Final Fantasy VIII - Balamb Garden (Harp Solo)
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2024
- I have many fond memories of my first playthrough of Final Fantasy 8. 'Twas a lovely spring season in 2002, when I was but a middle school girl. I'd sit in my basement eating vanilla sandwich creme cookies, running around in circles in Balamb Garden with absolute zero sense of purpose or direction. I didn't understand junctioning, but the music was so calming. And then I was eaten by a T-Rexaur.
Composed by: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged and performed by: Harpsibored
Hope you enjoy this performance! I kept the arrangement pretty minimal, mostly for the health of my wrist, but also because I felt like it allowed the soothing essence of the song to shrine through. Man, do I sound pretentious when I talk about harp arrangements. You'd think I was lounging in NORG's basement lair drinking port wine and moping about how sad it is that I had to sell my second vacation home in Winhill. Galbadia has RUINED this economy, I tell you. I think it's time for me to relocate to Esthar. A Dr. Odine-esque Elizabethan collar would do WONDERS for my bone structure, darling.
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Hello! If you're new here, welcome to my channel, where I am clearly the best looking guy here. Here are some other FFVIII tracks I've done you may enjoy:
🎣 Fisherman's Horizon: ruclips.net/video/FTSqtFBi2gs/видео.html
🌊 Breezy: ruclips.net/video/1NfieKoWR24/видео.html
🌹 Roses and Wine: ruclips.net/video/4W4-LWrayAY/видео.html
⏳ Compression of Time: ruclips.net/video/F8cRIaUCSJs/видео.html
🎣 Fisherman's Horizon (extended): ruclips.net/video/5P6ke7zrBGg/видео.html
🌊 Breezy (extended): ruclips.net/video/eikXCuni7z8/видео.html
⏳ Compression of Time (extended): ruclips.net/video/B_AqHpk7RJg/видео.html
🦁 Playlist of FF8 Harp Songs: ruclips.net/p/PL0mac6CZyN_uYQAvBYkCZh_M6oQIF_-Dk
Ah, yes: the Draw Point listings for The Harp Closest to Hell. Very handy.
@@ThomasMHead Whatever.
Reminded me of this meme I'm sure you've seen before 🤣
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Guy? Nice track. :)
Yes that's what I look like. My hair is much more pixelated up close
Ah, I love seeing my favorite FF get more love. This is such a heavenly cover as usual. Thank you!
Er, I mean... "......whatever."
Thank you so much!!! I loooooove FF8 too. It's not my #1 (I think everyone knows it's 9, hah) but it's in my top 3. I really love it. I guess. Whatever.
I see someone summoned siren to the garden 😊 that was crazy having to draw her out of an enemy.
Biggs and Wedge were not expecting me
silenced the enemies so they can listen to this masterpiece
And then found hidden Ultima draw points
And then waited about five trillion years for them to refill
@Harpsibored nice lol thanks for the role play 😇
Your performance silenced me in awe 😳
We're getting lost in the garden again to this banger!
Yay! Just save before you go into the Training Center.........
I am a simple creature. I hear a Balamb Garden cover, I give it engagement.
Fabulous work as always! Make sure you get to the cafeteria before all the hot dogs are gone!
Thank you so much!!! 💖 oh no, I was playing cards with Trepie nutsos and missed out 😢
I feel like it's melting all my stress away.
Glad to hear that 💖🎵
Just when I thought this theme couldn't get any more relaxing. it's interesting how, with how many hang-ups our hero has, the soundtrack to this game often feels so homely and calming.
Thank you so much 💖 hah Squall has major anxiety, so he needs it!
One of my favorite songs from FF8, I could let this song sit in the background of whatever I'm doing and just have good vibes all day long. You make this song sound like it was made for harp and I thank you for doing this. Absolutely beautiful.
Ah I'm glad to hear I played a favorite! 💖 Thank you so much!!!!
I can totally imagine an NPC playing this song in Balamb Garden. This is so good! Thanks for covering FF8 songs!
