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Final Fantasy XIII
Original Soundtrack

FF13 Original Soundtrack

  • Limited edition catalog number: SQEX-10178-82
    (released 1/27/10 by Square Enix)
  • Regular edition catalog number: SQEX-10183-6
    (released 1/27/10 by Square Enix)



  • Miya Records (limited-edition style): MICA-1125-9

    4 discs (5 in limited edition)
    85 tracks total
    Total playing time:
    Tracklist

    Selected liner notes

    Related works (non-bootleg)

    Buy REGULAR EDITION from Play-Asia

    Buy REGULAR EDITION from CD Japan



    Soundtrack to the game Final Fantasy XIII for the Playstation 3. Check Square Enix's official site for the soundtrack (all in Japanese) if you'd like to read comments from composer Masashi Hamauzu about his thoughts on each song.

    Both the limited-edition and regular-edition CDs were part of a "soundtrack campaign" by Square Enix that ran from Dec. 1, 2009, to Feb. 28, 2010. I have no idea what the details are, but it seemed to partially involve the SE point cards. Included with the soundtrack is a flyer explaining the campaign; for anyone who wants to try to translate it, here are scans of the front and the back. The flyer is different from the one included in the Four Warriors of Light soundtrack. The back of the flyer has some kind of point value printed in the corner; what it's used for, I don't know.




    Limited edition:

    The limited edition comes in a glossy cardboard box measuring about 7.75 inches square and a little less than 2 inches deep. The liner notes are called a "Visual Book" and are just a bit smaller than the box and fit inside it. The so-called visual book contains the same messages from composer Masashi Hamauzu, director Motomu Toriyama, and producer Yoshinori Kitase as the ones found in the regular edition. It also most, but not all, of the same game screenshots as the regular edition, in addition to other CGI artwork and color illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano that are not found in the regular edition.

    The music CDs come in a fold-out cardboard case. The tracklist is the same as the regular edition and is printed on the inside flaps. The CD trays are clear plastic with more CGI game scenes underneath them. The lyrics to all the same songs as the regular edition are also printed underneath the CD trays. The lyrics to Sugawara's songs, along with the same profile of her found in the regular edition, are printed on the back inside flap. The CDs slide into a clear plastic slipcase that has the soundtrack name and catalog number printed on it. Also comes with the same merchandise flyer found with the regular edition, and a Square Enix point card. Does NOT come with an obi.

    The bonus CD is an audio drama called "Episode Zero -Promise-: Story01 -ENCOUNTER-" in a separate jewel case. It originally comes packaged in a silver foil wrapper, and the actual CD has clear plastic shrinkwrap. The liner notes are called a "Scenario Book" that has the audio drama's script in Japanese. The CD tray is clear plastic and the staff and cast credits are printed underneath.


    Regular edition:

    The CDs come packaged in a fold-out cardboard case with various CGI artwork decorating the flaps and underneath the clear-plastic CD trays. The case slides into a thin cardboard slipcase that has the FF13 logo on the front. The liner notes fit inside the slipcase and contain the tracklist in mixed Japanese (kana) and English, with their own English interpretations; messages in kana from composer Masashi Hamauzu, director Motomu Toriyama, and producer Yoshinori Kitase; lyrics to "Ragnarok," "Sunleth Waterscape," "Serah's Theme," "Chocobos of Cocoon," "Fighting Fate," "Choose to Fight," "Sulyya Springs," "Dust to Dust," "Born Anew," "Kimi ga iru kara" (long version) and "Eternal Love" (short version); a brief profile of Sayuri Sugawara; and various CGI artwork of the characters and scenes from the game. Some of those pictures are NOT found in the limited edition. Also includes a flyer advertising FF13 Play Arts action figures and various other FF13-related merchandise. Also comes with a Square Enix point card. Does NOT come with an obi.





    The tracklisting in the liner notes is in mixed Japanese (kana) and English. The Japanese names have their own English translations, which are in bold italics and are not necessarily literal ones. I've given the literal translations where applicable.


