Nobuo Uematsu - Cantana for Dancing (Full Dancing Mad Orchestrated by Oren Productions)

[@vocexseta]

Listening to different people's interpretation of Dancing Mad is always like going on an adventure I know I like.

[@aydancasey819]

How I feel for a lot of good remixes of video game Osts

[@aimlesspassions1157]

Who stayed from start to finish? 👋

[@borealsullivan5486]

0:00 - First movement 3:38 - Second movement 7:45 - Third movement 13:09 - Fourth movement (which sounds more like Kefka's theme, but whatever)

[@oliverhervey6187]

That's cos the fourth movement is literally kefkas theme in 7/4

[@borealsullivan5486]

@@oliverhervey6187 I know. Just here the difference is more striking and far from original score

[@jaxxh6529]

fourth part i thought huh? sephiroth? hahahaha

[@VcassCsoto]

Dancing mad is one of the few songs I urge ppl to actually take some creative liberty with. It’s supposed to be fucking mad and crazy and chaotic so go for it...melt my fucking ears!!!

[@TDGCmote]

dancing mad is deg an earmelter

[@TDGCmote]

def* (elgnish is my first laguage i ser❤at)

[@Krystalmyth]

I am sad that it's missing the true finale of Dancing Mad. It's so beautiful, I'm shocked that Oren decided to skip it...

[@Faygris]

This is a masterpiece beyond comparison.

[@wolfywise]

You can say that again

[@shoujahatsumetsu]

This is a masterpiece beyond comparison.

[@Vladimir666p]

Alissa MewMew This is a masterpiece beyond comparison.

[@Krystalmyth]

Masterpiece? Never heard of one.

[@blackman943]

This is a masterpiece beyond comparison.

[@quizboy99]

17:50 is the Final part of the fight if anyone wanted to hear that.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

Hank listens to Dancing Mad!? xD "I tell you, hwat."

[@notsofunny9651]

“Kefka, I’m gonna kicked your ass”-Hank Hill (sells propane and propane accessories)

[@Motoko1134]

Thanks Hank, I love your daughter.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

@@Motoko1134 Hank doesn't have a daughter! lmao

[@Motoko1134]

@@BlackWingedSeraphX Even more reason to love her xD

[@Eyriea]

Okay, I just have to say, this is the absolute best version of Dancing Mad I've ever heard (even better than the Distant Worlds version) and a million commendations to the arrangers of this piece. Seriously, it's the loveliest thing ever.

[@Kahez]

Mia Swenson agree

[@micahlindley7515]

My favourite is the one by sangnoksu.

[@fartkerson]

My favorite is the one on Nobuo's band, The Earthbound Papas, album Dancing Dad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYHTh6Grp6eFhtU

[@NotExplicable]

Try this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4CQaoiVhrCbnaM

[@DayE114]

@@NotExplicable yes!!! that arrangement is second to none…

[@HelloKittyTsi]

This is THE MOST BADASS version of Dancing Mad that I've EVER heard!

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

Agreed! This one has the best opening of all on KZbin!

[@redjakOfficial]

A few liberties in the adaptation, but definitly excellent

[@AArdW01f]

They need to insert the OG Kefka laugh. Otherwise this is perfection

[@yashirokof2]

Vae victis, lacrimosa, gloriosa (Woe to the vanquished, mournful tear, glorious) Rex Aeterna (Eternal King) Ah Tu suscipe pro animabus illis (whom today we commemorate) Mors ego sum mortis (I am the death of death) Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (Grant unto them eternal rest) Morte aeterna Kyrie, eleison! (Lord, have mercy!)

[@agnusgloria1122]

Are these lyrics from the video? And if so where do they play?

[@davidxxi8430]

Minutes?

[@Geoff69420]

Iesu Domine Dona eis requiem

[@malukagura]

THANKS!!!

[@Leuka_]

This is... falling-to-my-knees level glorious. Thank you.

[@justlint]

13:33 Sephiroth, get the fu-- oh nvm jk.

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

Funny, now that I listen to one wing angel I can pick up alot of parts that pay homage to dancing mad.

[@justlint]

Do you mean the original version, or this rendition? Which parts do you mean?

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

justlint The regular version, if you listen to dancing mad then listen to one winged angel you'll hear some tiny nuances that are homages to dancing mad. The only reason I even caught it was from this video and I went and listened to dancing mad from the snes and then one winged angel then I started noticing the similarities.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

This is the best arrangement in my opinion. The choir really makes it stronger.

[@VoxSapphomet]

This song and Kefka as a character are the pinnacle of The Fool archetype

[@agnusgloria1122]

Those beautiful bells. At the very end those beautiful bells are the very music of triumph itself.

