SQEX-10534~5: MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

[Zanasea]

It seems there are two versions of the cover. The SQEX Music Twitter account originally shared the one with the usual "composed, arranged & produced by Mitsuto Suzuki" line but now they are promoting the soundtrack with another version that has no credits. Let's keep both for now.

[Noneofyourbusiness]

Any good English translations yet?

[Zanasea]

I've added my own. It probably needs polishing, though.

[Argentis]

Still some bgm missing, such as the Paladin Theme, and the music used during some Summon Boss fights.

[Zanasea]

Music from chapter 4 and the multiplayer mode is also missing, as well as more battle music, like the Scholar, or most notably the new Monk class that has been added recently.

Also one track from the multiplayer mode, "Ring of Brave", and an arrangement of Echo's Theme are available as a bonus download when you order from Square Enix's e-Store...

It's shame they didn't wait a bit more to include all music. But I suppose they didn't want to make a 3-disc soundtrack.

[Argentis]

Guessing there is a slim chance of a Mobius Soundtrack Plus then.

[DanteLectro]

I'm a bit confused by this "Original Music Composed by Uematsu Nobuo (DISC2-6,7,11,21,22)". Did Uematsu compose new tracks for this game, or were his older compositions arranged? I'm curious to hear the original of 2.06 Endless Fight.

[Zanasea]

No, Suzuki has simply arranged music from older Final Fantasy games. "Endless Fight" is "The Way to the Top" from FFIII (starting at 1:32). "Infinite Arena" is "Warriors of Dawn" from FFV (and the beat is very reminiscent of "Blinded by Light" from FFXIII).

The rest is pretty obvious...

[DanteLectro]

What confused me is that the arranger of 211, 221 and 222 is not credited in the notes, only that they were composed by Uematsu.

[Zanasea]

I see. Well these three tracks are very probably arranged by Mitsuto Suzuki.

[DanteLectro]

Thank you for taking the time to check and provide the info.

[Noneofyourbusiness]

Does anyone know which tracks debuted in which chapter?

[LiquidAcid]

I was wondering about the following:

Originally Posted by Notes

PRODUCER: Yoshinori Kitase
MUSIC: Mitsuto Suzuki
Original Music Composed by Uematsu Nobuo (DISC2-6,7,11,21,22)
SOUND DIRECTOR: Yusuke Komori
SOUND DESIGNER: Makoto Ise
DIALOGUE EDITOR: Yuri Hirano
DIALOGUE DIRECTOR: Teruaki Sugawara
RECORDING ENGINEERS: Tomohiro Sunaoshi (Jinnan Studio CO., LTD.), Shinichi Enomoto (hiro sound technic Co., Ltd.)
ASSISTANT ENGINEER: Yuko Kai
AUDIO PROGRAMMERS: Hikaru Taniyama, Akihiro Minami
ARRANGERS: Kengo Tokusashi (DISC1-2,5,10,24, DISC2-6,7,9,10,16,19), Tsuyoshi Sekito (DISC2-1,4)
RECORDING & MIXING ENGINEER: Masahiro Matsuda (aten music)
STRINGS ARRANGEMENT: Aska Kaneko (DISC1-1,4,6,7,14,22, DISC2-1,4)
STRINGS: Aska Kaneko Strings (DISC1-1,4,6,7,14,22, DISC2-1,4)

So the notes mention recording engineers twice. I was wondering why it was done in this way. Or does the position of the credits indicate something else, like affiliation to the arranged tracks?

[eduhunter]

This album, for me, have the same "shock" that i did have with FF XIII-2 with abrupt change of style. I did hate this album at launch. While listening a lot more of Mitsuto Suzuki style for some time [and after the release of the quite nice second ost for Mobius FF], now i'm in love for this album. Something like that happen to someone here?