Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures, and other merchandise. There have been a number of compilation albums of Final Fantasy music produced by Square Enix, as well as several albums produced by outside groups, both officially and unofficially licensed. These albums include music directly from the games, as well as arrangements covering a variety of styles, such as orchestral, piano, vocal, and techno. Square Enix produced the first album, Final Fantasy 1987–1994, in 1994. Since then, over 40 albums have been produced, both by Square Enix and, beginning with the 2000 The Best of Final Fantasy 1994–1999: A Musical Tribute, outside groups.
A greatest hits album of the first six games, along with unreleased tracks and four vocal arrangements. December 10, 1994 is the release of the non -limited Edition. Released in North America by Tokyopop in 2001 as Final Fantasy N Generation: Official Best Collection. Sold over 14,400 copies.
Tribute album of music arranged by Sherman F. Heinig and performed by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra and the Electric Sound Ensemble. Re-released as Music Inspired By Final Fantasy in 2001 by WB Music Corp with an additional track.
Contains a selection of tracks from prior Final Fantasy piano and arrangement albums, with one new arrangement. Reached No. 42 on the Japan Oricon music charts.[12] Sold over 6,500 copies. Re-released by Square Enix in 2006.
Live recording of an orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on February 20, 2002, at the Tokyo International Forum. Reached #54 on the Japanese Oricon music charts. Sold over 7,600 copies. Re-released by Square Enix in 2004.
Licensed fanmade album of remixes made and sold by KFSS studios. A Gold Edition with a second CD released only to pre-orderers on June 22, 2002, with a length of 2:20:41.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in August 2007 prior to the initial concert of the Distant Worlds concert series in the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 4 the same year. Sold over 2,400 copies in Japan.
Promotional box set containing the soundtracks from the Game Boy Advance ports of Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI, with two CDs per soundtrack. The Final Fantasy IV section contains tracks not present in the Final Fantasy IV Advance soundtrack album.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2010 prior to the Distant Worlds II concert in the Stockholm Concert Hall on June 12 the same year, a special event in the Distant Worlds concert series.
Album of guitar solo arrangements by Yuji Sekiguchi, packaged with Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection Vol. 2, a book of guitar sheet music.
Album of guitar solo arrangements by Yuji Sekiguchi, packaged with Guitar Solo Final Fantasy Official Best Collection Vol. 2, a book of guitar sheet music.
Blu-ray recording of orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in December 2012 at the Tokyo International Forum. Sold over 2,400 copies in Japan.
Arranged music from the Final Symphony orchestral world tour, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra in December 2014 at the Abbey Road Studios in London. Entering Classical Album Top 5 of both Billboard Charts and Official UK Charts.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in November 2014 at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague and AWR Music Studio in Chicago.
Blu-ray recording of an orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Sold over 1,400 copies in Japan.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in March 2017 at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague and AWR Music Studio in Chicago.
Blu-ray release of brass band concert of arrangements of music from the series, recorded by the Siena Wind Orchestra on May 14, 2017, at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in March 2019 at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague and AWR Music Studio in Chicago.
Orchestral concert of arranged music from the series, recorded by the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in October 2022 at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague and AWR Music Studio in Chicago.
^ abcdefオリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2018-06-20.