Final Fantasy VIII - The Extreme [HQ]

[LynxTrickzZ]

best final fantasy game ever

[ReinaHW]

"Look to your past, see how it fades. Look to your future, see how it no longer exists. Time is no more, life is invalid. I am time itself and you are nothing more than the dust of memories denied"

Love this piece of music, the final battle in that game was great, even more so with the music.

[chiffmonkey]

Ok I'm fed up of searching youtube fruitlessly.

Does anyone know who did the fantastic multitrack electric guitar cover of this?

[legendbooks]

@chiffmonkey black mages probably

[thesnowyfox]

*plays game up until finale*

meh this is okay

*plays finale*

HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER

[chiffmonkey]

@thesnowyfox Saving disk four for just the castle was a freaking genius idea.

[MaliceMods]

"I am Ultimecia..."

"Time shall compress..."

"All existence denied..."

[HINDERIZED]

@MaliceMods PRESS ENTER TO INSTALL DATA

[MaliceMods]

@HINDERIZED ...wut?

[HINDERIZED]

@MaliceMods HELL'S JUDGEMENT! IT BUUUUUURNS!!!

[MaliceMods]

@HINDERIZED Yeah when I first battled her I was like "HOLY SHIT!". Later battles it was easily manageable.

Yep, nothin' like the first time...

[Zellig]

@MaliceMods Sorry Exdeath did it better 3 games ago with "I am Neo-Exdeath - I shall erase all existence.. all dimensions... - And then I too will dissapear... - FOR ETERNITY." Ultimecia had a killer song tho.

[Clickykid]

@Zellig yeah but Exdeath loses points for being a tree

[Zellig]

@Clickykid And you lose 3 times as many for getting your ass kicked by shrubbery in what was probably one of the hardest RPG boss battles you've come across.

[Clickykid]

@Zellig i was freakishly overpowered on ff5 actually

[OnyxCrest]

@Zellig

He is actually a very hard Final Boss, but if you have mighty guard you might as well be fighting a Goblin.

[chiffmonkey]

@Clickykid Does the same apply to the thorian from mass effect? :( Cause that thing is badass.

[thiagobarca11]

try listening this with headphones...WTF(just first part)

[HINDERIZED]

my soul...IT BUUUUURNS!!!!

[vOcesfonoteka]

pianteria qe connotacion

[Zer0SkiLL789]

Sounds way to much likE Vincents theme

[wezley117]

Nobuo how do you do it? all his songs are just amazing.

[FoxCuriousity]

Squall and Ultimecia appears.... 0:00

0:21

Ultimecia: "Foolish boy. Everything is an illusion." "Your friends...your hopes.......your life itself...." "....shall fade."

Squall: "Your ability to mess with time....IS COMING TO AN END!"

1:40

[darklinkx8]

I'd kill to see Uematsu play this.

[cbmetalgod88]

@darklinkx8 haha you and me too brother! I think my mind would just explode out of pure genious.

[GayIndianTrollSciety]

It's spinning..

the beginning is so 3d music.

[GreedforKnowledge]

TIME! 00:00

[BrickCity4eva]

It was always nice to have Selphie at this part. Full Cure came in handy

[DanTheMan8819]

@BrickCity4eva You can also Card Mod Bahamut's Card to get 100 Megalixers.

[Detsurasu]

Smells like Vincent's theme to me.

[Bludcross]

@Detsurasu The beginning is like Vincent's theme, but once it kicks in I'd say its very similar to fighting Zeromus in FF4.

[Detsurasu]

@Bludcross Yeah, exactly that!

[BoysBoysBoysify]

The music at 00:19 sounds familiar.. is it from somewhere?

[DanTheMan8819]

This Song > Dancing Mad. Thumbs Up, if you agree.

[Lordilucas12]

play this with headphones on. sounds very weird but awesome

[wdbisl]

@Lordilucas12 I just tried it finally the beginning is so cool with it!

[guitardreamer13]

music level : asian

[DartRyu]

If you like this music kind, you will love those whom I compose and which are available on my channel (thank you for somewhere else to subscribe you to it).

[15lions]

17 people need hearing aids XD

[DanTheMan8819]

"Oh nice, we killed Ultimecia-Griever, so the game must be over now, ri-.....wait what's up with the freaky music?"

[RockLobster7595]

when this music plays in 2012, you know shits going DOWWWNNNNNN!

[Mythologick]

God this game had an amazing soundtrack. I honestly think FF8 was Nobou at his finest. FF9 gets a lot of credit as his best work, but I think it was FF8. Final Fantasy fucking sucks now without him. His music made the games, along with the amazing writers they had back then. Now everything is just....bleh.

R.I.P. Final Fantasy, the real Final Fantasies anyway.

