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1.0 out of 5 stars
Shame on Square! This should have beena double disc!, May 16, 2006
First off let me say my one star rating has nothing to do with Nobuo Uematsu's BRILLIANT compositions. "Welcome To Our Town" and "Theme of Love" are classics that belong in any standard collection of uematsu's works. It's Square who screwed the pooch this ost, by cramming all 45 tracks on a single disc. What's wrong with that? The songs don't last nearly long enough, some are not even presented in their entirety! For example, the stunning "Welcome To Our Town" clocks in at a whopping 45 seconds! This song was made to loop at least 4 times before the listener tires of the melody, instead it plays once through and fade out.
Most insulting of all, however, is the butchery of the sacred "Prelude." As FFIV was the first Final Fantasy on the SNES, it was the first version of the classic "Prelude" to feature a new string part, that comes in after one regular rotation of the harp piece. This would have been a goose-bump rising shock to gamers used to the 8-bit harp only version. However, on this pathetic ost, the prelude quickly fades shortly after the strings come in - not just not looping it long enough, but not ever letting it go a single rotation before it decides to fade out! It's clear this CD was mixed by someone who a) didn't understand the music and b) didn't care about the music.
frankly it's worthless. i have a software player that can read sound data from SNES game files. you're much better off emulating the music than buying this piece of garbage. SHAME ON YOU SQUARE, SHAME.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Music - A Great Addition to a CD Collection, February 22, 2002
I had never played the Final Fantasy series until I recently acquired a PlayStation2 JamPak disc with a demo version of Final Fantasy X. From the opening montage, the music in the demo was absolutely stunning. While role-playing games are definitely not my forte in gaming, the music was impressive enough that when I found the game soundtrack available recently, I bought it immediately. This is certainly the best game music I have ever heard. Listening to this CD is like much attending a symphonic concert. The final song ("Suteki da ne") is entirely in Japanese, and is one of the most beautiful, moving songs I have ever heard, even if I barely understand the language. In terms of soundtracks from Japan, the soundtracks for Ghost in the Shell, Macross Plus, and Mononoke-Hime are better, but the soundtrack for Final Fantasy X ranks JUST below these masterpieces. The heavy-metal "Otherworld" track is what really detracts from the overall standalone soundtrack, although it likely has an appropriate place within the game itself.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Final Fantasy IV: Excellent OST, November 18, 2002
Wonderful gameplay, enthralling story, and an amazing soundtrack. That's Final Fantasy IV. The music for this game is some of the best that's come from Nobuo Uematsu. That's quite a compliment, if you consider the SNES' less-than-spectacular sound output capabilities.
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