arrangers:
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
- link: artist/125
  names:
    en: Shiro Hamaguchi
    ja: 浜口史郎
barcode: '4988601460026'
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '61:53'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Liberi Fatali
    track_length: '3:07'
  - names:
      English: Balamb GARDEN
    track_length: '3:29'
  - names:
      English: Blue Fields
    track_length: '2:54'
  - names:
      English: Don't be Afraid
    track_length: '2:52'
  - names:
      English: The Winner
    track_length: '1:07'
  - names:
      English: Find Your Way
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: SeeD
    track_length: '4:15'
  - names:
      English: The Landing
    track_length: '4:37'
  - names:
      English: Starting Up
    track_length: '1:19'
  - names:
      English: Force Your Way
    track_length: '3:53'
  - names:
      English: The Loser
    track_length: '1:26'
  - names:
      English: Never Look Back
    track_length: '3:23'
  - names:
      English: Dead End
    track_length: '1:11'
  - names:
      English: Breezy
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: Shuffle or Boogie
    track_length: '2:04'
  - names:
      English: Waltz for the Moon
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: Tell Me
    track_length: '3:24'
  - names:
      English: Fear
    track_length: '2:24'
  - names:
      English: The Man with the Machine Gun
    track_length: '2:49'
  - names:
      English: Julia
    track_length: '1:23'
  - names:
      English: Roses and Wine
    track_length: '2:18'
  - names:
      English: Junction
    track_length: '1:37'
  - names:
      English: Timber Owls
    track_length: '2:51'
- disc_length: '62:29'
  name: Disc 2
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: My Mind
    track_length: '3:12'
  - names:
      English: The Mission
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Martial Law
    track_length: '3:48'
  - names:
      English: Cactus Jack(Galbadian Anthem)
    track_length: '1:30'
  - names:
      English: Only a Plank Between One and Perdition
    track_length: '2:24'
  - names:
      English: SUCCESSION OF WITCHES
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: Galbadia GARDEN
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Unrest
    track_length: '2:37'
  - names:
      English: Under Her Control
    track_length: '3:31'
  - names:
      English: The Stage is Set
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: A Sacrifice
    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
      English: FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC
    track_length: '4:33'
  - names:
      English: Intruders
    track_length: '2:32'
  - names:
      English: Premonition
    track_length: '4:37'
  - names:
      English: Wounded
    track_length: 0:53
  - names:
      English: Fragments of Memories
    track_length: '3:14'
  - names:
      English: Jailed
    track_length: '3:50'
  - names:
      English: Rivals
    track_length: '3:31'
  - names:
      English: Ami
    track_length: '4:37'
- disc_length: '58:00'
  name: Disc 3
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Spy
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: Retaliation
    track_length: 0:45
  - names:
      English: Movin'
    track_length: '5:18'
  - names:
      English: Blue Sky
    track_length: 0:45
  - names:
      English: Drifting
    track_length: '2:57'
  - names:
      English: Heresy
    track_length: '4:11'
  - names:
      English: Fisherman's Horizon
    track_length: '3:36'
  - names:
      English: ODEKA ke Chocobo
    track_length: '1:16'
  - names:
      English: Where I Belong
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: The Oath
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Slide Show Part1
    track_length: '1:23'
  - names:
      English: Slide Show Part2
    track_length: '1:47'
  - names:
      English: Love Grows
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: The Salt Flats
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Trust Me
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
      English: Silence and Motion
    track_length: '5:48'
  - names:
      English: Dance with the Balamb-fish
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: Tears of the moon
    track_length: '1:13'
  - names:
      English: Residents
    track_length: '3:09'
- disc_length: '56:27'
  name: Disc 4
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Mods de Chocobo(featuring N's Telecaster)
    track_length: '2:25'
  - names:
      English: Ride On
    track_length: '3:03'
  - names:
      English: Truth
    track_length: '3:41'
  - names:
      English: Lunatic Pandora
    track_length: '3:28'
  - names:
      English: Compression of Time
    track_length: '4:34'
  - names:
      English: The Castle
    track_length: '5:19'
  - names:
      English: The Legendary Beast
    track_length: '5:50'
  - names:
      English: Maybe I'm a Lion
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: The Extreme
    track_length: '6:45'
  - names:
      English: The Successor
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: Ending Theme
    track_length: '8:33'
  - names:
      English: Overture
    track_length: '3:36'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/376
  names:
    en: iTunes Store
    ja: iTunes Store
    ja-latn: iTunes Store
  role: retailer
link: album/70713
lyricists:
- link: artist/5083
  names:
    en: Kazushige Nojima
    ja: 野島一成
- link: artist/11621
  names:
    en: Kako Someya
    ja: 染谷和美
- link: artist/13005
  names:
    en: Taro Yamashita
    ja: 山下太郎
media_format: 4 Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2017-08-15T07:37
  edited_date: 2022-09-15T11:53
  fetched_date: 2026-01-08T22:08
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4272
name: FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
names:
  en: FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
  ja: ファイナルファンタジーVIII オリジナル・サウンドトラック
  ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
notes: 'Digital album originally released on iTunes.

