Day 1:
Day one is the best Final Fantasy Prelude, and I’m going with Final Fantasy VI. I’ve recently noticed I’m not super into high action/BPM video game songs. I think that’s why I’m big on the VI version. Uematsu slowed the arpeggios down to a melodic and relaxing speed that ends up being kinda sorrowful, which fits the tone of the game. He kept the same style for the version I know best, VII. I’m sticking with the Terra version because it came first.
https://youtu.be/ELZfaOQCD4o
Day 2:
Today's 30 Day Final Fantasy Music Challenge is the best Chocobo Theme! The giant, usually, yellow colored ostriches have been a staple of the series since FFII. I think the best way to avoid random battles is on the back of FFIX’s Choco. Maybe it’s because Hot & Cold is my second favorite mini-game, or because Choco has more importance to the story than Amarant, or because he’s more loyal to Zidane than to Fat Chocobo? Or maybe it’s the ukulele?
https://youtu.be/ZCTd-OnrZCU
Honorable Mentions:
FFXIII-2: Crazy Chocobo
Day 3:
Today’s strange reason to post video game music sure is strange and Moogle Themed. I had a hard time remembering what the Moogle song even was, let alone my favorite version. thereof. And considering there’s only, like, seven in total, it was surprisingly easy.
Final Fantasy XIV is a game I’ve never played, but when I heard this straight outta Halloween Town tune, I knew I had to post it. I don’t know the context (boss fight?) but enjoy this Tim Burton-esq song.
https://youtu.be/pCcbKY7d0dc
Day 4:
I take to the skies on day four of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge! FFIV’s The Airship was the first airship theme I ever heard, and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. It’s got that peppy feel that all of its ilk has, but I dig on that drumbeat.
https://youtu.be/2pNnn04Yh-Y
Day 5:
Day 5/30 of me posting Final Fantasy songs may be the hardest one yet. Made even more so because this is actually a fight for second place! Every good game has its list of good characters, otherwise, it’s a bad game. But who has the best theme? Peppy characters need their upbeat tunes. Melancholic characters need a dirge. But, ultimately, there’s only one person who gets an epic guitar part: Final Fantasy X’s Auron.
The wise, old guardian, aged 36, has a slightly sad guitar tune over a melody that can be surprisingly upbeat. It represents all he’s fought for while also telling of the peace he finds at the end of the journey. You might see me type this a few times, but I’ve been meaning to write some lyrics for this song.
https://youtu.be/lyyqKg3wDbg
Day 6:
Today’s FFMC is supposed to make you feel homesick: Favorite Town Theme!
I’m going with the naturally occurring village that shares it’s motif with Red XIII, Cosmo Canyon, from VII. CC is all about the planet, the environment, and protecting it. As a dirty liberal, I’m all about those things. There’s also a giant telescope on top that projects an accurate, real-time model of the solar system. So, bonus points! The music tries to fit the role with, what I think are, native instruments that build and build to a triumphant crescendo. Nanaki is one of my favorite characters in Final Fantasy, despite the developers barely giving him any story relevancy. If the remake blows him off again, I’ll be immensely disappointed. Also, the Super Smash Bros version sucks.
https://youtu.be/bWzoXaY108g
Honorable Mentions:
FFI
Day 7
:
In today’s episode of here’s Final Fantasy music, we talk about the most important song of all: Overworlds.
Final Fantasy VI shares its theme with that of Terra, one of the best characters in the series. She’s a young woman who isn’t an amnesiac but may not even have a past to begin with. It’s incredibly somber and fits the entire mood of the game perfectly. And from a straight musical arrangement, it’s the only possible selection for this. Walking around the world map while this plays gives you plenty of reason to explore the world and maybe find some new things or grind. It’s a win-win. ...and then when they take it away from you in the second half, the game gets worse.
https://youtu.be/cUg8rC9yu6U
Honorable Mentions:
FFII
FFIII
Day 8:
I welcome you to my dungeon on today’s Final Fantasy Music Challenge post.
