The Musical Journey of Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy Composer

On this episode of Culture Explained, we'll take a look at Final Fantasy Composer, Nobuo Uematsu. He’s been the sole composer on the first 9 FF mainline games (as well as some FF spinoffs). Let’s see how the music of Final Fantasy came to be and how Uematsu created some of the best video game music soundtracks.
Also, ever wanted to know how One Winged Angel was composed? Well, we will also be taking a more focused look at the ost of ff7, to celebrate Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Chapter 1: Beginning
3:15 Chapter 2: Start of Career
6:37 Chapter 3: Nes & SNES
10:21 Chapter 4: Final Fantasy 7
16:14 Chapter 5: Post FF7
19:53 Chapter 6: Leaving Square
22:00 Chapter 7: Fun Facts, Future
Big thank you to all the channels that allowed me to use their footage:
‪@LetsPlayWithBrigands‬
‪@SourceSpy91‬
‪@oldclassicgame‬
‪@LongnPlay‬
Dog Ear Records: 10 Stories: • 『植松伸夫の10ショート・ストーリーズ(DV...
vgmdb.net/album/17316
Links to most info:
(not secure): www.vgmonline.net/nobuouematsu/
www.originalsoundversion.com/...
www.squareenixmusic.com/featu...
www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/...
www.gameconcerts.com/en/backg....
screenrant.com/final-fantasy-....
www.watchmojo.com/articles/to...
www.polygon.com/a/final-fanta...
composer.spitfireaudio.com/en...
www.destructoid.com/the-story...
www.onemillionpower.com/a-top...
www.soundoflife.com/blogs/peo...
www.washingtonpost.com/video-...
daily.redbullmusicacademy.com...
www.squareenixmusic.com/compo...
www.destructoid.com/destructo...
www.square-enix-games.com/en_...
Video Interviews:
James Mielke Interview: • 1up/James Mielke Inter...
• Nobuo Uematsu (final ...
• EXCLUSIVE! FINAL FANTA...
• Nobuo Uematsu & Masayo...
• Nobuo Uematsu Discusse...
• Final Fantasy Composer...
• How Nobuo Uematsu Comp...
• Nobuo Uematsu - Behind...
(I had a million tabs open, can’t include everything but this was the most useful stuff)
#nobuouematsu #finalfantasy #videogames #videogamemusic #music #finalfantasy7rebirth #finalfantasy7remake #finalfantasy7

[@cultureexplained]

One fact I read immediately after posting is that Uematsu gets more inspired when walking with his dog Pao than when listening to music. Coincidentally, Pao is also the name of the fortune teller Square went to.

[@chrisfox1124]

Wow, I was convinced i was watching a channel with hundreds of thousands of subs and views with the quality the video shows. Halfway through, I see only 100 views and no comments!?! This is a great video! Keep up the work you have talent!!!

[@BobBobenstein]

fantastic and thorough video. you deserve more views

[@bolognabong]

This needs more views

[@cultureexplained]

I'll get there :) thanks for the support!

[@Caal_]

Great video! I'd love to see more videos like this one

[@cultureexplained]

Definitely! I plan on doing a little bit of everything, i have a lot of interests so please Sub and you'll be surprised every time :)

[@elponchex]

Most of the battle songs throughout final fantasy are prog rock!