@Tsunao
Thanks for responding so promptly and thoroughly! I'm glad to hear that most of these are at least being considered. Also, I knew that SoE had an American composer but I didn't know all that other stuff, very interesting!
I've played a lot of Star Ocean: 2nd Story but never beat it... Same thing with Saga Frontier 1 & 2 and Xenogears... I got all the way to the end of Xenogears but I could never figure out how to replenish your Gears' fuel outside of using an Inn or something (Sorry, it's been years since I've played that game).