Guess I'm the only one who was automatically attracted by Sakimoto's video game scores.
I was a Uematsu fanboy until listened to FFTactics' OST in 2001. After that, everything was changed. His music never seems boring to me, as I can repeatedly listen to a whole Sakimoto OST for a few times, every time with different thoughts and discoveries. Even listening to those extremely ambient like 'Catacombs' in Vagrant Story can be enjoyable. I enjoy EVERY work he composed.
When I first heard that FFXII was developed by Matsuno's team, I was so excited, but what's more excited was the fact that Sakimoto was creating the score, and the result, as I can see now, is very satisfying. It's sort of like every work he has composed combined, yet largely magnified. I just can't find a single filler track in this score. Guess because of my fanboyism... hehe
I think this is probably the best post-SNES-era Final Fantasy original soundtrack (excluding DoC:FFVII maybe). The only thing that I would complained is the quality of the trumpet and french horn sample. VS did a better job than this.
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