    ***Disc 1: 19 tracks, 49:26***
    1FINAL FANTASY XIII PURERYUUDO
    Prelude to FINAL FANTASY XIII

    (Final Fantasy XIII prelude)
    2:55
    2FINAL FANTASY XIII ~Chikai~
    FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise

    (Final Fantasy XIII ~Oath~)
    1:33
    3Dai-13-nichi
    The Thirteenth Day

    (The 13th day)
    0:53
    4Unmei e no hangyaku
    Defiers of Fate

    (Treachery of fate)
    2:24
    5BUREIZU EJJI
    Saber's Edge

    (Blaze edge)
    3:14
    6Fuusa kukaku HANGUDO EJJI
    The Hanging Edge

    (Blockade boundary Hanged Edge)
    3:25
    7PAAJI sareru monotachi
    Those For the Purge
    3:05
    8Kaeru tame no tatakai
    The Warpath Home
    3:33
    9Gekai (PARUSU) FARUSHI
    The Pulse Fal'Cie

    (Literally, "Fal'Cie, the nether world," but "gekai" has been retranslated as "pulse")
    1:13
    10Nigete mo ii no
    Face It Later

    (It's all right to run away)
    0:54
    11SUNOU no TEEMA
    Snow's Theme
    3:48
    12Iseki (?)
    The Vestige
    (Unusual marks)
    2:48
    13RAGUNAROKU
    Ragnarok
    3:47
    14Ano hi no sora
    Into the Sky That Night

    (The sky on that day)
    1:24
    15Eien no chikai
    Promised eternity
    2:24
    16Eternal Love (Short Version)
    Eternal Love (Short Version)
    3:27
    17BIRUJI mizuumi
    Lake Bresha
    4:11
    18Gekai (PARUSU) L'Cie
    The Pulse L'cie

    (Literally, "L'Cie, the nether world," but "gekai" has been retranslated as "pulse")
    1:38
    19Shoukan kedamono
    Eidolons

    (Summoned beasts)
    2:50




    ***Disc 2: 22 tracks, 55:51***
    1Senkou
    Blinded By Light

    (A flash)
    2:54
    2Eikou FANFAARE
    Glory's Fanfare
    0:09
    3BATORU RIZARUTO
    Battle Results
    1:15
    4Tsukanoma no ansoku
    A Brief Respite

    (A brief rest)
    2:08
    5Kiheitai no TEEMA
    Cavalry Theme
    2:37
    6Dasshutsu
    Escape
    1:59
    7Gekitsui
    Crash Landing

    (Shooting down aircraft)
    1:05
    8AFURO BURUUSU
    Daddy's Got the Blues

    (Afro blues)
    4:27
    9Iki ryouiki VAIRU PIIKUSU
    The Vile Peaks

    (The abandoned area Vile Peaks)
    3:03
    10RAITONINGU no TEEMA
    Lightning's Theme
    2:26
    11SAZZU no TEEMA
    Sazh's Theme
    3:25
    12DOREDDONOOTO daibakushin!
    March of the Dreadnoughts

    (Dreadnoughts' large bombing attack!)
    2:31
    13GAPURA jurin
    The Gapra Whitewood

    (Gapra forest)
    2:45
    14Kinpaku
    Tension in the Air

    (Tension)
    3:28
    15Hatenaki shissou
    Forever Fugitives

    (Endless running)
    1:50
    16SANRESU suigou
    The Sunleth Waterscape

    (Sunleth, riverside area)
    3:46
    17Miushinatta kibou
    Lost Hope
    2:58
    18RUSHI kari sakusen
    To Hunt L'Cie

    (L'Cie's hunting tactics)
    2:41
    19Kibounaki tousou
    No Way to Live

    (Hopeless conflict)
    2:04
    20Onshuu no hate
    Sustained by Hate

    (The end of love and hate)
    2:38
    21GURAN=PARUSU no RUSHI
    The Pulse L'Cie

    (Gran-Pulse of L'Cie)
    4:12
    22SERA no TEEMA
    Serah's Theme
    1:30




    ***Disc 3: 22 tracks, 63:27***
    1Touchan funtou daa!
    Can't Catch a Break

    (It's daddy's struggle!)
    5:19
    2PSICOM
    PSICOM
    1:02
    3HOOPU no TEEMA
    Hope's Theme
    3:31
    4Omae no ie wa koko da
    This Is Your Home

