Final Fantasy Tactics: Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack, Import]

Hitoshi Sakimoto (Artist), Masaharu Iwata (Artist), Kenzi Nagashima (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: N/A
• ASIN: B00004RCC3
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tracks In Japanese

Editorial Reviews

Japan Only. Music & original score by Masaharu Iwata & Hitoshi Sakimoto. Standard double jewelcase housed in a unique cardboard sleeve. 1997.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT NOBUO!, April 13, 2002

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EMAN NEP - See all my reviews

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

Final Fantasy. Nobuo Uematsu. The two go hand in hand. But wait, what's this? A soundtrack by Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto? Who are they? You may not be familiar with them now, but after listening to these two great CD's, you'll want to commit their names to memory.

The first disc has most of the more popular tracks. As a general rule, if the track name was translated into English, that track is usually pretty good. However, as I've found with most video game soundtracks, you come across something that you don't remember hearing in the game. For me, those are the best tracks. For one, they make you want to play the game all over again just so you can see where that track was implemented in the game.

Some of the tracks are a little redundant, meaning that they use one or two "theme songs" and create different versions of them. Usually this bothers me, but the "theme songs" in Final Fantasy Tactics are so good that you don't mind at all. A few of the tracks at the beginning of Disc 1 sound like they would be right at home in the Braveheart soundtrack. Like another reviewer mentioned, Disc 2 is much more downbeat--compared to the first Disc. But one track on disc 2 that REALLY stood out was track 14, "Shock!" I don't ever remember this being played in the game, but listening to it just puts a smile on your face because it sounds so beautiful.

Of course, all of us that have played the game remember the adrenaline-pumped battle music. Songs like "Back Fire", "Apoplexy", "Run Past Through the Plain (a.k.a. Sweegy Woods)", "Decisive Battle", and "Unavoidable Battle (a.k.a Germinas Peak)". All of the above tracks are exactly as you heard them in the game, except that for some reason "Run Past Through the Plain" sounds a little soft compared to my MP3 version.

The soundtrack comes with a little pamphlet with the different tracks (alas, most of the song names are in Japanese, save a few). But as a nice bonus, you also get a folded poster with almost all the Job classes, and what the males and females look like in that class.

Listening to this soundtrack, one can't help but wonder what Nobuo Uematsu would have done if he had been in charge of the soundtrack. But personally, I like how Iwata and Sakimoto did it and I wouldn't have it any other way.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Track list, December 28, 2005

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J-Man - See all my reviews

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

Disc One (75:13)
1) Brand Logo ~ Title Black 1:09
2) Backborn Story 1:34
3) P.R. Movie 0:47
4) Unit Introductions 3:50
5) Player Creation 1:45
6) Prologue Movie 2:52
7) Chapel 1:00
8) Enemy Soldiers Attack 0:59
9) Trisection 2:37
10) Officer Cadet 1:57
11) Attack Team 0:48
12) Unavoidable Battle 1:45
13) Battle's End 0:24
14) Main Character's Theme 1:12
15) A Chapel 2:33
16) Meeting with Algus 2:03
17) World Map 0:53
18) Shop 0:52
19) Soldier Agency 1:03
20) Fur, Meat, and Bones Trade 0:56
21) Formation Screen 0:57
22) Brave Story 1:18
23) Pub 1:01
24) Data Screen 0:57
25) Desert Land 2:51
26) Alma's Theme 1:12
27) Doubtful Atmosphere 1:53
28) Decisive Battle 2:22
29) Cry of a Bitter Heart 0:55
30) Remnants 3:05
31) Anxiety Before the Battle 2:02
32) Tension 1 2:41
33) Game Over 0:21
34) Tutorial 2:10
35) Random Waltz 1:52
36) Ovelia's Theme 2:41
37) Apoplexy 4:10
38) Zalbag, the Holy Knight 2:03
39) Run Past Through the Plains 1:58
40) Scheme 2:42
41) Delita's Theme 1:42
42) Back Fire 3:01

Disc Two (75:50)
1) Memories 1:45
2) Dicedarg's Theme 1:27
3) Antipyretic 3:40
4) Saint Ajora's Theme 2:51
5) Bloody Excrement 2:46
6) And I Ran Away 0:28
7) Espionage 2:25
8) Descent 3:20
9) Ovelia's Worries 3:41
10) Under the Stars 3:14
11) Battle on the Bridge 3:30
12) Cardinal's Anger 2:41
13) In Pursuit 2:33
14) Shock! ~ Despair 2:19
15) Holy Ajora's Theme - Deluxe Edition 1:10
16) Cry of a Bitter Heart! 2:40
17) Requiem 3:13
18) Terror 1 2:08
19) The Pervert 3:53
20) Antidote 3:09
21) Thunder God Cid's Theme 1:52
22) Treasure 2:47
23) Night Attack 2:49
24) Terror 2 2:02
25) Ultima - The Nice Body 2:17
26) Ultima - The Perfect Body! 3:26
27) Last Battle's End 0:17
28) Epilogue Movie 1:36
29) Staff Credit 5:38

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Nobuo Uematsu, but still Final Fantasy music, March 3, 2003

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John Nolley II (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Final Fantasy Tactics: Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The name Nobuo Uematsu is so synonymous with the fantastic musical scores of the Final Fantasy series that to not see his name on a soundtrack is something of a shock.

Yet the music of Final Fantasy Tactics is not the typical Final Fantasy score. Whereas most titles in the series rely on a mixture of melodic themes, dramatic action sequences, and brooding, dark overtures, composers Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata treat listeners to a selection of what may best be described as epic themes. Reflecting the broad storyline of the game itself, their music is perfectly mated to the game.

Listeners ultra-loyal to the Uematsu conceptualization of Final Fantasy music may find this soundtrack somewhat strange, but the score stands on its own legs and offers a wonderful alternative to the typical Final Fantasy fare.