Final Fantasy
Special and Promotional Music CDs

Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII Special Disc

Catalog number: SQPT-0002 Released 2007 2 tracks Total playing time: 5:39 Composed by Takeharu Ishimoto

Promo music CD for Crisis Core that was given out during the Square Enix Party 2007, which is basically a big show when SE shows off their various games. It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi.

You got this CD by playing the Crisis Core demo at the SE Party. Here's a good blog that details how this CD could be gotten. (The blog is slightly wrong; there are actually 2 tracks on this disc.) It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi. This CD is part of a 3-disc set, and you could also get a slipcase to hold all 3 CDs by collecting certain tickets at the show and turning them in at a particular booth.

Dissidia - Final Fantasy
Excerpts from the Original Soundtrack

Catalog number: No catalog number Released 8/25/09 10 tracks Total playing time: 29:05

Promo music CD for Dissidia that was given out with preorders for the game at Amazon.com. I do not know if other retailers gave out this CD. It comes in a cardboard sleeve with liner notes. The liner notes have the tracklist in English, a brief profile of composer Takeharu Ishimoto, and a message in English from Ishimoto. It does not originally have an obi.

Dissidia - Final Fantasy Special Disc

Catalog number: SQPT-0003 Released 2007 13 tracks Total playing time: 4:07 Composed by Takeharu Ishimoto

Promo music CD for Dissidia that was given out during the Square Enix Party 2007, which is a big show when SE shows off their various games. It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi. This CD is part of a 3-disc set.

You got this CD by collecting certain tickets at the show and turning them in at a specific booth. Here's a good blog that details how this CD could be gotten. (The blog is slightly incorrect about the CD's music; see below for details.) It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi. This CD is part of a 3-disc set, and you also got a slipcase to hold all 3 CDs at the same time you received the Dissidia CD.

This is a strange CD in terms of its tracklisting. It has the first track, followed by 11 tracks that each consist of 4 seconds of silence, then comes a "hidden" 13th track of music. I can't identify what track 13 is; KujaFFman on the STC forums identified it as coming from the Square Enix mobile game Monotone, but that info hasn't been verified.

Fantastic Wave - Final Fantasy Sound Fair

Catalog number: NP-0001 Released 1994 19 tracks Total playing time: 71:40

This was a promotional CD with a mixture of songs from various Final Fantasy CDs. I don't know how people got it. Comes in slimline jewel case. The fold-out liner notes have the tracklist with the songs' original names, in mixed English and Japanese (kana); a brief FF series discography; information about Nobuo Uematsu's CD "Phantasmagoria"; information about "Final Fantasy 1987-1994"; and information about "F.F. Mix," both of which were released in 1994. And no, I have no idea why this CD has a crying baby on the cover.

FF: U Before
AURA inochi tsugumono

Catalog number: unknown Released by Avex ____ tracks Total playing time:

I believe this drama CD was an extra given if people purchased all nine Final Fantasy: Unlimited Japanese DVDs, but the exact details are sketchy. The picture of the CD is taken from the Yahoo Japan auction that I first saw.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: A Musical Journey

Catalog number: 3592366 6 tracks Total playing time:

Promo CD for FFCC that was given out in Europe with preorders for the game. This CD includes the English version of "Kaze no ne" sung by Donna Burke. The picture of the CD cover and tracklist information was taken from the Squaremusic site.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Sound Selection

Catalog number: FFCC-2009 4 tracks Total playing time: 10:21

Promo CD for FFCC: Ring of Fates that was given out in Japan with preorders for the game. Includes music from various FFCC games. The songs seem to be taken directly from their respective soundtracks (except for track 3, which has no officially released soundtrack). Comes in a glossy cardboard sleeve with liner notes. Does not come with an obi. The liner notes include the tracklist in Japanese (kana) and a message from composer Kumi Tanioka.

