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Square Enix Brings New Music Selection Online
Square Enix is making soundtracks from the Final Fantasy series available to North American audiences with some cooperation from Apple.
By Eduardo Vasconcellos | May 10, 2005


AdvertisementSquare Enix announced today that it will be releasing sixteen soundtracks from the Final Fantasy series on iTunes.


This will be the first time any of the Final Fantasy soundtracks will be sold in the U.S. and it will also be the first time an original game soundtrack will be available on the iTunes store.
"We're expanding our business sphere beyond the traditional videogame in many ways," said Ichiro Otobe, President and COO of Square Enix, Inc. "I'm excited to bring FINAL FANTASY music online by collaborating with Apple, an innovator in this arena. The iTunes Music Store is the perfect platform for our videogame soundtracks, which began as an early form of digital music."

"I am thrilled that our soundtracks will finally be available to all the supportive American fans who have enjoyed our music over the years," said series composer Nobuo Uematsu.
The Final Fantasy page on the iTunes store will have music from all of the titles in the Final Fantasy series as well as music from the Dear Friends concert series and two Black Mages albums.

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