Music of Final Fantasy V

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The music of the video game Final Fantasy V was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version, a compilation of almost all of the music in the game, was released by Square Co./NTT Publishing, and subsequently re-released by NTT Publishing after the game was brought to North America as part of the Final Fantasy Anthology . An arranged album entitled Final Fantasy V Dear Friends, containing a selection of musical tracks from the game arranged in multiple styles, including live and vocal versions, was released by Square/NTT Publishing and later re-released by NTT Publishing. Additionally, a collection of piano arrangements composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Shirou Satou and played by Toshiyuki Mori titled Piano Collections Final Fantasy V was released by Square/NTT Publishing, and re-released by NTT Publishing.

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The music received mixed reviews; while some reviewers enjoyed the soundtrack and found it to be underrated, others felt it was only of middling quality. Several pieces, especially "Dear Friends", remain popular today, and have been performed numerous times in orchestral concert series such as the Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concert series, named after the Final Fantasy V piece, and the Orchestral Game Concert series. Music from the soundtrack has also been published in arranged and compilation albums by Square as well as outside groups.

Concept and creation

Uematsu had originally calculated that the game would require more than 100 pieces of music, but managed to reduce the number to 56. He has stated that he developed the ideas for the music by first reading through the script and creating the titles for all of the tracks, then composing melodies to match the themes of the story and titles. [1] Uematsu felt that the sound quality of the soundtrack for Final Fantasy V was much better than that of IV. He also claimed that this resulted in the soundtrack release requiring two CDs as opposed to the one CD required for the Final Fantasy IV soundtrack. Uematsu has stated that he would have preferred to keep the soundtrack to one CD, in order to keep the price of the album low. [1]

Albums

Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version

Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version
Final Fantasy V - Original Sound Version (reprint)'s front cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Nobuo Uematsu
ReleasedDecember 7, 1992
November 26, 1994 (re-release)
October 1, 2004 (re-release)
RecordedSunrise Studio
LengthDisc 1: 60:02
Disc 2: 70:22
Label Square/NTT Publishing
NTT Publishing (re-release)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu

Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version is a soundtrack album of video game music from Final Fantasy V . The album contains the musical tracks from the game, composed, arranged, produced and performed by Nobuo Uematsu. It spans two discs and 67 tracks, covering a duration of 2:08:30. It was released on December 7, 1992 by Square and NTT Publishing with the catalog number N33D-013~4, and re-released on November 26, 1994 and October 1, 2004 by NTT Publishing with the catalog numbers of PSCN-5015~6 and NTCP-5015~6, respectively. [2]

A single was released in 1992 titled Final Fantasy V: 5+1, consisting of the "Opening Theme", "Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY V", "Harvest", "Dungeon", and "Battle 1" tracks from the soundtrack, as well as the previously unreleased "MATOUYA no doukutsu" ("Matoya's Cave") from Final Fantasy . It was published by NTT Publishing and had a catalog number of NO9D-012 and a length of 14:46. [3] A single named Final Fantasy V Mambo de Chocobo was also released, containing the "Mambo de Chocobo" track from the game, as well as three unused tracks from the game and a compilation mix track. The single was released by NTT Publishing in 1993; it covered a duration of 16:14 and had a catalog number of NO9D-016. [4] Nine tracks from the soundtrack were included in a bonus CD titled Music From FFV and FFVI Video Games that shipped with Final Fantasy Anthology on October 5, 1999, along with tracks from Final Fantasy VI . [5] The soundtrack was again released as part of the Final Fantasy Finest Box by Square Enix on March 28, 2007 under the catalog numbers FFFB-0002-3 along with the OSTs of IV and VI after the game was ported to the Game Boy Advance. [6] [7]

The soundtrack album sold over 135,000 copies. [8] Critical opinion of the soundtrack was mixed. Some reviewers, such as Ben Schweitzer of RPGFan, found it to be of medium quality, saying it "suffer[ed] from occasional compositional problems" and noted that others refer to it as simply "in the middle" of the soundtracks of IV and VI, but was generally positive to the Final Fantasy V's music in his conclusion. Schweitzer praised the "Main Theme of Final Fantasy V" ("Ahead on Our Way") as "a truly stirring piece of music" and "triumphant, hopeful, and yet almost longing at the same time", but stated that "Uematsu's compositional style hits a sort of early plateau here". [2] Other reviewers disagreed, with Jason Strohmaier of Soundtrack Central finding it to be an underrated album, while Jeremy Althouse of Soundtrack Central felt that it was on par with Uematsu's other works. [9]