The Balamb Garden theme always reminds me of the good old days, when I played FF8 with my sister, and we had so much fun.
Thank you for the beautiful memories, that was wonderful
My thoughts exactly ! I could write eaxctly the same comment !
Thank you so much!!! That sounds wonderful!!! 💖
..........but don't tell me you both played it as a 2-player game, like in Charlie's Angels? 🤣 ruclips.net/video/EN0JaJN_fwU/видео.html
@@Harpsibored 😂
This song is way more nostalgic than I thought it would be.
Well Balamb Garden is THE place you start off with in FF8, hehe 💖
That's beautiful. 💙
I can hear Squall's footsteps
Thank you ❤️ I know, it takes FOREVER to move around the garden hahahaha. Ngl I love the speed up mode in the rereleases..
Haha yeah. Thats so useful when stocking up and drawing magics.
I hope you do Ami someday. My fav piece of music for 8.
*SeeD Salutes* 💙
Someday I hope!! I love that song 💖
The best memories of my childhood always come with a beautiful music like this one... Thanks for posting!
Thank you for listening 💖
I remember being a kid when this game came out and this song was the reason i started piano lessons. Of all the many many versions of this song this is my favorite by far
Hell yeah! Roses of May is what inspired me to get into piano! 💖 Thank you so much!
I got goosebumps. It's so beautiful. Took me back to my 16 year old self. Oh the time was so good back then. Life was so simple.
Thank you so much 💖
I've been watching a lot of FF8 speedrunning lately, so I've been hearing this song a lot lately. And yet, this gave me goosebumps. Absolutely beautiful.
It NEVER gets old 💖
You know, when my mother was pregnant with me, she said she got the craving to listen to harp music all throughout the pregnancy.
This fills me with nostalgia and makes me think of that, in addition to FFVIII, of course.
Wow, that's really interesting. I've never heard of a pregnancy musical craving! (just food haha) But it makes sense since the harp is so calming to listen to. ❤️
Not even your callous Aerith memes could keep me from loving this.
If you're still feeling salty about it might I suggest you try snowboarding? 💖
Another beautiful take on, to me, a timeless classic. I also got eaten by a t-rex not knowing how to junction.
Thank you so much 💖🦖💀
So pretty, gentle, and comforting. Your minimalist arrangement suits this piece quite well. Makes you forget all about the life-or-death training and tests.
Thank you so much, glad to hear you appreciate the simplicity. Your kind review has resulted in my SeeD ranking going up. ❤️
@@Harpsiboredmore pay and hot dog rations. 👍
I was right, you did put SEEDs in your Garden. 😁 Did flowers bloom in it?
Ahem. Whatever.
Jokes aside, this is a gorgeous cover! ❤ You know how much I love FF8, and especially Squall !
Thank you so much!! 💖 Squall deserves more love! And card games at inappropriate moments!
The silence in between in this song is sublime 👌
Thank you so much!!! Yeah I tried playing it at a slower tempo to let the harp resonate more between notes, hehe 💖
The amount of times I fell asleep to this song... glorious rendition, as always!
I can't tell you how many anxious nights of mine have been remedied by just leaving Squall standing there in Balamb Garden for an indeterminate period of time, hahahah. Thank you!
Nah that was Ellone. She was trying to get you to learn about her past or something
Sounds absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing this fantastic performance and your marvelous talent. I love it. It was a wonderful musical experience to visit your channel. Great job. Greetings from Argentina 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thank you so much!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Great arrangement! Opening with that descending melodic line in the upper octave made me reflect on the delicate nature of life in Balamb Garden... it might be an idyllic boarding school where you enjoy hot dogs for lunch, fancy dances, state of the art technology, and more, but it's also a really dangerous place where the students are put in real danger. :P
Thank you so much!! 💖 yeah it's really deceptively peaceful. I like that disc 1 starts off relatively chill and by disc 2 it's complete madness
Wow this is so amazing. So many memories...😭😭
Thank you so much 💖
You managed to make an extremely relaxing song even more relaxing. I feel like I'm 14 again.
