Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin

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Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin
Catalog #	OCRA-0040
Composers	Nobuo Uematsu
Arrangers	Various
Producers	David W. Lloyd (djpretzel), Larry Oji (Liontamer)
Publisher	OverClocked ReMix
Format	5 Digital - 74 tracks 4 CD + DVD - 74 tracks
Length	6:05:26
Release date	July 2, 2013 (digital) September 2013 (CD+DVD)

Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin is OverClocked ReMix's 40th album release, the first time the crew makes use of a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production. The album is a reinterpretation of the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI.

Balance and Ruin features 74 tracks, performed, arranged and produced by 74 artists, not counting the orchestra that was hired for some of the recordings.

The original $30,000 goal of the campaign was surpassed with over five times the intended sum. The additional funding allowed the producers to ship additional copies of the previous Final Fantasy project albums, Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption, and Final Fantasy: Random Encounter as well as to expand the scope of the project and produce a bonus DVD of content. The CDs and DVD were backer rewards for those who pledged at least $50 USD.

Track list

Disc 1 (1:12:32)

1. Prologue — 5:28

   Arrangement of Opening Theme

   • Arranged by bustatunez
2. Now Is the Winter — 4:17

   Arrangement of The Mines of Narshe

   • Arranged by Mustin
3. Remember — 4:06

   Arrangement of Awakening

   • Arranged by Joshua Morse
4. Smoke and Clouds — 3:21

   Arrangement of Locke

   • Arranged by Jeff Ball feat. Laura Intravia
5. Polemos — 10:25

   Arrangement of Battle Theme

   • Arranged by SnappleMan, norg, Captain Finbeard
6. Tastes Like Victory — 2:46

   Arrangement of Fanfare

   • Arranged by Leitbur
7. Castles in the Sand — 4:35

   Arrangement of Edgar & Sabin

   • Arranged by Nutritious
8. Ascension of a Madman — 3:22

   Arrangement of Kefka

   • Arranged by Steffan Andrews
9. La Montaña de los Caballos Jóvenes — 5:16

   Arrangement of Mt. Koltz

   • Arranged by XPRTNovice feat. Ray Webb
10. On the Run — 4:53

    Arrangement of [[Returner Hideout#Musical themes|The Returners]

    • Arranged by Leitbur
11. A Fistful of Nickels — 3:28

    Arrangement of Shadow

    • Arranged by zircon, XPRTNovice, Jillian Aversa, Jeff Ball
12. Camp Kefka — 3:18

    Arrangement of Troops March On

    • Arranged by Joshua Morse
13. Stone Drum — 3:07

    Arrangement of Cyan

    • Arranged by Radiowar
14. Toxic — 3:26

    Arrangement of The Unforgiven

    • Arranged by Beatdrop
15. De Nuit — 3:36

    Arrangement of Phantom Forest

    • Arranged by mv feat. Jeff Ball
16. Gobble, Snarf, Snap — 3:35

    Arrangement of Phantom Train

    • Arranged by XPRTNovice: whistling, guitar, vocals, clarinet
17. Savage Triumph — 3:33

    Arrangement of Wild West

    • Arranged by Flexstyle, OA, Nutritious

Disc 2 (1:10:20)

1. Wild Child Ballad — 3:15

   Arrangement of Gau

   • Arranged by bustatunez
2. river of sine waves — 2:34

   Arrangement of The Serpent Trench

   • Arranged by posu yan
3. Idle City Street — 3:28

   Arrangement of Kids Run Through the City

   • Arranged by Pot Hocket
4. Courage, Failure, Rosebud — 3:05

   Arrangement of Under Martial Law

   • Arranged by DragonAvenger, OA
5. Bad Octopus — 4:29

   Arrangement of Save Them!, Grand Finale

   • Arranged by Fishy feat. XPRTNovice
6. Train Suplex — 2:57

   Arrangement of Decisive Battle

   • Arranged by Danny Baranowsky
7. There Will Be Blood — 3:19

   Arrangement of Metamorphosis

   • Arranged by Anti-Syne
8. Terra's Resolve — 4:38

   Arrangement of Terra

   • Arranged by Chad Seiter
9. A Simple Flip Can Change Fate — 4:04

   Arrangement of Coin Song

   • Arranged by Level 99
10. Electro de Choco — 4:38

    Arrangement of Techno de Chocobo

    • Arranged by Tepid
11. Reverie of the Broken Phoenix — 4:17

    Arrangement of Forever Rachel

    • Arranged by McVaffe
12. Slam Davis — 4:47

    Arrangement of Slam Shuffle

    • Arranged by Mazedude
13. Fiddlesticks Rag — 3:26

    Arrangement of Spinach Rag

    • Arranged by
14. The Nightmare Oath — 4:31

    Arrangement of Overture

    • Arranged by OA, Moonlapse, BardicKnowledge, Laura Intravia feat. DragonAvenger
15. The Impresario — 8:48

    Arrangement of Overture, Aria de Mezzo Carattere, The Wedding, Grand Finale?

