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That's the accurate feeling that I have too when I listen this FF ost songs. Brings me back to the years when we didn't need to think about all, all the time. Innocence, now I know why has this name.
My mother passed away a few weeks ago, and I've been unable to process any emotions about it I've just been absolutely numb to everything.. The songs from FF8 just made me so nostalgic about my childhood, and the times I had with her, that I was finally able to cry, thank you so much.
I feel for your loss. I hope you are doing OK and I truly hope you are getting up on your foot. Your mother wouldn't want you to stay sad for more time than you should. Whenever you feel ready, keep going. You are not alone
That’s my whole FF experience there, and I’m so glad it started with 7, and ended with 10 before they went action style gameplay. For me, 7 was truly memorable, and I liked 10 best after 7
I am Japanese. I was playing old FF in real time. This video is great. It reminds me of the emotions of the past. I thank you for the fate of meeting your video tonight.
I’m a much bigger fan of FF8 than any other entry into the series. That isn’t meant to take away from 7 or 10, or any other, but I spent the majority of my most important childhood years playing FF8 and Chrono Cross. Those games will always be my happy place.
FF I...Town...I remember being so young, my parents waking me up in my childhood bed. Hearing this in my heart always reminds me of that time. Now, I've lost my Dad and am moving my mother into assisted living. My heart hurts, but if I listen just enough...the echoes of my youth still remain. Thank you for this gift.
I'm going through a divorce and I've been playing this as background music throughout my day. it's helped me remain chill, along with remind me of my childhood and times of happiness. Having this available to me has actually been quite priceless. Great work!
I lost my dog 2 days ago, I held him in my arms until he went to sleep, and afterwards I just felt empty and lifeless. These covers of the soundtracks brought back the feeling of inner piece and satisfaction I had snuggling up to him and watching series with him when I was going through tough times and it's a beautiful feeling that I'm so thankful for even though I'm crying again. Thank you for making me feel these feelings again and playing for us.
I'm so sorry. I'm glad my music can give you some solace. We almost lost our dog two months ago and we were/are distraught. I hope you have a nice, relaxing weekend! ❤️
Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute musical genius. Why he isn't a world-famous orchestral composer outside of the gaming industry is beyond my understanding.
Not everyone wants the biggest recognition, if they can't fully follow their heart into doing it. Although trying never hurts, it can exhaust you to a point of no return and influence your whole work, in a good way but also bad. I can tell he loves what he is doing and his passion has build him a place where he belongs and for most creative people out there that's like a dream coming true. In my opinion that's the most relateable reason behind it and i support all of his choices letting him create such wonderful compositions, we all can listen too. :) And don't forget all the people in gaming industry he inspires, even if his work isn't yours to begin with. FFXIV Shadowbringers sets a new milestone in videogame music for me and that's because of his fellow student and co composer "Masayoshi Souken", whom Uematsu stepped aside for letting him create his own thing at this expansion. I really enjoy his work, while playing the game!
What do you mean not world famous? We got musicians playing his content world wide. There are concerts, the material is used in schools. There are concerts around the world to celebrate his music. If you mean why isn't he more famous in America or any composer and orchestra in general? Well...look at what Americans consider as good music...
I've been rattling my brain about what to say about this pretty much since I saw it some 10 months ago. As a classical guitar performer, I'm thrilled this exists and grateful to all the arrangers. As a classical guitar instructor, I'm glad I can point to this as a tremendous model of what is possible with well thought out arrangements and performances. As a critical listener, I'm disgusted (jealous, really) of the tonal clarity in the rasgueados and control in the right hand - even when I was practicing for competition, I don't think I had that level of control and it is impressive. More than all of this, as someone who loves the guitar and loves the music of Nobuo Uematsu (one of the BIG reasons I went to school for music,) I cannot be more thankful for the incredible work you've done with the arrangers and what must have been countless hours toiling over fingering choices and grinding over these arrangements, some of which seem a little intimidating to the ear! Bravo, sir. Bravo.
The amount of practice to get to this level of fluency with each song, unbelievable dude. Your phrasing is something else, just and effortless flow from one note to the next :)
@@JohnOethGuitar I'm trying to like all your videos so more people can appreciate it! I had to go searching for this, I hope one day the algorithm floods you with views someday, this is wonderful!
@@JohnOethGuitar It's not always easy to sell pop-music fans on how great FF compositions are. So I *doubly* enjoyed your 'rockstar' moments (e.g. 27:23, 29:55 & 39:48) after more expressive moments Final Fantasy 3/6 and Terra's Theme in particular are in my top favourites. But there are so many performances/songs in this compilation
Everytime i play this video now, it's not reminds me during i play FF, but it's reminds me during Work From Home when we was on covid 19 pandemic. Thank you for playing this beautiful melody sir.
