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: ua-cam.com/video/FTSqtFBi2gs/v-deo.html 🔥 Find Your Way: ua-cam.com/video/id9hD4mLJVQ/v-deo.html 🌊 Breezy: ua-cam.com/video/1NfieKoWR24/v-deo.html 🌹 Roses and Wine: ua-cam.com/video/4W4-LWrayAY/v-deo.html ⏳ Compression of Time: ua-cam.com/video/F8cRIaUCSJs/v-deo.html 🎣 Fisherman's Horizon (extended): ua-cam.com/video/5P6ke7zrBGg/v-deo.html 🌊 Breezy (extended): ua-cam.com/video/eikXCuni7z8/v-deo.html ⏳ Compression of Time (extended): ua-cam.com/video/B_AqHpk7RJg/v-deo.html 📚 Balamb Garden (extended): ua-cam.com/video/2xSmDySbf5U/v-deo.html 🦁 Playlist of FF8 Harp Songs: ua-cam.com/play/PL0mac6CZyN_uYQAvBYkCZh_M6oQIF_-Dk.html
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.
@chidorisnake22 weird. I can't forget the guy who borrowed it to me. He had finished the game without understanding junction, apparently. And he told me to rely on summons cause the chars didn't do damage.
I feel like the ‘90s were the peak of video game soundtracks. It was coming at the end of an era when musicians had to do some pretty incredible stuff with some pretty technologically limited stuff, but before one when a musician can just produce something for a game the same way they’d produce any other work, very conventionally so, so there’s really nothing _special_ about it.
Takes me right back to the year 2000. I was 9 years old and playing FFVIII for the first time and it became one of my fav games of all time. The soundtrack is amazing
@@Harpsibored I actually didnt finish the game when I was 9. I made it all the way to the Edea battle at Garden but couldn't beat her, even after trying like 1000 times. I really had no clue how the junction worked and i'm actually surprised I somehow made it that far lol. I still loved the game though but I stopped playing it and then revisited it like 4 years later and finished it. Thats when I finally learned the junction system
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!
I'm literally in tears right now. Final Fantasy VIII is my all-time favorite video game and has been so since its release in 1999, I can't possibly express here how much this game means to me. IMO the Balamb Garden theme is the best song in the game aside from the two with vocals (namely Liberi Fatali and Eyes on Me) and your rendition was beyond beautiful. Thank you so much for this ❤
Yooooo, no lie, I also started streaming tears while listening to this. Immediately transported me back to a different time. Much appreciation for the apparently shared experience.
@@amateurhuman2488 It never ceases to amaze me the power Art has to connect people and their experiences, it's crazy. Thank you for sharing this and for the sub, I really appreciate it!
Thank you so much for sharing 💖 This game holds a special place in my heart too. I thought I was super hot shit as a kid because I had the FF8 OST CDs. I'd just be chillin on the school bus with my discman playing Roses and Wine on repeat, being transported back to outer space.
@Harpsibored I literally started a new playthrough because of listening to you play the Balamb theme, thank you, I forgot how much this game meant to me. Definitely gained a new subscriber, and notifications are turned on lol
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.
Balamb Garden theme is one of the most memorable thing on FFVIII. The relaxing ambience really shape my imagination of what a Balamb Garden truly were, a place where you can call home. 😊
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.
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
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? 🤣 ua-cam.com/video/EN0JaJN_fwU/v-deo.html
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 😜
Even though IX is my favorite spent enough time I guess with VIII to get a Surge of nostalgia I didn’t know I was going to get. First the goosebumps, and then the tears weld up. Thank you for unlocking that piece of my childhood.
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
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. ❤️
It was September 10th and I’m watching my Uncle play this game for the first time and at that moment, I fell in love with that song. What a beautiful peace to play on Harp.
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!
I was exactly right now years old (having played this game for 20 years) when I fully realized harp is the move for this song. I love it, dude. Amazing, truly amazing playing! That really brought me back.
Thank you thank you!!! Haha yeah it worked surprisingly well on the harp. I thought it would be more difficult for some reason since I tend to associate Balamb Garden with orchestral/piano stuff but here we are!
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.
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"
Having grown up with ff8 and it being one of my favorite childhood games and fav game in general. I have played the game so much as a kid, listening to the soundtrack functions almost like a lullaby, its just so relaxing and for some reason it is ingrained in my being as being relaxed while playing the game. Hearing/seeing people cover these and put their soul into it is just so soothing.
