Alexandero2
01-30-2017, 02:22 AM
Final Heaven: Melancholy Music From Final Fantasy VII (Definitive Edition) - TPR (2015)
LOUDR | Final Heaven: Melancholy Music From Final Fantasy VII (Definitive Edition) - TPR (2015) (http://vgmdb.net/album/56210)
Format: FLAC
Source: Web-DL
Artist: TPR
Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Tracklist:
01 J-E-N-O-V-A 02:32
02 Cosmo Canyon 02:47
03 Fight On! 02:59
04 Buried In Snow 02:58
05 Cid's Theme 02:00
06 Wutai 02:56
07 In Search Of The Man In Black 02:52
08 Rufus's Welcoming Ceremony 02:23
09 Desert Wasteland 02:59
10 The Chase 03:04
11 Dear To The Heart 02:14
12 Let The Battles Begin! 02:24
13 Listen To The Cries Of The Planet 02:15
14 Secret Of The Deep Sea 02:27
15 Forested Temple 02:27
16 Descendant Of Shinobi 02:06
17 Mako Reactor 02:13
18 The Highwind Takes To The Skies 02:49
19 Barret's Theme 02:14
20 Farm Boy 03:11
21 From The Edge Of Despair 02:52
22 Words Drowned By Fireworks 03:09
23 Reunion 02:15
24 Judgement Day 02:50
25 Flowers Blooming In The Church 02:55
26 Attack Of The Weapon 03:08
27 Gold Saucer 03:12
28 On Our Way 02:21
29 Anxiety 02:00
30 Debut 02:47
31 Jenova Complete 02:36
32 Other Side Of The Mountain 02:15
33 Main Theme Of Final Fantasy VII 03:38
34 The Oppressed 02:27
35 Tifa's Theme 02:47
36 Launching A Dream Into Space 03:14
37 Birth Of A God 03:27
38 Waltz de Chocobo 02:01
39 The North Cave 03:36
40 The Nightmare Begins 02:07
41 Open Your Heart 02:59
42 Shinra, Inc 02:18
43 The Great Warrior 02:08
44 Aeris's Theme 02:22
45 Ending Credits 04:54
Links *(not my upload....originally from this post (Thread 126974))*:
https://mega.nz/#!uB5gzTiQ!MksZRDkS92lkUujOoCk_x4y74rECUBUvU9pnz_BAohc
Mini-Review:
TPR re-released this album as "The Definitive Edition" which contains songs from:
his original album release (26 tracks)
the six (6) tracks from the "Buried in the Snow" album that were from FFVII ("Buried in the Snow" contained songs from VII, VIII, and IX)
the five (5) tracks which were "new"* from the "Piano Reductions" album (another album which contained songs from VII, VIII, and IX....except this time more focused on piano alone)
and eight (8) brand new tracks that were never released before and unique to this album
*Note #1: I say "new", because the "Piano Reductions" album also had four (4) tracks that he re-did from this FFVII album, except those reworked tracks don't appear in the Definitive Edition (the original renditions were kept).
Note #2: The song track lengths appear to vary slightly, but mostly not in any significant way (most within 5 seconds). There are a few exceptions where the track length is significantly different (> minute) but these are simply tracks that weren't looped in the "Definitive Edition" release. They're still 99% the same song (they just end sooner).
I already had the previous albums and enjoyed them, so I didn't want to go ahead and buy this one unless it was going to give me new songs I felt was worth paying the price of an entire album for, it was only 8 new tracks after all and it would make the single album really long. As LOUDR is shutting down after Jan 31 and it isn't clear if FLACs from TPR will be easily accessible, I wanted to do this exercise to figure out if it was worth it. IMO, it is not worth it unless you don't own any of the prior works. And even then, I would steer you towards the original releases of the albums (i.e. the FFVII one, Buried in the Snow, and Piano Reductions) despite the higher cost, since those albums contain compositions from VIII and IX that are still really good.
With respect to the new content, the 8 new tracks are relatively weak when compared to the tracks he's already done. I didn't find any of the eight to be particularly captivating enough to want them in my original album, so I ended up deciding to skip over this release altogether.
On a side note, I wasn't aware that it was posted/uploaded before, so I just did a quick search and found the link by chance, which then forced me to do this as a hybrid post (review+link). It's not my upload, but thought I would share for others who were interested in it.
I created an Excel file that spells out where everything comes from (but couldn't upload because FFshrine doesn't seem to allow anything above a few KBs)
I'll also just list them here if it's easier to read
Tracks from Original Release
01 J-E-N-O-V-A
02 Cosmo Canyon
05 Cid's Theme
07 In Search Of The Man In Black
09 Desert Wasteland
12 Let The Battles Begin!
13 Listen To The Cries Of The Planet
14 Secret Of The Deep Sea
15 Forested Temple
16 Descendant Of Shinobi
17 Mako Reactor
21 From The Edge Of Despair
22 Words Drowned By Fireworks
23 Reunion
25 Flowers Blooming In The Church
28 On Our Way
29 Anxiety
31 Jenova Complete
32 Other Side Of The Mountain
33 Main Theme Of Final Fantasy VII
34 The Oppressed
35 Tifa's Theme
39 The North Cave
40 The Nightmare Begins
42 Shinra, Inc
44 Aeris's Theme
Tracks from "Buried in the Snow" album
04 Buried In Snow
08 Rufus's Welcoming Ceremony
20 Farm Boy
24 Judgement Day
27 Gold Saucer
36 Launching A Dream Into Space
Tracks from "Piano Reductions" album
03 Fight On!
11 Dear To The Heart
18 The Highwind Takes To The Skies
37 Birth Of A God
43 The Great Warrior
Net NEW tracks
06 Wutai
10 The Chase
19 Barret's Theme
26 Attack Of The Weapon
30 Debut
38 Waltz de Chocobo
41 Open Your Heart
45 Ending Credits
Hope this helps someone.