Square Enix is a Japanese video game developer and publisher formed from the merger on April 1, 2003, of video game developer Square and publisher Enix. The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series. For many of its games, Square Enix has produced albums of music containing songs from those games or arrangements of those songs. In addition to those albums, it has produced several compilation albums containing music from multiple games or series made by the company. These albums include music directly from the games, as well as arrangements covering a variety of styles, such as orchestral, piano, vocal, and techno. This list includes albums produced by Square, Enix, or Square Enix which contain music from multiple games in the companies' catalog which are not a part of a single series. The first of these was Personal Computer Music by Enix in 1987. Dozens of albums have been published since, primarily through Square Enix's own record label.
Several of the albums have sold well, placing on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart. Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura reached position 179, as did SQ Chips. SQ Chips 2 reached position 102, Love SQ reached 176, Chill SQ reached 236, Symphonic Fantasies reached 102, More SQ reached 107, Cafe SQ reached 134, Battle SQ reached 72, and Beer SQ reached position 81. The music on the compilation albums was originally composed by numerous composers. Among those well-represented are Nobuo Uematsu, long-time composer of the Final Fantasy series; Masashi Hamauzu, composer of various Final Fantasy, Chocobo, and SaGa games; Yasunori Mitsuda, composer for the Chrono series and Xenogears; Kenji Ito, who composed for several SaGa and Mana games, and Yoko Shimomura, composer for the Kingdom Hearts series.
Title | Games | Date | Length | Label | Ref. | |
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Personal Computer Music | Apollon | |||||
Enix Game Music | Alfa | |||||
Square Vocal Collection | DigiCube | |||||
Radiata Stories Tri-Ace Sound Battle Collection | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 1 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Powered Vol. 1 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Powered Vol. 2 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Powered Vol. 3 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Powered Vol. 4 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Powered Vol. 5 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol. 1 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 2 | Square Enix | |||||
Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix × Xbox 360 Sound Collections | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Music Compilation Vol. 3 | Square Enix | |||||
Love SQ | Square Enix | |||||
Chill SQ | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol. 2 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol. 3 | Square Enix | |||||
Symphonic Fantasies - Music From Square Enix | Square Enix | |||||
X'mas Collections Music From Square Enix | Square Enix | |||||
More SQ | Square Enix | |||||
Guitar Solo Square Enix Official Best Collection CD Book | KMP Music Publishing | |||||
Square Enix Sound Effect Collection | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips Preview Mini | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips Village/Vanguard Customer Bonus | Square Enix | |||||
Cafe SQ | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Lovers | Square Enix | |||||
Battle SQ | Square Enix | |||||
Battle SQ (Limited Edition) | Square Enix | |||||
Beer SQ | Square Enix | |||||
Beer SQ (Limited Edition) | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips 2 | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips 2 Tower Records Bonus CD | Square Enix | |||||
SQ Chips 2 Village/Vanguard Customer Bonus CD | Square Enix | |||||
Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo - Music From Square Enix | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Sound Effect Collection 2 | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Sound Effect Collection Artnia Limited Edition | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Composers Best/Selection Black Disk | Square Enix | |||||
Compi de Chocobo | Square Enix | |||||
Square Enix Sound Effect Collection 3 | Square Enix | [1] | ||||
X'mas Collections II Music From Square Enix | Square Enix | |||||
Cure SQ | Square Enix | |||||
memória | ~ The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura | Square Enix | [2] | |||
SQ Swing | Square Enix | [3] | ||||
Square Enix Jazz Vol.2 | Square Enix | [4] | ||||
The World is Square | Scarlet Moon Records | [5] | ||||
Square Enix Acoustic Arrangements | Square Enix | [6] | ||||
Square Enix Music Chips Selection | Square Enix | [7] | ||||
Square Enix Chill Out Arrangement Tracks - Around 80's Mix | Square Enix | [8] | ||||
Symphonic Memories Concert - music from Square Enix | Square Enix | [9] | ||||
Square Enix Jazz -SaGa- | Square Enix | [10] | ||||
Opening Tracks 1987-1996 | Square Enix | [11] | ||||
Preserved Tracks Collection from 1986~1996 | Square Enix | [12] | ||||
Square Enix - Mellow Minstrel Mix | Square Enix | [13] | ||||
Square Enix - Airship Cruise Beats | Square Enix | [14] | ||||
Square Enix - Mellow Minstrel Mix Vol. 2 | Square Enix | [15] | ||||
Square Enix - Airship Cruise Beats Vol. 2 | Square Enix | [16] | ||||
Square Enix - Mellow Minstrel Mix Vol. 3 | Square Enix | [17] | ||||
Square Enix - Airship Cruise Beats Vol. 3 | Square Enix | [18] |