The Music of Video Games [404] Final Fantasy IX

[DJ5un]

I love Final Fantasy IX, and I love it's music. You're not Alone is by far my most favorite Video Game Song

[299brody]

beatrix is awesome, and so is her theme

[Thirras88]

Meu Deus ... essa música toca na minha alma bem lá no fundo e traz de volta a mesma sensação de descobrimento de sentimentos quando eu ouvia ela pela primeira vez. My God, this music touches my soul deep inside and bring back the same sensations of discovering feelings when I was hearing it for the first time ...

[dwoverdose52]

Awesome, this was my favourite FF game and I adored the music, great job with this fine selection of music my friend.

[b0unz3]

Most awful FF hero ever : Zitard. Fortunately Vivi is awesome sauce.

[strifey07]

I've played almost all FF's at least 3 times, FF7 over 15 times, FF8 about 6 or 7 times,FF9 twice, FF12 about 4 or 5 times, All I can say is I love them all, FF7 being one of my all time fave games. The creator of FF said that FF9 was the only game to come close to being like his dream of what Final Fantasy is!

I absolutely love the music in all the final fantasy games, they always capture the moment, always put you on the edge of your seat or force a tear or 2 at strong moments in the story!

[EliroX904]

My favorite FF.

[joaquinferrer91]

ERROR 404 .... final fantasy 9? wtf didnt know that..

[meigaria]

the world map theme/melodies of life are the songs that this game makes me think of

[christhemountain]

No Amarant's theme?

[terrabusi84]

where is battle theme?

[artinbazikyan]

why is you're not alone in this?

[krym0re]

FFIX is worth playing, in my honest opinion, simply for the change in style/age of music. While the rest of the non-NES FFs (VII~X, XII) tries to be as modern as they can, the refreshing medieval theme of IX is just beyond words. Also, the choice of instruments just brings you this whole feeling that you're actually in another world rather than the usual modern music which doesn't strike me as much different than what we hear in that era anyways.

[nintygaming]

The song starting at 2:40 is one of the BEST songs in the entire game!

The song at 7:50 is freakin' incredible too!

Too bad "You're Not Alone" isn't included. It may very well be the #1 song in this game.

[NorthernDruid]

You dissapoint me now... you didn't include You're Not Alone. so much of the rest of the game's great music, but not the game's definate Crowning Music of Awesome?

What were you thinking man?!?

[Gridiron992]

ahh... a FF i know well. the only flaw i can point out in the game is maybe zidane's looks, but that's splitting hairs. This makes me want to play FF9 all over again, just for the music:)

[M0TD]

The music choices could of been better. I mean there's vamo alla flamenco, you're not alone, melodies of life, roses of may, etc.

[RadicalDreamer17]

I think FF9 is one of the best FF ever done. It has a magic, art, humor and honesty the other FF don't have IMO (except maybe FF6). It has the best soundtrack with FF6 (FF8 and FF7 soundtrack aren't as good, sorry *even if FF7 has 3 of Uematsu best songs, the rest never touched me as much... I often get the feeling people praise FF7's OST just because of the story... which is stupid*... and FF10's is my least fav OST of the series)...

However, the battles are slow, it's the only bad point.

[nintygaming]

FF IX is without a doubt, one of my most favorite FF games ever. Sure its not as good as FF VI, but then again, no FF is as good as VI. The characters in this game are so freakin' loveable that you just have to play all the way through. The music is incredible, the atmosphere is incredible, the graphics are incredible, the game is easily a 9.5 or higher. Never will forget when Zidane grabbed Garnet's butt and said "ohh soft"......LOL and of course Garnet (Dagger) got pissed. Great game.

[NasChiTown]

my favorite FF.

[reniisgod]

Very decent FF..comes nowhere close to 7 or 8. The music is incredible as per usual

[FinalFantasyXIILover]

Ahhh, Final Fantasy IX. Great storyline, wonderful characters, fun minigames, an actual good stealing ability, and a beautiful translation. This was my favorite FF game until I played FFXII.

The active time events annoyed me, though.

[Barbe]

@FinalFantasyXIILover

Same here, I kept saying, "I want to buy something, who cares what the others are thinking/doing?!"