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 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
I very rarely leave comments on videos. Final Fantasy VIII has a very special place in my heart. The music lives rent free in my head already. To hear you play it so brilliantly was an absolute delight. I was immediately returned to my childhood, sitting on my bed in front of my tube TV (right before I upgraded to my very first 720p tv), staying up far too late playing this game. Truly had goosebumps the entire time. Thank you for this.
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!!!
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 !
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
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.
@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.
This brings back so much memories of my childhood playing this game. Thanks for sharing this beautiful video and for rekindling some happy memories for me.
*sigh* Guess I need to go back to the school Testing Center so I can get a raise for my job. If anything FF8 is about why you should never work in academia.
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........)
Im from indonesia, saya sngt mnyukai permainan harpa ini, ingat harpa psti ingat final fantasy, rasanya krng manis ktika game skelas final fantasy tnpa sountrck harpa dan sdh mnjdi ciri has final fantasy, Thnks sdh mmbrikan musik nuansa yg berbeda , Thnks final fantasy , game yg mngenalkan saya ke dunia rpg game 😂🙏
FF8 was my first FF so it has a special place in my heart ❤ Balamb Garden is such a calm and peaceful piece of music. Thank you for this it was absolutely wonderful you got new subscriber 😊
Thank you so much!!! 💖 same here, FF8 was my 2nd FF game. I played it for the first time from the end of spring through the beginning of summer. It reminds me of being excited for summer vacation as a kid 🌊
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
I love your description of your first playthrough, it was exactly the same as my experience, running round and round in balamb listening to the music :D. Beautiful rendition of a cracking piece of music.
I'm so glad you could join us for this competition again! This is such a great cover - the arrangement is thoughtful and idiomatic, your performance is accomplished and sensitive, and the production is great too - I love that spacious reverb, and the way that last chord just lingers! Top-notch work as always!
Thank you so much, I'm glad I could again too!!! ❤️ this arrangement was a bit on the simpler side so it was important for me to let it breathe. I'm glad you like it ❤️
recentely fell in love with ff8. it was right at the build up towards the clash of the gardens. thats when the love starts emanating and everything starts coming together. it freaking rocks! also cried when i realized what the garden means to everyone involved and what they would do to protect it. it's all about home and finding home in others, thats what squall learns throughout the story and what the game is all about
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 UA-cam? Not really familiar with their schemes.
I love how people gave Shiva weird names just for the Ifrit Fire Cavern moment. My personal favorite is "BACON." Ifrit: "They have BACON?!" Ifrit: "...........Very well. I will join you."
Nobuo Uematsu was such a maestro, almost 20 years, and this music brings back to that good old time playing FF... thanks to you and Yt algorithms yhat brings me here ❤
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? 😂
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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: ua-cam.com/video/FTSqtFBi2gs/v-deo.html
🔥 Find Your Way: ua-cam.com/video/id9hD4mLJVQ/v-deo.html
🌊 Breezy: ua-cam.com/video/1NfieKoWR24/v-deo.html
🌹 Roses and Wine: ua-cam.com/video/4W4-LWrayAY/v-deo.html
⏳ Compression of Time: ua-cam.com/video/F8cRIaUCSJs/v-deo.html
🎣 Fisherman's Horizon (extended): ua-cam.com/video/5P6ke7zrBGg/v-deo.html
🌊 Breezy (extended): ua-cam.com/video/eikXCuni7z8/v-deo.html
⏳ Compression of Time (extended): ua-cam.com/video/B_AqHpk7RJg/v-deo.html
📚 Balamb Garden (extended): ua-cam.com/video/2xSmDySbf5U/v-deo.html
🦁 Playlist of FF8 Harp Songs: ua-cam.com/play/PL0mac6CZyN_uYQAvBYkCZh_M6oQIF_-Dk.html
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
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 💖
This made me feel more nostalgic than the game ost itself
Damn, didn't know I could feel this nostalgic. Running around in the garden chasing card player, Going up in the elevator. How time flies
Fr , ah takes me back....still is my favourite ff game
Veramente, mi sembra sia passata un era geologica da quando mi immedesimavo in Squall nel Garden di Balamb.
Blows my mind that Nobuo Uematsu was able to churn out new tunes for Square YEAR after YEAR nearly two decades!
Bro didn't get any help from other composers until FF10. CRAZY
@@Harpsibored I wish he was involved with FFX-2 :( would've been somewhat amazing
He also was limited to composing on the chips of the respective consoles on top of it. I'm not complaining the original scores are phenomenal.
That's what composers do
Then during the Wii era was like - let me flex a bit -
Drops "Finial Destination" for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. 🤯
We have to admit that FF games have amazingly amazing soundtracks... This songs take me back to my childhood...
Thank you for listening ❤️🌭🎵
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 💖
hey, wanna play cards?
