Hell yea I forget the exact line but ultima was like “so what do think will become of this world” and Clive put it as blunt as you can be. Slavery, discrimination, war, hunger. It’ll all continue but at least it’s of their own will.
@@RedAlpha101 it plays in the cutscene near the end before the three leave for the final battle! (trying to be vague, unless you want spoilers/already know what happened.)
@@silverdeer4876there’s actually another use early on, when Cid reveals his plan for the mother crystals. It’s not the fullblown theme but the leitmotif is still there
It's pretty amazing to hear how this theme has changed over the years. Definitely hits really different once VIII happened with the full orchestra, and I have to admit I really love Shimomura's version with all the beautiful piano work and i love the really stripped back version Soken did for XVI as well. Great video!
I can't remember where I read it, but Square mentioned that FFX was the first Final Fantasy game to shift away from the western RPG style. They aimed to make FFX distinctly Asian, which led them to modify many jingles and themes that sounded "too European," including the Final Fantasy Theme. As a result, they created a unique, one-time theme called "To Zanarkand." This theme is exclusive to FFX and has become a leitmotif for much of the background music in the game.
@@dittoprae3863it's interesting really because FFX is universally loved while the other two mainline games that doesn't have the theme is universally derided Of course the issue with those two games are far more than just the music but it's interesting to see the connection
Excellent video This track alone, despite its 8-bit roots always felt so grandiose and that the moment it hits its peak. We would get like a big landscape view of the entire world and then the title would just drop adding to the spectacle
Final Fantasy 1 to 5: For all ages with compelling stories and happy endings. Final Fantasy 6 to 15: For teens onwards with emotional plots, epic battles, love, loss and good endings. Final Fantasy 16: For adults only with a dark depressing mature story which shows the horrors of war and with a bittersweet ending. But regardless of their different stories, tones and age targets the main theme music is always stellar and a masterpiece of music.
@@lpk675 True. FF6 was the changing point when the franchise moved onto a teen audience, pushed the boundaries of kids games and had a bold bittersweet ending.
@@lpk675 I think it's the opposite, the world is destroyed, yes, but a new one can be build and that is what the protagonists aim to do at the end of FF6, it would have be a sad ending if everyone just gave up, just like Kefka wanted
I grew up on the FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX themes. The jump from FFVII to FFVIII, is quite significant, when Uematsu-sensei decided to go full orchestra, and that gave the FF Main Theme a lot of depth. My Personal favourite is FFVIII, the sequence ending theme is very seamless and you get to hear the orchestral arrangement for Eyes On Me. Such Perfection. 👌🏽
FF12 is quite like a "march" theme, fit for the game since it's about political struggles. Fastest main theme is probably FF16 "Dominance" trailer, where they call out all the names of Eikon, & my favourite between all of the theme.
I don't get the hate behind FF15. The gameplay was simplistic and a lot of content was cut, but the world was stunning and roaming around with your bros was fun. One of my favourite FF games really
There's the infinite hallway, and the plot past the Leviathan boss fight falls a part pretty quickly, especially towards the end where everything made no sense and it was clearly rushed. And that's even with the patches and DLC that improved things. And don't get me wrong, I love 15. It's a sold game with solid characters... but it has several noticeable issues if you really look at it.
FF15 best FF4 Classic FF16 Wonderful. However, the main theme of the most basic and widely known version of the orchestra is the theme of FF8. The theme of FF8 was also adopted at the Tokyo Olympics.
I wonder when Uematsu first composed it did he already have the full orchestra version in his head. I can't imagine how he felt finally hearing it for the first time after so many years.
FF4 is the best one he made and then the others got inspired by him but made it look a bit different to each moment, every composers also great too but Nobuo Uematsu just hit different.
FF XV arrangement is my fav, by far. It helps that is also used as, minor spoilers: . . . . . . . Is used as part of the "hey, this is the logo. Please cry because they can never be together!" 😭
In a cancelled DLC the game drastically would have changed with Lunafreya surviving as well as Noctis however that was put into a book and is considered non cannon but it’s an amazing read. Edit: I got the synopsis wrong and basically the game happens as is but Lunafreya basically wakes up from death and a new world is born. The book is called The Dawn Of The Future.
