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== General ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2NH1vjFzMc The] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsPRNAZ2ILU Crystal] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1iaOAvXRM Theme]. AKA the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FZ3Tz7dDE Prelude]. It's even more awesome when you realize it was a [[Throw It In]]; the song took Uematsu all of ten minutes to put it together.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL1yj9JAP2o Dissidia version] of the Prelude is incredibly beautiful, sounding like a mixture of all the versions made so far.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glu5wr5LRm4 Victory Fanfare], one of the tunes to be etched into every FF fan's' mind.

** How about when it's sung [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLIg6WT7zM BY AN EFFING COCKATIEL!?]

 

== [[Final Fantasy I]] ==

* The arrangement of ''Temple of Chaos'' heard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aFr2vf7Zkw#t=5m20s here] sends shivers up the neck. What's more amazing is that the orchestral concert it originates from was held in '''1989'''. Videogame music is [[Serious Business]] in Japan.

** [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] version of Temple of Chaos is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEIFkEjdTb8 pretty sweet too], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTyxN1768w its remake].

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMq2-ycJB6s standard battle theme] qualifies as well.

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAEDlfh6egk Dungeon] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK34tYwyd40 music].

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZyhbMoUjU Floating] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiA3PDjDyXM Castle] theme.

* The [[Wonder Swan]] version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr1xdMYDT_U "Gurgu Volcano".]

 

== [[Final Fantasy II]] ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCxgB3V2E0 The fully orchestrated Rebel Army Theme], which sounds like a majestic national anthem.

** On the other side of the scale we have "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zwNGMyZ24 this astounding mix]"

* Oh, hey. You know that delicious, melancholy overworld theme? No? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaCLoLBdxTU Here you go]. Now try it with an orchestra and ''choir'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXb5rP0lOqo here] Actually, every last song on the ''Symphonic Suite'' CD is a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]. ''EVERY. LAST. ONE.''

 

== [[Final Fantasy III]] ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Ujeo4GRgQ The Last Battle performed by the Black Mages] is ear-sex.

* ''Dissidia Duodecim'' gives us this great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qUohsc2Mk0 remix of Battle 1].

* Three words; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wev-MtUeMPg Forbidden Land Eureka.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhqPgSrtRsk Let Me Know the Truth], known as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACA0tZ2_8Zk Pavillion of Dorga and Une] in the remake. The piece is already amazing enough in its 8-bit incarnation, but when Tsuyoshi Sekito and Keiji Kawamori arrange it with an orchestra at their disposal, it just ascends to another level of awesomeness. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbf2bFNE9c hidden version] from FFIX is brilliant too.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydkV4M4dCw The Boundless Ocean].

 

 

== [[Final Fantasy IV]] ==

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfg_4OLDxo This Lavos/Zeromus remix] combines Zeromus with the final boss music from ''Chrono Trigger'' to awesome effect.

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wjd4hRGoTew Golbez, Clad in the Dark], which defines awesome villain music.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx1vUvSqgI Hey, Cid!]. A simple yet inspiring and cheerful song.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zrS8LzSkV0&fmt=18 Within the Giant], played in [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]. {{spoiler|In the one before it, too.}}

** From the same album, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcnaab6alfY Fighting for Tomorrow], a choral remix of the Fabul theme, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSxgjY9CCw "Fallen Dragoon"], the Remix of "Suspicion."

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giw4e6U5A9s The Mysterious Girl's battle theme] in ''The After Years''. Every time it plays is a huge [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moment]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7wYrbNdX1k The final boss themes] aren't worth complaining about either.

 

== [[Final Fantasy V]] ==

** There's also the awesome [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqPzo91JIdg 20th Anniversary Mix.]

** One of the best remixes, however, goes to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGRVi94D4QI B.B. Evolution]. Especially on Stepmania.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5-qVkVfqU Harvest], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zta0HeFpVY0 To The North Mountain], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giDLQfzd6qc Library of Ancients], and especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePGHrO6WMlI Cursed Lands].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtCKy2UGoE The Dawn Warriors].Truly a serenade to awesomeness.

 

 

== [[Final Fantasy VI]] ==

** The original SNES version ''is'' rather dated though, and can be considered [[Narm]] by some. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZRVaCNk2o The Gameboy Advance version however...]