[@AllRdS]

This is ridiculously epic. I can hardly believe it. 11/10. Fantastic.

[@adamclark8994]

Imagine a remake of FF6 with this playing.

[@agustinmiranda3989]

Nah, it'll be awful

[@redjakOfficial]

I would love a remake of FFVI, not a huge production like VII remake, but with upgraded pixelized graphics based on Amano's art, and a fully reorchestrated soundtrack like this one. This game deserves at least that.

[@adamclark8994]

@@redjakOfficial Yes, I will play the 7 remake one day but I'm not that bothered right now.

[@redjakOfficial]

@Adam ClarkThe soundtrack is very much worth a listen.

[@salverobosa7135]

@@redjakOfficial No. FFVI deserves a remake in modern graphics, not just another pixel crap

[@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd]

To this day, the best Dancing Mad remix I've ever heard.

[@recursivedreamer3149]

This is an amazing rendition of Dancing Mad... so haunting and beautiful... and I really love the artwork in the background.

[@-0SafEr_esPHIRitOs_sancTHus0-]

Fun fact uematsu was drunk when he wrote this masterpiece. Also fun fact that was a joke by uematsu himself.

[@kyoopihd]

How.... how have I not seen this in the almost four years it's been on KZbin? This is very strange to me. Kudos - amazing arrangement.

[@jy3n2]

18:00 The random "Also Sprach Zarathustra" makes sense, somehow.

[@smol1337]

The way that the Kefka track was implemented warmed my heart

[@TheAnimeMegaFreak]

It sound so much like it would go with its own movie

[@Quattro_Bajeena]

incredible

[@destroy_time]

this will not be topped. best game of all time. best villain of all time, and while you can call me out on those prior two, without a doubt the best VGM composer of all time. (kondo is on par; respect where respect is due).

[@DrStrangefate]

Benji Taylor I'd put Koh Otani next to Uematsu in terms of musical skill, though he is shamefully unknown in the west. I had the honor of seeing Uematsu a couple years ago. Incredibly charming.

[@siriusy.t.517]

Excelente, una obra maestra!! Como nos tiene acostumbrados Nobuo

[@aaaro88]

Best rendition I've ever encountered

[@ameatytulip374]

...every rendition hits on such a different level... They all resonate with my inner psychopath, which is incredibly exhilarating... Kefka is the man. Hands down.

[@philipearakaki]

Don't go cutting yourself with all that edge

[@Codreanu_Prezent]

​@@philipearakaki What?

[@barghest94]

@@Codreanu_Prezent He was accurately saying that he is being really edgy.

[@Codreanu_Prezent]

@@barghest94 "Inner psychopath" is just an expressive description of something. It's like if I said Tupac resonates with my "Inna gangsta."

[@barghest94]

@@Codreanu_Prezent I'm going to vomit from the cringe lmao

[@AlecVannoy]

Life...Dreams...Hope...Where do they come from? And where do they go? None of that junk is enough to fulfill your hearts! Destruction...Destruction is what makes life worth living! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Let's destroy everything!

[@heritagekebek3029]

You stand before the final dimension, and I am the darkness of Eternity... All life bears death from birth. Life fears death, but lives only to die. It starts with anxiety. Anxiety becomes fear. Fear leads to anger... Anger leads to hate... Hate leads to suffering... The only cure for this fear is Total Destruction. Destroying the origin of all things : The Crystal.

[@heritagekebek3029]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5icmmawibqHgrM

[@DaMoniable]

The final part wasnt done the way i was hoping for, but the whole piece was very well done none the less. :3 deff in the top of my favorite kefka remixes

[@redjakOfficial]

My thoughts exactly :)

[@viniciusalexandretarginonu2225]

I owe Final Fantasy a slice of the best memories of my life

[@matthewdesjardins9269]

Vinicius Alexandre Targino Nunes same. I still get chills when I play them now that I'm older and can look deeper into the stories they tell...

[@tomekjakubik8439]

Me too. Something incredible, all my childchood

[@morningbell3690]

This is incredible. I would pay any amount of money to see this live. Jeremy and Derek, you've made something truly special. I sincerely hope that Uematsu has heard this.

[@morningbell3690]

Also making the third movement the song a reference to Beethoven's Missa was an inspired choice. Absolutely incredible.

[@morningbell3690]

15:34 that was when the realization hit me. The final movement could be interpreted as Kefka mocking other characters. At first his mocking Sephiroth, and at this time code he mocks Sabin and Edgar, their leitmotif almost begins, only to go onto a circus like rendition of Kefka's theme.

