FINAL FANTASY Deep Study -5 Songs: 'One Winged Angel/Zanarkand/Dancing Mad/Liberi Fatali/Answers'

I'd love to see more of FF7. Be it the original Remake or Rebirth. There are so many amazing tracks in there

Ah man...being a huge Final Fantasy fan I actually went to the Distant Worlds orchestra concert in Atlanta many years back. I got to hear One Winged Angel live with an orchestra WITH Nobuo Uematsu (he sat in the same row as me just a few seats down) joining the choir group. I had so many goosebumps that night along with tearing up way too much because it was such an amazing and beautiful experience.

OMG! Listening to "Liberi Fatali" always takes me back to 1999, when I was a 16-year-old completely blown away by the opening cinematic of Final Fantasy VIII. I've loved classical music ever since I was a kid, and Nobuo Uematsu's work on the Final Fantasy series has always been among my favorites. Thank you for the reaction.

Joined yesterday for your Hazbin episode reactions, but I spotted this video and had to watch it. Final Fantasy VI (marketed at the time as III) began my fascination with VGM. It was so exciting to find someone discovering and loving great music like "Dancing Mad," "One-Winged Angel," and "Liberi Fatali" for the first time. Edit: Forgot to actually say I watched the whole thing. "Answers" was the one that was new to me, and I was impressed with the concept and the music, but unfortunately couldn't make out most of the words thanks to problems I have distinguishing consonant sounds from one another. Thanks for featuring and discussing it!

Okay I don't know if I'm the only one who got that feeling, but when you explained at 01:04:43 how operatic singing works and demonstrated it a little... for a second there, it almost sounded like a little bit from the Hymn Of The Fayth from Final Fantasy X ?? I think you would really like to listen to it and all the versions throughout the game (it's a very short hymn but sung throughout the game by various voices and/or choirs) !

I was really hoping to see your reaction to the percussion on the slow back beat at the end of 16-bit Dancing Mad. The five stroke roll on the cymbal is iconic. Ahead of its time.

I watched the whole thing. Can't wait for you to listen to more music from Final Fantasy 14. Masayoshi Soken does an excellent job, and there's more music with vocals to break down than other Final Fantasy titles. I'd love to see you react to "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and "Shadowbringers".

Watched the entire thing and I definitely need more Final Fantasy reactions. There's just too many amazing pieces and songs that have came out of it. Please more!

I hope off video you check out the original version of Answers just for yourself, it's breathtaking.

Final Fantasy 14 has over a decade of brilliant storytelling in the form of fantastic soundtracks. I've already thrown a request or two your way in the last couple months. I think you're going to love it whenever you dig more into it! When Nobuo Uematsu retired from writing the FFXIV soundtrack, he passed the torch to Masayoshi Soken, who happens to also be an absolute genius in the art in his own way ❤️

Here for FF music, had to hear the whole thing 7 & 8 were formative. First time hearing One Winged Angel was the first real voices in the game was such an unexpected treat. Starting 8 with Liberi Fatali fully orchestrated was mind blowing

I think the best version for "Answers" would be the (Answers with official lyrics) video. Its just a studio recording with the video behind some lyrics so theres no audio issues. That way you also get a little bit more context aswell. Whatever video you chose was not the way to go lol. The original song has so much more impact and weight behind it in my opinion.

the 25th anniversary this year is for FF10 specifically, there's an orchestral tour of FF music primarily focusing on ff10 music happening for it, I'm going in July.

Ngl I thought you were going to react to "Suteki Da Ne" from FF10 game, ig not lol

Also, Sephiroth was the first orchestral music in a Final Fantasy game. One game prior, but same system :)

Yes, my multi-commenting butt is here now, Nobuo Uematsu brought me here XD Final Fantasy VI was the last FF released on the SNES, and it took everything the console had. It's my favorite. Regarding Kefka vs Sephiroth, that's a hard comparison. Sephiroth is far more iconic, and FF VII extremely beloved. He went mad due to his origins as you discovered, and he's a power house. But Kefka? First half of the game, Kefka is a source of humor and entertainment, he has some of the best lines in the game. Then he becomes a mad god - so no wonder his Dancing Mad sounds like a church song. He's more powerful then Sephiroth if both would fight each other in my eyes (you can beat Sephiroth with 3 people, with Cloud having the final strike against him. You need ALL characters of Final Fantasy VI to beat Kefka, split into 4 teams with 4 characters each (minus 2, who're bonus characters, so I'm sure it's possible to beat him with 10 characters). One team for each phase. His fight is longer, too, and the final dungeon hard if you don't prepare right. Both are very different in personality, way of fighting, power level, and both leave an impact in their own right.

FF14 is one of my favorite games / pieces of art ever! Please react to more! I would love to see your reactions to the expansion trailers since they all have absolutely unbelievable music (or just to the songs on their own). The song you reacted to Answers still makes me teary.

watched it all, would Definity recommend more from final fantasy 14

As I am sure others have said Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute legend in the video game music sphere. Comparing him to Beethoven would be something that I would absolutely agree with. If you want to take a look at more Final Fantasy music you have decades of music to enjoy. I would go so far as to say that Square games have some of the best soundtracks in gaming history. The Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, and the SaGa series all have soundtracks that are absolute titans in the gaming space. Masayshi Soken, Who is now the main composer of the current games as well as the ongoing Final Fantasy XIV is quickly following in his footsteps. Thank you so much for this fantastic reaction. I hope for many more. Also he wrote "Prelude" for the first Final Fantasy in less than 15 minutes and it is included in every game in the series. As a long time fan it always puts a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. Also yes I watched the whole thing and absolutely will again.

