I was 11 when I first heard this. Now I'm 31 and it still gives me massive chills and that feeling of childhood excitement that's hard to come by these days. ❤
I think it's because of the nostalgic rush of emotions... Many people were very young when they played FFVIII for the first time (myself included) and I remember playing it for hours after school... Like Gandalf said.. "I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."....
No. It`s because it is a great game with a superior soundtrack. And the ending. 15+ min of awesomeness. The best ending to a video game i ever witnessed. The feels, the music.. And the best part.. the soundtrack. It`s not my favorite game (which is Gothic 1+2, great soundtrack too) but the ending is so good. Most of the time in other games it`s just "congratulations you won... now go get the rest of the tedious achievements". Meh. FF8 ending feels more like the ending of a good novel.
Stuff like that drives me absolutely insane. It's unbelievably disrespectful to the conductor and to the orchestra. You can wait 10 seconds for the conductor to turn around, which that is your cue to clap and applaud.
Say what you want about Final Fantasy VIII. Is it a perfect game? No. Am I the biggest fan of it? No, not really. But this? THIS. THIS IS HOW YOU START A GAME.
This is by far my favorite FF song, gives me waves of enjoyment in my ear, provided it's done right. This performance is by far one of the best I can find online, the chorus, the intensity of the orchestra, well synchronized melody throughout. I can listen to this for hours, daily.
I got tears and chills listening to this on my headphones in my room. I can only imagine what it was like to be in that room. I remember how absolutely floored I was when I saw the opening vid on a high school computer at lunch time. I'd been playing video games all through my childhood, but that opening video with this soundtrack changed my world.
Wow that's really amazing! One of the best soundtracks ever! I remember watching it as a kid for the first time and hearing the music. It's so beautiful!
Maximus Tregatoria They just dont make soundtracks like they used to. Xenogears is my #1 favorite, followed by this. By far the best FF soundtrack, it's very well executed and has a lot of the classic FF tunes.
+Maximus Tregatoria who needs creativity now?? phones are getting smarter, people are getting dumber. . we're happy just throwing angry birds at pigs for hours on end now :P
+Maximus Tregatoria haha thanks. Look at the Bitch I'm Madonna music video.. obviously the most bland song written in 34 minutes. 132 000 000 views. so bad that it's actually BAD... then look at Like a prayer. whatever people might say about Madonna, that song is very well written and composed.. they've obviously spent a long time on it. boom. 7 million ! bitch I'm madonna wouldn't make it on the album.. let alon ANY album by whomever in those times... yea madonna is a lame example. but it just goes to show! ;)
8 was my first experience with the Final Fantasy series, the story was amazing, and for its day the graphics were amazing (hell, still decent even by today's standard imho) it may be nostalgia but this game, to me, is spectacular (and this is from someone who has played every main FF game and most of the side-games) the "unwinnable battle" story is fantastic, the music is amazing (up until 10 when we lost Uematsu the music ALWAYS was) the characters are interesting and relateable... and I LOVE the storyline of the lost love between Laguna and Julia being reclaimed by their children
I was 8 when my brother got this game back in the early spring of 1999 and I used to watch him play Legend of Dragoon after we were done with school before he got this. I just thought this was the coolest opening with the music and everything
WOW, großen Applaus, ich würde das auch gerne mal Live hören. Ist mein liebstes Lied aller Zeiten. (WOW, big applause, I'd love to hear that live too. Is my favorite song of all time.)
VIII was my first experience in a FF videogame and for me it was the most amazing experience in the 32 era. All those summons, the cards' game, the characters, the side quests, etc. Squall might not have been the best leader character but that's how you take your chances with a videogame, not destroying the series' legacy like they did with XV.
For the god's sake, this is pure chills! Nobuo Uematsu is a GENIUS! Look at this, it's totally epic, in fact it's beyond the epicness!!! Final Fantasy music is a true masterpiece!
oooooh somebody who gets final fantasy 8, i praise u for seeing the beauty behind ff8, i looove final fantasy 8 more than any other by far, the love story is so unlikely and thus so amazing, best game of all time for me
There are a few versions of this on the tube.. but holy hell.. This one has all the feel.. The others are well played, very precise and have better audio quality by far.. But this.. This is it.
0:21 - I'll be here...
0:29 - Why...?
0:33 - I'll be 'waiting'...here...
0:40 - For what?
0:44 - I'll be waiting...for you...so...
0:48 - If you come here...
0:52 - You'll find me.
0:55 - I promise.
1:03 - *feather glows and gets taken away by the wind. We see...Rinoa...*
1:15 - *lightning*
1:25 - *sword strikes ground*
1:30 - *SQUARESOFT PRESENTS*
1:31 - *Squall appears*
1:32 - *Final Fantasy*
1:33 - *VIII*
2:52 - *Seifer slashes Squall*
2:59 - *Squall's turn*
3:11 - *FINAL FANTASY VIII*
Done
That exact scene has been forged into my mind for eternity lmao
@@acarbonbasedlifeform70 ahaha im sorry, let it all out!!!!
Lol
Perfect time.
Marry me?
2:22 off-tuned trumpet. 😅
But overall, perfect.
1:24 Gunblade Impact!
that girls scream of excitement in the beginning, i feel you gal....i feel you.
0:10
She is all of us. :)
Everybody wish to be her...
I was 11 when I first heard this. Now I'm 31 and it still gives me massive chills and that feeling of childhood excitement that's hard to come by these days. ❤
Same here exact age and timing like yours
I first heard this 17 years ago when I was in middle school and this song still gives me chills.
Little did i know back then that i am listening to something i will remember my whole life !
Why am i crying while listening this music even today? D':
FF VIII
Me too no worry
You aren't the only one! My favorite game of all tine!
I think it's because of the nostalgic rush of emotions... Many people were very young when they played FFVIII for the first time (myself included) and I remember playing it for hours after school... Like Gandalf said.. "I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."....
No. It`s because it is a great game with a superior soundtrack.
And the ending. 15+ min of awesomeness. The best ending to a video game i ever witnessed.
The feels, the music..
And the best part.. the soundtrack.
It`s not my favorite game (which is Gothic 1+2, great soundtrack too) but the ending is so good.
Most of the time in other games it`s just "congratulations you won... now go get the rest of the tedious achievements". Meh.
FF8 ending feels more like the ending of a good novel.
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Major props to the audience for not clapping out of turn, either at the start or at the end. A musician's dream!
Stuff like that drives me absolutely insane. It's unbelievably disrespectful to the conductor and to the orchestra. You can wait 10 seconds for the conductor to turn around, which that is your cue to clap and applaud.
Say what you want about Final Fantasy VIII. Is it a perfect game? No. Am I the biggest fan of it? No, not really.
But this?
THIS. THIS IS HOW YOU START A GAME.
The best opening cinematic ever. Even to this day
Agreed
i very much enjoyed 8. very much so.
TRUEST WORDS
Amen!
I remember I got Final Fantasy 8 for Christmas when I was a wee boy and I played the opening soooo many times just to listen to this..
Seeing the full choir there... Just amazing
absolutely breath taking. this opening sequence truly made this game memorable.
Nobuo Eumatsu is the reason I followed the Final Fantasy series for so many years.
This theme can bring a grown man to tears.
This is by far my favorite FF song, gives me waves of enjoyment in my ear, provided it's done right. This performance is by far one of the best I can find online, the chorus, the intensity of the orchestra, well synchronized melody throughout. I can listen to this for hours, daily.
This is amazing. Nobuo Uematsu's music inspired my own and seeing this live is just epic! :)
Un des meilleurs compositeurs du Japon, sinon du monde.
Started playing FFVII kept playing the series because of the music. Nobuo Uematsu is a legend.
I cried. I literally cried...
Me too.
Me too, i peed my pants too
i cried too
Roth is such an amazing conductor. No one else (apart from Uematsu himself) could bring the music of Final Fantasy to life so perfectly.