The newer games shouldn't even be called Final Fantasy.

[trect18]

I used to think Dancing Mad was the best FF final boss theme, but then I took an Extreme to the ears (although DM is still great).

[Hyacinthesis]

"Time...It will not wait...No matter...how hard you hold on. It escapes you...And..." No matter how many times I defeated her, that part always made me sad. I wish we'd been given more story about Ultimecia. She's such an enigmatic character.

[DanTheMan8819]

@Hyacinthesis Instead we're left with half of FF8 fans supporting a "Rinoa=Ultimecia theory" and the other half against it with absolutely no background on Ultimecia....Thanks Squaresoft.

[Crebralassassin]

@DanTheMan8819 the thing about it was is if you played ffvii you got a lot of background on sepiroth and his past and all that blah blah blah. The thing is its such a cliche you know I had a bad childhood and it turned me into a murderous psychopath yada yada yada. Personally I like not knowing about her past, because it doesnt really matter, shes evil and must die.

[ducksrockallnight]

@Hyacinthesis They should make a prequel. But please, to Satan, don't make it along the lines of the starwars prequels!

If they did that, we'd know more about Ultimecia.

[BerusX]

anyone hear the sound of knives and stuff being dropped in the beginning

[EternalSoulOfGaia]

15 people disliked Hell's Judgement.

[BrickCity4eva]

@EternalSoulOfGaia I don't think anyone likes that

[digitalcomis1]

who are the 15 non-conformists that gave this a thumbs down? come on, own up.

[SatanTheHell666]

1:39 renzokuken puis lionheart sa fait mal >.<

[CladSama76960]

nobuo uematsu is good for alway take a part of his other work for make his news music, in ff8 music we can hear ff9 theme battle and some other music issue of it, like ff7 etc =o

[SuperBern]

I LOVE how at 1:40 the bass line from the old battle themes kicks in. Fantastic touch.

[Manadragon2000]

@SuperBern Yeah good way to pay homage to the classics.

[GruppeSechs2004]

When you are racing against time, to find a roll of toilet paper, this music plays.

[andreseh87]

Holy shit, my childhood just flashed before my eyes. Thank you so much.

[een7777]

best part is at 0:20 when everything but the acoustic is dead silent.

[24LionHearts]

this music defines the death and life situation in FF battles. so frickin' epic!

[freefadi]

This track defines epic battles!...simply amazing!...Nobou Uematsu...we miss you :(

[Yora21]

that's some sick stereo ^^

[maolink2]

Un tema de locos... y eso que es solo la cancion... esta, junta con la emocion de la batalla..... FF lo mejor siempre lo mejor

[lllllllll67]

best final boss battle music evah :D, thanks for the upload

[jsh020]

@lllllllll67 ok sorry i gott o go fanboys on your ass right now so i apologize for al the immature thing sim about to unleash

AWWWWWWWWW HEEEELLL NO, best final boss theme, pffft nothing beats mgs 4's final boss music, man that theme is so godly and manages to capture the feel of a 15 year long series all into one amazing theme in a battle that is quit possibly NO, is the greatest boss ever.

ok fanboy rage done, that being said this theme is epic, though i prefer most of the other FF themes

[nightzeroAX]

The beginning sounds like something from Zelda.

[plamm999]

@nightzeroAX flip that around. Sounds like the twilight princess song when midna was all pwned by Zant, so Zelda sounds like this.

[amcgbc]

I've said it before, and I will say it again. Nobuo Uematsu is a musical GENIUS.

[soragon]

everyone recognized the music kindgom hearts 2 uses the same music in this one its the one when ur fighting pete same similarities even though its from the same composer :)

[AJConrady]

@soragon Nobuo did not compose anything from KH.

[amcgbc]

@soragon KH II was a fantastic game...but Uematsu didn't compose the music for it. At least, I don't think he did. Could be wrong.

[Daemon353]

OMG HEADPHONES

[jasonofadown]

please tell me i won *black background stars cue the music* "i am ultimecia" you know its intense when your off the couch playing a ps1 game

[KratosBlitzer]

Reflect on your... Childhood... Your sensation... Your words... Your emotions... Time... It will not wait... No matter... How hard you hold on... It escapes you... And...

[mojojojo511]

...All existence denied.

[lllllllll67]

I miss the 5 star rating thingy of youtube, although this deserves way more than 5 stars

[DanTheMan8819]

Time Kompression this, Time Kompression that...Bitch, you need to Time Kompress your mouth!

[KoboFox]

Favorite track of the entire franchise. :3

[darkdialga]

Dulce sonido de los dioses...

[hevanibelheim]

oh Nobuo...you changed my life forever...

[lunares777]

14 people can't stand "Hell's Judgement".

