I really hope RUclips won't just swallow my comment (as it usually does), so here goes nothing... While I'm not sure if I could pick any normal battle theme from the Final Fantasy series that I would definitely consider THE best, this one is certainly sitting comfortably near the top of the list. The FF8 battle theme has the epicness and buildup that is traditionally associated with boss battle themes, yet it also works perfectly fine for the less epic encounters. So it's definitely a versatile one, I would argue. As for your new rendition of this track, I am simply blown away by it. You still show great respect for and understanding of the source material, which I consider a trademark of your covers, but you also manage to crank it up to 11 - which, considering the already amazing original, is no small feat! You're definitely off to a good start this year, and I am eagerly awaiting more of your work - as always! 😀
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words :) I always try to retain some of the original essence that makes me a fan of the songs I'm covering while still adding a little bit of my own spin to it, glad to hear that comes through in the final result!
@@ferdk16 It absolutely shines through, in each and every one of your covers! That's one of the things that sets your covers apart from other artists, IMHO; most succumb to the temptation of adding more of just about anything, ultimately taking away part of what made the original so special. I've never seen (or heard) you do this, though - if anything, your covers always retain what made the tracks special in the first place! :) By the way, I think you covered Force Your Way as well in ~2011? Any plans to give that one another go as well? :D
@@XTRMNTR2K definitely plan to revisit that one too :) In fact I was originally going to do that but when this track's album was removed from stores I prioritized re-releasing this one for availability's sake. I'll have to get back to Force Your Way sooner or later though and I'm looking forward to do so!
Love your work I hope your channel gets bigger it deserves it.Im trying to learn guitar but I suck at it.Dont quit you have a natural talent have a good day brother.
Have I told you lately that I love you? Your cover of Memories of the City was the reason I now love Persona, and then I tried SMT and like it even more. Thanks to you I'm currently getting my ass beat by a celestial being and it pleases me greatly.
🤘🤘🤘dude badass cover FFVIII is my favorite in the series and has the best battle music in my opinion when Square does get off their butts and remake the game they need to hire this man to do the battle music 🤘
I wanted to leave a meme comment, but that shit shredded straight at my soul, hot damn! Haven't heard a version THAT good before :) Omega stood no chance.
The cover I first first heard of your's back in the day, had chills run down my body. Was my first exposure to FF8 too. Hearing it again after all these years brings back so many memories for me! You've improved so much as time went by. Keep rockin' on 🤘🏻
Thank you, that means a lot! Despite FF10 being my favorite game, FF8 has my favorite soundtrack, so whenever I cover songs from it I feel a bit nervous of ruining my darlings haha :) But I'm quite happy how this one turned out, and glad to hear the improvement over the original cover is noticeable! Means I'm on the right path
Man, my first FINAL FANTASY. Sure was difficult to play when your main language is spanish and the game was in Japanese. But boy, I tried and failed A LOT! Guess I couldn't start appreciating FF music until DISSIDIA, which had many music and you could freely choose as it were a Arc System Works fighting game. 🤣 Great work, man. Here is a suggestion, Vermilion Fire/The Fires of Suzaku, the final boss theme from FINAL FANTASY Type-0, a really good FINAL FANTASY game that sometimes gets pretty ignore for not being of the main line up.
This was my first FF too! In fact it was the demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi (which a friend got with their playstation so I borrowed the FF8 demo disc and played it nonstop haha). It's not my favorite game in the series but I've played it a ton and it has IMO the best soundtrack, this theme being no exception! I want to try Type-0 one day, I know it's quite different but I'm pretty open minded so I'm sure I can have a good time with it!
