I've been a huge FFIV fan ever since I first played the Super Nintendo version ( called FFII ) back in the early 90's, when I was a little kid. Seeing the game cartridge in the store, locked behind a glass case with its beautiful box art and with a daunting price tag of around $80.00, I knew this game was a cut above the rest! And I was right.
To this day, I still haven't heard music from a video game that has transported me to another world quite like this music. I will also go on to say that this is some of the most amazing music that I have ever heard, from any era and style of music that has ever come out. My sincere gratitude to the composer of this music, Nobuo Uematsu.
Product details: 2 soundtrack CD's, 1 Cinematics / Interview DVD
Disc 1: 1. FFIV DS Intro Movie music 2. The Prelude 3. The Red Wings 4. The Kingdom of Baron 5. Theme of Love 6. Prologue 7. Welcome To Our Town! 8. Main Theme of FFIV 9. Fight 1 10. Fanfare 11. Hello! Fat Chocobo! 12. Chocobo-chocobo 13. Into the Darkness 14. Fight 2 15. Bomb Ring 16. Rydia 17. Castle Damcyan 18. Cry in Sorrow 19. Melody of the Lute 20. Mt. Ordeals 21. Fabul 22. Run! 23. Suspicion 24. Golbez, Clad in the Dark 25. Hey, Cid!
Disc 2: 1. Mystic Mysidia 2. Long Way To Go 3. Palom & Porom 4. The Dreadful Fight 5. The Airship 6. Troian Beauty 7. Samba de Chocobo! 8. Tower of Babel 9. Somewhere in the World... 10. The Land of Dwarves 11. Giott the Great King 12. Dancing Calcobrena 13. Tower of Zot 14. Illusionary World 15. The Big Whale 16. Another Moon 17. The Lunarians 18. Within the Giant 19. The Final Battle 20. Epilogue 1 21. Epilogue 2 22. Epilogue 3 23. "Theme of Love" featuring Megumi Ida 24. Medley: Fanfare ( when Cecil becomes a Paladin ), Chocobo Farm music, Dancer's music, Goodnight music, Alarm music, Intro music to "Cry in Sorrow", Fanfare ( when a character joins your party, etc. ), Fanfare ( I have no idea what part of the game this one belongs to! )
All of the songs, except for the "Medley" track ( Track 24 ), are looped three times or more, depending on the length of the melody. Listening to the whole soundtrack all the way through is enjoyable and substantial; you have plenty of time to listen to each melody looped multiple times before it goes to the next song.
Cinematics / Interview DVD: This DVD contains all of the cinematics and cut scenes featured in FFIV DS along with interviews with Nobuo Uematsu and others. The interviews are in Japanese, so I have no idea what they are saying!
I hope you fall in love with this music like I have.
Enjoy!