Quote (Lublar @ Jun 18 2012 07:07pm)

Yeah, the only problem for me with 7 and 10 in particular, is there are a few "great" songs, but everything else doesn't really blow you away. 

Like if I look at 7, I really only think that Aerith's Theme, The Valley of the Fallen Star(cosmo canyon), Main FF7 Theme(Aka Cloud's Theme sometimes), Tifa's Theme, Birth of a God, and One Winged Angel(though I don't particularly like it myself, I know its iconic though), those would really be the only standout songs in that game.  People are never like "OMG Underneath the Rotting Pizza is so amazing!!".

But if you compare that with 8, 8 might not have as many standouts:  probably only Eyes on Me, The Landing, Liberi Fatali, Man With the Machine Gun, and The Extreme.  Even though there probably aren't as many standouts from a fans point of view, all the songs that aren't the iconic ones are still really good.  Which is harder to say about 7 or 10.

Quote (Lublar @ Jun 19 2012 05:53pm)

Anyone else here know about Overclocked Remix?  It's a video game music website, people make their own arrangements and remix video game songs.  There are tons of remixes there for FF, not every single song has been done, but there have been some masterpieces that people have made.  They have even released remix albums for FFIV, FFV, FFVII, and a compilation of themes mainly from FFI, but a little with FFII and FFIII.  On that site there has been more FF done than anything else though, I think it just shows the adoration for FF music.  Sometimes I think that is THE biggest reason the games are so popular, because of the music itself moreso than the games.

Anyways, here are a few ones that I think are amazing:

"The Rose General" Roses of May from FFIX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNHtbw4Kyf0

"The Planet is Dead" You Can Hear the Cries of the Planet / Off the Edge of Despair / Main Theme of FF7  From FF7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3haLKkffD4

"Harmony of Destruction" Those Chosen by the Planet / Norfair - Ancient Ruins Area from FF7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKyrncNjtPc

"TimeShock" A mix between Succession of Witches From FF8 / The Magic House from FF6:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oRcRjPT9U


Just a very small sample of awesome remixes done on that site.  If you really love FF music, you can be busy for days just browsing overclocked remix, it's pretty awesome.

Quote (Lublar @ Jun 18 2012 01:35am)

I'm curious to know what people think is the best soundtrack in the series.  It's a hard choice for me, because I think that FF8 has the best overall soundtrack, however I feel like FF9 has the most emotional, the songs carry more weight there.  FF9 has more songs that feel personal, I suppose.  But then again, FF8 has a soundtrack that I can listen to as a stand alone a lot easier than any other, there is just enjoyable track after enjoyable track.  If someone put a gun to my head and demanded that I picked a top 3, I'd probably go with:

1. FF8
2. FF9
3. FFT

I really respect Tactics' soundtrack, i feel like it sets the mood of the game much better than any other.  I also think that is a strength of 8's, but Tactics still does a better [URL=http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=63299345&f=222]job[/URL]. 

Just my opinion anyways.

I think 7 and 10 have rather weak soundtracks, 10 in particular.  I honestly think that 10 only has a few decent songs, and the rest is just meh.  7 is solid, but not overly impressive, so I have a hard time ranking it high.  6 has a few standout songs, it's similar to 10 imo.  But, the older ones before the PS era, lets just face it, they've all been outdone, and so many of those songs have been used again and upgraded upon.  I just couldn't see me picking any of the older games as a favorite.