** Then we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84DOyg_Jzno THIS.]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGMeiRCH_n8 Awakening]. The music played during plot events involving Terra.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rpLNt81LU OCRemix] of Terra's Theme (simply called Terra) done by none-other than [[Jeremy Soule]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnDbOwGipo The final section] of the song is particularly awesome in my mind, if for no other reason than because it includes Kefka's distinctive laugh as part of the music.

** [http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-vi-s-dancing-mad-a-critical-analysis-157570.phtml This] detailed, critical analysis of Dancing Mad should be enough to make even the few who are left unimpressed by the music itself change their opinion and admit that it is an ingenious masterpiece concieved by an ingenious composer.

** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMFCM0SKbnY this version] from the recent ''Distant Worlds II'' album.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdt74rarv4g The Black Mages' cover] of it from their very first album should not be missed either, as it is ''glorious.''

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SyLJ3MuQrs This one's] not exactly lousy either.

* it played several times before, but when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smsWWiay0gE Metamorphosis] starts to play during Kefka's ascension, you know you won't be saving anybody, let alone the world.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKu7vlv_PY Epitaph]," the flashback song just before getting the Falcon, and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvZ6Dqv7Ws Searching for Friends]," the new world map theme just after. It comes just after the game has spent the last several hours hammering in the sheer hopelessness and gloom of your situation, and even gives you one more [[Tear Jerker]] in the form of just how Setzer got this spare airship from a lost love in the first place, complete with appropriately sad flashback music. But then... then Epitaph fades out, and Searching for Friends fades in just as Setzer declares that the Falcon just may save them all. On top of being a damn good song in general, it has this unmistakable aura of light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-style ''hope.'' Hearing this theme gives the message that all the sudden, you're back in the game, that you have one more chance. Even inside the game, Edgar declares "For once I feel hopeful!" Very powerful scene, the music absolutely makes it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlYM2HqszU See for yourself].

** S.H.H. gives up this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF6BH5MFG2U remix] of Forever Rachel.

** Speaking of tear jerkers, here is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9kGEgmNbTk Gau's theme], which is a [[Wasted Song]], unfortunately. This is really too bad because Gau gets a nice [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWtyONICWws orchestrated piece] on the ''Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale'' album.

* Not as well known, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E5W0vKrxdQ Mt. Kolts] remains an endearing song and makes you think you are going on some great adventure. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8TV1PqZvw Phantom Forest] is also a very mellow but creepy song that will get embedded into you head.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbldjzobkPY Empire Gestahl] is incredibly intimidating and powerful, perfect for the song of [[The Empire]].

 

 

== [[Final Fantasy VII]] ==

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NoTqlp03Xs One Winged Angel] ''with the Mario Paint music program.'' Or how about One Winged Angel ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn71hIsm0U8 with full orchestra?]''

** ''[[Advent Children]]'' takes the tune to its [[Up to Eleven|fullest extent of awesomeness]] (to date) by turning the whole thing into pompous, Nightwish-esque '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_MW65XxS7s symphonic metal]'''.

** How about remixed with Cirno's theme and aptly titled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dP361d90M (9) Winged Angel]?

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QYJJZo_vF8 And now, Advent Children One-Winged Angel in G Major]. [[Nightmare Fuel]] has never sounded so ''awesome''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3srk8Dkuo Cosmo Canyon] is just... beautiful. The remix played when Red finds out his father's fate, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI8bHs6Qvk Great Warrior], is [[Tear Jerker]] in musical format.

** From the same segment of the game, we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9v7hx93IQM Lifestream.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY1Vetd7OCs Even the regular battle music is great.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwQPtxR36M Crazy Motorcycle], which plays alongside [[Best Level Ever|the end of the Midgar section]].

* And from [[Advent Children]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCeaCroLN8o Tenrai: Divinity I], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j6uQTteJ8A Tenrai: Divinity II], two absolutely epic tracks filled with [[Orchestral Bombing]] and [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. Words cannot describe.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYh3uQpqXc The Promised Land]" from [[Advent Children]].

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5eoYj6dpo The Chase of Highway]". Two words: TURKS' THEME.

* Crisis Core's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEpoiiehuXQ The Summoned]," a remix of "Fight On!," is pretty good, and it's universally accepted that "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU The Price of Freedom]" is made of awesome, despite how depressing it is.

