Final Fantasy VI's soundtrack is good, but I think the soundtrack for Final Fantasy IX surpasses every other FF soundtrack, including VI's. It's also my favorite SE soundtrack. Out of the non-FF soundtracks, my favorite soundtrack is probably one of the KH soundtracks (I still haven't decided whether I prefer KH1 or KH2 OST) or the soundtrack for Chrono Trigger.
People dislike FFIX because they're horrible idiots. - Kawaii Ryűkishi
"One-Winged Angel" is far and away the best final boss song ever
composed. - Kawaii Ryűkishi
My favorites were FFX and Threads of Fate n.n
...didn't the ToF OST get a re-release recently?
I typically don't care for video game music and would rather play with the sound off and a CD on. With that being said, I'll nominate a soundtrack that most probably wouldn't think of. Final Fantasy IV. The music in that game really stood out to me, and I have fond memories of playing the game when I was somewhere between 8 and 10, just parking my guys in Fabul or Mysdia and listening to the song loop over and over, and not advancing the text when Golbez's theme is playing or when the calcabrena are dancing so I can just keep listening.
I'm also very fond of some of VI's stuff. I recently downloaded the soundtracks to both IV and VI, and was pretty disappointed to learn that while VI has "real" songs, the music of IV is only two minutes on a loop. Man, if I could hear a "real" song version of Golbez Clad in the Dark...
Final Fantasy IX
And I really love Nobuo Uematsu's music.
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Overall, I'd say FFIX. Some of the songs like Esto Gaza, Heart of Melting Magic, Grieve for the Skies and Unfathomed Reminiscence are absolutely beautiful. I think IX is the most consistent of all the soundtracks are pretty much all the songs are quality. VIII in particular has some excellent highlights such as The Oath, The Salt Flats, etc but it's also let down by the likes of Blue Fields.
The FFXII's OST quickly became a favourite too, but I'm never sure how to rank it. I'm rather set in my ways about the first ten and am clueless where I'd put XII. I love the very atmospheric and unique sounds, instruments and tempos that set each area apart as much as the graphics did. The Sochen Cave Palace, Salikawood and The Forgotten Capital are all beautiful. I felt more immersed in FFXII than any other game and it was the music that was a huge contributing factor to that.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
Final Fantasy VI! It was developed and released by Square in 1994 and the soundtrack was composed by Nobuo Uematsu. I don't think anything else comes close to this for my opinion. I'm really excited about that game!
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I can't choose a favourite. I have a few favourites.
For Final Fantasy, my favourites are the OSTs of FFIII, FFIV (yes, I know I'm biased), FFVI, FFIX, FFXII, and FFT.
As for other SE games that I remember, I adored Legend of Mana's OST, as well as Chrono Trigger's and Chrono Cross'.
For all those saying FFIX, I do agree to an extent. As anyone would expect FFVI's soundtrack is my favorite, but FFIX is my second favorite.
There are a few "dull" songs in FFIX, and when I say dull it reminds me of songs you would hear in the background of a slow going MMO. Granted it's still music, but with like FFVI's soundtrack every song is composed to where an orchestra could sit down (with a chorus maybe) and be able to play it infront of an audience with no background knowledge of the music and asume it was created from the mind of some obscenely great composer, which uematsu is.
imo, the most "dull" song in FFVI, is "Mines of Narshe" but as on the grand Finale Cd, when you put vocal's to that, as it was meant to be, it's actually one of the best songs. xD
No hate on FFIX's soundtrack though it's wonderful, there are just some songs that don't grab me.
^Its true. Actually, I wish the music had been employed slightly better in FFIX. There were enough good tracks there, but still Square used some more boring ones in large areas. Some quality songs I didnt even notice first time round.
Solely as an OST, I think FFIX is best.
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It's one of many correct answers. And Uematsu has stated that Nine is actually his favorite score out of the Final Fantasy games.Originally Posted by feioncastor
^Repeatedly in fact. And his favourite game as well.
Sakaguchi also said that IX is his favourite game.
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Valkyrie Profile 2's OST.
Mr bestest composer in the world did a real great job with this one :]
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