But FFXIII now has its own themes, apparently, so the main theme is out, and the arpeggiated prelude is also fully cut. The evidence? A stunning lack of both the Final Fantasy Prelude and the “Main Theme.” One or both of these tracks is present on every other Final Fantasy if nowhere else, at least in the opening or end credits. There’s no question that the Final Fantasy series is drifting further and further from its roots. So, with a clever play on words, allow me to give my “impressions” of this full soundtrack.įirst, a note about a trend in the series. And though the distinct impressionist sound we heard in, say, SaGa Frontier II is hidden under some layers of big-production, film-score-esque music here, this is still definitely Hamauzu.
It’s his single largest score, and it comes with the support of some excellent arrangement staff and dozens of instrumental and vocal performers. Masashi Hamauzu, the king of impressionist composition in game music, has completed his masterwork for Square Enix. Comparing the Japanese tracklist to the English shows glaring and obvious changes at some points, but since Square Enix bothered to make their own version of the tracklist in English, that’s what we’re giving you. Note: the tracklist is as “officially” translated to English by Square Enix.
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