flute, Violin, Harpsichord And Strings. Triple Concerto - Third Movement
Overture No.4 In D - Réjouissance
Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
Water Music - Alla Hornpipe
Xerxes - Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
Messiah - And The Glory Of The Lord
Concerto Grosso In A Minor, Op. 6, No. 4 - Larghetto Affettuoso
Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4, No. 4 Allegro
Water Music - Air
Messiah - For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Concerto Grosso In B flat, Op. 3, No. 2 - Largo
Salomon - Sinfonia, Act 3
The Choice Of Hercules - While For Thy Arms
Water Music - Allegro (Suite No. 1)
Suite No. 5 In E - Air With Variations
Jephtha - How Dark, O Lord
Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4, No. 5 Alla Siciliana - Presto
Mi Palpita Il Cor (Solo Cantata) S'un Di M'adora
Water Music - Andante Allegro Da Capo
Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E-flat: First Movement
Symphony No. 94 in G: Surprise Symphony-second movement
Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D: Third Movement
Flute Trio No. 31 in G: Second Movement
Symphony No. 31 in D: Hornsignal-First Movement
String Quartet No. 17 in F, Op. 3, no. 5: Serenade Quartet-Second Movement
Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra-Third Movement
Concerto for 2 Horns & Orchestra in E-flat: Second Movement
Symphony No. 88 in G: Fourth Movement
String Quartet No. 77 in C: Kaiser Quartet-Poco adagio cantabile
Notturno No. 1 in C: Second Movement
Symphony No. 98 in B: Londoner No. 4-Fourth Movement
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - first movement
Piano Concerto in A - second movement
Flute Concerto in D - Rondeau
Serenade - Minuet
Violin Concerto - first movement
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - first movement
Clarinet Concerto - second movement
Turkish March
Divertimento - Minuet
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat - first movement
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67-First Movement
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, no. 2: Moonlight Sonata-First Movement
Overture
O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus)
Ha, welch ein Augenblick (Pizarros's Aria)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: Second Movement
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 61: Third Movement
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: Pathétique-Second Movement
Sympony No. 6 in F, Op. 68: Pastorale-First Movement
Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80: Choral Fantasy - Finale
German Dance No. 1 In C
Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 In G-Flat
Heidenroslein
Ave Maria
Der Lindenbaum
Quintet In A 'Trout Quintet' - Andante
Mass No. 6 In E-Flat - Kyrie
Die Schone Mullerin Des Mullers Blumen
German Dance No. 2 In G
Piano Sonata In B-Flat
Nachtgesang Im Walde
Winterreise - No. 15: Die Krahe
German Mass - Zum Sanctus (Heilit, Heilig Ist Der Herr)
Symphony No. 8 In B Minor 'Unfinished' - Second Movement
Waltz No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 18 Grande Valse brillante
Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, no. 2
Etude in G-flat, Op. 10, no. 5
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21-Second Movement
Mazurka in D minor, Op. 33, no. 2
Prelude in D-flat, Op. 28, no. 15 Raindrop
Etude in C, Op. 10, no. 1
Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, no. 2
Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 Fantasy Impromptu
Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35-Third Movement
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 - Third Movement
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor - first movement 113.String Seranade - Waltz
Violin Concerto - second movement
The Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Swan Lake - Waltz
Eugene Onegin - Polonaise
The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers
Orchestral Suite No. 4 - Mozartiana - Third Movement
Swan Lake - Dance of the Swans
Symphony No. 6 in B minor - Pathétique - Third Movement
Hungarian Dance No.5
Lullaby
Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68 - Third Movement
Intermezzo in E-flat, Op.117, no. 1
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77 - Third Movement
Waltz, Op. 39, no. 15
Concert for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83 - Second Movement
String Quintet in G, Op. 111 - Second Movement
Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Third Movement
Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 76, no. 7
Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
German Requiem Selig sind die Toten (Final Chorus)
Die Fledermaus - Overture
Kaiser Waltz, Op.437
Thunder And Lightning Polka, Op. 324
Roses From The South Waltz, Op. 388
AnnenPolka, Op. 117
Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354
Eljen A Magyar Polka, Op. 332
Wine, Women and Song Waltz, Op. 333
On The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 134
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Overture
Tannhauser - Die Pilger sind's (Pilgims' Chorus)
Tannhauser - O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram's Aria)
Lohengrin - Act 3 Prelude and Bridal Chorus
The Flying Dutchman - Jo-ho-he Traft ihr das Schiff (Senta's Ballad)
The Flying Dutchman - Steuermann, lass die Wacht (Sailors' Chorus)
Die Walkure - Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund's Aria)
Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries
Siegfried Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede mein Hammer (Siegfried's Forging Song)
Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod
Thus sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (excerpt)
Don Juan, Op. 20
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, I.Nacht
Don Quixote, Op.35, first movement: Introduction
Salome, Op. 54, Dance Of The Seven Veils
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Finale: Hab' mir's gelobt ihn lieb zu haben
Piano Concerto 2 In C minor, Op. 18 - First Movement
Vocalise, Op.34, No. 14
Prelude In G Sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Piano Concerto No. 4 In G minor, Op. 40 - Third Movement
Symphony No. 2 In E minor, Op. 27 - Third Movement
Piano Concerto No. 1 In F sharp minor, Op. 1 - Second Movement
Rhapsody, Op. 43 On A Theme By Paganini
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Liebestraum No.3 in A-flat
Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat - third movement
Angelus
Mephisto Waltz No.1 (Dance in a Village Tavern)
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Dante Symphony - Finale. - Purgatorio - Magnificat
Les Préludes
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé first movement: Nocturne
Rhapsodie Espagnole
Shéhérazade - first movement: Asie
Ma Mère l'Oye - fourth movement: La Belle et la Bête
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
La Valse
Slavic Dance No. 1 in C, Op. 46, no.1
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' - second movement
Humoresque, Op. 101
Slavic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46, no. 8
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 22 - second movement
Romance for Violin and Orchestra In F minor, Op. 11
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - third movement
Melodie (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
Carneval Overture, Op. 92
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 - third movement
Symphony No.4 In A, Op. 90. Italian - First Movement
Frühlingslied In A, Op. 62, No. 6
Wedding March (From A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61)
Duetto In F, Op.30, No.6 (From Songs Without Words)
String Symphony No.9 In C. Schweitzer Symphony - Third Movement
Concerto For Violin, Piano And String Orchestra No. 1 In D minor - Second Movement
Symphony No.3 In A minor, Op.56 Scottish - Third Movement"
Notturno (From A Midsumment Night's Dream, Op. 61)
Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14
String Symphony No. 12 In G minor - First Movement
Venetian Gondola Song In F Sharp minor, Op.30, No.6
Scherzo (From A Midsumment Night's Dream, Op. 61)
Violin Concerto In E minor, Op.64 - Third Movement
Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Morgenstimmung
Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - I. Prelude. Allegro vivace
Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - IV. Air. Andante religioso
Arietta, Op. 12, no. 1
Homage March from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
Peer Gynt - Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Solveig's Song
Wedding Day at Troldhauen, Op. 65, no. 6
The Last Spring, Op. 34, no. 2
Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op 46 - Anitra's Dance
Nordic Melody Op. 63
Notturno, Op. 54, no. 4
Elegie, Op. 47, no. 5
Peer Gynt - Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Arabic Dance
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 - Allegro
Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 97 - Rhenish - first movement
Traumerai (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
Mondnacht (from Eichendorff-Liederkreis, Op. 39)
Aufschwung (from Fantasietucke, Op. 12)
Triolett, Op. 114, no. 2
Tanzlied (No. 1 from Duets, Op. 78)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 - second movement
Frühlingsgruss
Abschied (from Waldszenen Op. 82)
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 - Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Romance in F sharp, Op. 28, no. 2
Die Rose stand im Tau
Liebesgarten (from Four Duets, Op. 34)
Warum? (from Fantasiestucke, Op. 12)
Kennst du das Land, Op.79, no. 29 (from Lieder der Mignon, Op. 98a)
Von fremden Landern und Menschen (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)

Album Description

An extraordinary 20-CD collection of great works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Schumann, Wagner, Dvorak, Grieg and Liszt. It also features worldrenowned artists such as Sir Neville Marriner, Martha Argerich, Ivo Pogorelich, Hermann Prey, Reiner Goldberg, Sylvia Sass, Jochen Kowalski, Peter Schreler and many more. This exquisite, copper metallic, deluxe boxed set is the perfect gift for the classical music neophyte.