Every game has the dark and spooky places it takes you to explore. Caves, towers, ruins, forests, sentient trains: all dungeons in the realm of video games. Sometimes they all get one generic song. Oother times, every place gets its own unique theme.
My favorite is the sixth song players in 1988, although I prefer the remastered from Origins/PSP, we're likely to hear: Chaos Shrine. The first evil lair Final Fantasy ever ventured into was also the peak in musical excellence for the theme. You’d expect something actiony to get you pumped for the battle to save Princess Sara, but nope. It’s a super chill with some woodwind instruments playing over a mellow piano piece. Probably some strings too... It’s got just enough creep to give it that first, and last, dungeon feel to it.
https://youtu.be/Pw6mrBRHHVU
Day 9:
So, I know what I said about the Overworld theme being the most important a few days ago, but I lied. Really, it’s all about the battle theme.
Final Fantasy tends to keep what you hear while killing flans, goblins, and lesser gods fairly consistent. There’s a lot Uematsu does to keep things fresh, though, while still keeping to the motif. But, when it comes down to it, I’d rather hear the Final Fantasy V song than any other.
This was actually really hard for me to pick. A part of me wants FFIX, but I’m going to stick with V because that bass line is just so crunchy. I remember moving my cursor to the beat of it many times in the past.
https://youtu.be/COdhV1Sevew
Honorable Mentions:
FFIX
FFII
Day 10:
We’re a third of the way through the Final Fantasy Music Challenge, so let’s celebrate by beating a boss!
But to which song? Easy answer. I’m looking for a Challenge...from Final Fantasy X.
Challenge was the only song that popped into my head when I read what the theme was. It gets you pumped to fight a boss, represents all aspects of a potential battle, and has a nice catchy headbanging part. The build-up may be slightly too long, but when the beat drops, it’s kicked into high gear. Sometimes it takes a while to set-up for a boss fight. That’s fine. There’s a somewhat morose part in the middle that represents that maybe things aren’t going your way. If you’re fighting Seymour or Yunalesca, oftentimes, that happens. But the build up starts again, and you’re back on top in time.
Also, the remaster of this song is the worst song in Final Fantasy history.
https://youtu.be/ySgAB9cIyOU
Day 11:
Two days ago was the battle theme. Yesterday was the boss theme. That can only mean that today is the most iconic theme in all of Final Fantasy: Victory Fanfare. The joyous tones you hear after a well fought battle have started the same since ‘88. The five seconds of DO-do-do-do-do-do-dododo have rung countless times throughout millions of gamers’ speakers and even popped up in pop culture from time to time. But what’s the best?
After the first five seconds, the songs tend to stay the same from game to game. At least, until Final Fantasy VII. There was nothing wrong with the first six games, but there’s something about the arpeggios (?) that are played after the initial fanfare that are permanently stuck in my head as the default sounds that I’ve won. I asked a girl out on a date once and, when I was comfortably away from earshot, began to whistle those notes to myself. There’s probably a reason it didn’t work out (several, actually).
https://youtu.be/udp5MajuKKk
Honorable Mentions::
FFIV
FFXIII-2: 5 Stars
Day 12:
There are really only two possible answers to today’s Final Fantasy Music Challenge.
I-V are great songs, don’t get me wrong, but they just can’t compare.
VIII is a terrible game, and The Extreme is only okay because it borrows from Battle on the Big Bridge.
Necron didn’t need to be in IX.
X is a confusing mess I’ll get to later.
XII sucks.
I don’t know the rest...
So, which is a better final boss theme: One Winged Angel or Dancing Mad?
It’s One Winged Angel, and here’s why. Firstly, it was the first (of the two) that I heard. You’ll always remember your first, right? Secondly, Dancing Mad needs time to warm up. OWA needs no warm up. Jenova is the warm up! Thirdly, DM is tied to the stage of the final battle. It’s a four part epic that changes based on where you’re at in the fight. Sometimes, you may not hear large portions of the song. It may be better outside of the game, but Sephiroth has the best theme in a vacuum, which is where I’m basing this decision off of.
