Talk:Music of Final Fantasy VI

message: Since the Wikipedia articles use translated track names (for the most part), I would like to post what I believe to be the most official English track listing available.  If anyone refutes this with iTunes, I'd point out that some track names have missing letters ("Mgitek Research Facility") or wrong words ("In Search of the Main in Black"), making it only reliable with interpretation.
These track name where taken from the Music Player of the North American version of Final Fantasy VI Advance.
01)  "The Prelude"
02)  "Omen 1"
03)  "Omen 2"
04)  "Omen 3"
05)  "Awakening"
06)  "Terra's Theme"
07)  "Shadow's Theme"
08)  "Strago's Theme"
09)  "Gau's Theme"
10)  "Edgar & Sabin's Theme"
11)  "Coin of Fate"
12)  "Cyan's Theme"
13)  "Locke's Theme"
14)  "Forever Rachel"
15)  "Relm's Theme"
16)  "Setzer's Theme"
17)  "Epitaph"
18)  "Celes's Theme"
19)  "Techno de Chocobo"
20)  "The Decisive Battle"
21)  "Johnny C. Bad"
22)  "Kefka"
23)  "The Mines of Narshe"
24)  "Phantom Forest"
25)  "The Veldt"
26)  "Protect the Espers!"
27)  "Under Martial Law"
28)  "The Gestahl Empire"
29)  "Troops March On"
30)  "Metamorphosis"
31)  "Phantom Train"
32)  "Esper World"
33)  "Grand Finale"
34)  "Mt. Kolts"  [Is this the in-game spelling in FFVI Advance?]
35)  "Battle"
36)  "Wedding Waltz - Duel 1"
37)  "Aria di Mezzo Carattere"
38)  "The Serpent Trench"
39)  "Slam Shuffle"
40)  "Kids Run Through the City"
41)  "What?"  ["What? 2" may be in ref to "What?" from FFV.]
42)  "Gogo's Theme"
43)  "The Returners"
44)  "Victory Fanfare"
45)  "Umaro's Theme"
46)  "Mog's Theme"
47)  "The Unforgiven"
48)  "Battle to the Death"
49)  "The Airship Blackjack"
50)  "The Magic House"
51)  "Good Night"
52)  "From That Day On"  [The Music Player does not include the ellipse.]
53)  "Catastrophe"
54)  "Spinach Rag"
55)  "Rest in Peace"
56)  "Overture 1"
57)  "Overture 2"
58)  "Overture 3"
59)  "Wedding Waltz - Duel 2"
60)  "Wedding Waltz - Duel 3"
61)  "Wedding Waltz - Duel 4"
62)  "Magitek Research Facility"
63)  "Floating Continent"
64)  "Searching for Friends"
65)  "The Fanatics"
66)  "Kekfa's Tower"
67)  "Dark World"
68)  "Balance Is Restored 1"
69)  "Balance Is Restored 2"
70)  "Dancing Mad 1"
71)  "Dancing Mad 2"
72)  "Dancing Mad 3"
73)  "Dancing Mad 4"
74)  "Dancing Mad 5"
75)  "Fanfare 2"  [This is not included on soundtracks.]
Note:  Tracks 2, 3, and 4 run together in soundtracks.
Note:  Tracks 36, 59, 60, and 61 run together in soundtracks.
Note:  Tracks 56, 57, and 58 run together in soundtracks.
Note:  Tracks 68 and 69 run together in soundtracks.
Note:  Tracks 70 through 74 run together in soundtracks.
T.J. Fuller, Jr. 01:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Final Fantasy IV Advance — Music Player

message: + (Front Mission: Gun Hazard OST liner notes) +  Kariteh 09:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some sources for contributors to the Creation section 

message: See Talk:Music of Final Fantasy V#FFAnthology OST contradiction. Kariteh 17:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FFAnthology OST contradiction 