IV is the one that always hit the the hardest, because I remember it playing right before the final boss and motivated me to try to beat it :> Unfrotunetly had to return it before I could buve LOVED it.
I wished more composer can try to compose FF Main Theme. Imagine an FF version compose by Sawano Hiroyuki. I wished FF17 have Sawano as the guest composer 😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Can you PLEASE do one with Prelude, one with Victory Fanfare, and one with Chocobo Themes? Just I-XVI (please use XIV:1.0 and XIV:ARR versions, but no sequels like X-2, XIII-2, VII:R, or other XIV Expansions). Main Reason my bottom 3 FINAL FANTASY Instalments are XIII, X, and II. XIII also doesn't have FINAL FANTASY Prelude and FINAL FANTASY Victory Fanfare versions. Main Reason it is my bottom one. X is after because it is inexcusable for the 10th Instalment to not have the Main Theme of the Series. II I forgive it because it was the first sequel and it wasn't established yet that that would be the Series Main Theme, the same way I forgive I for not having Chocobos.
XIII does have the prelude, kinda. It's hidden in Sunleth Waterscape, but in a different key. and its tempo is way faster. btw XII doesn't have the FF victory fanfare, same with XV.
@@GiordanDiodato XIII does not have the FINAL FANTASY Prelude, it is not in that Song. Victory Fanfare definitely is in XII and XV, in XII when you beat a Boss, and on XV when you sleep in a Camp and Level up. Also, Prompto randomly singing it after normal battles.
7 also doesn't have this theme yet he's trying to make it seem like it does. I have beaten 7 a hundred million times and know everything about the game and this theme is definitely not in it without mods.
@@terry85marit plays during the end credits, during the “staff roll” song, at 3.31 since the start of the song. 2, 10 and 13 are the only main ff without the theme
In Lightning Return there is trumpet version of main theme right in front of Yusnaan station... But I don't think it counts... I really hope the main theme play at the ending cutscene, where Lightning and friend stand around the crystal witnessing the newborn earth😢
This theme is not in ff7. I have been playing this game through entirely at least once a year since release and this theme is not in the game unless someone modded it in.
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Goddamn. That glow up from 7 to 8. You can hear the difference that having real instruments makes instrument instead of a midi soundboard.
Hell yeah!
I kinda hate the 7 sound font to be honest, it hurts my ears, so I am so glad that they upgraded in 8
The music in 8 was peak 🤌
@@danjegou5434 Man With a Machine Gun is a certified bop
7 better ost during game, or what, main title? Sounds amazing wtf bruh , not cokapaij first 6 here too af@@danjegou5434
I like how ff16 just shows that theres no glory in war, only suffering and dread of tommorow. Fucking sick af i tell you
Hell yea I forget the exact line but ultima was like “so what do think will become of this world” and Clive put it as blunt as you can be. Slavery, discrimination, war, hunger. It’ll all continue but at least it’s of their own will.
@benzohhhhh I mean yeah FF16 took a realistic approch. It still out sell ff7r though
A society that thinks there is no glory in war will eventually be replaced by one that does
FF16 also shows how bad of a game you can make for 300million USD
@@gregggalex "bad" lol
FFXV's is my favourite. FFXVI and FFVII are close runner ups.
same here. FFXV's ending hurt like hell too, more than all the others
I like both FFxv and FFxvi equally.
We can all agree on the fact that Nobuo Uematsu is a genius
Don't forget Soken
The scene in which 16 uses this version of the theme is so sweet yet melancholic
a powerful final fantasy scene, a farewell even if the game is not a JRPG FF5 it wasnt neither
@ShiiroHasu when does it use it?
@@RedAlpha101 it plays in the cutscene near the end before the three leave for the final battle! (trying to be vague, unless you want spoilers/already know what happened.)