Mine was part 2 murica/part 4 japan. Got it as rental from ol smash hit videos. Before block buster was a thing. And as a like... What? 9 year old boy at the time I had NO IDEA how to get through turn based rpg games. I recruited the old man and wasn't good enough to get further than that. Replayed it recently on my modded 3dsxl and totally abused the clone Excalibur glitch. Easy af that game is after doing that : ) lololol
thanks, awesome version, i was looking for something like that, it will go awesomely with super madNES force your way in game...just need to figure out how to make looping track :)
Years ago as a child, I worked really hard helping neighbors and saved up money to buy a first release. I had the game for over then years, when a "trusted" friend "lost" my release copy, and never replaced it. This game had a lot of meaning to me, and always will, and you played the melody beautifully.
no matter the version, I still hear the cursor, the draw magic, summoning, the whole battle really.
Epic upgrade version with lead guitar yes! Perfect playing and cool cover
FFVIII is so underrated.
This cover does that game justice! 🤘
funny, was just thinking how overrated it is.. Very trendy to hate on VII and pick VIII as the best of the PS1 gen.
@@id1965Seeing how mainstream 7 is now proves you're wrong. And the fact that you have 0 likes while the other guy got 18. Suck it, cloud fanboy.😂
This is a underappreciated battle theme. The entirety of FF8 is unappreciated. Love this cover!
Most underrated channel among the rock cover channels
Water and water and water water water and water and water water-
Oh right. Awesome cover, love arrangements of game music in odd time signatures :)
YEEEAH DUDE! Let's rock Each And Every ONE OF THEM!
I really hope RUclips won't just swallow my comment (as it usually does), so here goes nothing...
While I'm not sure if I could pick any normal battle theme from the Final Fantasy series that I would definitely consider THE best, this one is certainly sitting comfortably near the top of the list. The FF8 battle theme has the epicness and buildup that is traditionally associated with boss battle themes, yet it also works perfectly fine for the less epic encounters. So it's definitely a versatile one, I would argue.
As for your new rendition of this track, I am simply blown away by it. You still show great respect for and understanding of the source material, which I consider a trademark of your covers, but you also manage to crank it up to 11 - which, considering the already amazing original, is no small feat! You're definitely off to a good start this year, and I am eagerly awaiting more of your work - as always! 😀
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words :) I always try to retain some of the original essence that makes me a fan of the songs I'm covering while still adding a little bit of my own spin to it, glad to hear that comes through in the final result!
@@ferdk16 It absolutely shines through, in each and every one of your covers! That's one of the things that sets your covers apart from other artists, IMHO; most succumb to the temptation of adding more of just about anything, ultimately taking away part of what made the original so special. I've never seen (or heard) you do this, though - if anything, your covers always retain what made the tracks special in the first place! :)
By the way, I think you covered Force Your Way as well in ~2011? Any plans to give that one another go as well? :D
@@XTRMNTR2K definitely plan to revisit that one too :) In fact I was originally going to do that but when this track's album was removed from stores I prioritized re-releasing this one for availability's sake. I'll have to get back to Force Your Way sooner or later though and I'm looking forward to do so!
Love your work I hope your channel gets bigger it deserves it.Im trying to learn guitar but I suck at it.Dont quit you have a natural talent have a good day brother.
You're my final fantasy Ferdk.
Have I told you lately that I love you? Your cover of Memories of the City was the reason I now love Persona, and then I tried SMT and like it even more. Thanks to you I'm currently getting my ass beat by a celestial being and it pleases me greatly.
This is seriously incredible
Thanks 👍
Excellent!
Epic man! Great job! 🤙
This is beautiful, i realized guitars goes especially well with FF8's soundtrack! its is my all time fav Final Fantasy!
Always some excellent covers here :)
Good to see you back with some more Final Fantasy. You always nail it with your own touch but keep true to the original. What a treat!
Love your music too mayne! Fancy seeing you here : )
You make even the Draw Magic epic
I first heard your arrangement on the SUCCESSOR remix album and I have to say this new mix is far better. I was head banging the entire song. Rock on!
Thank you! I'm glad I got to re-mix this one since it's one of my favorite songs from the FF franchise. Good to hear I did a good job at that :)
Glad you're back! This song is amazing 🔥
🤘🤘🤘dude badass cover FFVIII is my favorite in the series and has the best battle music in my opinion when Square does get off their butts and remake the game they need to hire this man to do the battle music 🤘
Спасибо!