I'm a grown man but Aerith's Theme kills me every time, your cover of it was unreal and captures the whole emotion we all felt hearing this after she died
I was wondering why the "Battle theme" for FF1 wasn't included in the total arrangement though. By the way, did your older brother ever manage to conquer the game?
My little brother likes to watch me play final fantasy games, too! We've been through ff1, 2 and 3 together already! Hope this memory resides in his head as a good nostalgic memory
Hearing all of this beautiful playing evokes so many emotions: happiness, peace, nostalgia, joy, sadness, comfort, excitement. Priceless. No money can buy the joy you have shared with the world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Final fantasy VI, Terra's theme. Hits me every time, the feeling that something big was coming when you watched those Mechs walking in the snow during the opening credit.
The attention to detail here is mind-blowing. And thank you for not ruining this masterpiece with commercials in the middle. This is a top .01% RUclips guitar video.
2.1 mil views...52.5k subscribers... Let's hook John up with the subs he deserves. What an amazing collection of arrangements and performed so perfectly. I'd love to see more of these, keep up the incredible work, John!
Aaaand I’m crying. It’s just been such a tough year of isolation with the pandemic and I used to go to live shows with video game music from my childhood. Plus they had bands play songs like these at cons that I used to be able to go to. Maaan I miss normal life.
I cried when I heard to zanarkand. It's been years and for some reason there has been a build up all these years. strange, but thank you sir. hearing is on classical guitar kind of opened up something new and old at the same time. Thanks again John.
It's my favorite song in the whole franchise, it's just so damn powerful... And yet, hearing is with a single guitar was the most emotional I've ever got from it. Just... beautiful.
How did I only find this now? Final Fantasy is up there as one of my favorite game series, and classical guitar is my favorite instrument to listen to. This is perfect!
I don't believe, that was EXACTLY what all the fans dreamed to do someday, wished to hear one day someone's doing. It even make me cry.... I love so much FF songs. Thank you so much for this Jhon!!!!!!
Incredible. I'm disappointed RUclips didn't show me this incredible album and had to discover you from your comments on my channel. I'm about halfway through and I swear each performance is more breathtaking than the last. Thank you for this, absolutely loving it.
That nostalgic feeling rushing in especially at 6:56. Back then as a kid playing FFII, I will always leave the game on while in town just so the song will play on repeat and imagining that I am in that world. I miss those leisure days :(
I remember first time I insert the FF9 CD to my Play Station and hear the "The Place I'll Return to Someday" music on the opening, from that time I know the game will change my life forever.
Are you kidding me? The man took a long time to put all these together in a masterpiace and you didn't subscribe?! Thank you man! I'll listen to this for hours.
Oh man, final fantasy 8 was my first final fantasy. I cannot put into words how impressive and lovely this whole compilation is. Keep doing what you're doing dude, you're immensely talented. ✌️
wow..this evokes memories I had during my teens playing FF8. The lengths I had to go through in playing the game on a toshiba laptop with intel p3, 64mb ram and 20gb storage. Borrowed the cds(extracted them for .iso file) from a friend which had lots of scratches which caused the PSEmu to crash or had frequent read errors. But despite all of that I persisted and finished the game, those were happy times...thank you for this
The biggest complaints I ever heard were people not liking/understanding the Junction system and a lack of meaningful development for Ultimecia in-game. Honestly, I think people forget that FFVIII came out in 1999 on 4 discs (which was a lot back then), it was fantastic for its time and as kids (which is when most of us discovered it) we didn't give a crap about any of that stuff. The people that can't enjoy it today are people throwing modern criticism at a 23 year old classic, sadly out of touch with the child within that would find it precious. It is a beautiful game.
I love FF8, it has some amazing moments, fantastic music and story, but I'm not one of the people who deny it is only a whisper of what it could have been. It was made during a time of real turmoil in the company, clashing visions between creators and programmers etc... all that stuff impacted the game. They won't do a 1:1 remake because SQEX claims they don't have the source material (code) anymore They also "lost" the source of the first Kingdom Hearts, so when they did the HD version of that game it had to be literally remade from scratch...to rebuild FF8 from the ground up like that would take more time and attention than the current iteration of the company is comfortable with giving.
@longlivelinux90 I have at least ten more tracks I'd love to do including the Normal Battle Theme, Tidus's Theme, and Yuna's Theme. Yuna's Decision is currently in progress.
John, been really blessed by your talent, Just finished the first 3 final fantasy nes games with my brother, I will be praying for your channel, God bless you 🙏❤️
It was a missed opportunity to have the WoR theme play after hers. Or heck, at least Aria de Mezzo Carattere (Celes's Opera song). There were only two songs from VI, which I thought was a shame given how many good songs were in that game.
