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Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack

Album Overview

Record Label: Aniplex

Catalog Number: SVWC-7351~4

Release Date: May 31, 2006

Content: 4 CD Set - 100 Tracks

Composed By: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo, Masaharu Iwata, Nobuo Uematsu, Taro Hakase, Yuji Toriyama

Arranged By: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo, Masaharu Iwata, Kenichiro Fukui, Yuji Toriyama, Robin Smith

Description: Original score for Final Fantasy XII (developed and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 2). The Limited Edition box is shown in the picture. This release contains a deluxe DVD box, a 28 page booklet, and pictured discs. Act now, as we only have limited quantities available.

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Tracklist / Midis / MP3 Samples

Track Listings - Disc One (73:15)
Track Title	Track Time
1) Loop Demo mp3 sample	1:36
2) FINAL FANTASY ~FFXII Version~ mp3 sample	1:16
3) Opening Movie (Theme of FINAL FANTASY XII) mp3 sample	6:57
4) Infiltration	3:09
5) Boss Battle mp3 sample	3:23
6) Auditory Hallucination mp3 sample	3:13
7) Secret Practice mp3 sample	2:09
8) A Small Happiness (*)	0:08
9) The Royal City of Rabanastre / City Ward Upper Stratum mp3 sample	5:27
10) Penelo's Theme mp3 sample	2:56
11) The Dream to be a Sky Pirate	0:33
12) Little Rascal mp3 sample	3:02
13) The Dalmasca Eastersand mp3 sample	4:02
14) Level Up!	0:06
15) Naivety mp3 sample	3:01
16) Coexistence (Imperial Version) mp3 sample	2:47
17) Signs of Change mp3 sample	2:21
18) Mission Start (*)	0:07
19) Rabanastre Downtown mp3 sample	2:40
20) Mission Failed (*)	0:12
21) Quiet Determination mp3 sample	3:32
22) The Dalmasca Westersand mp3 sample	1:34
23) Clan Headquarters mp3 sample	2:46
24) A Small Bargain (*)	0:08
25) Giza Plains mp3 sample	4:42
26) Parting with Penelo	0:30
27) The Garamsythe Waterway mp3 sample	2:54
28) An Omen	2:46
29) Rebellion mp3 sample	2:56
30) Nalbina Fortress Town Ward mp3 sample	2:22

Track Listings - Disc Two (73:18)
Track Title	Track Time
1) The Princess' Vision mp3 sample	3:18
2) Clash of Swords mp3 sample	2:35
3) Victory Fanfare ~FFXII Version~	0:28
4) Abyss mp3 sample	3:24
5) Dark Clouds (Imperial Version) mp3 sample	2:00
6) A Promise with Balflear mp3 sample	0:36
7) Game Over	0:20
8) Nalbina Fortress Underground Prison mp3 sample	4:34
9) The Barbarians mp3 sample	2:28
10) Battle Drum	2:46
11) Theme of the Empire mp3 sample	7:49
12) Chocobo FFXII Arrange Ver.1 (*) mp3 sample	2:49
13) The Barheim Passage mp3 sample	3:51
14) Sorrow (Liberation Army Version) mp3 sample	3:35
15) Basch's Reminiscence	0:56
16) Coexistence (Liberation Army Version) mp3 sample	2:50
17) The Skycity of Bhujerba mp3 sample	3:48
18) Secret of Nethicite	3:24
19) Dark Night (Imperial Version) mp3 sample	2:00
20) A Speechless Battle mp3 sample	2:32
21) The Dreadnought Leviathan Bridge	3:53
22) Challenging the Empire mp3 sample	3:19
23) State of Emergency	3:15
24) Upheaval (Imperial Version) mp3 sample	3:13
25) The Tomb of Raithwall mp3 sample	3:35

Track Listings - Disc Three (73:19)
Track Title	Track Time
1) The Sandsea mp3 sample	2:20
2) Esper Battle mp3 sample	3:23
3) Sorrow (Imperial Version) mp3 sample	2:49
4) Seeking Power	3:13
5) Deseperate Fight mp3 sample	2:44
6) Jahara, Land of the Garif mp3 sample	4:58
7) Ozmone Plain mp3 sample	2:30
8) The Golmore Jungle mp3 sample	3:50
9) Eruyt Village mp3 sample	4:13
10) You're Really a Child...	0:13
11) Chocobo ~FFXII Version~ mp3 sample	2:03
12) An Imminent Threat	2:44
13) Clash on the Big Bridge ~FFXII Version~	2:44
14) Abandoning Power mp3 sample	2:36
15) The Stillshrine of Miriam	3:23
16) Time for a Rest mp3 sample	2:10
17) White Room mp3 sample	3:44
18) The Salikawood	2:37
19) The Phon Coast mp3 sample	3:58
20) Destiny mp3 sample	2:57
21) The Sochen Cave Palace mp3 sample	3:38
22) A Moment's Rest mp3 sample	4:31
23) Near the Water	3:12
24) The Mosphoran Highwaste mp3 sample	2:49

