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Final Fantasy III Four Souls vinyl selects original and arranged tracks

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Final Fantasy III Four Souls vinyl selects original and arranged tracks
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Famicom title, Square Enix's Four Souls vinyl includes original music selections and newly arranged tracks from composer Nobuo Uematsu's soundtrack from Final Fantasy III.

Presented in both their original and arranged forms are "Eternal Wind," "Crystal Tower," "Battle 2" and "Elia, Maiden of Water." Arrangements for the vinyl release are by YUTAKA, Rei Yamashita, Tomoyuki Asakawa, Seiji Igusa, and Yuki Kishida.

Regarding his arrangement of "Battle 2," Igusa mentions in the release interview for the Final Fantasy Portal site: "I wanted to have an acoustic arrangement with a classical guitar playing melody. I expressed the tension and unease of battle in the first part with the unison of acoustic guitar and bass. For the second, melodious part, I added racing acoustic strums and percussion to represent the party’s courage in taking on a tough enemy."

The analog record release ships from the Square Enix Store for Europe. Excerpts of all tracks are streaming on digital music store Ototoy. A crossfade trailer can be viewed on the publisher's YouTube channel.


From the product page:
Final Fantasy III 30th Anniversary!! Introducing a very special analogue record produced to commemorate the original release of FINAL FANTASY III, which saw its 30th anniversary in 2020! The record contains a careful selection of original tracks from the game, as well as new arrangements recorded specially for this product 30 years later. Codes to download all the music featured are also included in the package, so you can enjoy listening to them anywhere you go, even when you don’t have a record player to hand.
Square Enix Online Store (Europe) - Four Souls Vinyl

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