@@davidkim2016 speak to the memories directly I understand SI vitality that gives us vitality gives us our power to love and you believe this to be true
I really didn't mean to cry but I can't help it. My little sister is about to get married and listening to this makes me feel sad that I won't be able to play games with her anymore. We grew up playing RPGs together and our ultimate fave is the Final Fantasy series. The last FF we played was the FF7 Remake last year, and I know she won't be there to play Part 2 with me. It's heartbreaking but life must go on. In my heart she'll forever be my beloved little sister and video game partner.
@@Thesteadfast yes we did. we played a couple of games when she was able to visit me during a few weekends last year. But sadly when FF7 Rebirth dropped she moved to a another part of town and she wasn't able to visit me as frequently as before. She told me that I shouldn't wait for her to play the game...
28:01 ...one of my favorite melodies from FFIII/VI. The composer captured perfectly the emotions and set of circumstances the player and the characters might feel at this most humbling of times.
Saying it's Gorgeous I wouldn't say nothing! It's incredible! It back me into the past time when everything is Pure Life, when everything around is like a fairytale! Thank you for this gift to feel I am still alive and now I can make true this fairytale in my life and life of my children.
That Aerith arrangement had me in tears...My beautiful dog passed away recently and I was thinking about her during your play through. Thank you so much for this, I miss her so much. I also love that you did Via Purifico. I'd love to hear a Silence Before The Storm arrangement. Bless
As a guitar player who only plays hendrix, stevie ray, van halen etc. I am now going to watch your youtube videos on re-wind for hours to learn how to play these songs like you are playing now. Thanks for the content and you rip man!
dude, i love this, its my music for my DND game. I have used this since my 15th session when i found it, i am now on my 58th game, and this music is one of the reasons, that establishes my world and game. I love it!
John, I'm truly baffled by how insanely clean your playing is. In the entire 110 minutes that this video lasts there's hardly one shoddy note in there. A truly beautiful testament to how well thought out and written this music is. My deepest respect and thank you for these amazing renditions.
I was blown away as soon as the strains of Prelude started. Then I started to tear up when Prologue played. I full on cried when I heard your rendition of Theme of Love. This was spectacular. Thank you for sharing, John. You play tremendously well. Sincerely, an FF fan who feels really happy and blessed to have found this video. Take care, and if you can, kindly regale us with more of your music. :)
@@acrophis While Justin's comment was as timeless as* it was hilariously effeminate it also serves as a great example of the totalitarian nature of liberalism
You know... It's amazing how many decades of memories you can pack into just barely 2 hours of music, isn't it? I can remember vividly how I felt as a kid playing all these games; hearing all these themes -- and how things were in my life at the time, good and bad. Sometimes, these themes make me sad, sometimes not, usually un-related to the source material... So, thank you, for letting me relive these moments again; the acoustics' really give it something special I can't quite define adequately!
My only problem with this compilation is that I wish most of these songs went through twice, especially for the earlier games! Guess I'll just have to hit that replay button
Just needed to pop in and say thanks for helping me put my 2 year old to sleep! Nothing was working, but then we laid down together and watched this and he was out in 5 minutes! So he sleeps while I listen to the soundtrack of my childhood 😊
This compilation just popped up on my suggested watches while I was watching other stuff. I am so very glad I clicked through. I have been buying and listening to music from Final Fantasy for as long as there have been Final Fantasy games. Early on it was just the original and a few official recordings with real instruments. Recently I've been helping out at my church with the sound and I've gotten a new appreciation for how difficult it is to capture sound well. The audio on this is a combination of so many things I love, good quality recording, great skill with the guitar, and Final Fantasy music. Thank you for doing this I am enjoying it immensely.
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Time stamp and song titles please?
@@Sumisusanichiban in the description :)
I really enjoyed this. Well done.
Which one(s) did you enjoy playing the most?
By any chance, do you have the Chrono Cross guitar collection?
Don't know why I'm crying, it just reminds me of my childhood so much when life is much more simplier
2tru
That's the accurate feeling that I have too when I listen this FF ost songs. Brings me back to the years when we didn't need to think about all, all the time. Innocence, now I know why has this name.
It's difficult to explain it huh? Even me, that a cold person, almost cry when heard these songs (i really love Final Fantasy about 20 years)
Me too. I felt tears coming on suddenly.
thought it was just me haha ff7 the feels. It's been a journey.
Queen Brahne was quite impressed!
The audience showers you with 10,000 gil!
Funny, I read this as The Place I'll Return to Someday was playing, just a couple of songs away
it's so good!
@@shred5 same for me lol
@@shred5 did the same.after Eyes on me started scrolling and Bam! Perfect!
The acting as he bobs his head around and makes cringey faces is pretty shit
My mother passed away a few weeks ago, and I've been unable to process any emotions about it I've just been absolutely numb to everything.. The songs from FF8 just made me so nostalgic about my childhood, and the times I had with her, that I was finally able to cry, thank you so much.
Life is a one way trip.
But it is a trip.