Beautiful. Almost brought tears to my eyes. It's awesome how dedicated people can be to something as simple as a video game soundtrack.
Goosebumps still on 2023 after almost two decades after ive heard this on final fantasy 8 🥰
I got tears and chills listening to this on my headphones in my room.
I can only imagine what it was like to be in that room.
I remember how absolutely floored I was when I saw the opening vid on a high school computer at lunch time. I'd been playing video games all through my childhood, but that opening video with this soundtrack changed my world.
Wow that's really amazing! One of the best soundtracks ever! I remember watching it as a kid for the first time and hearing the music. It's so beautiful!
A REALLY EPIC BEAUTIFUL SONG JUST LIKE THE GAME
A true Master piece the music and the game!
Sweet! He is by far one of my favorite composers.
I played this game since it was released, and this song still gives me chills today. Nobuo is a genius.
The last part with the choir at 3:03 until the end is amazing
2:20 the horn or brass made a mistake hahaha lol i laughed hard
I didn't hear a mistake I mean the trumpet didn't quite hit his first note but that can't be helped if he had been playing a while.
+MK.PRODUCTIONS actually thats right
+MK.PRODUCTIONS I died :D
+MK.PRODUCTIONS he went an Octave to high lol wow.
I literally come back to this video just for this moment hahahahaha !!
Happy Anniversary FFVIII!
Back in the old days, where most of the people are still creative as fuck.
Maximus Tregatoria They just dont make soundtracks like they used to. Xenogears is my #1 favorite, followed by this. By far the best FF soundtrack, it's very well executed and has a lot of the classic FF tunes.
+Maximus Tregatoria who needs creativity now?? phones are getting smarter, people are getting dumber. . we're happy just throwing angry birds at pigs for hours on end now :P
Bear Kuma
you, sir, just made my day.
+Maximus Tregatoria haha thanks. Look at the Bitch I'm Madonna music video.. obviously the most bland song written in 34 minutes. 132 000 000 views. so bad that it's actually BAD... then look at Like a prayer. whatever people might say about Madonna, that song is very well written and composed.. they've obviously spent a long time on it. boom. 7 million ! bitch I'm madonna wouldn't make it on the album.. let alon ANY album by whomever in those times... yea madonna is a lame example. but it just goes to show! ;)
+Maximus Tregatoria what are you even talking about ??
This song is on my wakeup playlist and still gives me goosebumps
Stunning performance! This needs at least 10x the number of views!
This song will live forever.
Such an awesome soundtrack, the best FF, imo.
The Best Final Fantasy Ever! Deal with it.
+Hans Christian De La Cruz The best intro, yeah!
Among the 3 Best Final Fantasies! 6, 7, 8 & 10...Hopefully 15 will add up on that list =)
you forgot the best of 'em all ...*IX*
100% agree. I played FF7 way more, but I enjoyed 8 overall. Music+Story line
8 was my first experience with the Final Fantasy series, the story was amazing, and for its day the graphics were amazing (hell, still decent even by today's standard imho) it may be nostalgia but this game, to me, is spectacular (and this is from someone who has played every main FF game and most of the side-games) the "unwinnable battle" story is fantastic, the music is amazing (up until 10 when we lost Uematsu the music ALWAYS was) the characters are interesting and relateable... and I LOVE the storyline of the lost love between Laguna and Julia being reclaimed by their children
Tears. Every time.
I was 8 when my brother got this game back in the early spring of 1999 and I used to watch him play Legend of Dragoon after we were done with school before he got this. I just thought this was the coolest opening with the music and everything
WOW, großen Applaus, ich würde das auch gerne mal Live hören. Ist mein liebstes Lied aller Zeiten. (WOW, big applause, I'd love to hear that live too. Is my favorite song of all time.)
VIII was my first experience in a FF videogame and for me it was the most amazing experience in the 32 era. All those summons, the cards' game, the characters, the side quests, etc. Squall might not have been the best leader character but that's how you take your chances with a videogame, not destroying the series' legacy like they did with XV.
