Perhaps most improved is 'You're Not Alone!', which sounded overly simplistic and cliched in its OST version, but thanks to a less serious yet much more elaborate arrangement in FFIX Piano Collections is more accessible and enjoyable. But as is the case with any well designed piano arranged album, the producers chose to include not only the tracks that work best in the OST, but also ones that would flourish in piano form.

Had I studied the track list before buying the CD (it was an impromptu purchase at a live performance for the album release in Tokyo), I probably would have been a little skeptical, since not all of the selected tracks exactly count as my favorites on the OST. Final Fantasy IX's original soundtrack was very much a successful tribute to the classic days of the series, and in similar fashion Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections successfully emulates the best of earlier piano collections, not only in the style of arrangement but even in the track selection and overall presentation.