I hope you feel better soon. RIP
I'm so sorry to hear that, I lost my father and my grandma too last year, it's still hard for me to accept that even now.
I feel for your loss. I hope you are doing OK and I truly hope you are getting up on your foot. Your mother wouldn't want you to stay sad for more time than you should.
Whenever you feel ready, keep going. You are not alone
My condolences
From FFVII to X is my whole teenage years wrapped up into music. Thank you for this.
This, but I gotta add my bros FFXV!
That’s my whole FF experience there, and I’m so glad it started with 7, and ended with 10 before they went action style gameplay.
For me, 7 was truly memorable, and I liked 10 best after 7
@@pawlie3419 they dropped the ball on 16’s combat I know that. Could’ve been so much better but it had zero depth to it.
I am Japanese. I was playing old FF in real time.
This video is great. It reminds me of the emotions of the past.
I thank you for the fate of meeting your video tonight.
I resonate with this very much. Thank you for this video.
I play your album to my son on Spotify when I’m rocking him to sleep. He loves it. He smiles every time he sees the album cover.
awh that's so sweet. Thank you both for listening :)
Same here. And thank you for not having any ads. It’s the only way that works. I’m definitely supporting you on Patreon.
Balamb garden will always be my kryptonite. It brings me straight to Squall's Dormitory.
I’m a much bigger fan of FF8 than any other entry into the series. That isn’t meant to take away from 7 or 10, or any other, but I spent the majority of my most important childhood years playing FF8 and Chrono Cross. Those games will always be my happy place.
What a horrible nightmare that must be for you, I'm so sorry 😢
@@SonyUSA yo... chrono cross is one of the best games ever made!
@@Prosecute-fauci I meant about the music bringing him back to Squall's Dorm lol 😆
@@SonyUSA I guess I can chalk this one up to “everything isn’t always about you”.
Also; I feel ya. Squalls dorm was like a 5ftx8ft prison cell.
so natural, effortless, and nostalgic
LV99 performance
@showbizonastick That's what The Comment Said.
He Limit Broke the shit out of those songs lol
FF I...Town...I remember being so young, my parents waking me up in my childhood bed. Hearing this in my heart always reminds me of that time. Now, I've lost my Dad and am moving my mother into assisted living. My heart hurts, but if I listen just enough...the echoes of my youth still remain. Thank you for this gift.
I'm going through a divorce and I've been playing this as background music throughout my day. it's helped me remain chill, along with remind me of my childhood and times of happiness. Having this available to me has actually been quite priceless. Great work!
I hope you go through this the best as possible, I don't know you but if you need to talk or express yourself I can listen
You got this, Jason ❤💪 Happy times ahead too for you
Definitely tough times. I’ve been there. I hope you are keeping on brother.
I Hope you're doing well
Stay strong mate
日本が誇るゲーム音楽を、これだけ愛でてくれて本当にありがとうございます
Thanks to Japan for producing such magic!
It may be Japanese people that created these songs but I think it belongs to us all. 💖
I'm crying. It brings back good childhood memories playing my Final Fantasy VIII and IX. Those good 'ol days.^^
I lost my dog 2 days ago, I held him in my arms until he went to sleep, and afterwards I just felt empty and lifeless. These covers of the soundtracks brought back the feeling of inner piece and satisfaction I had snuggling up to him and watching series with him when I was going through tough times and it's a beautiful feeling that I'm so thankful for even though I'm crying again. Thank you for making me feel these feelings again and playing for us.
I'm so sorry. I'm glad my music can give you some solace. We almost lost our dog two months ago and we were/are distraught. I hope you have a nice, relaxing weekend! ❤️
I'm sorry for your loss :(
rest in peace little buddy
Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute musical genius. Why he isn't a world-famous orchestral composer outside of the gaming industry is beyond my understanding.
I'd say because the world wants catchy things, not quality ones. But some will say i'm mean and pessimistic again.
@@hazellk4042 I think the video game industry is big enough.
Theme of Love is actually used in Japan's schools as part of their music curriculum, so he does have recognition there.
Not everyone wants the biggest recognition, if they can't fully follow their heart into doing it. Although trying never hurts, it can exhaust you to a point of no return and influence your whole work, in a good way but also bad. I can tell he loves what he is doing and his passion has build him a place where he belongs and for most creative people out there that's like a dream coming true. In my opinion that's the most relateable reason behind it and i support all of his choices letting him create such wonderful compositions, we all can listen too. :) And don't forget all the people in gaming industry he inspires, even if his work isn't yours to begin with. FFXIV Shadowbringers sets a new milestone in videogame music for me and that's because of his fellow student and co composer "Masayoshi Souken", whom Uematsu stepped aside for letting him create his own thing at this expansion. I really enjoy his work, while playing the game!