* Further on Crisis Core, there's the ending song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ipWtjyuIM Why] by Ayaka. And there's the main theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb6MF0IfsvQ Under the Apple Tree] and its variations [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1QfdrbTiX8 Burden of Truth] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1QfdrbTiX8 The Burdened].

 

== [[Final Fantasy VIII]] ==

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_obrGlVJo The demo version] of the Landing is different, but just as awesome.

*** They changed it due to a potential risk of a copyright lawsuit since it too closely resembled a score from The Rock.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbORjWw_6No Don't Be Afraid] and it's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1orKD1ZG5KU orchestrated] version.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXgRlaADzE Movin'] is like the Final Fantasy version of ''Powerhouse'', that one piece of music used in Warner Bros cartoons anytime something resembling an assembly line occurs. Partially because it's opening is set to a FMV, it goes on for a while before looping, which is unusual for FF songs built around a catchy chorus.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMu6ov0fxxI The Spy], played in the Missile Base. It really feels like you're infiltrating some hideout and have to maintain cover.

* In Deling City, during Edea's parade : [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB0DK9FQY6I Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP03E0kivBE Succession of Witches] when we're properly introduced to that glorious sorceress of [[Fan Service]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0T6Xh5VXY "Find Your Way"]

* While the Chocobo sidequest was annoying as hell, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xErfUvB7NI music was awesome].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75zjpDpAWs Compression of Time.] A hauntingly beautiful yet eerie song

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSJbuBG6j0U Silence and Motion]".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ZXp_5M_7c Shuffle or Boogie], the very stylish Triple Triad theme.

* The [[Big Bad]] Kuja's themes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2spjqRmQGRA Out of Trance] he's a manipulative [[The Chessmaster|chessmaster]], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSi6_hbpo8& in Trance] he's a psychotic monster. Both themes reflect this very well.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqCkbP19Yw Immoral Melody], the song used as the base for Dark Messenger. And while we're at it, let's mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCGmQ_adlvA Desert Palace]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W752COil320 Here's a cool vocal theme.]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8HNgs0a98g Zorn and Thorn could be scary long before they merged, actually...]

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50bTK49Gzc Battle] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJU6tZOYQho Themes].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0GjEy7DY54 Dark City Treno], the town theme of Treno, "the City of Nobles". It's played on a piano in a tune reminiscent to the silent films.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8njetBuXIds Crystal World], a dark and mysterious remix of the Prelude.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGgUtd7EdA A Place to Call Home], the main menu music of the game.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG_gVtQbKpI Ambush Attack].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJaFhObljw&feature=related Steiner's theme] is one of the character themes from the game that best reflects its subject.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWD6-x20J5A All] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP2tmwNkicQ the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpt9cGLouk character][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hgWUhXXj4 themes] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyPM172CUAA are] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdKfN-wuEX8 awesome], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRpGoFISvok really.]

 

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s47-Ku3ybr8 Suteki da ne]," the vocal theme of the game whose melody appears in several other songs.

** Also arranged in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3IxVy_tuAI Orchestral Version] for your listening pleasure.

* The song played against the final boss ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxqsTfDgC4 The Decisive Battle]) is probably the best track in the game. [[Wasted Song|If only the final boss wasn't a]] [[Anticlimax Boss|pushover]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDxYIWAT7Y Otherworld], which plays during the game's opening FMV and again when fighting {{spoiler|Aeon Jecht.}} Even more awesome is the fact that the only reason Uematsu wrote it is because he's a fan of heavy metal and wanted to try writing a metal song himself.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbp-Gm6Jz4 Besaid Island]. What every tropical paradise should sound like.

** Or this spine-tingling good [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwS0-Ogwn4k remix].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIucmUkw-Zc Tidus's Theme] is pretty gorgeous.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14gA4R4e-cU Auron's Theme]: because he's such a bad-ass, he gets synthesiser music. It's also a bit of a [[Tear Jerker]] when it plays when {{spoiler|he dissolves into pyreflies at the end of the game.}}

 

 

** Here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjm5werNn8 1000 no Kotoba], the Japanese Version of "A Thousand Words" to gush over to.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvPPMioEQ4 "Wind Crest: The Three Trails"] from International+Last Mission is absolutely beautiful, along with its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTU7OGU_mUM piano version].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfG98GzTMHs "Summoned Beast"] It's almost WORTH fighting Angra Mainyu so that you can hearthat music for an ''[[Marathon Boss|hour and a half]]''.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5QqOkjZng4 Nightmare of a Cave]" It epitomises everything awful that had happened to Shuyin.

