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A lot has changed in the 20 years since Final Fantasy VII. Remake's soundtrack requires more than just pretty orchestral arrangements of the original's tunes - it needs to reconsider the very role music has in video games and adapt the original soundtrack into a modern score.
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Links & Resources
@8bitMusicTheory's video on FF7 Remake's dynamic music:
"How they Remade the Mako Reactor Theme from Final Fantasy 7", by 8-bit Music Theory
• How They Remade the Ma...
I had a conversation with @LeonardoDaSidci about Final Fantasy VII Remake and nostalgia. Go check out the video!
"Sharing Nostalgia with Final Fantasy VII Remake | Sidcourse" by Leonardo Da Sidci
• How Nostalgia Works wi...
I've made a bunch of other videos about the music of Final Fantasy, here's a playlist of them all.
"Final Fantasy | Game Score Fanfare" playlist
• Final Fantasy | Game S...
I also have a series called Warriors of Leitmotif, which is a game-by-game breakdown of the Final Fantasy's use of theme and motif. There's a new episode on Final Fantasy V coming sometime soon.
"Warriors of Leitmotif" playlist
• Warriors of Leitmotif
There's also an interesting video by the official @FinalFantasy KZbin channel going deep into the behind the scenes of Final Fantasy VII Remake's music, with interviews from developers and composers including Masashi Hamauzu! Definitely worth a watch.
"Inside FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE - Episode 4: Music and Sound Effects" by FINAL FANTASY
• Inside FINAL FANTASY V...
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Games shown in this video, in order of appearance:
0:01 - Final Fantasy VII Remake
0:11 - Resident Evil 3 (2020)
0:15 - Shadow of the Colossus (2018)
0:23 - Final Fantasy VII
7:44 - Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
7:57 - Final Fantasy XIII
8:15 - Final Fantasy XV
All music used in this video is from Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tracks used in order of appearance. Credits are listed as (Composer // Arranger)
0:00 - Aerith's Theme. I don't know if this version is on the OST? It plays during Cloud and Aerith's conversation on the slide (Chapter 9)
0:58 - It's an in-game cue from when Cloud sees a clone in Sector 5 (Chapter 8)
1:11 - In-game cue that uses the Opening theme, which is now titled "Midgar, City of Mako". Occurs at the start of Chapter 9 when Cloud gets a flashback.
1:34 - Same piece as 0:00.
2:13 - All Quiet at the Gates (Takafumi Imamura // Takafumi Imamura)
3:12 - Main Theme of FFVII - Nightfall in the Undercity (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
3:30 - Under the Rotting Pizza (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
4:00 - The Oppressed - Beck's Badasses (Nobuo Uematsu // Naoyuki Honzawa)
4:24 - Hip Hop de Chocobo (Nobuo Uematsu // Takafumi Imamura)
4:35 - Tifa's Theme (from Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu)
5:04 - Tifa's Theme - Seventh Heaven (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
5:34 - The Star of Seventh Heaven (Nobuo Uematsu // Yoshinori Nakamura)
6:08 - Smash 'Em, Rip 'Em (Nobuo Uematsu // Naoyuki Honzawa)
6:45 - Shinra's Theme (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
7:09 - Let The Battles Begin! - A Merc's Job (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
7:32 - Opening ~ Bombing Mission (from Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu)
7:47 - The Dalmascan Estersand (from Final Fantasy XII - Hitoshi Sakimoto)
8:04 - Blinded By Light (from Final Fantasy XIII - Masashi Hamauzu)
8:22 - Stand Your Ground (from Final Fantasy XV - Yoko Shimomura)
8:33 - Mako Reactor 1 (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
9:33 - Let The Battles Begin! - Break Through (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
10:18 - Let The Battles Begin! - The Hideout (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
10:36 - The Turks' Theme (Nobuo Uematsu // Yoshitaka Suzuki)
10:56 - In-game cue from when Cloud has a vision of Sephiroth (Chapter 2)
11:08 - Hell House (Nobuo Uematsu // Kengo Tokusashi, Mitsuto Suzuki)
12:30 - Midnight Rendezvous (Mitsuto Suzuki // Mitsuto Suzuki)
13:55 - On Our Way (Nobuo Uematsu // Shotaro Shima)
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Game Score Fanfare is a show that celebrates music in video games, an aspect so overlooked as that's often the point: to work without you even realising it's there. I look at games through the lens of its score, discovering the unique perspective and roles that music can bring.