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Battle Tracks

FF14 Battle Tracks

  		• Square Enix catalog number: SQEX-10204
    (released 9/29/10)


  		• Miya Records: MICA-1155

    9 tracks
    Total playing time: 34:34

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    Includes background battle music from the online Final Fantasy 14 game. In my opinion, the FF14 soundtrack CDs have the silliest packaging of all FF CDs yet. It's difficult to return the CD and liner notes to the cardboard holder without SOMETHING getting wrecked in the process. Probably I just haven't refined my technique yet.



    Square Enix version: The CD comes in a rather unusual, annoyingly shaped glossy cardboard packaging, which in turn comes in a rectangular clear plastic box measuring about 6.25 by 5 by 1.2 inches. A horizontal sticker on the front left side of the plastic box is meant to take the place of an obi, with the usual information that an obi would normally include. The CD is in a white cloth sleeve. There is no separate jewel case. Also comes with a Square Enix point card.

    The fold-out liner notes have the tracklist in Japanese (kana) with English equivalents, which are not necessarily direct translations of the Japanese; a brief profile of Nobuo Uematsu; shots from the game; CGI artwork of some of the characters; and a message from Uematsu titled "A Reminiscence of Final Fantasy - Part 2," in both Japanese AND English, surprise surprise!




    The tracklisting in the liner notes is in mixed Japanese (kana) and English. The Japanese names have their own English translations, which are in bold italics and are not necessarily literal ones. I've given the literal translations where applicable.


    1OOPUNING TEEMA
    Opening theme    		6:01
    2Guren no senki no shimoni
    Beneath Bloodied Banners
    (Below battle flags of crimson)    		5:32
    3Tenkusagi
    Nail of the Heavens
    (Heavenly linchpin)    		3:10
    4Asahikage o oikake
    In the Shadow of the Colossus
    (Chase after the shadow of the morning sun)    		3:26
    5Meidou
    The Forest's Pulse
    (Rumbling)    		4:27
    6Kusayabu o kakiwake
    Bathed in Woodsin
    (Push aside the thickets)    		3:00
    7Sajin
    Quicksand
    (Cloud of sand)    		4:41
    8Sareki o fumishime
    Desert Moon Defied
    (Step firmly on pebbles)    		3:19
    9Shouri no FANFAARE ~Gaika~
    Victory Fanfare (Eull)
    (Victory fanfare ~Victory song~)    		0:58





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