Music of Final Fantasy IV - Piano Collections Final Fantasy IV

Piano Collections Final Fantasy IV
Soundtrack album by Nobuo Uematsu
Released April 21, 1992
Length 57:24
Label NTT Publishing

Piano Collections Final Fantasy IV is a collection of Final Fantasy IV music composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Shiro Satou and played on piano by Toshiyuki Mori. It spans 14 tracks and covers a duration of 57:24. It was first published by NTT Publishing on April 21, 1992, and subsequently re-published on May 23, 2001. The original release bears the catalog number N38D-010, and the reprint bears the catalog number NTCP-1001.

Critical reception for Piano Collections Final Fantasy IV was positive, with reviewers terming the album "fantastic". Damian Thomas of RPGFan said that the album was "a true gem" and said that despite his dislike of piano arrangements, he "truly appreciated" the album. Some reviewers felt that the pieces in the album were "simplistic", especially in comparison to the piano collections for Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI, but said that "its simplicity calls for a different feeling, and it is still great," and that despite the lack of complexity, "all of the songs...are extremely nicely done."

Track listing
  1. "The Prelude" – 3:37
  2. "Theme of Love" – 3:58
  3. "Prologue..." – 3:08
  4. "Welcome to Our Town!" – 3:07
  5. "Final Fantasy IV Main Theme" – 3:23
  6. "Chocobo-Chocobo" – 2:52
  7. "Into the Darkness" – 4:57
  8. "Rydia" – 3:21
  9. "Melody of Lute" – 3:39
  10. "Golbez, Clad in the Dark" – 3:36
  11. "Troian Beauty" – 3:25
  12. "The Battle" – 6:49
  13. "Epilogue" – 7:20
  14. "Theme of Love (Orchestral Version)" – 4:06


Read more about this topic:  Music Of Final Fantasy IV

Famous quotes containing the words collections, final and/or fantasy:

    “Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.”
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    “Man, her last work, who seemed so fair,
    Such splendid purpose in his eyes,
    Who rolled the psalm to wintry skies,
    Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,

    Who trusted God was love indeed
    And love Creation’s final law—
    Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
    With ravine, shrieked against his creed—”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “Fantasy is a product of thought, Imagination of sensibility. If the thinking, discursive mind turns to speculation, the result is Fantasy; if, however, the sensitive, intuitive mind turns to speculation, the result is Imagination. Fantasy may be visionary, but it is cold and logical. Imagination is sensuous and instinctive. Both have form, but the form of Fantasy is analogous to Exposition, that of Imagination to Narrative.”
    —Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)