Which of these 7 Final Fantasy XII songs is best?

I beat Final Fantasy XII last November and thought the music was great! I got the soundtrack in the mail this week and was playing it on my computer. It sounds much much better on my computer than my old tv! Also I am feeling very nostalgic for the game right now. While playing Final Fantasy XII I loved the music but I love it even more now!! I decided to list my favorite tracks. I started by listing the great songs, then narrowing down each list until I got to the last list, which was ordered.

Here is the first list of top songs, which are the great ones…
01-01 Loop Demo
01-02 Final Fantasy ~FFXII Version~
01-03 Opening Movie(Theme of Final Fantasy XII)
01-05 Boss Battle
01-07 Secret Practice
01-09 The Royal City of Rabanastre – City Ward Upper Stratum
01-13 The Dalmasca Estersand
01-14 Level Up!
01-19 Rabanastre Downtown
01-22 The Dalmasca Westersand
01-23 Clan Headquarters
01-25 Giza Plains
01-27 The Garamsythe Waterway
01-30 Nalbina Fortress Town Ward
02-02 Clash of Swords
02-03 Victory Fanfare ~FFXII Version~
02-08 Nalbina Fortress Underground Prison
02-11 Theme of the Empire
02-13 The Barheim Passage
02-17 The Skycity of Bhujerba
02-18 Secret of Nethicite
03-01 The Sandsea
03-02 Esper Battle
03-04 Seeking Power
03-05 Desperate Fight
03-06 Jahara, Land of the Garif
03-07 Ozmone Plain
03-09 Eruyt Village
03-11 Chocobo ~FFXII Version~
03-13 Clash on the Big Bridge ~FFXII Version~
03-14 Abandoning Power
03-15 The Stilshrine of Miriam
03-16 Time For A Rest
03-17 White Room
03-18 The Salikawood
03-19 The Phon Coast
03-21 The Sochen Cave Palace
03-22 A Moment’s Rest
03-23 Near The Water
03-24 The Mosphoran Highwaste
04-01 The Cerobi Steppe
04-03 The Port of Balfonheim
04-05 The Zertinan Caverns
04-06 A Land of Memories
04-07 The Forgotten Capital
04-08 The Feywood
04-09 Ashe’s Theme
04-10 Giruvegan’s Mystery
04-11 To The Place of the Gods
04-12 The Beginning of the End
04-16 The Battle For Freedom
04-18 Ending Movie
04-20 Symphonic Poem "Hope" ~Final Fantasy XII PV Ver.~
04-21 Theme of Final Fantasy XII(Presentation Version)

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Now here are the best songs from the previous list, and these ones are really great ones…
01-01 Loop Demo
01-02 Final Fantasy ~FFXII Version~
01-13 The Dalmasca Estersand
01-25 Giza Plains
02-02 Clash of Swords
02-03 Victory Fanfare ~FFXII Version~
02-11 Theme of the Empire
02-17 The Skycity of Bhujerba
02-18 Secret of Nethicite
03-05 Desperate Fight
03-07 Ozmone Plain
03-09 Eruyt Village
03-11 Chocobo ~FFXII Version~
03-13 Clash on the Big Bridge ~FFXII Version~
03-14 Abandoning Power
03-16 Time For A Rest
03-19 The Phon Coast
03-22 A Moment’s Rest
03-24 The Mosphoran Highwaste
04-08 The Feywood
04-11 To The Place of the Gods
04-12 The Beginning of the End
04-16 The Battle For Freedom
04-20 Symphonic Poem "Hope" ~Final Fantasy XII PV Ver.~

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Now here are the songs that were the best ones from the previous list. These are the really ultimate ones of the entire soundtrack, and this list I ended putting in order of my preferences!! …
1. 01-01 Loop Demo
2. 01-02 Final Fantasy ~FFXII Version~
3. 03-19 The Phon Coast
4. 04-16 The Battle For Freedom
5. 03-22 A Moment’s Rest
6. 03-16 Time For A Rest
7. 03-09 Eruyt Village
*When I listed Loop Demo in the last list, I’m thinking only of the first half of the song, which has "The Prelude" playing. The second half of the song is great but by itself wouldn’t make the final list, but the first half would and ended up beating all songs! By the way my favorite video game music song is Nobuo Uematsu – The Prelude(Final Fantasy VI Version).

I’m noticing that those songs mainly fall into two categories. One category is the dreamy peaceful type of song with Flutes and Harps playing(Loop Demo[The Prelude part], A Moment’s Rest, Time For A Rest, and Eruyt Village). The other category is the big time battle music type of song(The Phon Coast, The Battle For Freedom). I’m a fan of big time battle music like that, which is why I love the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack. Also, I love the song Final Fantasy ~FFXII Version~ but it doesn’t fit into either one of those two categories.

