FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack

ファイナルファンタジーVIII オリジナル・サウンドトラック
"FINAL FANTASY VIII" Original Soundtrack

Catalog Number	N/A
Barcode	4988601460026
Release Date	May 10, 2005
Publish Format	Commercial
Release Price	24.99 USD
Media Format	4 Digital
Classification	Original Soundtrack, Vocal
Publisher	SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. / / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Exclusive Retailer	iTunes Store / iTunes Store / iTunes Store

Credits

Composer / Composer	Nobuo Uematsu / 植松伸夫
Arranger / Arranger	Nobuo Uematsu / 植松伸夫, Shiro Hamaguchi / 浜口史郎
Performer / Performer	Faye Wong / 王菲, Komaki Miyabe / 宮部小牧, Matsue Hamauzu / 濱渦真津恵, Chie Sasakura / 佐々倉千栄, Hitomi Kaga / 加賀ひとみ, Hirokazu Takiguchi / 瀧口裕一, Jun Suzuki / 鈴木准, Katsuyuki Nakanishi / 中西勝之, Takeshi Yamagami / 山神健志, Ayako Okada / 岡田綾子, Kyoko Arita / 在田恭子, Chiharu Takahashi / 高橋ちはる, Daisuke Hara / 原大介, Toru Tabei / 田部井とおる, Tomo Matsubara / 松原友, Takamaru Atsuta / 熱田貴丸, Otohiko Fujita / 藤田乙比古, Mitsuo Matsuura / 松浦光男, Takahito Saijyo, Megumi Ishibashi / 石橋めぐみ, Masahiko Sugasaka / 菅坂雅彦, Toshio Araki / 荒木敏男, Hitoshi Yokoyama / 横山均, Masanori Hirohara / 広原正典, Yuzo Kataoka / 片岡雄三, Junko Yamashiro / 山城純子, Kiyoshi Sato / 佐藤潔, Takashi Asahi / 旭孝, Yoshio Kizu / 木津芳夫, Tadashi Hoshino / 星野正, Ayako Oura / 大浦綾子, Haruki Mino / 美野春樹, You Saito
Lyricist / Lyricist	Kazushige Nojima / 野島一成, Kako Someya / 染谷和美, Taro Yamashita / 山下太郎
Recording Engineer / Recording Engineer	Kenzi Nagashima / 長島賢史
Assistant Engineer / Assistant Engineer	Yasuhiro Tsurusaki / 鶴崎康宏, Noriko Minowa / 美濃和紀子, Simon Li, Yasuo Iijima / 飯嶋康生
Recording Studio / Recording Studio	Sound City
Mixing Engineer / Mixing Engineer	Kenzi Nagashima / 長島賢史
Mastering Studio / Mastering Studio	Bernie Grundman Mastering Tokyo
Programmer / Programmer	Keiji Kawamori / 河盛慶次, Minoru Akao / 赤尾実

Tracklist

English

Disc 1

01	Liberi Fatali	3:07
02	Balamb GARDEN	3:29
03	Blue Fields	2:54
04	Don't be Afraid	2:52
05	The Winner	1:07
06	Find Your Way	3:47
07	SeeD	4:15
08	The Landing	4:37
09	Starting Up	1:19
10	Force Your Way	3:53
11	The Loser	1:26
12	Never Look Back	3:23
13	Dead End	1:11
14	Breezy	2:43
15	Shuffle or Boogie	2:04
16	Waltz for the Moon	3:00
17	Tell Me	3:24
18	Fear	2:24
19	The Man with the Machine Gun	2:49
20	Julia	1:23
21	Roses and Wine	2:18
22	Junction	1:37
23	Timber Owls	2:51

Disc length 61:53
Disc 2

01	My Mind	3:12
02	The Mission	3:37
03	Martial Law	3:48
04	Cactus Jack(Galbadian Anthem)	1:30
05	Only a Plank Between One and Perdition	2:24
06	SUCCESSION OF WITCHES	3:19
07	Galbadia GARDEN	3:37
08	Unrest	2:37
09	Under Her Control	3:31
10	The Stage is Set	3:40
11	A Sacrifice	3:27
12	FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC	4:33
13	Intruders	2:32
14	Premonition	4:37
15	Wounded	0:53
16	Fragments of Memories	3:14
17	Jailed	3:50
18	Rivals	3:31
19	Ami	4:37

