Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack Limited Edition [Soundtrack, Import, Box set]

Nobuo Uematsu (Composer), Masashi Hamauzu (Composer), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Japanese Session Orchestra (Orchestra), Sayuri Sugawara (Performer), Mina (Performer), Frances Maya (Performer), Matsue Hamauzu (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Soundtrack, Import, Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Square Enix
• ASIN: B002U4RQ9W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,584 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed with the sound quality, March 30, 2010

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Obsidian "Hawaii" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack Limited Edition (Audio CD)

I buy a lot of OST for games and anime. As a Limited Set, it is OK but too expensive. It comes in a nice large white box with a big XIII on the front. It also includes a drama disc (sealed in a foil bag no less), mini-artbook, and the large 4 CD fold-out set. The CD has Bilingual Japanese/English track names. The mini-artbook is all Japanese (except for the credits in English, go figure). I have a beef with the artbook being just stapled sheets. I figure for this price they could make it a hard-bound artbook like that included with Mass Effect 2's Collector's Edition. But not to be, it's just paper.

I am very disappointed with the sound quality of this set. This goes for most of the piano and orchestral pieces. They all sound "tinny" with lots of clipping on the piano sections. This makes me very sad, because those are some of the best pieces in the whole set! And to make the recording so bad, makes my sound system sound like a cheap radio, like an mp3 compressed at 96kb or something. What the hell were they thinking? The only good sounding track is "Afro Blues" on CD2, but I wanted all the orchestral/piano to sound good, and they sure screwed that up. Sad very sad. As far as tracks go, they have all the music in the game that you'll ever want, with some very short tracks. However it is quite complete.

If you want all of the music, then by all means buy this. But if you want better sound quality, I would wait and see if they release just an orchestral tracks version, which hopefully has better quality recordings.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, September 15, 2010

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fantasyfan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I have read reviews both for this soundtrack and for the collector's edition. The C.E. reviews spoke of scratchy or static sounds being in the music, kind of like an old record player or radio. While I admit I have not listened to every minute of every track(yet), I have listened to at least part of every track, and everything I heard was PERFECT. So if you want an FFXIII soundtrack that sounds just beautiful, get this wonderful standard version instead of the collector's edition! 2 more things:I myself can't complain about the packaging(the plastic was thicker & the tape more sticky, maybe because it's from Japan?), and finally, this is certainly my favorite soundtrack of the series, quite wonderful and beautiful!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music to my ears, April 22, 2010

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S. Smith (texas) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoy playing FF XIII and the music is wonderful so I thought I would buy the cd. It is a 4 disc collection. I WAS going to purchase the collector's edition but this one is cheaper and has the same songs on it so why bother with the 80$ one lol. This is a must for final fantasy lovers!