Final Fantasy Music (MSX) - Opening Theme
Track 2 / 20 (Complete Soundtrack) Final Fantasy (MSX) ファイナルファンタジー Developer: SquareSoft Publisher: Micro Cabin (JP) Composer: Nobuo Uematsu Year: 1989 Tracklist: 1 - Prelude 2 - Opening Theme 3 - Cornelia Castle 4 - Main Theme 5 - Temple of Chaos 6 - Matoya's Cave 7 - Town 8 - Shop 9 - Ship 10 - Undersea Shrine 11 - Dungeon 12 - Menu Screen 13 - Airship 14 - Gurgu Volcano 15 - Floating Castle 16 - Battle Theme 17 - Victory 18 - Ending Theme 19 - Slain... 20 - Save / Special Event Visit track 1 from this selection for a download link. This is the music to an often overlooked port of the original Final Fantasy for the MSX home computer. This particular soundtrack makes use of an audio peripheral known as 'MSX Music', or the Yamaha YM2413 OPLL soundchip. This gives it a distinct sound involving FM synthesis, specifically up to 9 channels at once, or 6 if percussion is being used. From what I've heard, I find that a lot of music from classic NES games don't fare too well across ports. I can't speak highly of the Castlevania music for the MSX, or Double Dragon II for the Amiga, for example. Far too often it seemed that porting over the bare-boned notes and rhythm was a primary concern, and actually trying to make it sound good on its new system was secondary, if an existent goal at all. I think that the music to the MSX Final Fantasy is certainly an exception, and I'd even say I prefer most of these tracks above their originals. Hope you enjoy these arrangements as I did!
Track 2 / 20 (Complete Soundtrack) Final Fantasy (MSX) ファイナルファンタジー Developer: SquareSoft Publisher: Micro Cabin (JP) Composer: Nobuo Uematsu Year: 1989 Tracklist: 1 - Prelude 2 - Opening Theme 3 - Cornelia Castle 4 - Main Theme 5 - Temple of Chaos 6 - Matoya's Cave 7 - Town 8 - Shop 9 - Ship 10 - Undersea Shrine 11 - Dungeon 12 - Menu Screen 13 - Airship 14 - Gurgu Volcano 15 - Floating Castle 16 - Battle Theme 17 - Victory 18 - Ending Theme 19 - Slain... 20 - Save / Special Event Visit track 1 from this selection for a download link. This is the music to an often overlooked port of the original Final Fantasy for the MSX home computer. This particular soundtrack makes use of an audio peripheral known as 'MSX Music', or the Yamaha YM2413 OPLL soundchip. This gives it a distinct sound involving FM synthesis, specifically up to 9 channels at once, or 6 if percussion is being used. From what I've heard, I find that a lot of music from classic NES games don't fare too well across ports. I can't speak highly of the Castlevania music for the MSX, or Double Dragon II for the Amiga, for example. Far too often it seemed that porting over the bare-boned notes and rhythm was a primary concern, and actually trying to make it sound good on its new system was secondary, if an existent goal at all. I think that the music to the MSX Final Fantasy is certainly an exception, and I'd even say I prefer most of these tracks above their originals. Hope you enjoy these arrangements as I did!