Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V

This is the fifth installement in the main Final Fantasy series. And the first one to come with more than one disc as a soundtrack. So needless to say, it's requires longer listening time than previous posts. The problem with longer soundtracks is that it becomes harder to make sure all the tracks work together, to make it convincing that the two discs are a whole, not a collection of tracks. And I thought it didn't quite work out that way. It didn't get to be one feeling, it felt quite unhinged and sometimes even out of place. Especially during the actual game, it was very noticeable that you went from one seen to the next, because of the soundtrack lying underneath.
It's also supposed to be one of the classics, one of the most reverred Final Fantas soundtracks out there, focusing around the "Dear Friends" track. But even after 20 gazillion listening sessions, I still don't get what the big fuss is all about. I thought it was nothing special. There were some good tracks though, like "Mambo De Chocobo" and "Harvest", but you could just as well listen to the piano versions of those tracks.
Still, if you're a fan or if you've played it once, you should get it, just for the nostalgic feel to it.

Released: NTT Publishing, 1992.

CD 1

01. Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY V
02. Opening Theme
03. Four Hearts
04. Hurry! Hurry!!
05. Lenna's Theme
06. Dungeon
07. Battle 1
08. Victory Fanfare
09. Requiem
10. Pirates Ahoy
11. Town Theme
12. Good Night
13. Sealed Away
14. Cursed Lands
15. Deception
16. Harvest
17. To the North Mountain
18. Close Call
19. Battle 2
20. Spreading Grand Wings
21. Royal Palace
22. Fire Ship
23. Run!
24. Sorrows of Parting
25. Library of Ancients
26. Reminiscence
27. Musica Machina
28. The Day Will Come
29. What?
30. Mambo de Chocobo
31. Home, Sweet Home
32. Music Box
33. The Airship
34. The Evil Lord Exdeath

CD 2

01. Exdeath's Castle
02. The Dawn Warriors
03. Clash On the Big Bridge
04. Unknown Lands
05. Moogles' Theme
06. The Castle of Dawn
07. Beyond the Deep Blue Sea
08. Legend of the Deep Forest
09. Tycoon Waltz
10. Boko's Theme
11. A New World
12. Sealed Book
13. Slumber of Ancient Earth
14. Prelude to the Void
15. In Search of Light
16. The Decisive Battle
17. The Final Battle
18. The Silent Beyond
19. Dear Friends
20. FINAL FANTASY
21. Ending Theme
22. The Prelude
23. Fanfare 1
24. Fanfare 2
25. I'm a Dancer
26. Piano Lesson 1
27. Piano Lesson 2
28. Piano Lesson 3
29. Piano Lesson 4
30. Piano Lesson 5
31. Piano Lesson 6
32. Piano Lesson 7
33. Piano Lesson 8

Finger Disc 1
Finger Disc 2


Previously posted:
1987: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy I
1988: Tsuyoshi Sekito - Final Fantasy II
1990: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy III
1991: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV
1991: Máire Breatnach - Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon
1992: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV Piano Collections
1992: Ryuji Sasai & Yasuhiro Kawakami - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest