Top 100 video game music: Aeris Theme #8

[KaizerSozak2008]

Still gives me goose bumps when i hear this! So moving, so emotional. FF7 best FF game ever (6 comes very very close tho)

[NameThatGameTune]

I remember how happy I was to thrash Jenova after this scene. Even more, I remember watching my sister play through the scene when she got to it a few days later. The wide-eyed hanging jaw of shock was priceless. One of the most powerful game moments of all time. Though Kefka's absolute destruction of the world was pretty high up there, too.

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[Victor7Wolf]

Although i was pretty moved by this moment, i wasn't really sad for what happened. I didn't really care much for Aerith (or Aeris, however you call her). The song made me sad. But i would care much more if one of my favorites died.

[rainbowphoenix42]

This scene makes me shed a tear pretty much every time I see it, and it is predominantly because of the music, but usually by about the time you get your three party members just starting at Aeris' corpse. It's that moment of finality when the game says "yep, she's not coming back, deal with it."

Unless of course Vincent is in your party, in which case he doesn't give a crap.

[evilpellu]

at 1:19 " Cmmmmoon , give daddy sephirot a big hug !"

[holykirby95]

you cant show me this stuff *sob* i actually did tear up a bit at first i sat there emotionless with my jaw dropped and was like "why!?" but then her freakin theme kicks in and i feel a hot liquid in my eyes and the liquid drips down and hits my leg...only to find out they....were tears i couldnt believe it and a little later after i was so pissed i rampaged on jenova i realized...that it was possible for the use of a pheonix down

[romeroremor]

and at that moment i learned...i could care for a person who isn't even real...

[br3akape]

something that keeps bothering me from this scene is.

when aerith sinks into the river, Why cant you see cloud standing there in the underwater view as just a moment before you could see him standing till his waist in the water???

[SilvanNosty]

@br3akape

Because FF7 wasn't as polished as it should have been. A lot of mistakes like that are in the game. Then you have the down-right horrible translation. Still, it's probably in the top-5 best FF games.

[Zeldarulah]

I literally don't get why people think this is such a depressing moment. It's an epic gaming moment, for certain, but Aeris was kind of lame. It's not like it's the first time a main character in a FF has been killed off, either. Though the theme and the bouncing materia always touch me a bit. Still, I felt much more emotion during some scenes in 8 and 9.

[GenyaArikado]

@Zeldarulah One of the many big reasons why this scene is so tragic is because the music 'makes' it.

[MtelH]

One of the most tragic moments in video game history...

[smarty349]

Im not kidding, every time i hear this one i cry.

[BlackHeart8452]

Not gonna lie. Sephy fell like 50 feet, yet NOONE said anything on the way down? I just shook my head and said, They had enough time, they just didn't save her. You can't hold it against her for not seeing him, but when you had the whole crew there AND FACING THAT DIRECTION and not one person said a goddam thing, then there can't be any complaints about her dying.

[gonzo191]

so they polluted the river instead of trying to revive her with a phoenix down or raise or anything that brings back the dead

[setch05]

I told myself i wouldn't cry... sob sob... WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[DeepCrimson]

Thanks for making me relive that all over again.

hahaha *sigh

[Tikku4ever]

By far, THE saddest moment in video game history. And the sadness of Aerith's Theme really makes it even sadder. The only other game that has ever made me cry was FFVIII, when Squall and Rinoa are on the bridge of the Ragnarok. Those were happy tears. This was just utter sadness. -sigh- Memories.

[Un1c0RnHeinz57]

There's an old meme in here somewhere...I just can't put my finger on it..wait...wait...AERIS DIES!

[XEmeraldXNiteshaydeX]

One question... why doesn't she dissolve into the freaking lifestream? is she not dead or something?

in other words, what the hell?

[XEmeraldXNiteshaydeX]

The way this moment can be summed up: "THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT, PHOENIX DOWNS WONT WORK!"

[Justindawg1506]

"Quite possibly the greatest game ever made..."

[Nathanielotaku]

Back when final fantasy was still good.:)

[ssmimess]

OMG why is Link trying to kill princess zelda?

[childofthesun32]

Phoenix Down potions are for waking people up when they are knocked out. They don't bring you back to life. I did ruin this bit for myself aswell though, my mother was shouting me through to get dinner the whole time and totally killed the mood. I was more upset when that Cait'Sith cat robot thing "died" as it was like 3am so nothing was there to disturb me.

[thewarrior195]

@childofthesun32 The dinner call has ruined many video game moments. *tear*

:'(

[Skankindragon1]

Graphics over gameplay - Lufia 2 More meaningful death. Aerith - good for like 3 scenes. This being the best?... huh. Oh, and thx for letting me have enough time to reach her 8th limit break. (which is pretty pointless to strive for)

[rubyhartlove]

doesnt't ANYONE know that a phoenix down revives your party from KO! AKA knocked out! Not from death!!!!

[L4dmaster77]

what consoles was this game for

[Skankindragon1]

LOL ITS FOR XBOX 360 DRR@L4dmaster77

[TurboTom3000]

@L4dmaster77 ps1

[RayVan91]

it sound like "aria di mezzo" from ff6 ^^

[TH3D1R3CTOR]

@ 1.58 damn he says, my fingers are tingling, my mouth is dry, and my eyes are burning, and he is right in between her legs...

[365fg]

Also epic fighting music against jenova

Try having Odin when fighting this one and cast it, epic scene with epic music.

[hedgehogpinoy]

tell me one thing after this happened the game got harder all of a sudden like wtf haha well good music love aeris out of the best

[ragnaroktomorro]

dude, i feel like you should have done more for the spoiler alert here... i've played the game, but boy would i be annoyed if i hadnt lol.