What do you mean not world famous? We got musicians playing his content world wide. There are concerts, the material is used in schools. There are concerts around the world to celebrate his music. If you mean why isn't he more famous in America or any composer and orchestra in general? Well...look at what Americans consider as good music...
I had a smile on my face watching how much fun it seems John was having playing the chocobo theme
I've been rattling my brain about what to say about this pretty much since I saw it some 10 months ago. As a classical guitar performer, I'm thrilled this exists and grateful to all the arrangers.
As a classical guitar instructor, I'm glad I can point to this as a tremendous model of what is possible with well thought out arrangements and performances.
As a critical listener, I'm disgusted (jealous, really) of the tonal clarity in the rasgueados and control in the right hand - even when I was practicing for competition, I don't think I had that level of control and it is impressive.
More than all of this, as someone who loves the guitar and loves the music of Nobuo Uematsu (one of the BIG reasons I went to school for music,) I cannot be more thankful for the incredible work you've done with the arrangers and what must have been countless hours toiling over fingering choices and grinding over these arrangements, some of which seem a little intimidating to the ear!
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
I’m intimidated by the fact he has 5 picks and I only have one
fingering choices and grinding over!!!!
Phrasing!!!!!
That was a long way to say you play guitar also
@@thefarmingnurse If you're into guitar and FF this video really hits you in the feelings - I totally understand where he is coming from
@@thefarmingnurse YOU uncultured peasant swine!!! LOL!! Your comment made me laugh.
The amount of practice to get to this level of fluency with each song, unbelievable dude. Your phrasing is something else, just and effortless flow from one note to the next :)
Thanks! That means a lot. All the amount of work is totally worth it when people appreciate it.
@@JohnOethGuitar I'm trying to like all your videos so more people can appreciate it! I had to go searching for this, I hope one day the algorithm floods you with views someday, this is wonderful!
@@JohnOethGuitar It's not always easy to sell pop-music fans on how great FF compositions are. So I *doubly* enjoyed your 'rockstar' moments (e.g. 27:23, 29:55 & 39:48) after more expressive moments Final Fantasy 3/6 and Terra's Theme in particular are in my top favourites. But there are so many performances/songs in this compilation
@@goaliedude32 Don't know where the video was at 5 months ago, but it's over 800k now, nearing on a million!
Everytime i play this video now, it's not reminds me during i play FF, but it's reminds me during Work From Home when we was on covid 19 pandemic. Thank you for playing this beautiful melody sir.
I'm a grown man but Aerith's Theme kills me every time, your cover of it was unreal and captures the whole emotion we all felt hearing this after she died
Well said. Check out the other arrangement of aeriths theme
Aerith dies?!!??!?!
@@elmalloc Omg I'm sorry if I spoiled it for you :(
なんてキレイな音‥‥癒しそのもの。ギター1本でベースも表現されてるのが凄いです‼️ それぞれの曲の中の個人的に好きな音もちゃんと聴こえて来て感動です😭
I have found the all-day backgpund music of my house. These kids wont even know how important this music is.
素敵な演奏をありがとうございます。
私が今まで聴いたファイナルファンタジーの曲の中で、最も心を動かされた演奏です。
The FF1 town theme is so peaceful and tranquil, just reminds me of being a child watching my older brother play the game. Simpler times
My little brother loved the chocobo song so much that I would run off to a chocobo forest anytime he was hanging around so he could hear it.
I was wondering why the "Battle theme" for FF1 wasn't included in the total arrangement though. By the way, did your older brother ever manage to conquer the game?
@@Ben-Oni-BT He indeed did. I remember watching the Chaos fight while eating a bowl of ice cream
My little brother likes to watch me play final fantasy games, too! We've been through ff1, 2 and 3 together already! Hope this memory resides in his head as a good nostalgic memory
I really should pay for this man to listen to his performance in front of him. I definitely will cry so hard. It is so beautiful. Love from Japan.
I love watching him smile as he plays. It's like he's remembering all the good times playing the game
最高だよ、兄貴！
とても優しい音色に感動。
幼い頃からFFに親しんできたのもあり、各シリーズと現実の思い出がリンクして、より込み上げてくるものがありました。
酒を飲みながらずっと静かに聞いていたい。
Eso mismo hago en estos momentos jajaja slds desde el sur de Chile
最高です👏🏻👏🏻🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🥹🥹🥹
FFにガチで一喜一憂した事ある人なら、その優しい音色にホントに心奪われると思う。分かるわぁ〜
Hearing all of this beautiful playing evokes so many emotions: happiness, peace, nostalgia, joy, sadness, comfort, excitement. Priceless. No money can buy the joy you have shared with the world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks so much and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Have a great and happy new year. 😃
Is no one going to mention the effort he put in to make sure he has a new shirt for each piece?
