What songs from Final Fantasy 13 are used in the sequel?

Question

On Final Fantasy XIII-2's OST, I have noticed that some songs that were used in the game aren't present, most likely because they were songs that were originally from Final Fantasy XIII. As I do not own the first game's OST, I would love to know the names of all the songs that were re-used.

Asked by Kotsu

Answer

I had the collector's edition of Final Fantasy XIII-2 which came with the OST, and I went out and bought the Final Fantasy XIII OST to compare the two. In terms of a strict comparison between the OSTs, there is no overlap. Instead, several character rearrangements—usually adding lyrics—were created specifically for Final Fantasy XIII-2:

• "Final Fantasy XIII-2 -Overture-" (from "Final Fantasy XIII -The Promise-")¹
• "Final Fantasy XIII-2 -The Future-" (from "Final Fantasy XIII -The Promise-")
• "Serah's Theme -Memories-" (From "Serah's Theme")
• "Blessed Fanfare" (from "Glory's Fanfare")

As well as:

"Hope's Theme -Tomorrow's Dream-" (from "Hope's Theme")

Not to mention the usual rearrangements of the Chocobo Theme:

• "Groovy Chocobo"
• "Chocobo Rodeo"
• "Crazy Chocobo"

I couldn't find any definitive "these are the tracks we borrowed from Final Fantasy XIII" list, but—based on what I've heard in game—there are a number of tracks borrowed from the Final Fantasy XIII that don't appear on the Final Fantasy XIII-2 OST but appear in game². This list is based on my ear, so it might not be exhaustive or 100% accurate:

Disc 1

• "Defilers of Fate"
• "Saber's Edge"
• "The Hanging Ledge"
• "The Warpath Home"
• "The Vestage"
• "Promised Eternity"
• "Lake Bresha"

As well as:

"Snow's Theme"

Disc 2

• "Blinded by Light"
• "Battle Results"
• "The Vile Peaks"
• "March of the Dreadnoughts"
• "The Gapra Whitewood"
• "Forever Fugitives"
• "The Sunleth Waterscape"

As well as:

"Sazh's Theme" (DLC only)

Disc 3

• "Can't Catch a Break" (DLC only, I think)
• "Atonement"
• "Nautilus"
• "Feast of Betrayal"
• "Test of the l'Cie"
• "Separate Paths"
• "Desperate Struggle"
• "Choose to Fight"

Disc 4

• "The Archlyte Steppe"
• "Sulyya Springs"
• "Taejin's Tower"
• "Dust to Dust"
• "Start Your Engines"

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Notes

^{Note 1}: The main theme from Final Fantasy XIII is still the main theme in Final Fantasy XIII-2, so like the former, many of the tracks in the latter are arrangements of the core theme.

^{Note 2}: I left tracks that were borrowed out of context inline, but hid tracks that appear in context and might spoil a plot point using the spoiler markdown.

Answered by Mark Trapp

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