Yes, absolutely. very well played.
I've no idea how the algorithm decided to throw this at my feed, but I'm glad it did.
The algorithm gods have blessed us, as the hot dog gods have blessed Balamb Garden 🌭🌭🌭
Same here
Squall: "Whatever"
Go talk to a wall
Beginning of game.. End of game: (Silently smiles)
Wanna play cards?
@@SentientSandwich depends on the rules.
@@HarpsiboredAre you finished?
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.
@@Harpsibored FF8 was the first FF game i played in the series, absolutely loved it, then i went to FF7 what an introduction lol
I personally believe that FF8 was the most fun of all that I played.
I think 5 and 2 are the only ones I haven't played from the classics.
@@perezaraujo2890 How does it feel to be right?
@chidorisnake22 weird.
I can't forget the guy who borrowed it to me. He had finished the game without understanding junction, apparently.
And he told me to rely on summons cause the chars didn't do damage.
The nostalgia is beautiful it's hurt. Makes me want to back to time when things were easier.
Thank you for listening 💖🌭
Yeah, like in disc 1 when it all made sense
We forget how much work was put into video games until I got older. Many games in the 90s were seriously musical masterpieces.
I never forgot but then again a chunk of my frontal lobe has been replaced with the contents of FF Wiki
@@Harpsibored I’m a bit older. But i remember how amazing playing those games were. lol
I feel like the ‘90s were the peak of video game soundtracks. It was coming at the end of an era when musicians had to do some pretty incredible stuff with some pretty technologically limited stuff, but before one when a musician can just produce something for a game the same way they’d produce any other work, very conventionally so, so there’s really nothing _special_ about it.
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 😳
Takes me right back to the year 2000. I was 9 years old and playing FFVIII for the first time and it became one of my fav games of all time. The soundtrack is amazing
Thank you for listening 💖 if you understood the junction system at 9 that's pretty impressive! I had issues at 12 hahahahaha
@@Harpsibored I actually didnt finish the game when I was 9. I made it all the way to the Edea battle at Garden but couldn't beat her, even after trying like 1000 times. I really had no clue how the junction worked and i'm actually surprised I somehow made it that far lol. I still loved the game though but I stopped playing it and then revisited it like 4 years later and finished it. Thats when I finally learned the junction system
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 💖🎵
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 💖🦖💀
I'm literally in tears right now. Final Fantasy VIII is my all-time favorite video game and has been so since its release in 1999, I can't possibly express here how much this game means to me.
IMO the Balamb Garden theme is the best song in the game aside from the two with vocals (namely Liberi Fatali and Eyes on Me) and your rendition was beyond beautiful. Thank you so much for this ❤
Yooooo, no lie, I also started streaming tears while listening to this.
Immediately transported me back to a different time.
Much appreciation for the apparently shared experience.
@@amateurhuman2488 It never ceases to amaze me the power Art has to connect people and their experiences, it's crazy.
Thank you for sharing this and for the sub, I really appreciate it!
I purchased the original psone and ffVII for the nostalgia makes me feel at peace it’s my little time travel machine ❤️☺️
Thank you so much for sharing 💖 This game holds a special place in my heart too. I thought I was super hot shit as a kid because I had the FF8 OST CDs. I'd just be chillin on the school bus with my discman playing Roses and Wine on repeat, being transported back to outer space.
@Harpsibored I literally started a new playthrough because of listening to you play the Balamb theme, thank you, I forgot how much this game meant to me. Definitely gained a new subscriber, and notifications are turned on lol
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 💖
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!
We're getting lost in the garden again to this banger!
Yay! Just save before you go into the Training Center.........
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 💖
Yooooo, that’s what I was saying!!
15 years later this game still holds a special place in my heart
Same. My introverted little heart really empathizes with Squall. Thank you for listening ❤️
Instantly feeling like I'm back in the game again. ❤
Yay! ❤️ Wanna play cards?
So many hours spent circling these walkways... to go back and relive those days of childhood...
Getting lost in the big ass Garden was made pleasant with the music for sure hehe 💖
I havent heard this song in probably over twenty years and the nostalgia has come flooding back. Stunningly beautiful work
Thank you so much for listening ❤️🌭
Sounds very similar to my experience with it. It was spring 02 when I first played it. This song will forever take me back to that time.
Wow, we played it at the exact same time!!! ❤️🎶
Balamb Garden theme is one of the most memorable thing on FFVIII.
The relaxing ambience really shape my imagination of what a Balamb Garden truly were, a place where you can call home. 😊
Thank you for listening 💖 Agreed, the song is so magical. Makes you forget that it's actually a school for mercenaries lmao
The best memories of my childhood always come with a beautiful music like this one... Thanks for posting!
