The version of the Prelude
srvjimiandkurt
Joined: Aug 09 2010 |
The version of the Prelude off of Pray is my favorite version of that song. |
Re: Final Fantasy Songs/Albums
Crazymoogle
Crazymoogle Location: SoCal Joined: Mar 30 2012 |
Man, I wouldn't say this is easy...I've only listened to Distant Worlds II extensively, but I like the Prima Vista Orchestra arrangement they have on there. It captures that extravagant beauty of the music really well and I feel like I'm at some giddy gala when I hear it. *he then went to youtube to listen to the Pray album* |
I'm a piano collections+OST
Hakoria
Laon King Location: gmt+1 Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
I'm a piano collections+OST kind of guy. I like the orchestra arranges but it's not what I generally listen to when it comes to this series. Besides that, The Black Mages's Matoya's Cave is possibly my favorite guitar-oriented FF arrange done by uematsu. There are better fan-arranges though, but those aren't official. |
I'm very big on the Piano
TrippyB
Music + Video games = the ultimate obsession Location: MA Joined: Aug 06 2012 |
I'm very big on the Piano Collections and Piano Opera albums. The most difficult album to play that I can think of would be Final Fantasy XIII Piano Collections. I've been playing piano for a few years, but I'm going to hold out on playing the songs on that album until I get better lol |
Listened to 2 tracks, so far
Hakoria
Laon King Location: gmt+1 Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
Listened to 2 tracks, so far it sounds great, didn't even know it had a PC (thought it stopped at both of XI's PCs), so going to check it out more in the near future. Loved Aki Kuroda's playing in FFX's PC, so it's good to see him in a more recent album again. Hardest I had tried learning of FFPCs early this year was Raid of the latter's PC. Didn't even get halfway but it was too time-consuming at one point (as in, got hooked to something else and piano was limited to 1-2 hours max per day). Planning on starting this one soon, my favorite arrange by far. Some parts are just hnnng. |
I feel the exact same way
TrippyB
Music + Video games = the ultimate obsession Location: MA Joined: Aug 06 2012 |
I feel the exact same way about Raid =___= FFVIII PC has caught my attention recently. Eyes on Me, Blue Fields, and Fisherman's Horizon remind me of myself playing the game a few years ago :) oh the nostalgia! |
its tough to say, really. i
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
its tough to say, really. i think it always falls on mood. probably a playlist of the piano collections i made like twelve years ago gets the most consistent play to this day. but i own an unholy amount of final fantasy music. the black mages third album, darkness and starlight, is extremely common in my stereo. having been fortunate enough to see one of the Dear Friends concerts live ages ago, the honest truth is, nothing sounds the same since then. the impact of a show like that was massive (not to mention sitting like 15 feet from uematsu the entire time and meeting him afterward). the subtleties and dynamics of those arrangements live are phenomenal. 20020220 was never far from the stereo before the concert, and had to fill the hole that concert left over and over after the fact.
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this music is my greatest accomplishment |
Re: I feel the exact same way
Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
TrippyB said
i recently downloaded the pc version but didnt feel like going through all the hassle of getting it to work on windows 7! EDIT: OH YOU MEANT PIANO COLLECTIONS NOT COMPUTER |
@Jacob: lol don't even worry
TrippyB
Music + Video games = the ultimate obsession Location: MA Joined: Aug 06 2012 |
@Jacob: lol don't even worry about it. @tiger child: I met Uematsu at the AnimeBoston convention, and I got his autograph. He spoke words to me, and the old slacker musician inside me died lol that meeting changed my life honestly. Or maybe I'm just fangirling xD |
you're not just fan-girling.
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
you're not just fan-girling. i melted when i met him. i have a picture with him and when i need to smile and swoon i look at it. his autograph is around someplace.
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this music is my greatest accomplishment |
melodies of life from
Giogiogio4
For all the dreamers: Our planet's dream is not over yet... Joined: Jun 10 2010 |
melodies of life from FF9. Most of ff9's OST is great.
