Original soundtracks of Final Fantasy IV There have been three different releases of the original soundtracks of " Final Fantasy IV " , corresponding to the original release , the release of " Final Fantasy Chronicles " and the release of the DS version of " Final Fantasy IV " . " Final Fantasy IV " the first to include a , a practice that continued in the series afterward . Another arranged album , " " , was released as well , performed by Máire Breatnach in the style of Celtic music . " Final Fantasy IV : Original Sound Version " . " Final Fantasy IV : Original Sound Version " is the complete soundtrack for the SNES version " Final Fantasy IV " , on one disc . All themes are composed and arranged by Nobuo Uematsu . Uematsu noted that the soundtrack ' s production was an arduous task , involving much trial and error . The reason stemmed from the then - recent transition phase from the Famicom to the Super Famicom hardware . Liner Notes ( translated from the original Japanese ) . I have never before had a job go as smoothly as this one ! Of course , I imagine that my workplace in Hawaii had much to do with that , where I could relax and concentrate on my job . The weather was great , and my office building overlooked Waikiki Beach . On the weekends , I went to concerts at Aloha Stadium ; I just saw MC Hammer last week , in fact . But anyway , for me , the most delightful part of my stay was that , unlike Tokyo , there were hardly any cars or people . Waikiki ' s Main Street , Kalakaua Avenue , has no congestion at all . In such a blessed environment , one idea for a composition came to me after another ; I was never at a loss for inspiration ! When my job tired me out , I would take a stroll on the beach with a beer in hand . Watching the blazing red sun set at twilight , feeling the cool , refreshing breeze against my cheek . . . sob , sob , sob . . . ( crying ) . . . splash , splash . . . ( one teardrop , two teardrops ) . . . I ' m sorry . . . That ' s not true . . . My job wasn ' t anything like that . . . I just escaped into my dream world for a little while by just telling all you FF fans about it , and that made it seem real to me , so . . . Well , anyhow , it ' s been about six years since I got this game music job , hasn ' t it . . . And I ' ve had many things happen to me in that time , many hardships - I ' ve had compositions that I fought long and hard to create end up scrapped , been stuck for ideas just before deadline , has game magazines disparage my music , and had my bike break down . And then there was the time I went to the vending machine to buy a cola and ended up pressing the button for oolong tea by mistake . . . Aaah , but it doesn ' t matter . . . anyhow , it ' s been horrible up to now , my friends ! And this job was even tougher ! Since I was working with new hardware in the Super Famicom , the music was from start to finish a series of trials and errors , and the staff practically lived at the company , staying over in sleeping bags and doing nothing but working - I myself haven ' t had a full day off since February of last year ! Do you believe it ? We worked every day , through regular days off , summer vacation - all of them , everyone . This was hardly our job ; this was more like what Japanese salarymen do . And my staff on this project was constantly whining - " I ' m too busy ! " " I already did my best on the music ! " " That guy ' s watching what I ' m doing ! " Now , they shouldn ' t say things like that - they should just enjoy themselves . Yeah , those people are soft . When the pressure mounts , they buckle . You have to take care of yourself - " By the way , boss , did you think my idea about working in Hawaii was good ? " " Well , you going to Hawaii could mean the difference between you writing good compositions and bad ones . " " Huh . . . What do you mean ? " " The waves are violent in Hawaii . " . . . and we all lived happily ever after . " Final Fantasy IV Official Soundtrack : Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles " . " Final Fantasy IV Official Soundtrack : Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles " is the North American release of the " Final Fantasy IV : Original Sound Version album " . It is almost the same as the original , except some titles were changed and a bonus track was added taken from the " " album . " Final Fantasy IV Original Soundtrack " . " Final Fantasy IV : Original Soundtrack " is the complete soundtrack for the Nintendo DS version of " Final Fantasy IV " . All songs have been rearranged for the DS hardware by Junya Nakano or Kenichiro Fukui . Along with the new arrangements , the album features a vocal version of the " Theme of Love " called " Moonlight " sung by Megumi Ida . The bonus DVD features the full FMV opening as well as a promotional trailer and an interview with composers and sound designers whose work is featured in the game . Two versions of this soundtrack exist that both have the same catalog number : the " first pressing " edition , and the regular edition . The first pressing has a slipcase cover that features Cecil in both his dark knight and paladin appearances . The CD and DVD are exactly the same in both versions . Sheet music . The Sheet music for the official soundtracks has been published in a few different publications . The first one was published in 1997 by DOREMI Music Publishing to commemorate the game ' s release on the PlayStation , and contains Asako Niwa ' s solo piano arrangements for the music on the " Final Fantasy IV : Original Sound Version " . Another book was released at the at time of the game ' s Nintendo DS release , containing solo piano arrangements for the music on the Nintendo DS version of the " Final Fantasy IV Original Soundtrack " .