![]() This piece holds a great mystique, with its striking pizzicato strings and other-worldly synth melody, yet it keeps you moving at the same time. Housden: Ah, the background to many an hour spent hunting for the requisite parts for everyone's ultimate weapons. World map/field music: “Blue Fields” vs “Main Theme” Final Fantasy VIII: “Blue Fields” Yolo: Final Fantasy VII’s opening artfully takes us from tranquility to tense Active Time Battles, but nothing packs a punch like Final Fantasy VIII’s opening cinematic-downright flabbergasting at the time and still impressively grandiose. ![]() Yolo the chocobo’s verdict: “Liberi Fatali” Uematsu draws from Carl Orff’s ubiquitous O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana-you’ll know it when you hear it) and, in comparison, holds its own as a fantastically exciting choral work that sets the scene perfectly. It builds into a glorious climax-as good as John Williams’ Dual Of The Fates -and is the perfect accompaniment to Squall’s and Seifer's opening fight (which was groundbreaking CGI at the time). Just hearing those opening choral bars makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Housden: This is one of the most iconic pieces in video game history. ![]() There’s a lavish orchestral recording by the Distant Worlds orchestra. I can’t remember being so excited by a game than when I played this for the first time. Clearly inspired by Blade Runner’s opening scene where Vangelis’ huge synth sounds introduce us to a dense, dystopian cityscape, the opening track of Final Fantasy VII builds to a bombastic crescendo before taking a minor turn and then driving on into a thrilling, bass-driven track punctuated by orchestral hits and short brass and woodwind runs. This cue is brilliant because it starts with the simplest of melodies-which you just know is going to come back at the very last moment of the game. TQ: Final Fantasy games tend to start in the middle of the action and it’s Uematsu’s almost operatic music that gets you all geed up, from clicking “NEW GAME” to the moment you can first control the character. Opening themes: “Opening - Bombing Mission” vs “Liberi Fatali” Final Fantasy VII: “Opening - Bombing Mission” So equip your materia, prep your junctions and let battle commence. ![]() The adjudicator? Let me introduce Yolo the chocobo…
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