子供の頃から大好きなFFの音楽を、海外の方がこんなにも素晴らしいアレンジをして下さっていて本当に嬉しい。
眠る前のBGMにさせて頂きます！
僕も寝る前にいつも聞いてるよーx)
これアレンジは南澤さんでは？
@@pseudotatsuya 確かギターアレンジはジョンさんがしていますよ!
@@urnutz9191 動画の曲一覧に南澤さんのアレンジって書いてあるからそのことを言いました
Final fantasy VI, Terra's theme. Hits me every time, the feeling that something big was coming when you watched those Mechs walking in the snow during the opening credit.
The greatest opening scene of any video game ever.
Final Fantasy as a series has so much great music, but man... "Eyes On Me" has such a special place for me.
Uematsu is a Mastermind
For me is the best FF song ever. So deep , in some moments dark, in other hopeful, greatest song
@@decoxan212 ineed my friend, indeed
The attention to detail here is mind-blowing. And thank you for not ruining this masterpiece with commercials in the middle. This is a top .01% RUclips guitar video.
2.1 mil views...52.5k subscribers... Let's hook John up with the subs he deserves. What an amazing collection of arrangements and performed so perfectly. I'd love to see more of these, keep up the incredible work, John!
Thanks so much! Volume 2 is out on streaming services on Dec 9, 2022. :)
This! Sub up, y'all!
To be fair, about 2 mil out of those views must be from me, I love this so much. :)
Holy crap 1:21:33 the intro to Via Purifico gave me chills! Definitely brings back memories!
Thanks! Yeah that is such a good track.
Aaaand I’m crying. It’s just been such a tough year of isolation with the pandemic and I used to go to live shows with video game music from my childhood. Plus they had bands play songs like these at cons that I used to be able to go to. Maaan I miss normal life.
I totally feel ya. That's kind of how this album came to be during quarantine. Have a good one!
Thanks John for calming our hearts with these beautifully played songs.
Appreciate you!
Listening to this, I wish I never stopped playing guitar... I play it at 0.75 and it calms my anxiety so fast... Thank you
I cried when I heard to zanarkand. It's been years and for some reason there has been a build up all these years. strange, but thank you sir. hearing is on classical guitar kind of opened up something new and old at the same time. Thanks again John.
Came around to FFX Suteki Da Ne and got goosebumps all over. Can't be helped when it's played with such elegance.
Love it so much
This arrangement of Searching for Friends is *killing*
Absolutely a standout here
I came here to say something like this, and saw the comment was already here.
Its peaceful yet rugged at times almost like the seasons. Life dies every year but yet it flourishes as long as the Crystal's exist lol
It's my favorite song in the whole franchise, it's just so damn powerful...
And yet, hearing is with a single guitar was the most emotional I've ever got from it. Just... beautiful.
54:49
原曲すぎる…！！
感動しました
How did I only find this now? Final Fantasy is up there as one of my favorite game series, and classical guitar is my favorite instrument to listen to. This is perfect!
Cosmo Canyon theme is an underrated tune. The build-up is incredibly epic
So beautiful, I’ll never forget the effect of it slowly fading out as the party ventures deeper beneath the canyon
I don't believe, that was EXACTLY what all the fans dreamed to do someday, wished to hear one day someone's doing. It even make me cry.... I love so much FF songs. Thank you so much for this Jhon!!!!!!
26:09 has my favorite track in the entire series. There’s something about Terra’s Theme that touches a variety of emotions.
Incredible. I'm disappointed RUclips didn't show me this incredible album and had to discover you from your comments on my channel. I'm about halfway through and I swear each performance is more breathtaking than the last. Thank you for this, absolutely loving it.
That nostalgic feeling rushing in especially at 6:56. Back then as a kid playing FFII, I will always leave the game on while in town just so the song will play on repeat and imagining that I am in that world. I miss those leisure days :(
It makes my heart swell and almost bring tears to my eyes.
Oh my gad... Balamb Garden really put me in tears.. Lot of memories while I was playing it
I remember first time I insert the FF9 CD to my Play Station and hear the "The Place I'll Return to Someday" music on the opening, from that time I know the game will change my life forever.
My brother has that song for his PS4 home screen and it brings me back every time.
Are you kidding me? The man took a long time to put all these together in a masterpiace and you didn't subscribe?! Thank you man! I'll listen to this for hours.
Oh man, final fantasy 8 was my first final fantasy. I cannot put into words how impressive and lovely this whole compilation is. Keep doing what you're doing dude, you're immensely talented. ✌️
I cry every time I hear Aerith's theme. Makes me think of my mum. Well done!
From a person who has always been a fan of classical guitar arrangements and has been playing Final Fantasy games for 30 years, THANK YOU!!
wow..this evokes memories I had during my teens playing FF8. The lengths I had to go through in playing the game on a toshiba laptop with intel p3, 64mb ram and 20gb storage. Borrowed the cds(extracted them for .iso file) from a friend which had lots of scratches which caused the PSEmu to crash or had frequent read errors. But despite all of that I persisted and finished the game, those were happy times...thank you for this
How did the CDs get scratched!?