Track list [10]

Disc 1
No.TitleEnglish title [11]
(literal translation if different) [12] 		Length
1."ファイナルファンタジーV メインテーマ (Fainaru Fantajī Faibu Mein Tēma)"Main Theme of Final Fantasy V2:37
2."オープニング (Ōpuningu)"Opening Theme4:30
3."４つの心 (Yottsu no Kokoro)"Four Hearts1:44
4."急げ！急げ！！(Isoge! Isoge!!)"Hurry! Hurry!!0:44
5."レナのテーマ (Rena no Tēma)"Lenna's Theme1:58
6."ダンジョン (Danjon)"Dungeon2:31
7."バトル１ (Batoru 1)"Battle 11:14
8."勝利のファンファーレ (Shōri no Fanfāre)"Victory Fanfare0:44
9."レクイエム (Rekuiemu)"Requiem0:28
10."おれたちゃ海賊 (Oretacha Kaizoku)"Pirates Ahoy
("We're Pirates")		2:07
11."街のテーマ (Machi no Tēma)"Town Theme2:19
12."おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)"Good Night0:07
13."封印されしもの (Fūinsareshi Mono)"Sealed Away1:48
14."呪いの地 (Noroi no Chi)"Cursed Lands1:55
15."幻惑されて (Genwakusarete)"Deception
("Dazzled")		1:18
16."ハーヴェスト (Hāvesuto)"Harvest1:46
17."銀嶺を行く (Ginrei o Iku)"To the North Mountain
("Walking the Snow-Capped Mountains")		1:57
18."危機一髪！(Kiki Ippatsu!)"Close Call1:22
19."バトル２ (Batoru 2)"Battle 22:30
20."大いなる翼を広げ (Ōinaru Tsubasa o Hiroge)"Spreading Grand Wings1:49
21."王家の宮殿 (Ōke no Kyūden)"Royal Palace
("Palace of the Royal Family")		1:40
22."火力船 (Karyokusen)"Fire Ship
("The Fire-Powered Ship")		1:40
23."脱出！(Dasshutsu!)"Run!
("Escape!")		0:51
24."離愁 (Rishū)"Sorrows of Parting2:37
25."古代図書館 (Kodai Toshokan)"Library of Ancients2:36
26."回想 (Kaisō)"Reminiscence1:37
27."ムジカ・マキーナ (Mujika Makīna)"Musica Machina1:49
28."いつの日かきっと (Itsu no Hi ka Kitto)"The Day Will Come1:53
29."ん？ (N?)"What?
("Huh?")		0:54
30."マンボ・デ・チョコボ (Manbo de Chokobo)"Mambo de Chocobo1:12
31."はるかなる故郷 (Haruka Naru Furusato)"Home, Sweet Home
("Far-off Hometown")		2:42
32."想い出のオルゴール (Omoide no Orugōru)"Music Box
("Music Box of Memories")		1:50
33."飛空艇 (Hikūtei)"The Airship2:03
34."覇王エクスデス (Haō Ekusudesu)"The Evil Lord Exdeath2:24
Disc 2
No.TitleEnglish title [11]
(literal translation if different) [12] 		Length
1."エクスデスの城 (Ekusudesu no Shiro)"Exdeath's Castle2:23
2."暁の戦士 (Akatsuki no Senshi)"The Dawn Warriors2:16
3."ビッグブリッヂの死闘 (Biggu Burijji no Shitō)"Clash On the Big Bridge
("Battle to the Death on the Big Bridge")		2:29
4."未知なる大地 (Michi Naru Daichi)"Unknown Lands2:24
5."モーグリのテーマ (Mōguri no Tēma)"Moogles' Theme1:29
6."暁の城 (Akatsuki no Shiro)"The Castle of Dawn2:04
7."深い碧の果てに (Fukai Heki no Hate ni)"Beyond the Deep Blue Sea
("To the End of the Deep Blue")		1:46
8."大森林の伝説 (Daishinrin no Densetsu)"Legend of the Deep Forest2:37
9."タイクーン円舞曲ヘ長調 (Taikūn Enbukyoku e Chōchō)"Tycoon Waltz
("Tycoon Waltz in F Major")		2:16
10."ボコのテーマ (Boko no Tēma)"Boko's Theme
("Boco's Theme")		1:14
11."新しき世界 (Atarashiki Sekai)"A New World2:15
12."封印の書 (Fūin no Sho)"Sealed Book1:49
13."古き土の眠り (Furuki Tsuchi no Nemuri)"Slumber of Ancient Earth2:29
14."虚空への前奏曲 (Kokū e no Zensōkyoku)"Prelude to the Void3:57
15."光を求めて (Hikari o Motomete)"In Search of Light
("Searching for the Light")		1:40
16."決戦 (Kessen)"The Decisive Battle4:26
17."最後の闘い (Saigo no Tatakai)"The Final Battle4:04
18."静寂の彼方 (Seijaku no Kanata)"The Silent Beyond5:42
19."親愛なる友へ (Shin'ai Naru Tomo e)"Dear Friends4:02
20."ファイナルファンタジー (Fainaru Fantajī)"Final Fantasy3:33
21."エンドタイトル (Endo Taitoru)"Ending Theme
("End Title")		8:16
22."プレリュード (Pureryūdo)"The Prelude1:46
23."ファンファーレ１ (Fanfāre 1)"Fanfare 10:08
24."ファンファーレ２ (Fanfāre 2)"Fanfare 20:12
25."あたしは踊り子 (Atashi wa Odoriko)"I'm a Dancer0:16
26."ピアノのおけいこ１ (Piano no Okeiko 1)"Piano Lesson 10:12
27."ピアノのおけいこ２ (Piano no Okeiko 2)"Piano Lesson 20:13
28."ピアノのおけいこ３ (Piano no Okeiko 3)"Piano Lesson 30:13
29."ピアノのおけいこ４ (Piano no Okeiko 4)"Piano Lesson 40:27
30."ピアノのおけいこ５ (Piano no Okeiko 5)"Piano Lesson 50:08
31."ピアノのおけいこ６ (Piano no Okeiko 6)"Piano Lesson 60:09
32."ピアノのおけいこ７ (Piano no Okeiko 7)"Piano Lesson 70:08
33."ピアノのおけいこ８ (Piano no Okeiko 8)"Piano Lesson 80:13

