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Originally Posted by Chris
Just I'm surprised she didn't step up to surpass these with FFXV, instead sticking often for more of the same.
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Yes, she didn't step far from her comfort zone here at all. Still, from what I've listened so far, the overall experience seemed enjoyable, akin to what I considered enjoyable for FF XIII (despite not liking the game). The last "breakthrough" FF OST #MHumblestO was FF XII. Sakimoto-san managed to come up with ideas that shook big Uematsu's-san established base for FF songs. FF X OST was sorta trial and error experimentation with great results, but nothing like FF XII was.
Shimomura-san borrows heavily from what Hamauzu made of FF XIII scores, although you can tell their styles apart, it's not like she blindly followed his "recipe". You can also recognize lots of similar tunes from pasts FFs as well in her / collaborators compositions, like they are paying homage... this also gives the feeling that many pieces seem too generic at times...
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Originally Posted by Mac_Tear
Maybe Kingdom Hearts III has the privilege of being a "masterpiece"... but I doubt.
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I doubt that too although the direction KH DDD OST took was quite promising! Still, it's KH we're talking about, so expect upbeat marimba / xylophone compositions that, even loving, I don't think of them was worthy of being considered masterpieces.