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Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy

First pressing: H28X-10007
(released 5/25/90 by Polystar Co., Ltd.)

Unknown pressing: PSCR-5184
(released 4/16/93)

Squaresoft catalog number:
PSCR-5253
(released 3/25/94 by Polystar Co., Ltd.)

SonMay: GAME-018

EverAnime: GM-203

Miya Records: MICA-0387

Original composition: Nobuo Uematsu

Orchestra arrangement: Katsuhisa and Takayuki Hattori (father and son)

Conductor: Katsuhisa Hattori

Performed by Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

7 tracks
Total playing time: 39:48
Tracklist
Liner notes translation

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Contains arranged music from the FF series, performed by an orchestra. I don't know what the story behind the music is.

First pressing: The style and content of the liner notes are the same as the SS version. The liner notes' cover is black instead of white.

Squaresoft version: The cover with the Amano artwork is simply a folded piece, and the actual liner notes are folded into fours to fit like a mini poster. The liner notes have the tracklist in English; a message from Nobuo Uematsu; a poem by Kenji Terada; artwork by Yoshitaka Amano; a picture of the symphony; and a couple of small photos of Uematsu, Amano, and other people onstage, presumably sometime during this symphony performance.

SonMay version: The flimsy liner notes have just the tracklist, a picture of the symphony, and a couple of pieces of Amano artwork, all of which were found in the Japanese versions. Also includes a sticker of the cover.

EverAnime version: The style and content of the liner notes are the same as the SS version. The CD has the cover art printed on it. Also includes a customer survey card.

Interesting notes:

On the first pressing, "Final Fantasy" is spelled as "Fainal Fantasy" on the jewel case spine.
In all the Japanese pressings and the EA version, the word "Illustration" is misspelled as "Illastration."
This CD apparently has a pressing with the catalog number PSCR-5184. I don't know anything else about this CD; if you have any info, please let me know.

1	SCENE I (FF2 main theme)	4:19
2	SCENE II (FF2 battle scene 2)	5:05
3	SCENE III (FF1 opening, street, Matoya's cavern)	6:09
4	SCENE IV (FF2 finale)	5:24
5	SCENE V - Prelude (FF1 main theme, Chaos' temple)	8:15
6	SCENE VI (FF1 Gurgu Volcano; FF2 Dungeon, Empire Army's Theme)	5:05
7	SCENE VII (FF2 Rebel Army's Theme)	5:31

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Last revised April 17, 2011