Uploader's Comments:
01 - Scene III (Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite)
02 - Roaming Sheep (Final Fantasy III Legend
of the Eternal Wind)
03 - Theme of Love (Final Fantasy IV
Celtic Moon)
04 - Legend of the Great Forest
(Final Fantasy V Dear Friends)
05 - Elia, The Maiden of Water (Final
Fantasy III Legend of the Eternal Wind)
06 - Welcome to Our Town! (Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon)
07 - Moogles' Theme (Final Fantasy V Dear Friends)
08 - The Breeze (Final Fantasy III Legend of
the Eternal Wind)
09 - Troian Beauty (Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon)
10 - Faraway Home Town (Final Fantasy V Dear Friends)
11 - Dear Friends (Final Fantasy V
Piano Collections)
12 - Aria Di Mezzo Carattere Remix
(Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale)
13 - Rydia (Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon)
14 - Scene VII (Final Fantasy
Symphonic Suite)
15 - Songo De Chocobo (Unreleased Track)
16 - Final Fantasy Piano Version (Unreleased Track)

Review by Adam Corn

Very few game music CDs have impressed me as much after first purchasing them than Final Fantasy 1987-1994. In fact Orchestral Game Concert 4 and Dragon Quest Best are about the only ones that come to mind. These are the CDs where I feel like I possibly don't deserve to listen to music so wonderful.

Final Fantasy 1987-1994 is a "best" collection of selections from various arranged CDs spanning FF1 to FF6. Final Fantasy arrangements covered a wide variety of styles in that period and most are featured here, including orchestral, Celtic, piano, vocal, big-band, and sampled/synthetic music.

When I purchased this CD I already owned FF4 Celtic Moon and FF6 Grand Finale. The five tracks from those CDs are all of high quality, even though there are much better selections on Grand Finale than the one here and the omission of FF4's main theme is suspect. However several of the tracks taken from other albums are essential listening for any Final Fantasy fan. Whether it be the lonely, whispy singing of a young woman in "Home Sweet Home" or the dignity and beauty of a symphony in "Scene III", they are rife with emotion and beauty.

The only dilemma is one that accompanies any best-of compilation - whether to spring for a single sampling of various albums or instead invest in each one as a whole. All of these selections are available on other FF soundtracks except for the final two, and those two probably don't warrant purchase of the CD on their own. Fortunately even for collectors who own the better arranged albums from this time period (namely Symphonic Suite, Celtic Moon, and Grand Finale), 1987-1994 provides many of the very best selections from the other, lesser albums in one convenient package.

Fans who own or plan to own all the CDs featured here can safely pass on Final Fantasy 1987-1994. However, for those who have missed the classic pre-Playstation Final Fantasy arranged albums, I can think of few CDs I would recommend more highly.

Directory: Final Fantasy 1987-1994

Files:

01 SCENE III.m4a	6.3 MB
02 Roaming Sheep.m4a	2.4 MB
03 Theme of Love.m4a	4.4 MB
04 大森林の伝説 (REMIX).m4a	5.4 MB
05 水の巫女エリア.m4a	2.8 MB
06 Welcome to Our Town!.m4a	3.4 MB
07 モーグリのテーマ.m4a	3.5 MB
08 The Breeze.m4a	3.8 MB
09 Troian Beauty.m4a	3.9 MB
10 はるかなる故郷.m4a	3.8 MB
11 親愛なる友へ.m4a	5.2 MB
12 Aria Di Mezzo Carattere (RIMIX).m4a	6.1 MB
13 Rydia.m4a	3.4 MB
14 SCENE VII.m4a	5.6 MB
15 ソンゴdeチョコボ.m4a	4 MB
16 ファイナルファンタジー (PIANO VERSION).m4a	3.5 MB