@silverdeer4876 thanks
@@silverdeer4876there’s actually another use early on, when Cid reveals his plan for the mother crystals. It’s not the fullblown theme but the leitmotif is still there
FF16 takes the cake. So so beautiful
It's pretty amazing to hear how this theme has changed over the years. Definitely hits really different once VIII happened with the full orchestra, and I have to admit I really love Shimomura's version with all the beautiful piano work and i love the really stripped back version Soken did for XVI as well. Great video!
For some reason it never dawned on me that FFX (or FFX-2) don't have the Final Fantasy theme anywhere
They replaced it with To Zanarkand in 10
I can't remember where I read it, but Square mentioned that FFX was the first Final Fantasy game to shift away from the western RPG style. They aimed to make FFX distinctly Asian, which led them to modify many jingles and themes that sounded "too European," including the Final Fantasy Theme. As a result, they created a unique, one-time theme called "To Zanarkand." This theme is exclusive to FFX and has become a leitmotif for much of the background music in the game.
@@dittoprae3863it's interesting really because FFX is universally loved while the other two mainline games that doesn't have the theme is universally derided
Of course the issue with those two games are far more than just the music but it's interesting to see the connection
IX's version is my personal favorite. It's so emotional. XII is also pretty good and feel like a nationl anthem
It's not here, but Endwalker's version has become one of my favorite. That beat really makes it the most 'Coming home' feeling.
One of most happiest version.
It feel like victory parade.
(Before saddest on from 15-16)
I love how its such a mainstay that it plays on the games that have little to no plot relation to the elemental crystals
There is a theme for the crystals
Beautifully compiled. Beautifully edited. Lovely job.
Excellent video
This track alone, despite its 8-bit roots always felt so grandiose and that the moment it hits its peak. We would get like a big landscape view of the entire world and then the title would just drop adding to the spectacle
You missed Endwalker. It's got a different version than 1.0 and ARR.
tales of the star
Final Fantasy 1 to 5: For all ages with compelling stories and happy endings.
Final Fantasy 6 to 15: For teens onwards with emotional plots, epic battles, love, loss and good endings.
Final Fantasy 16: For adults only with a dark depressing mature story which shows the horrors of war and with a bittersweet ending.
But regardless of their different stories, tones and age targets the main theme music is always stellar and a masterpiece of music.
I wouldn't exactly call the ending of FF6 a "happy ending". Like, the world is still destroyed at the end. It's a bittersweet one at best.
@@lpk675 True. FF6 was the changing point when the franchise moved onto a teen audience, pushed the boundaries of kids games and had a bold bittersweet ending.
@@lpk675 I think it's the opposite, the world is destroyed, yes, but a new one can be build and that is what the protagonists aim to do at the end of FF6, it would have be a sad ending if everyone just gave up, just like Kefka wanted
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Oh, there’s a hopeful side to the ending, no doubt, but I feel like saying that it’s a completely happy ending isn’t quite right.
Uhhh, doesn’t celes try to kill her self in FF6? I don’t know if it’s for all ages.
FF15's will always be my favorite. The way it made me absolutely bawl will always sit with me.
Most definitely, it’s use for the final scene in the throne room is such amazing timing to make use of the theme and it’s beauty behind it my god
Yoko Shimomura's arrangement was godlike.
Finally Have a friend who likes FF 15
@@bassace5573XV is literally my 2nd favorite FF. Played it for... Don't know... 500 hours, all saves and episodes combined?
I grew up on the FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX themes.
The jump from FFVII to FFVIII, is quite significant, when Uematsu-sensei decided to go full orchestra, and that gave the FF Main Theme a lot of depth.
My Personal favourite is FFVIII, the sequence ending theme is very seamless and you get to hear the orchestral arrangement for Eyes On Me. Such Perfection. 👌🏽
FF9, FF15 and FF16 did it for me.
FF15 befitted the wedding scene.
FF12 is too fast-paced.
12's isn't that fast-paced
FF12 is quite like a "march" theme, fit for the game since it's about political struggles.
Fastest main theme is probably FF16 "Dominance" trailer, where they call out all the names of Eikon, & my favourite between all of the theme.
