Final Fantasy VIII - Liberi Fatali | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@temporalwolf7054]

One of the most bizarre parts of FF trivia - to me at least - is the knowledge that the American synchronized swimming team took bronze in the 2004 Athens Olympics after doing a routine to this song. I remember very vividly just hanging out with my mom talking and playing with my dog while the Olympics were on and just hearing that and just sort of... freezing and looking up in disbelief that it was at the Olympics.

[@haseo777]

i remember that too i looked up and was like huh??

[@JCSpyzer]

Also, apparently, "Liberi Fatali is used a few times in the Chinese drama, My Date With A Vampire 2." of all things...

[@Someguyhere111]

That is bizaare. Only bronze?

[@TheCheekybeans]

OMG I thought that was a fever dream I had, it did happen though didn't it?? Core Memory Unlocked!

[@deemer3918]

It's a great tune, much like the rest of the OST, so I am not surprised to hear it got used at some places, very nice track and is very dramatic. And in 2004? You'd have to be a nerd to know what it is from, lol.

[@barstokians365]

"I thought Final Fantasy 8 was a more modern [setting], but I'm hearing swords...." Oh Final Fantasy, never change.

[@GedNic]

I was at a Distant Worlds Final Fantasy Concert this year and they used this song as the opening. It was so silent, everyone was getting ready for the first song and then the choir shouted "FITHOS, LUSEC, VECOS, VENOSEC" into the silence and you could just FEEL everyone being amazed.

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

I hope distant worlds returns to Australia sometime. I was at the Melbourne concert in 2019 and it was amazing as my first concert ever.

[@ItsMe-fs4df]

@@recklesflam1ngo968 We were there too, flew over from NZ just for the concert. Excited nerds everywhere (including us) 🤣

[@ozdeveraux2082]

Everyone always gasp when it starts. Lol But I’ve been so many times that I’m used to it

[@abetterfuture4787]

When this came out, it was the greatest video game opening I had ever seen at the time. Even now it gives me goosebumps.

[@BlueRice]

one wing music hits me more. when the video scene came out and the music. it was so immersive. i was really tuned with the game atmosphere

[@pseudopulk3478]

a game magazine casually called it the best video game intro of all time back then

[@MrRemmington]

Agreed

[@omensoffate]

It still is

[@Val_Grnnx]

Yeah, this is literally the opening sequence and you'd have been safe watching it

[@AlexQuartz4221]

Still have a goosebumps every time I listen this. Best opening ever made.

[@myoky]

Seeing the American synchronized swimming duo win a bronze medal for a performance set to this at the Olympics in 2004 was like a fever dream.

[@linainverse6560]

Wtf you talking about ?

[@akatsukimercenary]

8 is a masterpiece. It's my favorite!

[@JohnGraves1985]

Mine too.

[@Harpsibored]

I still stand by this being one of the best FF tracks of all time and my personal favorite. I realize I'm biased because the way it's synchronized with the events of the movie (that you didn't watch lol) is just fucking fantastic. How do I begin to describe this piece? Layered, dynamic, frantic, imposing. I can tell you how many times in my life I've been obsessed with just the damn TIMPANI part in an FF song, and it's the time I've heard Liberi Fatali, and that's it. Bottom to top, just crazy good. Also that harp part at 1:37 is my favorite fucking thing ever. Ok bye

[@JessesAuditorium]

Have a nice day (big fan)

[@Harpsibored]

@@JessesAuditorium hehe

[@rabidelfman]

This is just the intro cinematic. My favorite intro cinematic of all time. So good.

[@marcosdheleno]

i love it, but i wouldnt put it as my favorite intro, specially with wild arms 1 and 2, or tales of phantasia(psx). i would even put chrono cross above it personaly.

[@Mrinsecure]

Another part of the reason this song is so well remembered is that this song is referenced constantly in other parts of the soundtrack. Musically speaking, Liberi Fatali is the "core" of FFVIII's soundtrack, and acts as a recurring motif at various important points in the plot.

[@diamondrust4719]

This is the song that more or less started my love of video game music and of FF as a series.

[@shironnch]

Yeah, me too. The first game I play in Ps1 and the first game of FF series. The first game that hook me in the game world when I was a 9 years old. While there are many game better than FF8, FF8 have a special place in my heart.

