According to the official Square Enix Twitter account, the soundtrack for Lightning Returns has gone to be put through the mastering process. They've revealed that unlike previous games in the series, Lightning Returns won't feature a main theme to be prevalent throughout the entirety of the game.
Famously, Faye Wong's 'Eyes on Me' melody was used in many of the other pieces of music throughout Final Fantasy VIII, and the song held almost it's own storyline, with the character of Julia having written it about her love for protagonist Laguna Loire. The song then came full circle to both of their children, Squall and Rinoa.
Unlike Final Fantasy VIII, Lightning Returns will focus more on having a musical score for it's theme. To many fans, the vocal music is such a highlight of the games and to some others they... don't go down so well. 'Eyes on Me' has fans divided, and the use of Leona Lewis's 'My Hands' for Final Fantasy XIII was seen as a bold move. Many fans didn't like that Square Enix used an X Factor winner to perform the song.
The soundtrack is being composed by the same team that worked on Final Fantasy XIII-2's. This will include Masashi Hamauzu, and he's being joined by Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki. So what do you guys think? So you enjoy the vocal songs used in Final Fantasy? Or are you glad to see the back of them for this title? I have to say I'm pretty sad. I do love the cheesey feel good pop numbers they've done lately, although Susan Calloway's 'Answers' was certainly not cheesey or pop-y... I guess only time will tell for this title!
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