Track 3 comes from the FFCC game "My Life as a King," which was available in the U.S. on the Nintendo Wii as a WiiWare download. The Japanese title, "Chiisana Ousama to Yakusoku no Kuni," translates roughly to "The Little King and the Kingdom of Promise." So far there has been no officially released soundtrack of that game.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Excerpts from the Music Collections

Catalog number: No catalog number Released 12/26/09 6 tracks Total playing time: 11:45

U.S. version of the "Limited Selection" promo music CD for Crystal Bearers that was given out with preorders for the game from Best Buy, while supplies lasted. It comes in a cardboard sleeve with liner notes. The liner notes have the tracklist in English, and messages in English from composers Hidenori Iwasaki and Ryo Yamazaki. It does not originally have an obi. See the "Limited Selection" listing below for more information about the original CD. All the songs on this CD can be found on the official soundtrack, EXCEPT for track 1, which I believe is unique to the various preorder bonus CDs. I don't seem to recognize it as part of any of the songs on the official soundtrack.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Special Soundtrack -Limited Selection-

Catalog number: No catalog number Released 2009 6 tracks Total playing time: ____

Promotional music CD for Crystal Bearers. I'm not clear on the exact details, but from what I can understand on Square Enix's site, I believe this was originally given out to Square Enix members who registered their game on SE's site, using the SE point card that came with the game. (The game was released in Japan on Nov. 12, 2009, and the deadline to register was Nov. 15, so there was a very small window of time to get this CD.) It was later given out in Australia (and possibly across Europe; I'm not sure) with preorders for the game from EB Games, while supplies lasted. Apparently the song list was determined by member votes on SE's site. I believe the songs are the same as those on the above "Excerpts From the Music Collections" CD. All the songs on this CD can be found on the official soundtrack, EXCEPT for track 1, which I believe is unique to the various preorder bonus CDs. I don't seem to recognize it as part of any of the songs on the official soundtrack. The tracklist is in mixed English and Japanese (kana).

Final Fantasy IV & The After Years: Sounds Plus

Front | Back | Disc

Catalog number: SQEX-10241 Released 3/24/11 19 tracks Total playing time: 56:43 Composed and arranged by Junya Nakano: 2 to 12 Arranged by Masashi Hamauzu: 1 and 13 Arranged by Nakano: 14 to 17 Arranged by Kenichiro Fukui: 18

Contains music to the sequel game "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years" as well as some bonus rearrangements of music from the main FF4 game. I believe all the bonus songs were taken straight from the soundtrack for the Nintendo DS version of FF4, considering the track times are practically identical. This CD was included in the limited-edition Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection Ultimate Pack, which also had a PSP release of FF4 and the sequel, FF4: The After Years, and a hardcover artbook. The CD came in a cardboard folder-like case with the liner notes printed on the inside cover. The CD tray is clear plastic with an illustration of Kain underneath. The liner notes include the tracklist in mixed English and Japanese (kana), and music credits in English. Interesting note: The tracklist has only 18 titles, but 19 show up when you put the CD in a player. The "hidden" track is an arrangement of "Troian Beauty" and comes right after track 18. No credits are listed for it, but if all the bonus songs were indeed taken straight from the DS soundtrack, then it was most likely arranged by Junya Nakano.

Final Fantasy VIII promo CD

Catalog number: TGCS-624 11 tracks Total playing time: 47:38

This 5-inch CD is a collection of selected songs from the game. It's actually just five songs; four of them repeat twice and one repeats three times. How people got it, I don't know. The picture of the CD is taken from the Yahoo Japan auction that I first saw.

Final Fantasy VIII Music Collection

Catalog number: SQMW-4001 6 tracks Total playing time: 21:33

Contains music taken from the various FF8 CDs. This 5-inch CD came packaged as a bonus with the Japanese PC version of FF8. There are two versions of the FF8 PC whose only difference I know of is simply the art on the CDs: The first pressing had discs with art by Yoshitaka Amano; with subsequent pressings, the discs had plain purple drawings of the main characters. Music content for both music CDs is the same.

