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Originally Posted by Chris
Thanks for the detailed thoughts, Joe. Really interesting perspectives that I agree with.
I expected Yoko Shimomura to really step up here to create her biggest 'masterpiece' to date just as Sakimoto did with FFXII and Hamauzu did with FFXIII. Instead, most of what I heard are retreads of her previous approaches with live instruments. The compositions tend to be underdeveloped (e.g. the waltz theme) or all too standard (e.g. the battle themes).
Short, snappy compositions work fine for a Kingdom Hearts title, but something as big as Final Fantasy really needs more in my opinion.
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I completely agree with you here! The soundtrack isn't bad, but I expected much more from Shimomura. Maybe Kingdom Hearts III has the privilege of beeing a "masterpiece"... but I doubt.