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Unfortunately, it gets slightly butchered in the full sound version where it is arranged into a 7 minute track with MANY loops. She does a particularly great job with tracks like "Undefeated Heart", where she utilizes Uematsu's main theme and turns it into a grandeur epic full of inspiration and power. All are very stylistic and fancy, she has a style which I think is very addictive. Kaori Ohkoshi doesn't have such a large role in the game, composing only four tracks in the whole game, but she produces is good stuff. Quite obviously, using Uematsu was a publicity stunt to attract more fans over the game, but I am glad they did it. But other than this theme, Uematsu doesn't contribute anything else.
I largely prefer the revamped version on Disc Two because of the advanced instrumentals (and the harpsichord lead). It's symphonic based and could easily be passed as a Sakimoto track for the untrained ear. It fits in with the dominant Sakimoto tracks (unlike "Kiss Me Good-Bye" did in Final Fantasy XII), but Uematsu doesn't feel scarred to insert his own style in it too. Nobuo Uematsu's main theme for this game is actually a really good one. Let's break down into individual composers. Still, expect to hear some epic orchestrations. While the prequel was mostly 'darker' (well, in comparison at least), this score has a much lighter focus. Nonetheless, the huge majority of the soundtrack was composed by Sakimoto, and the music, while keeping his traditional style, is quite different to Final Fantasy Tactics. This became a continuing tradition for Uematsu who went on to compose the Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XIII theme songs. And last but not least, Nobuo Uematsu, who composed the main theme. They were famous game composer Shinji Hosoe's 'soldiers' at Super Sweep, Ayako Saso and Kaori Ohkoshi. In Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Iwata did not contribute to the score at all, and although disappointing to some, he was replaced by not one person, but three people. Now, all of Matsuno's games have made exceptional use of Hitoshi Sakimoto with or without the help of Masaharu Iwata, like in Final Fantasy Tactics. But both are definitely worth the listen.Īt that time, it was also the beginning of the ending days of Nobuo Uematsu's career at Square, composing his last virtually solo score (with Hanjuku Hero VS 3D). But the problem with the second disc is that some of the compositions loose their flair with the new sound quality, as strange as it sounds.
The first disc's music is obviously recorded with the Game Boy Advance sound card and to some people, the Game Boy sound card sounds 'murky' and dated. The second disc is a specially arranged version of the score featuring a major improvement on the synthesizer quality, up to PlayStation 2 standards these tracks are also rearranged with the advantage of the new sound. The first disc is the original sound version this means that the music is identical in quality to the music found in the game. The soundtrack for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a really nice deal. Both games are set in the same world of Ivalice (the name for the world in Matsuno's 2006 production of Final Fantasy XII), but they are not connected or 'continuing' in any other way other than the battle system and the world name. This included the vastly inferior sound chip compared to the PlayStation's powerful card. This resulted in a quality downfall for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance compared to its predecessor. The game was made for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, as every gamer should know, the small system's capabilities simply don't equal that of the PlayStation. It was in the year 2003 when Matsuno released the sequel to 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, named appropriately Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. His projects while working at Square were arguably his best Final Fantasy Tactics proving to have a reliable and consistent production team, deferring away from the normal Final Fantasy RPG game, and Vagrant Story was easily the most distinctive game by Square released in 2000. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Original Soundtrack :: Review by Harryįinal Fantasy Tactics Advance Original SoundtrackĭigiCube (1st Edition) Square Enix (Reprint)īy the year 2003, one of Square Enix's most intricate game producers / directors Yasumi Matsuno was widely known for his brilliant video game creations.