Yoichi Wada
Masashi Hamauzu composed the game's soundtrack; his previous work on the series was as a co-composer for "Final Fantasy X" and as the main composer for '. The game was the first main-series "Final Fantasy" game to not include any compositions by original series composer Nobuo Uematsu. Although Uematsu was originally announced to compose the main theme of the game, this role was taken over by Hamauzu after Uematsu signed on to compose the soundtrack to "Final Fantasy XIV". The score features some pieces orchestrated by Yoshihisa Hirano, Toshiyuki Oomori, and Kunihito Shiina, with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. The song "My Hands", from British singer Leona Lewis' second album "Echo", was chosen to replace "Final Fantasy XIIIs original theme song, "Kimi ga Iru Kara" by Sayuri Sugawara, for the game's international release. Square Enix president Yoichi Wada later said that it would have been better if the American branch of the company had produced a theme song from scratch, but a lack of staff led to the decision of licensing an existing song.