| Final Fantasy VIII |  | Artist: Nobuo Uematsu
Label: Msi Music/Super D
Category: Music
List Price: $57.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 136317
Format: Soundtrack, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
EAN: 4517331100287
ASIN: B00003CK5N
Release Date: September 4, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Orders usually processed within 24 hours! Ships from CA. Excellent condition inside and out. Shows minimal signs of handling. In business since 1979! *We Do Not Ship To Italy.* (Item in tray 106)
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| Tracks:
| • | Liberi Fatali | | • | Balamb Garden | | • | Blue Fields | | • | Don't Be Afraid | | • | The Winter | | • | Find Your Way | | • | SeeD | | • | The Landing | | • | Starting Up | | • | Force Your Way | | • | The Loser | | • | Never Look Back | | • | Dead End | | • | Breezy | | • | Shuffle Or Boogie | | • | Waltz For The Moon | | • | Tell Me | | • | Fear | | • | The Man With The Manchine Gun | | • | Julia | | • | Roses And Wine | | • | Junction | | • | Timber Owls | | • | My Mind | | • | The Mission | | • | Martial Law | | • | Catus Jack (Galbadian Anthem) | | • | Only A Plank Between One And Perdition | | • | Succession Of Witches | | • | Galbadia Garden | | • | Unrest | | • | Under Her Control | | • | The Stage Is Set | | • | A Sacrifice | | • | Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec | | • | Intruders | | • | Premonition | | • | Wounded | | • | Fragments Of Memories | | • | Jailed | | • | Rivals | | • | Ami | | • | The Spy | | • | Retaliation | | • | Movin | | • | Blue Sky | | • | Drifting | | • | Heresy | | • | Fisherman's Horizon | | • | Odeka Ke Chocobo | | • | Where I Belong | | • | The Oath | | • | Slide Show Part 1 | | • | Slide Show Part 2 | | • | Love Grows | | • | The Salt Flats | | • | Trust Me | | • | Silence And Motion | | • | Dance With The Balamb-fish | | • | Tears Of The Moon | | • | Residents | | • | Eyes On Me | | • | Mods De Chocobo (feat N's Telecaster) | | • | Ride On | | • | Truth | | • | Lunatic Pandora | | • | Compression Of Time | | • | The Castle | | • | The Legendary Beast | | • | Maybe I'm A Lion | | • | The Extreme | | • | The Successor | | • | Ending Theme | | • | Overture |
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Album Description
Soundtrack to Japan's most popular computer game. Composed, arranged & produced by Nobuo Uematsu. 1999.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
Great Music from the "BEST FINAL FANTASY" game ever August 30, 2007
This is a great soundtrack good music,cool case,and 4 DISKS!When I read about it being an import I was afraid that th lyrics in "Eyes On Me" would be sung in japanese but thankfully it was in English. All the songs sound great. It is Nobuo Uematsu best work ever. The "Liberi Fatali" song is still sung in Latin but it still sounds great.The little booklet that comes with it is cool, it has pictures from the game in it along with the names of the songs typed in english.The lyrics "Eyes On Me" are typed in English and Japanese,Liberi Fatali is typed in Latin everything else(besides the credits) is typed in Japanese. But it is still a 5 Star Hit! If you don't own it Get It! The best music Ever!
Uematsu = Genius April 19, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't believe how each of his soundtracks get better and better. Just when you think that you've heard the best music from a final fantasy game (FFVI in particular) he comes out with FFVII music that just blows it away, and now FFVIII (which i think is better than VII overall) is just freakin amazing!!! Tracks like The Landing, Force Your Way, Liberi Fatali, Never Look Back, omg and so many more. You have to get this now!!!
High school music with military theme September 29, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I first bought the original soundtrack, it makes feel like that I was back in high school struggling to grow up. Yet the music has a calming effect on me whenever I wanted to have peace within myself. The soundtrack is great and it featured the first singer for Final Fantasy; C-pop (Chinese pop) singer Faye Wong who was big in China and in Hong Kong. This soundtrack shows great collaboration between China and Japan working together. Of course, I'm Chinese and I listen to the soundtrack all the time. If you played the game itself, you'll love this soundtrack.
Nobuo Uematsu Is Making Real Music! August 20, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Okay, I know that all FF soundtracks up to FF8 have been brilliant, but did you ever notice the songs sounding a bit too much like gameboy music?
Well, here in the FF8 soundtrack, real instruments, singers and orchestras are being put to use in what I believe to be Uematsu's greatest triumph. It really takes away the element in the music that makes it a bit difficul to catergorise as real music.
This soundtrack has everything, with a brilliant enemy theme, shown in 'Succession of Witches', incredible battle themes, shown in 'Don't be Afraid' and 'The Man With the Machine Gun', boss themes - 'Maybe I'm A Lion' and 'The Extreme', and love themes - 'Julia', 'Eyes on Me' and 'Love Grows'.
To sum it up in one sentence, this soundtrack is a true masterpiece. The only disappointing things on it are: 1: 'Jailed' and 'Cactus Jack' and 2: The booklet is in Japanese!
Oh well, can't blame them for not translatng it - this 4 disc set of 85 tracks IS an import, after all.
Congrats, Nobou!
(chuckle, chuckle)
 Not the best... but does the job. August 19, 2004
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
Before I go on, I'd like to say I am a fan of game/anime music. Especially the job done by Chris Vrenna on the "American McGee's Alice" soundtrack, and Kenji Kawai's work on "Ghost In The Shell".
Final Fantasy 8's soundtrack is moving, just as the game was to some. However, it's not perfect, despite what others may say. Granted, Nobuo did some very fine work, and I still think it was a wise investment (paid a hefty $80 at an Anime store), but in my opinion, it's not the be all and end all.
One of the qualms I have, is that the music here sounds like it was ripped straight from the game, thus making a lot of the tracks easily forgettable. I am aware there is an album floating around with the music being performed by an orchestra, but that's besides the point. If I wanted to spend money on synthesized faux-classical music, I'd save myself some money and buy an album by Rob D.
Another is the presentation of the CD's... Oh sure, the little box is nice, and the booklet's there to flick through and whatnot, but the CD's look like someone grabbed four CDR's and just stuck some screenshots on there. Perhaps I'm being too critical, but I didn't pay the money I did for dodgy-looking CD's, that I could do on my computer at home.
With those two problems aside, you get what you pay for. 74 tracks of music from a bestselling video game. Of course, Faye Wong makes her appearance on "Eyes On Me", which still sounds wonderful, even when you've played it half to death. The rest of the songs are touching, emotional, and even downright catchy ("Mods de Chocobo", anyone?). It also has that "background music" quality to it, almost ambient, even.
It might not be Uematsu's opus, but it comes close enough, in my opinion.
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