[@richardwalker2881]

All this from an snes cartridge, a 20 min orchestral masterpiece was not done on a cd, but a frikking snes cartridge, the next pieces of orchestral goodness on a cartridge were vs weather trio aka vs the beasts of revelation (the ziz, the leviathan and the behemoth)

[@JCDadalus]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! The variations! Hahahah! The One Winged Angel Reference on the third movement is FANTASTIC!

[@Kydrou]

It's in the 4th movement.

[@sushipop7658]

this sounds like a fromsoftware track and i really love that

[@eduardogaxiola3907]

I just can't stop listening to it... Simply superb

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

Best version I've ever heard!

[@piromaniac9999]

dark world and dancing mad are why kefka is the best ff villain.Both convey so much emotion. world of ruin:Pure utter despair and ruin. Dancing mad:A lunatic god who laughs and mocks the dead.I mean:how much worse can you get than someone who brought ruin to the world and laughs at the suffering and dying? Kefka's theme shows malice, when he is weak he is murdering people laughing about it. I would call kefka:THE LORD OF RUIN!! in the ff series or lord of despair.

[@Matt64x64]

*Cough cough* more like the god of magic cough cough*

[@TeaIngyer]

Kefka has great themes, but he's not a great villain. His character could have been replaced with an evil frog and it wouldn't have affected the plot. He only exists to show up, laugh a bit, then complete whatever generic evil task he needs to do for the writers to advance the plot. "Hahaha! You just got the thing you needed! Now I will steal it! Mahahaha!" "I have done X before you could stop me, now I am unbeatable, Now I will gloat! Mahahaha! you are feeble! Mahahaha! Bow to me! AHAHAHA!!11!" Compare him to villains like Gwyn Lord Of Cinder, The Masked Man (Mother 3), and Andrew Ryan, you'll notice that he's cut and paste. Joke all you want about Tidus laughing badly [on purpose], but Final Fantasy 10's villains are ten times better written than Kefka. F**K even Sephiroth, the ultimate mama's boy, is better written, since he matters more to the plot in the long run.

[@piromaniac9999]

marklenthecool I disagree.Seymour guado was predictable.I want to destroy spira to save it by killing everyone.The guy who became god was interesting, but he was a joke as a villain.< Sephiroth is overrated.He read a book and became evil.We don't even know if he was really evil.We know that um hojo is evil and insane. The take on kefka wether you like it or not has more impact in ff6.Everything he does impacts everyone on the party.He is a psychopath who likes to torture and kill people, and he is also insane.The game is less about his backstory, and more about the impact.One person i remeber compared kefka to no country for old men:Why was he really evil? we know a bit about his history, but no matter how you put it, no matter what, there is no excuse to comit the evil heinous acts he has commited in ff6.The acts of torture degradation and murder is beyond bad.he doesn't even have respect for gestahl or leo, or the soldiers. FF6 also is a different game and meaning.Themes of love and family and meaning of life are explored, and i think it clashes very well with kefkas personality who is the opposite of that.

[@piromaniac9999]

marklenthecool I would accept better possible villains exist, but not on those below you listed such as sephiroth and um seymor guado.actually, a lot of ff villains are cliché comic book villains like ff8's ultimecia:MWAHAHAHAHA VILE DESGUSTING!! i vill destroy you MWAHAHAHAHA and then kills the president.Very very cliché and unoriginal. The reason kefka stands out is because. 1:He is weak and a coward.In ff series we have not had another coward that i can think of who was the main villain. garlands plot was interesting, but he didn't have any backstory either.His plot was confusing and had something to do with going back in time and creating the fiends to destroy the world to escape the heroes having an endless loop. FF2's villain wanted to become the ruler of hell and became just that and was all powerfull.He was always all powerfull as far as i know. FF3's villain is i don't remember FF legends was one of the more interesting ones.God created a bunch of mini gods to terrorize the world and have them climb up to entertain himself(asshole god) and rewards the person with power.It was all a game. FF4's villain was similar to darth vaders villain FF5 Ex Death a tree opening vortexes and having people fall in and die.He became the void FF6 kefka F7 sephiroth who was angry because he was an experiment and his father injected him with jenova.had a hissy fit and turned evil. FF8:Ultimecia joke villain who was more laughable than anything FF9: Kuja found out he was a mere mortal and a pawn and got angry tried to destroy the world.It was kinda dumb in some ways but at least it showed him doing evil stuff. FFX:The main villain is god in the end who created sin to continuously destroy the world.

