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pjbasis posted...

FFX ost doesn't have chaff, the field themes and characters themes and battle themes all slap

Hard disagree. Like take this for an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJe7olfEcRs

This is very weak compared to even FF9's climax battle themes. Not even fit to be in the same room as Dark Messenger or Beatrix's combat theme, it never goes anywhere. And it plays during some of the most major fights! Same for Challenge (the normal boss theme IIRC?). And you have things like the Al Bhed stronghold theme which is just irritating, too. I could go on. FFX still has a ton of bangers too, of course -- Auron's Theme, Suteki da Ne, Otherworld, Seymour Battle, every To Zanarkand variant, etc., but you can tell Nobuo Uematsu was exhausted and not quite at his top level for this game. Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano were not up to the task of covering for him either, I'm not even sure if they have a single standout great track between them. It's all Uematsu carrying the show.