Killer tone and great cover.
Awesome stuff, as always.
Fantastic remix!!! I love FFVIII OST. You gave it réal credit.
Thank you for all the music!! I love your covers ❤❤❤ make a cover of the song the oath from ff8!!! ❤❤❤
Nicely done! What about remaking Force Your Way next?
なつかしいです癒されますありがとう😆💕✨
Pls do more of the sega genesis Sonic series. You're awesome, dude
Dont Be Afraid 2.0 😎
you are still THE BEST!
Oh man! This is a hell of a cover! You nailed it!
I wanted to leave a meme comment, but that shit shredded straight at my soul, hot damn!
Haven't heard a version THAT good before :) Omega stood no chance.
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
The cover I first first heard of your's back in the day, had chills run down my body. Was my first exposure to FF8 too. Hearing it again after all these years brings back so many memories for me! You've improved so much as time went by. Keep rockin' on 🤘🏻
Thank you, that means a lot! Despite FF10 being my favorite game, FF8 has my favorite soundtrack, so whenever I cover songs from it I feel a bit nervous of ruining my darlings haha :) But I'm quite happy how this one turned out, and glad to hear the improvement over the original cover is noticeable! Means I'm on the right path
Wooooo woooo!
Man, my first FINAL FANTASY. Sure was difficult to play when your main language is spanish and the game was in Japanese. But boy, I tried and failed A LOT! Guess I couldn't start appreciating FF music until DISSIDIA, which had many music and you could freely choose as it were a Arc System Works fighting game. 🤣 Great work, man. Here is a suggestion, Vermilion Fire/The Fires of Suzaku, the final boss theme from FINAL FANTASY Type-0, a really good FINAL FANTASY game that sometimes gets pretty ignore for not being of the main line up.
This was my first FF too! In fact it was the demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi (which a friend got with their playstation so I borrowed the FF8 demo disc and played it nonstop haha). It's not my favorite game in the series but I've played it a ton and it has IMO the best soundtrack, this theme being no exception!
I want to try Type-0 one day, I know it's quite different but I'm pretty open minded so I'm sure I can have a good time with it!
Mine was part 2 murica/part 4 japan. Got it as rental from ol smash hit videos. Before block buster was a thing. And as a like... What? 9 year old boy at the time I had NO IDEA how to get through turn based rpg games. I recruited the old man and wasn't good enough to get further than that.
Replayed it recently on my modded 3dsxl and totally abused the clone Excalibur glitch. Easy af that game is after doing that : ) lololol
Would you ever to a cover song of the Final Fantasy Tactics - Trisection Battle theme?
thanks, awesome version, i was looking for something like that, it will go awesomely with super madNES force your way in game...just need to figure out how to make looping track :)
いいなぁそれはまりました
Years ago as a child, I worked really hard helping neighbors and saved up money to buy a first release. I had the game for over then years, when a "trusted" friend "lost" my release copy, and never replaced it. This game had a lot of meaning to me, and always will, and you played the melody beautifully.
That's the same story for me but with majoras mask. Pos prolly still has my copy lololol
Had my grand pappy drive me to Toys r Us to pick this bad boy up on release then played on a 400 lb floor TV with speakers on the sides.
I feel your loss, my entire jrpg collection was stolen by my sister's pos ex bf🙄
Your the best
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Kurse all SEED
Great lolz. Now I really wont be able to hear the customers come in today lololol
This is great. Can i hope you'll do Force Your Way one day?
Nice
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Water and Water and Water Water
🤘🏿😎
Hey bro, love your content big time. Could you possibly do a remix of Super C area 5. Anyways keep rocking! 🤘
Dude you're cool
aaaaah, favorite part, Like balm for the woundSorry, thats all i got on card right now
CAPO GENIO!
Lyrics:
Water and water and water, water, water and water and water, water… (repeat ad nauseam)
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Is that just me, or is there a whip and sword in the background???
*Uses Limit Break*
Your the best