Thank you for listening 💖
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!!!!
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? 🤣 ua-cam.com/video/EN0JaJN_fwU/v-deo.html
@@Harpsibored 😂
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.
Even though IX is my favorite spent enough time I guess with VIII to get a Surge of nostalgia I didn’t know I was going to get. First the goosebumps, and then the tears weld up. Thank you for unlocking that piece of my childhood.
Thank you for listening 💖 Saaame, IX is my favorite but I have a soft spot for VIII as well. Maybe I'm a lion.
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!
This is the single most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Thank you for doing this. This is soothing and peace-inducing, this is truly amazing!!
Thank you so much!!! 😭
I've spend a good chunk of my childhood in Balamb Garden, truly gives me a feeling of 'Home' whenever I listen to the OST.
Perfect description of this track ❤️
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. ❤️
It was September 10th and I’m watching my Uncle play this game for the first time and at that moment, I fell in love with that song. What a beautiful peace to play on Harp.
Thank you for listening 💖 What a lovely memory! Hope he taught you Triple Triad well.
@@Harpsibored I still play it til this day thanks to the game being available everywhere now 😁
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
I was exactly right now years old (having played this game for 20 years) when I fully realized harp is the move for this song. I love it, dude.
Amazing, truly amazing playing! That really brought me back.
Thank you thank you!!! Haha yeah it worked surprisingly well on the harp. I thought it would be more difficult for some reason since I tend to associate Balamb Garden with orchestral/piano stuff but here we are!
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. 👍
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
This takes me back all the way to 1999
Good times 🦖
Having grown up with ff8 and it being one of my favorite childhood games and fav game in general. I have played the game so much as a kid, listening to the soundtrack functions almost like a lullaby, its just so relaxing and for some reason it is ingrained in my being as being relaxed while playing the game.
Hearing/seeing people cover these and put their soul into it is just so soothing.
Thank you so much for listening 💖 FF8 music is just so damn comforting to me I have to play it on the harp
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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! 💖
Balamb Garden is so peaceful.
Minus the T-Rexaurs and NORG's lair of horrors
I very rarely leave comments on videos. Final Fantasy VIII has a very special place in my heart. The music lives rent free in my head already. To hear you play it so brilliantly was an absolute delight. I was immediately returned to my childhood, sitting on my bed in front of my tube TV (right before I upgraded to my very first 720p tv), staying up far too late playing this game.
Truly had goosebumps the entire time. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment 💖 Same, FFVIII was my second FF and is very special to me. I mean.........I guess. Whatever.
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!!!
Bedankt
Thank you so much for your generosity!!! 💖
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!
Old memories...... :) thank you for unlock some of my best childish moment.....
Thank you for listening ❤️
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
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.
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 💖
@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
It feels like 14 again .
I feel like I just wanna respond with "whatever" constantly 😎
This brings back so much memories of my childhood playing this game. Thanks for sharing this beautiful video and for rekindling some happy memories for me.
Thank you so much!!!! ❤️🦖💀
This video made my day :) ❤
*sigh* Guess I need to go back to the school Testing Center so I can get a raise for my job. If anything FF8 is about why you should never work in academia.
But being in academia worked out for cool young instructors like Quistis! ...........................wait no
As a kid, the pay mechanism had me on edge. Like anything I could do might drop my rank and pay 😭
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!
oh wow.. my goosebumps.. this is on balamb garden when squal is roaming.. i miss my childhood..
Thank you for listening 🎵
I don't know why, but this music every time bring me to my childhood. Awesome!❤
Understandable. Many of us now first played this game as kids of the 90s/2000s hehe. Thank you 💖
I feel like myself walking in the garden ,so peaceful and joyful.
Until a T-Rexaur rips your head off
I mean, uhhh.......yeah. Same. Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️
This was my defining final fantasy. I was 10 when I got my first copy. The ost for this and chrono cross will forever be etched in my brain ❤
Two OSTs I love!!! ❤️🎶
Oh, right in the nostalgia... this song gives me so much comfort.
Glad to hear that ❤️ 🦖
hahaha I loved this song! Great job! n_n
I can totally imagine an NPC playing this song in Balamb Garden. This is so good! Thanks for covering FF8 songs!
Thank you so much!!! ❤️ Will do!!
