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ExThaNemesis posted...

The Airbuster is probably the best battle theme in any Final Fantasy game

I was debating the other day between Airbuster and Hell House and yeah, gotta be Airbuster, because they include the whole buildup from the cutscene into the song for the latter and it doesn't fit at all and it's like... ok maybe you want some buildup but why do that, it's almost a full minute before the actual song starts (and it cuts off abruptly). But when the chorus gets chanting in Hell House, oh man... there's not much better than that.

That is a problem I have with more than a few songs on the OST, and it's not too big a bone to pick in the grand scheme of things, but you have these great meaty songs that have parts I just wish weren't there but were in the cutscene so they are & feel out of place. Aforementioned preamble (and abrupt cut) on Hell House, ending of Valkyrie (this one is REALLY bad, it's an 8:50 song and the entire last minute and a half shouldn't be there), beginning of Ghoul, beginning AND ending of Rematch Atop The Pillar. Parts that feel out of place and really would've preferred the songs not including them so you can really listen to the actual song, you know?

Also off the top of my head here, Smash 'Em, Rip 'Em blends two entirely different songs together so it didn't even make the cut on my original "battle" playlist because of the latter half, whereas I was listening to 30 minute youtube loops of the first half part before the OST was released. A little frustrating!

(Though on that note, I guess it's also a symptom of the "songs" pre-OST that got released on youtube or whatever being more "clean" so I got used to them I guess. I probably should make my own unofficial edits of these songs so I don't have to deal with that... Hell House especially)

My only other gripe with the OST is:

htaeD posted...

Still sad that like 50 tracks werent on the official soundtrack release.

This, which I suspect, but I'm glad I'm not going crazy - they didn't include the best version of "Those Chosen By The Planet" and it was driving me mad. Though I figure it's also like you said, there's going to be a lot of repeats in the next games, so maybe it is holding some back until then...