Holy mother, look what I found in FFXII.
 

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http://oddigy.com/097.psf2

Interesting! This changes my outlook on the genre itself! ;O

Crap, I remember this is from one of the previous FFs, but which one?

Also, where can we get the full FFXII PSF2 rip at the moment (or is it still being ripped)?

That's total balls, the link works great for me.
Try copying and pasting it into a new browser window or something.

edit: ok, I'm not on crack, the link works for someone.

Read the comments in the psf2 tag. :P

edit again: I'm almost done checking it, but I've only timed half the tracks because I'd really like to go to bed soon. I'll upload the WIP set to my site in a little while. I'll post a news update on my site when it's up.

Wow, thanks for doing it. I can't wait to hear these.

Awesome work on ripping the game, oddigy!

Anyway, this track was pretty nice to hear. I wasn't expecting any arrangements of previous FF work as specific as this. I guess I shouldn't expect anything more, but damn it, I want to.

Well, this track basically made the FFV OST worthwhile by itself...Maybe it will do the same for this one. Great arrangement.

Haha...I can't wait to fight him in FF XII.

That is truly a Surprise, I wonder how that fit in the game for itself, is Gilgamesh returning? Besides that, I can't wait for the full OST! :D

Curse you people and your PSF2 readin' PCs. My Mac has been overlooked by the noise emulation crowd, and has no way to play the file.

I've been able to piece together what everyone is so excited about from context, but would anybody mind posting an MP3 version?

*swoops in before Audigy gets slashdotted, like with KH2*

It probably means Gilgamesh got stuck in as one of the requisite supar sekrit optional bosses. Squeenix is all about winking and nudging its longtime fans these days.

Interesting rearrangement, though. Sakimoto is a lot better at handling other people's music than Shimomura, that's for sure.

As much as I hate Sakimoto, this is a great arrangement. It's different, and it's actually ARRANGED. I might just be tempted to listen to the FFXII OST now. :)

Yeah. USFs too. :(

Sakimoto's hit and miss with me, but I like this, marching band drumloop notwithstanding. Helps that I like the original, though. Great find.

Not a fan of Sakimoto but I like the arrangement.

Is this really the sound of the music in this game? I expected better, nearing DOC quality.

Listen to other tracks.

I listened to the oddigy tracks, the legati of the strings were FFTA-quality. They don't sound like the real thing. I hope it's the rip that causes this. I've listened to some released mp3-samples and they were better. There's a huge difference between Peace and War.mp3 and the rip of this track.

Good pizzicato's, harp, especially percussion. There is variation in the instruments. There are interesting motives but they don't have a real main theme. (like FFT) I'm afraid that all the songs I heard out there (before I listened to this OST) were the best songs of this OST. At least there's a huge arsenal of songs. Including an orchestrated Chocobo Theme, how innovative.

I didn't hear a live orchestrated part like the ending song of Vagrant Story, which was one of his brilliant works. Too bad. I'm sure it's out there somewhere.

You could try this program. It supports more game formats than most standalone Windows programs!

Audio Overload is very good, but it only supports PSF, not PSF2. :(

One can always hope. Well couldn't they just compile a program for the Mac the supports the PSF2 format?

The only PSF2 player is Highly Experimental, right? HE isn't open source, so in order for us Mac users to get that, a developer would either have to ask the guy for the source and hope he hands it over or write a player from scratch based on the PSF specification.

The USF player 64th Note is open source, but as far as I know, no one's attempted to port it.

Basically, we run into the unfortunate problem of not enough people caring.

It's a nice orchestration, but it doesn't sound very "full" for an orchestra (I especially think the string instruments sound a little weak) I guess there isn't much bass in there either. Otherwise, very nice to hear. =)

Very much so. Until recently, Audio Overload didn't even do PSF's, and its handling of them is still very much inferior to HE's. When it comes to real specific things like that, Macs are for masochists.

And would any of you PC users mind encoding the song in question to MP3, please? I'd really like to hear it.

Read more carefully.