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It really cheapens the climax, IMO.
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This is completely random, a bit obvious, and likely old, but "Cocoon de Chocobo ~Let's Have a Dream II~" from FFXIII is based exactly on "Let's Have a Dream" from Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. Who would've thought, right?
This "discovery" came from winamp randomly playing the original CMD version and me thinking, "hey, I've heard that before..." We know that Yamazaki arranged the FFXIII version, so I wonder if this means Hamauzu didn't contribute at all to the "new" arrangement? Or whatever you want to call it--it's an arrangement of an arrangement of a variation of the chocobo theme.
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Yes, on the album's official website, Hamauzu clearly states that this is an rearrangement of the slot machine theme from what he calls his "solo debut" soundtrack. Well, even if Yamazaki arranged the FFXIII version, Hamauzu was certainly there to check it out!
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OK, thanks for clarifying. I had a feeling this info was already known.
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Is the current Romaji tracklist official? Besides the macrons, I think it doesn't fit our romanization scheme in that it literally transcribes loan words and the game's proper names.
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I thought the soundtrack was a real mixed bag to be honest. The same with the game itself. Some of the tracks I really enjoy are Saber's Edge, Snow's Theme, March of the Dreadnoughts, The Gapra Whitewood, The Sunleth Waterscape, Sustained by Hate, Serah's Theme, Archylte Steppe, Chocobos of Pulse and Sulyya Springs . I would have to say Saber's Edge and The Archylte Steppeare probably the tracks that works best in and outside of the game. Both of which I could listen to nonstop. Everything else is either medicre or rubbish.
Plus this 4th disc Jpop track is not even close to My Hands, which is the English counterpart I think. Definitely not Final Fantasy quality that's is for sure. Last edited by BahamutZ; Feb 21, 2011 at 04:27 PM. |
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True, it's not Final Fantasy quality. It's far better than that.
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I thought the ending credits theme was disappointing, but the final battle theme was a masterpiece for sure. Same for Nautilus. Oh, and Ragnarok is probably the best cue of last year.
The less said about "Kimi ga iru kara," the better. Last edited by Xenofan 29A; Feb 21, 2011 at 05:10 PM. |
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I suppose it is just not my style.
Is there a reason why the Piano Collections are not a related work on this album page? Both have Final Fantasy XIII as their related work name. Unless this album page reached the maximum related works. |
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As an aside, without "Can't Catch a Break", "Nautilus", "Chocobos of Pulse", "March of the Dreadnoughts" and my personal favourite "Lake Bresha", I would only describe this as a 'good' soundtrack. |
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I know this is all about personal tastes, but... it's such a fantastic soundtrack that I can't believe anyone would refer to it as "rubbish". It is so good in terms of composition, arrangement and orchestration that even if you don't like the style, it is still a major work in the VGM history. Besides, it works extremely well in the game, especially because Hamauzu tried to match the visuals as closely as possible.
And it's not about being "Final Fantasy quality" (what is that anyway?). It's Hamauzu. |
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I must confess that I haven't been taken by the soundtrack. I consider myself a Hamauzu fan (heck, he's 6th on last.fm right now) but I just prefer his less obviously "epic" scores I suppose... since I was the same with Dirge of Cerberus. Granted, I haven't listened to this a lot yet... maybe once or twice. I might stick it on today while I do some cleaning~
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Truthfully, his weakness in XIII was his cinematic tracks. That's always been a weakness for him, actually; his style for such cutscenes is often very segmented, and sounds more like traditional film music.
But his BGM? There isn't a single track that doesn't fit it's corresponding field/dungeon--OK, Sunleth Waterscape is a bit tacky--but he's still a king when it comes to your everyday background and battle tracks.
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Of all event themes, I don't know which is seen as cinematic or not, but I like "Defiers of Fate" and "Determination" a lot and there are several more remarkable tracks ("The Warpath Home", "Forever Fugitives". "Start Your Engines" is good but a bit too cheesy, and not Hamauzu's work, apparently).
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I think the soundtracks for the numbered Final Fantasy have always maintained supreme quality between FFIV and XIII, despite the composer changes, so I can see how someone calls it "Final Fantasy quality". I suspect it's FFXIV which will finally terminate the tradition though. With the return of the original composer, what I've heard so far is flat out generic. |
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i listened through it again today like i said i would and it's.. pretty good. nothing really hit me as being whoa-awesome which is a shame but there are some very nice songs.
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[quote]but I like "Defiers of Fate" and "Determination" a lot and there are several more remarkable tracks ("The Warpath Home", "Forever Fugitives". "Start Your Engines" is good but a bit too cheesy, and not Hamauzu's work, apparently). Warpath Home plays during exploration, so it's a not the kind of music I'm talking about. But you're right, Defiers of Fate would fit the description--but that's also largely an arrangement of the battle theme. Why is Start Your Engines/Countdown not Hamauzu's work? It's credited to him. Quote:
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The only FF I haven't heard at some point were FF11 and FF14. At least from what I remember this would be real low in the series. Additionally, I know very little in terms of music theory, so anyone feel free to disagree with me hehe. Last edited by BahamutZ; Feb 22, 2011 at 07:25 PM. |
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I don't care about I, II and III. IX is really consistent. XI is one of the best. The one I'm less wowed by is V but still decent. All in all, it's a matter of opinion. I'd not be surprised if somebody says XIII is mediocre, rubbish, or not as good as hyped by some. Regardless of my impression, most part of this soundtrack was actually very rushed. |
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All I have to say about this is I wish Toru Tabei did more VGM. The man has a great ear for jazz.
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another great soundtrack in the final fantasy repotoire.
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Were the "composer's comments" located on the soundtrack's website ever translated? I believe ten of them were translated for an English release, but I'd love to see what he has to say about the rest of the tracks.
I'm referring to the comments under the "tracklist" tab here: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/s...bula/ff13/ost/ |
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I didn't know that album had got that treatment too, but you're right it's not how it must be made here (will correct it soon) |
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It's also clear, that Hamauzu refers to prior FF soundtracks, like "Mysteries Abound", which sounds like a Hitoshi Sakimoto composition from FFXII. Last edited by Mac_Tear; Feb 12, 2015 at 01:55 PM. |
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Never forget Dirge of Cerberus has zero references to FFVII |
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On the other hand, those two tracks in particular do have some of Hamauzu's signatures IMO, so I doubt they were completely the work of Nakano. Has anyone tried to translate Hamauzu's words on those two tracks? That should give us some indication? Although I think he sells himself short in a lot of those, perhaps to try to give his friends a career boost. Just reading some of those notes, you might think he composed very little of the music himself, with how much credit he deflects to Tabei, Yamazaki, etc. As for Mysteries Abound, I doubt he purposely drew from Sakimoto. He's written tracks reminiscent of Sakimoto's style for a while. Some of his music for DoC sound similar, to give an example. They have similar musical influences, so it's possible they're both drawing from a common inspiration. |
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Hamauzu's notes on those:
- For - For 3.20 he did the base demo and asked Nakano to reconstruct freely. - For 3.21 he did a fantasy style track, as opposed to other tracks in FFXIII. Last edited by Dag; Mar 10, 2015 at 01:57 PM. |
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Do you mean 2.14? Nakano isn't connected to 2.20, at least according to the credits.
Interesting that Nakano seemingly had more input on 3.20 though. Of the two tracks co-arranged by Nakano, 3.20 seems to lean closer to the Hamauzu side in sound. Thanks for the notes, by the way. I really think it'd be awesome if someone could translate them all. |
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Never heard this info before....what was it written for originally?
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