GOOSEBUMPS!
God, this games soundtrack STILL gives me goosebumps.
Thank you Nobuo Uematsu
This game's intro is the best part of the whole game.
And the ending as well. If Final Fantasy 8 had voice acting and better graphics, then it is my #1 pick for best Final Fantasy game.
@@123ucr maybe in the future *fingers crossed*
i imediatly started crying ^^ so powerfull!
Massively
Menudo Tema Increible !!
just saw distant worlds live. vwry happy to hear this tune in person.
2018 and Im still listening,VERY NOSTALGIC
Awesome.
So much greatness
Wow just still so amazing. Too much nostalgia for today must stop watching.
Sent shivers down my spine.
My god... I have the damn goosebumps ❤ Powerful ❤
For the god's sake, this is pure chills! Nobuo Uematsu is a GENIUS! Look at this, it's totally epic, in fact it's beyond the epicness!!! Final Fantasy music is a true masterpiece!
Piece of art!
my first dose of epic music when i was younger
AWESOME
amazing!
magnifique!
🎼 Ardente veritate... Incedite tenebras mundi
🎼 Velete liberi, diebus fatalibus.
🎼 Fithos! Lusec! Wecos! Vinosec! 🎶
#FinalFantasyVIII 💚
This game has been severely overlooked. Can't wait to play it on Switch.
Awesome performance
awesome
i cant wait to hear this live in Phoenix! Im already crying just thinking about it..
Super jelly!
oooooh somebody who gets final fantasy 8, i praise u for seeing the beauty behind ff8, i looove final fantasy 8 more than any other by far, the love story is so unlikely and thus so amazing, best game of all time for me
Just Wow
I. JUST. CANT. HANDLE. THE. EPICNESS
That choir, so powerful
Siento escalofríos y a la vez una inmensa paz
BEST FINAL FANTASY SONG EVER
me encanta este soundtrack, es mi favorito
IMPRESSIVE
Undoubtebly the greatest opening video game theme ever
Super bien
Extremely Impressive!
Yeah, hearing Nobuo Uematsu songs was always so mind blowing to me = D
quite impressive
Nobuo è inarrivabile, immenso.
OMG Amazing 🤩
Liberi Fatali = Les enfant du destin. (in french)
Yes
Fated children to be direct in translation
In portuguese it's Crianças do Destino
One of the greatest one's. I wish they redid it.
Impressive!!
this why we all love it
This game has some awesome music
I WISH I WAS HERE
The conductor is really conducting another piece.
All LEGENDS
Wow that moved me
A W E S O M E !!!!! Greetings from Spain!
There are a few versions of this on the tube.. but holy hell.. This one has all the feel.. The others are well played, very precise and have better audio quality by far.. But this.. This is it.
Agreed a thousand times!
@relewis2011 Nobuo Uematsu has an Orchestra that plays all of them; give or take if its needed. i for one was lucky to play for him once.
WHEN THE TRAILER WAS ON THE PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE DEMO DISC AND I HEARD THIS AND OMG THE MEMORIES FFFFFUUUUUUU.....
Yes. Best opening ff 8 fight between seifer and squall...honor and glory. And Edea is my wife ! 😍😍😘😘
Haha!!! I’ll take Seifer as the hubby lol 😂 has
That arm waving guy is so sick!! Just wow.
Божественно! Набуо Уематсу гений! Long live Nabuo!
いいなぁそれなつかしいです
you can say which one you believe is more suited for your personal tastes though, which is what I believe to have been the intention.
Fantastico ;)
I needed that thunder part...
オーケストラ合唱付きで生演奏聴けるなんて…羨ましいです。
FFシリーズは新作の度に驚かされるけど私の中ではⅧのオープニングが歴代No.1！
por mucho uno de los mejores final fantasy y esto es solo el intro
I'm a huge fan of classical music, but I believe this is better than most classical music I've heard.