 Hitoshi Sakimoto composed and arranged most of the game 's soundtrack , with Hayato Matsuo and Masaharu Iwata creating seven and two tracks respectively . Nobuo Uematsu , following his departure from Square Enix in 2004 , only contributed the ending song , " Kiss Me Goodbye " . Sakimoto experienced difficulty following in Uematsu 's footsteps , but he decided to create a unique soundtrack in his own way . " Kiss Me Good @-@ Bye " was performed in both English and Japanese by Angela Aki . Uematsu noted Aki 's style of playing the keyboard while singing reminded him of his childhood idol , Elton John , which was one of the reasons he chose her . The English version of the song was featured in both the Japanese and North American versions of the game . In addition to the theme song , violinist Taro Hakase co @-@ composed , arranged , and performed the game 's ending credits theme , Symphonic Poem " Hope " , along with Yuji Toriyama . 
