Final Fantasy I OST : 1 - Prelude

[croxzy1]

you could seriously just listen to this all day... so melodic

[TheKnightsOfGaming99]

I just realized something that no one seems to be talking about. This year, 2012, is he 25th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series.

*hits replay button* 

[i4BiA]

oui hofuihao;weUFoeil eh

sorry the peacefulness made me fall asleep on my keybored

[Goten1992]

I read Nobuo Uematsu wrote this in 10 minutes flat, because Square said, at the last minute, they needed some kind of intro, which they had not foreseen. They were maybe a week before production/shipping. Nobuo was like "chill guys, I got this."

Brilliant.

[JerrythePlayer360]

@Goten1992 I heard that one too at school

[rayazing14]

love ff games for live

[callofgears91]

i love how it seems to go away and then coming back...

[TheCrazyTV62]

omg my god I hear it I almost cry

[Tsubaki2012]

where can i download this movie... plsss

[Tawverni]

@Tsubaki2012 It's a game you frickin' uncultured GIT.

[TheTlay101]

@Tsubaki2012 GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE INTERNET!!!

[LieCheatStealKill]

LOVE THIS F*CKING THEME SONG!!!!!!!

[Knoyes93]

I mainly remember this one from the ending of FF7, its cool that its in most of the series though.

[AwesomeArticuno]

Is it bad that this is my sleeping music?

[FloatingFireworks]

@AwesomeArticuno it would be bad if it wasn't

[Waynecampbell111]

@AwesomeArticuno Not bad at all...EPIC WIN my friend!!

[19HajimeSaitou91]

oooo KAWAII

<3

<3

<3

[guitar4life33]

I mean it when I say I could listen to this for the rest of my life. :)

[MilyMisha]

i feell like a great adventure comes... ñ__ñ

[Horatio786]

Garland, Kefka, and Sephiroth dislike this.

[gabrielenriquez]

I really hated FFXIII, and no one cant come here and tell me that i'm not a real fan, because i am, i really love the whole serie in general, but that doesnt mean im going to blindly worship every single game

[kinkkku]

@gabrielenriquez You seriously aren't only one. I know around 20, including myself, FF fans that didn't like FFXIII. I didn't even like FFXII. FFX was probably the last game that i actually ENJOYED playing. X-2 was okay but it was way too different from the other FF games.

[SmokescreenAbyss]

How do I loop this? It's great to study too.

[1918me]

@SmokescreenAbyss

type "repeat" after "youtube" and before ".com" in the url. 

[sarovan555]

do the newer final fantasys have the prelude in them?

[chronoisworking]

@sarovan555 FFXIV does :)

[Oozycoaster]

@sarovan555 12 was the last one that had it i think

[Ernesto9IL]

1 person never played final fantasy

[ladykyoto21]

Any Final Fantasy that includes Dissidia,or is related to Final Fantasy vii will have this prelude.

[333ville]

@ladykyoto21 dude the prelude theme has been around since number one

[jacksee2]

Who disliked this? why i outta...

[torchicguy]

I know, I was disappointed when FF13 didn't have this. :( but it's still a great game nevertheless.

[picklemaster07]

*cry*

[hanzmoeman]

I turned this into a wicked ass ringtone for my iphone and now receive so many compliments! Thank you Final Fantasy for this epic masterpiece!

[dunevenker]

@hanzmoeman How do you turn it into a Ringtone?

[SephOrochimaru228]

@dunevenker you download the song, put it on your phone and select it, then click ringtone and ta-da

[Klokinator]

I gave it a dislike. Just because everyone else was too pussy to do it.

[timeparadox888]

@Klokinator No. Everyone else just knows that this is a great theme and doesn't deserve a dislike.

[Klokinator]

@timeparadox888 *disagree*

[lightorchestrator]

It's one thing to take out this prelude but what really appalls me is that they took out the classic victory theme.

[curtithird]

where it all began

[feckadoodlethe2nd]

FOR FUCKS SAKE WILL YOU PRESS START ALREADY?! GODDAMN!!!!!!!

[OmegaZhadow]

@feckadoodlethe2nd ...nope

[TommyRyan90]

this isnt the original prelude

[EndreVanan]

@TommyRyan90 PS1/PSP version

[TatianasaurusRexx]

I want to give it a thumbs down just for the hell of it, but I would probably cry trying. I like it too much.

[up2MARZ]

is this the GBA or PSP version?

[Wheelio]

@up2MARZ It's the PS1/PSP version.

[Elijahbabyluigifan]

0 dislikes......just the way I like it....

[TheShadoek]

The most elder Prelude of all the FF ever!!!

[Diegox1991x]

beautiful song!

[MabinogiTreeINC]

Zozo? Never heard of it!

