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Piano Collection: Final Fantasy VII

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First off, the Amazon track listing is incorrect. This album contains 13 tracks:

1. Tifa's Theme
2. Main Theme
3. Cinco de Chocobo
4. Ahead on our way
5. Fight Music
6. Cosmo Canyon
7. Gold Saucer
8. Farm boy
9. Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony
10. J-E-N-O-V-A
11. Aeris' Theme
12. One Winged Angel
13. Descendant of Shinobi

The album, as its title suggests, contains piano arrangements of all of these tracks which were present in the Final Fantasy VII game. Many are played at a slightly slower pace, and the tracks only contain piano, no other instruments.

As a result, some of the tracks really change either their sound or their impact. Others are very fitting for a piano, like Aeris' Theme.

Overall, this is an interesting collection. Chances are, if you're willing to shell out $40 for one CD, my opinion probably doesn't matter to you. I'd recommend other Nobuo Uematsu or Yasunori Mitsuda works before this one for the average person, but if you can't get enough FFVII music, this is a good addition to your collection.

The product arrived same and sound.
The music is soothing and comforting,
It does not have the orchestra grand, but for lazy afternoon or raining days, it is the best choice! (for me)
Some of the songs are different then the ones I am used to or heard on youtube. The sheet-music are different and pleasant.

The FF7 Piano Collections are amazingly arranged! There is so much subtlety to them - it's really amazing how much of the originals come through in the piano, plus a bit.

However, many of the songs sound like a computer is playing them. The arrangements may be incredible, but the playing is dull and mechanical. Two that stand out are Ahead On Our Way and One Winged Angel (which is also played slowly - much of the energy is lost).

The disk is still lovely and I'm very appreciative for the arrangements that came out of this which OTHER more interpretive, emotional, or talented pianists have taken up and recorded (although often with poor audio quality) Sigh. Nothing's perfect.

I hadn't bought any Final Fantasy music for a fair while, and had been contemplating buying this. Eventually, I came through and bought it. It turned out so-so. It has only thirteen tracks, and the total time is not as impressive as it could be. These thirteen tracks contain some very impressive, excellent FFVII material, but then there are the drawbacks.
Tracks 4 and 8 are utterly dull, and so were their originals. I think these should have been left out of this collection, and substituted with such songs as the "Opening/Bombing Mission" or "Those Who Fight Further."
That aside, these are usually very enjoyable pieces. Sometimes they don't retain enough of the original song, as is the case with "J-E-N-O-V-A," but I don't count this as much.
The main piece a lot of people probably wonder about is "One-Winged Angel." Well, it still dominates! It is played at a rather slow tempo, which leaves one wondering what it's like at full speed, but it is still grandioso and evil, especially at the end. It sounds almost like a full orchestea and choir with its power and malevolence!
This collection is worth what it costs, but it certainly has drawbacks. I would still recommend buying it as a Final Fantasy devotee.

this a a good cd with great sounding music, the only downside is that it doesn't have very many songs, and it sounds like it came from the advent children sequel instead of the original game, but that might be because it is the same score applied to piano instead of the midi file played with the game

First off, I'll put the titles and lengths of the songs, in order.

Track 1: "Tifa's Theme" - Time: 4:22
Track 2: "Final Fantasy VII Main Theme" - Time: 4:28
Track 3: "Cinco De Chocobo" - Time: 2:20
Track 4: "Ahead On Our Way" - Time: 4:06
Track 5: "Those Who Fight" - Time: 3:58
Track 6: "Valley Of The Fallen Star" - Time: 4:39
Track 7: "Gold Saucer" - Time: 2:29
Track 8: "Farm Boy" - Time: 3:34
Track 9: "Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony" - Time: 3:03
Track 10: "J-E-N-O-V-A" - Time: 2:24
Track 11: "Aeris' (or "Aerith's) Theme" - Time: 4:06
Track 12: "One-Winged Angel" - Time: 4:50
Track 13: "descendent Of Shinobi" - Time: 3:20

Now, "Aeris' Theme" is sometimes called "Aerith's Theme", but I always say "Aeris' Theme" because in the game her name is Aeris, not Aerith. The game is incredible, and if you like video games you should really play it. But, this is the review for the Piano Collections of Final Fantasy VII, not the actual game.
This CD is simply beautiful! It's amazing, really. The highlights of the album are, in my opinion, "Tifa's Theme", "Final; Fantasy Main Theme", and "Aeris' Theme", which are all incredible. The difficulty of the music is another matter. After listening to this music my father bought the sheet music. The music is march harder to play than it is to listen to, believe me. If you are more into the more classical or soft piano music, I'd recommend one of the earlier Final Fantasy Piano Collections, such as the forth. But for anyone who likes piano music, this album will ignite the passion within your soul.

- J. T. Wyncott

it is freaking awesome. every time i put it in, its like im playing the game all over again. one winged angel is the only one that sounds kinda off because youve lost the flutes and violins but its still good. 100% worth it