Vivisteiner's entitled to his opinion, I agree with that, but I wouldn't really say it's below FFVIII or FFVII, I've heard all of their tracks and I think they're all equally joint top, I think, all three have very emotive and creative music to offer, and have obviously had a lot of time and effort put into them.

XII is a different issue though, the songs are too repetitive and not memorable for anything really, except for if you're counting annoying ones, like the repeated boss battle music you hear all the time! I can't believe they couldn't be authetic enough to "Wow" us with a breathtaking piece in the final battle. They done that before, guess they stopped caring...XII never showed the desperation, love, anger or jubilant feelings in their music, and I hated that.