[SkynyrdX]

SEED. WRITTEN IN CAPS LOCK. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN WRITE THE WORD 'SEED' NOW.

[Starstreaker]

those first 30 seconds gave me goosebumps with the sound going left then right with my headphones

[xxx1978xx]

Final Fantasy ist das beste Rollenspiel überhaupt es gibt nichts besseres und der 8. teil ist mein lieblingsspiel

[armintiestoferry]

id always wait until 1:40 till i started kicking ultimecias ass

[MixedAddict]

I wonder what she was gonna say after '...And ...'

[Dreamerx47]

@MixedAddict

"i cant dissapear yet"

not sure thats what she wanted to say but its fits

[sorcererharryxd]

I love Final Fantasy VIII, I love Ultimecia and I love The Extreme...Final Fantasy VIII

Forever!!!

[Gr8gabe]

It's funny how this final boss could manipulate time. "Time" is everybody's enemy.

[JugbandGates]

I listen this with rainy mood...

[VictorVonFox]

i so thought an airplane was flying by when this song started playing lol

[Justforvisit]

Want to experience a creepy moment?

If so, listen to the beginning with headphones ;)

Something will be going through your head....

[TommyRobinson100]

@Justforvisit Was doing this as I saw your comment. Is good :D

[smartanimegirl]

It's been a while since I heard this.

So I was just enjoying the beginning piano until 1:36 made me jump from my seat and I was like, "OOH~ Nice beat."

[Justforvisit]

@smartanimegirl I like to picture this as the moment where the final talk ends and the final battle starts with Squall twirling his Gunblade around running towards Ultimecia while she fires a Dissidia-ish array of magical projectiles towards the party, then close in cam from the side face to face Squall & Ultimecia and Screen whiting out, blending over to the actual battle screen ^^

[RonMaday]

In Soviet Union, Time Kompress you!

[FeartheConstrict]

And... SHUT UP.

[venom5610]

why dont they make games like this anymore!

[TheEternalOtaku]

@venom5610 Cause companies are more worried about good graphics rather than storyline

[venom5610]

@TheEternalOtaku good point i thought i was the only one who thought graphics didn't make a game.

[TheEternalOtaku]

@venom5610 your not alone my friend

[MDF091]

2:40 la mejor armonia

[kidhavii1995]

13 people tried to compress time and got scraped by Squall

[ItachiTenshi]

Too bad she didn't kill Rinoa. Sorry, I just really hate Rinoa :)

[Drelworg]

@ItachiTenshi How can you be hatin' on Rinoa? I loved her character and personality. She was a very like-able and lovable character. The ending made me tear :)

[ItachiTenshi]

@Drelworg Because everything about her irritates me. She's supposedly the leader of a rebel group, but she acts like she's 10. She forces Squall to dance with her when he obviously doesn't want to, then just LEAVES him there, she makes her underlings call her "The Princess"... If she stopped being a coquettish ditz for two seconds, I might refrain from hating her. I named her Funslut in my game, I hate her so much. Squall deserves better. I like the game overall, but Rinoa is just detestable.

[Contevent]

@ItachiTenshi She's just childish, and she changes

You may find it detestable, but it is a necessary path to become a grown up ^^

I love how she gradually mature in the game, yet never losing her joyful nature like Squall

[TouhouFanSubs]

Intro => FUUUUU MY HEADPHONES

[rileymac923]

1:39 to 1:56 is my fav.

[sartigan]

I did a mistake of rising only Selphine, Quistis and Rinoa at lvl 99 while the others were 30-40, stupid of me xD i was lucky i got the End Game Thing form Selphy :) or else i would have never been able to defeat that Compresser

[Pomatopedia]

@sartigan Kompressor

[sartigan]

@Pomatopedia My mistake :(

[xArysia]

I've always wondered why someone would want the world to themselves, wouldn't they get bored? o.o

[ArceusDX]

@xArysia Villain logic.exe

[Musashifuji]

BEST FIGHT SONG EVER, EPIC

[RoldaoKanon]

Scan: Ultimecia, transformed to absorb all time and space. Absorbing all existence as we speak.

Scan Lower Body: The point from which Ultimecia's power generates. Casts the ultimate magic through power generated here.

Use Curaga, because the Apocalypse is coming.

[irelandcool1]

I always thought that the final boss fight should of been Seifer versus Squall because they have a real long term hatred of one in another and would of been a better way of settling it

[tgeiger]

@irelandcool1 Not really. Their relationship was more competitive (with light tones of adversarial) than full on enemies. The only reason things came to such a head between them was due to the sorceress manipulating his grand romantic dream.

[KoKesHKe]

Nobuo makes every moment epic =1)

[mLovelady30]

thegoodteacher(dot)com

[Clutch3Ball]

3:05 - 3:26

AH - MAY - ZING !!!

