Find Me Some Good Final Fantasy Music...

DOOManiac · June 2004

bah. With so many Final Fantasy fanboys out there going "omg ff7 am the best!" "no ff7 sux0red ff10 am the best!" "WTH r u thinking ff2 am the best!" etc, you'd think there would be some damned good remixes of some of the better FF songs on <a href='http://www.ocremix.org' target='_blank'>OC Remix</a>. But I've yet to find any.

But from what I understand the music has been pretty similar across all the different games, so perhaps the remixes of songs I'm looking for could be found in FF1-6 or 8-9 or Tactics or something. The thing is there's like 150 of them, and I don't feel like downloading any of them...

In particular I'm looking for a really good version of the Battle Theme music (you know, the one that plays for regular enemy fights) and also for the fast pased escape type music (plays a lot in FF7, like when they are on the train and they are trying to escape).

So if you know of any good FF mixes, post a link to em here please. :)

Quaunaut · June 2004

Nope. None of 'em sound the same. At all. If you just want the music, there are people that recreate it and make 'em MIDIs at <a href='http://www.vgmusic.com' target='_blank'>VGMusic.com</a>. Otherwise- I don't know what you could do.

DOOManiac · June 2004

Eww. MIDI. Eww.

And I know they sound similar, cause I've heard the same damn song in both FF7 and FF10. :P

Swiftspear · June 2004

I've got some old orchastrated stuff from back in the day that isn't terrible. Most of the OC remix stuff I personally find terrible.

Quaunaut · June 2004

Only 2 songs transfer over:

The FF IV Main Title Music(basically a harp doing a odd scale)
Chocobo Theme (which is remixed every time you hear it)

esuna · June 2004

Out there are two different live CDs of final fantasy, one by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, another by the Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, i have the latter, and i must say, it is absolutely amazing to hear. They feature songs from all the final fantasy games (Up to X) in full orchestral goodness. I believe both are available from amazon, you need them. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

RaVe · June 2004

Well, FF 10 did take some music directly from FF4 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> (Sacrilege!)

Well, don't expect to find many remixes that aren't in MIDI, because that's what they mainly work with :\

And one thing that ALWAYS doesn't change (except instrument) is the....
Victory theme!

Heck I can even play it on my keyboard <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Umbraed_Monkey · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jun 19 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well, FF 10 did take some music directly from FF4 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> (Sacrilege!)  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
wth NO! This plus the whole sequel to sequel thing (read: FFX:2) is a pretty clear sign that Square is now just milking it. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

DOOManiac · June 2004

*bumpity*

There's gotta be somebody out there who knows this crap...

OttoDestruct · June 2004

The Black Mages. Best band evar.

DOOManiac · June 2004

Whoa. They do indeed rock.

Leaderz0rz · June 2004

there used to be a website with every FF song ever on it via flash player, but it seems to have been deleted D:

Swiftspear · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jun 19 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well, don't expect to find many remixes that aren't in MIDI, because that's what they mainly work with :\  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
nearly every <b>remix</b> is in mp3, because nearly every remix is compiled in either fruity loops, reason, or cubase, all of which compile most convieniantly too mp3. The originals are mostly in midi, because the SNES sound engine works really similar to a midi generator.

Seph_Kimara · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Umbraed Monkey @ Jun 20 2004, 12:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jun 19 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well, FF 10 did take some music directly from FF4 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> (Sacrilege!) </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
wth NO! This plus the whole sequel to sequel thing (read: FFX:2) is a pretty clear sign that Square is now just milking it. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Or they're just reusing and revamping decent music. Hell, I'm pretty sure they've done it in the older games, too. (I think FFV and FFVII had some similar songs, though it's been a long time since I heard both soundtracks)

As for the remixes...I'll need to get back to you on that. I used to have TONS of them, but I lost all of them in a format.

Confuzor · June 2004

<a href='http://www.mirsoft.info/gamemods.php' target='_blank'>How about Mods?</a> (also uncludes XMs, s3ms, its, etc)

You may be able to acquire music of Final Fantasies (any era) upon that site, though the format may be unsuitable for your tastes...

Thee be hunting for mp3s? Thee findee not there, yessirree.

moultano · June 2004

Personally, I think the best renditions of the final fantasy songs are from the piano collections. They are available for purchase from amazon, but some of them are in the $40 dollar range for the import.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=dp_sr_00/002-1861651-0668051' target='_blank'>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-h...1861651-0668051</a>

Ripzaw · June 2004

Ok... I got 2 "done up" music thingies from FF7 and FF5... might have already been posted... I dunno. Here's the link :

<a href='http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/' target='_blank'>http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/</a>

The music is when you click "Clash on the Big Bridge" and "Those who Fight Further"

BlackMage · June 2004

if you want most fight songs redone, grab the nobuo and the black mages album
<a href='http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/' target='_blank'>http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/</a> (you can listen to track 2 and 10 on the flash thing)

tracklist:
1 - Battle Scene (Final Fantasy I) *
2 - Clash on the Big Bridge (Final Fantasy V)*
3 - Force Your Way (Final Fantasy VIII)*
4 - Battle, Scene II (Final Fantasy II)*
5 - The Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy VI)*
6 - Battle Theme (Final Fantasy VI)*
7 - J-E-N-O-V-A (Final Fantasy VII)*
8 - Those Who Fight Further (Final Fantasy VII)**
9 - Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy VI)*
10 - Fight With Seymour (Final Fantasy X)*

* == bm thinks it's bloody awesome

edit: rip, that would be teh sample thing for nu and the bms

OrganoX · June 2004

I have:

- Final Fantasy 6 Orginal Soundtrack
- Final Fantasy 7 Orginal Soundtrack
- Final Fantasy 8 Orginal Soundtrack
- Final Fantasy 9 Orginal Soundtrack
- Final Fantasy 10 Orginal Soundtrack
- The Black Mages
- And some FFX-2 Single tracks.

anyone have hole FFX-2 Orginal Soundtrack?

Testament · June 2004

The Black Mages OWN MY FACE!

Nil_IQ · June 2004

Aaaaah the chocobo theme pwns you. Each remix is better than the last <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Tequila · June 2004

I prefer to stick to the original OSTs; Crazy Motorcycle is a funky tune from FF7 that I'd recommend.

DOOManiac · June 2004

I've found soem sweet remixes of the Prelude...

But what's the name of that freakin escape song? Gaaah.

Align · June 2004

It's too bad you're looking for remixes, otherwise I would blatantly advertise <a href='http://www.zophar.net' target='_blank'>Zophar's domain</a> and <a href='http://www.snesmusic.org' target='_blank'>Snesmusic.org</a>.
Oh whoops

(Although you need to download a plugin to be able to play the .spc files, its well worth it. Much better than crappy .mid files.)

RaVe · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Umbraed Monkey @ Jun 19 2004, 07:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jun 19 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well, FF 10 did take some music directly from FF4 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /> (Sacrilege!) </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
wth NO!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
If I remembered right, I heard the Cave theme from FF4 in Macalania Woods....

Could be coincidence though. After all, they have had Nobuo Uematsu for who knows how long.

But I really find it odd how the cave theme suddenly appeared in Macalania woods :o

As for Black Mages....they simply pwn. Plus, they have Dancing Mad on CD, w00t!

*scurries for Black Mages album all over Hong Kong*

BlackMage · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Jun 20 2004, 07:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I've found soem sweet remixes of the Prelude...

But what's the name of that freakin escape song? Gaaah. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
"hurry" and "hurry, faster!"

if you want i can send you snippets to make sure they're the right ones

and @ rave: dancing mad si pwn

Umbraed_Monkey · June 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jun 21 2004, 10:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> As for Black Mages....they simply pwn. Plus, they have Dancing Mad on CD, w00t!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Lemme tell you that the Dancing Mad remix they did is freaking awesome. good luck on your search

RaVe · June 2004

Hehe, I expect a lot of improvements ever since I heard the 2 previews of them.

BTW, I suspect that Nobuo is using a Casio CTK-738 because my keyboard also has the same kind of tunes it has in it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Jim_has_Skillz · June 2004

Yeah, try out a lot of stuff from Nobuo Uematsu. Also try a lot of the FF orchestrated tracks, I have some really good stuff your just going to have to find my on irc. I should be in #naturalselection if you want to try some tracks.

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