Customer Reviews:

Mill. Classical review.......2007-05-13

This is a great set of recordings for the money, the only problem was I've had to clean some of the CD's before they played correctly.

classical music for the unitiated.......2007-04-01

This set is a good way to start listening to classical music. It's very well produced and easy to listen to. I purchased it to use as part of my world history high school class. It would have been nice to have some bio information on the composers. However, the product is exactly as advertised and good value for the money. The students were intrigued by how many of the excerpts they had heard before.

Some little gems there that I had forgotten!.......2007-03-30

Although I studied classical music at school, I had all but forgotten it until I bought this set. I heard several tracks I haven't heard for over 30 years, and I had been humming Brahms's 'Hungarian Dance no. 5' for years without ever knowing what it was and it was on the disc, so that was nice.

I found it to be a very good selection overall, but I felt too much had already been heard on TV, which of course is what lots of newcomers to classical music might appreciate. I managed to find about 2 hours of tracks that I wanted to keep, which works out quite expensive per disc, but I did find some wonderful music I had completely forgotten about, so it was worth it. All in all, it represents good value, and I have only knocked one star off as so much of it had been used in adverts.

It is definitely a good introduction to classical music, and it has made me want to listen to more of it, so I don't regret this 'expensive' purchase one bit!

Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

A very helpful collection.......2007-03-24

I define this set as an excellent way to find out who you like, and who you don't, among 20 of the important composers. It opens the door to purchasing more complete pieces by composers you do like, and can save a lot of time and money in the process.
To criticize the set for not containing more composers, or more than just snippets of those who are in the set, is missing the point: it is a helpful introduction to finding your way in the huge maze of classical music. It succeeds admirably in this.
Sound quality is uniformly very good on an audiophile system.
Highly recommended.

Excellent!.......2007-03-08

A great way to start a classical music collection. It's nice to have a full CD of each composer. It makes it easy to keep track of selections/composers I already have and what composers I still need to puchase to complete my collection.

Average customer rating:

Complex and Stylized, Yet Sloppy, Distant and Uneasy
One of my best finds of 2006
He plays violin
love it
Great!

He Poos Clouds
Final Fantasy
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Release Date: 2006-06-13

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He Poos Clouds
This Lamb Sells Condos
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Many Lives 49 MP
Do You Love?
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Customer Reviews:

Complex and Stylized, Yet Sloppy, Distant and Uneasy.......2007-03-07

Owen Pallett's resumé is enough to make any spendthrift upper-middle class indie nut's mouth water, his schtick even more so if possible. The second album for the touring member of the Arcade Fire and Hidden Cameras is in fact ten tracks arranged for a classically trained chamber music ensemble. If you're waiting for a charmed chortle at the irony of this album's juvenile title and track names, see: the three hundred other e-zines that got their hands on it. Unfortunately, I can't be so hasty to declare this album unmistakably more cultivated than its title. He Poos Clouds is at best endearingly labyrinthine, a complex and meticulously pieced-together album that's ultimately too tortuous and too ambivalent to really intrigue.

Let me level with you. I really only pretend to view music listening as a principally cerebral affair; I deconstruct the elements of poignancy because for me that makes it feel more miraculous, not less. But the poignancy (or whatever) must exist first for me to feel impelled to explore, and to be sure, I've filed away many an album in the vein of He Poos Clouds simply because I couldn't summon the frosty emotional resilience to slog through it straight through. It's the talking points that the kids love these days more than the albums themselves, like yuppies dropping Ulysses allusions at cocktail parties. So you're probably asking, well Is it a genuinely good album or just a novelty item to chit chat about instead of listening to it? Answer: meh. It's an album of ups and downs if ever there were one, but it's not conventional enough for these characteristics to neatly divide between tracks. Tingling triumphs and twitch-invoking irritations are shaked `n' baked with little moderation within tracks. Again - exactly the right number of distractions and a pal with whom to converse, and this isn't the worst thing an album can be. But damn if Pallett's all-in balls to the wall approach isn't aggravating to any expectation of lucidity or cogency.

My earliest impression was of violin virtuoso Andrew Bird going quietly insane. Though Pallett's voice is plain and a tad precious, it's pushed through so many lunatic zigzags that he hardly ends up human at all, much less relatable. Case in point: hoarse, muffled howls appear sporadically throughout the album, and as regularly as any element in the title track and "Do You Love?" Correspondingly, the musical moods are less convincing when as clumsy a marionette as the omnipresent classical instrumentation is forced through such awkward choreography. Typically, Pallett breaks the number one indie rule of thumb: "thou shalt not let yon moodal ambitions be hindered by a narrow or monochromatic set of instruments or sounds." Bands like Franz Ferdinand don't need anything fancy like cellos or accordions because they aren't going for poignancy anyway. It's safe to say the uneasiest moments on He Poos Clouds are prime examples of stubbornness. To this end, the biggest revelations are consistently when it sounds least like a merely unusual classical piece (the dainty piano pop of "This Lamb Smells Condos" or the muted-plucks-gone-tribal opening "Many Lives 49 MP").

I admit hypocrisy, of course, because I have a nasty habit of getting adamant about shooting down pervasive good reputations, which obviously directly defies my supposed crusade against paltry context. The theoretical bar of He Poos Clouds is almost impossibly high: to create an entire forty minutes as varied in emotional texture as some of the most successful pieces of popular music (say, Wilco's illustrious "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" with its stunning versatility transcending its three chords). Even failing at this succeeds in being the rare noble pursuit, albeit one clouded (and restricted) by its own gimmick and lacking subtlety or refinement in songwriting - if it were a guitar-based album it would probably be pegged "B" prog. And it's only "failure" insofar as we demand the blips of success come together in a humanly blended fashion. I don't deny his ambition to tackle a broad spectrum, but he should do so in a universe guided by rules; ride, if you will, the thermals of commiserable human experience without highbrow flotsam.

One of my best finds of 2006.......2007-01-02

It's difficult to describe exactly what this album is, and that's far more of a complement than a detraction. The closest I could come is 'classically-influenced experimental pop,' but that doesn't quite do it justice. The classical influence is very 20th century, but think more Shostakovitch instead of Schoenberg - there is a central tonality that is dominant event around the more dissonant bits. The orchestration is primarily strings, piano and tympani. The result is this exquisite blend of interesting musical experimentation and pop sensibilities.

Because it is somewhat experimental, it is likely not for everyone. However, if you are looking for something a little challenging and out of the ordinary, I can't recommend a better album from this year.

He plays violin.......2006-10-19

No, this is not THAT Final Fantasy. This is Owen Pallett, who has backed up the Hidden Cameras and Arcade Fire, and whose classical training comes in handy for some of the weirdest pop out there. "He Poos Clouds" is a bizarre mixup of atheism, death, experimental violin and... Dungeons and Dragons.

It opens with a sharp classical violin solo, which makes you sit up straight. "She drives a little white car to the seminar on Modern Romance/Possible possible ideas for a date include... a shooting range/And her chest is full to bursting with thoughts of an evening..." murmurs Pallett, telling a story of two people who long for love, but have hearts "that will never melt."

He trips through a tense, heart-pouncing ode to fantasy ("Gotta rescue Michael from the White Witch!/Gotta find and kill my shadow self!") and into all varieties of oddball violin'n'piano pop: eerie sea ballads, trippy one-minute songs, swirling experimental pop, and everything that lies in between those styles.

