FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack

Catalog Number SSCX-10028
Barcode 4517331100287
Release Date Mar 01, 1999
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price 3873 JPY
Media Format 4 CD
Classification Original Soundtrack, Vocal
Publisher DigiCube Co.,Ltd.
Distributor SME Intermedia Inc.
Phonographic Copyright SQUARE

Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranger Nobuo Uematsu, Shiro Hamaguchi
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
Sound Programmer Minoru Akao
Recording Engineer Kenzi Nagashima
Synthesizer Programmer Keiji Kawamori
Mastering Engineer Yasuji “Yasman” Maeda
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering Tokyo
Art Direction Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio), Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)
Photography Keita Nishio
Directors SQUARE SOUNDS, Kishio Ozawa, Tsuyoshi Takemura (DigiCube)
Sales Promotion Saiko Fukui (DigiCube), Katsuyuki Yoshida (SME Intermedia Inc.)
Production Manager Kensuke Matsushita (SQUARE)
Co-executive Producers Michio Okamiya (SQUARE), Hirofumi Nakamura (DigiCube)
Executive Producers Hironobu Sakaguchi (SQUARE), Hisashi Suzuki (DigiCube), Hirofumi Yokota (DigiCube)
Special Thanks Akira Kashiwagi, Keiji Hamada, Tatsuyoshi Kitada, Takeharu Ishimoto, Cathy, Tadatsugu “PRI²” Tsutsumi, Rie Shibata, EMI Hong Kong, TOSHIBA EMI
Lyrics Kazushige Nojima, Kako Someya
Latin Translation Taro Yamashita
Orchestration Shiro Hamaguchi
Conductor Katsuaki Nakatani, Koji Haijima
Keyboards Haruki Mino
Harp You Saito, Tomoyuki Asagawa
Percussion Teiko Haruna, Tomoko Kusakari, Isao Kanayama, Teiko Koshino
Horn Otohiko Fujita, Mitsuo Matsuura, Takahito Saijyo, Megumi Ishibashi, Otohiko Fujita Group
Trumpet Masahiko Sugasaka, Toshio Araki, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Eric Miyashiro Group
Trombone Masanori Hirohara, Yuzo Kataoka, Junko Yamashiro, Eric Miyashiro Group
Tuba Kiyoshi Sato, Isao Watanabe
Flute Takashi Asahi, Yoshio Kizu, Hideyo Takakuwa, Akiko Osawa
Clarinet Tadashi Hoshino, Ayako Oura, Kimio Yamane, Michiyo Sato
Strings Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Soprano Chorus Komaki Miyabe, Matsue Hamauzu, Ayako Okada
Alto Chorus Chie Sasakura, Hitomi Kaga, Kyoko Arita, Chiharu Takahashi
Tenor Chorus Hirokazu Takiguchi, Jun Suzuki, Daisuke Hara, Toru Tabei
Bass Chorus Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Yamagami, Tomo Matsubara, Takamaru Atsuta
Mixing Engineer Kenzi Nagashima
Recording Studio Sound City (Tokyo), Avon Recording Studios (Hong Kong)
Assistant Engineer Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Yasuo Iijima, Noriko Minowa, Simon Li
Recording Coordinator Yuji Saito, Naoto Echizen
Vocals Faye Wong
Electric Piano Ichiro Nagata
Electric Bass Michio Nagaoka
Drums Eiji Shimamura
Electric Guitar Jun Tsunoda
Shinobue Takashi Asahi
Vocal Recording Direction Alvin Leong
Artist Manager Katie Chan
Piano Masato Matsuda
Oboe Masakazu Ishibashi, Satoshi Shoji
Bassoon Keiko Sugawara

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Tracklist:

Disc 1 [TGCS-618] Original Soundtrack

01 Liberi Fatali 3:07
02 Balamb GARDEN 3:29
03 Blue Fields 2:54
04 Don’t be Afraid 2:52
05 The Winner 1:07
06 Find Your Way 3:47
07 SeeD 4:15
08 The Landing 4:37
09 Starting Up 1:19
10 Force Your Way 3:53
11 The Loser 1:26
12 Never Look Back 3:23
13 Dead End 1:11
14 Breezy 2:43
15 Shuffle or Boogie 2:04
16 Waltz for the Moon 3:00
17 Tell Me 3:24
18 Fear 2:24
19 The Man with the Machine Gun 2:49
20 Julia 1:23
21 Roses and Wine 2:18
22 Junction 1:37
23 Timber Owls 2:51
Disc length 61:53

Disc 2 [TGCS-619] Original Soundtrack

01 My Mind 3:12
02 The Mission 3:37
03 Martial Law 3:48
04 Cactus Jack(Galbadian Anthem) 1:30
05 Only a Plank Between One and Perdition 2:24
06 SUCCESSION OF WITCHES 3:19
07 Galbadia GARDEN 3:37
08 Unrest 2:37
09 Under Her Control 3:31
10 The Stage is Set 3:40
11 A Sacrifice 3:27
12 FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC 4:33
13 Intruders 2:32
14 Premonition 4:37
15 Wounded 0:53
16 Fragments of Memories 3:14
17 Jailed 3:50
18 Rivals 3:31
19 Ami 4:37
Disc length 62:29

