Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack

Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the game, Final Fantasy XIII-2. Tracks from the Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack are also present, though it plays the Japanese versions of the songs with lyrics like "Serah's Theme".
Masashi Hamauzu, composer of the music for Final Fantasy XIII, returns, now joined by composers Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki, known for their work on Parasite Eve II and The 3rd Birthday respectively. The soundtrack has an unprecedented number of songs with vocals, by various artists, more than any other Final Fantasy title.
==Development==
Director Motomu Toriyama wanted to take the music of the franchise into a new direction by incorporating more vocal songs and different music genres. With Masashi Hamauzu returning, Toriyama and the producer approached Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki to create music with the basic concept of "music that's unlike Final Fantasy".
Masashi Hamauzu, who composed the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIII, focused on tracks associated with Lightning and aspects from Final Fantasy XIII, while Naoshi Mizuta composed music connected to Noel, Caius, and Yeul, and Mitsuto Suzuki contributed modern and techno pop music to the soundtrack. When asked about the possible problem of styles clashing, Suzuki and Mizuta said that the direction given by director Motomu Toriyama was to craft something different, which led to the decision of having three main composers creating the game's soundtrack together. The use of various vocal themes resulted in the composers being a little more creative and including a lot of their own ideas.
"Unseen Intruder" was possibly the first track Mizuta wrote for the game, and because it is a rap song, it reflects Toriyama's desire to create music that wasn't "typical Final Fantasy." For "Crazy Chocobo", Toriyama asked for it to be similar to death metal. For "Serah's Theme ~Memories~", Hamauzu made it by using elements from Final Fantasy XIII to make it feel more human than Serah's original theme from Final Fantasy XIII.
After writing "Caius's Theme" four times with difficulty getting approval from Toriyama, Naoshi Mizuta followed his demand for it to be something that could possibly surpass Sephiroth's theme, "One-Winged Angel" from Final Fantasy VII. He developed "Serendipity" as an 80's musical piece, and with "Yeul's Theme", Mizuta created a ballad with an ad-libbed piano interlude performed by pianist Febian Reza Pane.
Suzuki made the "Aggressive Mixes" in the style of DJ mixes by having them cross-fade into their respective regular versions. He made "Historia Crux" with the concept of blending multiple different tunes into one with an irregular time signature in relation to the game's time travel aspect. For "New Bodhum", Mitsuto made it based on his time fantasizing about going to a beach. After a trip to Hawaii, he asked vocalist ORIGA to sing the accompanying lyrics with the feeling of "walking along a beach".
Masashi Hamauzu didn't consciously decide which parts would carry over from Final Fantasy XIII, but has described the process as natural since the world view is largely the same was in the previous game, so certain motifs would creep into the music at points. Masashi Hamauzu has named "Etro's Champion" his favorite piece from the soundtrack, because he had put a lot of thought into it; Hamauzu composed the track right after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and in a meeting with the game's director, Motomu Toriyama, he had asked Hamauzu to write a battle song that would encourage the listener, yet be in the same caliber as the Final Fantasy XIII main battle theme, "Blinded By Light". Hamauzu had an idea flash in his head right then and there of a song in a major chord, with a chorus that involved a melody with half notes that sounded as if taking one step at a time to climb to the top.
==Track list==
===Disc 1 (1:10:35)===
# — 2:12
#: Plays during the opening.
# — 2:56
#: Plays during the first battle between Lightning and Caius in Valhalla, and when the three Cie'th in Academia 400 AF attack Yeul. Also plays during the Gorgyra fight in Yaschas Massif 1X AF.
# — 1:57
#: The main theme. Plays during the title screen, when Snow tells Noel and Serah that Lightning appeared to him in a dream, in Oerba 400 AF when Mog decides to stay with Serah, and when Serah saves Noel from being trapped in his endless dream.
#" — 2:16
#: Plays during the first battle between Lightning and Chaos Bahamut, and when Noel, Mog, and Serah enter the Historia Crux after leaving New Bodhum. Returns as a battle theme in the Dying World and in the battle against Snow at Coliseum.
