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  • Time compression, so you're dealing with something not even in your time. It seemed that time and space are like a knot at this point. The Commencement room is where this started, and the following battle wouldn't be so much a boss battle is it was a mind game. Those laughs were annoying to listen to throughout the fight.

  • remember being a kid and getting to this point in the game for the very first time and trying to use the save point cause i knew the shit was about to hit the fan , then (DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING) scared the shit outta me

  • majoras mask much?

  • Must be a very haunting dream if Nobuo got this music from his dreams..

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  • Questa musica mi mette i brividi *-*

  • Most atmospheric video game song ever made !

  • @TheM4NB34RP1G no, it reminds me of the awesome black hole song from Starfox SNES

    Time never changes.... it only bites itself in the ass.

  • go away ponyfags

  • Ponies in Final Fantasy VIII? I'm a brony but I mean what the fuck?

  • I wish this music played AS you fought "Sorceresses" A, B, and C

  • ponies. are. sad.

  • @sistemsylar Ponies are perfectly fine, its just some of the Bronies that get annoying

  • @OgreCakes like this dude? watch?v=9y4e6IfLjB8

  • @sistemsylar ...okay thats just down right disturbing.

    But people fap to everything...

  • @sistemsylar You got here from /co/, didn't you?

  • @Chupacabrathe2nd yeah what about /mlp/ ?

  • @sistemsylar MLPG will forever bet better than /mlp/. That and /mlp/ is a /fur/-esque trap, I seriously hope you didn't go there, son.

  • Everything dies. There is not nor will there ever be immortality.

  • @TheM4NB34RP1G might interpret it as disturbing, tho for me it sounds much like an expression of dreary, spinning thoughts of someone with a melancholic disposition- which i find beautiful.

  • This song: I don't even know what's going on anymore. Everything seems meaningless without a past or a future.

  • Say what you will about this game, but this section was damn weird and damn awesome at the same time. I always get chills down my spine when I hear this. I wish the modern developers could pull off those disturbing, unsettling scenes half as good as they did here.

  • Love it! one of my favorite FF's!

  • I want a real movie of Final Fantasy VIII. it would be awesome. and to have squall and everyone else actually TALK would be mind blowing. like WHOA!!!!!!haha jk. but square is being a square and they only like FF7. FFVIII has as much potential as FFVII. so why not something for 8? a movie? a sequal? a pre-qual? anything. square is being dumb. Squall's name wants a Sequall hehehe :P jk

  • @xSege123x Enix will ruin it, better leave classics alone. So please, no any FF remakes! Amen.

  • @Detsurasu hahaha i guess you're right. but a remake with awesome graphics and stuff wont be so bad. a sequal on the other hand would kinda kill it. but then again, ff8 was perfect. story, music, and battle, it was all perfect, a remake would be nice though. no changes, just better graphics.

  • @xSege123x idk, just my opinion:)

  • @xSege123x If the old team would work on this, then I'd trust them, but only gfx, yeah.

    Same characters, same dialogues, OSTs, etc.

    I don't know maybe you know, but they are remastering FFX HD for PS Vita and PS3. In any case, if they will go for a remake, I think we will see FFVII sooner, knowing that fans desire that more.

  • @Detsurasu ugh, i really dont like ff7. the game was shity. the characters looked like they had stumps for hands. the battle system was probably the only thing i liked and the cg movies. oher then that it was shitty. i dont know why people like that one. ugh. i mean i get it, they played that one before ff8 but ff8 looked awesome for its time and ff8 deserves to be remastered or something. but you are right they desire ff7 more. its retarded. anyways thats just my opinion dont hate

  • @xSege123x It was released for PSP and PS3. Go play it. I really don't like II because of the spell leveling system, but I'm not whining about it. VIII was strange with it's Draw system for Magic, but I liked it.

  • @juliahphiliponroblox the draw system/junction system was one of the best battle systems in my opinion.

  • I DOOO COCAIINNEEEE! JA JA JA JEEAAHHHH!

  • Oh, my god when i listened to this, my mind was frozen, i couldnt even think. All i could do as just sit there motionless listening.

  • @FinalFormLXVII omg, its like hypnotizing. i just noticed myself doing the exact same thing. just sitting there listening and lost in a frozen mind without thinking anything. hahaha

  • TIME KOMPRESSION 

  • When I listen to this, it makes me feel like I'm in a dark forest with time frozen in place....

  • Song of Healing.

  • @TheM4NB34RP1G Sure it's disturbing, but in an epic way.

  • Just learned the harp part in the middle on piano. That was hell to wrap my mind around, but once it clicked, it's so damn fun to play.

  • This Song > One Winged Angel

  • this music, is the future of humanity...

  • When I got an F from school, I played this on my trumpet hoping this never exist....

