Sephiroth was not always the madman we know. He was a caring man that inspired those around him. He was a man surrounded by comrades he'd gladly call friends. He was praised as a hero. But then one of his comrades rebelled. That was the start of a series of unfortunate events that spelled Sephiroth's descent. In Crisis Core, we see Sephiroth turn into something worse than a man, and we can't help but cry for him.
After crisis core I couldn’t see Sephiroth as evil. He was trying, he didn’t know what to do, so he did what he thought would be best. He was wrong sure, but he was trying in his own twisted way.
How to turn someone into an antagonist or anti hero... You break him tell him lies so he'll find the half truth of himself, you take away his close friends so he'll feel alone in this world. Soon, he'll go insane, loosing himself, making him believe he is "the chosen one" "an ancient" "the true ruler of the planet". He'll forget what being human is (This is why i have so much sympathy for sephiroth)
Sephiroth is the Anakin Skywalker of video game antagonists. You first know him as this unstoppable big bad with little motivation behind what he does, but as the franchise continues, you slowly begin to realise that he isn't just a villain. He's arguably the biggest victim of them all.
Especially when you realise he became a villain because he misunderstood the whole situation. He believed he was the son of Jenova, and that she was a Cetra that the humans killed to achieve her power, when she was actually the malicious alien who wiped out the Cetra in the first place. He believes he is the chosen one to rule the world his kin almost destroyed in the first place.
I used this in my dnd game, and it was perfect. One of my players cast a fireball at the BBEG, and as I described them walking out of the flames unharmed, I started playing this.
@@georgehouliaras7239 oh i thoght you meant with psp audio quality or something. I haven't played original crisis core but i get it that people might want old voice actors. I like current sephiroth va tho.
@@pockigit7668 Yeah I meant the old vas. It's cool, to each their own. But the previous Sephiroth va voiced him for like 2 decades. It's hard to imagine Sephiroth with another voice.
For the finale of the remakes i want sephiroth to no longer seem calm and collected. I want him to genuinely lose his shit, to be mad and furious that Cloud and gang have defied him time and time again. That would make his last stance seem all the more impactful. Him fighting with all of his strenght, like a cornered beast.
The endgame of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII disappointed me greatly until I read an interesting line in the ultimania omega. Sephiroth won, apparently. `Defeating` him in Advent Children didn't do shit. He remains in the lifestream, festering in the planet's blood like the disease that he is. Geostigma had already claimed many lives by the time of AC, so the damage was already done. That and evidently, Sephiroth has evolved into a true god by that universe's standards. They beat his avatar.
Estuans Interis Ira Vehementi x2 (Burning inside with Anger) SEPHIROTH x2 Sors immanis et invanis x2 (Fate monstruos and empty) Estuans Interis Ira Vehementi("") veni veni venias (come come,o come) Ne me mori facias (Do not let me die) Gloriosa,Generosa (Glorious,Noble) Sephiroth. Felt like posting my opinion: I also added the translations,in case someone isn't a geek in Latin. Woah,actually thank incinerator! I never guessed that there was a Gloriosa Generosa ^^
@@punishment5658 not necessarily. Orchestra dates back as far as the 16th century which was way before Star Wars was ever conceived. Star Wars can be credited with popularizing it tho.
Sephiroth is true evil, and tragic, how he starts out as "friend" (he isn't human so who knows) then he turns all evil and fucking scary and motivated. well done Square!
Sephiroth's massively overrated, but he's a good villain. Just not worthy of the cult following he has. That lazy Joker ripoff, however, is completely and utterly worthless. -99/10.
Choral classical. The best example I can point you to is Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. My recommended tracks from the album include Estuans Interius (which is where some of the OWA lyrics come from), Veni, Veni, Venias (see previous note), O Fortuna (you have, guaranteed, heard that one before) and Olim Lacus Colueram.
