The Music
It has now become a tradition for every new game to have a vocal theme, FFX-2 has not only one, but two vocal themes, both sung by Koda Kumi, the Japanese seiyuu for Lenne. Like in FFVIII, in FFX-2, the songs are actually present in the game’s plot, where as in other games vocal themes are just thrown in for the heck of it and have no dramatic effect on the storyline.
Real Emotion
A pop/dance track. The first song that’s played in FFX-2 would be Real Emotions, actually it’s sung in the first FMV! There’s a lot of debate about this particular song mainly because the one singing Real Emotions really isn’t Yuna, but LeBlanc, though whether or not it’s Lenne who’s singing through LeBlanc like she does with Yuna is the real question. Though it’s the first vocal song played in FFX-2, it’s really not like the previous Final Fantasies where the vocal song is also the main theme.
Here are the Japanese lyrics for Real Emotion.
Here is the rough translation of Real Emotion.
1000 no Kotoba
A slow ballad. 1000 Words on the other hand is definitely related to Lenne as she is the one who sings it during the FMV in the Thunder Plains. There she recounts her tale of her past through Yuna and the Singer Sphere and 1000 Words also has an orchestrated theme and a piano version!
Here are the lyrics for 1000 No Kotoba.
Here are the translated lyrics.
Both of FFX-2's English theme songs are sung by Jade from sweetbox.
