Been sooo many years since I even had a playstation let alone this game and this song can still make me tear up. Really is a "beginning of the end" melody.
The only bad thing about this song is that you hear for so little time. I wish more recent games were as creative as the games that come from the time that games like this were being made in.
My favorite piece in Final Fantasy 8 without question. The way this was remade truly expresses the feeling of hopelessness that was felt as you made your way to the castle and the contemplation and confusion in one of the less intense but definitely more suspenseful parts of the game as the end drew near.
Love this song has a strange eerie feel to it especially the first time you heard it and knew there was no turning back. I can't get these songs out my head find myself constantly listening to your channel thank you again for your hard work :)
This and find your way are my favourite tracks from ff8. Every time I listen to either of them it brings back so many memories...and your remake here is no different. Thank you.
Love it... Thank you. I had once all available soundtracks for this game, but not every song was orchestral. The most were in Midi quality and only 13 songs were rearranged.
sir, you are amazing. How did i just stumble upon this and your channel JUST now? Your remakes are simply incredible, chapeau. I would certainly love to sing to one of them some time :-)
As well as Squall and everyone else in the current era. Time compression meant that Ultimecia's fate was not her's alone anymore. And that's why I think the song had a conflicted feel to it. She knew too that there was no turning back. But it was her goal from the beginning. She had to do it because it alone validates her existence and gives her purpose.
Nobuo Uematsu had been very good friends with a duck for a number of years. They wrote this song together during one of their over-night stays at the game studio in the mid 90's during the game's development. 1/3 of the game's music was composed by the two during a single, drug-fueled weekend of sleepless, artistic musing. I think the duck passed away sometime around/between FFX and FFX-2. The entire Final Fantasy team was crushed, but none more so than Nobuo Uematsu.
Way better? Both versions are great in there very own way. Is pure the interest, FF8 was more adult, and ff9 more childish version. But i agree :) would be awsome to see a remake of all of them, so that everyone can be happy ^^
I think I am speaking for a lot of people by saying that we want a remake of all the Playstation FF (7-8-9)... I mean, they all are amazing, the three of them, they would be so huge in HD, 3D and everything !
Man! if we knew back then how low Square would fall when you see what they are doing with FF7 remake and FF16. Leave FF8 and 9 alone or give it to devs and publisher who still have love for these games and understand them.
This version is so much more thought provoking than the original and I didn't think that could happen. The bass, the harp its so beautiful the way it flows through my mind great stuff
This is utterly fantastic... and such an overlooked piece! Any chance of you giving Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec or Succession of Witches similar treatment?
chrono trigger - corridors of time----->final fantasy VIII - compression of time nobou uematsu is simply the best composer in this business...mastermindet...and this sound is the absolute masterpiece, of all his creations. So many times copied...never reached.
my family is instrument inclined and my mom would punish me and my brother by making us play original songs to them. they had never played final fantasy tho.. so i was full of "original" songs.... and this one led me back to my super nintendo.
It had stronger characterization and narrative themes. FF7 was great, but it needs a lot more work to solidify its world. If they ever did a remake of FF8 though, I feel that they should expand on some of the themes. I also like to think that if they ever made a prequel to FF8, Laguna Loire would play a lot more like Solid Snake.
Why do I start thinking about LISA the painful indie RPG when I first hear this? The sax man the sax. I want lots of sax. Sax is pleasurable. And big big O, Big Oboes.
Mth Odin damn, i think i posted in the wrong message, theres another post where you call other one "brother is that you?" it was very funny for me. sorry :P
yoko is doing 15's soundtrack...she does seem to style much like this. but you know, all they'd do is play the same music but with actual instruments instead of a machine, and if they did want uematsu he does freelance for square still.
just see the fuckin diffrence from Uematsu masterpieces, and the shit today even if you compare to the 16 / 32 bit versions ... and update them to HQ Tunes ...
Martin X i really hate subborn ass closed minded people like you saying everything but the original is shit......that people should just go fuck themselve instead of doing shit etc etc....hey do you understand that the simple fact that people nowaday are using great old song to do something new or make them fresher is just a damn tribut tho their glory?? so what you don't like it? so what you prefer the old version? it's not meant to please you fatass of shit of old geezer but to introduce new people of new generation to these masterpiece !
I think no game should get a remake, simply because the expectations for such a remake are way to high and there is also a chance that they might ruin your memories completely.
Oh look. They're making a "HD" re-release of FF8. Go google it. It's actually true, but I get a feeling it isn't exactly what we were hoping for. At least it will be better than the old PC port.
I agree, mainly because I'm certian they will fuck up a FF7 remake with all the new crap and changes to the canon from Crisis Core and Advent Children. So I'll just be pissed.
