Gapra Whitewood (theme)

"The Gapra Whitewood" (ガプラ樹林, Gapura Jurin) is the epynomous background music for Gapra Whitewood. It is an ambient theme, with female vocals and a relaxed piano and percussion background.

While the vocalist Mina and composer Masashi Hamauzu were preparing the demo track for "The Gapra Whitewood" Mina sang in English, as she had done for previous demo tracks recorded for the game, such as "Sulyya Springs" and "Will to Fight," but after receiving the final draft of the lyrics she was so preoccupied with getting the pronunciation and intonation right that she lost track of the flow of the melody. The lyrics were dropped and a fictitious language was employed to regain the feel of the previous songs.

Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack PLUS
An instrumental version of the song was released on the Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack PLUS album.

Piano Collections: Final Fantasy XIII
A solo piano version of the song is included on the Piano Collections: Final Fantasy XIII album.