  • Life of mediocrity

  • Thanks to Nobuo Uematsu, a common treat that all RPG's must have nowadays is good music. Can't thank him enough...

  • Wear headphones and listen to this... freaking lsd trip...

  • This song reminds me like a flash before dead, when you think what you have done in your life, the good times in your life, the bad times, whole life. Old friends, old school, everything. Damn Nobuo is a fucking god, he can make a song what is so deep and sad, but still very inspiring.

  • @Gracking666 aka a near-death experience. "life flashing before your eyes."

  • @Gracking666

    thats what made him the best

  • nostalgia...

  • this song sounds sooo haunting and mysterious

    great theme for Ultimecia

  • It's beautiful.

  • feels like i slip into another dimension and another life when this song plays, a place not too happy but not too sad as well..

  • this song brought me somewhere else when i was young..somewhere i didn't want to leave idk if that makes sense

  • i played through the game at least 10 times, and yet everytime i hear this i still get chills running down my spine

  • kompression*

  • sounds like Deku link playing it on his Trumpets x)

  • that's the track where i always think about the fucking world and why the life is so depressive

    and after finding my answer i get more depressed... -.-

    this track reflects perfectly the situation in our world,... like a mirror

    even the place in the game where the track plays fits perfectly to our situation in the world...

  • @Infanterietrupp The world is simply as dark or beautiful as ones disposition upon it, beauty is within the eye of the beholder. You see life as so depressive because you linger on its darkness instead of calming your mind and thinking of the more darker possibilities. Your comment reflects your direction of logic and beief.

    Short version: its depressive because your hormornal/sad. *no offense*

  • @shinoaburame54321

    you're kinda smart ;)

    and yeah you're right

    when you have a shit life you can also see all the darkness on the world. it's like someone opens the door to ya after you experienced the sadness. it's like a curse or a devils circle. beside that fact: seeing the world just as dark or as beautful is a bit simple minded, isn't it? and that track IS depressive, don't tell me it makes ya happy xD.

  • @Infanterietrupp ....That track, I originally thought we were taking about this one :D

    And thank you

  • LinkonDrugs brought me here ;)

  • It costs $50"000 to play this song for 15 seconds.

  • Like if this reminds you of the Deku horns from Majora's Mask

  • This reminds me of Song of healing from Majoras mask

  • bout damn time i found this song. ive been searching youtube for the past 3 years to find this after hearing it off of a video.

  • nostalgia.....

  • @sebaswildboy TANTA TANTA NOSTALGIA DI QUEI BEI MOMENTI

  • Just finished this game for the 5th time in my life. Coming here to bid farewell to this game forever. It had brought much fun, fantasy & frustration. Oh well, time to move to other FFs.

  • @jrngcool

    lol why then 5 times?

  • @XRinoaBCX no particular reason. just happened to finish it the 5th time when i need to move on with my life

  • Listening to this gives me goosebumps....

  • This song really makes you feel very bizarre man! Exactly what we need for such a bizarre area in FF8. Simply amazing. Only Nobuo Uematsu is capable of making songs like this.

  • Dear FFVIII Fans,

    I would like to meet all of you.

    Sincerely, Kyle Chin, a kid who's life will forever be carved by this game.

  • @technoteen33 Well hello there

  • "You've met a terrible fate, haven't you?"

  • @PaxtonCannibal Wrong game lol

  • @MrNickjrich I know, but it's obvious that they used that theme as a refference for this one.

  • @PaxtonCannibal Sounds like it, but they wouldn't have. YOUSHOULDNOTHAVEDONETHAT.

  • @PaxtonCannibal I first heard this music in a vid by a Zelda fan, and thought it was a remix/combo/edit of Saria's Song and/or Song of Healing. Guess I wasn't the only one to hear the similarity! xD

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  • This whole time compression thing feels like an extremely scary bad LSD trip.

  • I KNOW THAT FEEL BRO... I KNOW THAT FEEL....

  • Sadly most games today only care about graphics =(

  • @hotdoggy854 Yeah, I can't believe how anyone would find so much excitement in graphics.

    It's like having a relationship with a hot girl - the looks might be nice for a little while but very soon you will start looking for that special extra that actually makes you feel something.

    Graphics = physical beauty

    Sounds = voice and accent

    Control = chemistry with each other

    Gameplay = the time the relationship is expected to last

  • @Laurelindo the only thing that kept me going playing ALL the final fantasy games were the worlds, the music, the characters, and the story... i always found the gameplay itself incredibly boring. the thing nowadays is, since im no kid anymore, i cant seem to force myself to play the games as i used to. sounds kinda weird but with the final fantasies its always kinda been that way for me. thats why i had to give up 7h into final fantasy 8 and read about it instead... it has its ups and its downs

  • 2 people got lost in the time compression

  • AW! 240p, we meet again

  • Love when the harp(?) joins in at 1:00~

  • Nothing says hq like 240p

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  • @JahMegs

    Dude its from 08

  • A few broken notes

    Playing repetitively

    Stand out in the dark

    A poetic piece

    Played in a poetic place

    In an epic game

  • Did anyone else notice how the melody of this song only has three notes that play in the same order the entire song? o.o

  • @JayTheHyena and yet they still manage to make the song sound amazing. Gotta give credit to the composers for pulling that off so well.