I'm crying 😭 these are so beautiful!!
Honestly why do so many people talk shit about FF8
No idea, it's my fav FF. Best ever.
I'm a bit of a fan but even I admit that it's a hot mess :D
The biggest complaints I ever heard were people not liking/understanding the Junction system and a lack of meaningful development for Ultimecia in-game. Honestly, I think people forget that FFVIII came out in 1999 on 4 discs (which was a lot back then), it was fantastic for its time and as kids (which is when most of us discovered it) we didn't give a crap about any of that stuff. The people that can't enjoy it today are people throwing modern criticism at a 23 year old classic, sadly out of touch with the child within that would find it precious. It is a beautiful game.
I love FF8, it has some amazing moments, fantastic music and story, but I'm not one of the people who deny it is only a whisper of what it could have been. It was made during a time of real turmoil in the company, clashing visions between creators and programmers etc... all that stuff impacted the game. They won't do a 1:1 remake because SQEX claims they don't have the source material (code) anymore
They also "lost" the source of the first Kingdom Hearts, so when they did the HD version of that game it had to be literally remade from scratch...to rebuild FF8 from the ground up like that would take more time and attention than the current iteration of the company is comfortable with giving.
@@arkhamsrazor7075 They also just sold their entire Final Fantasy IP.
I listen to this while doing schoolwork at least 3x a week. thank you.
You are too kind! I appreciate it and I'm so glad you enjoy it.
@@JohnOethGuitar if you find a way/the time to arrange the entire X ost... it would be the best day ever
@longlivelinux90 I have at least ten more tracks I'd love to do including the Normal Battle Theme, Tidus's Theme, and Yuna's Theme. Yuna's Decision is currently in progress.
@@JohnOethGuitar 🫡
this video brings back all my memories from the past 25 years with Final Fantasy VII. So beautiful
素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます。FFは大好きなので泣きました。
John, been really blessed by your talent,
Just finished the first 3 final fantasy nes games with my brother, I will be praying for your channel, God bless you 🙏❤️
That's awesome! I have such fond memories of playing video games with my brothers. We still play today but online. haha
Terra's Theme will always have a place in my heart.
The song of those who travel the world, knowing no destination, but it calls to you.
Yeah!!!!!
It was a missed opportunity to have the WoR theme play after hers. Or heck, at least Aria de Mezzo Carattere (Celes's Opera song). There were only two songs from VI, which I thought was a shame given how many good songs were in that game.
Love this. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Take care and happy new year!
Smooches
Not a bad reason to cry. It's your soul resonating w some of your best memories
@@davidkim2016 speak to the memories directly I understand SI vitality that gives us vitality gives us our power to love and you believe this to be true
Best part? John is having so much fun
First video I have ever seen with 0 dislikes. For good reason, these are FLAWLESS playbacks. Unreal man.
Many thanks my friend!
alomst a thousand likes and 0 dislikes, never seen that before either
It's amazing to hear all of these old 8-bit tracks come to life on a classical guitar. Thank you for all of the hard work you put in to this, bravo!!!
I really didn't mean to cry but I can't help it. My little sister is about to get married and listening to this makes me feel sad that I won't be able to play games with her anymore. We grew up playing RPGs together and our ultimate fave is the Final Fantasy series. The last FF we played was the FF7 Remake last year, and I know she won't be there to play Part 2 with me. It's heartbreaking but life must go on. In my heart she'll forever be my beloved little sister and video game partner.
@@yamapishy9792 hey have you been able play anything with your sister since?! Doesn't have to be over!
@@Thesteadfast yes we did. we played a couple of games when she was able to visit me during a few weekends last year. But sadly when FF7 Rebirth dropped she moved to a another part of town and she wasn't able to visit me as frequently as before. She told me that I shouldn't wait for her to play the game...
Got chills when he started playing somnus, just hit all the right notes in my brain
28:01 ...one of my favorite melodies from FFIII/VI. The composer captured perfectly the emotions and set of circumstances the player and the characters might feel at this most humbling of times.
yea, ur right
Saying it's Gorgeous I wouldn't say nothing! It's incredible! It back me into the past time when everything is Pure Life, when everything around is like a fairytale! Thank you for this gift to feel I am still alive and now I can make true this fairytale in my life and life of my children.
Balamb garden is so amazing through your fingers
That Aerith arrangement had me in tears...My beautiful dog passed away recently and I was thinking about her during your play through. Thank you so much for this, I miss her so much. I also love that you did Via Purifico. I'd love to hear a Silence Before The Storm arrangement. Bless
I am just in love of these guy! Love to be in love with someone how do this with his hands!