The peak of the album is "This Lamb Sells Condos," an exquisite piano-led ballad with obscure D&D references melting into the real life. Halfway through the song, the strings quietly smother the piano in a quavery blanket, and a chorus of angelic voices sing hopeless lyrics. It's absolutely stunning.

Classical and experimental existentialist geek rock -- what exactly can you call this style? Well, whatever it is, it sounds quite different from the rawer, more down-to-earth sound of Final Fantasy's first album, with a more ethereal sound and more cultivated lyrics.

The core of this album is Pallett's violin skills, which have a prominent place in every song. The violin sings, shivers, slashes and just dances through the songs; at times it sounds like a soundtrack, moving along in peculiar jumps and leaps. The ethereal edge is enhanced by some well-placed horns and timpani, and that angelic choir.

The music is only enhanced more by his slightly rambling, literate lyrics, sung in a smooth, meditative voice, with the occasional anguished wail when the song demands it. Not only does he write like a modern Wallace Stevens, but Pallett peppers his music with references to Yukio Mishima, designer clothes, Anne McCaffrey, Flann O'Brien, and (of course) D&D. ("And then as an apprentice, he took a Drowish mistress/Who bestowed upon his youthfulness a sense of Champagne Chic...")

Sounding like a depressed fanboy, with a violin in hand, Final Fantasy's second album is an exquisite, downbeat pleasure of good music. Absolutely fascinating.

love it.......2006-09-21

love it. deserves repeted listens and time in order for it to breathe. He's also an incredibly talented performer, which is part of the reason I love this album so much, was the treat of seeing him perform it live. Highly Recommended

Great!.......2006-08-07

Although I liked "Has A Good Home" better as an entire album, any of the songs on "He Poos Clouds" (especially "This Lamb Sells Condos") could rank among the best of 2006.

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Beautiful Performances
Another Great Naxos Recording at a Great Price
Such a great treat!
A wonderful "Florida Suite"

Frederick Delius: Orchestral Works

Manufacturer: Naxos
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Delius: Florida Suite RTvi/1; Pieces RTvi/19

ASIN: B0000014E6
Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

Florida Suite: Daybreak - Dance
Florida Suite: By The River
Florida Suite: Sunset - Near The Plantation
Florida Suite: At Night
Over The Hills And Far Away
Idylle Printemps
La Quadroone
Scherzo
Final Scene From 'Koanga'

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This interesting Delius disc contains one of his first major works, the Florida Suite. It was while working on an orange plantation in Solano Grove, Florida, that Delius first captured that sense of nature's intoxication that permeates all of his best music. It was also there that he caught the syphilis that would eventually blind him, and later cause his death. Aren't you glad you knew that? Anyway, the other major work is the haunting tone poem Over the Hills and Far Away. The other pieces are short, entertaining, and ephemeral, but they're all performed with great skill and expertise. A very good deal at budget price. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Performances.......2005-01-18

If you like music descriptive a landscapes and the bucolic life, the Florida Suite is certainly what you are looking for. The Florida Suite stems from the time the young Delius spent on a plantation (sent by his father as a possible business future for his son) overseeing orange groves. Fortunately for us, Delius studied music and not business. Delius' father recognized his son's true vocation and sent him to the Leipzig Conservatory to study music; the Florida Suite was written during his student years. The first movement of the suite includes music (known as La Calinda) that was later used in Koanga, so it is appropriate to have the final scene of that opera included in this CD. The third movement recalls the plantation workers after the day is done and the dance they do that has Spanish feel to it. The final movement is a very effective evocation of night. The opera Koanga is set on a plantation in Louisiana, revolving around a slave-girl named Palmyra, which worked well with descriptive music about Florida.

Over the Hills and Far Away is a fantasy-overture. It is a joyous work that evokes a landscape of distant hills. The theme is the subject of several variations. The Idylle Printemps nicely expresses the season of the title and the Scherzo and La Quadroone were part of a larger suite for orchestra (subtitled Rhapsodie floridienne). This music is perfect if you have had a difficult day and want to relax.

The CD is nicely recorded and David Lloyd-Jones is a superb interpreter of Delius' music. Highly recommended.

Another Great Naxos Recording at a Great Price.......2004-05-13

I am not all that familiar with the works of Frederick Delius, and I know I am probably not alone. His opera, A VILLAGE ROMEO AND JULIET is sometimes performed in his native England, but other than seeing a few of his works in the DECCA catalog, I knew little about this composer until Boston's local classical music station, WCRB began playing "By the River" from Delius' FLORIDA SUITE as what they like to call a "track to relax." I fell in love with the piece and wanted to add it to my collection, but had a hard time finding it, until I looked where else but the Naxos catalog and discovered this gem of a recording.. In FLORIDA SUITE, Delius is able to create an American feel to the music using the great attributes of the European classical tradition. The other tracks on the recording likewise demonstrate Delius' gifts as a composer. Delius's sound is a full and majestic one. One of the more curious tracks is an excerpt from his little known opera Koanga. The same techniques that made the other tracks beautiful likewise work in this operatic excerpt.

The English Northern Philharmonia under the direction of David Lloyd Jones honors their countryman well in this work. And, as so often is the case, Naxos delivers quality at a great price

Such a great treat!.......2004-04-06

Frederick Delius' "Florida Suite" has got to be among the finest compositions of all time. Every line of it amply speaks for Delius' strong connection with and subtle appreciation for the myriad aspects of nature. Few works can match its elegant beauty, which is rendered so nicely on this performance. And the wonderful sound quality makes for very satisfying listening.

Among the quick results I've obtained from listening to this CD is a real appetite for the works of Mr. Delius. I read that he abandoned England in his youth for the managment of some orange groves of Florida, which he rather neglected in favor of his music. We are very lucky indeed that both the orange crop-and this sumptuous music-remain vital today. Mr. Delius has gone, but perhaps we will see his like once more, in a better world, to remind us of the power of nature.

A wonderful "Florida Suite".......2001-09-18

Delius, to me, is one of the most underappreciated composers. Often dismissed as a composer of light, impressionistic miniatures, he in fact composed several large scale works of which the "Florida Suite" may be the most famous. Made up of four movements the work contains some of the composers most delightful melodies including the famous "La Calinda" which he would use again in his opera "Koanga". This is its original setting and makes for a wonderful opening to the work. The second movement "By the River", a favorite of Sir Thomas Beecham, contains a wonderful flowing melody that just carries the listener along.

This CD is also of importance to the Delius fan as it contains several works which are recorded for the first time on this CD: Idylle Printemps,La Quadroone, and "Scherzo".

The recording has a wonderful full sound and David Lloyd-Jones, who has previously recorded several acclaimed releases for Naxos, gets excellent performances out of the members of the English Northern Philharmonia.

79 minutes of Delius in a recording that can stand up to the majors in every way.

The Black Mages: Final Fantasy
Average customer rating:

Anyone who thinks this is good is on somthing.

Final Fantasy battle themes like you have never heard before!

wonderful

Who would've known that Black Mages like rock music?

One of my favorite Final Fantasy albums

The Black Mages: Final Fantasy
Original Game Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Square Soft
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00025E1V2
Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

Battle Scene (Final Fantasy I)
Clash On The Big Bridge (Final Fantasy V)
Force Your Way (Final Fantasy Viii)
Battle, Scene Ii (Final Fantasy Ii)
Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy Vi)
Battle Theme (Final Fantasy Vi)
J-E-N-O-V-A (Final Fantasy Vii)
Those Who Fight Further (Final Fantasy Vii)
Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy Vi)
Fight With Seymour (Final Fantasy X)

Album Description

Japanese game soundtrack featuring Battle Music from Final Fantasies I-X. The tracks were all arranged hard-rock style by Nobuo Uematsu himself. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Anyone who thinks this is good is on somthing........2006-11-20

Oh ya, this is the best guitar playing Ive ever heard on this masterpeace, Better the Van Halen. Give me a break. You are smokin it. The guitar playing on this is among the worst Ive ever heard. If You wanna hear real Guitar Get Van Halen 1, It blows this junk away. This cd hasnt even gone gold. Get in to real music, dont wast your time on this. I enjoy Some of the final Fantacy Games, But a sound track? Get into reality, this is far below average. The Black Mages, What Kind of name is that anyway, man.