[takigan]

This game was great. Not my favorite, but it had more emotional "layers" (if you will) with its music and design and...I dunno, the game just feels "classier" than most of the other titles.

Anyone know the name of the song at 6:00 and 9:00 (same song, different versions)?

[proghead7]

nvm found it. Freya's Theme

[brian2778]

I agree last good FF.

[FloMonKish]

after this game they became Fail Fantasy

[LodossInderos1]

You've obviously not seen any trailers for FF 13 yet then.

[FloMonKish]

agreed

I also believe FF 13 is the game they decided to be epic again

[MegaFan1994]

@FloMonKish I think FF started to suck after Sakaguchi left SE for Microsoft, like some other companies >_> *coughRarecough*

[xxBlackCatXIIIxx]

I 've never palyed this game but... i think in the first Minute

the music sounds like the music from anno O_o

well anyways ,,, great game, I like the FF Series :3

[Xxelamoon]

In my opinion first, 9 then 5 then 7 then 8 ^^

[jorgemiguelhp]

The Steiner theme aways make me laugh

[zephyrvidar1]

I'd have to say that Final Fantasy IX is by far my favorite Final Fantasy game. The characters can get you right in the heartstrings.

You have to really feel for Zidane, Dagger, and Vivi during most parts of the game. Sure, the characters like Steiner and Freya could be more fleshed out, and Quina seems random as heck, but that occurs in all story intensive video games. You have your main characters, and you have your supporting characters.

[GoldenJoe]

This was the first Final Fantasy that I hated too much to complete. To this day, I've never managed to sit through anything after FF8.

[ZuedaMagargan]

That's a shame. I really enjoyed IX and X.

[Raligard]

I was so happy with Final Fantasy IX. It was the best I've played since Final Fantasy V and VI. The music for FFIX isn't as 'epic orchestra' as we heard in FFVII and FFVIII, however it was a nice upbeat change and the game play / story line so much more interesting. FFIX will always be one of my top 3 FF games and soundtracks.

[brutalhits]

imo the best final fantasy game is 9

[thomthum2000]

The music starting at 7:49 kinda reminds me of The Neverending Story, for some reason.

Faaalkooore!

Aaaatreeeeyuuu!

[natlinxz]

Aaaaatreeeeyuuuu! XD

[Rabbitfish87]

When I played this game at the age of 13, my mom said the exact same thing. And it does sound like it ^^

[PKRockin7]

Zprn and thorn XD.

Zorn: Your video is magnificent.

Thorn: Magnificent is your video.

[DiceyWhat]

That made me laugh a bit. :]

[SgtRedHotPepper]

I just recently beat FFX, and I can definitely see what everyone likes about the game...so many things, really. The sphere system is really cool, with so many different routes. Kimahri was my strongest dude, better black mage than Lulu by the end (short cutted through Wakka's grid, after getting steal and use)

Braska's Final Aeon was a TOUGH fight! I had to eventually give it up and level grind

FFlV for DS is one of the next games I want to get (among many, chronotrigger's up there, too)

[TraeThaTruth]

I'd recommend the PSX version of FFIV over the DS version, but the DS version isn't bad. I think the translation is a bit worse and there's even more grinding in the DS version.

[hjnsf]

oh jesus christ ;(

[TraeThaTruth]

What?

[hjnsf]

tha translation you spoony bard!

[lwst82]

Get FFIV DS right now. It's hard as hell compared to the snes and psx version, but it's a lot better.

[SgtRedHotPepper]

That's what I needed to hear! Spend more cash on vidja games! At least FFlV is about $30, now...one of my buddies has all of the 32 bit FFs, so maybe I'll just suck up to him if I really have to play them.

Thanks, though, seriously - I love retro games, so that'll be an easy buy, for me...it'll have to be the last game for a while, though, as Little King's Story is sure to grab my attention.

So, what's hard as hell? If I got to Braska's Final Aeon in FFX without any help, dya think I'm good?

[lwst82]

to sgt: I'm going to leave a comment in your channel about this.

[SgtRedHotPepper]

Thanks, gar...well, I might have to go back and snatch up FFlX. I'd like to see what the 32bit FFs were like. I'm with you on FFVl, that game was sick! I played through most of it on an emulator a while back and loved every second of it...Kefka was badass. The turning point at the middle of the game blew me away - that's when I found out who was running the show. Some of the bosses in that game were tough as nails, like the ghost guy and the magic user at the top of that tower.

