Ranking Every Final Fantasy By Their Soundtrack

Before Meteor OST: Tracks - 104, Composer(s) - Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito & Ryo Yamazaki, A Realm Reborn OST: Tracks - 120, Composer(s) - Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta & Tsuyoshi Sekito, Before The Fall OST: Tracks - 63 , Composer(s) - Masayoshi Soken, Heavensward OST: Tracks - 58, Composer(s) - Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu & Yukiko Takada

Final Fantasy XIV was Square Enix's second attempt at an MMO after Final Fantasy XI and its original launch was a massive failure, prompting them to effectively scrap the game and subsequently re-release it to a much better reception. Amongst the things that were removed was the original soundtrack, predominantly an Uematsu creation, which was later released as the 104-track Before Meteor collection.

This removal was somewhat controversial given the excellence of tracks like 'Bathed In Woodsin', 'Twilight Over Thanalan', 'Fragments Of Forever' and 'Fallen Angel', but the predominantly Soken-composed follow-up was a more than worthy successor. This soundtrack, released as the A Realm Reborn collection, clocked in at a whopping 119 tracks, with highlights ranging from 'Torn From The Heavens' to 'Primal Judgement'.

Two additional soundtrack album releases have since followed, with the first, Before The Fall, reutilising 16 of Before Meteor's tracks in a new capacity. The second, accompanying the games Heavensward expansion, did not repeat this practice, opting instead for a wholly original score.

Even discarding the sixteen repeats in Before The Fall, the four soundtrack releases offer a combined 329 tracks to choose from, with more sure to follow given that the game's lifespan is far from over (the next expansion is due in June). This sheer volume gives it an advantage over other titles with far less to offer, but filler doesn't always prevail.