Final Fantasy battle themes like you have never heard before!.......2006-06-26

I have always loved playing Final Fantasy games and the music has consistently been of a very high standard. Nobuo Uematsu just so happens to like Rock music and has his own Rock Band called The Black Mages.

The tracks on this CD are excellent. Some of the themes I had not heard before as they were from older Final Fantasy games that I have not yet played, but I did recognize a lot of them. The guitars sound great and often trade solos back and forth between the keyboards.

"Clash on the Big Bridge" and "Those Who Fight Further" are my favorites. The riff on "...Big Bridge" is very powerful and the bridge section is very uplifting. "Those Who Fight..." is one of my favorite tracks from FFVII and has a fantastic main riff. I also love the organ/keyboard playing on both of these tracks and how they work well with the heavy distorted guitars.

With rock and metal being my favorite music genre, due to the fact that I play guitar, I could really appreciate the fantastic musicianship. This CD is a must for anyone who loves hard rock music and has listened to any of Nobuo's work. Even if you have not heard of all the tracks in their original form, you will still love this CD. The tracks that you have heard however, will really stand out and it will make you wish that The Black Mages will be used on future Final Fantasy Soundtracks!!!

wonderful.......2006-03-31

when i saw the track lsit of this, i had to buy it, J-E-N-O-V-A from ff VII is my all time favorite battle theme. every song on here is wonderful.

Who would've known that Black Mages like rock music? .......2006-03-03

Words cannot describe how ecstatic I was to hear that Uematsu was going to release an arrange album of various Final Fantasy battle themes redone in heavy metal. "Official" metal or rock arrange albums have an incredible track record. Konami's "Battle Perfect Selection" series was the first crusade into metal arrangement of video game music. Since those five CDs were released in 1993-1995, only F-Zero X Guitar Arrange has been nearly as good. The Black Mages puts an end to the drought.

Almost every song has a synth lead, with guitar playing rhythm in the background, eventually emerging to do a solo or to switch places with the synth. "Battle Scene I" is a good example of this. The guitar is not used ineffectively, however. At about 3'09", the guitar re-enters after a short interlude, and kicks back into the chorus, with the guitar joining the bass in the background rumblings, adding a whole new dimension to the song. Brilliant.

As you may have noticed, I said "almost" every song was synth led. "Force Your Way" is a prime example of an exception. There is a short, synthy opening, but after that two guitars (as opposed to the one featured in most other songs) take over. From 1'25" to about 2'25" there is nothing but chaos. Guitar solo, synth solo, guitar solo. It's truly crazy. After that, the song enters a slower part, and eventually ends where it began.

The last song I should mention is "Dancing Mad", a 12 minute epic. A lot of people have felt disappointed with this arrangement. Some say the synth sample quality is too low, others complain that the guitar barely plays for five minutes. While both points are true, I still love this song. It's easily the best arrangement I've heard of the theme. It's a lot heavier than the original, and although it's not so guitar heavy, it still sounds distinctly rock-ish.

The rest of the album is just as good as the songs mentioned above. Tracks like "Those Who Fight Further" ("Still More Fighting") were just itching to have a real guitar thrown into the mix, while others will have you saying, "Wow, I never imagined the song could sound like this." On another note, this CD is very loud. If you keep your speakers set at a certain loudness all the time, I'm pretty sure you'll have to turn them down. It's easily the loudest CD I own.

In whole, this album is nothing short of brilliant. A fair warning: It is not going to be everyones cup of tea. However, it's a soundtrack that every Final Fantasy fan who even mildly likes rock music should have

One of my favorite Final Fantasy albums.......2005-08-11

If you love the music of Final Fantasy, especially the battle music, then you will love this album. Being a musician myself, I always wished I could do something akin to this album: get a bunch of my friends together and play rock-band arranged versions of Final Fantasy music (video game music, in general). Geeky, I know. Anyway, the arrangements are excellent and the recordings are really high quality. If for no other reason, this album is worth it for "Dancing Mad", the final battle music from Final Fantasy VI (III in the US). A great album that I definitely recommend.

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The four disc masterpiece soundtrack to one, if not, the best FF game ever

Final Fantasy, Vol. 7
Video Game Soundtrack , and Nobuo Uematsu
Manufacturer: Square Soft
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00025E1TO
Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

Prelude
Opening: Bombing Mission
Makou Reactor
Anxious Heart
Tifa's Theme
Barett's Theme
Hurry!
Lurking in the Darkness
Shinra Company
Fighting
Fanfare
Flowers Blooming in the Church
Turk's Theme
Underneath the Rotting Pizza
Oppressed People
Honeybee Manor
Who Are You?
Don of the Slums
Infiltrating Shin Ra Tower
Still More Fighting
Red Xiii's Theme
Crazy Motorcycle
Holding My Thoughts in My Heart

Tracks:

Ffvii Main Theme
Ahead on Our Way
Good Night, Until Tomorrow
On That Day, 5 Years Ago
Farm Boy
Waltz de Chocobo
Electric de Chocobo
Cinco de Chocobo
Chasing the Black-Caped Man
Fortress of the Condor
Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony
It's Difficult to Stand on Both Feet, Isn't It?
Trail of Blood
J - E - N - O - V - A
Continue?
Costa del Sol
Mark of the Traitor
Mining Town
Gold Saucer
Cait Chit's Theme
Sandy Badlands

Tracks:

Cosmo Canyon
Lifestream
Great Warrior
Descendant of Shinobi
Those Chosen by the Planet
Nightmare's Beginning
Cid's Theme
Steal the Tiny Bronco!
Uutai
Stolen Materia
Racing Chocobos - Place Your Bets
Fiddle de Chocobo
Great Success
Tango of Tears
Debut
Interrupted by Fireworks
Forested Temple
You Can Hear the Cry of the Planet
Aerith's Theme
Buried in the Snow
Great Northern Cave
Reunion
Who Am I?

Tracks:

Shinra Army Wages a Full-Scale Attack
Weapon Raid
Highwind Takes to the Skies
Secret, Sleeping in the Deep Sea
Parochial Town
Off the Edge of Despair
On the Other Side of the Mountain
Hurry Faster!
Sending a Dream into the Universe
Countdown Begins
If You Open Your Heart...
Makou Cannon Is Fired
Judgment Day
Jenova Absolute
Birth of God
One-Winged Angel
World Crisis
Staff Roll

Album Description

Japanese soundtrack to Japan's most popular computer game. Composed, arranged & produced by Nobuo Uematsu. 85 tracks on four CDs. Packaged in a standard double jewel case in a slipcase with 14 page color booklet.

Customer Reviews:

The four disc masterpiece soundtrack to one, if not, the best FF game ever.......2005-12-19

Not much can be said about the FF VII soundtrack that hasn't already been said. It is simply brilliant, a masterpiece of videogame music that has endured the ages. Final fantasy VII was my favorite FF game and the same can be said of its brlliantly composed music, of course by reknowned Japanese game composer Nobuo Uematsu.

