Actually, I think FF8MIDI has an uresolved memory leak problem that happens when you have been using it to listen to the songs for awhile. I don't know if Qhimm's corrected it, but that's what I read on his site a while ago.
Try using the "FF8 MIDI Configurator Version 2" from the FFSF site. It will let you listen to any and all the FF8 songs, with full auto-looping support; without the memory leak problem that FF8MIDI has.