Final Fantasy V Dear Friends

Final Fantasy V Dear Friends
Soundtrack album by
Nobuo Uematsu
ReleasedMarch 25, 1993
RecordedDecember 1992
Length55:48
Label NTT Publishing

Final Fantasy V Dear Friends is an arranged soundtrack album of Final Fantasy V music containing a selection of musical tracks from the game arranged with live instruments mixed with synth instruments. Several tracks have added vocals performed by Angelit and Ulla Pirttijärvi, in both English and Sámi. The album spans 14 tracks and covers a duration of 55:48. It was first released on March 25, 1993, by Square and NTT Publishing, and subsequently re-released on November 26, 1994, and on October 1, 2004, by NTT Publishing. The original release bears the catalog number N30D-017, the first re-release bears the catalog number PSCN-5018, and the most recent re-release bears the catalog number NTCP-5018. [13]

Reviewers were of mixed opinion about Final Fantasy V Dear Friends, finding it to be of fair quality, though Jason Strohmaier took issue with some of the synthesized instruments and Freddie W. of RPGFan concluded in his review that the album was "a mixed bag of moods, emotions, and ideas that would only appeal to those who loved Final Fantasy V". [13] [14]

Track list [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Ahead On Our Way"5:36
2."Lenna's Theme"4:42
3."Pirates Ahoy"4:43
4."Critter Tripper Fritter!?"3:05
5."Intention of the Earth"4:28
6."My Home, Sweet Home"3:28
7."The Land Unknown"4:26
8."Tenderness In the Air"3:17
9."Waltz Suomi"2:16
10."Fate In Haze"4:05
11."As I Feel, You Feel"5:08
12."Musica Machina"4:07
13."Music Box"2:30
14."Dear Friends"3:57

Piano Collections Final Fantasy V

Piano Collections Final Fantasy V
Soundtrack album by
Nobuo Uematsu
ReleasedJune 21, 1993
Length46:31
Label NTT Publishing

Piano Collections Final Fantasy V is an album of music from Final Fantasy V composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged on piano by Shirou Satou and performed by Toshiyuki Mori. It was first published by Square and NTT Publishing on June 21, 1993 with the catalog number N38D-018. It was subsequently republished by NTT Publishing on September 24, 1994 under the catalog number PSCN-5009 and on June 27, 2001 with the catalog number NTCP-1002. The album spans 13 tracks and covers a duration of 46:31. [15]