Disc One (71:07)
1) The Prelude 2:52
2) Opening ~ Bombing Mission 3:58
3) Mako Reactor 3:20
4) Anxious Heart 4:02
5) Tifa's Theme 5:06
6) Barret's Theme 3:27
7) Hurry! 2:29
8) Lurking in the Darkness 2:33
9) Shinra Company 4:03
10) Fighters 2:47
11) Fanfare 0:55
12) Flowers Blooming in the Church 4:59
13) Turk's Theme 2:19
14) Underneath the Rotting Pizza 3:22
15) Oppressed People 2:38
16) Honeybee Manor 3:52
17) Who are You? 1:24
18) Don of the Slums 2:11
19) Inflitrating the Shinra Building 3:49
20) Fighting Again 3:32
21) Red XIII's Theme 1:28
22) Crazy Motorcycle 3:37
23) Holding My Thoughts in My Heart 2:14

Disc Two (64:30)
1) FFVII Main Theme 6:29
2) Ahead on Our Way 3:44
3) Rest, Until Tomorrow 0:10
4) That Day, 5 Years Ago 3:13
5) Ranch Boy 2:52
6) Waltz de Chocobo 0:34
7) Electric de Chocobo 4:02
8) Cinco de Chocobo 3:00
9) Chasing the Black-Caped Man 3:04
10) Fort Condor 4:00
11) Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony 2:14
12) It's Difficult to Stand on Both Feet, Isn't It? 3:31
13) Trail of Blood 4:13
14) J-E-N-O-V-A 2:32
15) Continue? 0:37
16) Costa Del Sol 2:28
17) Mark of the Traitor 3:32
18) Coal Mine Town 3:00
19) Gold Saucer 1:58
20) Cait Sith's Theme 3:34
21) Sandy Badlands 5:33

Disc Three (69:58)
1) Valley of the Fallen Star 3:36
2) Flow of Life 3:36
3) Great Warrior 3:24
4) Descendent of Shinobi 2:45
5) Those Chosen by the Planet 3:16
6) The Nightmare's Beginning 2:58
7) Cid's Theme 3:11
8) Steal the Tiny Bronco! 1:16
9) Wutai 4:29
10) Stolen Materia 1:36
11) Racing Chocobos - Place Your Bets 1:50
12) Fiddle de Chocobo 2:50
13) A Great Success 0:47
14) Tango of Tears 0:49
15) Debut 2:36
16) Interrupted by Fireworks 2:50
17) Forested Temple 3:51
18) Hearing the Cry of the Planet 3:40
19) Aerith's Theme 4:18
20) Buried in the Snow 4:51
21) The Great Northern Cave 6:05
22) Reunion 3:34
23) Who am I? 1:37

Disc Four (68:36)
1) Shinra's Full-Scale Attack 2:57
2) Weapon Raid 2:52
3) Highwind Takes to the Skies 3:35
4) A Secret, Sleeping in the Deep Sea 4:17
5) Parochial Village 2:26
6) From the Edge of Despair 4:15
7) On the Other Side of the Mountain 2:35
8) Hurry Faster! 2:57
9) Sending a Dream into the Universe 2:50
10) The Countdown Begins 0:50
11) If You Open Your Heart... 2:47
12) The Mako Cannon is Fired ~ Shinra Explodes 1:33
13) Judgment Day 4:07
14) Jenova Absolute 3:59
15) The Birth of God 4:11
16) One-Winged Angel 7:19
17) Crisis of the Planet 8:05
18) Staff Roll 6:51

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Something different & good.
I wish for you
Not for everyone, but for the few - Amazing
Yessssssssssssssss!
went to concert.. just amazing

Has a Good Home
Final Fantasy
Manufacturer: Tomlab
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009NEYJ6
Release Date: 2005-07-11

Tracks:

None of You Will Ever See a Penny
This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
Your Light Is Spent
Furniture
C N Tower Belongs to the Dead
Took You Two Years to Win My Heart
Chronicles of Sarnia
Andventure. Exe
Library
That's When the Audience Died
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Please Please Please
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Customer Reviews:

Something different & good........2007-03-20

I love this album. It reminds me of Rasputina, but without the pretense. There's a lot of sound to explore here. The melody creation and arrangement is fabulous and its odd enough to keep a weirdo like me interested.

I wish for you.......2006-12-02

Final Fantasy is one of those bands that require your heart and brain to be in it, not just your ears.

Owen Pallet's one-man band is an exquisite example of intelligent music -- classical violins playing experimental indiepop. And his debut album "Has A Good Home" is like a fragile glass ornament spun out of music, with wildly varying styles and sensitive, bittersweet lyrics.

It opens with a smooth string introduction, joined in by Pallett's melancholy vocals. He sings of a dying rich man, who vows that "None of you will ever see a penny/Of my ill-begotten wealth." But it isn't malicious -- he wishes "a lifetime of labour" on his children, because "hard days make peaceful nights."

You'd think all the songs would be like that. But it's wrong. With the very next song (a tribute to Arcade Fire's Win and Regina), he weaves electronic edges to his quirky violin plucking.

And in the songs that follow, Pallett tries out a variety of styles. Each one has the violin winding through each one like a silken cord, no matter how odd the style is -- string folk, tight indiepop, classical glitchpop, angelic ballads, dancey pop, medieval-sounding songs, and ominous little ditties that shiver through to the end.

But the album reaches its peak with "Chronicles of Sarnia," a shimmering ballad with heartbreaking lyrics: "I had to hide myself in a book/To keep your love away.... Midwinter Banquet, he shook his head/"Sadly, no,/I can reverse the river's flow,/but I can never send you home."

A lot of indie bands include strings in their music, usually woven in with other instruments, but very few have the guts to feature an indiepop song that is backed almost entirely by violin. So "Has a Good Home" ends up sounding wholly unique, polished and accomplished.

And the classically-trained Pallett knows how to use his violin: it shivers, shimmers, wobbles, twangs, swoops and swells, and sweeps out the music into bittersweet grandeur. In fact, his quiet instrumentation would be glorious even if it weren't backed by little horns and weavings of synth. Those are just the icing on the proverbial cake.

The finishing touch is Pallett himself -- his smooth, mournful voice croons through the songs almost conversationally. And his songs have the inscrutable quality of poetry -- he tackles adventure-lust, Canada, Yukio Mishima, and deep heartbreak: "Took you two years to win my heart/then two words to break it/every song from a heart this mangled/will be draped in strings, strings, strings."

"Has A Good Home" is an exquisite debut album, and only served as the warm-up to Final Fantasy's even better second album. Deserves to be a classic.

Not for everyone, but for the few - Amazing.......2006-05-09

Truly, a very select audience can appreciate the genius of Owen Pallet's Final Fantasy. To be honest, I had never heard of him or his group when I went to see the Arcade Fire in concert about a year ago (he opened for them, solo act). His performance was impressive to say the least. Soon after, I found myself exploring his work. "Has A Good Home" is no easy listen. You will never find a track on the Billboard top 40 or whatever. Owen's radiounfriendly music is a true treat to those who appreciate complex arrangements hidden in deceitfully simple melodies. If you like indie music, if you like art music, this is my Best Album of the Year for 2005. I couldn't recommend higher. Give it a few spins, hate it after one listen, love it by the fifth go round.

Yessssssssssssssss!.......2005-12-26

I could go on about how this is wonderful must have music, but well, i just said it, and I mean it.

went to concert.. just amazing.......2005-10-31

I saw Final Fantasy (read Owen) in the AB in Brussels (Belgium).. it was magnificent! He just made a loop with his violin, created another, and another one, until he had created a whole song. Great artist, it is! We WILL hear more from him in the future!

Average customer rating:

Magnificent!
Might be pirated
Several ultimate tracks, but lots of boring background tracks
The Coolest Thing I've Ever Purchased
video game music worth many grammys

Final Fantasy X: Original Soundtrack
Nobuo Uematsu , Masashi Hamauzu , and Junya Nakano
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
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Binding: Audio CD

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Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
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Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
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Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
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Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack

Tracks:

Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack

Tracks:

Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Ending Theme
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack

Album Description

Japanese soundtrack for the popular video game. 91 tracks on 4 discs. Packaged in a standard double jewel case in a slipcase.

Album Details

Lustrous 4 CD set featuring the enitre soundtrack work for 'Final Fantasy X'. Housed in a double long bi-fold plastic case, & features a full color book.