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message: * "a compilation of all of the music" - remove second "of"
* "received excellent reviews" - I think "very positive" is better to avoid being too sweeping
* "one of the best video game music soundtracks ever." - "ever composed." 
* "especially "Aria di Mezzo Carattere"" - "particularly"
* "arranged and compilation albums by Square" - "arranged albums and compilations by Square"
* "Uematsu was personally very pleased with the was that" - typo
* I think Concept and Creation would be better suited in the Reception section. Instead of dealing with the development of the soundtrack, it primarily speaks of Uematsu's responses to his own work. Thus, it should be integrated into the Reception section.
* "and the catalog numbers PSCN-5001~3...new name and catalog numbers NTCP-5001~3" - I believe it is a "catalog number" not "numbers"
* "small differences in translation between the album and newer releases" - what kind of translation?
* "along with songs from Final Fantasy V." Redundant, since the CD name is Music From FFV and FFVI Video Games
* "was extremely well received" - reword to avoid being WP:Peacock.
* "The Black Mages, a band that arranges music" - it should be noted that the band was formed by Nobuo Uematsu.
* "from Darkness and Starlight." - to remain consistent, the release date should be mentioned.
* "appeared on Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow" - use present tense "appear"
* "as an series of albums" - typo "as a"
Good article, I will continue watching the page until you are done. -- Noj r (talk) 20:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All fixed except for the catalog numbers one- for some strange reason, catalog numbers are done so that each individual disc gets its own.  Therefore, it really is "catalog numbers PSCN-5001~3" - the first disk is 5001, the second is 5002, and the third is 5003.  I don't know why they do it that way, but it's consistent across all publishers.  Thank you for taking the time ro review this- I'm quite embarrassed by many of the grammar mistakes, but I'm glad they were caught. --PresN (talk) 22:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah, ok I understand about the catalog numbers, and dont worry about the mistakes everybody makes em. Just check out the peer review Im doing for EarthBound and see some of the whoppers I pulled. Needless to say, its a pass. It well written, informative, balanced, all that hodge podge. Congrats. EDIT: Accidentally missed the Square Enix Store link at the bottom. I took the liberty of removing it because it is pretty un-encyclopedic.  -- Noj r (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
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message: FFVI's music made heavy use of distinctive music associated with particular characters, almost to a Wagnerian level.  Kefka was almost always followed by his own particular music, Cyan had a theme, etc...  The use by Uematsu generally is actually noted in the leitmotif article, but it isn't discussed here.  SDY (talk) 23:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of [[leitmotif|leitmotifs]] in the music 

message: See Talk:Music_of_the_Final_Fantasy_series#Requested_moves.  SDY (talk) 18:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested Move 

message: An English translation of Aria di Mezzo Carattere was also performed by the World Festival Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles as part of More Friends: Music from FINAL FANTASY ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in Los Angeles 2005~, but the only documentation I can find of this is the iTunes album release and a couple of YouTube AMVs using the recording. 70.127.28.243 (talk) 20:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: As I possess rudimentary knowledge of the Japanese language at best, I'm reluctant to modify any of the song title info here, but I'm not convinced some of the translations here are as accurate as they could be.
"スラム・シャッフル" has, to my knowledge, been translated as "Slam Shuffle" on pretty much every official release of the song throughout the years. Despite this, I'm almost certain that the official translation is wrong. スラム (suramu) can be translated either as slam or as slum. In context, slum is a much more logical translation, because it's Zozo's theme, and slum is probably as good a one-word description as anyone could hope to find for it. (If one were allowed more words, of course, "wretched hive of scum and villainy" would be likely to spring to mind). I'm reluctant to change this unilaterally, but I'm almost certain "Slum Shuffle" is the title Uematsu actually intended.
"霊峰コルツ", as far as I know, is better translated as "Sacred Mt. Kolts" rather than simply "Mt. Kolts".
I'm not sure if the translation of "からくり屋敷" as "The Magic House" is the result of a colloquialism I'm unfamiliar with, but "からくり" seems to refer to mechanisms, contrivances, or traps of some sort rather than magic. "Mechanical Mansion", perhaps? I could see either one making sense for the house in question; it does have a rather large number of traps, but it also seems to have some magic. (Perhaps something the lines of "Illusive House" might actually be the best translation.)
"邪神の塔" (currently listed as "Kefka's Tower") seems to translate literally as "Evil God's Tower" (or, if that sounds too awkward, "Tower of an Evil God"). Kefka's name definitely isn't mentioned directly.
"妖星乱舞" is so famously known as "Dancing Mad" that I can see why editors would be reluctant to refer to it as anything else, but the Japanese title appears a lot more complicated. It's beyond my ability to unpack, but the characters one-by-one seem to translate roughly as "mystery star turbulence dance" or "mystery star revolt dance". (In Mandarin, of which I have even less knowledge than Japanese, these characters appear to mean "demon star chaos dance".) I've seen a speaker with Japanese fluency suggest "Wild Dance of the Ominous Star" (I couldn't possibly recall where) as a more direct translation of this title. I can see a number of other possibilities - "Turbulent Dance of the Mystic Star", "Chaotic Dance of the Demon Star", "Rebellious Dance of the Enigmatic Star", or some mix and match of the above. I'm almost certain "Dancing Mad" is a simplified version of the title, though, and while it's definitely more immediately memorable, I'm convinced the Japanese version - whatever it actually means - is cooler.
Finally, "蘇る緑" (currently translated as "Balance Is Restored") appears to mean something like "Reviving Green" or "Resurrecting Green" - green, I assume, being used in the sense of plant life. I don't know if the current title comes from some other official soundtrack release or if it's a more colloquial translation of the title - is "green" perhaps used to signify balance in Japanese culture?
In any case, I don't want to unilaterally edit any of these titles, but I've asked people with Japanese fluency or near-fluency about a few of them - particularly "Dancing Mad" and "Balance Is Restored" - and they've come up with similar interpretations, so I think it's worth taking a second look at some of the translations. TIA. Cassandra Leo (talk) 23:20, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
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