FINAL FANTASY IX Original Soundtrack

Catalog Number SQEX-10009~12 (reprint of SSCX-10043~6)
Barcode 4988601460033
Release Date May 10, 2004
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 3873 JPY
Media Format 4 CD
Classification Original Soundtrack, Vocal, Prototype/Unused
Label SQUARE ENIX
Publisher SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Distributor Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
Phonographic Copyright Solid Co.,Ltd., SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

All Music Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranger Nobuo Uematsu, Kunihiko Kurosawa, Shiro Hamaguchi
Sound Programmer Minoru Akao
Synthesizer Operator Keiji Kawamori
Orchestration Shiro Hamaguchi
Vocal Emiko Shiratori
Lyrics Ciomi
Translation Kako Someya, Alexander O. Smith
Conductor Koji Haijima
Strings Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Drums Atsuo Okamoto
Bass Michio Nagaoka
Piano Masato Matsuda
Guitar Jun Kajihara, Masayuki Chiyo
Oboe Masakazu Ishibashi
Synthesizer Minoru Maruo
Ancient Instruments Kunihiko Kurosawa, Haruo Kondo
Sound Producer Kenichi Funayama
All Music Produced by Nobuo Uematsu
Recording Engineer Toshiyuki Yoshida, Hidenobu “KALTA” Ohtsuki
Mixing Engineer Toshiyuki Yoshida
Manipulator Hidenobu “KALTA” Ohtsuki
Recorded at Victor Studio, Sound Inn, Sound City Studio
Recording Coordinator Yuji Saito
Mastering Engineer Yuka Koizumi
Mastering Studio Studio Orange
Art Direction Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio), Noriko Kadokura (Banana Studio)
Photography Hiroshi Shibaizumi (Hand Made), Shouji Otake (Hand Made)
Directors Kishio Ozawa (DigiCube), Tsuyoshi Takemura (DigiCube)
Sales Promotion Saiko Fukui (DigiCube), Satoshi Okada (SME), Yuko Tiba (SME)
Production Coordinator Emiko Funahashi
Production Manager Keiji Hamada
Supervisor Susumu Arai (DigiCube), Hirofumi Yokota (DigiCube), Hidenori Miyazaki (DigiCube)
Co-executive Producer Kensuke Matsushita
Executive Producer Nobuo Uematsu
Special Thanks Makoto Ise, Ryo Inakura, Masataka Saito, Wood green, Michio Okamiya, Katsumi Miyazaki, Akihiko Maeda, Nobuaki Komoto, Masahiro Kataoka, Japanese Synthesizer Programmer Team, Hiroyuki Ito, Hironobu Sakaguchi
Image Illustration Yoshitaka Amano
Liner Notes Nobuo Uematsu

Products represented
FINAL FANTASY IX

Tracklist:

Disc 1 [SQEX-10009] Original Soundtrack

01 A Place to Return to Someday 2:09
02 Memories Erased in the Storm 1:16
03 Strategy Meeting 1:38
04 The Skies of Alexandria 0:54
05 Vivi’s Theme 3:11
06 Living by the Sword 2:42
07 Vamo’ alla flamenco 1:53
08 Decisive Action ~Searching for the Princess~ 3:14
09 Jesters of the Moonless Night 3:21
10 Steiner’s Theme 2:27
11 Prima Vista Band 1:45
12 Captivated Eyes 2:50
13 Tonight 0:16
14 Your Warmth 0:35
15 Mistaken Love 3:35
16 Queen of the Abyss 1:31
17 Rustling Forest 2:29
18 Battle 1 2:40
19 Fanfare 0:57
20 Memories of That Day 2:27
21 Battle 2 4:05
22 Game Over 1:56
23 Run! 2:48
24 Goodnight 0:10
25 Over That Hill 2:38
26 Ice Cavern 3:00
27 Village of Dali 2:29
28 Beyond the Twilight 3:07
29 Reckless Steiner 2:45
30 Limited Time 3:03
31 Zidane’s Theme 2:47
32 Black Waltz 1:39
Disc length 72:17

Disc 2 [SQEX-10010] Original Soundtrack

01 Cid’s Theme 4:00
02 Out of the Frying Pan… 3:10
03 Lindblum 2:11
04 Song of Memories 1:53
05 Hunter Chance 3:48
06 Qu’s Marsh 3:17
07 Quina’s Theme 3:52
08 Aloha de Chocobo 2:57
09 Ukule le Chocobo 2:23
10 Freija’s Theme 3:02
11 South Gate at the Border 2:56
12 Fairy Battle 2:28
13 Burmecian Kingdom 3:55
14 An Unforgettable Face 3:24
15 Kuja’s Theme 2:25
16 Hesitating Sword 3:17
17 Dark City Treno 2:53
18 Tantalus’ Theme 2:21
19 Wicked Melody 2:26
20 Garnet’s Theme 2:40
21 Gargan Roo, the Road of the Ancient Roots 1:47
22 Cleyra’s Trunk 2:43
23 Cleyra Settlement 2:21
24 Eternal Harvest 1:16
25 Mourning for the Sky 2:35
26 The Extraction 1:16
Disc length 71:16

