On top of this, only a handful of themes are exceptions, meaning Hamauzu doesn't often learn from his mistakes, which seems disappointing when there is so much evidence of his creativity elsewhere. Indeed, tracks like these are disappointing, and when compared with the likes of the ominous "Let's Go Underground," it is easy to see which has more depth. The laid-back "Chocobo's House" is a prime example of a typical light-hearted track with the theme being in a waltz time, a swaying melody plays against a bare xylophone accompaniment that offers no supporting features other than its rhythm.
Certainly, one of the soundtrack's major flaws is that far too many of the light-hearted themes are carried by their melodies, and it is only really the darker themes that have any substance or musical assets. With Hamauzu's versatility being somewhat undermined by the presence of the theme, the lighter tracks often prove among the shallower additions, some exceptions aside. Indeed, although the Chocobo theme seems to have outstayed its welcome, these three basic factors do the score a lot of justice, and certainly make it all the more bearable. Happy, sad, militaristic, and ominous themes fill up the album, so diversity doesn't seem to be a problem.
Last but not least, the final factor that Hamauzu utilises to make the Chocobo theme more bearable is the use of different moods. Once again, "Prelude (orchestrated)" reveals just how effective this is, but perhaps a better example is "Beginning of a Journey" this theme features so many different melodic lines that the simplicity and superficiality of the Chocobo theme is shadowed right from the start, interwoven into a pleasant polyphony.
The second theme-enhancing factor is the use of secondary and tertiary melodies in a track to take away the prominence and importance of the primary melody. Tracks that don't receive such a fine orchestration, such as "The First Dungeon" and "A Mystery," are also helped out, to a certain degree, with even more of Hamauzu's pressure-building methods although these aren't arrangements of the Chocobo theme, they demonstrate Hamauzu's fine ability to craft such atmospheres, carrying some of the pseudo-melodrama from the 'Prelude'. The first track on the album, "Prelude (orchestrated)," is an ideal example of this with the integration of dramatic crescendos, rapacious subito pianos, and some well-timed silence, the tension created in this theme is awe-inspiring. The first of these is creating suspense, a powerful tool that serves many pieces of music with the perfect atmosphere, no matter what the genre is. However, as this soundtrack proves, it can become sophisticated and far more worthy of a listen by applying just a few basic features. The overusage of the Chocobo theme has ensured it has been transformed from a classic melody to one of the most annoying and hackneyed features in Final Fantasy scores. However, this soundtrack has some costly flaws that will render it unappealing at times although the prospect of excessive arrangements of the "Chocobo" theme, firmly established in the Final Fantasy series, may be just what the doctor ordered in some cases, the melodic basis of the soundtrack is nonetheless weak even though Hamauzu does his best efforts to manipulate the theme. Indeed, Hamauzu is renowned for making awful games such as Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon all the more bearable, with the likes of Unlimited SaGa and, to a lesser extent, Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII also featuring on the list. Nonetheless, even the worst games can yield a satisfactory soundtrack, and with Masashi Hamauzu being the man behind this score, the game has one thing going for it, and that is its music.
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