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Larry Oji, Super Moderator, Judge, "Dirge for the Follin" Project Director, VG Frequency Creator
 Member 2048 Level 2.86 Mar 2006 
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I've listened through the soundtrack 2 times now, and so far only 3-4 songs stucked to my mind, which is rather dissapointing.
But it is what I expected from Sakimoto, its always rather dull and the only soundtrack by him that I liked is Vagrant Story. You have this soundwall sound as always. Im not saying all songs are like that, but they dont really stick to your mind and makes you want to sing along like Uematsus work always did, even at first time hearing them. I think the worst thing is that I dont even know the FF12 theme by now. I just cant remember it like all other FF themes just went right into the head at first time. I will probably get flamed by a lot of Final Fantasy and / or Sakimoto-fans, but this is just what I think. Its not "Final Fantasy" for me, its not that I dont accept changes, I do, but this is not a possitive change in my opinion. With that being said, Im sure the soundtrack can fit well in the game, while playing, giving an atmosphere, but as a standalone album its not that great. Jam it back in, in the dark.
Last edited by Veq; Jun 1, 2006 at 11:41 AM.
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Larry Oji, Super Moderator, Judge, "Dirge for the Follin" Project Director, VG Frequency Creator
Member 2048 Level 2.86 Mar 2006
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I agree PiccoloNamek about "The Skycity of Bhujerba".. one of the few tracks I really like on the album.
Another track i really enjoy is "The Phon Coast", very nice uplifting song. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Veq; Jun 1, 2006 at 06:30 PM.
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Larry Oji, Super Moderator, Judge, "Dirge for the Follin" Project Director, VG Frequency Creator
Member 2048 Level 2.86 Mar 2006
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I think I have to take back what I said about this soundtrack. I gone from, not liking, to think its pretty okay, to enjoy more tracks, to love it. The more I listen to it, the better it gets, and I find little things in most tracks thats just great.
I still think it could been a little bit more variation is some songs, but overall, it's very good! The soundtrack also inspired me to experiment a lot more with orchestration of this kind myself in my music. Feeling a bit ashamed for my first negative comments about it  Regarding synth quality, most of it sound pretty good, but there are some instruments that really annoy me. Take the song "The Skycity of Bhureja" for example, it start out with really nice quality, but at 00:24 this very ugly string section comes in, it sound way too synthisized. Off topic: Hey Cobalt Katze, checked through your site and listened to some of your stuff, you're very talented! Very nice work there. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Veq; Jun 2, 2006 at 12:12 PM.
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