Final Fantasy VII (1997) - ShinRa Company Nobuo Uematsu Tuning: Standard, except for the bottom string, which is down 3 semitones to Db Key Signature: C Major (for want of a key - there's no set key, so I'm using C Major as a default) Tempo: 60 beats per minute Time Signature: 4/4 ShinRa Company: the theme tune to one of the most famous evil corporations in the world of computer games. Formerly a small weapons company who sponsored a war with the people of Wutai, ShiRa Electric Power Company (or ShinRa as it's more commonly known as) developed into a mega-corporation through shrewd business investments in mako energy. They eventually developed into the rulers of Midgar and controlled Junon aswell, not to mention having their own military elite taskforce called Soldier. From the brains behind it all, President ShinRa, to his ruthless son Rufus, from the bumbling, incompetent Palmer to the somewhat humane Reeve, from the delirious Lord Domino to the ever-curious professer Hojo, and from the ever-laughing Heideggar to the ever-laughing Scarlett (both have their own laughs - Heideggar's is "Gya ha ha" and Scarlett's is "Kya ha ha". They laugh so much that Reeve only ever refers to them by their laughs), ShinRa will always have a surprise around every corner. Then there are the Turks. They were the ones that executed ShinRa's order to topple the sector 7 pillar and kill countless innocent people and were entrusted with "persuading" Aeris to come to ShinRa's headquarters with them for scientific research. Yes, really and truly, ShinRa are one of the classic evil corporations who value money, profit and big business before human life and wellbeing.And that's not even mentioning the time they tried to steal Cid's plane and the other time they tried to execute Barret and Tifa just to calm down the squabbling mobs who were scared of Meteor (the massive rock, not the phone company)... To play this piece, I recommend you use 2 guitars: 1 guitar to play rhythm, with the Db on the 5th string representing the bell, the Db on the bottom string representing the bass beat and the top 3 strings with a Db thrown in representing the drum beat, and the other guitar will play the melodies. The first melody is a sextonic scale with 2-fret intervals all the way through. Strangely, it's root is C, not Db (I spent quite a while fiddling around with a scale with Db as the root, considering that Db is used in the rhythm section. Eventually, I found that C is the root). The second part is a tune starting with a Db. Finally, the 4th and 5th string notes represent the vocal backing on the track. Guitar 1: Rhythm ===== Intro ===== e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---------------4-----4--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---------------4-----4--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ================== Main Body (Part 1) ================== e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---4-----------4-4-4-4--------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|----------------------4----------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---4-----------4-4-4-4--------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|----------------------4----------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---4-----------4-4-4-4--------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|----------------------4----------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--4---4-----------4-4-4-4--------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|----------------------4----------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------|--0-0-0-0---------0-----0--------| ================== Main Body (Part 2) ================== e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0---0-----------0-0-0-0--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0---0-----------0-0-0-0--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0---0-----------0-0-0-0--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0---0-----------0-0-0-0--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| e-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| B-|----------2---------------2------|----------2---------------2------| G-|----------0---------------0------|----------0---------------0------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|----------------------4----------| Db|--0---0-----------0-0-0-0--------|--0---0-----------0-----0--------| ======================================================================= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ======================================================================= Guitar 2 (Melody): ===== Intro ===== e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ================== Main Body (Part 1) ================== e-|--------------------------4---6--|--8---+---+---+---+---+----------| B-|------------------5---7----------|---------------------------------| G-|--5---+---7---+------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--8---+---+---+---10--+---+---+--|--8---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|--------------------------4---6--|--8---+---+---+---+---+----------| B-|------------------5---7----------|---------------------------------| G-|--5---+---7---+------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|--6---+---+---+---5---+---+---+--|--6---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|--------------------------4---6--|--8---+---+---+---+---+----------| B-|------------------5---7----------|---------------------------------| G-|--5---+---7---+------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--8---+---+---+---10--+---+---+--|--8---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|--------------------------4---6--|--8---+---+---+---+---+----------| B-|------------------5---7----------|---------------------------------| G-|--5---+---7---+------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|--6---+---+---+---5---+---+---+--|--6---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ================== Main Body (Part 2) ================== e-|----------9---+---8---+---+------|--6---+--------------------------| B-|------------------------------9--|----------6---+------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|------------------8---+---6---+--| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|----------9---+---8---+---+------|--6---+--------------------------| B-|------------------------------9--|----------+---+------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--8---+---+---+---+---+---+------|------------------8---+---7---+--| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|----------6---+---5---+---+------|--3---+--------------------------| B-|------------------------------6--|----------3---+------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--10--+---+---+---+---+---+------|------------------8---+---6---+--| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|----------6---+---5---+---+------|--3---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--| B-|------------------------------6--|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|--10--+---+---+---+---+---+------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| e-|--+---+---3---+---+---+---+---+--|----------3----------------------| B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| At the end of the piece, if you want to repeat, repeat from part 1 of the main body. I haven't been able to test this with 2 guitars (shortage of equipment and personnel), but if you play the melody on electric guitar, it should rise above the rhythm guitar (which I recomend you play loudly, to acheive the intimidating effect of the percussion backing). If you want, you could use real voices for the vocal part, but that's optional. Next time you enter your principal's office, imagine this piece playing in the background, if you want to add a little bit of "atmosphere" to the whole thing. Or maybe you'll be scared enough as it is... Jamie (Faoiseamh)