![]() ![]() The tracks are soothing, upbeat, denoting an era far before the dark times of treachery and deceit of the War of the Lions, but also quite energetic and dark when needs be, such as 'The Esper Battle' Ivalice's setting happened during its antiquity period, almost a century before the cataclysm that would send the world back to the stone age. But this time, he chose to put lighter, more atmospheric music than his previous work on Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story. Even with the huge pressure of succeeding Nobuo Uematsu, Sakimoto decided to go with his own distinct style. The difference between battles and exploration was no more, so he had to balance tracks to represent the atmosphere of Ivalice instead of just going for the usual Field theme/Battle theme transition. Hitoshi Sakimoto was obviously chosen as the lead composer since the start, he went on to create intricate pieces in order to fully represent the seismic shift in the series. Not everything is bad with the PS2 version though, a lot of tracks still sounded great. One can only theorize that they used the internal soundchip of the PS2 in order to save storage space, a decision that didn't really pay off as it had the issue of homogenizing the music of the game instead of showcasing its differences.
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