But there are faults. I really expected better synthing in this period of the 21st century; some tracks blatantly show thief midi back bones. I would have thought Uematsu would have learnt from FFX, but since he has a new arranger, I can pass on that a little more leniently. The soundtrack on a whole is somewhat inconsistent, and certain tracks aren't set up in the best way, such as Coerthas' battle theme, where the percussion overrides the battle-frenzied melody. The soundtrack is more bombastic than other albums, but some tracks go slightly overboard to the point of cheesiness, such as La Noscea's battle theme, Nail of the Heavens. I don't worry about the length of the tracks; battle theme are appropriately 1-2 mins long, though implementation means we barely get to hear past the ten seconds. Field themes are an acceptable 2-3 mins ling before
looping. Both battle and field tracks are developed enough to allowed sustained listening. The only exception to the
length problem is Coerthas' 1 min 25 sec looping theme, but it's hauntingly beautiful simplicity and rich development more than makes up for it.