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Music of Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy X marks the first time Nobuo Uematsu has had any assistance in composing the score for a Final Fantasy game. His fellow composers for Final Fantasy X were Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano. Uematsu contributed 51 tracks, Hamauzu contributed 20 tracks and Nakano contributed 18 tracks to the game.[1] The Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack was released in 2001 by DigiCube, and was re-released in 2004 by Square EA. An EP entitled feel/Go dream: Yuna & Tidus containing additional singles not present in the game was released by DigiCube in 2001, and Piano Collections Final Fantasy X, a collection of piano arrangements of the original soundtracks, was released by DigiCube in 2002 and re-released by Square EA in 2004.

Creation and influence

The game includes three songs with vocalized elements, one of which is the J-pop ballad "Suteki da ne". It is sung by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano (also known as "RIKKI"), whom the music team contacted while searching for a singer whose music reflected an Okinawan atmosphere.[2] "Suteki da ne" is sung in its original Japanese form in both the Japanese and English versions of Final Fantasy X. The song's title translates to "Isn't It Wonderful?" in English, and its lyrics were written by scenario writer Kazushige Nojima,[2] while Uematsu composed the instrumentals and Shiro Hamaguchi arranged the instrumentals. Like the ballads from Final Fantasy VIII and IX, "Suteki da ne" has an in-game version together with an orchestrated version used as part of the ending theme.

The "Final Fantasy" theme, a piece featured in previous installments, is absent from this game. A remixed version of the Prelude, another piece featured in previous installments, is present.

Contrary to popular belief, a song entitled "Final Fantasy X ~ Tidus and Yuna ~ Sky Theme" does not exist on the Final Fantasy X Soundtrack or within the game. This song is a piano arrangement of "Forever" by a Korean ballad/rock band known as Sky.

Musical pieces

Suteki da ne

"Music of Final Fantasy X"
Song

"Suteki da ne" (Japanese: 素敵だね, Isn't it wonderful) is a theme song from Final Fantasy X. It could be considered as the theme of the two protagonists of the game, Tidus and Yuna.

Suteki da ne was written by Nobuo Uematsu and Kazushige Nojima and was sung by RIKKI. Five versions of the song have been produced, among them the original band version and the orchestrated version. This latter track is played during the end credits of Final Fantasy X and was also used as a base to many of the game's other musical tracks. The former version is played during a scene in which Tidus and Yuna kiss.

The style of the song is very traditional, chosen thus to reflect the Asian themes present in the game. It is also the reason for which the song was left in Japanese for the North American release of Final Fantasy X, instead of being re-recorded in English as is usual in localizations of video games.

There have also been variants of Suteki da ne in other languages:

  • "Eolmana Joheulkka" ("얼마나 좋을까"), a Korean version was sung by popular ballad singer Lee Soo Young and was used in place of the original Japanese version in the International release of Final Fantasy X.
  • Điều đó không thật đẹp sao?, a Vietnamese variant sung by Thanh Trúc.
  • Xuàn Làn Wú Bì (绚烂无比, Incomparable Brilliance), a Mandarin version.
  • No Sería Mejor, a Spanish variant vocalized by Pilar from the group Charm.
  • Another version of the song was arranged by English guitarist Richard Vincent. It is an instrument version of the song where an electric guitar has the melody.
  • Sherina, a young singer from Indonesia, sang this song in the Beginning of Fantasy concert in Indonesia, though the lyrics are still Japanese.

Others

The other songs featuring lyrics are the heavy metal opening, and penultimate boss theme, Otherworld, sung in English by Bill Muir, and the Hymn of the Fayth, a recurring piece sung using Japanese syllabary. Both were also composed by Uematsu with Alexander O. Smith doing the English lyrics and Michio Okamiya doing the arrangement and guitar work for "Otherworld", Nojima doing the lyrics and Hamauzu doing the arrangement for "Hymn of the Fayth".

Albums and EP

Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack

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Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack (ファイナルファンタジーＸ　オリジナルサウンドトラック, Fainaru Fantajī Ten Orijinaru Saundotorakku) is a soundtrack album of video game music from Final Fantasy X. It contains musical tracks from the game composed, arranged and produced by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano. Vocals are performed by RIKKI for "Suteki da ne", Bill Muir for "Otherworld", and choruses for "Hymn of the Fayth". It was first released in Japan on August 1, 2001 by DigiCube with catalog number SSCX-10054, and was re-released on May 10, 2004 by Square Enix with catalog number SQEX-10013.

As of Monday, May 9, 2005, the Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack (along with others) were released on the iTunes Store. This has caused ambiguation on the titles, as iTunes doesn't use the more popular direct translations, more often coinciding with track names found in the 'Sphere Theater' of the English releases of Final Fantasy X. Track listing

feel/Go dream: Yuna & Tidus

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feel/Go dream: Yuna & Tidus is an EP produced by Square Co. It contains tracks not from the game composed by Nobuo Uematsu ("feel" was based on the "Hymn of the Fayth," while "Go dream" was based on "Tidus' Theme.") with music arrangements by Masashi Hamauzu, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Masayoshi Kikuchi. Vocals are performed by Mayuko Aoki for the track "feel" and Masakazu Morita for the track "Go dream". A remix of "feel" was included as a bonus track in the Vocal Collection of Final Fantasy X. It was first released in Japan by DigiCube on October 11, 2001, bearing the catalogue number SSCX-10058. Unlike other Final Fantasy soundtracks, it was not re-released by Square Enix after the bankruptcy of DigiCube.

Track listing
  1. "feel" (Yuna) – 4:36
  2. "Go dream" (Tidus) – 4:40
  3. "Endless Love Endless Road" (Yuna & Tidus) – 5:40
  4. "feel (Instrumental)" – 4:36
  5. "Go dream (Instrumental)" – 4:41
  6. "Endless Love Endless Road (Instrumental)" – 5:36

Piano Collections Final Fantasy X

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Squaresoft, as done with their prior video game soundtracks, released an album with a select number of tracks from the Original Soundtrack and performed live on piano. Typically the 'Piano Collections' of earlier Square games are heavily praised because the original soundtracks only included synthesized music. The album has music arranged by Masashi Hamauzu and performed by Aki Kuroda. It was first released in Japan on February 20, 2002 by DigiCube with catalog number SSCX-10064, and was re-released on July 22, 2004 by Square Enix with catalog number SQEX-10028.


References

  1. ^ Inoue, Akito. "元Road of SQUARE　データベース" (in Japanese). Critique Of Games. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  2. ^ a b Square Enix North America Site Staff (2001). "Behind The Game The Creators". Square Enix North America. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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