    • Arranged by Jake Kaufman, Tommy Pedrini
16. Till We Meet Again — 3:33

    Arrangement of Aria de Mezzo Carattere

    • Arranged by zircon, Jillian Aversa, AeroZ
17. Full Speed Ahead — 4:31

    Arrangement of Setzer

    • Arranged by zircon

Disc 3 (1:07:33)

1. Flava de Chocobo — 3:52

   Arrangement of Techno de Chocobo

   • Arranged by Joshua Morse
2. Johnny's Got That Funk — 3:20

   Arrangement of Johnny C Bad

   • Arranged by Anti-Syne
3. Gestahlian Sonata — 6:08

   Arrangement of The Empire 'Gestahl'

   • Arranged by Rexy
4. The Megiddo Brigade — 3:06

   Arrangement of Devil's Lab

   • Arranged by djpretzel
5. There's Nothing Like Flying — 4:15

   Arrangement of Blackjack

   • Arranged by DDRKirby(ISQ)
6. Mogstradamus — 3:11

   Arrangement of Mog

   • Arranged by Brandon Strader
7. Aggressive Blue Magic — 5:00

   Arrangement of Strago

   • Arranged by halc
8. Pure Essence — 3:09

   Arrangement of Relm

   • Arranged by José the Bronx Rican
9. Illusionary — 4:25

   Arrangement of Another World of Beasts

   • Arranged by Sole Signal
10. Black Genesis — 5:35

    Arrangement of New Continent

    • Arranged by Rexy, Brandon Strader
11. Meditations on an Apocalypse — 2:58

    Arrangement of Catastrophe

    • Arranged by zircon
12. Evisceration — 3:13

    Arrangement of The Fierce Battle

    • Arranged by Flexstyle
13. A Tranquil Rest — 1:51

    Arrangement of Rest in Peace

    • Arranged by Forrest Powell
14. Elegy for a Ruined World — 10:42

    Arrangement of Dark World

    • Arranged by Derek Oren, Jeremy Robson
15. Event Horizon — 4:05

    Arrangement of The Day After

    • Arranged by Palpable, OA
16. Blackjack's Breakup Bossa — 2:43

    Arrangement of Blackjack

    • Arranged by Calum Bowen feat. Xarnax42

Disc 4 (1:10:11)

1. A Glimmer of Hope — 4:21

   Arrangement of Searching for Friends

   • Arranged by Joshua Morse feat. Jeff Ball, Laura Intravia
2. Go-Go Gadget Gonkulator — 4:10

   Arrangement of Gogo

   • Arranged by XPRTNovice
3. Katabasis — 4:43

   Arrangement of Epitaph

   • Arranged by Forrest Powell feat. Laura Intravia
4. 13th Floor Demonstration — 5:12

   Arrangement of The Magic House

   • Arranged by Flexstyle
5. The Narshemellow — 3:50

   Arrangement of Umaro

   • Arranged by XPRTNovice
6. The Endless Stair — 3:44

   Arrangement of Fanatics

   • Arranged by Argle
7. Trauermarsch — 12:36

   Arrangement of Last Dungeon

   • Arranged by Derek Oren, Jeremy Robson
8. Demon, Fiend & Goddess — 7:43

   Arrangement of Dancing Mad

   • Arranged by zircon, Sixto Sounds
9. Ending Suite — 15:42

   Arrangement of Ending Theme

   • Arranged by Shnabubula, Gabe Terracciano
10. Humble Beginnings, Great Expectations — 8:10

    Arrangement of The Prelude

    • Arranged by Disco Dan

Disc 5 (1:24:50)

1. Omen: I. Black Dawn — 13:04

   Arrangement of Opening Theme

   • Arranged by SnappleMan, norg, Captain Finbeard
2. Omen: II. Terror March — 8:17

   Arrangement of Opening Theme

   • Arranged by SnappleMan, norg, Captain Finbeard
3. Omen: III. Daydream — 7:51

   Arrangement of Opening Theme, Battle Theme

   • Arranged by SnappleMan, norg, Captain Finbeard
4. Omen: IV. Polemos — 10:28

   Arrangement of Battle Theme

   • Arranged by SnappleMan, norg, Captain Finbeard
5. Following Forgotten— 3:32

   Arrangement of The Mines of Narshe

   • Arranged by Patrick Burns
6. Royal Blood, Fraternal Love — 4:37

   Arrangement of Edgar & Sabin

   • Arranged by pu_freak
7. Bass of the Returners — 5:55

   Arrangement of The Returners

   • Arranged by bLiNd
8. Dark Blue Substance — 4:01

   Arrangement of Cyan

   • Arranged by Mattias Häggström Gerdt
9. Savage Dance — 3:11

   Arrangement of Wild West

   • Arranged by McVaffe
10. The 6th Kingdom — 5:02

    Arrangement of Terra

    • Arranged by Jovette Rivera
11. Slam Shufflin' — 5:17

    Arrangement of Slam Shuffle

    • Arranged by bLiNd
12. Jidoorian Rhapsody — 4:27

    Arrangement of The Wedding

    • Arranged by Sphexic
13. Strange World — 5:40

    Arrangement of Another World of Beasts

    • Arranged by WillRock
14. Umaro's New Groove — 3:28

    Arrangement of Umaro

    • Arranged by Archangel

External links

• Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin (Accessed: April 27, 2021) at OC ReMix
• VGMdb
• VGMdb (CD+DVD)