The clown must die so that the confused son may live.
https://youtu.be/qDD-iYkHBhc
Day 13:
It’s time for everyone’s favorite part of the day: when I post video game music. Based on today’s theme, you’d think we’d be done, but I’ll never be done!
What game has the best Ending Theme? Over the course of the last 33 years, how an FF game ends has varied wildly. Sometimes it’s just the prelude. Some of the older games get a unique song underneath the credits. In the middle, the games played the Overture/Theme as we saw the closing moments of our journey. In recent times, it’s a wonderful J-Pop ballad! But my pick is from Final Fantasy VI.
Balance is Restored plays while the party makes their daring escape from the crumbling Tower of Kefka. We see the last heroic, comedic, and edge times that all of these characters are known to be together. It does something no other ending has done, and that’s incorporate every character's unique theme song into the greater melody. And, in the end, plays the Overture that got me a little teary-eyed when I played it last month. Playing it back just now reminded me of everyone’s exploits in the escape. If it had any lyrics, FFVI could say it incorporated every other FF endings into it.
I can’t find the actual song in one part, so here’s the whole ending cutscene. Spoilers, obviously.
https://youtu.be/2v6G2_JLghE
Day 14:
Sometimes, you need a diversion in your plan to kill god. Why are you killing god? Because it’s a JRPG. But what do you listen to in Final Fantasy when you don’t want to kill god?
Vamo Alla Flamenco from FFIX. Many games have a unique track for every side quest, but not IX. Whether you're impressing nobles in your play or giving your Chocobo brain damage, you’ll hear this track a lot. But not when you’re playing cards. I prefer this song to all the others because of how much fun the games it plays over are. Chocobo Hot and Cold is my second favorite mini-game in all of Final Fantasy. I dig that slow windup into that mellow paced melody. I don’t know how a Spanish guitar fits in a game with several allusions to Hawai’i, but I’ll allow it.
https://youtu.be/tQYmHsTPtKY
Honorable Mentions:
FFVII: Crazy Motorcycle
FFX: Blitz Off!
Day 15:
So, I’ll be honest, I don’t think I fully understand today’s Final Fantasy Music Challenge topic. It’s your favorite in game arrangement. An arrangement is a reimagining of a song by another, but there’s also a topic coming up called best remake. I don’t know what the difference is. So, I’m just gonna throw song-ghetti at the wall and hope it sticks by posting a slightly different version of a song from the same game.
Final Fantasy often ties tracks together with similar motives. Aerith’s Theme and Flowers Blooming in the Church, Cosmo Canyon and Red’s Theme, To Zanarkand and Memories of Green are all examples of songs that share some melody between them. Final Fantasy IX’s Rose of May is one of the best tracks ever. Beatrix’s theme also shares a melody with Protecting My Devotion.
The song plays early on in Disk Three when the baddest woman on Gaia becomes temporarily playable. Beatrix and her knight in rusty armor defend their home from a greater evil. The scenes leading up to this moment were triumphant and humorous. They take a sudden serious edge to them now, becoming profound and pivotal to the development of nearly every character and the story. The seriousness is amped up around the time everyone puts their differences aside to stop Alexandria from being destroyed. What plays gets you excited to do battle, defend my favorite hometown, and maybe even kindle a romance.
https://youtu.be/m_LoqQ3QKFc
Honorable Mentions:
FFX: Movement in Green
Day 16:
Day 16 of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge is the best piano arrangement. It’s another reason why I was confused yesterday, but I know exactly what I’m posting today.
Uematsu’s music has been rereleased, rearranged, and transcribed into multiple styles a multitude number of times. Famously, or at least for this topic, each game since IV has had official piano releases, along with sheet music. Out of all of those albums, I think Rydia, of Mist is the best arrangement.