Thank you so much!!! Glad to hear ☺️
I'm excited for the hour version when it comes out. This was/is one my favorite laid back and calming pieces from all the FF music library. Thank you!
Yessssssss I love listening to so many FF8 songs extended to chill out. Will definitely loop this one as well!
I just can't aptly describe the feeling of nostalgia this induces. God I love this game.
FF8 has a majorly calming ambiance 💕🎵
@@Harpsibored Excluding all sequences that are time-based, agreed! What part of FFVIII's story had the strongest impact on you emotionally?
That is a TOUGH question.........I'd say it's a tie between Squall having those flashbacks as a child going "I'm alone..." in the rain, and also Rinoa apparently lost in space forever in that black endless void and Squall jumps out of nowhere and rescues her. Still gets me.
@@Harpsibored Those went deep. I think it's easier to sympathize for Squall this way. People are usually just moaning about his personality but it's actually heartbreaking. Perfectly builds up to his growing love for Rinoa which is the ultimate extension of the Laguna/Julia lovestory.
As a fellow musician covering game songs I appreciate your work so I thought I'd support it. Do you have a preference for Patreon of RUclips? Not really familiar with their schemes.
The first notes of the main melody gave me goosebumps... thank you!
Thank you for listening 💖 hehe I loved playing those high notes on the harp
Amazing memories
Memories of a peaceful school of mercenaries.....wait no 💖
Gotta be honest, this song definitely highlights how great you are on the harp now. Its so wonderfully clean.
Thank you so much!!! 💖 that's one of the challenges of keeping an arrangement minimal......it's gotta be CLEAN. I tried!
Searching for another song today and stumbled on your videos. Then lo and behold the video you upload today is the song from my first, and favorite final fantasy. Love your channel and love how you highlight and show love to some lesser highlighted tracks in the series. Keep up the phenomenal pieces and interesting takes!
Thank you so much, so glad you made it here!!! 💖 I loooooooooove FF8. It's in my top 3 hehe. Will definitely do what I can to honor more and more FF tracks!!!
This is so amazing! Ff8 is one of my all time favorites, you did a awesome job, bless you and your family ❤
Thank you so much, me too!! 💖 FF8 is in my top 3 hehe.
Shivers and goosebumps. Such good. Much nostalgia. Big praise!!
Thank you 💖
Balamb Garden is so peaceful.
Minus the T-Rexaurs and NORG's lair of horrors
viii really does have a lot of songs that I think lend themselves to harp really well. loved that super high twinkle at the end! icing on an already exquisite cake
Thank you so much!! 💖 that's a perfect way to describe those high plucky notes hehe. They're very sweet. And yes I loooooooooove FF8 songs on the harp. So many more on my to-do list (Find Your Way, Salt Flats, Blue Fields, etc........)
@@Harpsibored that's so exciting! can't wait to see what you come up with. I think Blue Fields would be so freaking fantastic on harp!
I tried to remix this one with Reason to upload it on my channel and it didn't sound good lol. It's a difficult tune to recreate and still keep the incredible vibe and you did it incredibly well with just a harp! Amazing !! I love your description too lol. You totally deserve the high likes-to-views ratio (because only a small percentage of people who watch leave likes or dislikes)
Thank you so much!!! 💖 wow, I never thought of it that way ratio-wise. That's really nice to know!!! Good luck with your remix. I agree this can be something of a challenging song but it's definitely worth it
oh wow.. my goosebumps.. this is on balamb garden when squal is roaming.. i miss my childhood..
Thank you for listening 🎵
You did a very sweet rendition of this classic. It sounds so nice and the harp resonate so well in the mix.
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate that! 💖
While X is the first one I played through as a kid, VIII is also the one I ran around confused in but still absolutely loved playing and exploring Balamb
Yeah it took me a second to realize everything was color-coded. I can't tell you how many times I'd end up in the parking lot and be like "what is the purpose of this location"
@@Harpsibored It's sole purpose was to offer you another fight against a faculty master in disc 2 imo
I love FF8 music already, and your rendition with the harp is even better ! Good work there ! thanks you :)
Damn, that's high praise, since the OST is already amazing. Thank you so much!!!!
