

He has stated that he developed the ideas for the music by first reading through the script and creating the titles for all of the tracks, then composing melodies to match the themes of the story and titles. Uematsu had originally calculated that the game would require more than 100 pieces of music, but managed to reduce the number to 56. 2.1 Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version.Music from the soundtrack has also been published in arranged and compilation albums by Square as well as outside groups. Several pieces, especially "Dear Friends", remain popular today, and have been performed numerous times in orchestral concert series such as the Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concert series, named after the Final Fantasy V piece, and the Orchestral Game Concert series.

The music received mixed reviews while some reviewers enjoyed the soundtrack and found it to be underrated, others felt it was only of middling quality. Additionally, a collection of piano arrangements composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Shirou Satou and played by Toshiyuki Mori titled Piano Collections Final Fantasy V was released by Square/NTT Publishing, and re-released by NTT Publishing.

An arranged album entitled Final Fantasy V Dear Friends, containing a selection of musical tracks from the game arranged in multiple styles, including live and vocal versions, was released by Square/NTT Publishing and later re-released by NTT Publishing. The Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version, a compilation of almost all of the music in the game, was released by Square Co./ NTT Publishing, and subsequently re-released by NTT Publishing after the game was brought to North America as part of the Final Fantasy Anthology. Details included updates to the game’s 2020 remake, including added material involving Yuffie Kisaragi, a beloved character from the original.The music of the video game Final Fantasy V was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu. (We caught the saw thanks to The Verge.) This news accompanied further Final Fantasy VII news announced via PlayStation’s State of Play livestream on Twitch. On Thursday, the game’s publisher Square Enix announced on Twitter that the soundtrack would hit the aforementioned music streaming services. For the Final Fantasy VII remake soundtrack is newly available on Spotify and Apple Music, among other services. And now, your neighborhood stroll can feel like an adventure through Midgar your rush hour headache may give way to the joys of Chocobo racing. Video game soundtracks and scores can steady us while we work, or enliven trips to the grocery. It sticks with you past the playing of the game entirely, bringing the spirit of the game into your day-to-day life. Good video game music does more than ground a cutscene or amplify a battle.