[@M_Gargantua]

The confusion of the sword is because you listened to the video, rather than the song version. Got all sorts of SFX mixed on top of the song itself.

[@UltimaLuminaire]

For many FF games, the opening is a promise to the players. FF8 made an amazing opening that stands to this day as one of the most ambitious and grueling cinematic promises of its time (lol Nomura hazing his CG team). And then we proceeded to play a children's card game for the rest of FF8 that would overshadow the entire experience. Beautiful.

[@Nexdex]

Yeah, wish they'd just sent the music instead of the whole movie with SFX ^^" This is the first time you ever hear a full orchestral performance in an FF game. Was pretty epic at the time. Still is!

[@Malacite]

One Winged Angel says hi?

[@xman17]

@@Malacite One winged angel was midi

[@Nexdex]

@@xman17 ^this. only thing real in OWA was the choir

[@auron1319]

Dancing Mad?

[@Malacite]

@@auron1319 heavily synthesized. We're both correct sort of, but the OP meant like purely performed by an orchestra and I guess converted into MP3.

[@ImpeccableZentertainment]

Liberi Fatali translates to "Fated Children"

[@malfeasantamalgam]

Gotta love child soldiers

[@joeschlottach9074]

In case no one else brought this up (I scrolled to check) but the opening lyrics actually are a scrambled sentence of "procession of witches and love". Which is an overall arching theme of the story.

[@Ktjnn]

Great trivia to bring up!

[@joeschlottach9074]

@@NuiYabuko lol oh my goodness can't believe I typed the wrong word. You are correct

[@minasojomassiel4397]

After watching each of Jesse's reactions in this series, I feel this burning desire to see a machine-gun style compilation of snippets where Jesse makes a confused expression/remark trying to figure out just what the heck is up with this soundtrack. It'd be great I think. 😄

[@Frionelz]

Well to respond to what you said, it has to be discovered with the movie to reaaaally appreciate it. It was the first time a game was so grandiose back in 1999. Very elegant, epic and magestic.

[@Harrowing999]

FF8 was my first FF game so I’m biased toward it. But it’s honestly a fantastic game that I’m constantly replaying

[@jnm92]

Same. On the ps1. I was like 11. So many memories

[@peggieschafer485]

Same. You should have seen my butt get clobbered every five minutes because I was yet another person who ignored the junction system and just kept leveling. It was humbling on a deep level, but I just couldn't put it down 😂

[@Boricheck]

@@peggieschafer485 Haha, i was aso 11 like @jnm92 when i first played it and you your comment concerning the junction system is soooo true. As an early teen, not very clever yet, the junction system may be a bit hard to understand. As soon as i got it, i was op in about 2h haha

[@sokka4875]

"I wasn't expecting that" is the general vibe of ff8

[@SansAziza]

Remember trying to run downstairs to get a hot dog?

[@CaffeinatedKing]

I mean, it's the first thing you see when you start the game, watching the movie would have been completely fine in this case and highly recommended because it's still one of the raddest game intro cutscenes of all time.

[@NELzane9999]

One of the best FF Openings ever! ❤

[@FrozenSolid90]

It's the intro sequence, it plays when you select to start a new game. So it's not much of a spoiler...

[@ayakotami3318]

If you haven't been told yet the language is Latin. The title means "Fated Children''. SquareEnix is known for using Latin in Final Fantasy music. 😊

[@Zethrae]

I'm glad you got to listen to this, but I wish the requester only put in the music instead of the video, because since you aren't watching all of the sudden "movie" elements and the clashing just get in the way of the music.

[@ProfKisuto]

I will never EVER forget seeing this for the first time haha.

[@Mitsu2040]

I think you need to watch it to get the full experience. Also, I hope you don't skip the prologue to this game because it's also very good.

[@Arksimon2k]

Well, this is more of a cinematic piece, and the movie that you didn't watch is was quite jaw dropping at the time. I guess it's not my favourite FF8 track either, but it's way up there as at least a defining song of the series.

[@guruthosamarthruin4459]

FF8's intro might be the first time I watched a video over and over again before the game was released. I was obsessed.

[@peggieschafer485]

I was trying not to bounce around in my chair like a kid with the fits watching it on the bitty 1" inset on my phone. I just can't help but grin my face off when I see it regardless of my pathetic setup. Powerful, powerful stuff.