 

== [[Final Fantasy XI]] ==

* The [[Final Battle]] music for Treasures of Aht Urghan, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1danrqg06wQ Ragnarok].

* The music for Ronfaure, both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnwuKNav4Ec past] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clld-gFL050 present]

 

== [[Final Fantasy XII]] ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBWbLtdrqvo Giza Plains], a perfect companion to any start of a journey. It's almost as if the composers knew you were going to start a fight at the exact moment the song goes from adventurous and free-spirited to badass and rowdy.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JtNhZb3W8o The Battle For Freedom] is the most epic, being the final boss song. Starting of as a tranquil strings, it later builds up the tension with percussion, and more strings. The buildup was so intense that when it comes to the centerpiece, you just had to prolong the battle to listen to the entirety all over again.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeIDyc29jPc Esper], an epic remix of the aforementioned Esper Battle.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iri5QqJCtnk Boss Battle], especially the midparts.

* The vocals make [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qnme5YLE68 Abandoning Power] soothing and divine.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75hQJylsOdw Fight to the Death] accompanies epic fights against {{spoiler|Vossler}} and Gabranth.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TauG36TbeSc Kimi ga Iru Kara], the J-Pop [[Award Bait Song]].

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZXQmWkgAFA My Hands]", the song "set to defile the English version" is quite moving and very fitting, especially when it played in the game's international trailer.

** There's also the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4U_axEqf0 other Chocobo Theme], which has its own lyrics.

* The themes for all the main characters:

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKBld76VVqk Unseen Intruder] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRYlUekfO4 Instrumental]. The [[Random Encounters|Aggressive]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_do2g1ufqg version] is generally more well liked due to the faster pace.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3aB92PW9Qw Eclipse] and its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcP6tTTcD1w aggressive mix] definitely qualify as some of the most atmospheric and haunting music in the game.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDN7-qpHPw The City of Academia], which gives a perfect feeling of "welcome to the future: it is awesome."

* The final battle sequence has [[Rule of Three|THREE]] back-to-back-to-back battle themes of awesome: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9pzcp6GiYs Time's Master], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvGnmt70kms Heart of Chaos], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmZ7Uw76qI Unseen Abyss].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD6UW7ZP10c&feature=related The boss theme.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qAqrLXsTLw&feature=related Combat.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGg1qRe_mng&feature=player_embedded The Fires of Suzaku]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDqoeO5XdY&hd=1 Recapture Strategy]

 

== Ivalice series ==

** Note that Trisection is the first battle theme in the game. It lets you know what you're in for.

* The heartbreaking music-box rendition of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vTE7m-0rMM Ovelia's Theme].

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkhaZ_i8_40 Antidote]" plays only once: during the battle when you have Olan as a [[Guest Star Party Member]]. It also has no business being a battle theme, being nothing more or less than one of the most stirring waltzes ever written.

** Correction: It plays twice more in the game, both times during the search for Reis in the first part of the Beowulf and Reis sidequest. Although, it still doesn't work as a battle theme. Maybe they thought it fit with the snowy area theme around Goland (where both Olan's battle and the search for Reis take place)?

* Other than Hitoshi Sakimoto's FFTA battle music, Kaori Ohkoshi composes one of the most epic songs in the game, including "Beyond the Wasteland" and "Surpassing the Wall". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBjO372qq10 "Unavoidable Destiny"], however, is the most epic and deserves a [[Crowning Music Of Awsome]].

** Remixes of the above, for instance: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPNALXfRmc "Beyond the Wasteland",] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PPDDK7E2OI "Companions that..."]

* There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpyounseEVw Determination] which is a somewhat uplifting battle theme used for the Duelhorn storyline.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-lsbiBgD8A Looming Crisis]. It helps that it plays during the incredibly epic battles against the Mage Kings of Ciquleur. The part starting at 0:40 is GODLY.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fobbKnc_DyI "Gathering Allies"] is, and always will be, one of the catchiest tunes you hear as you fiddle around with your clan's equipment, jobs, and abilities. ''Dun-dun-duh-dadada-da-dun-dadada-da-dun-dah-dun-duuun...''