#" — 3:52
#: Plays during the series of Cinematic Action battles between Lightning and Caius, and before Lightning faces Caius in "Requiem of the Goddess".
# — 3:22
#: Plays when Noel arrives at Valhalla, during the aerial battle against Chaos Bahamut and random encounters in Academia 500 AF. It also plays at the beginning of "Requiem of the Goddess".
# — 2:42
#: Plays when Lightning asks Noel to find her sister, Serah, and guide her to Valhalla.
# — 4:05
#: Plays at the beginning of Episode 1, during the prophecy of Cocoon's fall in Yaschas Massif 1X AF, and after Serah talks to Snow in her dream.
# — 3:02
#: Plays during the series of battles in New Bodhum 3 AF against rift beasts at the beginning of Episode 1, the battle with the first Gogmagog, and the battle with Atlas.
# — 3:40
#: Plays when Noel introduces Serah to her moogle companion, Mog, where he explains his reasons of coming to New Bodhum.
# — 3:55
#: Plays when Serah is exploring New Bodhum after her initial battle and during the battles afterwards. It also plays as the field theme for the Bresha Ruins 300 AF.
# — 4:21
#: Noel Kreiss's leitmotif. Plays when Noel reveals the Time Gate in New Bodhum, and before they leave the Bresha Ruins 5 AF, and in the Historia Crux as they go to Sunleth Waterscape in 300 AF after "Memories for the Future", when Yeul dies in Academia 400 AF, and when Mog reveals Caius's past as a Pulse l'Cie in the Dying World.
# — 5:39
#: Main background theme of New Bodhum 3 AF.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 5:45
#: Plays whenever monsters appear on the field in New Bodhum.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 3:50
#: Plays in random battles in New Bodhum 3 AF, Yaschas Massif 10 AF, 1X AF, and 100 AF, Oerba 200 AF and 300 AF, Sunleth Waterscape 400 AF, and the Coliseum battle against PuPu.
# — 1:54
#: One of the victory themes. Plays after battles with less than a 5-star rating.
# — 4:29
#: Plays whenever riding a normal chocobo.
# — 2:47
#: Plays when Serah, Noel, and Mog prepare to leave New Bodhum, and after Serah escapes her endless dream. It plays at the end of "Heads or Tails?", and in "Requiem of the Goddess", when Serah's spirit asks Lightning to remember her.
# — 4:28
#: Plays during the Historia Crux menu.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 3:23
#: Plays during the battles with Paradox Alpha in Bresha Ruins 5 AF, Aloeidai in Yaschas Massif 10 AF, and Kalavinka in Bresha Ruins 100 AF.
#* Performed by David Whitaker.
===Disc 2 (1:18:09)===
# — 7:02
#: Main background theme of the Bresha Ruins 5 AF and 100 AF.
#* Performed by Aimee Blackschleger.
# — 6:39
#: Plays whenever monsters appear on the field in the Bresha Ruins 5 AF and 100 AF.
#* Performed by Aimee Blackschleger.
# — 5:39
#: Plays in random battles in Bresha Ruins 5 AF and 100 AF, Yaschas Massif 110 AF, Oerba 400 AF, Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF, the Archylte Steppe Year Unknown during sunny, rainy, and cloudy weathers, Augusta Tower 200 AF and 300 AF, and the Coliseum battle against Ultros and Typhon.
# — 2:03
#: One of two victory fanfares. Plays after battles with a 5-star rating.
# — 2:04
#: Plays when Mog speaks for the first time in Bresha. Also plays during the story recaps that follow loading a save file.
# — 4:05
#: Plays after Atlas is defeated, and as the new background theme for Bresha Ruins at 5 AF.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 3:30
#: Plays when Noel tells Serah about his origins in New Bodhum, when they leave the Bresha Ruins 005 AF for Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF and Yaschas Massif 10 AF for Oerba 200 AF, in the Archylte Steppe after Serah and Noel defeat the Faeryl, and in the Dying World when Serah and Noel activate the Oracle Drive at the Farseers' Relic.