  The listed release date of March 1, 1999 is based on the album SSCX-10028. Track
  3.20 "Eyes On Me" was removed altogether and the middle portion (2:10 to 6:57) from
  4.11 "Ending Theme" featuring an orchestral version of "Eyes On Me" was omitted
  from the digital album.

  Liberi Fatali

  Music: Nobuo Uematsu

  Lyrics: Kazushige Nojima

  Latin Translation: Taro Yamashita

  Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi

  Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani

  Keyboards: Haruki Mino

  Harp: You Saito

  Percussion: Teiko Haruna, Tomoko Kusakari, Isao Kanayama

  Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Mitsuo Matsuura, Takahito Saijyo, Megumi Ishibashi

  Trumpet: Masahiko Sugasaka, Toshio Araki, Hitoshi Yokoyama

  Trombone: Masanori Hirohara, Yuzo Kataoka, Junko Yamashiro

  Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato

  Flute: Takashi Asahi, Yoshio Kizu

  Clarinet: Tadashi Hoshino, Ayako Oura

  Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group

  ·Chorus·

     Soprano: Komaki Miyabe, Matsue Hamauzu

     Alto: Chie Sasakura, Hitomi Kaga

     Tenor: Hirokazu Takiguchi, Jun Suzuki

     Bass: Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Yamagami

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima

  Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo

  Assistant Engineers: Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Yasuo Iijima

