Gridania music.

[Ingolf]

Has anyone ripped the BGM yet?

[Galliano]

I like it! I think it has a Studio Ghibli feel to it, especially "The Secret World of Arrietty"

[Galliano]

Wait... guys, didn't a dev or someone tell us that most music or city music in ARR was supposed to be strings of a couple different clips or tracks merged and cycled or something? Like the music was supposed to loop and be different based on the area of the city and it would fade to a different one or something... I might be hearing things. :I

They sure did! They didn't want the same track looping over and over like we currently have so the music will change as you move around a zone. On top of that, it will also blend the transitions so the music will sound like one continuous piece.

I think this was mentioned in the special talk show they held in Japan.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_737hYbSCEs&hd=1

[Zeno-Ira]

Fits Gridania well.

[faris]

I thought the music's beautiful. It's a massive improvement to Gridania's current theme.

[Valmonte]

I like it as well its slower and more drawn out the way a BGM should be.

[Atoli]

I like it a lot.
It fits the new Gridania and it just sounds so perfect for it. You can really feel that it was written for those sunbathed fields of flowers; you can almost smell the flowers and feel a soft breeze when you close your eyes~

While I liked the old music it often felt kind of..disconnected to the area. I think it was really noticeable that Uematsu often had to work with only descriptions or artworks.

Also..I think some people mistake "Final Fantasy feeling" with "always the same old recycled melodies".
If a piece of music is beautiful and fitting and gives me the feeling of this beautiful world out there that I want to explore, isn't that the final fantasy right there?