This 2016 sampler goes absurdly hard for a freebie disc. "NOX AETERNA" opens with the FFXV E3 trailer energy that had everyone losing their minds, and the Ravana battle theme "Unbending Steel" from FFXIV is pure prog-rock-meets-MMO insanity.
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Then "Song of the Ancients - Fate" from NieR shows up and suddenly the whole mood shifts to haunting vocal melancholy. The Big Bridge arrange for Final Fantasy Record Keeper proves you can remix Gilgamesh's theme endlessly and it never gets old.
There's even a SaGa Scarlet Grace symphony cut tucked in here. Nineteen tracks bouncing between bombastic orchestral battle themes and quieter character moments. Square Enix was cooking across so many projects simultaneously in 2016, and this disc is the proof.
Perfect sampler platter for the curious.