Track Listings - Disc Four (73:25)
Track Title	Track Time
1) The Cerobi Steppe mp3 sample	3:13
2) Esper mp3 sample	2:44
3) The Port of Balfonheim mp3 sample	2:14
4) Nap	0:14
5) The Zertinan Caverns mp3 sample	3:22
6) A Land of Memories mp3 sample	4:01
7) The Forgotten Capital	4:16
8) The Feywood mp3 sample	4:14
9) Ashe's Theme mp3 sample	5:30
10) Giruvegan's Mystery	2:39
11) To the Place of the Gods mp3 sample	3:24
12) The Beginning of the End	3:27
13) To the Peak mp3 sample	1:49
14) The Sky Fortress Bahamut mp3 sample	3:21
15) Shaking Bahamut	0:41
16) The Battle for Freedom mp3 sample	8:51
17) The End of the Battle mp3 sample	1:13
18) Ending Movie mp3 sample	6:17
19) Kiss Me Good-Bye -featured in FINAL FANTASY XII- mp3 sample	4:57
20) Symphonic Poem "Hope" ~FINAL FANTASY XII PV ver.~ mp3 sample	3:53
21) Theme of FINAL FANTASY XII (Presentation Version) (*) mp3 sample	3:05

Kiss Me Good-Bye Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Vocals: Angela Aki

Japanese (Original)
Anata wa mayotte, ite mo
Doa wa aiteru yo
Futari no sekai dake de wa
Mitasarenain deshou?

Hane wo ageru kara
Shinjite tobe-pa ii

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
Anatawo ushinattemo
Aishita kiokuga tuyosani kawarukara

Tashikana monowo sagashite
Daremoga koisuruga
Yuruganai aiwa jibunno nakaniaru

Kiss me good-bye, sayonara
Atarashii watashi ni kawaru

Kiss me good-bye
Kiss me good-bye

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
Atarashii futari ni kawaru nara

Kiss me good-bye, nakanai
Anata wo aiseta kara
Anata wo aiseta kara
English (Translation)
Though you lost your way
The door is already open
You can't be satisfied
For the world only with me

I give you wings,
You should believe and fly

Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Even if I lose you
My memory of love changes into my strength

Everyone falls in love
For searching a reliable thing
But a reliable love exists in ourselves

Kiss me good-bye, farewell
I will make myself new

Kiss me good-bye
Kiss me good-bye

Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
If we make ourselves new

Kiss me good-bye, I don't cry
Because I could love you
Because I could love you

English (Original)
You may say my love is all you need to see you through
But I know these words are not quite true
Here is the path you're looking for, an open door
Leading to worlds you long to explore

Go, if you must move on alone
I'm gonna make it on my own

Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and fine your destiny
Won't shed a tear for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

As time goes by I know you'll see this of me
I loved you enough to let you go free

Go, I will give you wings to fly
Cast all your fears into the sky

Kiss me good-bye, love's mystery
All of my life I'll hold you close to me
Won't shed a tear for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
You put the dream in my reality

Lyrics Credit and Translation
Square Enix Music Online | Anime Lyrics | The Opera House | Chudah's Corner | Squaremusic

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Author: Adam

Date added: 06/26/2007, 05:01 PM

This FFXII OST is one of the best one's I have heard. Especially the 4th disc, can't compete with that one! This was worth EVERY penny! They did very good work on putting this and the game together and they all deserve 5 stars!

Author: Jeff Yamaguth

Date added: 06/26/2007, 05:01 PM

When I first started listening to this album I really enjoyed it. But after some time now it doesn´t sound as good as before.

Now don't misunderstand me, Hitoshi Sakimoto is a really great composer, but I think this album has too many similar songs. Almost all the songs have that really "huge" atmosphere, with lots of pompous brass lines and timpani. I usually like that in a song, but I think it's a bit overused here, it makes the songs boring after some time. It turned out that most of my favorite songs in this album were not composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto.

On the other hand, some of the songs, in my opinion, are worth the whole album.

The Royal City of Rabanastre is one of the few that has a different style than that of the other songs in general. Simple, clean, with a very nice and calm flute taking the lead.

Also, Nobuo Uematsu and Angela Aki did a great job in Kiss Me Good Bye. She has a very pleasant soft voice, and the melody is one of the best ever created by Uematsu for a vocal track. Surprisingly, it was Aki who wrote the lyrics for this song and they do relate to the game's story.