[@Caramaram]

I look forward to seeing you hear it with the cutscenes when to playing though the game. I feel like often it's not nostalgia that makes people enjoy this sort of thing more, but context.

[@Vaslof]

9:36 "There is so much confusion with this game" heh

[@BlakeAustin2011]

“Fated Children” - huge foreshadowing once you know the plot.

[@macigimagic]

I always come back to 8 for its music and cool designs. I have never finished because game mechanics and story never carry it for me to the end. It just starts feel like a chore at some point but still i come back every time. I have completed many other FF games some even multiple times 4,7,12 to say few and at this point accepted the fact that i never will complete 8. Still one of the most nostalgic things to me is to hear Don´t be afraid and crack of Quistis´s whip at start of random encounter, sometimes when i think that song those starting animation noices characters make are part of the song in my mind and i can´t hear it without my mind adding them to the song.

[@Trollamollex]

Just watch a let's play lol

[@macigimagic]

@@Trollamollex I know what happens in FF8 because long time ago i watched my brother play it but it is not the point of my comment. What i tried to say is somenthing like even if FF8 has lot of things that are so awesome and cool still something in whole package never get´s me to complete the game unlike many other FF games. And i am not saying that 8 is bad far from it. In many ways it is top class FF game but just for some reason never holds my attention to the end.

[@Trollamollex]

@@macigimagic Yes and actually it's one of the most rushed FFs in the whole franchise. One of the guys who worked on it said that it had like 70% of the content they wanted in it at the most. I think that lots of the desert area gets boring along with some of those other spots that surround that section. The magic system isn't engaging enough especially with how you grind it and there just isn't enough between disk 2 and 3 to make you really want to jump into the next section. It's my favorite FF for aesthetic and music reasons as well as the more "realistic personalities and situations", but the lack of challenge and long drawn out sections where it's not too exciting do cost it lots of points imo. Probably the most boring gameplay and plot wise out of the 7 through 10 (which was the golden age of FF imo). Still my favorite out of the main line up of FF.

[@Gamingnstuff131]

You can buy the music on iTunes. Save yourself the agony of playing this game.

[@davidsomoza]

Its the intro of the game yes, and as Eyes on You, it was kinda a new thing for games to have lyrics (in this case latin, in eyes on me in english) on songs on games.

[@undeadmaster666]

i love final fantasy 8. the music was the best. i used to back in the day load up the game and stant in balam garden just to listen to the music for hours on end. one really nice audio bit they used during the intro that i found spot on was the sound of squalls gunblade spinning and hitting the ground, the audio used for it fits into the song and even drives it forward with the sound of it hitting the floor. a truely masterful way to use sound effects i think.

[@jadewukong]

you are so right about hearing it in dark souls and stuff cuz I LOVE the bloodborne soundtrack and I think it was FF that got me into these like grand symphonic type music that are energetic like that it's so cool! I first heard it when I was younger in the early 2000s when I begged my mom for it at a used game store. the discs were scratched and it was hard for me to play, but the entire soundtrack stays with me to this day!

[@InimicalWit]

2:51 Noooooo 😭 lol 💙 It does let you focus on the music, but you furrowed your brow at the noises accompanying presentation of the title Viewing your reaction is an experience lol 💙

[@PiuGraveMusic]

OH I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED THIS ONE. I'm so ready to see your reaction!

[@kisaragireion]

This is probably why Nobuo Uematsu is one of the greatest video game composers. He set the standards of video game score so high, even with a lot of hardware limitations back in the day. It may not be an exaggeration that we kinda have him to thank for a lot of great video game soundtracks nowadays.

[@InimicalWit]

12:21 I hope you find something in it you like, too 😁💙 This was one of the entries in the franchise that got real sneaky with game play and hid an alternative in plain sight But it’s designed so you can play it just the way you expect to play an RPG of its kind Eager to see your Ep1 💙

[@metalfingers2129]

I think watching the intro with the song is really key to feeling it the way it's intended. Combined with the things on screen, it really slaps.

[@Fr0st_Tea]

Final fantasy 8 was overlooked because of it's confusing combat system. However, after learning it (way after completing my first playthrough as a child), I kind of like this combat system the most until ff12.