  • This song makes me feel like the world is on the brink of destruction. Like everything has fallen apart and that the universe has revealed its secrets for the final outcome. Very deep and enhanced, makes your emotions wave through all kinds of stages. =) Nobuo ftw!

  • This is the type of music I'd expect to hear before dying. I feel like FFVIII is more than just a game, this music sounds so sad yet so powerful, I really loved this game at 8 years old, and still do now. I WISH I could play it and still get that magic from the initial play. I need to work for Square man...You guys commenting are all my inspiration

  • @ninJAZgi11

    This should be every Squaresoft fan's dirge.

    A fitting end.

  • nobuo uematsu is a fucking god amongst composers.

  • Both FF7, and FF8 have probably the best tracks imo. The music just fit all the settings in both games. Truly my 1, and 2 FF's in no particular order. 

  • Crema de juego y de música

    

  • This gave me goosebumps listening to this and watching the cutscene revealing the castle.

  • The best point of no return out of all FFs.

  • 2 people have compressed dicks.

  • Antes de acostarme le dedico un poco de mi tiempo y solo hay sonrisas. Enamorado de un fantasma.

  • If you guys like this song, please check out my remix and give me some feedback: Search for "Compression Of Time Remix (Free Download)" on Soundcloud and I am the first result (Youtube won't allow me to post links in the comments sections for some reason, sorry)

  • So... What would this Ultimecia woman gain from compressing time.

  • @EJAXK13 absolute dominion of the universe in this, and every era.

  • @Democracide damn...

  • @EJAXK13 she would also gain escape from a fated death she knew was coming.she was aware that a "seed" would come along and kill her. if you saw the end than you know that edea got her powers from ultimecia and therefore ultimecia HAD to die. to escape fate ultimecia wanted to coompress time and gain absolute dominion of the universe and remak it the way she wants

  • hands down, Final Fantasy 8 has the best soundtrack in gaming history

  • @MarkoPolo530 Goosebumps. This is the best music in world history.

  • @MarkoPolo530 The ONLY reason I go back to that game is the soundtrack. I HATE THE STORY, ESPECIALLY THE ENDING!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrKeyblademaster1992 yeah there seems to be the people that absolutely hate the game and other that think its the best in the series. i happen to be one of the people that enjoy it, but hey, i respect your opinion. that being said, theres no way of denying the quality of the music, all of it is amazing

  • @MarkoPolo530 I agree about the music. The problem I have with the story is it gets so damn confusing.

  • @MrKeyblademaster1992 the storyline is extremely difficult to understand. ive completed the game several times and i am still unsure about some things. in the sense, this game is very frusterating.

  • @MarkoPolo530 I agree about the story. I recently heard that there is a theory that Squall never survived Edes's atttack at the end of Disc 1 and the rest of the game was just an illusion. Personally, I think they did the classic two alternative future cliche. One is where Squall died from that attack and Ultimecia destroyed the world and the other was where Squall and company saved it and defeated Ultimecia. Obviously, that didn't roll over too well.

  • @MrKeyblademaster1992 true, the story is extremely complicated and is open to interptretations. even the ending is not very cear. some believe squall dies but other think he lives. when they show the clip of Irvine recording at the party, you see Rinhoa on the balcony but not squall. then it switches over to a cutscene and squall is right next to her. is he a ghost? it still remains a mystery because no one knows for sure, as it is not officially stated that he is dead

  • Don't you wish they had said he was dead or not? I still stand by my theory of two alternative futures because of that fact. I find that to be the most logical way to explain it.

  • @MrKeyblademaster1992 sure, id like a clear ending so i can have a sense of closure but in a sense, i like how it is open to interpretation.

  • @MarkoPolo530 yeah i mean it seems like they might establish garden in a new area aince its flyin an all and all this other hooplah =0 tho it looks like they went to the moon XD

  • @MarkoPolo530 And to think I read once Nobuo was supposedly not very happy with his work on FFVIII's soundtrack. It has some of the best songs in gaming history

  • @MarkoPolo530 Damn Staright! but 2 2 people didn't think it was the best soundtrack in gaming history

  • @MarkoPolo530

    Awww... So cute, so young, so Inexperienced.... Yeah, I am laughing in your general direction... Really?! FF8 ?! Come on! One of the weakest Final Fantasy Games EVER!!!