Disc 3 [SQEX-10011] Original Soundtrack

01 Attack 2:23
02 Rose of May 2:34
03 Fossil Roo 2:31
04 Conde Petie, the Windy Mountain Village 3:43
05 Black Mage Village 3:22
06 Unfulfilled Feelings 3:47
07 Before the Altar of Ceremony 2:09
08 Eiko’s Theme 3:36
09 Madain Sari, Lost Summoners 3:49
10 Summon Wall 2:31
11 Iifa Tree 2:29
12 Salamander’s Theme 2:29
13 Footsteps of Desire 2:20
14 We’re Thieves 2:11
15 Epic Love Letter War 2:53
16 Quad Mist 3:40
17 Moogle’s Theme 1:56
18 Something to Protect 2:22
19 The Summoned 2:56
20 Warden of Time 2:44
21 Oeilvert 2:17
22 An Engraved Past 2:52
23 Turn Around, There’s a Frog 2:03
24 Esto Gaza, the Sacred Grounds 3:49
25 Gulg Volcano 2:07
26 Broken Spell and Healed Hearts 2:03
Disc length 71:36

Disc 4 [SQEX-10012] Original Soundtrack

01 Hilda Garde, the Airship 4:07
02 Daguerreo, the Hermit’s Library 2:05
03 Ipsen’s Ancient Castle 1:59
04 The Four Mirrors 2:46
05 Concurrent Battles 2:03
06 Terra 2:10
07 Bran Bal, the Soulless Village 3:11
08 Pandemonium, the Castle Frozen in Time 3:04
09 You’re Not Alone 2:36
10 Indelible Sorrow 3:30
11 The Evil Mist Again 2:26
12 Silver Dragons Battle 3:48
13 The Place of Memories 2:14
14 Crystal World 3:44
15 Messenger of Ruin 4:43
16 The Final Battle 6:15
17 Bittersweet Love 1:32
18 Kiss of Betrayal 0:28
19 I Want to Be Your Canary 1:18
20 Two Unstealable Hearts 1:22
21 Beyond the Door 2:07
22 Melodies Of Life ~Final Fantasy 7:35
23 Prelude 2:46
24 CCJC TVCM 15″ (Coca Cola CM Music) 0:20
25 CCJC TVCM 30″ (Coca Cola CM Music) 0:34
26 Melodies Of Life [The Layers Of Harmony] 3:22
Disc length 72:05

Melodies of Life
featured in Final Fantasy IX

Music : Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics : Ciomi
Arrangement : Shiro Hamaguchi
Vocal : Emiko Shiratori
(appears by courtesy of King Records)

Conductor : Koji Haijima
Strings : Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Drums : Atsuo Okamoto / Bass : Michio Nagaoka
Piano: Masato Matsuda
Guitar : Jun Kajihara, Masayuki Chiyo
Oboe : Masakazu Ishibashi / Synthesizer : Minoru Maruo
Recorded at Sound City Studio & Victor Studio

Melodies Of Life [The Layers Of Harmony]
Music : Nobuo Uematsu / Lyrics : Ciomi
Translation : Kako Someya & Alexander O. Smith
Arrangement : Shiro Hamaguchi

All Music Composed, Arranged & Produced by
Nobuo Uematsu

Sound Programmer : Minoru Akao
Synthesizer Operator : Keiji Kawamori

Orchestration : Shiro Hamaguchi
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Toshiyuki Yoshida
Recorded at Victor Studio & Sound Inn
Recording Coordinator : Yuji Saito

Ancient Music Versions (Disc1-1, Disc3-21,22, Disc4-3,4)
Arrangement : Kunihiko Kurosawa
Ancient Instruments : Kunihiko Kurosawa, Haruo Kondo
Manipulator & Recording Engineer : Hidenori “KALTA” Ohtsuki
Sound Producer : Kenichi Funayama

Mastering Engineer : Yuka Koizumi
Mastering Studio : Studio Orange

Art Direction : Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design : Tadashi Shimada & Noriko Kadokura (Banana Studio)
Photography : Hiroshi Shibaizumi, Shouji Otake (Banana Studio)

Directors : Kishio Ozawa &Tsuyoshi Takemura (DigiCube)
Sales Promotion : Saiko Fukui (DigiCube)
Satoshi Okada (SME) & Yuko Tiba (SME)

Production Coordinator : Emiko Funahashi
Production Manager : Keiji Hamada
Supervisor : Susumu Arai, Hirofumi Yokota, Hidenori Miyazaki (DigiCube)
Co-executive Producer : Kensuke Matsushita
Executive Producer : Nobuo Uematsu

Special Thanks to : Makoto Ise, Ryo Inakura, Masataka Saito
Wood green, Michio Okamiya, Katsumi Miyazaki, Akihiko Maeda,
Nobuaki Komoto, Masahiro Kataoka, Japanese Synthesizer Programmer Team,
Hiroyuki Ito, Hironobu Sakaguchi

Image Illustration : Yoshitaka Amano
Liner Notes: Nobuo Uematsu (2000-6-14) (pg. 6)

Additional catalog numbers: TGCS-936~9

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