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 Title: Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collections
Release Date: 3/31/2004
Catalog No.: AVCD-17444
Rating: 4/4
Unlike the other piano collections, they went with a ragtime look to the cover. The CD itself is black as to mimick an LP record, but still comes in a regular case unlike the Chobits OSTs which came with plastic inner sleeves and a cardboard outer sleeve (for those of you who know what a LP record actually looks like). The first pressing includes a sleeve and my favorite type of packaging, resealable plastic. I think they should have gone with their look of their other piano collections as ragtime isn't representative of the contents, but that's just my opinion.
The most anticipated track for me on this CD is obviously the main theme to X-2. That was the only minor letdown of the CD. The song itself has a lot of instruments and is a blend of many notes from many instruments. Unfortunately, it can't be captured with only 10 fingers. It also sounds like they tried to keep the song from getting too cluttered, which is a respectable goal. At more than 6 minutes, It's significantly longer than the original tune.
The other songs on here are better than I had imagined. There's a total of 12 tracks, include a few songs from Final Fantasy Internation + Last Mission. The theme song for Last Mission sounds a lot better than the original mix. I didn't like the selection of instruments in the original, but having it all on piano just sounds right. 1000 Words sounds very much like the in-game music after you defeat the final boss and he gets reunited. The epilogue theme from X-2 is good, but I liked the original very much too. Oh, they have the tune that Shuin plays atop the Vegna Gun, but it's pretty short.
Now if only they would release it on regular CDs rather than copy-protected CDs. Damn AVEX...again.
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