The team bucked the then-current trends to develop a more “pastoral” sound.
Another, Iwasaki thinks, is the fact that the team had a restricted budget and workforce for the game that forced them to be nimble. Tanioka said that for Crystal Chronicles, they “strived to create music that is always gentle, but strict at times, music that flows within the atmosphere unchanged, no matter who or what is standing there,” and that’s one of the reasons it has stood the test of time. He also discovered the Roba Music Theatre that influenced the game’s sound, and endured the “numbingly exhausting task of loading them onto the actual game.” Iwasaki had to negotiate with programmers to ensure that there was enough room for live music within the game. It’s an experience he remembers fondly too. Looking back, Iwasaki sees the soundtrack as “very conceptual” but ultimately “unique and distinctive” from anything else they’ve done. “My hope is that the music will be listened to universally and take on a timeless quality, similar to period and folk instruments used in these tracks.” She said the composers “envisioned something more in line with field days or sports” when crafting the music. Tanioka accomplished this by making sure the music focused on the atmosphere, even with major boss battles. "I was conscious about capturing the world comprehensively for the majority of music in Crystal Chronicles," she tells Inverse. Looking Back on a ClassicĬomposer Kumi Tanioka said she tried to infuse into the score the "lighter narrative" of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles that distinguishes it from the franchise's mainline titles. Inverse spoke with Tanioka, Iwasaki, and Burke shortly after the release of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Remastered Edition to discuss the music, narration, and how these things helped define the original's unique tone.
Donna Burke, who is best known for her work in the Metal Gear Solidseries and as the narrator in the original Crystal Chronicles, also returned, re-recording the lines in a distinct Irish accent, which some fans have said helps to make the game feel like an "old fairy tale" when compared to the epic tales in most games. Original composers - Kumi Tanioka and Hidenori Iwasaki - returned to re-record music for the remaster and create two new tracks remaster. Its soundtrack stuck out as more atmospheric and folky than the sweeping orchestral scores the main Final Fantasy series is known for. Unlike most Final Fantasy games, Crystal Chronicles puts an emphasis on multiplayer and was originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003 at a time when most of Square-Enix’s RPGs went to PlayStation 2. Square Enix gave the underrated Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles a second shot at success in August with a current-gen remaster.
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