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I think that's "Subterranean," which I also like quite a bit. I'm not sure if the CD is still available (maybe eBay?), but both those tracks were on a "Tommy Tallarico Games Greatest Hits Vol. 2" CD I bought several years ago:

http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/ttggh2.htm

Can someone confirm or prove that this piece was by "Boston Pops - John Williams"? This seems to be another case of someone putting the wrong credits in an mp3 and shared around everywhere(i.e. most humor songs/parodies attributed to Weird Al when it wasn't him).

There is the "Orchestral Game Music Concert Live" series, and the "Game Music Concert" vol 1(WPCL-560) seems to have a track that fits this piece. Most places like this one" says that this concert was in Japan, and the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra is credited for the performance.

A word of warning: the album mentioned above sucks. Big time. I wish I had read these reviews before wasting my money... (and yes, it is the same album - "Perform the Music of Nobuo Uematsu" is "A Musical Tribute" repackaged and with one extra and sucky track).

You'd be much better with "The N Generation" and "The S Generation" albums - compilations of songs from several arranged japanese albums. They were domestic releases, so finding them at decent prices through eBay is not too hard. Heck, I've seen new copies of them in my local SamGoodie: look for them in the soundtrack section.

If that doesn't work, then your best shot is going to Animenation.com or some other import store and look for the compilation albums. lav-chan's suggestions are pretty good (I'd go with 20020220).

They're not particularly easy to find anywhere outside of Asia. The best places, i think, to get them are cdjapan.co.jp and amazon.co.jp, who both ship internationally. AnimeNation and GameMusic.com have video-game music as well, but i'm not sure if they ship internationally, and (at least in the case of GameMusic) they can be a little over-priced.

There are also places like Yahoo! Japan's auction thing and SoundtrackCentral's Marketplace, where you can buy them second-hand.

Be careful buying soundtracks from eBay, though -- there are a lot of bootlegs sold there. Some of the auctions do warn you (if you know what to look for), but some of them don't even do that. But if you ever see anything about EverAnime or SonMay, they're bootlegs.

Fix: http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/ffbm.htm

Altpop has a review with RealAudio samples: http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/ffbm.htm/

Been there, done that (though you might have to pirate it these days)

No need to check with him... the most common orchestrated version found on the Internet is from the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra's Orchestral Game Concert series of CDs (I think CD 1). Unfortunately... finding a legal copy of this is very hard... Soundtrack Central rates it as being "extinct."

Perhaps you're looking for this?

(Macross Plus had three soundtracks if you include the "Sharon Apple" single...)