Raul Rojas Nope. Sephiroth solos the both of them. Dante and Vergil move at Hypersonic+ speeds, whereas Sephiroth is Massively Hypersonic+. Also Dante and Vergil are only at least Multi-City Block level in destruction, being generous. Sephiroth is a planet buster, so Sephiroth utterly takes the cake on this one. Much better swordsman than Dante or Vergil, well Dante yes, but Vergil and Sephiroth swordsman wise, I couldn't really say; they are both fantastic swordsmen. However, SMT Dante could very well have a good chance against Sephiroth. I'm not sure but I heard SMT Dante was FTL in speed, but I'm not positive. But the canon Dante and Vergil lose-- And I'd much rather they win, but stat wise it just doesn't add up in their favor, sadly.
If Zack is playable in Rebirth and he has to fight Sephiroth at one point, I hope they use The World’s Enemy as it’s sort of his own _VS Sephiroth_ theme like OWA is for Cloud.
Estuans interius ira vehementi sors immanis et innanis veni veni venias ne me mori facias Gloriosa Generosa Gloriosa Generosa Why does everyone always assume they sing in English? >:U
I get that some of them may be a joke, but experience tells me that the vast majority of them are because people really do think that the entire world speaks their primary language. And that's sad.
yeah because latin being a dead language for a REASON ....so yeah people dont all know about our latin origins i looked it up after liking the song lol
Sephiroth legit intimidates me maybe it's his theme maybe it's that menacing weapon he has maybe it's how easily he uses said weapon maybe it's because of George Newborn's voice for him either way I piss my pants
I wonder how Zack would have reacted if Sepiriath offered him his pear? could it have changed the Final Fantasy Vii world we now today? It gives me CHILLS, to think such future could have happened
So this just happened. I was just jamming to this and i suddenly see a speeding spider on the floor. Like listening to boss music and not knowing there’s a boss.
It doesn't say "Look at me, I'm perfect" like the original one. It says "Look at me, I'm perfect and I also happen to be freaking out of my mind" Creepy and magnificent
Advent Crisis version is badass, but I love this one a little more as it's the most different than others One Winged Angel versions. And it felt like a great continue for the theme song after the original.
Just to clear this up, they did mention that it's a possibility. The speculation is that Shinra, an al-bhed wunderkind found the "lifestream" of spira during Yuna's escapades in X-2 and went on an invested venture thanks to Rin. As he said, it would take ten's of thousands of years to perfect the technology. So really, even if it were in the same universe, it still only relies on one single thread. And all Final Fantasy universes are connected in a sense, they all use similar magic and summons.
it's a different song entirely, there are some things that are the same to link the two songs, i think, but other than that the only thing connecting them is their association with sephiroth
Yeah, I knew I'd forgotten some. And you're welcome! I heard it myself and went to consult some lyric vids of it on here and found it to be true. Then I went and GT'd all the words. Latin is so cool. Almost as cool as Japanese. :3
This was like a good mma fighter and a pro undefeated fighter are play sparring and the good fighter tries too hard and accidentally punches the pro in the face. "Alright you wanna go? Let's go."
Sephiroth was not always the madman we know. He was a caring man that inspired those around him. He was a man surrounded by comrades he'd gladly call friends. He was praised as a hero.
But then one of his comrades rebelled. That was the start of a series of unfortunate events that spelled Sephiroth's descent. In Crisis Core, we see Sephiroth turn into something worse than a man, and we can't help but cry for him.
After crisis core I couldn’t see Sephiroth as evil. He was trying, he didn’t know what to do, so he did what he thought would be best. He was wrong sure, but he was trying in his own twisted way.
.....i miss angeal and genisis
How to turn someone into an antagonist or anti hero...
You break him
tell him lies so he'll find the half truth of himself, you take away his close friends so he'll feel alone in this world. Soon, he'll go insane, loosing himself, making him believe he is "the chosen one" "an ancient" "the true ruler of the planet". He'll forget what being human is
(This is why i have so much sympathy for sephiroth)
@@InsomniProductions true
True
Seriously as soon as ANY version of Sephiroth's theme, be it FF7, KH1 or 2, Crisis Core, or the AC movie, you know shit gets real.
