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Music of Final Fantasy IX

"FINAL FANTASY IX" Original Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album to Final Fantasy IX by Nobuo Uematsu
Released August 30, 2000
May 10, 2004 (re-release)
Recorded Sound City, Tokyo
Genre Ambient, Classical, Electronic, Future jazz, Techno,Video game music
Length Disc 1: 72:18
Disc 2: 71:18
Disc 3: 71:40
Disc 4: 72:05
Label DigiCube
Square Enix (re-release)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy IX: Uematsu's Best Selection
Soundtrack album to Final Fantasy IX by Nobuo Uematsu
Released August 21, 2000
Genre Video game music, classical
Length 74:16
Label Tokyopop Soundtrax
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
"FINAL FANTASY IX" Original Soundtrack PLUS
Soundtrack album to Final Fantasy IX by Nobuo Uematsu
Released December 6, 2000
October 20, 2004 (re-release)
Genre Video game music, classical
Length 66:29
Label DigiCube
Square Enix (re-release)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu
Piano Collections: FINAL FANTASY IX
Soundtrack album to Final Fantasy IX by Nobuo Uematsu, Shirō Hamaguchi, Louis Leerink
Released January 24, 2001
July 22, 2004 (re-release)
Recorded Sound City, Tokyo
Genre Video game music, classical
Length 53:44
Label DigiCube
Square Enix (re-release)
Producer Nobuo Uematsu

The music of the video game Final Fantasy IX was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu. It was his last exclusive Final Fantasy score. The Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack, a compilation of all music in the game, was originally released on four Compact Discs by DigiCube in 2000, and was re-released by Square Enix in 2004. A Best Of and arranged soundtrack album of musical tracks from the game entitled Final Fantasy IX: Uematsu's Best Selection was released in 2000 by Tokyopop Soundtrax. Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack PLUS, an album of music from the game's full motion videos and extra tracks, was released by DigiCube in 2000 and re-released in 2004, and a collection of piano arrangements of pieces from the original soundtrack arranged by Shirō Hamaguchi and performed by Louis Leerink was released as Piano Collections Final Fantasy IX in 2001.

The game's soundtrack is best known for "Melodies of Life," the theme song of the game, performed by Emiko Shiratori in Japanese and English. The song was released as a single by King Records in 2000. The soundtrack was based around a theme of medieval music, and was heavily inspired by previous Final Fantasy games, incorporating themes and motifs from earlier soundtracks. The music was overall well received; reviewers found the soundtrack to be both well done and enjoyable, though opinions were mixed as to the reliance on music of previous games. Several tracks, especially "Melodies of Life" and "Vamo' Alla Flamenco", remain popular today, and have been performed numerous times in orchestral concert series, as well as been published in arranged and compilation albums by Square as well as outside groups.

In discussions with director Hiroyuki Ito, Uematsu was told "It'd be fine if you compose tracks for the eight characters, an exciting battle track, a gloomy, danger-evoking piece, and around ten tracks or so." However, Uematsu spent an estimated year composing and producing "around 160" pieces for Final Fantasy IX, with 140 appearing in the game.


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