[@commodore64brannigan]

Just you wait until you hear The Landing…. Still get goosebumps playing the game and that kicks in

[@fwwryh7862]

You should listen to the soundtrack. The game movie has swords and sound effects over it.

[@kazumauesugi1107]

FF8 is my favorite one simply due to all of the themes that fit together so well and a story that goes beyond a roller coaster ride. Much of the music creates this unresolved tension which is very true to the narrative. You will see what I mean.

[@frankkendrick7751]

I heard this for the first time as a 6 or 7 year-old kid and it was strange, grand in sound to the point of being overwhelming, and more intense than anything I’d heard before. Granted, I wasn’t yet listening to music (or conventional music at least), but I did at least somewhat enjoy the soundtracks to games like Soul Reaver, Metal Gear Solid, And Spyro the Dragon. I did find one game’s soundtrack to be so enthralling and that game was Crash Bandicoot 3, but that came out a little later iirc.

[@danaos4120]

Chills every time

[@LionNirvana]

Okay, but what's the name of this blues that's playing in the background? ;)

[@fanglespangle110]

It's really worth considering the context of the time. When this came out, video game music was changing dramatically. Coming from the SNES where you had like... 5 channels, a small box of instruments and immense limitations, PS1 really lifted the limitations (PS1 in particular had excellent sound hardware) and you can really see Nobou stretch his legs on this OST. I remember my mum hearing the music and having heard me grow up on things like Mario or Sonic, was familiar with chip tune. She was kinda blindsided by the music coming out of my room (this song in particular actually) FF7 was on the PS1 too, but was developed back in a time when nobody actually knew what hardware the game was coming out on. (They assumed it would be Project Reality, that eventually became the N64) with no indication as to what the audio capabilities would be like and you can still hear it in a good 90% of the FF7 sound track. It still keeps to a set number of tracks, the instruments are clearly from a keyboard sound chip, they tend to be short loops rather than focused and intense pieces with different movements and motifs. But then you get One Winged Angel so at some point, some idea of exactly what they had to play with came about. Probably quite late in development. This is before Internet was really used for development. So the project management would have been different to how it is today. It would have been really difficult to go back and change a bunch of tracks that were already done. With this OST, they would have fully known what they were working on and what they could do with it and it really showed.

[@proudlarry8225]

Ah, you were relatively recently sent a song with sound effects in it, with the Library of Ruina, the snapping sound was a game sound effect added to the compilation as a transition designator.

[@marestgondev]

The extreme it´s the peak of game music, then this is a epic game intro who conclude with the extreme

[@Mystearical]

I think the issue is... back when it came out.... it was like WOAH!!!!! For an Intro. It was sooo cool and unique!!! NOTHING matched this on the PS1 (RPH-wise anyway). That's why for us old timers - this particular song holds a big place in our hearts (for FF fans anyway). Listening to it now without context for "newer" players... it's more like a "cool but mehhh!!" I think nostalgia is is with this one. Crazy thing is - I like the Distant World version more than the original.

[@SpaceRampage]

All the requests tricked you into believing this would the best track in FF8, when in reality that would be "Compression of Time"...

[@joeharrison4783]

I recommend you watch the Dead Fantasy series (legendary amateur director made this series on his laptop), uses characters from dead or alive and final fantasy series fighting each other, doesn't develop a story until the final episodes, he was popular enough to be director of RWBY until he passed away, some music including this song is in the series, not long about 6 or 7 episodes

[@ahmadmanga]

After the game's ending, this opening hits much harder... Pretty sure it's not nostalgia, but you need the visuals and the know the game's characters for it to hit well.

[@InimicalWit]

1:16 Okay, but I REALLY hope it catches your eye. It’s so good 💙

[@pyromidas]

it was easily the best game opening i'd ever seen or heard when it came out... final fantasy has a habit of doing that actually

[@RG-df2lr]

You should watch the video after the initial listen to see if it fits whatever feeling it invoked in you

[@MoogieSRO]

I'm so psyched for the playthrough :) I hope you do the same with FF7 and don't watch chat too much. As much as there's some tips/advice I do wish you'd know about, a game should speak for itself in the way it encourages its players to play. So just play however feels natural to you; you're getting the same experience we all did back in the day. Then whether you love it or hate it, at least it will be an honest opinion.

