But for me? The news that Tanioka was self-arranging and self-performing these piano arrangements got me interested.
Certainly, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has a phenomenal soundtrack worth celebrating in its own right. My reasoning for doing so was not rooted in my love for the source material. It will not surprise long-time readers of RPGFan that I preordered the album as soon as it was listed. However, after Square Enix announced plans for a Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition on Nintendo Switch, the publisher also announced Piano Collections Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, self-arranged and self-performed by the game’s prolific composer, Kumi Tanioka (with help from co-performer Yui Morishita on the duet arrangements). At present, it would seem that such plans did not come to fruition. Arranger and performer Casey Ormond did a fantastic job with Hitoshi Sakimoto’s Final Fantasy XII, and there had been talk of an FFT piano album to come shortly thereafter.
Outside the numbered series, many fans had anticipated Final Fantasy Tactics would have a piano arrangement album next. We fans have come to expect a Piano Collections album for every main (numbered) entry in the Final Fantasy series, and we have also been surprised with piano arrange albums for Kingdom Hearts, NieR, and other franchises. It is always exciting to see a solid piano arrangement come from Square Enix.
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