FINAL FANTASY VIII Music Collection /FINAL FANTASY VIII Music Collection /FINAL FANTASY VIII Music Collection

FINAL FANTASY VIII Music Collection
FINAL FANTASY VIII Music Collection

Catalog Number	EASQUARE-0001 (U.S. printing ofSSCX-10028)
Release Date	Jan 2000
Publish Format	Commercial, Promo/Gift/Reward
Release Price	Not for Sale (U.S.)
Media Format	4 CD
Classification	Original Soundtrack, Vocal
Organizations	Square Electronic Arts

Credits

Composed by /Composed by	Nobuo Uematsu /植松伸夫
Arranger /Arranger	Nobuo Uematsu /植松伸夫,Shiro Hamaguchi /浜口史郎
Producer /Producer	Nobuo Uematsu /植松伸夫
Sound Programmer /Sound Programmer	Minoru Akao /赤尾実
Recording Engineer /Recording Engineer	Kenzi Nagashima /長島賢史
Synthesizer Programmer /Synthesizer Programmer	Keiji Kawamori /河盛慶次
Mastering Engineer /Mastering Engineer	Yasuji "Yasman" Maeda
Mastered at /Mastered at	Bernie Grundman Mastering Tokyo
Art Direction /Art Direction	Tadashi Shimada /島田忠司 (Banana Studio)
Design /Design	Tadashi Shimada /島田忠司 (Banana Studio),Norie Kadokura /門倉徳映 (Banana Studio)
Photography /Photography	Keita Nishio
Directors /Directors	SQUARE SOUNDS,Kishio Ozawa /小澤貴司夫,Tsuyoshi Takemura /竹村剛史 (DigiCube)
Sales Promotion /Sales Promotion	Saiko Fukui /福井彩子 (DigiCube), Katsuyuki Yoshida (SME Intermedia Inc.)
Production Manager /Production Manager	Kensuke Matsushita /松下謙介 (SQUARE)
Co-executive Producers /Co-executive Producers	Michio Okamiya /岡宮道生 (SQUARE),Hirofumi Nakamura /中村寛文 (DigiCube)
Executive Producers /Executive Producers	Hironobu Sakaguchi /坂口博信 (SQUARE),Hisashi Suzuki /鈴木尚 (DigiCube),Hirofumi Yokota /横田洋文 (DigiCube)
Special Thanks /Special Thanks	Akira Kashiwagi,Keiji Hamada /濱田啓路, Tatsuyoshi Kitada,Takeharu Ishimoto /石元丈晴, Cathy, Tadatsugu "PRI²" Tsutsumi, Rie Shibata, EMI Hong Kong,TOSHIBA EMI
Lyrics /Lyrics	Kazushige Nojima /野島一成,Kako Someya /染谷和美
Latin Translation /Latin Translation	Taro Yamashita /山下太郎
Orchestration /Orchestration	Shiro Hamaguchi /浜口史郎
Conductor /Conductor	Katsuaki Nakatani /中谷勝昭,Koji Haijima
Keyboards /Keyboards	Haruki Mino /美野春樹
Harp /Harp	You Saito,Tomoyuki Asagawa
Percussion /Percussion	Teiko Haruna /春名禎子,Tomoko Kusakari /草刈とも子,Isao Kanayama /金山功,Teiko Koshino /越野禎子
Horn /Horn	Otohiko Fujita /藤田乙比古,Mitsuo Matsuura /松浦光男,Takahito Saijyo,Megumi Ishibashi /石橋めぐみ,Otohiko Fujita Group /藤田乙比古グループ
Trumpet /Trumpet	Masahiko Sugasaka /菅坂雅彦,Toshio Araki /荒木敏男,Hitoshi Yokoyama /横山均,Eric Miyashiro Group /エリック宮城グループ
Trombone /Trombone	Masanori Hirohara /広原正典,Yuzo Kataoka /片岡雄三,Junko Yamashiro /山城純子,Eric Miyashiro Group /エリック宮城グループ
Tuba /Tuba	Kiyoshi Sato /佐藤潔,Isao Watanabe /渡辺功
Flute /Flute	Takashi Asahi /旭孝,Yoshio Kizu /木津芳夫,Hideyo Takakuwa /髙桑英世,Akiko Osawa /大澤明子
Clarinet /Clarinet	Tadashi Hoshino /星野正,Ayako Oura /大浦綾子,Kimio Yamane /山根公男,Michiyo Sato /佐藤路世
Strings /Strings	Masatsugu Shinozaki Group /篠崎正嗣グループ
Soprano Chorus /Soprano Chorus	Komaki Miyabe /宮部小牧,Matsue Hamauzu /濱渦真津恵,Ayako Okada /岡田綾子
Alto Chorus /Alto Chorus	Chie Sasakura /佐々倉千栄,Hitomi Kaga /加賀ひとみ,Kyoko Arita /在田恭子,Chiharu Takahashi /高橋ちはる
Tenor Chorus /Tenor Chorus	Hirokazu Takiguchi /瀧口裕一,Jun Suzuki /鈴木准,Daisuke Hara /原大介,Toru Tabei /田部井とおる
Bass Chorus /Bass Chorus	Katsuyuki Nakanishi /中西勝之,Takeshi Yamagami /山神健志,Tomo Matsubara /松原友,Takamaru Atsuta /熱田貴丸
Mixing Engineer /Mixing Engineer	Kenzi Nagashima /長島賢史
Recording Studio /Recording Studio	Sound City (Tokyo), Avon Recording Studios (Hong Kong)
Assistant Engineer /Assistant Engineer	Yasuhiro Tsurusaki /鶴崎康宏,Yasuo Iijima /飯嶋康生,Noriko Minowa /美濃和紀子,Simon Li
Recording Coordinator /Recording Coordinator	Yuji Saito /齋藤裕二,Naoto Echizen /越前直人
Vocals /Vocals	Faye Wong /王菲
Electric Piano /Electric Piano	Ichiro Nagata /永田一郎
Electric Bass /Electric Bass	Michio Nagaoka /長岡道夫
Drums /Drums	Eiji Shimamura /島村英二
Electric Guitar /Electric Guitar	Jun Tsunoda
Shinobue /Shinobue	Takashi Asahi /旭孝
Vocal Recording Direction /Vocal Recording Direction	Alvin Leong
Artist Manager /Artist Manager	Katie Chan
Piano /Piano	Masato Matsuda /松田真人
Oboe /Oboe	Masakazu Ishibashi /石橋雅一,Satoshi Shoji /庄司知史
Bassoon /Bassoon	Keiko Sugawara /菅原恵子

Tracklist

English

Disc 1 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 length61:53
Disc 2 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 length62:29
Disc 3 Original Soundtrack

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 length63:38
Disc 4 Original Soundtrack

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 length61:14

Total tracks74 Total length4:09:14

Notes

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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