This song kicks in after the room fills with save points! Epic!
Been sooo many years since I even had a playstation let alone this game and this song can still make me tear up. Really is a "beginning of the end" melody.
This song gave me creeps the first time I heard it ingame...
But its soooo good.
+Bigdoomtrain Agreed
I know the ultimate showdown with the sorcerer’s like fuck yea!
The only bad thing about this song is that you hear for so little time. I wish more recent games were as creative as the games that come from the time that games like this were being made in.
My favorite piece in Final Fantasy 8 without question. The way this was remade truly expresses the feeling of hopelessness that was felt as you made your way to the castle and the contemplation and confusion in one of the less intense but definitely more suspenseful parts of the game as the end drew near.
Love this song has a strange eerie feel to it especially the first time you heard it and knew there was no turning back. I can't get these songs out my head find myself constantly listening to your channel thank you again for your hard work :)
I like to listen to the songs just to remember how kick ass these games were. You become emotionally attached to the damn characters haha
+Max Miller i so agree with you man. mine was ff viii, my brothers was ff vii and the other ff ix. it just matched our personalities.
Simply beautiful. shivers! Love it most at 0.58 when the harp comes in. Wow. Thanks :)
This music describes the atmosphere extremely well. It fits perfectly! Nothing could have matched this scene better. A true genious Nobuo.
This and find your way are my favourite tracks from ff8. Every time I listen to either of them it brings back so many memories...and your remake here is no different. Thank you.
Been waiting on this song for a while. I love it. 8 had the best music in the entire series.
Good memories and a great remix of the point where the game outrageously hints you to save the game!
Edea´s stands up....turn around...premonition STARTS!
Love it... Thank you. I had once all available soundtracks for this game, but not every song was orchestral. The most were in Midi quality and only 13 songs were rearranged.
very nice! I'm such a huge fan of FF music, and love all of your renditions.
sir, you are amazing. How did i just stumble upon this and your channel JUST now?
Your remakes are simply incredible, chapeau.
I would certainly love to sing to one of them some time :-)
Totally agree. This is one of the best tracks of the entire OST.
I love the alto sax in this one, it definitely adds to this song! FF8 is a classic, no matter what the haters say!
As well as Squall and everyone else in the current era. Time compression meant that Ultimecia's fate was not her's alone anymore. And that's why I think the song had a conflicted feel to it. She knew too that there was no turning back. But it was her goal from the beginning. She had to do it because it alone validates her existence and gives her purpose.
The whole ff8 story is ultimecias irony. Eternally destined to be defeated by SeeD
I love this tune, thank you very very much.
Ciao!
Nobuo Uematsu had been very good friends with a duck for a number of years. They wrote this song together during one of their over-night stays at the game studio in the mid 90's during the game's development. 1/3 of the game's music was composed by the two during a single, drug-fueled weekend of sleepless, artistic musing. I think the duck passed away sometime around/between FFX and FFX-2. The entire Final Fantasy team was crushed, but none more so than Nobuo Uematsu.
Lol (9 years later)
One of the best music of the game. Good choice and job, as always.
Way better? Both versions are great in there very own way. Is pure the interest, FF8 was more adult, and ff9 more childish version. But i agree :) would be awsome to see a remake of all of them, so that everyone can be happy ^^
the first time i hear this. I thought to myself, if this is the future, then Ultimecia is hell. goosebumps all over.
that choir puts it all together
Thanks again BitSymphony. You're awesome!
my godness this is..................well no words .-. i really love it
I think I am speaking for a lot of people by saying that we want a remake of all the Playstation FF (7-8-9)... I mean, they all are amazing, the three of them, they would be so huge in HD, 3D and everything !
Man! if we knew back then how low Square would fall when you see what they are doing with FF7 remake and FF16. Leave FF8 and 9 alone or give it to devs and publisher who still have love for these games and understand them.
Please please please make your music available again. I will pay whatever I have to for this soundtrack
This version is so much more thought provoking than the original and I didn't think that could happen. The bass, the harp its so beautiful the way it flows through my mind great stuff
Nostalgia, I can't describe the feeling.
yeah.. wow
Succession of Witches should be your next. Btw, this one blew the living lights out of me. Amazing.
I love this music ! Perfect remake :). Can't wait to hear more ^^
amazing. I'm just wondering what was going through nobuo uematsu's mind when arranging this...
This is utterly fantastic... and such an overlooked piece!
Any chance of you giving Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec or Succession of Witches similar treatment?
Wonderful !
lol i just listened to that song today, i luv u bro :D was about time !!