Disc length 62:29
Disc 3

01	The Spy	3:47
02	Retaliation	0:45
03	Movin'	5:18
04	Blue Sky	0:45
05	Drifting	2:57
06	Heresy	4:11
07	Fisherman's Horizon	3:36
08	ODEKA ke Chocobo	1:16
09	Where I Belong	3:40
10	The Oath	3:26
11	Slide Show Part1	1:23
12	Slide Show Part2	1:47
13	Love Grows	4:29
14	The Salt Flats	3:37
15	Trust Me	3:13
16	Silence and Motion	5:48
17	Dance with the Balamb-fish	3:40
18	Tears of the moon	1:13
19	Residents	3:09

Disc length 58:00
Disc 4

01	Mods de Chocobo(featuring N's Telecaster)	2:25
02	Ride On	3:03
03	Truth	3:41
04	Lunatic Pandora	3:28
05	Compression of Time	4:34
06	The Castle	5:19
07	The Legendary Beast	5:50
08	Maybe I'm a Lion	5:35
09	The Extreme	6:45
10	The Successor	3:38
11	Ending Theme	8:33
12	Overture	3:36

Disc length 56:27

Total tracks 73 Total length 3:58:49

Notes

Digital album originally released on iTunes.

The listed release date of March 1, 1999 is based on the album SSCX-10028. Track 3.20 "Eyes On Me" was removed altogether and the middle portion (2:10 to 6:57) from 4.11 "Ending Theme" featuring an orchestral version of "Eyes On Me" was omitted from the digital album.

Liberi Fatali

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Kazushige Nojima
Latin Translation: Taro Yamashita
Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi
Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani
Keyboards: Haruki Mino
Harp: You Saito
Percussion: Teiko Haruna, Tomoko Kusakari, Isao Kanayama
Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Mitsuo Matsuura, Takahito Saijyo, Megumi Ishibashi
Trumpet: Masahiko Sugasaka, Toshio Araki, Hitoshi Yokoyama
Trombone: Masanori Hirohara, Yuzo Kataoka, Junko Yamashiro
Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato
Flute: Takashi Asahi, Yoshio Kizu
Clarinet: Tadashi Hoshino, Ayako Oura
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
·Chorus·
   Soprano: Komaki Miyabe, Matsue Hamauzu
   Alto: Chie Sasakura, Hitomi Kaga
   Tenor: Hirokazu Takiguchi, Jun Suzuki
   Bass: Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Yamagami
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo
Assistant Engineers: Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Yasuo Iijima
Recording Coordinator: Yuji Saito

FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Recording Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
·Chorus·
   Soprano: Matsue Hamauzu, Ayako Okada
   Alto: Kyoko Arita, Chiharu Takahashi
   Tenor: Daisuke Hara, Toru Tabei
   Bass: Tomo Matsubara, Takamaru Atsuta

Ending Theme

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Kako Someya
Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi
Synthesizer Programmer: Keiji Kawamori
Vocals: Faye Wong
Conductor: Koji Haijima
Piano: Masato Matsuda
Harp: Tomoyuki Asagawa
Percussion: Teiko Koshino, Tomoko Kusakari
Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa, Akiko Osawa
Oboe: Masakazu Ishibashi, Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane, Michiyo Sato
Fagotto: Keiko Sugawara
Trumpet/Trombone: Eric Miyashiro Group
Tuba: Isao Watanabe
Horn: Otohiko Fujita Group
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo JAPAN
Avon Recording Studios, Hong Kong
Assistant Engineer: Noriko Minowa, Simon Li
Vocal Recording Direction: Alvin Leong
Artist Manager: Katie Chan
Recording Coordinators: Yuji Saito, Naoto Echizen
ⓟ1999 SQUARE/KCPL
Special thanks to... EMI Hong Kong

Composed, Arranged & Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

Sound programmer: Minoru Akao
Recording engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Synthesizer programmer: Keiji Kawamori

Mastering engineer: Yasuji "Yasman" Maeda
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering