Final Fantasy VIII - 8-bit The Extreme on Famitracker

[@FourthDerivative]

"This is probably my favorite Uematsu Final Boss theme." A man of talent AND good taste, I see

[@RuruFIN]

Not the best but one of the greatest. I still prefer One Winged Angel the most.

[@DreadnoughtDT]

I love that transition from the first part to the boss theme. All calm and serene, and then all of a sudden "dudududududududu dudududududududu"

[@strangevision99]

Right at the last stage of the boss, it brings back that classic FF baseline. It's probably the best timing to bring it into the game after leaving it out since FF6. (I can't remember it in FF7)

[@klop4228]

@@strangevision99 Yeah no FF7 didn't have it at all

[@uuuuuuuuu5292]

7 technically “did” have that bassline but it’s pretty hard to hear. The only times I’ve heard it was the regular boss theme and birth of a god. You hear it near the end of the boss theme before it transitions, and pretty early on in boag. There’s a whole lot going on in both of these tracks that’s why you need to hear them carefully.

[@hearmth6618]

Hey, sorry I'm late 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@jaxxh6529]

your ex that cant let go. because final fantasy viii is a love story

[@alexveneruso7871]

-"Reflect on your…childhood…your sensation…your words…your emotions…….Time…it will not wait…no matter…how hard you hold on…it escapes you…and……."-

[@chiffmonkey]

It's like Ultimecia is sucking all the complexity out of the universe and reducing it to chiptune.

[@strangevision99]

And in the process she is proving that she was right all along.

[@coalescententity6651]

Wow, can you imagine they had done that? Started it out with full orchestral and ending it in like 8 bit in phases? Something Final Fantasy would totally do and would have been amazing.

[@matheuslopes5287]

Sound Compression

[@PadChords]

Those DPCM drums are insane. This is as awesome for its technical achievement as its compositional integrity.

[@hearmth6618]

🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘

[@Genosync]

... your work is unreal. Nearly 100% of the SNES tracks you've done sound better than their originals, the post-16bit era tracks sound AMAZINGLY solid and pull out the most insane feelings of nostalgia, and Xenoblade tracks you've covered are better than anything else on the youtubes and I doubt anyone else will come around with better. Would love to see some of your own twists on a few of these tracks, but I will more than gladly tell every single gamer I know about your channel. Going to be listening to your stuff for a very, very long time. Hope you do some more tracks sometime in the future. Thanks for the audio bliss.

[@8BitDanooct1]

hear, hear!

[@Monocheto1]

8BitDanooct1 you are awesome too :D

[@Menfiz]

is NES not SNES XD

[@harukiigarashi]

Fithos... Lusec... Wecos... Vinosec...

[@luvisuzu]

...All existence... denied.

[@strangevision99]

Time shall compress

[@hearmth6618]

I am Ultimecia.

[@Genosync]

Coming back to this excellent piece over two years later because it's just that good. We miss you and your work!

[@zorochii]

Final Fantasy VIII-bit haha haha haha ha.

[@blasterjretrogameresp8034]

oh, funny guy arent you?

[@Mikau888]

ehehehe eheh eheh heheheheh

[@hearmth6618]

Ufufufufufu... 🤭

[@alexvega9568]

Aaaaaaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@hearmth6618]

Yo, pass the time ⏳ You better not compress it 🤨 All existence denied 🌌

[@Graedius]

Fantastic! You are truly the best on this website~ An amazing song transcribed in an eve more amazing way -- this is beautiful.

[@alexgarcigregor4407]

10/10. It's amazing you managed to translate the mood, energy and sense of urgency of the original to NES sound. Congratulations on a great work! I recently did a cover of The Extreme myself, it's in my channel if you want to check it out!

[@Mj0Skyver]

The Extreme is definitely within my top 5 Uematsu scores. This is just absolutely marvelous! I've been waiting to hear an 8-bit piece of the song. Beautifully done, mate! \o/ May ask what program did you use to craft this? :3

[@Mj0Skyver]

Mega 'Derp' moment.

[@koinpusher]

Gonna be a while before I get to this one but I'm starting to pick back up this project kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmeyd2aLnLaKbJo

[@hearmth6618]

Bruh

[@Zephyrblaze456]

Epic battle theme from such an underrated game

[@ThePROMINENCE]

This is simply amazing! Job well done!

[@RuruFIN]

Now after I've played through VIII once again (I play it once in a year or two), I can imagine smashing Ultimecia with Lion Heart when this demake is playing.

[@RuruFIN]

Holy fuck, I can just imagine all the newer FFs as 8bit as I listen to these..

[@koinpusher]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmeyd2aLnLaKbJo 😁 gonna start picking this back up, it's not the nes sound tho

[@BWIceSoldier]

Very nice. You keep getting amazing DPCM rips for these covers. I love the way you reduced it but still kept the full sound. This song has so many layers to it that it seems hard to reduce down.

[@OnTheRide1]

This is great! The beginning gave me Castlevania 2 vibes (particularly the music that plays when in the castle).

[@Amarunas]

Seriously, every sound has its counterpart in the original, no weird notes, the piece is as awesome as the one in the game - flawless work! congrats :)

[@lvkoolbeans]

You're definitely one of my favourite NSF musicians on KZbin.

[@tommynguyen4713]

1 person got their ass handed to them by Ultimecia

[@anthrazzit9219]

Cant wait to play FF8 on my Game Boy Color.

[@koinpusher]

Would this go for the ost then 😋 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmeyd2aLnLaKbJo

[@anthrazzit9219]

@@koinpusher Haha thats perfect :D

[@Sephiroth08150]

In can already imagine the battle from here...

[@SnowyNowak]

Best VRC6 cover. Ever.

[@anthrazzit9219]

Satisfaction..

[@BookooZenny]

This is impressive.

[@cactuar2]

I agree with everyone else. You are the best on youtube.

[@echelletique7054]

1-bit to 8-bit (now have 64-bit XD)

[@menslady125eif2590]

Wild Ultimecia appeared!

[@rensuchan]

I dunno what it is but for some reason this song makes me think of like an important pokemon battle when in 8 bit xD

[@FlammieLL]

It's called Scoutface apparently, origin KZbin video : Scout thinks he's a bird. Don't know why it became a meme, and sorry for being 2 months late if you already know xD

[@danielgonzalez6609]

you my good friend, just win my subscription!

[@danjokenyoufashion]

i MUST HAVE THIS!!

[@神楽-f7l]

日本からこんにちわ！

[@hearmth6618]

🤗

[@LotoTheHero]

Wow, great stuff! ^^

[@mrcoolguy32]

Great.

[@HughJazzzzzzzzzzz]

How are you so damn good at what you do?

[@alienspacebat5218]

Where is the original version of the picture you guys change to make your avatars?

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Why are you saying everything with a hard K?

[@Angel13691]

:D

[@tomodotchi]

Can has MP3? :D

[@FinkLorenz]

Ha GAY !

[@hearmth6618]

no u