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* [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.
** And now that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9dgqMa0rI XIV's take] on the Prelude is out, it's not too much of a stretch to say Uematsu seems to keep building on one of the classic tunes in gaming music history in pleasing ways. It's also incredibly soothing.
* [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!?]
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== [[Final Fantasy I]] ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' started the whole "series with some of the greatest music in gaming"-thing with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyCi-xdjNo Temple of Chaos], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_basa73jw&fmt=18 Matoya's Cave], and even [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSjBh71Im-M the standard town theme].
* The [http://youtu.be/Ac66bItzJLI main theme] is pretty epic.
* 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].
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== [[Final Fantasy II]] ==
* ''[[
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZjuyU3ksM&fmt=18 Finale]", the credits music. As beautiful as it is, the vocalized version by Risa Ohki - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmYDNYtkCP8&fmt=18 Love Will Grow] - could give many [[Award Bait Song
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCxgB3V2E0 The fully orchestrated Rebel Army Theme], which sounds like a majestic national anthem.
** You think that's something? Try [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDSMQhVxXk this] underrated MASTERPIECE.
** 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.''
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* 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.
* The remake's team took the already amazing 'Crystal Tower' theme and made it ''[[Up to Eleven|better]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDCsg2TixY0\] Sekito's also responsible for II's redone soundtrack, and it's AWESOME.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydkV4M4dCw The Boundless Ocean].
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* [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.
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* [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.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok047Uxu3Yw Ahead On Our Way], the game's main theme. And if you think that's something, prepare to have the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAr52aj8ZM0 Dear Friends version] knock your socks off.
== [[Final Fantasy VI]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pSGj4SYTXQ Maria] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdjcwhyMQMc and Draco], aka The Dream Oath Opera. Yes. It's an OPERA. For a VIDEO GAME. That's awesome enough on its own. Best known for having [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuvSDedrtKM Aria di Mezzo Carattere], which one of the heroes gets to sing.
** 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.]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlrcP2zcys Dancing] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xpUOrwVMHo Mad] from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' is especially notable because it samples at least three songs from earlier in the game, melding them together with some Bach to create the opera of madness. The fact that Nobuo Uematsu lists it as one of his favorites should be a tell-tale sign.
** [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.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110418005750/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2123332194080245535
** [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=ib6ZySkP4_0 This] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTDwipqshA orchestral] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY3pylw5RTM version] by [[
** [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.
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* 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].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09p1wV-MYI The end][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCX99NZlNTM theme]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TzPDsBNtsw Forever Rachel] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLWZzeA3cY Cyan's theme]. Both were involved in some pretty intense [[Tear Jerker|tear jerkers]]...* sob*
** 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.
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* 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]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kck-jRkn5ts Phantom Train] is a great classical piece of grim horror.
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** 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''.
** How about the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRdyZjjtH4&feature=channel_video_title Over Clocked] version?
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YWRiq-plxw WEAPON Raid]" is the sound of [[Gaia's Vengeance]] in the form of gigantic implacable monsters crushing those [[Humans Are
* [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.]
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* "[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.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omEOaHALhFs The Turks' Theme] from the original game. And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AjCgzuZImo Secretly Maneuvering in Dark Suits], the remix for PSP.
* 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].
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* [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=v0JU76yuY58 The Salt Flats], which is unfortunately a [[Wasted Song]] as the only places where it's heard are the Great Salt Lake and the sorceress sealing facility (but only if you visit it before the plot demands).
* [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]].
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* [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].
* Accompanying an already [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75zjpDpAWs Compression of Time.] A hauntingly beautiful yet eerie song
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGN_3Am98zc "Lunatic Pandora"]. Yes, you are inside a giant crystal superweapon {{spoiler|that just wiped out half of Esthar}}, oozing alien menace, {{spoiler|containing the reawakening Sorceress Adel}}.
* "[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.
