Square Enix have released arranged and original music from Final Fantasy IV for the game’s 30th anniversary.
The release is a single LP on black vinyl. It is housed in a tip-on single-pocket jacket with artwork by Yoshitaka Amano. It includes a download card.
Preorders opened on May 27, 2021 and it released on August 25, 2021.
Square Enix havereleased music from the main Final Fantasy XIV game alongside music from three of its expansions on vinyl.
The release is a 4LP black vinyl set. It is housed in a box set with each record housed in an individual sleeve with new artwork by Kuroimori. The set includes an insert for each record with credits and a download code.
Preorders opened on May 14, 2021 and it released on August 31, 2021.
KupoCon have released the Final Fantasy VII arrangement album Melodies Of Midgar on vinyl.
The release is a single LP on “Mako” green translucent vinyl. It is housed in a regular LP jacket. The release is limited to 200 copies.
Orders opened on April 10, 2021 (with later orders opening on May 8) and they began shipping out shortly after.
This is an album made by Kirby’s Dream Band featuring rock covers of music from mainly Kirby’s Dream Land, but also Street Fighter II, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Chrono Trigger, Cave Story, Final Fantasy IV, and Pokémon Red & Blue.
It is a 2LP. It comes in a gatefold jacket with a pink front cover and gatefold art by Maiko with each band member drawn as Kirby.
This is the 2021 repress from Re-Run Records. It comes on “box art” white with pink swirl colored vinyl.
Mega Ran launched a Kickstarter to fund a vinyl release of a remake of his Black Materia hip hop arrangement album of Final Fantasy VII.
The release will be a 2LP with one record on dark green with heavy green and light blue splatter and the other on dark green with heavy blue and light green splatter. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork.
The campaign launched on October 11, 2019 and was successfully funded on November 10, 2019. It was initially scheduled to release in September, 2020, but was delayed due to COVID-19 delaying the production of the album.
On January 25, 2021 GameChops launched a Bandcamp vinyl pressing campaign for funding additional vinyl copies of this album, which will be the same copies given out to backers of the Kickstarter campaign.
The vinyl release was scheduled to release in May, 2021, but was delayed several times and began shipping out in November, 2021.
For the game’s 30th anniversary Square Enix have released an LP with four arrangement tracks alongside the original versions of the same tracks of music from Final Fantasy III.
The release is a single LP on black vinyl. It comes in a single pocket tip-on jacket with game art and an obi strip.
Preorders opened on August 26, 2020 and it is released on November 18, 2020.
Silva Screen and Diggers Factory have released the 2011 orchestral arrangement album “The Essential Games Music Collection Vol. 1” on vinyl.
The release is a single 140g black vinyl LP. It is housed in a regular LP jacket with a slightly modified version of its original 2011 digital cover art. It is limited to 1300 copies.
Preorders opened on July 14, 2020 and it released in September, 2020.
Wayô Records have released a 10th anniversary vinyl edition of Benyamin Nuss’ “Nuss Plays Uematsu” piano arrangement album.
The release will be a single LP. It comes in a regular LP jacket with the same artwork as the original CD release. It includes an insert with liner notes and credits.
Preorders opened on March 28, 2020 and it was scheduled to release in June, 2020. However, it received a minor delay and released in mid-July, 2020.
This is the standard edition on black vinyl.
Kirby’s Dream Band have released their video game music rock cover album, Bat Out Of HAL, on vinyl
The release is a single LP. It is housed in a single-pocket jacket with art by Maiko parodying the artwork of Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell” album.
Preorders opened on March 20, 2020 and it was scheduled to release in June, 2020, but hit a minor delay and was released in early July, 2020.
This is the variant on red marbled colored vinyl, which is limited to approximately 100 copies. It was supposed to have the same colored swirl as the majority of copies, but the pressing plant made a mistake on the color on around 20% of the pressing so they came out red instead of purple.
AWR Records have releasing the soundtrack to the orchestral Final Fantasy arrangement album Distant Worlds IV on vinyl.
It is a 2LP on clear vinyl. It is housed in a gatefold jacket with photos from the recording sessions alongside performer credits.
Orders opened on June 18, 2020 and it began shipping out shortly after.
