The biggest surprise of the album is "Hope PfNer3". Whether due to the removal of most of the vocals or some tweaks to the instrumentation, the earthy, uplifting tones of the piece are even more pleasing here, making this perhaps my favorite track from either of the Final Fantasy XIII original soundtracks.Īccompanying the numerous alternate versions are a couple tracks with new material.
#Light returns final fantasy xiii ost plus#
In the original soundtrack "The Gapra Whitewood" did all the things right that "The Sunleth Waterscape" did wrong, with naturalistic synth, far more interesting percussion and more subdued vocals, and the version in OST Plus does those things even better. Unfortunately fundamental problems in all three of those latter tracks make the minor vocal modifications moot. release of the game, "The Sunleth Waterscape (International Version)" contains slightly less sappy vocals than the original, and the second version that concludes the album drops them altogether.
"Cocoon de Chocobo" swaps the original auto-tuned Japanese vocals with the English ones from the U.S. The OST Plus version of "Fighting Fate" keeps the low, ominous brass orchestrations of the original while losing its grating chorus. Compared to the OST version I actually prefer the less forceful piano in OST Plus, not to mention the saucy jazz flute that occasionally surfaces.įive of the tracks in OST Plus have had vocals altered from the original soundtrack or removed altogether. Though not orchestral, another standout track from the original soundtrack that made the cut in OST Plus is "Can't Get a Break", retitled here as "Sazh Prototype". The longer, more ambitious original version is far more impressive artistically, though taken purely as an action theme the OST Plus version is effective enough. "Last Battle Prototype" is a scaled-down version of "Nascent Requiem", lacking the excellent opening and transitional segments from the final version as well as some additional instrumentation. "Fang's Theme") has a fuller sound in OST Plus, but its lead instruments don't have quite as much punch as in the original soundtrack. The backing instrumentation in "Shugeki" (a.k.a. The standout battle theme "Boss Battle Alpha" doesn't have quite as much oomph in the bass spectrum as its final OST version "Saber's Edge", and the piano is mixed less prominently, but a casual fan not listening to the two back to back might be hard-pressed to tell. In general these lose the live orchestral elements from the final versions in favor of the sequenced orchestra used during production, but the sound quality is robust enough that they hold up well. The most significant portion of OST Plus is the "alpha" and "prototype" versions of orchestral tracks from the original soundtrack. Yet when it comes to the question of which album I'd rather spend my time and money on, Original Soundtrack Plus wins out. It includes far less music in all, with the selections present consisting mostly of pre-final instrumentals or altered vocals, and only a couple truly new arrangements.
Reviews Less complete and less polished than the regular OST, but with a more palatable selection of music overall.īy all estimation Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack Plus should be an inferior album to the complete four-disc original soundtrack.
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M74_2 PRO "Fighting Fate" No Chorus Version.M36A "The Gapra Whitewood"' Instrumental.
M42E "The Sunleth Waterscape" International Version.M306 OPN2 "Defiers of Fate" Palamecia Assault Version.M3 No.4 BossA Alpha Version (Saber's Edge).M1 No.2 title Alpha Version (FFXIII OST: "FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise").
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