Let me tell you a story. Back in 1996 or so, my next door neighbor had a copy of Final Fantasy IV. I borrowed it a few times because I was enthralled by the whole package: music, story, characters. I didn’t appreciate it all at the time, of course, but looking back, Rydia quickly became my favorite character. Before the word even entered the zeitgeist, she was my first waifu. You first meet her after the tutorial dungeon, and you ruin her life. During the game, she grows unlike any FF character has, or even since. We see a fragile child afraid of fire become a being of pure annihilation, as she’s the first named black mage and summoner in FF history. And her theme represents that. Somber in tone, but it’s also laden with a melody of peace and love. The piano piece for it makes all of those intricacies shine even brighter than the 16-bit MIDI’s we got in 1992.
https://youtu.be/R7FmBjVj1qU
Day 17:
Day 17 of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge involves the innumerable amount of times the various games have been remastered. Pretty much every game has been re-released on several consoles, remade across five decades, and remastered...like, once. Oftentimes, nothing much is changed, graphics are occasionally updated, and music sometimes needs to be redone. So, which song from all of these touched up games is the best?
There are only about seven games that I’d strongly suggest for this topic. The first four games had their music changed from 8-but MIDI blips to full fledged songs, while seven and ten had massive changes. Some have been redone for the MMOs. I prefer my remasters to be similar to the original, as heard at how terrible FFX’s is. It’s hard to pick exactly what song from the first four to choose, but I’m gonna pick my favorite from Final Fantasy III.
Boundless Ocean plays about 2/5th of the way through the game. You hear it after you leave the Floating Continent, a lively place that seems massive until you realize it’s barely noticeable on the greater world map. When you leave, you descend into a dead, lifeless, flooded world. It’s the exact opposite of what you’ve been seeing. There’s only one place to go, and that’s to meet the Water Maiden, Aria. We might be hearing her later... Boundless Ocean is incredibly sobering, somber, and “eye” opening. There’s something strange going on in this world, and we’re the only ones who can do anything.
https://youtu.be/BprpzeWQSzc
Day 18:
Wanna hear a dirty secret about myself? I’m tired of orchestral arrangements in video games. I know, I know, they’re musically impressive from a musician, composer, and listener perspective, but I’m sick of hearing them time after time, in game after game, regardless of importance. Every song doesn’t need to have the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing it. Ya hear me Final Fantasy XII? Plus, the first orchestrated song in Final Fantasy was the best.
That’s right, let’s talk about the Opera Scene from Final Fantasy VI. Draco and Maria. The Dream Oath. Aria di Mezzo Carattere. Whatever it is, it’s amazeballs! A multiple part, twelve minute scene right out of an opera is impressive, let alone for something on the SNES. It’s about a woman, Maria, who’s pulled in two directions because of war. Her love, Draco, is from the west. But she’s to be married to Prince Raise, a nobleman from the east. The eest conquered the wast, and I guess Maria was the prize. Look, we come in halfway. We’re gonna need to fill some gaps. The opening act has Maria, played by our war hardened Celes, singing about how she misses Draco. Beautiful lyrics, although the GBA version is better, about love, longing, and regret. She dances with a spirit of Draco before throwing flowers off a castle wall, reminiscent of her potential suicide later on in the game. Sometime later, a ball is held where Maria dances with her soon-to-be-husband, the Noble Prince Raise. He seems noble, at least. I’m busy fighting an octopus now, so I'm only kinda paying attention. Then, Draco returns! He and Raise duel for Maria’s hand. In the end, Raise yields to Draco and the three part under oddly peaceful circumstances. Assuming the aforementioned, octopus doesn’t ruin it.
It’s parallel to the soldier turned actress’ life. She, too, is being pulled in two directions. Or several opposition ones, depending on how you look at Celes’ story. Her heart, her past, her magic, her humanity.
https://youtu.be/nEuf9ZSJrdg
Honorable Mentions:
All different versions of this song:
Distant Worlds
Swedish Orchestra
Elder Geek's combination of the two
The Impressartio from OcR
Day 19:
Today’s Final Fantasy Music Challenge is specifically designed to highlight someone other than the only FF composer I recognize. What’s the best song not done by Nobuo Uematsu? HASHTAG NotMyMusician
I’m being facetious, as there are plenty of amazing songs in FF’s history not done by Uematsu. He may have done the entire main series from I to X, but the greatness didn’t stop there. The quality may have suffered, but the rare gem is still aplenty. Tactics has some great songs, the best part of Crisis Core is the music, and XIII has no business being as good as it is. However, I’m picking the first song I ever heard, from X-2 by Noriko Matsueda.
