koda kumi sang 1000 words from final fantasy x-2.
koda kumi sang 1000 words from final fantasy x-2.
who sings 1000 words from final fantasy x-2?
koda kumi
"final fantasy x-2" marks the first soundtrack where former square composer nobuo uematsu did not contribute a single piece, despite having composed the majority of the soundtrack for the predecessor, "final fantasy x", as he was already busy with other projects. none of the pieces from the "final fantasy x" soundtrack were re-used in "x-2". noriko matsueda and takahito eguchi were brought on board to compose the music for the game, as the developers felt they were the "perfect fit" to incorporate a "pop" style into the music. the game includes two songs with vocalized elements, one of which, the j-pop song "real emotion", was written by ken kato and composed by kazuhiro hara. the other, j-pop ballad "1000 words", was written by scenario writers kazushige nojima and daisuke watanabe. matsueda and eguchi composed and arranged the track. both songs were sung by jade villalon from sweetbox in the english version of the game, and are available as bonus tracks on the japanese release of her album adagio. in the japanese version of the game both the songs were sung by koda kumi, and were released as a single entitled "real emotion/1000 no kotoba". kumi also released her own english versions of the songs on her cd single "come with me", with slightly different versions of the lyrics than jade.
music of final fantasy x-2
on september 13, 2011, square enix announced that "final fantasy x" would be re-released in high-definition for the playstation 3 and playstation vita, in celebration of the game's 10 year anniversary. yet rumors spread that it would also include its sequel "final fantasy x-2" in january 2012, production of the game had started. producer yoshinori kitase was once again involved in the production of the game, wishing to work on its quality, but with no confirmation of the inclusion of the sequel. on february 18, 2013 the first footage of the playstation vita version of "final fantasy x hd" was released, showing off hd models of tidus, yuna, bahamut and yojimbo. on 19 march, it was confirmed that the ps3 version of the game would also include its sequel "x-2", and that it would also be remastered in hd and would be based on the international version. "final fantasy x-2 last mission" was later announced to be remastered in hd and included as well. the hd remastered games for the ps3 was released under the title "final fantasy x/x-2 hd remaster". the two games were sold separately on playstation vita in japan with "final fantasy x hd remaster" to include "final fantasy x hd remaster" and "final fantasy x eternal calm hd remaster" and "final fantasy x-2 hd remaster" to include "final fantasy x-2 hd remaster" and "final fantasy x-2 last mission hd remaster". they were sold together with a voucher to download "final fantasy x-2 hd remaster" for free in regions outside japan as well as in japan. square enix launched an official website for the two hd remastered titles in march 2013. in 2014, it was announced that the remaster would be released for the playstation 4 in early 2015. it was later released for windows in may 2016.
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