# — 3:36
#: Main background theme for the Yaschas Massif 10 AF and 100 AF.Contains elements of the "Prelude".
#* Performed by Michiyo Honda.
#— 4:28 
#: Plays whenever monsters appear on the field in Yaschas Massif in 10 AF.
#* Performed by Michiyo Honda.
# — 2:33
#: Hope Estheim's leitmotif. Plays during Hope's introduction in the Yaschas Massif 10 AF, and later at 1X AF, when he tells Serah why he wants to travel through time.Arrangement of "Hope's Theme".
# — 6:46
#: Plays in the Yaschas Massif 10 AF after Hope tells Noel about the Farseers, after Hope induces a vision of Lightning and Caius's battle in Valhalla with the Oracle Drive, and during the boss battle against Pacos Amethyst and Pacos Luvulite in Academia 500 AF.
# — 5:32
#: Main background theme for Oerba 200 and 400 AF.
#* Performed by Joelle.
# — 5:29
#: Plays when monsters appear on the field in Oerba.
#* Composed by Naoshi Mizuta with vocals by Joelle.
# — 3:22
#: Plays in the Crystal Bonds Temporal Rift.
# — 3:09
#: Plays when Noel uses the Oracle Drive in Yaschas 10 AF, and when he, Mog and Serah first enter the Coliseum.
# — 3:14
#: Caius Ballad's leitmotif. Plays when Caius and Yeul appear to Noel and Serah in Oerba 200 AF, during his battle against them, and his one-on-one fight against Serah in the Void Beyond.
# — 2:16
#: Plays before Serah and Noel leave Oerba 200 AF.
# — 3:26
#: Main background theme for the Yaschas Massif 1X AF.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 3:16
#: Plays whenever monsters appear on the field in Yaschas 1X AF.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
===Disc 3 (1:14:46)===
# — 4:02
#: Plays when Yeul appears to Serah and Noel in the Yaschas Massif 1X AF, when Serah speaks to Noel in Academy headquarters in Academia 4XX AF and when the party is lost in spacetime at the Historia Crux and most locations are inaccessible.
#* Performed by ORIGA.
# — 1:56
#: Plays at the beginning of Episode 3, and when Alyssa betrays Noel and Serah in Academia 4XX AF.
# — 6:33
#: Plays during the battles with Royal Ripeness, Mutantomato, Zenobia, Proto fal'Cie Adam, and Gogmagog (second encounter in New Bodhum).
#* Performed by Shootie HG.
# — 5:21
#: Main background theme of the Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF.
#* Performed by Joelle.
# — 5:21
#: Plays whenever monsters appear on the field in Sunleth Waterscape.
#* Performed by Joelle.
# — 2:05
#: Plays during the paradox ending for the Sunleth Waterscape. Also plays when initiating Coliseum Challenge: Uninvited Invertebrate feautring Ultros and Typhon in the DLC episode "Snow's Story: Perpetual Battlefield." 
# — 3:37
#: Main background theme of the Archylte Steppe.
#* Performed by Joelle.
# — 3:31
#: Plays whenever monsters appear in the Archylte Steppe.
# — 4:40
#: Background theme of Serendipity.
# — 2:02
#: Plays during chocobo racing in Serendipity.
# — 5:39
#: Sazh Katzroy's leitmotif. Plays during his adventure in Serendipity.
# — 2:18
#: Main background theme of Academia 400 AF (continues playing during random battles).
# — 5:41
#: Plays when Caius appears to Noel and Serah in Academia 400 AF, and during the one-on-one fight between him and Noel in the Dying World.
# — 6:45
#: Paddra Nsu-Yeul's leitmotif. Plays when she dies in the Yaschas Massif 1X AF and Augusta Tower 200 AF. Also in the Dying World after Caius and Noel's fight, and when Yeul dies in that time.