Eternity ~ Memory of Lights is the main menu theme from the first direct sequel in FF history. I got the game for Christmas in ‘03, just after I moved to the south side. I’ll be honest, it wasn’t that great. It was fine, not too bad, but X is one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. I don’t really have a story here...
The point is, sad piano songs are just as good as sad guitar songs.
https://youtu.be/A5BzGwUqGzk
Honorable Mentions:
FFX: Besaid
FFXIII: Daddy's Got the Blues
Day 20:
More dirty secrets on day 20 of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge. What’s the best song from a game I’ve never played?
I’ve played many a Final Fantasy in my life. It kept me out of trouble, away from my family, and even further away from girls. Alas, there are many I haven’t played: the entire Crystal Chronicles series, two Tactics spin-offs, the MMOs. And, most embarrassingly, Final Fantasy XV.
I try not to listen to, or know, anything about games I haven’t played, but I occasionally hear something just by being in the fan club. I don’t have any stories about this, but I’ve heard Lunafreya’s Theme a few times and enjoyed it. I don’t know her story, but from what little I do know, I seem to have a type...
https://youtu.be/cK4ttZsU2gI
Day 21:
I’ve said that many Final Fantasy games have been rereleased across multiple platforms. But not all of them. From all of those one console games, what’s the best one.
The correct answer is from Final Fantasy Crisis Core. It stars not-Cloud as we see the rise and fall of Shinra, and we fall in love with a flower girl again. The best song from that game is The Price of Freedom.
It’s a bit of a play-all, and you hear it whenever Zack thinks deeply about something. He ponders the morality of a power company creating super soldiers and all the magic hullabaloo that stems from that. There’s an emotional acoustic guitar that breaks into a solid rock ballad. The drumbeat plays throughout after the sad harmonica gives way. It’s a perfect song for Zack, the game, and the entirety of the FFVII compilation.
https://youtu.be/MOJ91H4mraU
Day 22:
They can’t all be zingers in today’s Final Fantasy Music Challenge. What’s your favorite song from a bad game? I tend to like most things, especially when skewed towards stuff I already like, but there a few Final Fantasies that I think suck. Most agree that II and XIII are bad. The concessions on XV is that it’s mediocre. But there are only two games I actually hate.
Final Fantasy XII is one of the worst games I’ve ever played. The plot is very bare bones, the characters are one dimensional, the battle system is terrible, and the music is all orchestrated. Well, most of it is. I mentioned how bored I am with orchestra music in games a few days ago, so I won’t rehash it again.
The best song in XII is Eruyt Village. It’s a peaceful yet mysterious town hidden from the humes in Ivalice. Only the Wood Wardens of the Viera know how to reach the village. The Viera ate seven feet tall bunny women with Icelandic accents. Honestly, I think that, alone, is compelling me to post this over other songs. But the tune is excellent on its own, I promise.
https://youtu.be/QOAD58HCB-c
Honorable Mentions:
FFVIII: Breezy
Day 23:
I like snow. It reminds me of when we were young when we all longed for snow days. A day off school AND a day to get the sleds out and head to the canal hill? Heaven. And now I’m an old failure... Anyway, why do I say this? To connect the currently falling snow to today’s Final Fantasy Music topic. What’s the most nostalgic song?