  • @robinhowe360 if its so weak, why did you click on this video? you must have enjoyed the music in ff8? markopolo530 only said the music was good and not how good the game was! you silly sausage! lol

  • @robinhowe360 i dont know why you are calling me cute or inexperience when final fantasy 8 is probably the most complex final fantasy out there. the story line is for geared for mature audiences and is actually really good. also, this is an opinion. have the courtesy to respect other people's opinion without lashing out at them.

  • @MarkoPolo530 Or the simplest combination of many different ideas. Had they not rushed its release, they could have probably made this game into like 5 equally great games.

  • @robinhowe360 It's a rough combination of too many different (but very good) game ideas.

  • @MarkoPolo530

    Sephiroth would like a word with you.

  • The 2 people who disliked the video were 2 of the 3 dead SeeDs you see at the base of the chain connected to Ultimecia's Castle, where this music plays.

    This is one of those songs I could listen to for hours on end.

  • Was anybody thinking of this while watching Doctor Who last night?

  • Perfection....a picture of a journey nearly done...a song to encompass Squall's emotions, his hidden energy, and the trials that laid ahead. As the portals rise from the nether regions, time travel became possible, and one last chance to find the Ragnarok and the Card Club were given.... the battles ahead would prove to crush the weak, and glorify the strong. Epic perfection....

  • Lol, am i the only one who thought of Deku Scrub's Deku Pipes from LOZ Majora's Mask when i heard the intro of this?

  • @andy88332 wow. dude i always think of that whenever i hear this song lol.

  • @dive4u funny thing is, it can be played using the Deku pipes, i tried lol

  • In my opinion, one of the best alongside "The Legendary Beast"

  • best final fantasy game

  • 2 people got caught in time compression and don't know where the fuck they are.

  • 2 people ......i can't even come up with any stupid joke about it.. -.-

  • \o/ perfect....

  • Dos personas eligieron a Selphie y Quistis para pelear con las esfinge sin habilidades especiales con poco nivel despues de no haberlas usado en todo el juego.

    Two people chose Selphie and Quistis to fight the sphinx without a special skills after not have used them throughout the game.

  • The song is really creepy...

  • @DerAlmighty I remember this song used to scare the hell out of me! I never spent too long on that big chain because of that lol....it is an awesome song tho

  • @stimmo88

    True. It is an awesome song.

    What's really freaky though is to watch the FMV at the end of the game while this is playing. It's like bloody mary 1999 or something. Actually, I was 9 that year, so if you can imagine just how bad it was for 9 year olds to hear this...it's like this game was designed to scare the shit out of little kids!

  • Man, I loved this one's boss fight. I was like 'FINALLY! a game where you fight through all the landscapes in the game!'. Way better than Chrono Trigger's Lavos fight, that's for sure.

  • Great tune!!!

  • FFVIII was the best FF hands down. Nothing else can compare. I often look back at this game and just remembering how good it was I break into tears. No other game has had an impact on my life like this one. I think I'll go load it up again soon. FUCK it was amazing.

  • @brianfrescas Yes. Next to FF7. I actually have the same feeling you have. I now and then break into tears too when I hear Final Fantasy Music.

  • @brianfrescas

    Damn straight. Words right out of my head; well said, fellow FF8'r.

  • @brianfrescas

    I finished 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2 and 12, but 8 was my first Final Fantasy. It drew me in like very few games before and after. I love the story's complexity and its carefully obscured background which basically lets you decide whether you continue the plot or explore and collect the countless side experiences which also had a replay factor just off the differing comments from the characters. And then the soundtrack. A true masterpiece. Imagine the game had FF XIII's visuals.

  • @brianfrescas Ummm... You need to play more video games...

  • @brianfrescas true story bro. best game ever made.

  • @brianfrescas TRUE STORY!!!!!

  • @brianfrescas I absolutely agree with you 100%. This game is not only the best FF game ever, but I firmly believe is the best game ever made. It has everything. AWESOME storyline wrought with action and drama. Memorable characters (hint hint, my name). Engrossing gameplay and battle system. And of course a kickass soundtrack. This game had my gaming heart since its conception as a demo in the PS1 game Brave Fencer Musashi.

  • @Irvine1992 I personally would choose FFVII over this in any circumstance, but I totally agree with your opinion about this game =)

  • @brianfrescas Fuck yeah, Man. I've been playing the series since I was 5, and I still wish that I could meet all of the characters and actually interact with them. Such emotion from this game.

  • @brianfrescas i fucking feel that dog

    

  • not a song. bam

  • I think of this music when u wake from unconsciousness and find u don't know where u are

  • The compression reminded me of the Lavos battle in Chrono Trigger beyond the end of time.

  • the very start of this song reminds me of a song off of Majoras Mask >.>

  • @AvousYelmurc Same here ^^. Sounds like the pipes you get as a Deku scrub.