Wait AC movie?
@@klauser9779 Final Fantasy VIi Advent Children
And then we hear it in Smash.
@@retroprime6206 watch him be stupidly OP
He's really not.
I love every version of sephiroth's theme including this one.
I played cc before 7 so this one is my fav :)
*im flattered*
Me too
I can't wait to hear it again in the crisis core remake, I wonder if they will twist it a bit like FF7 remake ?
@@brieuxbayot6823 So hyped ngl
Zack: "No... You're not... you're not the Sephiroth I once knew!"
Sephiroth: "I am the chosen one. The one chosen to rule this planet."
that smile on his face before he fights you...terror.
Badass and sad at the same time.
"Traitor! You will pay."
Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the Chosen One.
Angeal: “A monster’s objective is usually world domination or revenge”
Sephiroth is the Anakin Skywalker of video game antagonists. You first know him as this unstoppable big bad with little motivation behind what he does, but as the franchise continues, you slowly begin to realise that he isn't just a villain. He's arguably the biggest victim of them all.
Real
Especially when you realise he became a villain because he misunderstood the whole situation.
He believed he was the son of Jenova, and that she was a Cetra that the humans killed to achieve her power, when she was actually the malicious alien who wiped out the Cetra in the first place.
He believes he is the chosen one to rule the world his kin almost destroyed in the first place.
My favorite version of sephiroths theme!! :)
AriRawwwrr Me too! ^_~
Same
Same
Same here
Been years since I heard this theme
This sounds like a Christmas version of One Winged Angel...but that Christmas would be friggin epic!
The last version of winged angel is just ...
Inspecteur Callahaine 6 years later this is still the most accurate description of this track 🤣
“Tell Santa what you cherish most, Cloud” lolololol
@@leftheavy. LMAO
Oh oh oh merry Christmas, cloud
Alright everyone. Soon we're gonna have to fight Sephiroth again.
joshua chang I'm so excited. And scared.
joshua chang Yep.
LET'S GO!
+joshua chang Let's mosey...I mean MOVE OUT!
+joshua chang You scared yet?
This is waaaay better when you read the comments with fucked up lyrics while listening.
I used this in my dnd game, and it was perfect. One of my players cast a fireball at the BBEG, and as I described them walking out of the flames unharmed, I started playing this.
Those Chosen By The Planet sounds like it would also have worked with this
My favorite part is the 3 minutes of absolute silence at the end
Imagine if this started playing irl.
If you’re walking around and this starts playing your life is over loool
@@numbaoneg101 that or it has just now truly begun.
*ded*
*gets stabbed and dies*
Looks at the sky as it turns red.
"... Well, fuck. SEEPHIROOOOTH-!"
*Whoosh*
Can’t wait to hear this in Reunion
It won't be the same without the psp voice. It was iconic.
@@georgehouliaras7239 but it will be better since it will be better audio quality
@@pockigit7668 Unluckily. The guys who played Zack and Sephiroth were just too iconic. Nothing can replace that.
@@georgehouliaras7239 oh i thoght you meant with psp audio quality or something. I haven't played original crisis core but i get it that people might want old voice actors. I like current sephiroth va tho.
@@pockigit7668 Yeah I meant the old vas. It's cool, to each their own. But the previous Sephiroth va voiced him for like 2 decades. It's hard to imagine Sephiroth with another voice.
*to all misheard lyrics writers;
"TRAITOR. YOU WILL PAY"
Because of fire scene and this theme, Sephiroth is immediately already my favorite character
For the finale of the remakes i want sephiroth to no longer seem calm and collected. I want him to genuinely lose his shit, to be mad and furious that Cloud and gang have defied him time and time again. That would make his last stance seem all the more impactful. Him fighting with all of his strenght, like a cornered beast.
