Seal of the Wind receives a most minimal arrangement, sounding almost note-for-note like the original work for the game. Tracks one and four, which come from the International + Last Mission OST (explaining the Piano Collection’s seemingly late arrival), are both incredible pieces. Classical, neo-classical, jazz, modern ballads…this 12-track album contains a lot of pieces with which to work. I have listened to every Final Fantasy Piano Collection over a dozen times, and perhaps I am speaking with the bias of novelty (that is, that this soundtrack is newest to me): but I can say without a doubt that this Piano Collections, among other FF Piano Collections, contains the most diverse array of music, as well as some very simple songs on the one hand and very VERY complex songs on the other hand.
Note also the slight change in title from “Piano Collections” (IV-X all use this title) to “Piano Collection”…Just a little idiosyncracy. The other arrangers performed their own arrangements, which is a first in FF Piano history. Note: Shinko Ogata (from FFVIII Piano Collections) performs the songs arranged by Matsueda and Eguchi.
