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 Member 1186 Level 12.83 Mar 2006 
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His work in FFXI (albeit there's not much) is awesome. Listen to the airship theme in FFXI, and tell me that doesn't sound right out of FF9.
If you look at a composer breakdown for who did the work in FFTA, Uematsu only did the main theme, and then Sakimoto did most of the tracks, *except* most of the main battle tracks (the most important tracks, right?). These were all done by a few other no-names. Though with their clear talent, hopefully they won't be no names for long. This includes "Battle of Hope" and "Painful Battle", probably the two best songs on the OST. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 1186 Level 12.83 Mar 2006
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 Even Shinji Hosoe is only escaping no-name status in the last year or so. I wish Saso wasn't a no-name, though. I *love* the Xevious 3D/G soundtrack, and seeing her list gives me some motivation to hunt down the Bushido Blade and Ridge Racer 2 soundtracks and give them a whirl.There is no major difference in ratio between good/filler tracks in Uematsu's FFX/FFXI work and his older works. The soundtrack to FF6, 7, 8, and 9 are each several discs and feature tons of forgettable themes, along with like 15 or 20 amazing pieces. Which is still an exceptional number of amazing pieces for one game soundtrack (only SaGa Frontier 2 and Wild Arms 2 can replicate that performance for me), and that's what makes Uematsu great. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Klondike; Jun 22, 2006 at 09:15 AM.
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Member 1186 Level 12.83 Mar 2006
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Well like you said, Lolman, it's subjective, but I find plenty of the FF6 soundtrack to drag on disc. I probably have a different definition of filler though; I think 30 songs is the highest amount of songs I've enjoyed on their own from any one soundtrack, and I've only gone past 20 with a few FF's, SaGa Frontier 2, and Wild Arms 2.
And even with those, I doubt I'd have enjoyed that many if I'd listened to the soundtrack without playing the game. The effect of our emotional attachments can't be underestimated in how it affects our enjoyment of the music. I think this is the real reason why many people don't like the OSTs of FF9+ (or 7+ in some cases); people are older and don't have the capacity to attach to games in as deep and innocent a way as we could when we were children. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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