Customer Reviews:

Magnificent!.......2007-01-30

When this beautiful item arrived at my home, I had no idea what to expect, and frankly I wasn't filled with anticipation. But when I opened the package I was stunned. This is quite possibly one of the most beautiful presentations I have ever seen for a soundtrack (or any other musical presentation for that matter). The bright white stiff paperboard 4-CD case unfolds to lay flat and display all 4 CDs side by side and is adorned on the outside by beautiful full-color images from the game. When closed, the front cover has a full-color rendition of the game's logo centered against a white background. Each CD has a full-color label featuring the main characters from the game. Included with this is a 26-page CD-sized booklet with full-color game images and LOTS of Japanese text (99% of it is in Japanese).

My only misgivings are that the very last song "Suteki da ne" skips for some reason and I had to rip it to be able to listen to it whole. Also, the entire thing is in Japanese and I couldn't read anything in the booklet, which contains a ton of text and I am sure would make for fascinating reading :(.

You can rest assured that if you are a fan of the game and you purchase this you will not be disappointed.

Might be pirated.......2006-08-27

When I recieved my copy of this I was excted but once I opened it I was confused weither it was legit or not. Some of the songs skipped and it got annoying after awhile even though the CD's weren't scratched. Over all it was nice that I got my music but....ehh....was it really worth it?

Several ultimate tracks, but lots of boring background tracks.......2006-07-28

The Final Fantasy X soundtrack is Nobuo Uematsu's second greatest work ever, under only the FFVII: Advent Children soundtrack. The FFX soundtrack four-disc collection has several utterly awesome pieces, but (having 91 tracks) there are also many boring background filler songs. However, the soundtrack is still a great four out of five.
With so many songs, a VERY wide variety of genres are covered. Uematsu uses many styles and attitudes throughout the game, even if the tracks are boring. The soundtrack is great if you enjoy not having the same style song after song.
Though it has its boring phases, the soundtrack makes a comeback with several awesome pieces. (Listen to the available clips of all these great pieces) First, "Zanarkand", (track 2, disc 1) a beautiful, emotional piano song performed by Seiji Honda. This is followed shortly after by "Otherworld," a hard rock song that even made me, a hard-rock detester, love it. The next classic is "The Sending," (track 2, disc 2) a very spiritual-sounding, somewhat hypnotic piece. Then comes "Seymour's Ambition," a song that... well, listen to it yourself (track 6, disc 3). It's rather hard to desribe. Then we come upon a calm, traditional Japanese-sounding arrangement of the beautiful, overflowing-with-emotion "Suteki Da Ne," (track 21, disc 3) performed by Rikki (full name: Ritsuki Nakano). This arrangement is inferior to the orchestral one, however.
Disc four has three great classics on it. "Seymour Omnis," (track 15, disc 4) is a pumped-up electric-sounding final battle piece. After that comes the "Ending Theme," a beautiful orchestral score piece that is (just like many FFX tracks) wonderfully emotional. After that comes my favorite song on the entire soundtrack: "Suteki Da Ne," the orchestral version (track 21, disc 4). I cannot describe how emotional this song is, so I won't try. All I can say is that the clip Amazon has doesn't show its power very well at all, since it's the chorus that's the best.
This soundtrack has many other good tracks, and many other bad tracks. But the good, the great, and the totally awesome end up defeating the bad. I definitely recommend this soundtrack.

The Coolest Thing I've Ever Purchased.......2006-06-28

I love this CD set so much. The artwork is beautiful and the music is equally wonderful. It brings back so many memories from the game. I would recommend this to anyone who likes classical music, or just video game music in general. Nobuo Uematsu is my hero.

video game music worth many grammys.......2006-06-19

Let me not beat around the bush- the music is amazing. i myself have not bought the cd but i have beat the game twice and let me tell you that this is the only game that has kept my desire to continue playing because of the music (although the rest of the game was way better than average). i suggest that you buy the game (its cheaper than the cd) so that the o so perfect songs will transport you to another world...a world withour sucky game music. songs like "to the end of the abyss" and "people of the north pole" are so good and dreamy that i would find myself just not touching the controller and just listening to the music...and the weird thing is that there's like 10 other songs that are that good. So truth be told this is THEE best soundtrack for a final fantasy game (which by way is a tall order) and is hands down one of the top five best videogame soundtracks of all time. couldnt recomend it more.

Average customer rating:

Great souvenir of a fantastic game
Might be worse if you haven't played the game

Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000G6EYHS

Product Description

Contains all the music included in the enormous hit video game "Final Fantasy VII." All tracks written by maestro Nobuo Uematsu. Box set contains 85 total tracks on 4 Discs.

Customer Reviews:

Great souvenir of a fantastic game.......2007-02-16

I love this album, in fact the only problem with the Final Fantasy 7 soundtrack is undoubtedly it's primitive synthesized production values. Well, they are primitive compared to the soundtracks to FF8 onwards, but still a lot better than many other PSX game soundtracks out there. I need to get this in perspective though, as FF7 came out quite early in the PSX's history, and at that time, it was impossible to fit too much data on the discs, so the music had to be produced to rather lower specifications than may have been preferred.

This is not to say, however that it is not COMPOSED well, because in this department, it excels. More than any other Final Fantasy game since, you will hear fans continually praising the unforgettable themes that appeared in this adventure. Covering 4 discs, a lot of the emphasis is on industrial reactors, pollution, and war. Most of the music on disc one has a gritty, "battle alert" feel to it, with the actual random battle music itself being the best of all, a terrific rollercoaster of fanfares and urgent sounding riffs that make it still my favourite battle theme of the whole series. The music of the slums and the decaying towns continues for most of discs 1 and 2, although disc 2 begins with the famous world map theme, sometimes also listed as the "FF7 Main Theme". This is a great, airy, reflective track that really puts you right back in the game no matter how long it's been since you played it.

But when I play this album, I'm always in a hurry to get to disc 3 because it opens with one of my favourite tracks of all, which is "Valley of the Fallen Star". I think this slow moving, tribal beat-lead tune is the most evocative of all the game's location themes, it so aptly matches the setting that it accompanies, plus the reprise (used in the game when Red XIII discovers the truth about his father) underscores such an intensely emotional moment that it gives me goosebumps every time I play it. However, most fans of the game have been united in their vote for the most emotional track of all, and that is, of course, "Aeris' Theme" . Composer Nobuo Uematsu can surely be proud of himself in creating a piece of music that is imprinted on so many people minds. Of course, it accompanies the part of the game that EVERYONE always speaks about when they reminisce over it's impact, so that's of little surprise! This achingly sad composition has taken on almost legendary status now among fans, which threatens to swamp it's humble simplicity, but once you hear it you'll know why.

On to disc 4 then, and by the time you've battled your way up to the hardest parts of the game you'll have heard plenty of contrasting music, including the casino style "Gold Saucer" theme, the sunny calypso lilt of "Costa Del Sol" and the cartoonish cuteness of the Chocobo themes. Disc 4 contains the tracks that accompany the most challenging battles of all, and the final "point of no return" in the game leads you into a fantastic clutch of musical themes. There's only really one that has gone down in history though, and that's "One Winged Angel", the music to the last battle of all. Almost shocking in intensity when heard in the setting of playing the game, this doom-laden track has but one message in it's strident chords..."You are SOOOOOO Dead!". A demonic sounding theme for an apocalypse is how I would describe it...once heard never forgotten.

I only hope buyers of this CD have first heard the music it contains while playing the game. To experience "Aeris' Theme" or "One Winged Angel" on a CD player without knowing first what they mean as part of the game experience would be a tragedy. Although that said, they both do stand up as impressive compositions in their own right. Final Fantasy 7 fans are so fortunate to have a soundtrack of this quality available...it means revisiting the game can be done at any moment just by playing the music, and the excellence of Nobuo Uematsu's vision means this CD has been a firm favourite with fans around the world ever since.

