Yeah, FF13 was a pretty mediocre game, but at least the music was good!
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Hamauzu is my hero <3
Best thing to happen to the series.
If maybe she pulled a Sakuraba Dark Souls, then maybe you'd have someone who could kinda come close. That's not to say her compositions are bad, they just aren't anywhere as interesting stylistically.
Best thing to happen to the series.
I liked Sigma Harmonics if it's anything.
Nah, she won't. She'll do a good job though, but her compositional style hasn't changed much over the years.
If maybe she pulled a Sakuraba Dark Souls, then maybe you'd have someone who could kinda come close. That's not to say her compositions are bad, they just aren't anywhere as interesting stylistically.
Thanks for the words, I think I will pass on it for now. With SMTIV around the corner, not like I'd have time for Final Fantasy anyway!
I'm still bitter that game wasn't released outside of Japan. It looked cool.
It's pretty fun game, and the story was pretty decent too. It took a long time to get used to the playstyle with holding like a book, but I enjoyed it. I also discovered Hamauzu from that game too.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Japanese version of it -> New World by Charice.
That said, Final Fantasy XIII's OST is probably my favorite in the series. I don't know how many times I listened to it already and how every time I get emotional by doing so. Truly a masterpiece. Hopefully LR can approach that level of quality by giving Hamauzu a bit more space than before. I mean... I like Mizuta and Suzuki's work too, but in my op. they don't have the strong personality of Hamauzu.
Oh btw, speaking of which, one of the battle theme of LR is already one of my favorites (and is not even by master Hamauzu!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yek4HgYupI
I really hated the XIII-2's battle theme. Definitely my least favorite in the series. This sounds good as hell.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Last night I dreamt about Yuusnan (or how you spell it) and its music: it was good.
Yep, one of the best soundtracks Square has ever released along with a game and definitely my favorite in the entire series.
Hamauzu is their secret weapon but, unfortunately, usually gets assigned to shitty games. XIII was his chance to work on a big, mainline title for a change but it was ultimately a disappointment.
Musashiden 2, Unlimited SaGa, SaGa Frontier 2, Dirge of Cerberus, etc. He did a few tracks for FFX as well (and they were the best in the game, if you ask me).
Hamauzu is their secret weapon but, unfortunately, usually gets assigned to shitty games. XIII was his chance to work on a big, mainline title for a change but it was ultimately a disappointment.
Musashiden 2, Unlimited SaGa, SaGa Frontier 2, Dirge of Cerberus, etc. He did a few tracks for FFX as well (and they were the best in the game, if you ask me).
Yes! Quite honestly, I think it is the single best RPG boss track featured in an RPG to date. I enjoyed it that much. Even years after release, that song still grabs my attention. Just incredible.
I don't even know what to make of these comments. It's so clearly not the case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsG80RGxzNM
I mean, seriously?
I know music is totally subjective and all, but elevator music?
Man, what I wouldn't do to play a Zelda game with music of this quality. What a difference that would make.
Mental Atrophy
Banned
I liked FF13-2's soundtrack more than FF13's overall. I'd like to see Naoshi Mizuta take a more primary role for the main series, as I think he captures the essence of Final Fantasy better than other contributors FF13/13-2. He pulls a lot of weight in FF11 and FF14, which both sound really great. He also did the music for the mobile game Final Fantasy Dimensions.
How dare you talk shit about Sakimoto. >:[ (jk)
But yeah, FF XIII OST was pretty sweet, but I HATED the battle theme, it got old so fast.
Nothing is worse than this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRGii05yILI
Every single time an enemy draws near you get this awful song and usually just the first 5-10 seconds (which are the worst parts of the song). What were they thinking? Could it possibly be any less appropriate for battle?
It's funny that you say this since I just finished WW yesterday.
And no, I think that the battle theme does a great job, since it gives you a sense of tension and makes a perfect background for the dynamics motives of Link's attacks. Sure, more often than not the track begins to play even when you're just skipping enemies, but it didn't bother me at all.
On the other hand FF XIII battle theme is too busy and dramatic, it would be perfect if it was a boss theme, but listening to the fucking violins thousand of times cheapens the whole song in my opinion.
FFXIII's music is pretty damn good. Two of my favourites;
Snow's Theme
The Vestige
There are many, many more great tracks though. Lots already mentioned.
Snow's Theme
The Vestige
There are many, many more great tracks though. Lots already mentioned.
paradise_circus
Member
One of the best track in the history of the series, the world needs more ambient with sick break beats.
Honestly, the music in Wind Waker is bad to the point that it prevented me from fully enjoying the game. Absolutely hated that soundtrack. They should not have even used battle music.
I'd like to know what elevator you are riding. I'd stay in that elevator forever
I still can't believe Square replaced "Kimi ga Iru Kara", which was all about friendship and sacrifices someone made for their friend as a theme song with "My Hands", which has nothing to do anything with the story for western release.
"Kimi ga Iru Kara" is also appropriately melancholic when viewed against the ending scene.
"Kimi ga Iru Kara" is also appropriately melancholic when viewed against the ending scene.
Phew! Thought I was the only one that thought 13-2 OST was a bit better. On topic though, FF13 OST was much better on my 2nd play-though with proper headphones and not tv speakers. The boss battle themes were really good.
