Outrageous claim: Uematsu phoned it in on FF7

[Einzelherz]

I'm currently listening to the soundtracks of FF1-FF9 sequentially and although there are a few games' soundtracks I'm not terribly fond of, FF7 just sticks out as bad.

I wonder if anyone here can hum/whistle/sing any songs from that other than Aeris' theme or One winged angel. Even though I just finished it, even I can't.

[substantial_snake]

I often find myself humming the main (overworld) theme, shinra theme, and Jenova theme.

[heybtbm]

Not "outrageous". Just ignorant.

[Aussie2B]

There's nothing "ignorant" about it. It's an opinion, and, in fact, Uematsu essentially apologizes in the liner notes of the OST:

http://chudahs-corner.com/liners/ind...log=SSCX-10004

There's no arguing that the sample quality is pretty dang low, but many appreciate the composition in spite of that (and others need to clean out their ears if they think this is Redbook or "CD quality"). Personally, I find neither the sound quality nor the composition too pleasing. I think Uematsu has done much better, but there are a few standout tracks (namely the main theme).

[kedawa]

Ahead on Our Way and Golden Saucer are pretty good tracks, but I was never a fan of FF music to begin with. It's mostly just blustery hooplah. Some of it is straight up faggy.

[Cobra Commander]

Faggy? Wow.

[InsaneDavid]

I've always held his score for Rad Racer / Highway Star to be the pinnacle of his work, but that's just me.

[kupomogli]

Final Fantasy 7 might not have the best music in the series, but pretty much ever single track in the game is great. One of my favorites even makes its way into Final Fantasy 9(Rufus' Parade Ceremony.)

[Aussie2B]

One of my favorites even makes its way into Final Fantasy 9(Rufus' Parade Ceremony.)

Oh god, now I really don't want to play FFIX. That's one of your favorites? That's probably my least favorite song in a video game ever. Sounds like random cacophony to me. Instant headache material.

[Guy Bramsworth]

This is my first time all all my years seeing people badmouth the soundtrack. Wasn't aware it had a bad rep as one of his worst? I thought it was just fine, but then again I don't really need anything to be perfect to enjoy it for years to come.

[Jorpho]

There's nothing "ignorant" about it. It's an opinion, and, in fact, Uematsu essentially apologizes in the liner notes of the OST:

http://chudahs-corner.com/liners/ind...log=SSCX-10004

Wow, how refreshingly direct. If "Final Fantasy [is] a plant given premium nutrition, water, and light without the care of a gardener [whereby] the branches will just extend in their own way, in any direction", what is Final Fantasy XIV?

That's one of your favorites? That's probably my least favorite song in a video game ever. Sounds like random cacophony to me. Instant headache material.

I hated Rufus's Parade Ceremony too. And I have no idea why people are still so constantly gaga over One Winged Angel. I do rather like Anxious Heart.

Really, when I played it back in the day I was just amazed that anyone could make the PC MIDI synth output something worth listening to.

[Icarus Moonsight]

There is only three good things about FF7; Barret with the BAMF mouth and chaingun hand, Yuffie and eternally trolling the fandom.

[Graham Mitchell]

To this day I don't understand all the FFVII hate. I find it pretty engaging and entertaining to this day. And I love the soundtrack. I have it on my ipod.

I understand the temptation to strangle all the fanboys, but if you play the game objectively, it's probably not as bad as people say it is.

[Icarus Moonsight]

I wanted to love it, but it didn't love me. Hence the passion was twisted to hate. Just as bad, in terms of bias, but the dark side of FF7 passion has cookies and nothing to loose.

[Boltorano]

Well, VI is my favorite soundtrack (as well as my favorite Final Fantasy, imagine that!), and VII might barely squeeze in at #5 on my list of favorites from the series, but when I got around to actually listening to VII's soundtrack again almost 10 years after I actually finished the game, I said to myself "You know, this soundtrack is actually pretty good!"

Perhaps this is because I only ever finished VII on the PC and I couldn't even run the fancy optional Yamaha MIDI software that made it sound remotely decent back then, but everything is subjective I suppose.

[wingzrow]

so that's why aeris ( aerith? ) theme sounds so close to one of the songs from 6.

[j_factor]

The audio quality is pretty bad, but I think the composition is as good as any other. Honestly I've never understood what was supposed to be so amazing about Final Fantasy soundtracks to begin with (or most RPG soundtracks, for that matter).

[kedawa]

The audio quality is pretty bad, but I think the composition is as good as any other. Honestly I've never understood what was supposed to be so amazing about Final Fantasy soundtracks to begin with (or most RPG soundtracks, for that matter).

I think it has a lot to do with people making a positive association between the music and the game, becasue they spent a lot of time playing it, and they're emotionally invested in the story and characters.

[Boltorano]

I think it has a lot to do with people making a positive association between the music and the game, becasue they spent a lot of time playing it, and they're emotionally invested in the story and characters.

Something like that. Terra's theme from FFVI brings out a lot of emotions for me that are completely unrelated to the actual game, because of the time of year I first played the game and the events that happened in my life around that time.

[Emuaust]

Those who fight Further, JENOVA, the Overworld theme, One Winged Angel, Opening - Bombing Mission, Red XIII's theme, man I could name pretty much the entire track list.

To say it has a unmemorable sound track, are we playing the same game here?

Haters gonna hate

And to the OP, you just finished it and can't even remember One Winged Angel? wow...