I’d like this too but considering he’s well aware of his fate and cloud he’s more tactful of his intentions
SEPHIROTH IS IN SMASH ULTIMATE!!
The endgame of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII disappointed me greatly until I read an interesting line in the ultimania omega. Sephiroth won, apparently. `Defeating` him in Advent Children didn't do shit. He remains in the lifestream, festering in the planet's blood like the disease that he is. Geostigma had already claimed many lives by the time of AC, so the damage was already done. That and evidently, Sephiroth has evolved into a true god by that universe's standards. They beat his avatar.
I am inevitable, you may have destroyes my body but yiu will never TRULY defeat me.
Not being sarcastic, but you put this very eloquently
This explains a lot about the remake...
Estuans Interis Ira Vehementi x2 (Burning inside with Anger)
SEPHIROTH x2
Sors immanis et invanis x2 (Fate monstruos and empty)
Estuans Interis Ira Vehementi("")
veni veni venias (come come,o come)
Ne me mori facias (Do not let me die)
Gloriosa,Generosa (Glorious,Noble)
Sephiroth.
Felt like posting my opinion: I also added the translations,in case someone isn't a geek in Latin.
Woah,actually thank incinerator! I never guessed that there was a Gloriosa Generosa ^^
This is so Star Wars-y, I can't unhear it, and I love it
Yeah because Star Wars invented Orchestra lmfao
@@punishment5658 not necessarily. Orchestra dates back as far as the 16th century which was way before Star Wars was ever conceived. Star Wars can be credited with popularizing it tho.
@@N120Xeno it was fucking sarcasm, dude
@@mr.monkey354 chill ok it’s hard to tell sarcasm when it’s just words on a screen
Come on don't ruin it for me
Our prayers have been answered. Crisis Core is finally getting a remaster.
With a terrible English cast for Zack(and Sephiroth imo). If only they used the original psp voices.
Ya'll were praying for a terribly written prequel? Damn. 🤣🤣
@@elizabethchint2391 I'll bet you think Last of Us 2 is peak storytelling
@@mr.awesome6011
At least TLOU 2 is a sequel and not a prequel.
@@georgehouliaras7239I'll rather get shot than play FF with a english dub i don't know how you americans do it
The goosebumps this version gave me the first time I heard it...
Love this version if his theme. The beginning always gives me tingles
i will never be a memory
1:47 this is honestly my favorite part
prob my favorite version of sephiroth's theme,the oscilating sounds from this one makes it more menacing
One person doesn't have an appreciation for true videogame art!
Came back after the reunion trailer to listen to the best Sepiroth theme
This made the battle between Zack vs Sephiroth at the Mako Reactor epic.
Lol that was no "battle", Sephiroth gave him a one sided ass whooping. 🤣
@@elizabethchint2391it made the one sided ass whooping epic
Sephiroth is true evil, and tragic, how he starts out as "friend" (he isn't human so who knows) then he turns all evil and fucking scary and motivated. well done Square!
Still the best antagonist of all time in my eyes, but Kefka is right at his side.
Sephiroth's massively overrated, but he's a good villain. Just not worthy of the cult following he has. That lazy Joker ripoff, however, is completely and utterly worthless. -99/10.
Looks like someone is mad
Looks like someone is a fanboy
When did I say I liked sephiroth
Sephiroth? A simple and shitty post is a clear sign of Store Brand Joker fans.
The start of a mans sanity going down sephiorth going down a villainous path and cloud seeing this man where ever he goes
Playing through this game was the first time I had ever listened to One Winged Angel. I had no idea it was so famous.
One of my favourite renditions of his theme.
I totally wasn't expecting a boss fight, and it caught me completely off-guard.
Choral classical. The best example I can point you to is Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. My recommended tracks from the album include Estuans Interius (which is where some of the OWA lyrics come from), Veni, Veni, Venias (see previous note), O Fortuna (you have, guaranteed, heard that one before) and Olim Lacus Colueram.
