Contrary to its predecessor’s sometimes upbeat and creative tones, Final Fantasy XI’s soundtrack offers its listeners more mysterious and darker tunes while never getting monotonous. On the one hand, while the music is reminiscent of previous old school Final Fantasy installments (in particular the Super Famicom games and Final Fantasy Tactics), it also has a distinctive, special flair that should fit well into the virtual world of Vana’diel. Luckily, I ended up pleasantly surprised by this two CD set. I have to admit that with all of the negative and skeptical press Final Fantasy XI has received ever since being announced at Square’s infamous Yokohama Millennium Conference in January 2000, along with the fact that I didn’t consider myself a fan of Naoshi Mizuta, whose score of Parasite Eve II was a truly monotonous affair, made it rather hard to look forward to the game’s soundtrack. 01 – “FFXI Opening Theme” ~Legend – The Crystal Theme, Memory of the People, Memoro de la Ŝtono, Memory of the Wind~
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