I don't get the hate behind FF15. The gameplay was simplistic and a lot of content was cut, but the world was stunning and roaming around with your bros was fun. One of my favourite FF games really
There's the infinite hallway, and the plot past the Leviathan boss fight falls a part pretty quickly, especially towards the end where everything made no sense and it was clearly rushed. And that's even with the patches and DLC that improved things.
And don't get me wrong, I love 15. It's a sold game with solid characters... but it has several noticeable issues if you really look at it.
Great detail to add that legendary clip of Sabin suplexing the Phantom Train in the FF6 segment
I wish it included the one from EndWalker fianle scene.
Every XIV expansion has a different FF Main theme.
FF15 best FF4 Classic FF16 Wonderful. However, the main theme of the most basic and widely known version of the orchestra is the theme of FF8. The theme of FF8 was also adopted at the Tokyo Olympics.
The jump in quality from FF7 to FF8 is huge. FF8 used real instruments I believe while games before it were chiptunes.
my no 1 fav will always be FF 12 Main theme. coming close to it is FF 15 then 14.. they are so so soooo goodd
Same here.
I wonder when Uematsu first composed it did he already have the full orchestra version in his head. I can't imagine how he felt finally hearing it for the first time after so many years.
already in IV you can hear the full depth of the piece as it appears in later games with non midi sound
FF4 is the best one he made and then the others got inspired by him but made it look a bit different to each moment, every composers also great too but Nobuo Uematsu just hit different.
Damn FFXIV is fire
OG FFXIV is by Nobuo Uematsu
The best FFXIV prelude with HW
I Love how Sabin just simply SUPLEX A FUCKING TRAIN
My fiancee loves the ffxii version, but my pick goes to the ffviii version.
FF XV arrangement is my fav, by far. It helps that is also used as, minor spoilers:
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Is used as part of the "hey, this is the logo. Please cry because they can never be together!" 😭
That game is literal depression😭
In a cancelled DLC the game drastically would have changed with Lunafreya surviving as well as Noctis however that was put into a book and is considered non cannon but it’s an amazing read.
Edit: I got the synopsis wrong and basically the game happens as is but Lunafreya basically wakes up from death and a new world is born. The book is called The Dawn Of The Future.
Favorites for Final Fantasy main themes start with Final Fantasy IV - IX, XV & XVI. I really ❤Final Fantasy XVI.
my favourites are VIII and XII, very triumphant and orchestral which is how I think this theme should be played
The FFVIII one play in the Credits Scene is so memorable.
My favorites are from 4 and 12.
you forgot the ending of FFXIV endwalker it somehow called the tale of the star but it has FF main theme on it like majority of it
The theme get sader and sader
Ngl, the fact that 10 just straight up omitted the series theme song is one reason why it’s near the bottom of my personal list of “best” FF games
Yeah you need to recut the beautiful thing and “The tale of the Star” which is Soken’s take on the theme for Endwalker.
IV is the one that always hit the the hardest, because I remember it playing right before the final boss and motivated me to try to beat it :> Unfrotunetly had to return it before I could buve LOVED it.
Let's not forget Crystal Bearers also had the FF theme.
I wish it also included the Endwalker variation that plays in the credits
Final Fantasy is to Square Enix what Fire Emblem is to Nintendo
The attack sounds on the earlier themes give me goosebumps
From a Warrior of Light to a Warrior of Fire
FF4 is just hit different, then the others just learned by previous games and made it better.
VI, IX amd XV are my favorits
I wished more composer can try to compose FF Main Theme.
Imagine an FF version compose by Sawano Hiroyuki. I wished FF17 have Sawano as the guest composer 😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Can you PLEASE do one with Prelude, one with Victory Fanfare, and one with Chocobo Themes?
Just I-XVI (please use XIV:1.0 and XIV:ARR versions, but no sequels like X-2, XIII-2, VII:R, or other XIV Expansions).
Main Reason my bottom 3 FINAL FANTASY Instalments are XIII, X, and II.
XIII also doesn't have FINAL FANTASY Prelude and FINAL FANTASY Victory Fanfare versions. Main Reason it is my bottom one.
X is after because it is inexcusable for the 10th Instalment to not have the Main Theme of the Series.