Might be worse if you haven't played the game.......2006-08-13

If you haven't played the game, then the music might not be as enjoyable, making a 3.8/5. It all depends, but it's good no matter what.
At the time the game came out, this was Nobuo Uematsu's best work (now it is defeated by multiple other soundtracks of his). However, its impressive quality and sound remain excellent. All the tracks are midi-style (thus reducing their score), but are still very good. One problem with this soundtrack is that only half of the tracks are actually something you would want to actively listen to. The rest are boring or poorly written fillers. The good half, however, range from good to awesome. These are some of the best pieces of the soundtrack:
"One-Winged Angel": AWESOME! This is easily one of the greatest video-game pieces ever written (defeated mainly by its future variations), and one of the greatest pieces in general. Despite being synthesized, the instruments sound almost real, giving this orchestral/choral song much more impact than the others. Speaking of the choir, it sounds awesome and powerful. They proclaim the villain's name between the lines of latin; "Sephiroth!" they proclaim, "Sephiroth!" My heart started pounding and I could feel the power billowing up in me the first few times of hearing it (it was on surround-sound speakers at a pretty decent volume, but still. That's a queue for you to do the same!).
"Cid's Theme": It's the theme of a spitting, hairy, redneck; his good, emotional side, that is! It sounds cool, powerful, and emotional. Sort of orchestral and military-sounding.
"J-E-N-O-V-A": This piece is hard to fit into any category, but it sounds electronic, and sort of dramatic and desparate (sort of). It's just cool, trust me.
"Special Battle/Still More Fighting": Also hard to categorize, this piece has some VERY fast keyboard work, and an interesting upbeat, jazzy (a little) sound. A great, though different, battle piece.
"Credits": This wannabe orchestral piece combines multiple themes from the game to make a very epic and dramatic piece. Very well-written, and an excellent close to the game.
Though midis, this soundtrack is still cool, tearful, and powerful. Nobuo Uematsu proved himself as a professional musician with this work. Definitely worth the buy (though there are better things for less. "FFVII: Advent Children" soundtrack, "FFX Original Soundtrack," to name a couple)

Average customer rating:

Fairly good, but not near as good as some of the other FF soundtracks.
Beware of Bootlegs
Final Fantasy Music On a Grand Scale
Final Fantasy composers have done it again!!
great soundtrck

Final Fantasy, Vol. 12
Original Game Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Final Fantasy X

ASIN: B000EWBCQ0
Release Date: 2006-06-12

Tracks:

Loop Demo" (1:36)
Final Fantasy ~Ffxii Version~" (1:16)
Opening Movie (Theme Of Final Fantasy Xii)" (6:57)
Infiltration" (3:09)
Boss Battle" (3:23)
Auditory Hallucination" (3:13)
Secret Practice" (2:09)
Small Happiness" (0:08)
Royal Capital Rabanastre / City Upper Ground" (5:27)
PeneloS Theme" (2:56)
Dream Of Becoming A Sky Pirate" (0:35)
Little Villain" (3:03)
East Dalmasca Desert" (4:02)
Level Up!" (0:06)
Naivet (3:01)
Coexistence (Imperial Version)" (2:47)
Signs Of Change" (2:21)
Mission Start" (0:07)
Rabanastre Downtown" (2:40)
Mission Failure" (0:12)
Peaceful Determination" (3:32)
The Dalmascan Westersand" (1
Clan Headquarters" (2:46)
Small Bargain" (0:08)
Giza Plains" (4:42)
Separation With Penelo" (0:30)
The Garamscythe Waterway" (2:54)
Sign" (2:47)
Riot" (2:57)
Nalbina Fortress Town Area" (2:22)
The Princess Vision" (3:18)
The Strike Of A Blade" (2:35)
Victory Fanfare ~Ffxii Version~" (0:28)
Abyss" (3:24)
Dark Clouds (Imperial Version)" (2:00)
Promise With Balthier" (0:36)
Game Over" (0:22)
Nalbina Fortress Underground Prison" (4:34
Barbarians" (2:28
Battle Drum" (2:46)
Theme Of The Empire" (7:49)
Chocobo Ffxii Arrange Ver. 1" (2:49)
The Barheim Passage" (3:51)
Sorrow (Liberation Army Version)" (3:35)
BaschS Reminiscence" (0:57
Coexistence (Liberation Army Version)" (2:50)
The Skycity Of Bhujerba" (3:48
Secret Of Nethicite" (3:24)
Dark Night (Imperial Version)" (2:00)
Speechless Fight" (2:32)
The Dreadnought Leviathan Bridge" (3:53)
Challenging The Empire" (3:19)
State Of Urgency" (3:15)
Agitation (Imperial Version)" (3:13)
The Tomb Of Raithwall" (3:35)
Large Sandsea" (2:21)
Esper Battle" (3:23
Sorrow (Imperial Version)" (2:49)
Seeking Power" (3:13)
Fight To The Death" (2:44)
Jahara, Land Of The Garif" (4:58)
Ozmone Plain" (2:30)
The Golmore Jungle" (3:50
Eruyt Village" (4:13)
"You Really Are A Child ..." (0:13
Chocobo ~Ffxii Version~" (2:03
"A Nearing Threat" (2:44)
Clash On The Big Bridge ~Ffxii Version~"
"Abandoning Power" (2:36)
The Stilshrine Of Miriam" (3:23
Time Of Rest" (2:10)
White Room" (3:44)
The Salikawood" (2:37)
The Phon Coast" (3:58)
Destiny" (2:57)
The Sohen Cave Palace" (3:38
An Hour Of Rest" (4:31)
Neigbourhood Of Water" (3:12)
The Mosphoran Highwaste" (2:49
The Cerobi Steppe"
Esper" (2:44)
"The Port City Of Balfonheim" (2:14
Nap" (0:14)
The Zertinan Caverns" (3:22)
Ground Of Recollection" (4:01
The Forgotten Capital" (4:16
"The Feywood" (4:14)
Ashe's Theme" (5:30
Giruvegan Enigma" (2:39)
"To The Place Of Gods" (3:24)
Beginning Of The End" (3:37)
To The Summit" (1:49)
The Sky Fortress Bahamut" (3:21
Shaking Bahamut" (0:41
Battle For Freedom" (8:51
"The Battle's Conclusion" (1:14)
Ending Movie" (6:19)
Kiss Me Good-Bye -Featured In Final Fantasy Xii-" (4:59
Kiss Me Good-Bye -Featured In Final Fantasy Xii-" (4:59
Theme Of Final Fantasy Xii (Presentation Version)" (3:05

Album Details

Soundtrack to the Ps2 Game. Music by Hitoshi Sakimoto. First Pressing Comes in a Deluxe Box with a Picture Label and Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Fairly good, but not near as good as some of the other FF soundtracks........2006-11-10

The soundtracks for Final Fantasy have recently taken a turn in Squaresoft recruiting new people to do the game soundtracks. Nobuo Uematsu has been the main individual doing the Final Fantasy soundtracks up until recently, where for FFX-2 it was Noriko Matsueda and for FFXI it was Naoshi Mizuta and now Hitoshi Sakimoto. This change in composers has reflected in the form of where Square has been taking their Final Fantasy games. Final Fantasy 1 to 10 being somewhat the same kinda game, Final Fantasy 11 being an MMORPG, FF 10-2 being more "mission based" and now Final Fantasy 12 changing a lot from the previous final fantasy games, being more like 11 in my opinion.

As far as the soundtrack, it's fairly good but not as good as previous soundtracks in my opinion. In my opinion, Nobuo Uematsu is a better composer, but this soundtrack has a few really good songs (see disk 2 track 13, disk 3 track 13, among a few others). The entire soundtrack is much like that of an orchestral performance. This is an interesting change from the previous soundtracks.

Is this soundtrack worth buying? In my opinion it's not bad, and you may like it. If you're an avid game-soundtrack listener though this may be a bit of a disappointment over the previous soundtracks. I can't really comment on how well this soundtrack meshes with Final Fantasy XII, because I really haven't played the game as of yet. Hopefully my feelings of the soundtrack will improve with playing the game, as it stands now though - it's an OK soundtrack, just not fantastic.