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* 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=bxmgjddikwk Jesters of the Moon], the perfect leitmotif for the bumbling clown minions Zorn and Thorn. [[Nightmare Fuel|And then that image is forever shattered]].
** [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...]
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* [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=YQ6yqiVOHT0 Freya's Theme] too.
** [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.]
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* [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=3bv1oNp_wJw The Ending Theme], possibly the most heartrending track ever heard in a Final
* [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.}}
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== [[Final Fantasy X
* Strangely enough, the bubbly [[Final Fantasy X
** 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=M1VzFrwnNIk real Emotion]" is actually a favorite among J-Pop fans, with a nifty little guitar solo in the middle.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xLHyWm0iOI I'll Give You Something Hot]", which plays whenever you have a [[Boss Battle]] against the game's [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]. It underlines the [[Zeerust]]/Sixties/[[Charlie's Angels]] feel of the game... in a ''really'' good way.
* [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]]''.
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== [[Final Fantasy XI]] ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' may not be known for its music... but that's probably mainly because its standout pieces are the soft, gentle
* 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]
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* [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.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phw36tADAI4 With a variation] used in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics
* 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.
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* [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.
* Here is the game's jazzy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZL2Mov4so Chocobo Theme]. It's so... catchy...
** 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:
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD6UW7ZP10c&feature=related The boss theme.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qAqrLXsTLw&feature=related Combat.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120601043823/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlrvm6_final-fantasy-type-0-bump-of-chicken-zero-limited-edition-movie_videogames "Zero"] by BUMP OF CHICKEN.
* [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]
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* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''. Any battle theme. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGI4g9ppbhM "Companions that Surpassed Their Tribe"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wmg3tcN_0 "Battle of Hope"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_pKanqzXzI "Surpassing the Wall"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UILcbuiL2X8 "Beyond the Wasteland,"] and the final boss theme, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbgWXgVLF9A Incarnation]".
* 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]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics
** 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..."]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZN7d-neWc Front and Back.] It very firmly seals Hitoshi Sakimoto as an amazing composer. But wait! It's not over yet! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGouiAVSno Into the Fantasy] is an amazing version of The Salikawood (mentioned above) from [[Final Fantasy XII]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFsKsSuEx4I Green Wind] is a great battle theme to start the game's first fight with, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oo22YJHBtA Putting Words Together] is a short, yet gorgeous piano piece. Very fitting for {{spoiler|Luso's return home.}}
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** [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].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quszJJ_IJaU The Undercity] is easily one of the creepiest, most complicated tunes in [[Final Fantasy]] history.
* 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.
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* ''[[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.
*** And it's just one of the permutations of the game's [[Leitmotif]]. Other good songs include [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhbVS_EWBs Cosmos], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeY7z8Ij6NU Chaos], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMj7_HARRZI The Messenger]. And yes, they all had [[Surprisingly Good English|the same lyrics]] in Japan.<ref>
** ''[[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.
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** 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]
** Still from Duodecim : [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUC_vapBBzA Carmen Lucis]. The first half is an awesome music of a desperate battle {{spoiler|that ends up with seven [[Heroic Sacrifice
* Even if the music of the Chocobo series are remixes from various tracks in the series, these are very epic remixes. For example ''Chocobo Racing'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78A2FqKcCgM Mysidia's Sky Garden] is the upbeat, fast-paced version of the dragon-riding track from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''.
* ''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.]
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* ''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.
* The remixes from [https://web.archive.org/web/20130113170324/http://www.dontpressstart.com/pro/SF6/ Sega Fantasy 6], a parody video taking the 7th Gen console wars and fitting them in flawlessly into [[Final Fantasy VI]]'s last battle, deserve mentioning here.
* CROW'S CLAW, known for its Touhou arranges, has also done some awesome remixes of Final Fantasy songs.
* While most of his other work has been [[Crowning Moment of Funny|humorous]], [[Brental Floss]]' [[With Lyrics|take on the]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyjTDiNWT0k main theme] is nothing short of masterful.
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* ''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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