Has the mystery ever been solved?

Take a look at the S-E catalog.

http://www.gmronline.com/results.asp?se … display=25

10081 was the Front Mission Alternative reprint.

10083~6 was Dawn of Mana OST.

Then 10088~94 was the FFXI Box Set. For awhile, we didn't know about 82 or 87. Now it's been confirmed that the Before Crisis / Last Order FFVII OST is 10087.

I wouldn't be harping on this so much, except for the fact that SQEX has had a *perfect* track record with lining up catalog numbers to this day. In my mind, there has to be something that *ought* to go in the 10082 slot, but just isn't happening.

My initial thought: an official CD release of the Children of Mana OST (instead of just iTunes bullshit).

Anyone have any other ideas? Was there ever a CD listed for this cat number that was later cancelled?

Ramza

Last year at the Tokyo Game Show, in a Square Enix Music catalog, SQEX announced that they would release a CD with Nobuo Uematsu's rare, non-FF Famicom music (called "Nobuo Uematsu Treasure Music Collection" or something like that).  Obviously, the album was never released, but I'm guessing it was SQEX-10082.

It wouldn't have been Children of Mana as the digital release was two discs so it'd require two catalog numbers. While the playtime was around 84 minutes, they'd still have to cut a lot down to make it one disc. I agree that it definitely deserves a true release; I thought the introduction and conclusion were bland but Aihara and Iwata made truly excellent contributions to the core.

Anyway, I suspect PeteV is correct. I'd be surprised if this announced release would have spanned a single disc, but maybe it would have been a 'best of' unreleased tracks. It'd be very nice to see Nobuo Uematsu's early non-FF works (aside Alpha, Hanjuku Hero, SaGa 1 & 2, and Blassty) be released, as unremarkable as some of them are.

As much as I like old Nobuo, yes the 2 tracks on the ALPHA Vinyl are quite unremarkable...