II I forgive it because it was the first sequel and it wasn't established yet that that would be the Series Main Theme, the same way I forgive I for not having Chocobos.
XIII does have the prelude, kinda. It's hidden in Sunleth Waterscape, but in a different key. and its tempo is way faster.
btw XII doesn't have the FF victory fanfare, same with XV.
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XIII does not have the FINAL FANTASY Prelude, it is not in that Song.
Victory Fanfare definitely is in XII and XV, in XII when you beat a Boss, and on XV when you sleep in a Camp and Level up.
Also, Prompto randomly singing it after normal battles.
@@gysahlfields7506 it is in that song. listen closely to the background synthesizer.
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XIII does not have the FINAL FANTASY Prelude.
Sunleth Waterscape is NOT the FINAL FANTASY Prelude theme.
The best is FFVI. The way it is woven into the final is marvelous. Shame it got cut off in here.
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12 to me if the definitive FF theme
FF15 and 16 have the best ones
I had such a crush on Rinoa.... Was it only me?
I have a prompto cosplay I wore so much I can't fit in my cosplay pants
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This was.great. I need to find this same thing for the crystal theme harp type music
Ff9 is the goat but 15 and 16 are also amazing
in few words Uematsu was just way better than everyone (the others are good too)
Why isn't there 2, 10 and 13?
They dont have the main theme
@@andythai8676i have played 10 and 13 expecting the main theme but there is none, it disappointed me and for me thats not final fantasy 😡
7 also doesn't have this theme yet he's trying to make it seem like it does. I have beaten 7 a hundred million times and know everything about the game and this theme is definitely not in it without mods.
@@terry85marit plays during the end credits, during the “staff roll” song, at 3.31 since the start of the song. 2, 10 and 13 are the only main ff without the theme
@@terry85mar It's in the ending theme
In Lightning Return there is trumpet version of main theme right in front of Yusnaan station... But I don't think it counts... I really hope the main theme play at the ending cutscene, where Lightning and friend stand around the crystal witnessing the newborn earth😢
Wait what happened to II, and XII. I know X was leaning to a more asian theme so they had to “change the jingles” I saw in a comment here
For me, FF12 has the best one
Omg FF10 and 13 didn’t have the main theme?? That’s SO bad how could they!
I think they did....i remember 13 so well... just fr some reason not included in the video
hm i just tried searching on RUclips, it seems they don't! Crazy i didn't realize that
@@farrelmukheshNo XIII doesn't. And it sucks for it.
@@NaturalEntertainer85Yes they do not. Main reason they are the bottom two FINAL FANTASY Instalments for me.
@@gysahlfields7506 ok FFIV fan
4-8-16
Is II the same as one?
this song isn’t in 2 at all
XIV has a bunch
where was FFX!? the best one by far!
FFX doesn't have the prelude theme.
@@samuelleie He have, in a kind of very experimental way
Why there’s no FFX??
XII would have been the best if it followed the original beat.
for me... ff main theme will be always the equivalent of a sacred song.
Why is FF13 missing?
13 don't have it. 2 and 10 didn't as well.
and this is why they dont rerelease ff13 :^) no main theme
why would you skip X??????
X skipped X
I prefer the early versions before the notes changed starting with FF7. FF12 had the last version of the good notes until FF16 brought it back again.
This theme is not in ff7. I have been playing this game through entirely at least once a year since release and this theme is not in the game unless someone modded it in.
It plays in the end credits.
It’s the final song in the game - the end half of the credits.
In this video it starts at 3:38
7, 8 and 9 all had it as part of the end credit themes ruclips.net/video/-1ZBWUnYPbA/видео.html link to the point in the soundtrack here
Don't skip the Credits, or go make a sandwich during them.
Final fantasy 13/15/16 arent real final fantasy games
You aren't a real being
Wtf does that even mean?
@@jakereynolds8897 one day you will find out lil buddy
Just staying in the menu of FFXII and vibing to it 🥹
Either you skipped FFX or it doesn't have a main theme to it?
II, X and XIII doesn't have a version of Prelude (main theme)