Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX

Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX is a piano arrangement album of music from Final Fantasies VII, VIII and IX. The music is arranged and performed by Hiroyuki Nakayama and overseen by the series composer Nobuo Uematsu. 
==Development==
Nobuo Uematsu had difficulty in choosing just four songs from each game for the album. He wanted it to feature songs that weren't shoe-in inclusions, songs that don't always get the spotlight. Two tracks in particular, Final Fantasy VIIs "Cosmo Canyon" and "Words Drowned by Fireworks" were easy choices as he likes the tracks himself and the songs hadn't seen many re-arrangements before. Uematsu has named "Words Drowned by Fireworks" as his potential favorite song, but stressed he loves all the songs naturally, "as a parent would love a child they gave birth to".
A piano rendition of Final Fantasy VIII song "Ami" was included on the album. Uematsu explained its name comes from the French word ami for "friend," as friendship is an important part of the story in Final Fantasy VIII. The song's naming was also inspired by 1986 novel by Chilean writer Enrique Barrios, entitled Ami, el niño de las estrellas that is known in Japanese as Ami Chiisana Uchuujin ("Ami, the tiny alien") and in English as Ami: Child of the Stars.
==Track list==
# [FINAL FANTASY VIII] — 4:02
# [FINAL FANTASY VII] — 3:02
# [FINAL FANTASY VII] — 3:06
# [FINAL FANTASY VIII] — 3:26
# [FINAL FANTASY IX] — 3:32
# [FINAL FANTASY VIII] — 3:20
# [FINAL FANTASY VII] — 3:41
# [FINAL FANTASY IX] — 3:30
# [FINAL FANTASY VIII] — 3:22
# [FINAL FANTASY IX] — 4:09
# [FINAL FANTASY VII] — 4:21
# [FINAL FANTASY IX] — 3:47
==Sheet music==
Published by Yamaha Music Media, the sheet music book for the album contains solo piano arrangements for all 12 pieces. It has 72 pages and the difficulty is intermediate to advanced. The book uses standard music notation, but the text—including the title of each piece—is in Japanese.
*Format: Japanese, 71 pages
*ISBN 978-4-6369-0595-3
==See also==
*Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III
*Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI
*Piano Opera Final Fantasy I-IX
==External links==
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*iTunes
*VGMdb
==References==
Category:Albums