Shame they didn't put as much effort in the gameplay though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocG0ENW1NsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzzlk-RQ_ic
And my personal favorite : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDvovJK9u8
I would've included FF13-2, but I haven't played it yet, but that game has some pretty great music as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MCDAYeaZ_c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1tr4K0rHmA
Probably mentioned above somewhere...but couldn't help but notice you forgot to mention Run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49rw1E3unMA
Give it another listen.
FFXIII has one of the best soundtracks I ever heard, and I had this opinion before I played the game. I had a hard time thinking if the soundtrack to FFXIII-2 is better or not, but now I can say that I slightly prefer the FFXIII one. While the one from XIII-2 has much more diversity and wonderful vocal songs, XIII feels more corehent.
Playing XIII for the first time now, currently at chapter 9, I personally like the game. It's not great like FFXII or Dragon Quest VIII, but not bad either. The music really helped in some scenes (Chapter 8 where
comes to mind). Massively enjoyed Chapter 6-8 while I didn't like 1-5. But I noticed that I'm way more tolerant to flaws than other gamers here anyway.
Playing XIII for the first time now, currently at chapter 9, I personally like the game. It's not great like FFXII or Dragon Quest VIII, but not bad either. The music really helped in some scenes (Chapter 8 where
Sazh tries to kill Vanille
Final Fanatsy X-XIV clearly show that it works.
Mizuta just did a couple of tracks of XIV. And none (yet) on ARR. Otherwise I agree with you.
Well we agree to disagree, I loved WW soundtrack:
But we're really going OT so I'll stop it here.
Werewolf Jones
Member
The battle theme without the actual electronica garbage or whatever it was in the middle of the song is GOAT. The violin is sublime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Cg92jbc88
The demo version, I think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Cg92jbc88
The demo version, I think?
brandonh83
Banned
FFXII's gameplay and the size of each area called for a soundtrack that was not necessarily thematic, but more atmospheric. I agree it isn't completely memorable, but I don't think that's a negative considering the style of the game. The music in FFXII really fits it, and at least it was a good game.
This area of the game and its music were gorgeous, IMO. I need an FFXII HD remake so fucking bad I can't stand it.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
It's aight. His other work with FFX, Sigma Harmonics, and Saga Frontier II are leagues ahead of it by far.
The English Conquistador
Member
Shame they didn't put as much effort in the gameplay though.
Lol, I came in here after reading the title hoping to see the boss battle theme. I was not disappointed. It's a truly fantastic piece!
Like mentioned above, FFXII has some fantastic songs too.
Jawmuncher
Member
Sunleth Waterscape alone gives FF13 enough reason to exist.
SaGa Frontier's II soundtrack is beautiful, I could just listen to it all day
Flakster99
Member
As a whole? It's adequate. Technically it is fine, but there is little to no emotion to be found. The soundtrack doesn't even crack my top 5 Final Fantasy soundtracks.
FFXIII's soundtrack is great but occasionally repeats too many tracks. XIII-2 was a huge drop in quality imo.
Anyway, Uematsu's work on previous FF remains largely unmatched.He is a master of emotional music.Some tracks in FFXIII could have used a little more punch.
Still, FF13's OST is certainly above average and approaches greatness on multiple instances.
My hands was ok at best, New world in FFXIII-2 was fucking atrocious and inappropriate.
Anyway, Uematsu's work on previous FF remains largely unmatched.He is a master of emotional music.Some tracks in FFXIII could have used a little more punch.
Still, FF13's OST is certainly above average and approaches greatness on multiple instances.
My hands was ok at best, New world in FFXIII-2 was fucking atrocious and inappropriate.
entremet
Member
Yes! It's amazing and my favorite of the 3D FF.
I still need to pick it up.
Some more:
Prelude
Fang's Theme
Majestic soundtrack!
I still need to pick it up.
Some more:
Prelude
Fang's Theme
Majestic soundtrack!
legacyzero
Banned
The battle theme was great, sure.
King of the Potato People
Member
I like the crazy chocobo music in FF XIII-2, it's funny.
GhaleonQ
Member
My 4 favorites were Dreadnought Berserk, Blaze Edge, Hope's Theme, and Fang's Theme, so nothing really interesting from me.
I think the parts where he successfully navigated boring, supposedly atmospheric music and Final Fantasy hyper-melodic music are magnificent, but not all of it is like that. It's definitely 1 of the smartest, most thoughtful soundtracks Square has ever put out, I'll say.
Its followup, though, yeesh. I like modern art Japanese music, "indie" Japanese music, and even a little of the weirder j-pop and j-rock, but my catholic taste still rejected those experiments. No, sir, thank you.
If you are complaining about the soundtracks, you should DEFINITELY listen to it. I was thrilled it for quite awhile.
I think the parts where he successfully navigated boring, supposedly atmospheric music and Final Fantasy hyper-melodic music are magnificent, but not all of it is like that. It's definitely 1 of the smartest, most thoughtful soundtracks Square has ever put out, I'll say.
Its followup, though, yeesh. I like modern art Japanese music, "indie" Japanese music, and even a little of the weirder j-pop and j-rock, but my catholic taste still rejected those experiments. No, sir, thank you.
If you are complaining about the soundtracks, you should DEFINITELY listen to it. I was thrilled it for quite awhile.
XIV had Uematsu, but especially battle music was just shit.