Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the PlayStation version of the games, Final Fantasy Origins. The soundtrack contains versions of the original game music arranged to take advantage of the PlayStation's sound hardware. It spans 65 tracks on two discs and covers a duration of 1:42:30. The game's music is a mix of the rock and orchestral genres. It is one of Takeharu Ishimoto 's notable works and includes various versions of famous Final Fantasy VII songs composed by Nobuo Uematsu. It also includes a few tracks provided by Kazuhiko Toyama. This cd contains all the music from the DS version of Final Fantasy 3 and an accompanying dvd, with 2 Japanese trailers for Final Fantasy III, the 1st comprising of the opening movie and the second showing more in depth with characters' names and game footage and an interview sement with Nobuo Uematsu, the Game Designer (I think) and the. Game: Final Fantasy VI SNES, 1994, Square - 144 ReMixes, 11 Albums, 61 Songs - Music by Nobuo Uematsu. Fans have been wary about how much extra Final Fantasy music and content would be introduced, since Cloud, infamously, only had two character-specific music track when the game launched.
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- For other games in the series see Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy is first game of the largest fantasy RPG franchise in history. It uses a pretty standard RPG system that was already popular by the time it came out; you create a party of four members, walk around an overworld map, fight random encounters, enter towns, talk to randomly roaming NPCs, etc. However, expecting the game to be their last, the developers of Final Fantasy added a great deal more to the experience with lots of little details: the player attacks are animated, the enemies are beautifully drawn and show up in large bands, there is a strategy to the spells you learn, the dialogue can include upper and lower case letters, the is a wide variety of equipment, and many more positive nuances.
The story is so common these days that it has become cliché. The power of four orbs, each representing one of the four elements, has been extinguished. As the heroes of light, you must go and defeat each of the four elemental fiends in order to return light to the orbs. To do this, you must go through numerous quests, battle plenty of bosses, and drink an obscene amount of potions.
The game is a whole lot of fun, and while it has a few annoyances (having to buy items individually for example), it sets the stage for an uncountable number of imitators.
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Final Fantasy's soundtrack was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, and it's quite large for a 1987 NES game. Uematsu made a cohesive soundtrack; though the songs have their own distinct sound to fit their area of the world, they still share common factors. For example, many of the more passive songs (menus, towns, etc.) lack rests, and notes are constantly played. Likewise, most of the songs lack percussion entirely, which is very unusual for an NES soundtrack. The music also successfully conveys an orchestral sound even at low fidelity.
There is a lasting quality to the soundtrack as well. A couple of the tunes, especially The Prelude, are reused in later games, and several songs from the soundtrack are often found in fan's top-ranked NES tunes.
Recording
# | Title | Composer | Programmer | Length | Listen | Download |
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01 | The Prelude | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:48 | Download | |
02 | Main Theme | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:01 | Download | |
03 | Cornelia Castle | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:48 | Download | |
04 | Town | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:52 | Download | |
05 | Shop | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:00 | Download | |
06 | Battle Scene | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:37 | Download | |
07 | Victory! | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:39 | Download | |
08 | Menu Screen | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:41 | Download | |
09 | Chaos Temple | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:01 | Download | |
10 | Opening Theme | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:26 | Download | |
11 | Ship | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:26 | Download | |
12 | Matoya's Cavern | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:14 | Download | |
13 | Dungeon | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:58 | Download | |
14 | Gurgu Volcano | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:13 | Download | |
15 | Airship | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:52 | Download | |
16 | Floating Castle | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:12 | Download | |
17 | Final Dungeon | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:01 | Download | |
18 | Dead Music | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:53 | Download | |
19 | Ending Theme | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 1:50 | Download | |
20 | Save Music | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:05 | Download | |
21 | Rest | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:01 | Download | |
22 | Got Item | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:01 | Download | |
23 | Got Treasure | Nobuo Uematsu | Toshiaki Imai | 0:03 | Download |
Final Fantasy Game Music
Credits
- Ripper: necrosaro
- Recorder:TheAlmightyGuru
- Game Credits:
- Not Credited Composer:Nobuo Uematsu
- Not Credited Programmer:Toshiaki Imai
(Source: Nobuo Uematsu has claimed credit for the music, the game lacks credits)
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Game Rip
Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/nes/final-fantasy - MobyGames.
- gamefaqs.com/nes/522595-final-fantasy - GameFAQs.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_%28video_game%29 - Wikipedia.
Throughoutits three decades of existence, one of the many things that the Final Fantasyseries has become renowned for is its scores. Each game has been accompanied bya soundtrack masterfully crafted by Square's composers, chief amongst themNobuo Uematsu, who was solely responsible for almost every one of them beforehis 2004 decision to depart the company and become a freelancer.
Tracksfrom the games are regularly performed in concert by orchestras around theworld, whilst several have soared into Classic FM's prestigious Hall Of Fame,deservedly ranking amongst classics by the likes of Bach, Brahms and Beethoven.
Final Fantasy Video Game Music
Throughthe course of this article, each game's soundtrack is ranked in turn. Thecriteria for inclusion has been as follows:
· Eachnumbered single player entry from the series (including direct sequels) hasbeen individually included.
· Onlinetitles have been included as a single entry each (so each is judged on thesoundtrack of both its main game and its expansions together).
· Spin-offshave either been individually included, grouped together when part of acollection or omitted entirely to avoid cluttering the list (such as mobiletitles that received their own soundtracks or the Crystal Chronicles series).