[@Sad-Lesbian]

Shadow_Link In my opinion Caius is by far the best written villain in the series.

[@Crazylom]

I legit get covered n bumps with every new wave of notes and _CHOIR_

[@SOLaharl]

Incredible work.

[@SuperQatarGirl]

10:09 to 10:51 has to be my favourite part of this entire piece. Don't get me wrong, the entire thing is absolutely gorgeous, but there's just something about the way the organ plays in that part that strikes me as magical, pure and simple. And again from 12:07 to 12:18 is just... perfection. Absolutely masterful. I couldn't love this track more if I wanted to.

[@wolfywise]

I was thinking, maybe they should implement Kefka into Kingdom Hearts.

[@HeyyItsDalee]

***** To be honest, I think Kefka should replace Maleficent as the "leader." Give Sora and co. some sense of false hope and then get hit right in the face with Kefka.

[@TheAnimeMegaFreak]

They could have 4 of his forms with each of their respective theme like this style. each of them still hard like any other optional bosses. maybe harder than Sephiroth or Xemnas from KH 1FM. They should also allow Kefka use his Fallen One ability but with its own twist instead of draining magic maybe

[@crazyspadger3602]

Fuck yes!

[@Sad-Lesbian]

I don't think this will ever happen. Kefka is so extremely inhuman and does stuff I doubt Disney would ever even want close to their characters. But the biggest reasons why this probably is never going to happen is because Kefka is very unpopular in Japan and a much different character than what the rest of the world knows him as.

[@andoryugurahamu7523]

Kefka would just blow everything the fuck up...

[@Crazylom]

13:33 Aaaaand good half of FF fans got triggered...

[@harryhoudini714]

Best "non original" Version yet. Epic!

[@jonathanshirley4366]

To think this originated from a 1994 final boss theme.

[@richardwalker2881]

On an 8 bit cartridge, on a system with tech that was later beaten by a massive leap in tech later that decade

[@johnc2956]

@@richardwalker2881 16-bit. ;)

[@ThePyrobluangel]

loved the bit of "Hut on Fowl's Legs (Pictures at an Exhibition)" at 15:47

[@josullivan5604]

so much texture! what a joy!

[@jormatikkanen7310]

I've been looking for this for so long! Thanks.

[@Nihilna]

totally epic !!!

[@noctislucis746]

OKAY THIS WINS! THIS REMIX IS KILLING ME!!!!

[@Captain_Char]

with the final verse supposedly started, I thought it switched to one winged angel

[@heritagekebek3029]

At a certain moment, you can clearly identify : Succession of Witches & Love (Liberi Fatali)

[@IsaacDavidLopez]

Yo vine aquí por Alt de Crystal Energy Kai, y la majestuosidad de Tatsuya......XD

[@elfhdays]

Ya somos dos hermano!! XD

[@jcgomez9121]

jajaj ustedes tmb si es cage de risa ese alt

[@franciscotoapanta6529]

Oh tatsuya -sama iluminanos XD

[@waIymcbucket]

@@franciscotoapanta6529 el que?

[@DragonKnight90001]

Oh damn.....this is a good version too

[@Maldito011316]

This is beautiful *-*

[@jameshopwood]

OMG 😱 I absolutely love this! Very nice touch at 2:00-2:30! Wouldn’t happen to have sheet music would you. 😂😂

[@KEYBLADE4BUY2]

Nobu is fucking awesome!!!!!!

[@brianbaratheon]

I stand with Kefka. Always.

[@alexgabriel5423]

Shouldn't the Title be 'Cantata'?(and not Cantana...)great Majestic and powerful music! Who plays it? An orchestra and a choir I presume....

[@raphaelpantaleao1650]

Best arrangement ever! Congrats!

[@Purplelightningtiger]

Very amazing work :D

[@JohnDoe-hk5ec]

18:30 onward tho.... best version of kefka’s theme

[@kishinasura1504]

At that one point I seriously thought you were going to put One Winged Angel instead of the final movement. Can't believe there's no pissed off fanboy somewhere...

[@wetube6513]

This is chad Kefka, not virgin sephy.

[@darthzeltroth7758]

I know I’m several years late to the party but this would go great in a FF6 remake

[@barkerbarks2537]

13:34 is that one winged angel mixed into this?!

[@wetube6513]

Nah, Kefka just picked up a really long sword.

[@dragonpalindrath-vi5eh]

ALL FOR DEAR TERRAHHHH

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

Perfection

[@arngrim99]

nice rendition

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

I definitely like the evergreen/Sangnoksu symphonic arrangement better, but trying to clear that bar isn't exactly easy, though this version comes closer than most.