  Recording Coordinator: Yuji Saito

  FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC

  Music: Nobuo Uematsu

  Recording Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima

  ·Chorus·

     Soprano: Matsue Hamauzu, Ayako Okada

     Alto: Kyoko Arita, Chiharu Takahashi

     Tenor: Daisuke Hara, Toru Tabei

     Bass: Tomo Matsubara, Takamaru Atsuta

  Ending Theme

  Music: Nobuo Uematsu

  Lyrics: Kako Someya

  Orchestration: Shiro Hamaguchi

  Synthesizer Programmer: Keiji Kawamori

  Vocals: Faye Wong

  Conductor: Koji Haijima

  Piano: Masato Matsuda

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asagawa

  Percussion: Teiko Koshino, Tomoko Kusakari

  Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa, Akiko Osawa

  Oboe: Masakazu Ishibashi, Satoshi Shoji

  Clarinet: Kimio Yamane, Michiyo Sato

  Fagotto: Keiko Sugawara

  Trumpet/Trombone: Eric Miyashiro Group

  Tuba: Isao Watanabe

  Horn: Otohiko Fujita Group

  Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenzi Nagashima

  Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo JAPAN

  Avon Recording Studios, Hong Kong

  Assistant Engineer: Noriko Minowa, Simon Li

  Vocal Recording Direction: Alvin Leong

  Artist Manager: Katie Chan

  Recording Coordinators: Yuji Saito, Naoto Echizen

  ⓟ1999 SQUARE/KCPL

  Special thanks to... EMI Hong Kong

  Composed, Arranged & Produced by Nobuo Uematsu

  Sound programmer: Minoru Akao

  Recording engineer: Kenzi Nagashima

  Synthesizer programmer: Keiji Kawamori

  Mastering engineer: Yasuji "Yasman" Maeda

  Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/112
  names:
    en: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    ja: 株式会社スクウェア・エニックス
    ja-latn: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/137
  names:
    en: Faye Wong
    ja: 王菲
- link: artist/11759
  names:
    en: Komaki Miyabe
    ja: 宮部小牧
- link: artist/5043
  names:
    en: Matsue Hamauzu
    ja: 濱渦真津恵
- link: artist/11760
  names:
    en: Chie Sasakura
    ja: 佐々倉千栄
- link: artist/11761
  names:
    en: Hitomi Kaga
    ja: 加賀ひとみ
- link: artist/11762
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Takiguchi
    ja: 瀧口裕一
- link: artist/11763
  names:
    en: Jun Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木准
- link: artist/11764
  names:
    en: Katsuyuki Nakanishi
    ja: 中西勝之
- link: artist/11765
  names:
    en: Takeshi Yamagami
    ja: 山神健志
- link: artist/9754
  names:
    en: Ayako Okada
    ja: 岡田綾子
- link: artist/11766
  names:
    en: Kyoko Arita
    ja: 在田恭子
- link: artist/10412
  names:
    en: Chiharu Takahashi
    ja: 高橋ちはる
- link: artist/4387
  names:
    en: Daisuke Hara
    ja: 原大介
- link: artist/4386
  names:
    en: Toru Tabei
    ja: 田部井とおる
- link: artist/11767
  names:
    en: Tomo Matsubara
    ja: 松原友
- link: artist/11768
  names:
    en: Takamaru Atsuta
    ja: 熱田貴丸
- link: artist/4422
  names:
    en: Otohiko Fujita
    ja: 藤田乙比古
- link: artist/7780
  names:
    en: Mitsuo Matsuura
    ja: 松浦光男
- link: artist/7732
  names:
    en: Takahito Saijyo
- link: artist/8721
  names:
    en: Megumi Ishibashi
    ja: 石橋めぐみ
- link: artist/5858
  names:
    en: Masahiko Sugasaka
    ja: 菅坂雅彦
- link: artist/7855
  names:
    en: Toshio Araki
    ja: 荒木敏男
- link: artist/5859
  names:
    en: Hitoshi Yokoyama
    ja: 横山均
- link: artist/5428
  names:
    en: Masanori Hirohara
    ja: 広原正典
- link: artist/8719
  names:
    en: Yuzo Kataoka
    ja: 片岡雄三
- link: artist/4509
  names:
    en: Junko Yamashiro
    ja: 山城純子
- link: artist/5705
  names:
    en: Kiyoshi Sato
    ja: 佐藤潔
- link: artist/1861
  names:
    en: Takashi Asahi
    ja: 旭孝
- link: artist/7059
  names:
    en: Yoshio Kizu
    ja: 木津芳夫
- link: artist/5137
  names:
    en: Tadashi Hoshino
    ja: 星野正
- link: artist/11769
  names:
    en: Ayako Oura
    ja: 大浦綾子
- link: artist/1186
  names:
    en: Haruki Mino
    ja: 美野春樹
- link: artist/7795
  names:
    en: You Saito
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platforms:
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- link: product/189
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VIII
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVIII
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VIII
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
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  link: album/18536
  names:
    en: 'EYES ON ME: featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII'
    ja: 'EYES ON ME: featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII'
    ja-latn: 'EYES ON ME: featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII'
  type: bonus
- catalog: TGCS-624
  link: album/1521
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VIII original soundtrack special ...
    ja: FINAL FANTASY VIII original soundtrack special ...
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VIII original soundtrack special ...
  type: bonus
- catalog: TODT-5271
  link: album/64
  names:
    en: Eyes On Me ~featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII / Fa...
    ja: Eyes On Me ~featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII / Fa...
    ja-latn: Eyes On Me ~featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII / Fa...
  type: game
- catalog: SSCX-10028
  link: album/6
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVIII オリジナル・サウンド...
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: SSCX-10037
  link: album/79
  names:
    en: 'FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC: FINAL FANTASY VIII ...'
    ja: 'FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC: FINAL FANTASY VIII ...'
    ja-latn: 'FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC: FINAL FANTASY VIII ...'
  type: game
- catalog: TOCP-65350
  link: album/106187
  names:
    en: NOW 10 - THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC!
    ja: NOW 10 - THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC!
    ja-latn: NOW 10 - THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC!
  type: game
- catalog: TOCP-64050
  link: album/118320
  names:
    en: Dancemania X5
    ja: ダンスマニア X5
    ja-latn: Dancemania X5
  type: game
- catalog: SSCX-10041
  link: album/66
  names:
    en: Piano Collections FINAL FANTASY VIII
    ja: ピアノ・コレクションズ ファイナルファンタジーVIII
    ja-latn: Piano Collections FINAL FANTASY VIII
  type: game
- catalog: TOCP-65404
  link: album/130066
  names:
    en: the most relaxing feel
    ja: 〜ザ・モスト・リラクシング〜フィール
    ja-latn: the most relaxing feel
  type: game
- catalog: TOCP-65410
  link: album/130183
  names:
    en: Love Ring BEST
    ja: Love Ring BEST
    ja-latn: Love Ring BEST
  type: game
release_date: '2005-05-10'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 24.99
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/final-fantasy-viii-original-soundtrack/id62443271
  name: iTunes (US)
- link: http://open.spotify.com/album/4WWm1rNVQvvZoXwt495cQn
  name: Spotify
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/70713?perpage=99999
votes: 0