[xanhort]

it is cool but i like KH dearly beloved better

[legendofzeldaseeker]

@xanhort Play Final Fantasy ,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 13.

[Yorchmiroku]

@xanhort troll alert

[FaecalEncephalopathy]

Thumbs up if you were sent here by Dodger. ^_^;

[gagedragon666]

@FaecalEncephalopathy i <3 her hair

[PSspecialist]

@FaecalEncephalopathy I don't know who the fuck dodger is. I was sent here by my love for Final Fantasy.

[MP9220]

Did any of you guys know that this theme only took Nobuo Uematsu few minutes to make?

[perhir01]

@MP9220 It's the same basic scale over and over again, to write this all he had to do was: sit at w/e instrument he is best at and play a scale. Then he chose which key he wanted to play in. Voila, you have a fricking awsome prelude :D

[Markynaz]

I'm already 26 years old, I played all the FF games in the main series, and listening to this track still draws tears from my eyes, really.

It is like one of those things that's so beautiful that it makes your heart ache.

[huynh2er]

I don't care how often this gets remixed, I will NEVER tire of it!

[SalohcinSilverwing]

this is a song to relax to, not to argue over which game was the best.

[Laurelindo]

@SalohcinSilverwing Final Fantasy is almost like a religion to me, it just has something unique that makes it feel incredibly deep and personal.

[Laurelindo]

Does anyone skilled in sheet music know how you can write this kind of melody without raising everything one pitch all the time? =P

It looks really messy when you start with the low notes and go up four pitches.

Can't you just write "Pitch+1" or something above the notes instead and refer them to the first pitch? If anything that would've been much more convenient.

[dwagothegod]

@Laurelindo Eeehm do it yourself? If you can read sheet music then you can write the songs however you like.

an example how i ussually write...

(When its not a number on it its the middle C)

C1 A1

left hand

A-

You understand what i mean?

[Mangeurdemouton]

Relax!!!!

[BoomlalaMetrotab]

I have decided to play this game. I've always been a big Final Fantasy fan, and I love every game of the franchise that I own or have owned (VIII, IX, X and even XIII). I'd love to finish every main game from the franchise, simply because they're all wonderful in their own unique way - different from the other games, but still that famous Final Fantasy touch.

Wish me luck, I've been doing research, apparently #1 of the series is one of the most arcane and difficult FF games. But I will persist!

[hullo514]

The prelude just tells you that there is an epic adventure waiting to begin. And all you have to do? Why, just press start and select new game, my freinds.

[DarkvindFromIllier]

Prelude and Final Fantasy (the music, not the series) are pretty much the series theme songs. They've been present is just about every FF game out there.

[TheCasjerem]

And so the story begins...

I hear this and think about FF being a legend and being told as a story.

[SiraeaTruesomo]

@TheCasjerem Y'know, that reminds me. When I was younger, I sometimes thought about taking the best videogames and telling their plots as stories. :) Final Fantasy would be a great example. I also liked the idea of telling the "Ocarina of Time" story, too.

[DirtyColossus7]

Once upon a time, in the land of Melmond...

[JohnDXCenaHas2Words]

The best among all Preludes!

[francophile823]

My fave. Whatever, it is

[GenoCheese]

Yeah, But Final Fantasy X had bit kinda techno remixed. Not that it was bad or anything, but...

[Laurelindo]

毎回このメロディーを聴くとき深く感動しほとんど泣き始めるよ。­

[Justforvisit]

or just use YouTube to MP3 Converter

Perfectly legal by the way as long as you're using it only for yourself

[LittleDudeNT5]

Where can I buy or download THIS specific version? Thank you.

[fourstar7]

it isn't a Final Fantasy game without this prelude at the beginning.

[ChurKirby]

@fourstar7 I guess that's what FF XIII lacked...

[TGamersFB]

@ChurKirby ........i give up...... i tell everyone the same thing every fucking time, it was nice, once you heard it 203484 times, it was nice to have a change in atmosphere

[ChurKirby]

@TGamersFB Don't get me wrong, I actually do love the Final Fantasy XIII title screen music. A lot. In fact, all the game's music is brilliant. It's a bit of a shame, though, to lack those classic themes like prelude and victory fanfare... but they DID do a great job with the soundtrack, (Boss theme is one of my favourites so far) so I'm ok with it.

[TGamersFB]

@ChurKirby hah\ thats good :P

[XLR8tor300]

@fourstar7 Final Fantasy XIII rocked, but it ain't Final Fantasy because the prelude is all ****ed up.

[SuperNESFreak]

@fourstar7 Then Final Fantasy 4-6 arn't Final Fantasies.

[egymagnet]

@SuperNESFreak Final Fantasy 4-6 do have Preludes

[SuperNESFreak]

@egymagnet Oh, yeah. Sorry, I was thinking of the white text on blue backgrounds at the beginning.

