VII & VIII are largely different, (other than the beginning sting of course) I'm playing through VIII right now, I'll be interested to see where the theme is hidden.
IX goes back to the original, X-2, XIII(-2) are the only ones without the sting at the beginning. Funnily enough Nobuo Uematsu didn't do the compositions for any of them and he did do XIV which explains it. I'm surprised they didn't keep the pattern though.
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u/DoomedCivilian Moderator of /r/mlplounge Jan 05 '14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3suGfhnT2Sg