For ' Serah's Theme ~Memories~', Hamauzu made it by using elements from Final Fantasy XIII to make it feel more human than Serah's original theme from Final Fantasy XIII.Īfter writing ' Caius's Theme' four times with difficulty getting approval from Toriyama, Naoshi Mizuta followed his demand for it to be something that could possibly surpass Sephiroth's theme, ' One-Winged Angel' from Final Fantasy VII. ' Unseen Intruder' was possibly the first track Mizuta wrote for the game, and because it is a rap song, it reflects Toriyama's desire to create music that wasn't 'typical Final Fantasy.' For ' Crazy Chocobo', Toriyama asked for it to be similar to death metal. The use of various vocal themes resulted in the composers being a little more creative and including a lot of their own ideas. When asked about the possible problem of styles clashing, Suzuki and Mizuta said that the direction given by director Motomu Toriyama was to craft something different, which led to the decision of having three main composers creating the game's soundtrack together. Masashi Hamauzu, who composed the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIII, focused on tracks associated with Lightning and aspects from Final Fantasy XIII, while Naoshi Mizuta composed music connected to Noel, Caius, and Yeul, and Mitsuto Suzuki contributed modern and techno pop music to the soundtrack.

With Masashi Hamauzu returning, Toriyama and the producer approached Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki to create music with the basic concept of 'music that's unlike Final Fantasy'.įinal Fantasy XIII-2 Original Soundtrack.

Director Motomu Toriyama wanted to take the music of the franchise into a new direction by incorporating more vocal songs and different music genres.

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