What do you think of that list? Feel free to post your own ordered list! So, what is your favorite Final Fantasy XII song from the ones I listed? 🙂

It sounds much much better on my computer than my old tv!

The music actually does sound better on the OST. The PS2 Sound Chip couldn’t handle the complexity of Sakimoto’s music and so he had to actually downgrade it.

I voted for Battle for Freedom. It’s absolutely awesome how Sakimoto alternates between the theme of the Liberation Army and the Empire as if to follow the momentum shifts throughout the battle as the tide turns to each side.

I don’t know what I thought of the song The Battle For Freedom while playing Final Fantasy XII but I remember it from the trailers to Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and the final battle in the game! 😀

You should try FF7, FF8, and FF10’s soundtracks if you think FF12’s is good…

The music actually does sound better on the OST. The PS2 Sound Chip couldn’t handle the complexity of Sakimoto’s music and so he had to actually downgrade it.

I voted for Battle for Freedom. It’s absolutely awesome how Sakimoto alternates between the theme of the Liberation Army and the Empire as if to follow the momentum shifts throughout the battle as the tide turns to each side.

Couldn’t handle the complexity… lol. That’s bull. It sounds better on the OST because it has higher quality encoding. And because TV speakers suck.

Also the best song in FFXII is the remixed main FF theme.

I voted for the Battle For Freedom out of those but my favourite track off FFXII is easily Theme of the Empire. So epic, I love it!

…from the Eyesonff.com forum…

I tend to favor battle themes over other types of music. Phon Coast and Battle for Freedom are the only tracks out of the listed options that I can remember enjoying…

I think that I will listen to these songs later on today and give you my feedback at that time. I know that Phon Coast was featured heavily in the demo for Final Fantasy XII to increase hype for the game, so I think that the music choice may have had something to do with that, too.

Nice!! 😎 I remember it from the Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings trailer! I’ve given 6 games 10/10 scores and two games 9.5/10 scores(FF IV and FF XII: RW), there are many rpg’s I’ve given 9/10 scores to, Final Fantasy XII is one of them. I wish that the story(7/10) and characters(8/10) were a little bit better, then the game could have been ranked higher. For FF XII: RW, with some small improvements in the controls and the battle system, the game could be ranked 10/10. Final Fantasy IV is great also, I haven’t played it for years but I’ll be playing the DS version when it comes out.

First time I listened to the OST I thought for sure it was a badly recorded game rip, it sounded so different than in the game that it took me some time to get used to it.
I vote for The Battle for Freedom, yet I see some tracks are misplaced in the poll, it’s crazy to compare a soft paced track such as a Eruyt Village with another fast, epic and very long track such as the above-mentioned, but oh well.

Couldn’t handle the complexity… lol. That’s bull. It sounds better on the OST because it has higher quality encoding. And because TV speakers suck.

It’s not bull, it was confirmed in a number of interviews plus if you get the psf2 rips and the OST and play them from the same computer speakers, you can definitely tell the difference. Higher quality encoding does not account for the fact that some instruments are missing or are completely different in-game from the OST versions.

So no Clash on the Big Bridge love?

The choices are flawed.

The choices are flawed.

Yep. I voted for "Final Fantasy" based on the choices.

But from that soundtrack, I also liked "Signs of a Change," "Rabanastre Downtown," Nalbina Fortress Underground," and "Seeking Power."

So no Clash on the Big Bridge love?

The choices are flawed.

I’m asking you to choose which of my favorite FF XII songs you like best.

Im a bit surprised ‘Esper Battle’ is not in the list. For me its the most dramatic battle theme from all FF games. But tastes are different, thats clear. I voted for ‘Time for rest’ because somehow this melody doesnt get old for my ears…

Battle for Freedom. One of the most epic and heroic battle themes of all time (excluding the first 3 minutes of it or so…but it goes so well with the setting, the atmosphere and the story of the battle.)

Esper Battle ruled! Didn’t they play this song also when you fought the Hell Wyrm? Time For A Rest rules, good choice of music for the save/load screen. The Battle For Freedom is one of the very best songs on the soundtrack I think!

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ff12rw/
Rahir, CrystalChrosius, please go to that link, click on Enter Site, then click on Downloads. Watch the video on the bottom right called "E3". It’s the final trailer that was released on the site. It’s the best one! It plays the song The Battle For Freedom and at the very end of the video you see something extremely great, check it out! What do you think? 🙂