[@scoochaside]

He's already played FF7, the remake and the original.

[@MoogieSRO]

@@scoochaside Yes I know, that's what I was referring to.

[@Anuojat]

Infinite% should look at the cutscenes or where the music takes place... if youre concerned for spoilers i am sure youre can watch the imagery after lisening to the song but some are 100% made with the cutscenes in mind.

[@Leonsbane]

At least you won't have to wait long to understand the random noises in the background. This song is fantastic. The lyrics are in Latin, and this song was one of the reasons I started studying Latin in high school haha. Whenever you finish the game, I'll be glad to talk to you about the lyrics. I think you'll understand the hype when you can watch the video.

[@Null_Experis]

The lyrics aren't latin. They're an anagram of the two themes of the game in english. No latin words have an -os or suffix unless they are second declension nouns in the plural accusative. Latin also doesn't have the letter W, and the dipthong sound in wicos isn't correct either. If it WERE latin, it would be "vuicos", which is the latin word for "village" in the accusative plural.

[@Nexdex]

@@Null_Experis The song has more lyrics than "fithos lusec wecos vinosec" and those are in latin

[@Leonsbane]

@@Nexdex defended before I could even get to it lol. Thanks friend.

[@undeadMonk]

Yes, that's the opening video! Complete with break to title. You'll be seeing it soon enough. (The Distant Worlds version is fantastic, but I understand you work with what you're sent.)

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

A friend i made recently in a metal show suddenly showed me he has a tattoo of leon

[@InimicalWit]

5:08 Totally up to you, but this opening is excellent as a trailer for the game, as well But now if you did choose to play it, after this, the marvel of that video is yet preserved for you 💙

[@smichal52]

Hi Jesse, very happy to know you'll be playing FF8. Will there be vids on KZbin? I hope I could catch you live, but it's really tough with my timezone (it's 2 in the morning for me when you start). Anyway, thanks for all the amazing videos, hope you have a great time playing FF8 :)

[@JessesAuditorium]

Yes, vods ill be here 24 hours after!

[@fightinggamesexplained453]

I see you with the GTA2 Title track. Good shit. Also yea when this game came out I was young as hell and thought it was gonna be related to FF7. HELLA disappointed as I'm sure you can understand. However, you're right. It was bizarre at the time, but quickly became a classic. If you watch the FMV with it, you get the full package, but if you're clashing with SFX and expectations, it can be weird.

[@MoogieSRO]

Oh no... I saw the Twitch notification last night, but it was too late for me to watch. And now there's no VOD because Twitch changed the setting so that VODs aren't saved automatically... :/ I hope it's not lost forever...

[@JMartini810]

I am a FF7 guy but I would always put FF8 in to play the intro !

[@jean-lucfagnan7798]

This guy looks so much like Mang0

[@lydiamuller6175]

You clearly heard the beach - as the first sentences came in as the waves did

[@dasilva2095]

For years this music was called Minos Minocep or so i thought.

[@ryanrebs5830]

Can you upload the FF8 playthrough to youtube? I cant find it on twitch sadly

[@JessesAuditorium]

Unfortunately, FF8 was the only game I stopped streaming. I just decided to finish it off stream on my own.

[@ryanrebs5830]

@@JessesAuditorium Aww darn. Thanks anyway !

[@HollowTomajikate]

It's an intro movie, yeah, you can watch it no spoilers.

[@ekoms108]

We got a similar sound in major media with Dual of the Fates.

[@SansAziza]

Carmina Burana

[@pezdispencer113]

The song name is Latin, meaning 'Fated Children'. It's named after the protagonists of the game since they're all kids in their late teens (17/18) y/o).

[@valence686]

I feel like Liberi Fatali with the latin choir and all is somewhat directly into the continuation of One Winged Angel, and after all came just after. I do believe to a lot of people this piece is way higher because it's (one of) the main theme and leitmotiv (you may have noticed its theme in the Landing as well) and taken as a whole vs just taken from this piece alone, just isn't the same thing imo

[@GrimJackal]

I remember calling my parents into the room to watch this and my dad saying "Why is that man fighting that woman?"