* The ending theme of ''[[Vagrant Story]]''. Go on, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i-Qw3I6Wqc have a good cry].

* And then there's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh30aqDilj4 Limestone Quarry]. That song hits you like a stone wall and never lets go.

 

 

== Spin-offs, Prequels and Sequels ==

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvmtbpYIqQ&hd=1 Doom Castle] definitely deserves a mention here.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2vEakoOIdU The boss battle music.] Heard it 16 times in a relatively short RPG and absolutely loved it every single time...''even when it interrupted the Doom Castle music 4 times''. THAT is saying something.

* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. Not only does it have sweet remixes of classics, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0tfW_pZm6s Intro] is pretty awesome.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFnJ3iVSH4 March], not quite sure when it plays, but damn if it's not awesome.

** ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' plays like a Greatest Hits album with some original work in there too... oh, right, there's also a game in there, but the music - original versions and kickass remixes - is mostly listed above for obvious reasons.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P6wr-inpXE ending theme] takes the cake, though, remixing the ending themes of all the first ten games as scenes from each character's story play over the credits. It's enough to make a die hard fan tear up.

** Courtesy of ''Duodecim'', two mind-blowingly epic tracks, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmo584truz8& Cantata Mortis & God in Fire.]

** More Duodecim originals: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPh415vsF2o Troops] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxXHEDoFRsQ Tension]

* ''Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales'' has some awesome tunes, most of which are remixes from other music, but mostly better then the originals. An example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4DWolUO_Cw The intro.]

 

 

* The album ''Final Fantasy: Pray''. All of it. It's essentially tracks from [[Final Fantasy]] games remixed and set to vocals. Just one example of the awesome is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HcHlTVBqg Pray], based on Prologue. Yes, ''[[Up to Eleven|they made the freaking PROLOGUE more awesome than it already is]]''.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4reZp854LZg They did it with the Prelude as well.]

* The Black Mages, Uematsu's rock band. They've produced some utterly amazing remixes of pretty much every track mentioned above, and then some.

* ''Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy'', taking various tracks from all across the FF series and orchestrating them to awesome proportions. The whole soundtrack qualifies, but the ones of note are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx1PAyD3rzc One-Winged Angel], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wOxjI5zBo4 Swing De Chocobo], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3eh7MoTdCA Medley], and last but most defenetly not least, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKg9KMCpg8 Memoro De] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GnqPZKiRs La Stono].

* ''Heavy Metal Arrange Album GUARVAIL'', taking tracks from a ton of the games and turning them into metal of awesomeness. The whole album is pretty sweet, but the ones of the most note are the arrangements of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsKbs8Eg7aE The Extreme], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3SSXOfQ4lk The FF Main Theme], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jDgqQx7Sqc Battle Scene A], and last but most definitely not the least, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSDLPnJxVhM Dan][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNuxXSjd1OY ci][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LT9jtdfmQ ng] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmgKrDDqSMI Mad].

* Nearly all of ''Love Will Grow'', the [[Spiritual Successor]] to the aforementioned Final Fantasy: Pray album, belongs here.

* CROW'S CLAW, known for its Touhou arranges, has also done some awesome remixes of Final Fantasy songs.

* ''Final Fantasy Song Book: Mahoroba'' is the the sort-of-but-not-quite spiritual successor to ''Pray'' and ''Love Will Grow'', being stylistically a bit different. And fantastic. (Examples including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNvygPcCQN4 Evanecense (Home Sweet Home)] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzSIavMZAk Maybe, Goodbye] having the most unlikely theme, VII's "Farm Boy."

* This is what happens if [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvrCVUfNP5M Chocobo meets operatic rock]: Awesomeness ensues.

* ''Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec.'' This album as a whole is one of the better arrangement albums by Shirō Hamaguchi, including "Liberi Fatali" and the complete [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMy4OJ4_qY ending theme with the reprise of "Eyes On Me"] (as well as the original)...but it also gives us the above-mentioned "Don't Be Afraid," "Fisherman's Horizon," [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRiCXn3QM70 "The Oath,"] and a [[Tear Jerker]] string-quartet rendition of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsxl8pQGkc "Fragments of Memories."] Definitely a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] in its own right.

 

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