I love it. I didn't usually hear harp music, but I love it. The cover song is such a great choice!!😊❤❤❤
Thank you thank you! I hope you enjoy more harp music to come! 💖
My favourite FF ost of all time, it is like feel at home
It's my favorite OST too ❤️
Nostalgia i remember my chilhood game….so relaxing very nice …
Yay! Thank you for listening 💖
FFVIII will always have a special place in my heart 💜💜 It was the first FF my family bought for me. On my 2nd save, I renamed Squall to have the same name as a camp counselor I had a crush on 😂 Amazing cover, thank you... chicken wuss 😜
Thank you for listening!! ❤️ wow, naming Squall after your crush........how'd it feel when he says to go talk to a wall? 🤣
It was my first Final fantasy as well. You're are right about it holding a special place in our hearts.
Such a gentle feminine melody, Harpsibord performs perfectly as always.
Many thanks 🙏 Always love to hear you play, here's to many many more ❤
Thank you so much! ❤️ Are you sure the Balamb Garden melody is feminine? The school is an enterprise of NORG, and his face looks like one giant scrotum.
As much as I don't like 8... I always did love this tune the most out of all FF. Another wonder cover by you, so smooth
Thank you so much!! 💖 haha I love FF8, but I'm glad to hear that those who didn't enjoy it can still recognize that it has one of the GREATEST OSTs
@Harpsibored This was ethereal. Your playing of the harp is magical. Thank you for sharing your gift with everyone. My favorite part of this song is at 1:10.
Thank you so much 💖 that was my favorite part to play!! I even made a dumbass smile there hahahaha
So pretty, VIII has one of the best soundtracks 😊💚
See, even you have to concede that 💖
This track was made for the harp, and you play it soooo beautifully! Super peaceful, it almost feels like there isn't a random dinosaur wandering around the training center :D XD
Thank you so much!! ❤️ yeah don't forget to save. 🦖💀
Very well done, glad to see you were not a "Chicken Wuss" and put this song up like you said you were gonna. Well played, sounds good!
Thank you so much! ❤️ Damn right I finished it! One of these days, I'm gonna tell ya about my ROMANTIC dream
@@Harpsibored I am all ears as I cook steak...among other things.
The instrument of angels.
Or sirens 😏
So relaxing. I can feel my blood pressure go down.
I can feel mine going up but might just be from the hot dogs 🌭
Oh nice, this is awesome! I have always loved Balamb Garden's theme. Your description cracks me up too. Galbadia really does ruin everything, don't they? 😂
Thank you so much! 💖 yeah, why did Galbadia have to go to war with Balamb? They could've just played a hockey game and made peace.
Ahhhhhh
Straight back to grade 9 summer break......
Playing FF is honestly one of my favorite memories of school summer breaks lol
so so so lovely!!!❤❤
Thank you 💖
Yes!! My wish of you covering this song came true!
It took me foreverrrr haha. It feels so good to have finally played this piece ❤️
Lovely as always. Thank you for sharing these with us.
Thank you so much! ❤️
Stunning performance all the way through.
Thank you so much! ❤️
This might be my fav arrangement of yours yet. So chill
Thank you so much 💖
I mean, I was going to like this anyways (of course, it's beautiful) but that opening paragraph of your description... LOVE and SAME.
Thank you so much! Man I could use some cookies right about now
A superb rendition, well done. Balamb Garden was always one of my favourite go to places in any FF.
When playing VIII, this piece of music always had a great calming effect as well as a sense of homecoming.
Thank you so much 💖 agreed, whenever I do a FF8 playthrough I love just running around Balamb Garden playing cards before I go to bed haha. It's an instant anxiety reliever.
Beautiful! ❤
Thank you 💖
Love it! Please more like this!!!
Thank you so much!!! Will do! I loooove FF8
It’s such a lovely piece of music. How head-twisting to remember that the flowers this garden grows are hired killers.
