Final Fantasy 6 Music Download

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Although the video game has been out for quite a while, now is an excellent time to look into getting a Final Fantasy 6 music download. This is because the official soundtrack was released on CD just a couple years ago. This allows fans of the series to enjoy the absolutely brilliant orchestra of sounds from their favorite RPG!

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About the Video Game

Final Fantasy 6 -- more commonly known as Final Fantasy VI, as is the naming convention with the franchise -- is the 6th iteration in the series. It follows the adventures of fourteen permanent playable characters. Given that this game was originally released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo, that was a rather major feat and it was the most of any game in the main series. Some of the best-known protagonists include Terra Branford, Celes Chere, Locke Cole, and Edgar Roni Figaro.

Final Fantasy VI is still revered to this day for its incredible character development, incredibly rich storyline, and truly engaging gameplay. The graphics obviously are not up to par with current systems, but the rich colors and ease of control made Final Fantasy 6 an absolute treasure for fans of the role-playing game series.

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Final Fantasy 6 Music Download

When looking through the most popular music sites for downloads, you'll find that the core selection typically caters to mainstream music, like that sung by Good Charlotte. There are also countless sites aimed to help you find new music to download and many of the artists featured within are either independent, underground, or both. It is perhaps there that you would find some of the best British rap.

When it comes to video game music, however, the challenge is actually quite a bit more difficult. Specifically with unearthing a Final Fantasy 6 music download site, most don't seem to offer full MP3 versions of the songs. Instead, the music is made available (for free, mind you) in MIDI format.

This is because video game music at the time -- especially on consoles like the Super Nintendo where the storage capacity of the cartridges was quite limited -- was basically a series of computer sounds, so to speak, and this is recreated through the relatively tiny MIDI files. Instead of a 5 megabyte MP3 file, the same song is orchestrated through a 10 kilobyte MIDI. That's 1/500th the size.

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Official Final Fantasy VI Soundtrack

The availability of the official Final Fantasy 6 Soundtrack, which is officially billed as Final Fantasy VI: Original Sound Version, is severely limited. You can usually find the CD in the same places where you would go to buy anime DVDs and manga comic books, but if you don't live in or near a major metropolitan area, this can be quite the journey in an of itself. Not to mention that the soundtrack can cost as much as fifty dollars or more for the three disc set.

Thanks to the advent of the Internet, however, you can gain access to free MIDI versions of all the songs from the official soundtrack. It is through this avenue that you can nab your Final Fantasy 6 music download and it won't cost you a penny. Fan sites will oftentimes have links to places where you can get a Final Fantasy 6 music download. One such site is FFShrine.org.

Here is the list of tracks from the official Final Fantasy VI soundtrack.

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