My most-played album of 2026? Sorry, Mitski—it's Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a real thing that exists
Square Enix released Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a house music remix album of the game’s soundtrack, to mark its 25th anniversary. The collection reimagines iconic tracks through dance genres, blending familiar melodies with electronic beats.
Final Fantasy 10’s soundtrack is receiving a 25th-anniversary vinyl release next month, continuing Square Enix’s tradition of repackaging its classic RPG music for collectors. The commemorative edition joins a long line of reissues, including piano and guitar arrangements, aimed at fans eager to revisit the game’s emotional score in physical form.
Square Enix is expanding its musical experimentation with Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a house music remix album following a similar project for Final Fantasy 9. The project reworks the game’s often melancholic tracks into danceable grooves, testing whether moody compositions like ‘To Zanarkand’ can translate to a club setting.
The album’s standout remix, ‘Phantoms,’ aligns with mid-2010s vaporwave and chillwave trends, where the original track was frequently sampled. Other remixes, however, struggle to merge the game’s dramatic tones with house beats, as seen in the disjointed treatment of ‘Wandering,’ a track tied to a pivotal in-game tragedy.
The likely primary goal of the album is to transform ‘Fight with Seymour’ into a club-friendly anthem, incorporating the Blitzball theme’s hook. While unlikely to gain mainstream dancefloor traction, the release satisfies nostalgia-driven demand from dedicated fans, offering a playful yet polarizing reinterpretation of a beloved soundtrack.