Nobuo Uematsu's Original Score: Why was it removed?!

[nekochen]

I had thought the song in opening cinematic is by Uematsu?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhcyzQ7mKw

[Lucroarna]

1.0 Ul'dah music is superior.

[Aselus]

am I the only one who liked both soundtracks? T_T

[Kaizlu]

1.0 Ul'dah music is superior.

We share the same opinion
ARR's music for Ul'dah is good but feels too magestic for a city. Granted the night music feels much better.
But the music from 1.0 makes me feel like I'm in a desert-type city and fits the 'jewel of the desert' theme Ul'dah has.

[Orophin]

There are a lot of songs from 1.0 that are still in ARR.

[Duelle]

Look again. Your favorite track(the Garuda battle theme) was actually written by Masayoshi Soken, who serves as 2.0's sound lead, as was a lot of 1.0's later stuff.

The reason Uematsu's stuff didn't stick with the game was because as great as some tracks were, they were an eclectic mess of poorly chosen instruments that rarely if ever fit the area or scene they were used in.

If I recall, someone mentioned that the reason Uematsu's work was so shoddy was because all he was given was a bunch of pictures and little to no context. Which is why Ul'dah sounded like a tropical paradise instead of a city in the middle of a desert.

That said, I miss the Coerthas theme and battle theme.

[Wiggles]

Most of what I am hearing here is the music didnt match the theme. I listened to the soundtrack stand-alone and it stands up by itself as great music.

[SirenRanger]

I never played 1.0 but I checked a few tracks and Nobuo's work seems to be really amazing!

I'd love to see a list of his work for ARR!

I can say however, I'm more than happy with the new ost! Coerthas Field Theme is one of my new favourites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVcnJlDEjZI

[Uki]

1.0 Ul'dah music is superior.

I completely agree,Uldah's 1.0 was so relaxing and it fitted very well.I wish they had add 1.0 Uldah's theme in Nigh Theme on 2.0 but oh well... i like them both.

[seekerofpower]

If there were issues with the 1.0 music, it is because they gave Uematsu absolutely nothing to work with. No concept art of the areas, no story basis, no character basis. They basically told him how many tracks they needed. That was it. Given that, I agree the music from ver. 1, though exceptional as a stand alone album, did not fit many of the areas.