    (Here, at your house)
    2:16
    5Tsugunai
    Atonement
    4:24
    6VAANIRA no TEEMA
    Vanille's Theme
    2:59
    7Kokugen
    The Final Stage

    (Appointed time)
    0:42
    8PONPA SANKUTA
    The Pompa Sancta
    2:12
    9Kanraku toshi NOOCHIRASU
    Nautilus

    (Pleasure town Nautilus)
    4:58
    10KOKUUN de CHOKOBO ~Yume o miyou yo II~
    Chocobos of Cocoon - Chasing Dreams
    2:57
    11Itsuwari no kyouen
    Feast of Betrayal

    (Feast of lies)
    3:17
    12Yume no owari
    Eidolons of Parade

    (The dream's end)
    3:36
    13RUSHI no shiren
    Test of the L'Cie

    (L'Cie's ordeal)
    2:23
    14Sekai no teki
    All the World Against Us

    (Enemy of the world)
    1:16
    15GEEMU OOBAA
    Game Over
    1:15
    16Seifu (?) daihyou DAISURI
    Primarch Dysley

    (Holy government representative Dysley)
    3:02
    17Shukumei e no koui
    Fighting Fate

    (Fight against fate)
    2:28
    18RUSHI-tachi no omoi
    Separate Paths

    (Memories of the L'Cie)
    2:42
    19Tsugi yuku ishi
    Setting You Free

    (Successor's determination)
    2:17
    20Shitou
    Desperate Struggle

    (Deadly battle)
    3:49
    21Shinpi
    Mysteries Abound

    (Mystery)
    2:41
    22Choose to Fight
    Will to Fight

    (Yes, the English "translation" actually is "Will to Fight.")
    4:21




    ***Disc 4: 22 tracks, 75:21***
    1FANGU no TEEMA
    Fang's Theme
    3:31
    2Ikyou tairiku GURAN=PARUSU
    Terra Incognita

    (Foreign continent Gran-Pulse)
    2:18
    3ARUKAKIRUTI daiheigen
    The Archlyte Steppe

    (Archlyte, the great plains)
    4:24
    4PARUSU de CHOKOBO
    Chocobos of Pulse

    (Pulse de chocobo)
    4:19
    5YASHASU yami
    The Yaschas Massif

    (Yaschas mountain)
    2:10
    6Yasashii omoide
    Memories of Happier Days

    (Tender memories)
    3:14
    7SUURIYA mizuumi
    Sulyya Springs

    (Sulyya lake)
    3:25
    8TEEJAN TAWAA
    Taejin's Tower
    3:08
    9Iro no nai sekai
    Dust to Dust

    (Colorless world)
    3:49
    10Kikyou
    The Road Home

    (Homecoming)
    1:06
    11KAUNTODAUN
    Start Your Engines

    (Countdown)
    3:23
    12Douran no EDEN
    Eden Under Siege

    (Commotion in Eden)
    2:34
    13Shuuen no youran
    The Cradle Will Fall

    (Cradle's demise)
    3:58
    14Koutan
    Born Anew

    (Regal birth)
    2:58
    15Tsumibukaki kibou
    Sinful Hope
    3:44
    16FABURA NOVA KURISUTARISU
    Fabula Nova Crystallis
    2:40
    17FINAL FANTASY XIII ~Kiseki~
    FINAL FANTASY XIII ~Miracles~
    2:49
    18Shimei
    Focus

    (Mission)
    2:21
    19Seitan no REKUIEMU
    Nascent Requiem

    (Requiem of birth)
    5:03
    20Ketsui
    Determination
    3:22
    21Kimi ga iru kara (Long version)
    Kimi ga Irukara (Long Version)

    (Because you're here - Long Version)
    6:23
    22ENDINGU ROORU
    Ending Credits

    (Ending roll)
    4:42




    ***Bonus disc (limited edition only)
    Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero -Promise-
    Story 01 -ENCOUNTER-

    7 tracks, 23:43
    ***
    1Chapter 015:49
    2Chapter 025:25
    3Chapter 031:47
    4Chapter 044:05
    5Chapter 051:42
    6Chapter 062:29
    7Chapter 072:26






    Related works: CDs with arrangements of FF13 tunes. All arrangements of the FF Prelude, FF Prologue, the Victory Theme, and the Chocobo Theme are listed with the FF1 soundtrack.



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