#* Performed by Joelle.
# — 2:40
#: Plays at the beginning of Episode 2.
# — 2:40
#: Main background theme of Augusta Tower 200 AF and 300 AF.
# — 2:51
#: Plays whenever monsters appear in the tower.
# — 3:38
#: Main background theme of Academia 4XX AF.
#Academy's Theme — 3:27
#: The Academy's leitmotif. Plays after Alyssa frees Serah and Noel from custody.
===Disc 4 (1:17:52)===
# — 2:45
#: Plays when Lightning, Serah, and Noel talk about Caius in New Bodhum 700 AF.
# — 1:56
#: Plays whenever riding on a rambunctious chocobo. Also in the Sunleth Waterscape 400 AF, when the Miniflan threaten the crystal pillar and during the battle against them.
#* Performed by by Shootie HG.
# — 4:46
#: Plays during Serah and Noel's scenes in the Void Beyond, and when Serah speaks to the various Yeuls.
# — 3:48
#: Plays after the vision of Lightning and Caius in Valhalla in Yaschas 1X AF, when speaking to the last Yeul in the Void Beyond, and after the battle with Gogmagog in the Dying World.
# — 2:24
#: Game over theme. Plays in Serah's dream before she awakens.
# — 2:48
#: Serah Farron's leitmotif. Plays after the boss battle against the Proto fal'Cie Adam in Augusta Tower 200 AF, and when Serah refuses to remain in her endless dream. In "Perpetual Battlefield", it plays when it is revealed that Snow has to stay in the Coliseum.
#* Performed by Frances Maya.
# — 4:21
#: Plays during the scenes of Noel's memories of Caius and Yeul in the Dying World, and when roaming the area."Noel's Theme" with accompanying lyrics. 
#* Performed by by KOKIA.
# — 3:48
#: Lightning's leitmotif, includes elements of "Blinded by Light". Plays when Noel and Serah encounter Lightning in New Bodhum 700 AF, and after she leaves them, as the area's background theme. In "Requiem of the Goddess", it plays when Lightning floats through the Historia Crux, and during her flashbacks.
# — 2:12
#: Plays during the FMV of Lightning being trapped in a paradox and falling through the Historia Crux.
# — 2:07
#: Plays after "Etro's Gate", when Lightning arrives in Valhalla and becomes Etro's protector, receiving her armor. Also after "A Fading Miracle", when Lightning reveals the final Time Gate and returns to Valhalla.
# — 5:03
#: Main background theme of Academia 500 AF.
# — 4:21
#: Plays during the boss battle against Chaos Bahamut and Caius in Academia 500 AF.
# — 3:00
#: Plays during the boss battle against Caius on Valhalla's beach. In "Requiem of the Goddess" it plays during the battle against Chaos Bahamut.
# — 3:55
#: Plays after "Heart of Chaos", during the clash of blades between Noel and Caius until after Lightning saves Noel and Serah from the endless abyss.
# — 4:45
#: The final boss theme. Plays during the battle against Jet Bahamut, Garnet Bahamut and Amber Bahamut. In "Requiem of the Goddess" it plays during the battle against Caius.
# — 5:56
#: Plays during the scene after the final battle when Caius continues to try and provoke Noel into killing him.
# — 1:56
#: Plays when Time Gates appear in Valhalla and Noel, Serah and Mog leave for Pulse at 500 AF.An arrangement of "FINAL FANTASY XIII - Miracles". 
# — 1:16
#: Plays when Chaos Bahamut attacks Serah and Noel in Academia 500 AF, and during the scene with Hope checking on the status of Cocoon's pillar, just before the ending FMV.A dark rearrangement of "FINAL FANTASY XIII - Miracles". 
# — 1:55
#: Plays during the ending, after "Yakusoku no Basho" or "New World", when chaos merges Valhalla with Gran Pulse.
# — 9:52
#: End credits track. A compilation of various themes: "Caius's Theme", "Paradox", "Noel's Theme", "The Future/Serah's Theme", and "Yeul's Theme".