If I may ask? What is Choral Classical?
dante and vergil vs. sephiroth... it would be a great fight
yes, that would be a totally badass fight. Also wouldn't mind seeing new Dante and vergil fighting sephiroth
dante dies and just leaves vergil with the Yamato and Sephiroth with the Masamune w/o black materia
Sadly Dante and Vergil are stronger than sephiroth.
Raul Rojas Nope. Sephiroth solos the both of them. Dante and Vergil move at Hypersonic+ speeds, whereas Sephiroth is Massively Hypersonic+. Also Dante and Vergil are only at least Multi-City Block level in destruction, being generous. Sephiroth is a planet buster, so Sephiroth utterly takes the cake on this one. Much better swordsman than Dante or Vergil, well Dante yes, but Vergil and Sephiroth swordsman wise, I couldn't really say; they are both fantastic swordsmen.
However, SMT Dante could very well have a good chance against Sephiroth. I'm not sure but I heard SMT Dante was FTL in speed, but I'm not positive. But the canon Dante and Vergil lose-- And I'd much rather they win, but stat wise it just doesn't add up in their favor, sadly.
Thunder Hawke you forgot dante and vergil x-factor level 3
Alternate title: How Sephiroth stole Christmas
this score scared me when I was younger because I knew it meant I had to fight Sephiroth T-T
I have spent TEN SOLID MINUTES trying to find this one track. Everything else I found turned out to be covers of One-Winged Angel
Glad you found it
If Zack is playable in Rebirth and he has to fight Sephiroth at one point, I hope they use The World’s Enemy as it’s sort of his own _VS Sephiroth_ theme like OWA is for Cloud.
Nah, hopefully Zack sacrifices himself. He really serves no purpose past crisis core other than being Cloud's fake persona.
@@elizabethchint2391 nah cloud should sacrifice himself lol zacks a superior character
@@latinoviking On Mars.
@@elizabethchint6485 dont get what u mean but i stand by my statement
So……
That octaslash intro was an absolute banger back in the days for me
Damn I love this song so very catchy. I've been humming the song to myself for quite some time now.
1:29 Why is that part so damn hype
Zack is awesome wish he never died
They should've added him in smash after sephiroth😢😢😢
when this plays you know shit just got real
When you're more mad after being killed in 1 blow by him because you can't hear the full soundtrack, rather than him beating you so easily.
Angeal: Enough!!!
Sephiroth: angeal?
Genesis: out my way!
The best version!!!
News! Get your news here! The one winged angel of despair is in smash! Get your news here!
How i love this song!! OMG!
my favorite version of sephiroth theme
Bells, Frogs, Big cherries Peter pan, magic cheese, Sephiroth!
Rahat Duary I'm dying!
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST LYRICS YET
Sephiroth's Kindness before he lost it.
Estuans interius
ira vehementi
sors immanis
et innanis
veni veni venias
ne me mori facias
Gloriosa Generosa
Gloriosa Generosa
Why does everyone always assume they sing in English? >:U
Soryykah Wilson because its a joke lol
it was hilarious soudning on the top comment XD
I get that some of them may be a joke, but experience tells me that the vast majority of them are because people really do think that the entire world speaks their primary language.
And that's sad.
yeah because latin being a dead language for a REASON ....so yeah people dont all know about our latin origins i looked it up after liking the song lol
Because they're uncultured.
I really love and have started an online course in Latin
this was the best version my God!!!
I love Sephiroth's Theme, all three versions, but THIS is my favorite one
How about The Sephiroth's Theme in Kingdom Hearts
Dark Monado i like the Advent Children version
Nothing tops the Remastered original version with the actual symphony
Zack is the fucking best hero ever he will live futher in our hearts :)
The world's enemy just became existences enemy!
Here to celebrate him being in Smash
Sephiroth legit intimidates me
maybe it's his theme
maybe it's that menacing weapon he has
maybe it's how easily he uses said weapon
maybe it's because of George Newborn's voice for him
either way I piss my pants
same~
MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHUT THE FUCK UP
its a great background music when your fighting in either a game or in real life.