[ffgamera]

Out of personal preference, 10 was my favourite, but i'd give 7, 8, 9, and 10 all 10/10 for being PERFECT GAMES.

[FreyTheRonin]

@ffgamera You forgot 6

[nameUnavailab1e]

FF8 probably wasn't the best Final Fantasy ever... but I'm pretty sure it had the most epic final boss of all of them.

[RaeCasHyd381]

@nameUnavailab1e omg fricken what 4 or 5 forms, hell yea it was epic...... and hard, if you don't lvl grind like me... :P

[StillNotScott]

DA NANANANA DAANANANA DA NANANA NANA DANANANANA

[Onifey]

12 people stopped listening in the first 15 seconds saying" WTF is this shit!? UGH this SUCKS!! /lifequit" ...poor bastards

[MetroidMilkMan]

One of the coolest and most epic final battles ever, in my opinion o:

[alvinkwan89]

@MetroidMilkMan I agree, by far Ultimecia is one of the most frustrating final boss ever to beat. She uses Hell's Judgement a lot (reduce hp to 1). The parties' magics keeps on disappearing (sometimes the useful one if unlucky), and K.O. party will disappear too if not resurrect fast.

[voigtyv2]

still wished they hadn't cut the opening from dissidia :(

[voigtyv2]

there are people in this world who can relate to this song, living without knowing what do, thinking they have meaning, while trying to get through, confused, grasping onto what little time they have, holding onto memories, truth is, looking back on time, prevents you from moving forwards

[AuximenesIsAlive]

Reflect on your... Childhood... Your sensation... Your words... Your emotions... Time... It will not wait... No matter... how hard you hold on... It escapes you... And...

[voigtyv2]

@AuximenesIsAlive best response ever =D

[DartUchiha]

@AuximenesIsAlive I had no idea that she was almost dead at that point and kept trying to find useful attacks and ended up getting Game Over.

[capricornkid]

Oh, god. This is one of my favorite songs to listen to, and #1 to listen to in headphones. Just hearing the phrase ghosting through your ears is epic XD

[dart1285]

@capricornkid seriously trippy

[DerianX19]

That part at 2:20 just screams perfect sych between harmonies, beat, and melody. Whenever I hear it I just sit in awe of Nobuo's greatness.

[thegameijustlost]

"I am Ultimecia... Time shall compress... All existence denied."

[OmnomTheDevourer]

Squal, Squall, Squall, Squal, Squall, Squall, Squal, Squall, Squall, Squal, Squall, Squall...

[FoxCuriousity]

The program Ultimecia.exe wants you to compress all time and deny all existence.

Allow it?

YES

[moa373]

@FoxCuriousity my answer: reverse of reverse lol

[XenoAlbedo]

did anybody with headphones notice that sound at the VERY BEGINNING (like 0:00 to 0:20 or so) seems to move from your left ear to right as if it was a pendulum?

[Armitaco]

@XenoAlbedo I always kinda feel as if it is more circling you. But yes :D

[Katingaan]

@XenoAlbedo It does on my laptop too. Stereo FTW.

[chp2111]

@XenoAlbedo

yeah lol

[PokemonFantasyGirl]

@XenoAlbedo Oh that is so cool!

[guilla5]

@XenoAlbedo that's the intention, simulate like time is passing by while you fight, when it vanishes might simbolize that the time has been compressed

[delosar]

@XenoAlbedo it's stereo m8 lookit up, it's been around sometime :P

[darrellthecowboy73]

@XenoAlbedo that's what we call "stereo"

[doubleyouowe]

@XenoAlbedo

its called.. panning ^^

[globox123456789]

@XenoAlbedo

It creeped me the fuck out!

[Tirkable]

@XenoAlbedo ikr! but dude it does that even w/o the headphones i wonder why it oes tht tho.

[Catsandff]

@FoxCuriousity

LOL that gave me f*ing good laff!!! :-D

[jomo0701]

This is a modified version・・・I'll compress all time and deny all existence.

[jomo0701]

It is a supplementation

It is a serif of Altimisia said first when this music flows.

[jomo0701]

Let's compress all the time and deny all the existence.

[voigtyv2]

@Anime6997 same here dude, it's not the same without the opening is it

[HiddenDrag0n99]

For people who wander why the first few seconds sound like they do, the balance for the ears are moving back and front or one ear to another

[OmegaTKB]

This makes Your adrenaline rush.

[jomo0701]

全ての時間を圧縮し全ての存在を否定しましょう

[EarthlingChild]

@jomo0701 Translation please??? :D

[zombiescarecrow]

Man I wanna play ff8 again... but my ps2 is brokded T-T

[Kydos37]

@zombiescarecrow You can play it on your pc on a psx emulator