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Mar 20, 2023Liked by Marc Normandin

The wild thing to me is that Uematsu wrote all the character themes first, and THEN assigned them to characters. But they’re still somehow perfect? What a soundtrack.

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Even further evidence that the music was intertwined with the narrative and game as a whole, everything responded to everything around it and meshed together as needed.

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Such a great piece! FF6 is my all-time fav and the music is incredible. Thanks for digging into this aspect of it!

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Mar 21, 2023Liked by Marc Normandin

I'm writing a comment on a thread with several accomplished authors so I apologize in advance. Several standout themes - if you happen to hear Zozo's theme in passing it will remain stuck in your ear for the rest of the day. I also really like the piano specific tracks in the coliseum and the music that plays when the moogle/imp comes out to give you an explainer. Also Jidoor's town-specific track.

You mentioned FFIV changing the expectation when it came to video game music and that soundtrack was formative for my experience as well - I remember recording the Tower of Zot and Battle with the 4 Fiends tracks on my boombox as a kid. Great piece.

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Mar 21, 2023Liked by Marc Normandin

Great post!

Sebastian Deken's book with Boss Fight Books about the music of FFVI is a great companion piece to this.

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