Disc 3 [TGCS-620] Original Soundtrack, Vocal

01 The Spy 3:47
02 Retaliation 0:45
03 Movin’ 5:18
04 Blue Sky 0:45
05 Drifting 2:57
06 Heresy 4:11
07 Fisherman’s Horizon 3:36
08 ODEKA ke Chocobo 1:16
09 Where I Belong 3:40
10 The Oath 3:26
11 Slide Show Part1 1:23
12 Slide Show Part2 1:47
13 Love Grows 4:29
14 The Salt Flats 3:37
15 Trust Me 3:13
16 Silence and Motion 5:48
17 Dance with the Balamb-fish 3:40
18 Tears of the moon 1:13
19 Residents 3:09
20 Eyes On Me 5:38
Disc length 63:38

Disc 4 [TGCS-621] Original Soundtrack, Vocal

01 Mods de Chocobo(featuring N’s Telecaster) 2:25
02 Ride On 3:03
03 Truth 3:41
04 Lunatic Pandora 3:28
05 Compression of Time 4:34
06 The Castle 5:19
07 The Legendary Beast 5:50
08 Maybe I’m a Lion 5:35
09 The Extreme 6:45
10 The Successor 3:38
11 Ending Theme 13:20
12 Overture 3:36
Disc length 61:14

Liberi Fatali

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Kazushige Nojima
Latin Translation: Taro Yamashita
Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi
Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani
Keyboards: Haruki Mino
Harp: You Saito
Percussion: Teiko Haruna, Tomoko Kusakari, Isao Kanayama
Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Mitsuo Matsuura, Takahito Saijyo, Megumi Ishibashi
Trumpet: Masahiko Sugasaka, Toshio Araki, Hitoshi Yokoyama
Trombone: Masanori Hirohara, Yuzo Kataoka, Junko Yamashiro
Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato
Flute: Takashi Asahi, Yoshio Kizu
Clarinet: Tadashi Hoshino, Ayako Oura
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
·Chorus·
Soprano: Komaki Miyabe, Matsue Hamauzu
Alto: Chie Sasakura, Hitomi Kaga
Tenor: Hirokazu Takiguchi, Jun Suzuki
Bass: Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Yamagami
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo
Assistant Engineers: Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Yasuo Iijima
Recording Coordinator: Yuji Saito

FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Recording Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
·Chorus·
Soprano: Matsue Hamauzu, Ayako Okada
Alto: Kyoko Arita, Chiharu Takahashi
Tenor: Daisuke Hara, Toru Tabei
Bass: Tomo Matsubara, Takamaru Atsuta

Eyes On Me

Vocals: Faye Wong
Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Kako Someya
Arranger: Shiro Hamaguchi
Synthesizer Programmer: Keiji Kawamori
Electric Piano: Ichiro Nagata
Electric Bass: Michio Nagaoka
Drums: Eiji Shimamura
Electric Guitar: Jun Tsunoda
Shinobue: Takashi Asahi
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo JAPAN
Avon Recording Studios, Hong Kong
Assistant Engineer: Noriko Minowa, Simon Li
Vocal Recording Direction: Alvin Leong
Artist Manager: Katie Chan
Recording Coordinators: Yuji Saito, Naoto Echizen
ⓟ1999 KCPL
Special thanks to… Rie Shibata, EMI Hong Kong, TOSHIBA EMI

Ending Theme

Music: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Kako Someya
Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi
Synthesizer Programmer: Keiji Kawamori
Vocals: Faye Wong
Conductor: Koji Haijima
Piano: Masato Matsuda
Harp: Tomoyuki Asagawa
Percussion: Teiko Koshino, Tomoko Kusakari
Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa, Akiko Osawa
Oboe: Masakazu Ishibashi, Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane, Michiyo Sato
Fagotto: Keiko Sugawara
Trumpet/Trombone: Eric Miyashiro Group
Tuba: Isao Watanabe
Horn: Otohiko Fujita Group
Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo JAPAN
Avon Recording Studios, Hong Kong
Assistant Engineer: Noriko Minowa, Simon Li
Vocal Recording Direction: Alvin Leong
Artist Manager: Katie Chan
Recording Coordinators: Yuji Saito, Naoto Echizen
ⓟ1999 SQUARE/KCPL
Special thanks to… EMI Hong Kong

Composed, Arranged & Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

Sound programmer: Minoru Akao
Recording engineer: Kenzi Nagashima
Synthesizer programmer: Keiji Kawamori

Mastering engineer: Yasuji “Yasman” Maeda
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Art Direction: Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)
Design: Tadashi Shimada, Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)
Photography: Keita Nishio

Directors: SQUARE SOUNDS
Kishio Ozawa & Tsuyoshi Takemura

Sales Promotion: Saiko Fukui, Katsuyuki Yoshida

Production Manager: Kensuke Matsushita

Co-executive Producers: Michio Okamiya, Hirofumi Nakamura
Executive Producers: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hisashi Suzuki, Hirofumi Yokota

Special Thanks to…
Akira Kashiwagi, Keiji Hamada, Tatsuyoshi Kitada
Takeharu Ishimoto, Cathy, Tadatsugu “PRI²” Tsutsumi

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