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The music of the video game Final Fantasy XIII was composed by Masashi Hamauzu. Orchestrations were provided by Yoshihisa Hirano, Kunihiko Shiina and Toshiyuki Oomori while additional synthesizer tracks were provided by Keiji Kawamori. Hamauzu composed "Kimi ga iru kara", the theme song sung by Sayuri Sugawara, which was originally slated to be former series composer Nobuo Uematsu's only work. For the English version, the theme song was "My Hands", sung by Leona Lewis. The Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack was released on four Compact Discs by Square Enix in 2010.

Creation and influence
Masashi Hamauzu composed the game's soundtrack. His previous work on the series was as a co-composer for Final Fantasy X and as the main composer for Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. The game was the first main-series Final Fantasy game to not include any compositions by former series composer Nobuo Uematsu; although he was originally announced to compose the main theme of the game, this role was taken over by Hamauzu after Uematsu was offered to compose the soundtrack to Final Fantasy XIV. Hamauzu contributed the game's Japanese theme song, "Kimi ga iru kara", sung by Sayuri Sugawara. For the game's international release, the song "My Hands," from British singer Leona Lewis' second album Echo. Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has stated that it would have been better if the American branch of Square Enix had produced a theme song themselves, but the lack of staff eventually led to the decision of licensing an existing song instead.

Soundtrack
Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of Final Fantasy XIII, containing musical tracks from the game, and was composed and produced by Masashi Hamauzu. Orchestrations were provided by Yoshihisa Hirano, Kunihito Shiina and Toshiyuki Oomori, while the synthesizer tracks were provided by Keiji Kawamori. The score features some orchestral recordings performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland as well as in Japan. The soundtrack spans four discs and 86 tracks, totaling a duration of 3:16:06. The soundtrack was released in Japan on January 27, 2010 by Square Enix, bearing the catalog number SQEX 10183-6. The standard version contains four discs, while the limited edition contains a bonus "drama CD" written by Motomu Toriyama. Both editions contain a 22 page booklet detailing the artwork and providing the information for the soundtrack.

Tracklist