i always found the battle music annoying and obtrusive in all RPGs, you could be walking around in an area with this beautiful music playing then BAM!!! huge noise ruining the moment... it was especialy worse during points where the party are supposed to be sad, i found i hated battle music during FFVII when there were points where the battle music did not interfere with the atmosphere generated by the field music, like during a couple of the JENOVA fights... i'm glad they did away with it in FFXII, i hope it stays gone forever, as battle music does nothing but ruin the mood...