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Posted by: bangbang023 Sep 30 2004, 21:15

I was watching G4 the other day and they had an "Icons" episode about Nobuo Uematsu. They were talking about Dear Friend near the end and it intrigued me enough to get the Final Fantasy X album to check it out. For someone who is very picky about his music and focuses more on lyrics than anything else, I am completely blown away. This guy is a genius. Some of the songs like "Enemy Battle" are a little cheesy but there are some really powerful tracks that speak without talking and it's truely amazing. I definitely want to give a quick recommendation to people to check it out in your free time.

Posted by: Winter Dragon Sep 30 2004, 21:28

I love Final Fantasy music Nobuo Uematsu is a genius. 10 was a good sound track but I think 4 5 6 were the best ones definitely worth checking out.

Posted by: Nokturrnal Sep 30 2004, 22:00

I fell in love with ff7 soundtrack and 10 had a good soundtrack also. I love ff7 background sound when your exploring in the fields.

Posted by: roth377 Sep 30 2004, 22:04

My favorite all around music would have to be FF6 (3 in US). Personal fav is Cyan's Theme. But 16bit SNES music can only be so good...

FF7 has some awesome music as well. Final Boss fight was so much cooler with that music going on.

Posted by: wing. Sep 30 2004, 22:05

jects(sp ? ) theme is bad ass and the gentle piano playing of the start ffx theme is nice

Posted by: eevoo Sep 30 2004, 22:26

Nothing beats the FF7 soundtrack for me.
It's been so long since I played FFX I forget what it's like, come to think of it, I still haven't finished that game.

Posted by: Asmo Sep 30 2004, 22:29

ALL of the games have amazing music, even the original NES games (I-III JP) had great music.

I'd love a re-mastered music collection from the early nes/snes series of games, that would be great.

Posted by: bangbang023 Sep 30 2004, 22:32

I wish they would release the concert put on in LA onto CD or DVD Audio or something.

Posted by: Slyph Sep 30 2004, 22:44

hell yah Nobuo Uematsu is pure genius, been a fan ever since ff4(2 US) i own 4,6,7,8,10's soundtracks hehe

Posted by: Winter Dragon Oct 1 2004, 00:13

Nobuo Uematsu put togahter a rock band called The Black Mages they do rock versions of the many battle themes in Final Fantasy games everyone should check it out its pretty sweet.
I used to have almost every soundtrack that was released up to ff 7 until my cd's got stolen.

Posted by: DsnBehind Oct 1 2004, 00:23

Indeed, Nobuo's music is awesome.

I have Final Fantasy VIII's soundtrack in PSF format.

Posted by: drekon_v1 Oct 1 2004, 00:24

Nobuo Uematsu is a genius...I love all the music in the Final Fantasy series, particularly V - VIII

Posted by: Tufty the Penguin Oct 1 2004, 01:14

ffx's soundtrack is pretty good. i remember jamming to it with my friend on the way to dc a few years back. i love ff music.

Posted by: anamericangod Oct 1 2004, 01:16

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Posted by: bangbang023 Oct 1 2004, 01:16

whoa hey welcome back man. I didn't notice you came back.

Posted by: Squall_Leonheart Oct 1 2004, 01:35

Ohhhh Final Fantasy music, i have a lot of them and i love them all. I personally like VIII and VI (III)

Posted by: Blues™ Oct 1 2004, 03:04

Nobuo Umatsu as it may or may not suprise you has actually been dubbed at one point in the time the "John Williams" of video game soundtracks. In fact all the earlier 16 bit soundtracks that he has worked on have had the luxury of being re-masterd and performed by some as great as the london phil-harmonic. He truely is a musical genous in his own right, and IMHO worth of being exonerated with as much glroy as those such as JS Bach and Beethovan.

Posted by: DsnBehind Oct 1 2004, 04:57

I'm only back in MM. Just... lost my control and posted here. Don't tell anyone.

Thanks, anyway.

Posted by: burning_jonny Oct 1 2004, 05:02

Yes, I love everything about VIII.

I also have X (very good) and X-2 (which is horrible).

Posted by: Daybreak Oct 1 2004, 05:03

FFIX's Melodies of Life was very good. One of the best game vocal themes so far I think.

Anime and game music rock in general though

Posted by: DsnBehind Oct 1 2004, 07:05

Boo! Faye Wong's Eyes On Me (from FFVIII) was much better.

It won "Song of The Year (Foreign Music)" in the 14th Japanese Gold Disc Awards! WooHoo!

Posted by: altezza Oct 1 2004, 10:31

Indeed! Nobuo Uematsu truly pure genius when it comes to composing music for FF series. I'm truly astounded by his scores

Posted by: Goldin Oct 1 2004, 10:35

anyone interested in downloading the ff soundtracks and piano versions etc. goto www.bluelaguna.net

Posted by: Nelsinho Oct 1 2004, 10:53

well, I don't know nothing about this Nobuo but I go to Shopping find something about this guy if is good even and maybe buy yep