Final Fantasy X promo CD

Front/back, no slipcase Disc

No catalog number 3 tracks Total playing time: 7:09

It's sketchy how people got this CD. I think it was generally included in preorders for the Japanese FF10 game at some Japanese retailers. But NCSX (which has a great description of the CD) and JpopHelp were also selling the CD alone. The CD comes in a white cardboard case that has a hole so you can see the CD, which then slides into a clear plastic slipcase that has a blue water design.

Final Fantasy XIII
Original Sound Selection

Catalog number: FFXIIISE Released 3/9/10 10 tracks Total playing time: 28:53 Liner notes

Promo music CD for FF13 that was given out in the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 limited-edition versions of the games sold in Europe. It comes in a cardboard sleeve with liner notes. The liner notes have the tracklist in English and notes on each track by composer Masashi Hamauzu in English. It does not originally have an obi. The songs are taken directly from the official soundtrack.

Kenji Ito X "SaGa" Battle Music Collection +

Catalog number: ROMA-0001 Released 2005 14 tracks Total playing time: 46:42

Promotional CD. I don't know how people got this CD. Comes in a slimline case with no printed back cover. Does not include an obi. The liner notes are just 2 pages, with the tracklist in Japanese (kana) and illustrations by Tomomi Kobayashi. The songs (aside from the bonus tracks) seem to be taken directly from their respective soundtracks.

Melodies of Life

Catalog number: unknown 4 tracks Total playing time:

Promo CD for the FF9 theme song "Melodies of Life" sung by Emiko Shiratori. From the tracklist printed on the cover, it seems it has the exact same music content as the official CD release. The picture of the CD is taken from the Yahoo Japan auction that I first saw.

SaGa 2 Special Sound Collection

Front/back | Disc

No catalog number Released 12/14/90 17 tracks Total playing time: 18:51

This 3-inch CD came packaged with a limited-edition, hardcover guidebook to SaGa 2 (Final Fantasy Legend 2). The songs are generally the same as in the original soundtrack, although most of the songs on this CD are shorter than the OST versions. The tracklist in Japanese (kana) is printed on the inside front cover of the guidebook. See All Sounds of SaGa for an explanation of the symbols in my tracklist.

Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 1

Catalog number: SQEX-200601 Released 2006 24 tracks Total playing time: 60:27 Buy from Play-Asia

Comes in a slimline cardboard case with no separate liner notes or obi.

This CD was offered on Square Enix's member area. You sign up at Square Enix's site and enter the code found on point cards that come with certain CDs, games, and books. Each card is worth a certain number of points, which you can then exchange for various items, including this CD.

The tracklist is printed on the front cover in mixed romaji and translated English. The tracklist on the inside is printed in Japanese (kana) and English. The tracklist below is what is printed on the inside cover, with front-cover titles in italics if different from the inside cover, where applicable. The FF songs are the same as the versions found on their respective soundtracks; I don't know about the non-FF songs.

Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 2

Catalog number: SQEX-200801 Released 2008 17 tracks Total playing time: 41:42 Various composers

Comes in a slimline cardboard case with no separate liner notes or obi. Includes a square flyer advertising the FF11 Piano Collections on one side and the soundtrack and arranged versions for The World Ends With You on the other side.

This CD was offered on Square Enix's member area. You sign up at Square Enix's site and enter the code found on point cards that come with certain CDs, games, and books. Each card is worth a certain number of points, which you can then exchange for various items, including this CD. This CD was still being offered on the site as of this writing (Dec. 9, 2008).

The tracklist is printed on the front cover in mixed romaji and translated English. The tracklist on the inside is printed in Japanese (kana) and English. The tracklist below is what is printed on the inside cover, with front-cover titles in italics if different from the inside cover, where applicable. The FF songs are the same as the versions found on their respective soundtracks; I don't know about the non-FF songs.

Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 3

Catalog number: SQEX-200901 Released 2009 15 tracks Total playing time: 46:16 Various composers

Comes in a slimline cardboard case with no separate liner notes or obi. Includes a square flyer advertising the SaGa Series 20th Anniversary Premium Box and some other SE soundtracks.