素晴らしい、懐かしさや感動が蘇る演奏
11살 12살때 플레이하며 들은 감동이 ..
Final Fantasy 1 has a very underrated soundtrack.
I listen to this like every single day. I love it so much. Your guitar playing has inspired me so deeply. I will become a guitarist.
Thanks so much and you can do it!!!!
はじめまして。ファイナルファンタジーはとても好きな作品です。アコースティックギターで描かれる貴方の音色はとても情緒的であたたかくて素晴らしいものです！
つらいとき、落ち着きたいとき、貴方の演奏を聴いて元気を出したいと思います。素敵な演奏をありがとうございます。
It makes me so happy that he just slowly breaks into a smile even though he's trying not to with the chocobo theme. It's just too damn happy.
As a guitar player who only plays hendrix, stevie ray, van halen etc. I am now going to watch your youtube videos on re-wind for hours to learn how to play these songs like you are playing now. Thanks for the content and you rip man!
It's been so many years and this song, "Chaos Temple", is still my favorite from Final Fantasy. Thank you so much.
This entire compilation is absolutely gorgeous and i will admit that Aerith's theme made me cry. So beautiful, thank you for this ❤❤
dude, i love this, its my music for my DND game. I have used this since my 15th session when i found it, i am now on my 58th game, and this music is one of the reasons, that establishes my world and game. I love it!
That's so cool. Shout out to your DND group!!!
Oh man the FF7 part just hits me in the feels
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WHY!??!?.... After a whole "year" did RUclips show me this now!?! Wonderful playing... excellent! It makes this FF fan tear up and loop this!
What I love about this whole collection is the satisfaction and clear joy you have in playing the music from FF. Just makes it even better.
You just fulfilled a little kids dream, this is impressive. Thank you, trully for making this happen, it means a lot to a lot of us out here.
The FFX is really hitting for me, you did so well with the whole soundtrack and besides that, great song selection! Thank you
To Zanarkand may be one of the most haunting pieces of music ever written. Still hits like a truck.
John, I'm truly baffled by how insanely clean your playing is. In the entire 110 minutes that this video lasts there's hardly one shoddy note in there. A truly beautiful testament to how well thought out and written this music is. My deepest respect and thank you for these amazing renditions.
I was blown away as soon as the strains of Prelude started. Then I started to tear up when Prologue played. I full on cried when I heard your rendition of Theme of Love.
This was spectacular. Thank you for sharing, John. You play tremendously well.
Sincerely, an FF fan who feels really happy and blessed to have found this video. Take care, and if you can, kindly regale us with more of your music. :)
this guy knows how to enjoy Final Fantasy in 2021!
🎉🎉🎉
i'm gay: )
Current year comment.
@@acrophis While Justin's comment was as timeless as* it was hilariously effeminate it also serves as a great example of the totalitarian nature of liberalism
@@theloniuspunk383 Who is Justin?
You know... It's amazing how many decades of memories you can pack into just barely 2 hours of music, isn't it? I can remember vividly how I felt as a kid playing all these games; hearing all these themes -- and how things were in my life at the time, good and bad.
Sometimes, these themes make me sad, sometimes not, usually un-related to the source material... So, thank you, for letting me relive these moments again; the acoustics' really give it something special I can't quite define adequately!
My only problem with this compilation is that I wish most of these songs went through twice, especially for the earlier games! Guess I'll just have to hit that replay button
Damn man....Terra's theme was the best rendition I ever heard. That is a nice sounding guitar too.
Just needed to pop in and say thanks for helping me put my 2 year old to sleep! Nothing was working, but then we laid down together and watched this and he was out in 5 minutes! So he sleeps while I listen to the soundtrack of my childhood 😊
That's so cute! Thanks for listening, you two. 😁
omg this is so amazing! def adding this to my music playlist! thank you!! ^_^
You're awesome! Thanks so much for listening and your kind comment. 😀
@@JohnOethGuitar, this is an integral part of my study playlist! Keep up the amazing work! This is an easy subscription.
This compilation just popped up on my suggested watches while I was watching other stuff. I am so very glad I clicked through. I have been buying and listening to music from Final Fantasy for as long as there have been Final Fantasy games. Early on it was just the original and a few official recordings with real instruments. Recently I've been helping out at my church with the sound and I've gotten a new appreciation for how difficult it is to capture sound well. The audio on this is a combination of so many things I love, good quality recording, great skill with the guitar, and Final Fantasy music. Thank you for doing this I am enjoying it immensely.
The gentle tones of the main theme made me cry without even daring a glance. It is lovely.
"Breezy" is so perfect I sort of forgot which version I was listening to.
This music is so beautiful. Warms my heart. Great play!
Same vibes 💙💙💙
39:42 This theme will never get old for me. God it's so good on classical guitar
I'm a Japanese Final Fantasy player.
That's a nice guitar tone. I was very moved and healed.
thank you😃