Nobuo Uematsu, one of the most recognized names in the video game music industry, returned to compose the entire original game, constituting his first solo soundtrack for the series since Final Fantasy IX. Composers Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta, and Ryo Yamazaki also brought their compositional abilities to the mix to create various tracks for the game’s patches. Together, they created a relatively varied album that captures the traditional Final Fantasy sound more so than its predecessors XIII and XII. While the soundtrack is not without its flaws, it is one of the more substantial albums from the Final Fantasy series in the last ten years. “Opening Theme” begins with the trademark Final Fantasy main theme in a march-style setting, filled with brass and snare drum and triumphant strings.īodyīefore Meteor is rife with the colorful, catchy themes that gave the music of Final Fantasy its name.
But like many of the reprises, the interpretation of the theme is very straightforward and the arrangement doesn’t hold much of a candle to the orchestral interpretation featured in the ending theme for Final Fantasy VIII. “Prelude – Remembrance” has the same issue.
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