Piano Collections Final Fantasy V was well received by reviewers such as Patrick Gann of RPGFan, who found it to be "amazing" and on par with, if not better than, the piano arrangements for the music of the other Final Fantasy games. [15] He also enjoyed the artistic license taken with several of the pieces, finding the album to be the most "abstract" of the Piano Collections series. [15]

Track list
No.TitleJapanese titleLength
1."A Presentiment"オープニング4:28
2."Tenderness in the Air"街のテーマ4:06
3."Harvest"ハーヴェスト2:30
4."Ahead on Our Way"ファイナルファンタジーV メインテーマ3:05
5."Critter Tripper Fritter!?"モーグリのテーマ2:36
6."My Home, Sweet Home"はるかなる故郷3:42
7."Mambo de Chocobo"マンボdeチョコボ2:39
8."Lenna's Theme"レナのテーマ2:49
9."Music Box"思い出のオルゴール2:58
10."Battle with Gilgamesh"ビッグブリッヂの死闘3:45
11."Waltz Clavier"タイクーン円舞曲へ長調2:56
12."Dear Friends"親愛なる友へ5:06
13."The New Origin"エンドタイトル5:24

Legacy

The Black Mages, a band that arranges music from Final Fantasy video games into a rock music style, has arranged two pieces from Final Fantasy V. These are "Clash on the Big Bridge" from their self-titled album, published in 2003, and "Neo EXDEATH", an arrangement of "The Final Battle", from Darkness and Starlight , published in 2008. [16] [17] Lyrical versions of "Music Box" and "Dear Friends", sung by Risa Ohki, appeared on Final Fantasy: Pray , a compilation album produced by Square. [18] Additionally, lyrical versions of "The Day Will Come" and "Home, Sweet Home", sung by Risa Ohki and Ikuko Noguchi, appeared on Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow . [19]

Uematsu continues to perform certain pieces in his Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concert series, the name of which is taken from the Final Fantasy V piece. [20] The music of V has also appeared in various official concerts and live albums, such as 20020220 music from FINAL FANTASY , a live recording of an orchestra performing music from the series including "Dear Friends". [21] "Opening Theme", "Waltz Clavier", "Town Theme", and "Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY V" were played by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in their second Orchestral Game Concert in 1992 as part of a five concert tour, which was later released as a series of albums. [22] Additionally, "Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY V" was performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in the Tour de Japon: Music from Final Fantasy concert series. [23] The Black Mages performed "Clash on the Big Bridge" at the Extra: Hyper Game Music Event 2007 concert in Tokyo on July 7, 2007. [24] Independent but officially licensed releases of Final Fantasy V music have been composed by such groups as Project Majestic Mix, which focuses on arranging video game music. [25] An arranged version of "Clash on the Big Bridge" appears in the soundtrack of Final Fantasy XII . [26] A group of remixes of music from the game was released as an unofficial download-only album titled The Fabled Warriors: Wind, by the remix website OverClocked ReMix on September 10, 2010 containing 9 remixes; a further four albums were released as part of the Fabled Warriors set. [27] Selections also appear on Japanese remix albums, called dojin music, and on English remixing websites. [28]

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The music of the video game Final Fantasy IX was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu. It was his last exclusive Final Fantasy score. The Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack, a compilation of all music in the game, was originally released on four Compact Discs by DigiCube in 2000, and was re-released by Square Enix in 2004. A Best Of and arranged soundtrack album of musical tracks from the game entitled Final Fantasy IX: Uematsu's Best Selection was released in 2000 by Tokyopop Soundtrax. Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack PLUS, an album of music from the game's full motion videos and extra tracks, was released by DigiCube in 2000 and re-released in 2004, and a collection of piano arrangements of pieces from the original soundtrack arranged by Shirō Hamaguchi and performed by Louis Leerink was released as Piano Collections Final Fantasy IX in 2001.