It should be obvious that it’s from my first FF. And it should be pretty clear it’s the Overworld theme. You hear this plenty, and it’s enjoyable every time. It a song that’s a little forlorn but, somehow, still determined. It gets me excited to save the world, find your past, and keep your girlfriend from being kidnapped by your best friend...again. And there’s just something about the windup at the start that gets me going. It, like snow, takes me back to sitting in my room with no worry for the happenings of the world, something I’m crushed under now. But that’s for another therapist. :D
https://youtu.be/-75CA9RYGlc
Day 24:
I want to write something profound to open up today's Final Fantasy Music topic but screw it. Here’s the saddest song in Final Fantasy.
I spoke of her a few days ago when I talked about the best remix, and here she is. Aria Bennet, The Water Maiden, is a character from FFIII. She, and the old dude watching over her, are the only two people alive when you leave the Floating Continent. She’s with you for such a short time but left a major impression on me the one time I got to her. She’s a blonde girl in a white dress who saves the world, proving that I have a type. In reality, it’s probably not the saddest song in a vacuum but the combination of her story, Boundless Ocean, and because she’s in a good game is why I’m posting it.
Also, fun fact: Aria has the first character theme in FF history.
https://youtu.be/vfWcHo-RrcY
Honorable Mentions:
FFXIII-2: Noel's Theme
All Game Over themes, specifically FFI
Day 25:
From sadness to madness, it's day 25 of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge. Let's get pumped!
Imagine this: you’re a star Blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes on your way to the big game against the Zanarkand Duggles (there’s only one city in this world). You’re hitting on pretty ladies and signing balls for young kids enroute. You're sitting in the water, jumping out of the water, and the crowds going crazy. Meanwhile, there’s a badass old dude (aged 36) standing on a precipitous ledge and getting drunk a mile away. And then you see your megacity being destroyed by a giant floating whale. What’s the best song for when this whole thing is happening? Otherworld from Final Fantasy X.
High octane action with a thrash guitar riff and lyrics you think are in English but can’t understand anyway! And that’s how you start a game! And how you end it since it’s the final boss song too.
https://youtu.be/X8C3WyGWiY0
Day 26:
Sadness and madness are both emotions I know well, but my emotional goal is to relax. And what’s the best Final Fantasy song to relax to?
Frontier Village Dali from Final Fantasy IX. It’s the first city you go to in the game, and, boy, is it needed. You kidnapped a princess, got chased by a crazy knight, had the queen try to blow you up, got attacked by evil plants, turned a forest to stone, lost a good friend, and you got frozen! Yeah, it’s time to relax. You don’t rest for long, but it’s well needed, and Dali just seems like the most peaceful place to be. So grab a cup of coffee, and let's listen to some Chocobos while being serenaded by a chill guitar, mellow pianos, and some pleasant woodwinds.
https://youtu.be/elKGnfiwR2E
Day 27:
There are only four more Final Fantasy Music Challenge days left, so let’s get into some of the kinda esoteric parts of it all. Today’s topic is the best mobile exclusive. I assume this is the phone games, of which there are many.
But the clear and obvious choice for this is the menu music from Final Fantasy Brave Exvious. I don’t know what an exvious is, but the game is pretty fun. It’s a gotcha game, but with characters that you know and love. You can get past most missions with auto-battle, but some of the boss battles require more tactics than I’m capable of. The story is its best part, even if it can drag on and on and on. I wish the update a few months ago worked, but now that I need to DL 3 gigs and my phone can’t hold a charge, I won’t be playing it for a while.
But we’re here for the tuneage! The menu music, Moment of Recall, fills me with a deep sadness. It’s got that sad piano playing that I love and drops in some violins for good measure. It eventually picks up the pace but retains the melancholy I’ve come to appreciate. The story gets real deep about friendship, nationalism, war, love, and immortality, so it all fits. All from a free phone game...
https://youtu.be/gJf9wrxcfAk
Day 28:
The handheld Final Fantasy games are something I’ve never really dabbled in, mostly because there are not that many. The Tactics games could fit here, as could Crisis Core. The only others are a few sequels, both of which are terrible. Rather than post the "correct" answer to today’s topic, I’m gonna get a little weird.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is an odd game. I played it when it first came out and is the only game I have for the Game Boy SP. I have no idea where that SP and cartridge are, mind you, but I have them. I was hoping it would be similar to FFT. It wasn’t, and I’ve been bummed my grandma bought it for me one holiday way-back-when ever since. It does do one unusual thing. You see, you’re the bad guy. You’re sucked into the dream world of your friend's creation, and his life kinda sucks. He’s paralyzed, has a dead mom, and his dad is poor, overworked, and drunk. So, he creates this land where he’s in charge, and his family is together again. The whole game consists of you and your other friend trying to get out of this world and drag the poor kid out of his escapism.