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@tiger child: A picture with
TrippyB
Music + Video games = the ultimate obsession Location: MA Joined: Aug 06 2012 |
@tiger child: A picture with him?? So jealous. @Giogiogio4: From what I've heard so far, FFIX's music is awesome. I still have to play through the whole game, so I'm purposely not listening to anything I haven't heard in-game yet. |
Re: you're not just fan-girling.
Crazymoogle
Crazymoogle Location: SoCal Joined: Mar 30 2012 |
tiger child said
Isn't he such a mellow, kind guy? I mean, you never really know unless you see him a lot, but I was amazed at how casual he was when I met him. |
Imma ost and piano collection
Colin_spade
Dami Joined: Feb 12 2009 |
Imma ost and piano collection person. |
Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon is pure awesomeness. |
Re: Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon
Ranulf
I will not join your gametabs. Joined: Oct 15 2009 |
SpiderTemplarius said
Thanks for reminding me of that one :D |
Re: melodies of life from
Dave
trve kvlt Location: Ohio Joined: May 22 2011 |
Giogiogio4 said
This, so much this. That song makes me tear up every fucking time ;-; the transition into the prologue is just HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG. Personally, I ONLY like the OSTs. Every change Uematsu has tried just didn't work for me. An interesting album is FF IV Celtic Moon, various songs from the sound track covered in a Celtic style...for some reason. I still didn't like it much. I fucking love the OSTs, but fuck the black mages, fuck all the cover thingies... EDIT: I see some one already mentioned Celtic Moon lol
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I know it's super cool to
karathrow
Joined: Oct 26 2010 |
I know it's super cool to hate on ff7 but... |
Re: I know it's super cool to
Dave
trve kvlt Location: Ohio Joined: May 22 2011 |
FF VII had a pretty cool soundtrack, Cloud more or less killed the game.
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FF7 had yuffie.
Hakoria
Laon King Location: gmt+1 Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
FF7 had yuffie. |
Re: I know it's super cool to
Crazymoogle
Crazymoogle Location: SoCal Joined: Mar 30 2012 |
karathrow said
O_O 2:16 forced me to smile after a horrible day. If anyone questions why I like Nobuo Uematsu so much, this is going to be the video I show them. Thanks for sharing, I must say. :P |
The "midi fan-made
Pasto
Eat your Pasta ! ! ! Joined: Mar 25 2009 |
The "midi fan-made collection". Really. I love how midi file sound.
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"Pasta Is Good For You" - The Pasta Guy |
I remembered those two
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
I remembered those two awesome covers by HeadMinerve: |
Fina Fantasy VI - Terra's
HyunwooLocation: Los Angeles, California Joined: Dec 01 2012 |
Fina Fantasy VI - Terra's Theme in Piano Collections. My Favorite. There's something so haunting and mystifying in this piece. Gives chills down my spine.... |
TrippyB
Music + Video games = the ultimate obsession
Location: MA
Joined: Aug 06 2012
Everyone knows that Final Fantasy has a whole bunch of albums released - Original Soundtracks for each game in the series, Piano Collections, Vocal Collections, compilations, arrangements, etc. Listening to every single album ever released would be a great achievement.
Yesterday, I stumbled upon the Final Fantasy: Pray album, which features vocalist Risa Ohki singing over 11 classic FF songs (FFII Main Theme, Theme of Love, Terra/Tina, and Matoya's Cave just to name a few) in English, Japanese, and Portuguese. The album is absolutely stunning. No words can really capture its beauty in my opinion. Each track is solid, and Ohki really makes them shine with her vocals. I'm in love, and so far this is the best FF album I've heard. It has a sequel called Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow, but I've only listened to one song so far (and it's just as amazing as the songs on the first album).
So what about you guys? What are your favorite songs or albums in the series?