What songs from Final Fantasy 13 are used in the sequel

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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.

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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"

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.

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