# (Secret Track) — 4:58
#: Played when fighting the downloadable content superboss, Omega, in the Japanese version prior to version 1.03. Currently plays as the field music of the DLC version of the Coliseum.
==Credits==
Composers:
*Masashi Hamauzu (Disc1 1~7, 10, 18; Disc2 10; Disc3 18, 19; Disc4 1, 6, 8~10, 17~20)
*Naoshi Mizuta (Disc1 08, 09, 11, 12, 15, 20; Disc2 1~3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15~17; Disc3 2, 4~9, 11~15; Disc4 4, 7, 11~16, 20)
*Mitsuto Suzuki (Disc1 13, 14, 16, 19; Disc2 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19; Disc3 1, 3, 16, 17; Disc4 3, 5, 15, 21)
*Yoshitaka Suzuki (Disc4 14, 16)
Original Music Composer: Nobuo Uematsu (Disc1 17; Disc3 1; Disc4 2)
Arrangers: 
*Masashi Hamauzu (Disc1 1~7, 1, 18; Disc2 1; Disc3 1, 18, 19; Disc4 1, 6, 8~1, 17~19)
*Naoshi Mizuta (Disc1 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 2; Disc2 1~3, 5, 7, 11~13, 15~17; Disc3 2, 4~9, 11, 12, 14, 15; Disc4 4, 7, 11, 12)
*Mitsuto Suzuki (Disc1 13, 14, 16, 17, 19; Disc2 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19; Disc3 1, 3, 16, 17; Disc4 3, 5, 8, 15)
*Ryo Yamazaki (Disc1 4, 6; Disc3 18)
*Yoshitaka Suzuki (Disc4 13, 14, 16)
*Kengo Tokusashi (Disc3 1)
*Shootie HG (Disc4 2)
*Sachiko Miyano (Disc2 16; Disc3 13; Disc4 2)
Lyrics: 
*DAGMUSIC LTD (Disc2 12, 13; Disc3 4, 5, 7, 8, 14; Disc4 7)
*Atari productions inc. (Disc1 13, 14, 19; Disc2 8, 9)
*David Whitaker (Disc1 2)
*Aimee Blackschleger (Disc2 1, 2)
*Motomu Toriyama (Disc2 16; Disc4 6)
*Frances Maya (Disc4 6)
*SQUARE ENIX MUSIC (Disc3 3; Disc4 2)
Latin Translator: Taro Yamashita
== Music samples ==
==Limited editions==
The limited edition version of the soundtrack contains 4 CDs and a DVD. The standard version of the 4-disc soundtrack is also included in the European (Crystal Edition), which is packed in premium Digipack packaging, and North American collector's editions of Final Fantasy XIII-2. 
Despite being a western release, both the "Unseen Intruder" and "Unseen Intruder - Aggressive Mix -" included within the Crystal Edition soundtrack feature lyrics.
Limited_Edition_Front_Cover.jpg|Limited Edition front cover.
Ff132ost image.jpg|Limited edition version.
==XIII-2: Composer Selected Soundtrack==
XIII-2: Composer Selected Soundtrack was a soundtrack album of tracks from Final Fantasy XIII-2 selected by composers. It was included in the European Limited Collector's edition of the game.
===Track list===
#Warrior Goddess — 2:57
#Etro's Champion — 2:18
#Full Speed Ahead — 3:55
#Historia Crux — 4:31
#Limit Break! — 6:36
#Yeul's Theme — 6:44
==See also==
*Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack PLUS
*Yakusoku no Basho / Tatta Hitori no Mikata
*Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: -Lightning Ultimate Box- Special Soundtrack
==External links==
*Official Soundtrack site
*VGMdb - Final Fantasy XIII-2 Original Soundtrack
*VGMdb - Final Fantasy XIII-2 Original Soundtrack (limited edition)
*VGMdb - XIII-2: Composer Selected Soundtrack
==References==
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