The music of the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI was composed by Naoshi Mizuta along with regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu and Kumi Tanioka. The Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack, a compilation of almost all of the music in the game, was released by DigiCube in 2002, and subsequently re-released by Square Enix in 2004. Final Fantasy XI Rise of the Zilart Original Soundtrack was released by DigiCube in 2003 after the release of the Rise of the Zilart expansion for Final Fantasy XI, and re-released by Square Enix in 2004. Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia Original Soundtrack was produced by Square Enix in 2004 after the release of the Chains of Promathia expansion, and in 2005 Square Enix published Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel, a collection of arranged tracks from the game performed by The Star Onions, a group composed of Square Enix composers including Naoshi Mizuta, Kumi Tanioka and Hidenori Iwasaki. Final Fantasy XI Treasures of Aht Urhgan Original Soundtrack was released by Square Enix in 2006 for the Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion.

SaGa is a series of science fiction role-playing video games produced by Square, now Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu. It has since continued across multiple platforms, from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation 2, and like the Final Fantasy series, the story in each SaGa game is independent of its counterparts. The music of the SaGa series consists of musical scores and arranged albums from various composers. Some of these composers have created soundtracks and pieces for other Square Enix franchises including the Final Fantasy series and Mana series. The SaGa series is divided up between the original series, released as the Final Fantasy Legend series in North America, the Romancing SaGa series, the SaGa Frontier series, and Unlimited SaGa.

Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures, and other merchandise. The original Final Fantasy video game, published in 1987, is a role-playing video game developed by Square, spawning a video game series that became the central focus of the franchise. The primary composer of music for the main series was Nobuo Uematsu, who single-handedly composed the soundtracks for the first nine games, as well as directing the production of many of the soundtrack albums. Music for the spin-off series and main series games beginning with Final Fantasy X was created by a variety of composers including Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Kumi Tanioka, as well as many others.

The music of the video game Final Fantasy XIII was composed by Masashi Hamauzu. Former regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu did not contribute any pieces to the soundtrack. Music from the game has been released in several albums. The main soundtrack album, Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack, was released on four Compact Discs in 2010 by Square Enix, the developers and producers of the game. Selections from the soundtrack have been released on two gramophone record albums, W/F: Music from Final Fantasy XIII and W/F: Music from Final Fantasy XIII Gentle Reveries, both in 2010 by Square Enix. An album of arranged pieces from the soundtrack, Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack -PLUS-, was also released by Square Enix in 2010, as was an album of piano arrangements, Piano Collection Final Fantasy XIII. The theme song for the Japanese version of the game, "Kimi ga Iru Kara", was released as a single by For Life Music in 2009.

Front Mission is a series of tactical role-playing games produced by Square Enix. The music of the series includes the soundtracks to the main series, composed of Front Mission through Front Mission 5: Scars of the War, as well as the spin-off games, which include Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard, Front Mission Alternative, Front Mission: Online, Front Mission 2089 and its remake Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness, Front Mission 2089-II, and Front Mission Evolved. The soundtracks of the series' installments have been released in album form in Japan, with the exceptions of 2089, 2089-II, and Border of Madness, which reuse music from the other installments, and Evolved, which was published in 2010. The soundtrack to Front Mission was released in 1995 by NTT Publishing, which also published the soundtrack to Front Mission: Gun Hazard in 1996. DigiCube published soundtrack albums for Front Mission 2 and Alternative in 1997 and 3 in 1999. Square Enix published the albums for Front Mission 4 in 2004, and 5 and Online in 2006.

The music for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, a regular contributor to the music of the Final Fantasy series. Several other composers including Masayoshi Soken and Naoshi Mizuta contributed music for updates to the game. The music for the game's reboot, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and subsequent expansions, is compiled of a collection of original and remixed songs by numerous composers, namely Uematsu, Soken, as well as others including guest composers such as Okabe of the NIER series. Soken was the sound director for both releases of the game. Music from both releases of the game has been released in several albums. A pair of mini-albums containing a handful of selected tracks from XIV, Final Fantasy XIV: Battle Tracks and Final Fantasy XIV: Field Tracks, were released by Square Enix in 2010 when XIV first launched. A soundtrack album titled Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers, containing most of the music that had been released by that point for XIV, was digitally released in 2012. A final soundtrack album for the original release of the game, Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack, was released in 2013 just before the launch of A Realm Reborn, and contains all of the music that was composed for XIV throughout its lifetime. The latest soundtrack album, Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack, was released in 2019. This album contains the music for the third expansion, Shadowbringers, and music from the previous expansion, Stormblood, that was added to the game via patches after the release of that expansion's soundtrack.

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