One winged angel: Run for your goddamn life edition
I wonder how Zack would have reacted if Sepiriath offered him his pear? could it have changed the Final Fantasy Vii world we now today? It gives me CHILLS, to think such future could have happened
I like Sephiroth
He looks like a good guy
Not some creepy ass half naked guy with octopus tentacles with a giant wing
Yosuke Hanamura Tentacles ? xD
Dragonork Fan art. Scares me
+Dragonork sephiroths final form in ff7
+Soma Yukihira Infinite in Mystery is the Gift Of The Goddes
i bet you will make something disgusting food with his tentacle soma
Eggs, toast, for fairies. Make the best lemon tea. SEPHIROTH!!!!!!!!
this music will be played loudly in 2012
Well welcome to 2020
@@eternal1469 welcome to 2022
I wonder if the original commenter is dead?
So this just happened. I was just jamming to this and i suddenly see a speeding spider on the floor. Like listening to boss music and not knowing there’s a boss.
Depuis le temp que je le cherche c'est trop bon
It doesn't say "Look at me, I'm perfect" like the original one.
It says "Look at me, I'm perfect and I also happen to be freaking out of my mind"
Creepy and magnificent
they took my psp in the class room because of the epic theme song :)
Perfect 😆
the first time this started playing i got scared
Best intro ever
xbox jim carrey steal a van run and pee
xbox jim carrey steal a van run and pee
Sephiros!
ayyy lmao.
demmm I laught so hard 😁😂
Thanks this actually helped me remember the lyrics
Yes, those are the very real lyrics
Yay SEPHIROTH!^^
No hard feelings then eh?
Jacob Knight Nah XD
Advent Crisis version is badass, but I love this one a little more as it's the most different than others One Winged Angel versions. And it felt like a great continue for the theme song after the original.
honestly sounds like christmas
2:59
ich liebe das theme
Just to clear this up, they did mention that it's a possibility.
The speculation is that Shinra, an al-bhed wunderkind found the "lifestream" of spira during Yuna's escapades in X-2 and went on an invested venture thanks to Rin.
As he said, it would take ten's of thousands of years to perfect the technology.
So really, even if it were in the same universe, it still only relies on one single thread.
And all Final Fantasy universes are connected in a sense, they all use similar magic and summons.
baddest one on the street that is, he's no better than the kids... SEPHIROTH!!!!
News! Get your news here! Crisis core remake coming this winter! Get your news here!
Ivalice is the name of the world that the Tactics games, FF12 and Vagrant Story are set in. No other FF is set in that world.
The best version
My Mom's ringtone......
What instrument do you play:
Me: HAMMER AND ANVIL
This version kinda reminds me of a disney villain song for some reason
It's like they were going for that all along!
it's a different song entirely, there are some things that are the same to link the two songs, i think, but other than that the only thing connecting them is their association with sephiroth
It’s December so this is my festivity music.
This sounds like a Christmas version of One Winged Angel.
Every version of Sephiroth’s theme sounds like even the skies can be slashed by him like it’s nothing
Yeah, I knew I'd forgotten some. And you're welcome! I heard it myself and went to consult some lyric vids of it on here and found it to be true. Then I went and GT'd all the words. Latin is so cool. Almost as cool as Japanese. :3
Best version.
No need fighting him, hide or flee. Has giant sword aiming thee, run and flee!
Sephiroth!!
This was like a good mma fighter and a pro undefeated fighter are play sparring and the good fighter tries too hard and accidentally punches the pro in the face. "Alright you wanna go? Let's go."
the sax part just reminds me of star wars now
I like your style sephiroth...
es-tas infeliz, quitate-me de aquí
es-tas infeliz, quitate-me de aquí, SEPHIROTH!
Octoslash
2:26 Traitor
2:42 You Will Pay