I know, I was just explaining to my mom "I played a theme about this beautiful school, where it's really sunny and idyllic and there's running water, oh and they're also mercenaries" and she looked CONFUSED
Absolutely beautiful....dont take this the wrong way but this helped me fall asleep.You played it PERFECTLY!!!! I hope you do more FF8 songs :)
Thank you so much, I am very glad to hear that!! ❤️ The most soothing music works for sleep hehe. Here's a playlist of all of the FF8 songs I've done if you wanna hear (more to come though!): ruclips.net/p/PL0mac6CZyN_uYQAvBYkCZh_M6oQIF_-Dk
This sounds so pretty, one of my favorites. Great work!
Thank you so much ❤️
VIII! I kneeeew it!
Ahhh this is so good.
FF8 has the ultimate garden parties! Thank you ❤️
You are so talented. There's been a few times I'll load up FF8 and just let this song play while I fall asleep
Thank you so much!!! 💖 I totally get that, this song is so soothing.
Like a dream 😩👌
Thank you 🌛✨
This was awesome. Brings mwback to simpler times when games were not about garbage micro transactions
I can't be expected to pay for micro transactions with my measly SeeD salary
Always great to see some more FFVIII, this would fit so well with the remake.
Thank you for listening 💖 siigh, if they ever remake it. We'll see
Yesss! The best FF getting more harp love!
More harp for the FF with the best looking guy here!
Fookin beautiful…
Thank you 💖
Sounds absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!! ❤️
Great song. I love listening to piano and harp renditions of a lot of VIII songs. Didn't care all THAT much for the game
But the music is pretty god-like. I have to admit.
Thank you so much! 💖 I'm glad to hear that people who didn't love FF8 can still recognize that the OST is god-tier 🔥
Great memories, thanks!
Thank you for listening ❤️
YESS!!! I love you I been waiting for this one!!! 🫶🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽
Such an amazing rendition!!
And thanks for sharing a memory with the game - my first play through was also in middle school, running back and forth getting lost in the music 😅
Yay I'm glad you like it! Thank you so much! Hahahha yeah my stupid 12 year old self was just completely lost, what can I tell you. We've all had that moment in RPGs.
Another master stroke of yours.
Thank you 💖
you were made for this cover! Excellent work
Thank you so much 😭
I'm wondering how that music sounds to people who don't know FF8. For someone who loved that game so many years ago, that version of Balamb Garden is heaven
Well when I told my mom I played this really soothing melody that takes place at a sunny, coastal school full of mercenaries, she looked really confused.
You are amazing :)
Thank you for this.
Thank you for listening!! 🎶
FF8 was actually my favorite overall probably. I remember it came out 9/9/99.
An auspicious release date if there ever was one
My favorite!
Glad to hear!! 💙🌊✨
Percebo que você sente perfeitamente a música e se alimenta dela
Fico feliz em ver isso
Muito obrigado por tocar tão bem e com tanta sutileza, música é vida ❤
Thank you so much 😭 this song really was a joy to play 💙
it's so gorgeous, i don't know what else to say!
Thank you ❤️
Absolutely beautiful as always! ❤
Thank you so much! ❤️
Yay!!! It's here!!
The Garden Festival Committee has commissioned me 🎵
I'm in love.
......Whatever.
Why have I never finished this game... this is my sign! Also, amazing cover!
Thank you so much!!! Ah man you gotta. The final dungeon in this game is EPIC.
Absolutely Amazing
Thank you 💖
@@Harpsibored 💙
I love it. Thank you. ❤
Thank you for listening!!! 💖
Love it!!
Thank you! 💖
Can't wait for this to land on Spotify
Thank you so much! It should be up tomorrow!
So beautiful!
Thank you 💖
Love it ❤
Thank you ❤️
wow, this is so good! i loved it!
Thank you ❤️
Magical ❤
Thank you 💖
One of my favorite from ff8❤ sounds beautiful
Thank you so much!! ❤️ Me too!!