[@InimicalWit]

11:39 What? No you’re not. Shut up. Tie your shoes. Fold the grass. Spoon the bard. Also: Keep being real 💙

[@thegabyworld1920]

Real masterpierce

[@Seraphinanoire]

oooo you're going to play my favorite ff game? im excited to see that!!!

[@beo3828]

You should've looked to the piano version of this song, the official one. It's absolutely brilliant.

[@Walamonga1313]

Meh, this one is way better

[@beo3828]

@@Walamonga1313 agree to disagree

[@miguelangel-go7xj]

Epic OST, Cheesy Love story.

[@arjanzweers6542]

When you compare FF7 One Winged Angel to FF8 Liberi Fatali, you can just hear the huge leap in quality of the sound of the vocals and music in general when you consider it is still the PS1

[@darrylrobson4376]

Well One Winged Angel was midi running off the PS1 chip (except the vocals). Liberi Fatali is an actual recorded orchestra - it's not running off the PS1 soundchip, the PS1 is just playing back an audio file, like a .mp3 file.

[@ace3slOfficial]

Liberi Fatali's lyrics is written in Latin which portrays the term 'Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec' as 'Succession of Witches', which is a runnning theme of FFVIII... there is a vanilla version of the song in YT without the Opening Cinematic SFX'es, and probably you would've been better hearing that than this one for clarity... But then again, this piece has been one of the most iconic music throughout the whole FF series, alongside FFVII's One-Winged Angel and FFVI's Opening Theme...

[@ace3slOfficial]

also, Liberi Fatali means 'Fated Children', also a recurring theme of the protagonists...

[@Mitsu2040]

what happened to the playthrough? I thought I saw part 1 and now nothing

[@Tackleberry61]

Another awesome reaction. And I agree on all your comments regarding it. Hm? What was that? No, FFXIV, it's best not to pressure him into playing your content. It's best just to let him come over naturally. Yes, I know he's put in numerous hours on other FF games. The day will come, though! When he can no longer resist! :p Sorry, Jesse...had to.

[@Adenfall]

This is the best opening to any game ever

[@aeternusvotum]

I love this so muuuuch, I prefer it over OWA and so I've been waiting to it ever since you reacted to that one :D I'm your opposite, if people told me to imagine something from LF or OWA, I wouldn't remember anything musically from OWA :D As I've said before, I will not be able to watch your playthrough of it because I plan to play it myself in the nearer future - but I might at least tune in to see your reaction to this opening (which I didn't know was the opening until people on the server pointed it out)

[@LillyTensei]

I associate this song more with Ff15. Cause I played the FF8 ost in the regalia constantly. (I love both 8 and 15, but I played 15 first)

[@debelmeis2311]

This game is as everywhere as the soundtrack lol

[@zeroSephiroth1]

and now "Fisherman's Horizon" and "Balamb GARDEN" please^^

[@Malacite]

The name means "Fated Children" which refers to the cast, as the party are all older teenagers. You actually could (should?) have watched the video because it's just the opening FMV to the game, and as such doesn't really spoil anything. I remember getting the demo for this waaaay back in the day and being completely blown away by the graphics and music. Like I legitimately thought that games could never get any better than FF8. Really don't wanna spoil anything as you're about to start a first run, suffice to say 8 is fairly janky in many regards and I don't just mean the plot but I hope you love it :D

[@ericbooth7615]

Being underwhelmed is a reasonable reaction to this. So much hype around Liberi Fatali is because it was accompanied by what was at the time the most impressive FMV opening of any game up until then. So this hype is coming from people who were 10 at the time and were like "WHOA CHECK THIS FMV OUT" Uematsu has many much much better compositions.

[@worland102688]

Damn, I'm so sad he decided not to watch the footage. It is SO MUCH better with the opening video

[@Sekainoowaride]

You could've looked, this is literally the intro cutscene lmao.

[@ericules5558]

If you haven't, mass effect has some good music and skyrim too and dragon age, I'd say bioshock too but theirs isn't custom

[@gigaganon]

You should have looked at the footage, it's just the intro when you start the game

[@tenroy6]

I know this isnt FF14, but you should try out Thunder Rolls, Ramuh Theme. For some reason I think you'll love it :P

[@genericnamehere7602]

You should give Final Fantasy Tactics a whirl, especially its God tier soundtrack.

[@DennGreenIII]

You pronounced it correctly. It's latin, it means children of fate.