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Music of Final Fantasy IX
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.
==Creation and influence==
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.〔〔
Uematsu composed with a piano, and used two contrasting methods: "I create music that fits the events in the game, but sometimes, the event designer will adjust a game event to fit the music I've already written." Uematsu felt previous games ''Final Fantasy VII'' and ''Final Fantasy VIII'' had a mood of realism, but that ''Final Fantasy IX'' was more of a fantasy, so "a serious piece as well as silly, fun pieces could fit in." He felt the theme was medieval music, and was given a two-week break to travel in Europe for inspiration - "looking at old castles in Germany and so on."〔〔 However, the music was not entirely composed in the medieval mode, as Uematsu claims that "it would be unbalanced" and "a little boring". He aimed for a "simple, warm" style and included uncommon instruments such as a kazoo and dulcimer. Uematsu also included motifs from older ''Final Fantasy'' games "because ''Final Fantasy IX'' was returning to the roots, so to speak" and incorporated ideas such as "the old intro for battle music" and arranged the Volcano theme from ''Final Fantasy'' and the Pandemonium theme from ''Final Fantasy II'', as well as others from the series.〔〔 Uematsu has claimed several times that ''Final Fantasy IX'' is his favorite work, as well as the one he is most proud of.〔〔 He also stated in the liner notes for the ''Final Fantasy IX: Original Soundtrack'' album that he was "glad that () was able to join this project."〔
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