[@Profetarojo]

a wild kefka has appeared!

[@toprak3479]

A good rendition of Kefka's theme at the end but it's missing the climactic power of the real fourth movement.

[@notsyzagts7967]

Agreed

[@GrvndMvsterVssvssin]

I'm new to Final Fantasy and I started with 7 remake. I'm gonna guess this is Kefka's theme??

[@MFRZT]

Yo clever! Yes, from Final Fantasy 6

[@GrvndMvsterVssvssin]

@@MFRZT WILD! Something about this theme really goes so hard in this remix I could see this version becoming part of the game itself! I'm opening up to more FF games and see what banger music each one has, I slept on this so hard.

[@MFRZT]

​@@GrvndMvsterVssvssin FF7 Remake it´s another level of gameplay, beautiful design, and atmosphere. The old-school FF games are more "classic", turn-based RPGs with good pixel art but with massive storytelling lore and fantastic music. If you don´t care about the older style of gameplay FF6 and Chrono Trigger are top-notch SNES games from Squaresoft. - P.D. If you like FF7 Remake, try FF15 Royal Version (with all DLCs) and follow it in chronological order (Movie - Short cuts - Game & DLCs)

[@GrvndMvsterVssvssin]

@@MFRZT Heard! Ight bet I'll look into that most definitely! Better late than ever, but I'm so invested in the series!

[@DrStrangefate]

Has a very Christopher Young sound to it.

[@butchertibi6039]

Reminds me of Bayonneta fighting Father Baldur or Jubileus.

[@robertplankton1910]

Then we dance mad until we are both dead hahahhahahahahaha!!!!!!

[@MangoLeaf9103]

Sounds like it could fot into a DLC for Kingdom Hearts

[@Purplelightningtiger]

The arts very cool who did the art :D

[@Leuka_]

the artist is twitter: @RianoneL

[@Purplelightningtiger]

Thank you, I will be sure to look her up :).

[@Cloud54800]

17:54 Space Odyssey 2001

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Nobuo Uematsu - Cantana for Dancing (Full Dancing Mad Orchestrated by Oren Productions) momentum 100

[@C.BlackBeard]

sounds like an Odin Sphere song

[@robertplankton1910]

I show honor!!!!!

[@Maldonado-Uriel-e40]

interesting voice samson (samus()from super mario smash bros.)

[@movinitlikedat45]

+ThePhoenixRises000 Be that as it may, it's impressive! It's sort of the A Link Between Worlds approach

[@maddancing7287]

アラフェスさんもお忘れなく。親父の力を思い知れ。聖さん・・・。さいなら。

[@andrasudra6756]

the choir said " kyrie eleison " right ??

[@brethaynes8929]

where can i get a high quality version of the black and white etching picture?

[@selphin_rose]

fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/285/1/f/kefka_palazzo_by_rianonel-d30mwt0.jpg

[@brethaynes8929]

Selphin Rose thanks

[@lachlank.8270]

Oh shit

[@abola2121]

Sounds like Howard Shore arranged this.

[@Krystamyth]

Why wasn't this in Balance and Ruin? Beats the pants out of the one chosen instead.

[@EdStrings]

Prog!!!

[@GrandCondemned]

This version is great. I liked the absence of the electric organ at the end.

[@notsyzagts7967]

You must also have liked the absence of the rapid timpani drums because they weren't here either.

[@iv3477]

Anyone know what the picture in the video is called?

[@blueleader3459]

Maybe this is helpful for you? www.deviantart.com/rianonel/art/Kefka-Palazzo-182467476

[@iv3477]

@@blueleader3459 oh wow, I didn't even realize it was actually supposed to be of Kefka. Awesome, thank you

[@Unlucky13Lucky]

Missing part 4. :(

[@wetube6513]

Not missing.

[@Maldonado-Uriel-e40]

you control façi

[@riffmcthrash8684]

FF12 version

[@Maldonado-Uriel-e40]

you are hard

[@ikarugaxx3749]

What or whose drawing is that picture?

[@ValouIka]

Is it possible to download it as a "true" FLAC version?

[@shadowmoses5347]

download convert

[@ValouIka]

@@shadowmoses5347 A FLAC file is a lossless compression file-type used for musics or sounds. Since KZbin probably use MP3-like compression, convert it to a lossless file is impossible.

[@Duwang01]

The part from 13:33 to 13:52 reminds me of One-Winged Angel

[@justrev6755]

+metagross01 They have the same composer, and that part of the score corresponds to Kefka's 3rd transformation which is one step away from godhood, his Angel phase.