Another great song is Symphonic Poem "Hope". Although it is quite short (3:53), Taro Hakase made an outstanding performance giving light to this track and putting it among the bests of the album.

In general, this is a very good album. With some of the best songs I've ever heard (seriously) and, like almost every other album, some others that just don't stand out. It's worth buying just for the good ones. In my opinion, the only thing that lacked a bit was simplicity. Great and complex orchestrations are good, but, like everything else, they get boring if overused.

Author: Anonymous

Date added: 06/26/2007, 05:00 PM

As professional composer, and student of music composition with instructors from Yale and Juilliard, I must say, this work is very elegant and powerful. A constant degree of heavy hitting orchestral prowess! I certainly can't get enough of that coming from university; they often times give us works to analyze that do not have the same sense of youth, energy, heroism, expressive variety, and downright freshness found here. This work is the cumulative result of many years experience in music composition, and it is heavily evident. Try to do a theoretical analysis of this work, and I gaurantee you will recieve a fine lesson in orchestration, harmony, rhythms, and how to start works off with a bang, as there are more than enough of these musical tools alone to go around for the musically hungry appetite.

For those with an optimistic, fantasy driven, energy seeking, and physically driven hunger for music, this OST is for you! With bright passages of feminine qualities, naive and innocent musical quality, coupled with a culturally learned sense of Celtic and English folk melodies, Hitoshi Sakimoto most definitely delivers, and he does it extremely well. He is capable of going back to his roots by using certain sonorities found in Vagrant Story, and re-shaping certain harmonic ideas found there in a new way, a more optimistic and less "personal" way with as few harmonic ambiguities as possible.

He definitely follows through with his music such that the ear, or at least my ear, does not create illusory musical solutions. It's as if Sakimoto has the uncanny ability to know where the ear wishes to resolve. Although one can see this as him writing music that is too predictable, on the contrary, with his high level of harmony and voice leading, he creates many "Surprises" in the music, using the inner voices in a different manner at the point where one expects a certain musical note to go a certain direction. This is very difficult to do, and very few composers can do it well.

As a fan of all of Sakimoto's work, with a profound respect for works like Vagrant Story, and Radiant Silvergun, I must break away and say that the FFXII OST has reached me on a musical level, game aside, in a way that none of the other scores he's written has reached me. I am no layman listener, as a professional composer, my ear can hear and interpret anything that one throws at me, so that this music be considered "Easy Listening" by anyone is too generalized an statement. Some are even saying that it is too "Complex". There is obviously a mass amount of confusion about this work, and I believe it is due to ignorance about a combination of music theory, philosophy of art and culture, and psychology/neuroscience of music.

While the disciplines listed are broad, a general understanding of certain facts is not beyond any layman listener before giving a reasonable critique is made. So I advize persons making statements that contradict other statements; carefully think about what is truly going on because in my view, so long as we default to saying things are "Subjective" in light of frequent opposing opinions to your own, study your comments for philosophical consistency, etc. Otherwise, you may very well be blurring a truthful and balanced review of musical works. I fear this has happened for this OST on too many levels.

Ultimately, one can see that Sakimoto himself claims his best work to be his latest release. I don't know if this has changed, but does it not seem contradictory for him to say that his biggest contribution to game music is Vagrant Story in light of how he thinks that his best work is his latest work (FFXII)? Maybe it's just not very clear in which way he means this. But such is my point. Such ill adopted methods of dispersing information can be very confusing. If you are the type that likes the dark, personal quality of Vagrant Story, good for you! I respect that! But refrain from making denigrating and misleading reviews about the FFXII OST. I've noticed that fans from the VS camp are constantly bashing the FFXII in some way.

Anyhow, I apologize for my rambling, I'm simply a seeker of truth. This work gets 5 stars, a grand effort by Sakimoto, and I look forward to many great works after this!

Author: Jmbcomposer

Date added: 06/26/2007, 05:00 PM

I was amazed at the first 'PlayStation Final Fantasy' game soundtracks... and I am not so much surprised to hear quality, original music surfacing once again in FF XII. I am, however, amazed that despite all the great compositions that have gone before that awesome music still can be conjured up... as a fellow 'no-formal-training' composer, it is just... well, unreal that Nobuo can just keep coming up with great, quality music.

Author: Christal

Date added: 06/26/2007, 04:59 PM

I love this album! But I would mention for the full MIDI like FFX. But Kiss Me Goodbye is the best song ever! I love it. Do you have the lyrics yet? Or is it in Japanese. But the songs are the best. I don't want to loose this game...

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