Im from indonesia, saya sngt mnyukai permainan harpa ini, ingat harpa psti ingat final fantasy, rasanya krng manis ktika game skelas final fantasy tnpa sountrck harpa dan sdh mnjdi ciri has final fantasy,
Thnks sdh mmbrikan musik nuansa yg berbeda ,
Thnks final fantasy , game yg mngenalkan saya ke dunia rpg game 😂🙏
Thank you so much ❤️ I agree the harp is a beautiful sound to convey fantasy hehe
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
Beautiful music and harpist 😊
Thank youu 💖
Thank you for that, it brought back my childhood memories when I played FF8...ahhhh good times
I'm glad to hear that ❤️ 🦖
FF8 was my first FF so it has a special place in my heart ❤ Balamb Garden is such a calm and peaceful piece of music. Thank you for this it was absolutely wonderful you got new subscriber 😊
Thank you so much!!! 💖 same here, FF8 was my 2nd FF game. I played it for the first time from the end of spring through the beginning of summer. It reminds me of being excited for summer vacation as a kid 🌊
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
omg the nostalgia is all coming back to me... thank u
Thank you for listening 💖
I love your description of your first playthrough, it was exactly the same as my experience, running round and round in balamb listening to the music :D. Beautiful rendition of a cracking piece of music.
Thank you!! You, too, met your early demise in the jaw of a prehistoric massive creature located just around the corner from the school library?
This is ethereal. Great cover
Thank you so much!!! 💖
That was the most beautiful Balamb Garden piece I have ever heard in my entire life I had this video on repeat
Damn thank you so much!!! 💖 here's a looped version if you wanna hear! ua-cam.com/video/2xSmDySbf5U/v-deo.html
I'm so glad you could join us for this competition again! This is such a great cover - the arrangement is thoughtful and idiomatic, your performance is accomplished and sensitive, and the production is great too - I love that spacious reverb, and the way that last chord just lingers! Top-notch work as always!
Thank you so much, I'm glad I could again too!!! ❤️ this arrangement was a bit on the simpler side so it was important for me to let it breathe. I'm glad you like it ❤️
Ohhh! So wonderful Memories when I first hear this song in FF VIII.
Very nice and clean play from you 🫠😃
Thank youuuuu 💖 🦖💀
recentely fell in love with ff8. it was right at the build up towards the clash of the gardens. thats when the love starts emanating and everything starts coming together. it freaking rocks!
also cried when i realized what the garden means to everyone involved and what they would do to protect it. it's all about home and finding home in others, thats what squall learns throughout the story and what the game is all about
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
I don’t know how you got in my UA-cam algorithm but I love it. God bless and can’t wait to hear more !
Glad you made it here! Thank you for listening and definitely more FF music to come 💖
This has always been 1 of my fave FF songs. Love hearing you play it
Thank youuuuu 💖
Just discovered your channel from this song. Harps are truly incredible instruments.
Glad you made it here ❤️🦖💀
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 UA-cam? Not really familiar with their schemes.
Nostalgia i remember my chilhood game….so relaxing very nice …
Yay! Thank you for listening 💖
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!!!!
Harps are magical. So glad this randomly popped up in my feed. Brought back memories of when I first got this game as a kid.
I agree, I feel like Uematsu used harps a lot to convey both calm and magic and mystery. Thank you so much for listening 💖
This makes my memories back that run across whole Balamb Garden playing card games with everyone.
Nice harp performance.
Thank you so much ❤️
Literally liked it 15 seconds in, knew it was gonna be something special. Beautiful playing!
Thank you so much 💖
Wow this is so amazing. So many memories...😭😭
Thank you so much 💖
Your music calmed me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your music.
I'm so glad to hear that 💖 Thank you for listening!
I really can't begin to tell you how much I love this, the memories!
Thank you for listening 🎵
Majestic.
Thank you 💖
@@Harpsibored ❤️
Thank you for bringing us back to when we first picked Shiva and Quezacotl, and the Junction Tutorial.
I love how people gave Shiva weird names just for the Ifrit Fire Cavern moment. My personal favorite is "BACON."
Ifrit: "They have BACON?!"
Ifrit: "...........Very well. I will join you."
Words can only understate the amount of love and joy I feel right now. Thank you 🥹
Thank you for listening 💖
Nobuo Uematsu was such a maestro, almost 20 years, and this music brings back to that good old time playing FF... thanks to you and Yt algorithms yhat brings me here ❤
Easily one of my favorite FF songs
Same!!! Thank for listening 💖
Ahhhhhh
Straight back to grade 9 summer break......
Playing FF is honestly one of my favorite memories of school summer breaks lol
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.
Oh, for God's sake. You have softened my heart. Thank you so much. Extremely beautiful.
Thank you for listening ❤️
Wow, this brings back memories of 1999 and my PlayStation in my old bedroom. Thanks!