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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
SCORE! Nobuo Uematsu Does It Again!, March 14, 2003
This soundtrack is simply breathtaking! I can believe how much I enjoy listening to these songs. I bought the FFVII soundtrack a while ago, and couldn't wait for FFVIII, so I could here the music! No matter how much I love FFVII's soundtrack, this one is even better! Song's such as 'Liberi Fatali', 'The Landing', 'Force Your Way', Waltz for the Moon', 'Tell Me', 'Premonition' and one of my personal favorite 'The Oath', are just some of the 74 wonderful tracks. I will admit that even with all the good, there is some bad. The song 'SeeD' is wonderful, but it's hard to listen to repeatedly. 'Junction' is a bit dull, but it's short enough that it doesn't get on your nerves too much. The track 'Galbadia Garden' is interesting, because it has one of the best openings but then the song goes down hill. 'Jailed', and 'Rivals', are not bad, but there not great either. The only song I really can't stand is 'Residents' which is okay when playing the game, but by it's self it's horrible! I know it seems like I said a lot of negative things, but most of the soundtrack is wonderful. The following, and the songs above, are reason's why you should buy this. 'The Man with the Machine Gun' is Laguna's battle song, and a great one at that. If you ever get tired of the normal battle song don't worry, because this one won't get old. 'The Stage is Set' is another excellent piece. Played toward the end of the games first disc, it is a song played when the group of characters is planning their mission, and their destiny's. 'Fisherman's Horizon' is another beauty, it's soft charm makes it a wonderful song. 'Love Grows' is probably my favorite version of the love theme. It's a lovely tune shared between the two main characters.'Eye's on Me' is not the best vocal piece ever, but it's not that bad. I personally didn't care for it but I know many who do. To me it's a love it, or hate it kind of thing, that only you can truly judge. 'Ride On' is a fun tune, played while the group is in flight. It's one of the best airship songs ever! The songs 'The Legendary Beast' and 'Maybe I'm A Lion' may not be quite as amazing as 'One Winged Angel' from FFVII, but they certainly are incredible final boss tunes. 'Ending Theme' is great, and I'm not talking about the 'Eye's on me' part. 'Ending theme' has a mysterious opening, and a powerful, yet beautiful ending. I must admit, that although this album has some songs that I don't listen to that often, it is so good overall that it should deffinitly get 5 stars.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
7 months, 74 pieces of music.., July 19, 2001
By A Customer
That's how long they say it took Nobuo Uematsu to write this soundtrack, although it sounds like it took years. The music from FF8 was excellent-you'd put your playstation away, and you'd find yourself humming the songs "The Landing"or "Balamb Garden"..(or your two year old sister would go around humming Liberi Fatali). Then you'd realize that you're only going back to Edea's house so you can hear "Truth". You try to play "Eyes on Me" on the piano-with less than desirable results. Time to fork over fifty dollars(and it's worth it). The sound quality on this album is excellent, it's packaged really nice(they should get a picture of it on here), and don't worry, most of the pamphlet is written in English, including the lyrics to "Eyes on Me" and "Liberi Fatali".
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Uematsu's Best., April 26, 2001
The first time I heard the soundtrack, I hadn't played FFVIII yet (because it was released in the states much later than in Japan), and I didn't really care for it too much. But once you play the game itself and can really associate the tunes with emotions, places and characters, the music means so much much more.Some of my favorites on the CD are Liberi Fatali (if you ever finish the entire game, try translating the lyrics- they're in latin. It's really cool), Blue Fields, Julia, Breezy, Fragments of Memories, Fisherman's Horizon, Maybe I'm a Lion, and of course... Eyes on Me. The ending theme is also pretty incredible, because it incorporates Eyes on Me, a orchestral remix of Liberi Fatali, the prelude AND the prologue. Uematsu didn't miss a beat on this one.
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