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Chill SQ a relaxing collection of role-playing game themes

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Chill SQ a relaxing collection of role-playing game themes
Chill SQ is the second installment in Square Enix's "SQ" series of cover albums. Comprised of laid-back electronic and acoustic arrangements, the compilation revisits seven separate role-playing game themes.

The compact disc was released on May 26th of 2010, reinterpreting memorable role-playing game themes composed by Kenji Ito (Romancing SaGa), Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Noriko Matsueda (Final Fantasy X-2) and Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts).


A medley for guitar, bass and keyboard arranged by Kenmochi Hidefumi tie together "Rising Sun," "Endless Battlefield," and "Requiem" from action role-playing game Adventure of Mana for Game Boy. Uyama Hiroto provides an acoustic arrangement of the "Theme of Love" from Final Fantasy IV. Electronic covers are contributed by Okadaka (reinterpreting Front Mission's "Within Living Memory") and RE:NDZ ("Warm A Live" from Live A Live).

In addition, Q;indivi offers a vocal cover of "Aria" from the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI, featuring chorus vocals by Rin Oikawa. To conclude the compilation, Akira Kosemura arranges "Dear Friends" from Final Fantasy V for electric piano, keyboards, violin and guitar.

The digital edition of the album is available for streaming on Spotify and YouTube Music, as part of the SQ Music Collections playlist. Excerpts are streaming on the publisher's YouTube channel.

CDJapan - Chill SQ on compact disc

Apple Music - Chill SQ (Digital)