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Music of Final Fantasy XIII-2
''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix in 2011 as the sequel to ''Final Fantasy XIII''. The music of the game was composed by Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Mitsuto Suzuki. It was intended to sound different from the music of previous ''Final Fantasy'' titles, featuring more musical styles and vocal pieces. Since the release of the game, Square Enix has published the 2011 four-disc soundtrack album, ''Final Fantasy XIII-2 Original Soundtrack'', as well as an album of arrangements and alternate versions of tracks from the game, ''Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack PLUS'', in 2012. The theme song for the game, , was released by singer Mai Fukui as a single in 2011, and the English version of the song, sung by Charice Pempengco and included in the non-Japanese versions of the game, was included on her 2012 album ''Infinity''.
Reviews of the soundtrack album were positive, with critics praising both the variety of styles and quality of the pieces. Several critics noted Mizuta's work as possibly his finest to date. Reviewers of the game were more mixed, with some feeling that some of the styles of music did not match where they were played in the game. Critics were also mixed in their opinions of the arranged album, feeling that several of the pieces were simply inferior versions of the original tracks. Both of the albums and the single sold well enough to place on the Japanese Oricon charts, with the original soundtrack album reaching a peak of #13 and remaining on the charts for eight weeks.
==Creation and influence==
The music of ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' was composed by Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Mitsuto Suzuki. The three composers were coordinated by Keiji Kawamori to ensure the composers' three styles meshed well together.〔 Hamauzu, who was the sole composer for the music of ''Final Fantasy XIII'', composed roughly a quarter of the game's tracks, as did Suzuki, while Mizuta wrote nearly half.〔 Prior to this game, Mizuta has worked on the music of ''Final Fantasy XI'', while Suzuki had been a sound director for several Square Enix games and served as an arranger for ''XIII''.〔 The game's director, Motomu Toriyama, wanted the game's soundtrack to have more variety than that of the music in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', as well as feature more styles. As a result, the game had three composers rather than just Hamauzu. Toriyama also wished for the music to have "a more edgy sound" and more vocal pieces, so that it would sound "unlike the typical ''Final Fantasy'' title".〔 The music incorporates a wide variety of styles, from orchestral and electronic to rap, hip-hop, jazz funk, and metal.〔
Prior to the game Hamauzu was known for working on orchestral pieces, Mizuta for instrumental pieces, and Suzuki for electronic pieces, and as a result all three composers attempted to write music that did not fit their general style to avoid only writing music similar to what they had produced before.〔 They also worked with each other to blend their styles together, so that shifts between composers in the soundtrack would not be jarring.〔 While the music is not intended to be reminiscent of ''Final Fantasy XIIIs music, pieces set in scenes involving places or characters from the prequel use motifs and pieces of music used in that game for those places or characters.〔 Mizuta's favorite song from the soundtrack that he wrote is "Caius's Theme", which he rewrote four times over the course of a month. Suzuki's favorite is "Historia Crux", which he wrote as several tunes mixing into one as a metaphor for time travel in the game, and Hamauzu's is "Knight of the Goddess", the battle theme for the game, which he attempted to make the equal of "Blinded by Light", the battle theme of the prequel, which he felt was very well received.〔〔
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