Final Fantasy VIII and Xenogears (both on PS1) were groundbreaking soundtracks that changed forever the way music was integrated into RPG video games.
Final Fantasy VI (III in North America) was the first glimpses of the true genius of Nobuo Uematsu. That game had over 180 seperate compositions, and was the first to use character themes and locale themes along with battle music and other styles to create a cinematic feel.
Yasonari Mitsuda, who did Xenogears I think also did Crono Trigger, but alas my work blocks some funny websites (compared to others, like CP for example) so I cannot research this fact. Xenogears was simply one of the most beautiful scores I have ever heard.
I picked up both on CD in Japan. I also got the Tokyo Royal Philharmonic playing the FF8 score. Not a big deal now, seeing as a real orchestra is commonly used for games now, but nine years ago it was a big deal!
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