This CD was offered on Square Enix's member area. You sign up at Square Enix's site and enter the code found on point cards that come with certain CDs, games, and books. Each card is worth a certain number of points, which you can then exchange for various items, including this CD. This CD was being offered on the site as of this writing (Sept. 25, 2009).

The tracklist is printed on the front cover in mixed romaji and translated English. The tracklist on the inside is printed in Japanese (kana) and English. The tracklist below is what is printed on the inside cover, with front-cover titles in italics if different from the inside cover, where applicable. The FF songs are the same as the versions found on their respective albums; I don't know about the non-FF songs.

Square Enix Music Sampler

Catalog number: SQEX-2006P Released 2006 29 tracks Total playing time: 78:34

Includes music from various previously released Square Enix CDs. Comes in a regular-sized jewel case. I'm not sure if this originally comes with an obi. According to Square Music, this CD was given out during the Final Fantasy "VOICES" concert. The Final Fantasy songs are the exact same ones found on their respective CDs; I'm not certain about the non-FF songs.

Square Enix Music Sampler CD

Catalog number: SQEX-2007P Released 2007 6 tracks Total playing time: 16:53

Yes, it's another CD with this name. Promo music CD that was apparently given out during the Square Enix Party 2007. It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi. The FF11 song "Federation of Windurst" on this CD is longer than the one found on the FF11 soundtrack; I don't have any information about the non-FF songs on this CD.

Square Enix Music Sampler CD, 2007 Vol. 2

Catalog number: SQEX-2007T Released 2007 7 tracks Total playing time: 17:14

Promo music CD that was given out during the Tokyo Game Show 2007. It comes in a clear slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi.

Square Enix Music Sampler CD, 2008 Vol. 3

Catalog number: SQEX-2008P Released 2008 6 tracks Total playing time: 17:14

Promotional music CD. I'm not sure how people got it. It comes in a slimline case with no liner notes, cover, or obi.

Uematsu Radio Spectacle Edition

Front/back | Disc 1 Disc 2 | Disc 3

Catalog number: NOBIYO-10101 Released 2007 by Square Enix 3 discs, 35 tracks total Playing time for music CD: 66:09 Various arrangers

Comes in a foldout cardboard case with no separate liner notes or obi. The inside flaps have a message from Uematsu Radio producer Kensuke Matsushita in Japanese (kana), and the tracklist in mixed English and kana. I believe this set was available only through Nobuo Uematsu's fan club, but I'm not certain, nor do I know the exact conditions you needed to fufill in order to get it. There are 3 CDs total: two with all talking by Uematsu and various other personas, and a third, bonus disc with remixes of various Final Fantasy songs.

The bonus disc is apparently the winners of some kind of contest to arrange Final Fantasy songs, and I guess Uematsu picked the winners. Unfortunately, I don't know the details of the contest, nor can I read most of the arrangers' names. Please note that all the names I have in the below tracklist may NOT be correct. I've listed the names in the usual Japanese style of family name first, given name second. Here's a Japanese blog post with all the names in the original kanji. ("Nobiyo" is Uematsu's nickname; I don't know who actually coined it, but the first I heard of it was in the FF10 soundtrack liner notes.)

I do not know the history or the premise of Uematsu Radio, nor do I understand what they're saying on the CDs. (If you can read Japanese, you can check Square Enix's Uematsu Radio page for details.) The CDs do not seem to carry complete broadcasts, however, because each track fades out with the people still talking. All I know is that as they're talking, Final Fantasy music sometimes plays softly in the background, and I do hear them mention various Final Fantasy-related things.

Interesting note about the radio program's title: The word "radio" in "Uematsu Radio" uses rather unusual Japanese characters, as you can see in my scan of the front cover. "Radio" in katakana is "RAJIO," but instead of the usual katakana character for "ji," it uses the character for "chi" with a ten ten. Also, instead of the usual katakana for the vowel "o," it uses the katakana for the particle "wo." If you don't know Japanese, you don't need to worry, but if you're looking for this CD, keep that spelling in mind when you do searches for it.

Last revised May 14, 2015