Uematsu is so good. His versatility in creating epic boss themes and emotional pieces that last for decades is incredible. OWA might be the favorite child in the Distant World concerts, at least the ones I’ve been to, but Dancing Mad gets just as many cheers when it plays. I find it to be much more, I guess delicate than a lot of more modern boss music. Liberi Fatali certainly gets you ready for a good game. Very adrenaline inducing. I’ve never been interested in MMORPGs, but that’s an awesome story for this song. Low chorale music always sounds so enchanting. A very good anthem song. I definitely watched the whole video, and I very much support diving into the worlds of Final Fantasy. There’s so much good music to discover, and I know it’s not what you do but the stories are amazing

I had to come over here for the Answers reaction, it's one of my favorite songs in any game, though I do miss the more rock style of the version. Also there're videos of the original song with lyrics on youtube.

About the FF14 stuff. I was there. The game is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG or shortened to MMO) These styles of games are online and features thousands of players all playing in and exploring the world all at the same time. FF14, the original version, was possibly the worst of these games I had ever played. They tried to some weird things to eliminate the job system that is prevalent in MMO's but it just did not work and often left players confused on what they should be doing at any one time when playing together. Combine this with just terrible quests and drop rates. It was a shit show! The Final Raid was what is called a world raid now. It was an open battle that just everyone joined in on as 1 final event before they shut down the game. We all played cause we loved FF and it is not uncommon for these games to vanish when they are not working out. So you can imagine our surprise when this final raid ends by killing us all off and then instead of outright dying the screen goes white and the transport you, alone, to a white room with,,, the games producer. He had himself made in the game and when you spoke to him a recorded message from him plays where he deeply apologizes for the state the game was in and to make it all up to us they were completely remaking the game from scratch and asked if we would please give him another chance and try the game again after it had been reborn. This is the greatest redemption story in gaming history. Realm Reborn is fantastic and is still going on now. Ironmouse actually just did covers of songs from the newer portions of the game recently as a promo for the upcoming expansion.

I watched til the end, I love your content and I love FF so why wouldn't I? :P So obviously the series started back on the original NES console. As you stated the older consoles had an audio chip that produced all the sounds. These chips were limited in the type of sounds, the range of those sounds and how many different sounds could be made at any 1 time. The chip took, basically text documents, and translated them to sounds so it took a totally different skill set to produce. Nowadays we refer to these a "Chiptunes" cause that is what they were, tunes generated on a chip. This is where Uematsu got his start in the business. As you read he was self taught, had played in some bands as a keyboardist and was working a music rental store when an employee of the company asked if he would make music for games. He originally only saw it as a side job. Needless to say writing these chiptunes was different then he was used to but his musical mind allowed him to experiment in different ways then other game composers of the time. Chiptunes were the dominate music of video games til 1994 with the release of the Playstation console. There were games that used recorded music before this, mostly arcade machines and PC games. Playstation is were it really became more mainstream and took off. This was because it no longer used cartridge games and an audio chip but instead a CD game capable of holding audio files. There was still an audio chip in the system and a lot of early games still used it as that was what the industry standard was. Uematsu proposed for FF7 to do a full recorded orchestral sound track for the game. It was a gamble but the company took it and it paid off immensely.

I feel like the first part, approximately the first 4 minutes, the constant switch ups are both teasing listeners waiting for it to get to the iconic part, but are also representative of Sephiroth’s madness. The fast pace also builds the feeling of desperation the characters feel while fighting him

Ok, probably going to be making a few comments while watching. Your research on where One-Winged Angel comes in the game is accurate to the original 1997 game, the gameplay you’re watching and the version you’re hearing is from the 2020 remake game. So the context of where it falls is a little different. You also paused on Aerith, not Cloud. Cloud is the blond with the giant sword. There are close to 20 versions of this song across various games and other media. This is my favorite version, but a lot of people prefer the original over any other

If you're interested in more FF14 songs there is some big ones I can recommend : - "Heavensward" and "Dragonsong" (sang by Susan Calloway) from the expansion Heavensward, - "Stormblood" and "Revolution" (sang by Susan Calloway) from Stormblood, - "Shadowbringer" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (sang by Amanda Achen) from Shadowbringer, - "Endwalker" and "Flow" (sang by Amanda Achen) from Endwalker, - "Danwtrail" and "Smile" (sang by AKINO (Bless 4) )from Dawntrail There is a lot more I could recommend but those are like the stars of their expansions, around which the leitmotivs of their respective expansions are built.

As beautiful as the Distant World version of "Answer" is I miss the rock elements of the original.

Yay! So glad to see you reacting to Final Fantasy music! 💖 FFVI was my first game to play, so I've been a fan for a long time! My very first concert was Final Fantasy Distant Worlds performed by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra during San Diego Comic Con more than a decade ago. They performed it on the embarcadero so it was outside and right by the water. One Winged Angel was the encore piece and the conductor restarted it because a helicopter flew over. 💖 My favorite was their performance of "Love Grows" from FFVIII and where they showed the ballroom scene on stage and then lit fireworks over the bay during the fireworks part in the video~ so pretty! 🥰 Oh and I watched till the end! 💖

And btw Tim. The final fantasy games are not connected. Final fantasy 9 is a completely different story to ffx. Ffx has a sequel called ffx-2 but all the games have different stories otherwise. The scene you showed in ffx is a somber scene because the main character learned one of their friends needs to be sacrificed to beat the boss to bring peace to the world for a short amount of time.

They tour with orchestra playing these songs. Tour is called distant worlds. I've been to 5 of them. Two of which I did a meet and greet and met Arnie Roth and nobuo uematsu. One of my most prized possessions is a nobuo signed dual record. In it he signed it and wrote "this is my dog PAO" next to a photo of him and his dog.