Beware of Bootlegs.......2006-08-29

This is a great soundtrack with incredible arrangements and songs. My experience was ruined by one thing.. I bought this soundtrack for $50, came home, started listening. The quality of the recording was pretty good, but I noticed that the casing was not very high quality. I thought that this was just because it was from Japan.. then I noticed the pictures of the actual cd case and I started to get suspicious. Turns out I bought a counterfiet copy, made by "Miya Records", a pirate company based out of Tiwan. The lesson here is to buy only from dealers you trust.

Final Fantasy Music On a Grand Scale.......2006-08-27

Nobuo Uematsu didn't compose the score for Final Fantasy XII. In fact, the only track composed by him on this entire album is "Kiss Me Goodbye." While Uematsu, the veteran composer of the first eleven Final Fantasy games, didn't compose this soundtrack, it still sounds wonderful. Hitoshi Sakimoto composed these tracks. Some of them also rearranged from what Uematsu did, and of course, it sounds fantastic. Final Fantasy XII has a fantastic soundtrack. Just enough to get you excited about the game! Enjoy over 100 tracks and five hours of Final Fantasy goodness!

There's not much difference between the collectors edition and the original edition. The Collectors Edition has a better box. That may not seem like much, but the box is taller and unfolds like a collector's edition DVD. There's also a fantastic booklet to flip through. Other than that the difference isn't huge. The disc contain the same music soundtracks and they're of the same length. For Final Fantasy collectors, this is a pretty neat package to get a hold of.

Below is a track listing if you're interested (track listings provided by wikipedia.org).

Disc One (1:13:35)

1. "Loop Demo" (1:36)
2. "Final Fantasy ~FFXII Version~" (1:16)
3. "Opening Movie (Theme of Final Fantasy XII)" (6:57)
4. "Infiltration" (3:09)
5. "Boss Battle" (3:23)
6. "Auditory Hallucination" (3:13)
7. "Secret Practice" (2:09)
8. "Small Happiness" (0:08)
9. "Royal Capital Rabanastre / City Upper Ground" (5:27)
10. "Penelo's Theme" (2:56)
11. "Dream of Becoming a Sky Pirate" (0:35)
12. "Little Villain" (3:03)
13. "East Dalmasca Desert" (4:02)
14. "Level Up!" (0:06)
15. "Naiveté" (3:01)
16. "Coexistence (Imperial Version)" (2:47)
17. "Signs of Change" (2:21)
18. "Mission Start" (0:07)
19. "Rabanastre Downtown" (2:40)
20. "Mission Failure" (0:12)
21. "Peaceful Determination" (3:32)
22. "The Dalmascan Westersand" (1:34)
23. "Clan Headquarters" (2:46)
24. "Small Bargain" (0:08)
25. "Giza Plains" (4:42)
26. "Separation with Penelo" (0:30)
27. "The Garamscythe Waterway" (2:54)
28. "Sign" (2:47)
29. "Riot" (2:57)
30. "Nalbina Fortress Town Area" (2:22)

Disc Two (1:13:33)

1. "The Princess' Vision" (3:18)
2. "The Strike of a Blade" (2:35)
3. "Victory Fanfare ~FFXII Version~" (0:28)
4. "Abyss" (3:24)
5. "Dark Clouds (Imperial Version)" (2:00)
6. "Promise With Balthier" (0:36)
7. "Game Over" (0:22)
8. "Nalbina Fortress Underground Prison" (4:34)
9. "Barbarians" (2:28)
10. "Battle Drum" (2:46)
11. "Theme of the Empire" (7:49)
12. "Chocobo FFXII Arrange Ver. 1" (2:49)
13. "The Barheim Passage" (3:51)
14. "Sorrow (Liberation Army Version)" (3:35)
15. "Basch's Reminiscence" (0:57)
16. "Coexistence (Liberation Army Version)" (2:50)
17. "The Skycity of Bhujerba" (3:48)
18. "Secret of Nethicite" (3:24)
19. "Dark Night (Imperial Version)" (2:00)
20. "Speechless Fight" (2:32)
21. "The Dreadnought Leviathan Bridge" (3:53)
22. "Challenging The Empire" (3:19)
23. "State of Urgency" (3:15)
24. "Agitation (Imperial Version)" (3:13)
25. "The Tomb of Raithwall" (3:35)

Disc Three (1:13:32)

1. "Large Sandsea" (2:21)
2. "Esper Battle" (3:23)
3. "Sorrow (Imperial Version)" (2:49)
4. "Seeking Power" (3:13)
5. "Fight to the Death" (2:44)
6. "Jahara, Land of the Garif" (4:58)
7. "Ozmone Plain" (2:30)
8. "The Golmore Jungle" (3:50)
9. "Eruyt Village" (4:13)
10. "You Really Are a Child ..." (0:13)
11. "Chocobo ~FFXII Version~" (2:03)
12. "A Nearing Threat" (2:44)
13. "Clash on the Big Bridge ~FFXII Version~" (2:46)
14. "Abandoning Power" (2:36)
15. "The Stilshrine of Miriam" (3:23)
16. "Time of Rest" (2:10)
17. "White Room" (3:44)
18. "The Salikawood" (2:37)
19. "The Phon Coast" (3:58)
20. "Destiny" (2:57)
21. "The Sohen Cave Palace" (3:38)
22. "An Hour of Rest" (4:31)
23. "Neigbourhood of Water" (3:12)
24. "The Mosphoran Highwaste" (2:49)

Disc Four (1:13:52)

1. "The Cerobi Steppe" (3:13)
2. "Esper" (2:44)
3. "The Port City of Balfonheim" (2:14)
4. "Nap" (0:14)
5. "The Zertinan Caverns" (3:22)
6. "Ground of Recollection" (4:01)
7. "The Forgotten Capital" (4:16)
8. "The Feywood" (4:14)
9. "Ashe's Theme" (5:30)
10. "Giruvegan Enigma" (2:39)
11. "To the Place of Gods" (3:24)
12. "Beginning of the End" (3:37)
13. "To the Summit" (1:49)
14. "The Sky Fortress Bahamut" (3:21)
15. "Shaking Bahamut" (0:41)
16. "Battle for Freedom" (8:51)
17. "The Battle's Conclusion" (1:14)
18. "Ending Movie" (6:19)
19. "Kiss Me Good-Bye -featured in Final Fantasy XII-" (4:59)
20. "Symphonic Poem: "Hope" ~Final Fantasy XII PV ver.~" (3:54)
21. "Theme of Final Fantasy XII (Presentation Version)" (3:05)

Final Fantasy composers have done it again!!.......2006-07-05

I just received this excellent soundtrack from FF XII, and let me say....it is different!! I have always been fascinated with the Final Fantasy series, starting with seven. I must admit this soundtrack is not the usual game music your used to from Fantasy, but more like orchestrated war music. The game is based off of a war crisis theme and the music goes perfect with it. For all you Final Fantasy Soundtrack listeners, this is a perfect collection to add to your others. I am dying for the game to come out, which will make me enjoy this soundtrack even more. Makes me feel like I am a part of that world when I listen to it, and I hope you get the same experience out of it too. Oh, and also buy this limited version, it has all sorts of cool pictures, especially on the CD's, it is truly a work of art. Enjoy!!

great soundtrck.......2006-06-30

The music on these CDs is very cinematic. It's not very "game"y sounding. Listening to the soundtrack is a wonderful experience and I can't wait for the game's release.

Music:

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1. Liberi Fatali
2. Balamb Garden
3. Blue Fields
4. Don't Be Afraid
5. Winner
6. Find You Way
7. Seed
8. Landing
9. Starting Up
10. Force Your Way
11. Loser
12. Never Look Back
13. Dead End
14. Breezy
15. Shuffle Or Boohgie
16. Waltz For The Moon
17. Tell Me
18. Fear
19. Man With The Machine Gun
20. Julia
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