Mewt is the most relatable villain I’ve ever encountered, and here’s his sad theme. I don’t know how to describe it other than a little bit mad and a lot bit sad.
https://youtu.be/jSCSReWS_DQ
Day 29:
On the penultimate Final Fantasy Music Challenge day, we’re given a very open ended topic. What’s the most underrated song? I’m gonna give a bit of a cop-out and post one from, mostly, every game. Tomorrow’s post is pretty obvious to anyone who knows me, so let’s have some fun tonight.
However, due to recency bias, I will post what I think could have "won". Corel Prison is, as the name would suggest, a prison. It’s located at the bottom of the world renowned amusement park, Golden Saucer. It’s a tree and not a saucer, so I don’t get the name. Regardless, it’s also the former home of party member Barrett Wallace. I’ll spare you the story spoilers, but suffice to say, it works well as a prison. You’re surrounded by sand for miles, and the only way out is to race Chocobos. The music for it is desolate and something you could find in a gritty western. I never paid attention to the song before my most recent playthrough, so it hit me hard. It's a bleak song for a bleak location.
https://youtu.be/N7GYdFPgoXI
Honorable Mentions:
FFI: Matoya's Cave
FFII: Town
FFIII: The Enterprise Soars to the Spies
FFIV: Kingdom of Baron
FFV: Dear Friends
FFVI: Cyan's Theme
FFT: Title Track
FFVIII: Liberi Fatali
FFXI: The Place I'll Return to Someday
FFX: Spira Unplugged
FFXII: Cerobi Steppe
FFXII: The Promise
Lightning Returns: The Savior's Song
CC: Under the Apple Tree
Day 30:
The final day of the Final Fantasy Music Challenge topic is a track with a special meaning. I'm not sure I'm interrupting this correctly, but I'll use it to post a meaningful song that just so happens to be my favorite. And, If you know anything above me, you should already know I’m posting Aerith’s Theme from Final Fantasy VII.
Let’s skip ahead in VII’s story to that" scene. My next door neighbor had the copy I’d been playing on for dozens of hours, and I remember where each of us were. He was asleep. He always was a lightweight when it came to insomnia. I, however, was wide awake. When the moment happened, though, I felt nothing. If anything, I was upset that I just lost my healer. At the time, it was just an event for me. But as I grew older, it really started to affect me. And I still don’t know why. Aerith is a compilation of polygons who just wants to save her virtual world. It would make sense to feel something as a dumb kid, but I feel something as a dumber adult. I have a nonsensical theory as to why, though. Most happy people have a happy family that loves them. My family life has been somewhat contentious, but I won’t get into that. In college, most of the happy people I knew had Jesus. Jesus was a man who sacrificed himself so that we may live. Do you know who else did that? Exactly! Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu are my happy family, and Aerith Gainsborough is my Jesus. Like I said, completely nonsensical!
Regardless, Aerith’s Theme makes me well up every time I hear it. It also takes me to a place where I feel at peace. It has everything I look for in a good video game song: mellow, somber, and plays on a sad piano. I easily could have posted this for nearly ten other topics, so I had to post it here. Valse Aerith!
I don’t know how many of you cared about anything I’ve posted the last month, but if you did, I hoped you enjoyed.
https://youtu.be/AgOJSU8mp-w
Honorable Mentions:
Other Versions of Aerith's Theme:
Flower Blooming in the Church
Flower Blooming in the Slums
Advent Children Version
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