IM with ya man!, although im still waiting for my FFV and FFVI remakes too >_
sounds similar to the music used in Chrono Trigger, Very Awesome remake. Nobuo Uematsu is by far one of my favorite VG composers.
chrono trigger - corridors of time----->final fantasy VIII - compression of time
nobou uematsu is simply the best composer in this business...mastermindet...and this sound is the absolute masterpiece, of all his creations.
So many times copied...never reached.
it's awesome. man. more! make more! please!
great job
my family is instrument inclined and my mom would punish me and my brother by making us play original songs to them. they had never played final fantasy tho.. so i was full of "original" songs.... and this one led me back to my super nintendo.
Squall: "....."
+Jerel Cermak Squall: "whatever"
+Leony Lohan "None of your business."
No. They both get one. FF7 & FF8 are two of the greatest in the series. They both should get a remake.
Beautiful
will probably be like 10 and 10-2's with improved faces, colors, added foliage, translated international version (if 8 has an international version.)
You did it man. Better than the original.
It had stronger characterization and narrative themes. FF7 was great, but it needs a lot more work to solidify its world. If they ever did a remake of FF8 though, I feel that they should expand on some of the themes. I also like to think that if they ever made a prequel to FF8, Laguna Loire would play a lot more like Solid Snake.
Can you make an hour long version of this? So good.
Dude this sounds just as good as the original.
Why do I start thinking about LISA the painful indie RPG when I first hear this? The sax man the sax. I want lots of sax. Sax is pleasurable. And big big O, Big Oboes.
Good job, as always.
Wow, I rarely say it, but impressive! Do you think you can do ff9 boss theme?
Love this song! I did my own version of this just recently.
Maybe to make the listener really think. Like if you close ur eyes and just dreamed about everythng that has happened in your life.
sounded odd at first but I liked it at 1:47
This is gorgeous. :)
Sugoi!!!
I am Ultimecia
Time shall compress
All existence denied
cool!!!
Im I already said that i luv this song?
Brother, is that you?
HAHAHAHAHAHAH maybe, I'm the black mage from Brazil!!
Mth Odin lol? ._. xDDDDDDDDDDDDD
lol what?
Mth Odin damn, i think i posted in the wrong message, theres another post where you call other one "brother is that you?" it was very funny for me.
sorry :P
Rainbows and unicorns, obviously.
Can I have a 10 hours version of 1:48 - 2:14 please? :P
u can make it yourself fyi. theres some mp3maker on the net which does not require download of the application.
yoko is doing 15's soundtrack...she does seem to style much like this. but you know, all they'd do is play the same music but with actual instruments instead of a machine, and if they did want uematsu he does freelance for square still.
Mambo de Chocobo pls:3
its suites squall, cloud & tidus ....................plus laguna
Heh, this reminds me of Majora's Mask or Ocarina of Time. Like Link is playing one of those instruments.
even so~ FF9 was way better than 8
just see the fuckin diffrence from Uematsu masterpieces, and the shit today even if you compare to the 16 / 32 bit versions ... and update them to HQ Tunes ...
Martin X i really hate subborn ass closed minded people like you
saying everything but the original is shit......that people should just go fuck themselve instead of doing shit etc etc....hey do you understand that the simple fact that people nowaday are using great old song to do something new or make them fresher is just a damn tribut tho their glory??
so what you don't like it? so what you prefer the old version? it's not meant to please you fatass of shit of old geezer but to introduce new people of new generation to these masterpiece !
the hatred 94 fatass, old geezer . so why the fuck I should I take you now serious ? *hatred94* gonna hate
well does as you please i was just saying my disgust and sadening
Tell thus to the church or do I fucking look like a priest ?
well i'm saying that to the people concerned beside god can go fuck himself if he does exist
This song confuses me so much!
one kinda doesn't like it cause is mildy creepy but is some kind of beautiful you can't stop listening
It called HD Remaster, not a remake
I think no game should get a remake, simply because the expectations for such a remake are way to high and there is also a chance that they might ruin your memories completely.
Oh look. They're making a "HD" re-release of FF8.
Go google it. It's actually true, but I get a feeling it isn't exactly what we were hoping for.
At least it will be better than the old PC port.
I spend a lot of time thinking about who the cast should be.
Shrade, does it really matter what he calls it? You clearly understand what he meant.
LOL XD
My tought was:
"Errr... ok, welcome in What-the-fuck-land".
I agree, mainly because I'm certian they will fuck up a FF7 remake with all the new crap and changes to the canon from Crisis Core and Advent Children. So I'll just be pissed.
THE CODE WORLD
darn this is almost perfect except for the honking noise you used, it sounds too cheap and hokey compared to the original.
Sounds like a sax with a mute attached...I kinda like it. To each their own, eh?
..............whatever.
SUPER POKEMON EVEE EDITION
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No.