Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- Original Soundtrack is the original soundtrack for Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. It was released on February 15th, 2006, in Japan.
The OST contains 53 tracks on two discs. The first disc contains 30 songs while the second disc contains 23. Masashi Hamauzu composed 51 songs, while Japanese rock singer Gackt Camui contributed two songs: "Longing" and "Redemption". Both songs are sung in Japanese and contain lyrics pertaining to Vincent.
The Dirge of Cerberus soundtrack was the second time composer Nobuo Uematsu was not involved with the soundtrack of a Final Fantasy game after Final Fantasy X-2. It is also one of the few Final Fantasy soundtracks to feature completely English track titles, other than the Final Fantasy VIII and the Final Fantasy XI soundtracks.
Two versions of the soundtrack were released, both released on the same day. The regular soundtrack only contains the two discs, but the limited edition (also known as the Cerberus Complete Case) comes with a DVD-size box for the limited edition single CD for Gackt's "Redemption", the game itself, and the regular OST.
Gackt also released "Longing" and "Redemption" on a single titled Redemption. The regular edition contains both the songs in Japanese as well as instrumental. The limited edition includes a DVD that contains two versions of the "Redemption" music video.