One must be cautious with them, immensely skeptical. They can be useful tools, but they have massive limitations. ![]() Ranking and canon are conceptually difficult. In some ways, these are the scores that can only be here without indulging in self-deception or the deliberate goal of putting them lower. This is where historical context and cultural relevance bang heads against compositional craft and emotional resonance. But the top five perhaps will always feel a bit safe, inflexible. This doesn’t change that this is where I’m at with this franchise now, or, as I said last time, that this couldn’t change in an instant. ![]() ![]() ![]() In looking back over this final ranking, I can’t help but feel that it is too safe, too obvious. And we finally arrive at the end of our ranking: the best of the best. We’ve looked at the “worst” five Final Fantasy soundtracks, and then explored the strange and inconsistently wonderful middle ground.
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