| Don't get me wrong, I like Uematsu's work too. I own most of the FF soundtracks. And I think he was at his best with FF8. The FF8 soundtrack is near the top of my list of favorite soundtracks. And the Black Mages are great.
But...
After playing many, many, MANY Square games, I have to say that Mitsuda is simply the best. Simply because of his work in Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears.
I donno, it just seems like Mitsuda's soundtracks sound so much more complete and inspired.
Uematsu has made some great songs, but many of his soundtracks have been rather blah. FF9 was forgetable. FF10 was tame (although that wasn't entirely him). FF7 was alright (with a couple great songs, like One Wing Angel). FF6 was great though, I'd rank it right behind FF8's soundtrack. And FF4 and 5 had some good stuff. But nothing as complete as Mitsuda's three.
Personally, I just enjoy Mitsuda's work so much more overall. I could listen to his stuff non-stop. I even bought some of his non-video game soundtracks, and they're great.-jay |