[Treasurefan02]

Such a wonderful and underrated final fantasy game (compared to the others in the series). I loved the soundtrack so much when I first played the game that I imported the soundtrack from Japan, my first ever game soundtrack =)

[SgtRedHotPepper]

Thanks again, Garudoh - I'm a subscriber, I love your vids. I wish more people knew about your videos, as they're great tributes to a ton of great games.

Got a question for ya: what's your favourite final fantasy? Also, I saw FFlX at a store not that long ago for $30...do you think I should go back and get it? I've heard it's good, but I'd like your professional opinion, seeing as how I can get good, new games for around $20, now (patience pays off! Burnout and Orange Box are cheap)

Thx

[garudoh]

FFVI is my favorite, but it barely inches out FFX and FFIV. Those three are awesome in my book, but really, I've enjoyed all of them.

FFIX, like the one before it, seems more divisive than the rest of the games, but I thought it was fun. I can't say the plot grabbed me by the gonads, but I remember enjoying the leveling/skills system quite a bit.

That being said, all 3 games you brought up are worth it. Go with whatever you're in the mood these days (RPG/driving/shooter) and you're good.

[bananaphone07]

@garudoh

Okay, I have to subscribe now! =)

You've just listed my top 3 FF games, with me being the opposite; FFX barely inches out FFVI(The voice acting is probably an unfair advantage as far as storytelling goes) No suprise that I think those 3 had the best music as well.

Been enjoying your videos for a while now until YouTube had to go and screw with the playlists( I would throw on a playlist while studying).

Keep up the nice work!

[TheParadisiacalGamer]

@garudoh Actually, I saw it going back to the roots of Final Fantasy, Fantasy Era, One Job the Whole Game, Leveling Up with Experience, Classic Final Fantasy Characters, etc. Then again everyone has their own opinion. Not to say I don't like VI or X.

[Chortstuf]

One of my favorite soundtracks and games of all time. This one is right up there with FFVI, VII, and V. Bravo Uematsu, you are a musical genius.

[GotAbortion]

What happened to traditional story line driven RPGS? This genre is dying and it saddens me greatly.

[NintendoBengan]

this is my favourite game of all time. my Playstation is broken

:'(

[spiffy72985]

Good music, average game.

The storyline started out strong, but meandered the rest of the way through and many of the characters were downright silly.

Easily one of my least favorite FFs.

[stan254]

Best.Final Fantasy.Ever.

[killertrip10]

damn this is one of my favorite games. my

my 2nd disk just wont work though

also didnt even know zorn and thorns(?) song went that long let alone it was actualy kinda good

[kimera333]

What´s the name of this song? 7:50

[GypsyRed]

"The Airship Hildagarde" :)

[wolvebuck]

To supplement my previous comment, I must say that the music in this game is gorgeous. I don't particularly like the gameplay or story of FFIX, but I could listen to the soundtrack all day long.

[thefriendsociety]

I only second this to FF6 but its a very very close second

[wolvebuck]

This is probably my least favorite FF game. I'm always surprised by how many people really like it. To each his own, I guess.

[KurtsGirl618]

GOD I love this soundtrack. Thank you for bringing it to us :-)

[nrt25]

Easily the best of the PSX Final Fantasy games and a great tribute to the old school Final Fantasy games.

[GypsyRed]

In just hearing the title screen song (which is gorgeous and definitely a fave) you can tell that this game was going to be quite an adventure that touches on that old school FF feel. Oh yes... there will be Black Mages, White Mages, Thieves, Dragoons (Freya's theme is another lovely piece)... It's just such a cool and endearing OST. :D

And who can possibly hate such a cutie-pie like Vivi? XD

[Neocis]

I always wanted my own Vivi :[[

[skintymcedger]

In my mind the best of the FF series. Certainly the most likable cast of characters.

[FinalGamerJames]

I like yer mind already :D

This has got to be in my top 3 Final Fantasy games ever.

[NintendoBengan]

my favourite all time game on the playstation 1-3

<3<33<3<3<33<33<3<3<3 THANK YOU!

[garrahasfunk]

lol, i was just starting to play this game on my PSX emulator

funny coincidence