Style: Video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: It's a PlayStation Final Fantasy soundtrack, of course it's good
Thoughts: I think as the PS1 era of Final Fantasy continued to evolve I lost more and more interest in the series. Final Fantasy 7 wasn't as good as 6, eight was very strange with characters I couldn't connect with, and nine seemed goofy to me at the time... in a lot of ways it still does.
The one thing that did not change though was the commitment to excellent music from Mr. Uematsu. Regardless of my feelings on the actual game, the music itself retains the high quality standard that was defined in Final Fantasy IV and carried forward through the rest of the series - and continues to this day.
Final Fantasy IX in particular has some of the best music in the series. I can say that rather objectively because I have not finished this game and still enjoy listening to these records quite a bit.
The songs contained in this first volume do an excellent job of setting the tone of the game. Yes they are a bit sillier than I would have expected at some points, but they also are more grand and involved than I would have expected as well.
With each entry into the series the music grows in both scope and character. More emotions are explored, more styles of music... yet it all still feels like it's Final Fantasy. Sometimes the games lost track of that, but I don't think the music ever truly did.
Written September 18th 2024
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