When it comes to the music of Heroes of Ruin, the team were very much aware of the importance of creating an appropriate atmosphere through sound. Perhaps it was unsurprising that in searching for someone that could deliver a soundtrack with both subtlety and power they found their way to Sacha Puttnam.’ Square Enix
“I’m delighted with the result; it’s a real collaboration. Square Enix and N-Space gave me great feedback and plenty of time, latitude and encouragement; a dream scenario for any artist. Thanks guys! I’ve got the game bug bigtime.”
Charice’s second track from her Infinity album has been chosen as the theme song of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Titled “New World,” part of the lyrics go: “Baby I’m gonna see the new world / With nothing but the love you gave me.” This song was written by Koichi Tabo of Superfly for Charice’s Japan exclusive album. Yakusoku no Basho, which translates to “Place of Promise”. The Limited Edition single will has a code that will unlock a bonus item within the game. The English version will only be in Japan on the Xbox version.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy has received high marks in Famitsu and its two demos have been well received. But here’s the biggest endorser yet: Nobuo Uematsu. The composer of many of the songs that are featured in the game wrote at Twitter today, “I played Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for the first time today. Not too shabby! As I remembered various things from the past 20 years, I was reduced to tears. FF music fans should definitely play it. Won’t you cry with me?”
From there we get the 11 tracks that were composed specifically for The After Years. I hadn’t realized that Nakano had written so many original pieces, as I was mainly familiar with the first two. “Mysterious Girl ~minus~” is a foreboding piece with descending belltones and deep pad swells that effectively create a foreign and dangerous atmosphere.
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