bomb ring was in US too... wasn't that the one u bring to the Summoner village and it blows everything to bits?
dunno bout clearer music...
but if the game is easier or not I dunno... I'm getting wasted by normal monsters pretty often... Atleast one or two deaths on characters... I lose on Malboro so easy...
It's the hardest FF of ff1,2,3,4,5,6,7... Monsters get to attack much more often that u when u get to later of the game... It's so damn balanced.... U can't play it the same as u did on FF1&2 Dawn of Souls with casting mass buffs on ur friends, cause some are only castable on one char, and they dissapear quickly. and u actually fail casting buffs sometimes too...
Some bosses require u to come up with a tactic to kick their ass...For example, there was a Boss in the Land of the Summons, dont remember her name.. she casts life, curaga, protect on herself VERY often... and once u attack her she does 1400 dmg... and ur chars only have like 1200 and some 900 at that time... with only 4 chars (yeah i went in when i lost kain) so i came up with the tactic that I cast reflect on the Boss so I got the protect, life and curaga... then I cast blink on my healer, Rosa... This way I could never lose.. And then I made sure I only attacked once so I could be safe to revive atleast one char which could attack and Rosa would have blink on her the whole time... It also cost a few Ethers... And once reflect wore off the boss healed herself like 3000 hp.. so I had to be quick to cast reflect again...
maybe not the best tactic but I beat her this way...