technical SE music

Azriek

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my music teacher told me to listen to one piece of orchestray music each day to improve my theory so i thought it was a good reason to get into game music. so can anyone recommend any technically good FF songs? (trills and stuff like that)
 
Theres a good piano piece from FF7:AC you could listen to

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Try some FFX stuff, to Zanarkand is a good peice of music

Thers also the FFVII soundtrack which is on the whole really good, One Winged Angel is really rather epic.....

Uh I hope that helps
 
i suppose, i could do with certain names if possible.

might be able to listen to one winged angel for a while though, just got killed by safer sephiroth 2 mins ago
 
Unlucky J-E-N-O-V-A (FF7 Advent Children version) search for it on youtube or google and also Tifas theme AC version
 
Most of the good music came from them two games but I dont really know of any more music from other FF games I never listened to FF8's music I just played it.
 
I guess they did, they certainly had the most memorable, though it's not as technical as some stuff I've heard. Nobuo Uematsu's style isn't overly complicated, he keeps it simple and memorable. That's his appeal ^^

Here's my best list (I'm hoping to incorporate some of this stuff into my own study ;) )-

To Zanarkand (FFX)
One Winged Angel (Comp FFVII, AC version is best)
Liberati Fatali (FFVIII)
Aerith's Theme (FFVII)
Cloud's Theme (aka FFVII Main Theme)
The one mentioned which was a piano version of Those Who Fight Further, the battle theme from FFVII
Suketi Da Ne orchestral version (FFX)

Most of the stuff Uematsu writes is heavily thematic, he tends not to try and pad it out with trills and such very often. Yet it still sounds epic. My advice is to check out the Tour Du Japon stuff on YouTube to really get into the orchestration of the music, makes analysing it much easier.

Hope this helps ^^
 
In case you somehow didn't already listen to some of those songs...

FFX: Final Battle with Yu Yevon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlMNPuZEEGk

FFVIII: Liberi Fatali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VmR9hTiBXA

FFVII: Aerith's Theme (Orchestra version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX4rONQekH0

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And some stuff from the Kingdom Hearts series; the game music is comprised of very orchestral pieces I think.

Memories in Pieces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZ_OpBq_f8

Fragments of Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68TqYsecaN8&feature=related

The Other Promise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMrCdioLv9A&feature=related

The 13th Struggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdnyAdfxejk&feature=related

Tension Rising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4TYfpEqjRo&feature=related

The Corrupted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzHc-c1mYI&feature=related

The 13th Dilema
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_3xeG4hq8&feature=related

Hollow Bastion Battle Theme
(forgot the actual name >__<)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpwc02keRHM
 
Your in luck, Im a HUGE fan of Nobuo Uematsu's music. Here is a nice list of songs I suggest listening to: song/ album

The Prelude/ FF7
Zanarkand/FFX Piano Collections
Tifa's Theme/ FF7 Piano Collections
Main Theme/ FF7 Piano Collections
Let the Battle Begin!/ FF7 Piano Collections
Cosmo Canyon/ FF7 Piano Collections
Jenova/ FF7 Piano Collections
Aerith's Theme/ FF7 Piano Collections
One-Winged Angel/ FF7 Piano Collections

Those are all the ones I have on my iTunes, but if you have iTunes, I would suggest checking out all the albums on there. They have alot of good stuff, and different versions too. Im really more of a piano fan, hince all the piano collections :P
 
Hmm, there a some FFVII songs..
  • Aerith's theme
  • Clouds Theme
  • One winged angel
  • Jenova
You should try them, they're all really good not to mention the other FFVII songs that I havn't mentioned. =)
 
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