[egymagnet]

@SuperNESFreak Its alright ^_^

[YoshiAngemon]

@fourstar7 Not unless it were a spin-off, like Mystic Quest, or Crystal Chronicles.

[timeparadox888]

@fourstar7 FFX almost wasn't, then, with it's crappy beginning music, but then in the middle of it, this started.

[nomarlera102]

@fourstar7 so, you're saying XIII isn'ta FF game?

[Yosemited]

@nomarlera102

exactly

it's a piece of shit

[Thekborzour]

@Yosemited Obviously not a fan then. No FF fan would say any FF is shit. XIII was great and it brought back the ATB battle system from X-2.

[RPGgamerVII]

@Yosemited even though it actually is a final fantasy game considering the fact it's got the label 'final fantasy' all over it.

but whatever

[uknownada]

*sigh*

Why can't I ever find the original 8-bit prelude?

[church7089]

I know, right?

[sneasalmaster]

watch?v=E7A3xpCStfs&feature=re­lated

[uknownada]

*hugs*

[LittleDudeNT5]

Check itunes.

[hellomytube]

A very soothing piece of music. Somewhat balances the game's demanding courses with this.

This is the best music soundtrack I've heard so far. TOTALLY AMAZING.

[Brucer420]

It seems that without this prelude, no Final Fantasy game would be the same.

[Scarecrow3001]

@Brucer420 Case in point - FF13. :(

[LittleDudeNT5]

This is stunning. I can't say much else...

[RagtimeFoxy]

This is the original theme: I'm pretty sure they didn't have the after 43 extension until IV. And why are you talking about XIV??? XIII hasn't even come out yet, lol! They've had the prelude in every Numeralled FF game, but I THINK IV was the first one with an extension. Please correct me if I am wrong, because I'd like to know also. Oh, and could somebody PLEASE tell me when the prelude plays in each game??? No serious spoilers, please. :P Thanks!!!

[masterlinkx101]

It plays in just about every Final Fantasy game to date, and is always (I think) played in the menu screen at the beginning where it says New Game, Load Game and Continue.

It's also the song that plays in the special rooms of Final Fantasy V. I'm not sure about the first extended version of it being in FFIV, but it was definitely in V. I may be wrong about that, though.

[DaCowGo3sMoOo]

I think only FFX didn't have this playing in the beginning. It did play in the beginning of the game, though, in a more joyful sound to it.

[KoRL12]

@DaCowGo3sMoOo

X had a remix of the prelude

IX on the other hand did not have the prelude in the menu.

[DaCowGo3sMoOo]

@KoRL12

And, what I meant was, it didn't play at the menu. It did play in the game though. I dunno about IX, since I never played it.

[SuperCastlevania]

awesome

[NukeA6]

I prefer this Prelude but it has only been in this game and Super Mario RPG. Sad :(

[MiracleKD18]

it has been also in all other Final Fantasyies

[NukeA6]

The Prelude I'm talking about is the one without any of the extensions (which we would hear after 43 seconds).

[Probalus]

If you're referring to the lack of a strings section, then FF2, FF3 and FF11 have that too.

[NukeA6]

If it was in FFXI, that means Square hasn't abandoned it ^_^

[LegionofDeath100]

Maybe it's gonna be in FFXIV as well

[manie1345]

there will be a final fantasy 14 as well 15 is being thought of i have heard from people though that final fantasy 14 will be an online one as the same as final fantasy 11

[LegionofDeath100]

You heard right, FFXIV will be an online game

[FlamingRuby]

I was humming the little countermelody that plays once the harp finishes one cycle through the tune.

[littlehellion302]

the game that started it all awesome song. Brings back memories.

[CAPTAINQUARK60]

awesome song

[agiar2000]

The only problem I have with this song: as lovely as it is, it is impossible to sing or to hum, because of how many octaves it covers.

[Jakezing]

I miss the idea of FF1, it wasnt grandiouse plots or schemes, just a simple "get the mystical items, save the world" story

[8bitcity]

I agree and disagree. I enjoy how Final Fantasy's story is simple, but mythic and interesting at the same time. It's the actual actions of the characters: killing monsters, traveling, and the rest is left to players' imaginations.

They still had ambition with the time travel plot which is interesting, sort of makes sense, and, most importantly, doesn't take a bunch of bullshit to develop: show up in towns "Oh shit the fiends fucked shit up!" and then you are free, no cutscene bullshit

[agiar2000]

It reminds me of a sweet lullaby.

[VGnerd]

Famicom version, please.

[GeronaDendao]

Always, always always a fave of mine.

[megatuani]

awesome :P

i love this song !!!!!! *______*