[Skankindragon1]

YOUR NOT SPOSED TO SHOW THIS! .... Its like in Lufia where dude just gets spear belly blasted.. gaming has its sad moments... Holy should have totally been a special materia you could wear.. didnt do anything, just to have her with you in some form... and getting her 8th limit break = Omg painful.

[MrLee3825]

lol pheonix downs wouldnt work on her anyway, they techicaly cure Ko and not death

[Blueberryrpg]

the phoenix down won't work no matter what I try GOD DAMMIT!!!

[neclord87]

LEGENDARY moment in gaming history!!

[neclord87]

LEGENDARY moment in gaming history!!

[kirby28645]

Although remaking FFVII may seem like a waste, just seeing this scene with beautiful, crisp PS3 graphics would make it all worth the wait.

[brendude95]

@kirby28645

I was thinking about the same thing, if Square Enix do it right...oh my god...it would be the greatest work of art and the greatest peice of entertainment in the history of the universe.

[Owdene]

This broke my tender child's heart . . .

:'''(

[Skankindragon1]

yah it did..@Owdene

[imthedj22]

lmfao!!

[dapi88]

@Strife56

Thank you! It's so annoying that everyone thinks he's so smart by pointing out that a phoenix down could bring her back to life.

[pinkfloydmetallica09]

i still dont see the sadness to this particular scene lol. maybe its bc i cant stand final fantasy. wanna see a REAL sad scene? watch the entire ending to MGS3 or MGS4, tears will be shed...if youve played the original games lol

[KlonkaDonk]

One of the main reasons this pissed me off was because i got the bitch to level 50, my brother said it was the only way to beat sephiroth.. THAT LYING BASTARD!!!!!

was pretty epic that cloud seemed to be more powerful in jenova fight

[flyingtoothpaste]

OMG the spoilers!!!! I still have to finish the game :'(((((( ruined!!! I just wanted to enjoy some video game music and BAM!!!

[juanchitorrr]

This is just beautiful!

[shios]

ff7 always will be the best title in the entire final fantasy series. no shit!

[piromaniac9999]

its good but i would say its a bit overrated song.

maybe lower it a bit to like:14th place? 15th?

ff7 in general is a bit overhyped

Althoughi do admit,i was really sad the first time i heard this song,tears did fall,but it didn't have as much a dramatic effect on me as breath of fire 2 when you must live plays.

[AlteredBeast52]

ima make this story be told throughout the world in the form of film

[bglxt4]

the worst part is that after FMV u have a hard jenova fight

[soulreaper234]

dude its from a damn PS1 game stupid

[dieglhix]

i give no fuck whether is ps1 or not, they are still gay, bitch

[soulreaper234]

dude shut up and whatch the curses dudet there might be a kid on this crap like u u damn vagina

[nor86]

People like to make this common mistake... in FF, when your HP reaches 0, you don't die, you "faint" or become "incapacitated". You use a PD to remove you from this status, but it can't actually "revive" a character.

[KatieKalamity]

*sephy pwns earth*

Cloud: Damn... Guess we should dump the body in the river...

Tifa: Umm.... Why don't we use a phoenix dow-

Cloud: TOO LATE, SHE'S ALREADY SINKING

Tifa: ...

[tabatahg]

If they ever remake this game. Which I hope they do 1 day. They need to make this death way more dramatic. Which was an awesome death scene btw.

[tarquinbiscuitbarrel]

oh man i cried when this happened... sephiroth you sob.

this is another game i need to play again... classic.

[DreamSnap]

*Sephiroth kills Aerith*

Cloud: Som1 get me a Pheonix Down!!!

person in background: were all out of that, would u like to make an order

Cloud: OH THE HUMANITY!!!

now thats just sad...

[itsameluigi1]

oof...she got owned

[XxkoruptshunxX]

i dont see why he cant just throw a fenix down on her

[sadwhiteraven]

That's the most common question in the Final fantasy universe, I think. XD The simple answer? K.O. and Run Through are two entirely different status effects.

[cgonza10]

lol no one (not even the great cloud himself) ever thought of that

[Yakibomb]

My friend's mom played this game, and when she got up to this part, she completely just stopped playing because she was so upset.

[Lmaoboat]

this is a reason why i love this game, u get so attached to the character, that when this happen (im against spoilers) ur sad it had to happen and everything afterwards feels so pointless until the game makes you feel otherwise. :)

[NorthernDruid]

A really great song and a moving scene.

to bad it skips so much during the bossfight that i can't really enjoy the vid, so everytime i watch through i have to find another one. T_T

[banglefaar]

......I'm crying now.

[SpartanAceMe2]

i cried a during all of this

[duvy1234]

SO SAD

[B3LiiZ32]

Everyones first excuse to cry becuz of a game...THE MUSIC!!!!!

[chainmailler101]

gee what if cloud got his ass kicked by sephiroth.. you know like an alternate ending.. .. .. be funny as hell xD

[Kingofeurope]

C'mon, everybody knows Aeris dies. You must be living under a rock NOT to know that.

[Duchednier]

i love how in the video, watch sephiroths hands. Might you notice him continually putting on and taking off his gloves XD

Epic moment, fantastic music

[famguy292]

:O you're right he keeps changing his gloves! as many times as i've watched this and i've never noticed XD

[HeavyD77712]

this game wasnt over rated back then it just is now cause its been years, but yeah it was one of the best games of its time

[TheMotherDudes]

FUCK! now I gotta get a new healer! XD

[SXENedger]

The game mechanics ruined this moment for me.

I was sitting there 11 years old, yelling at my TV screen "BUT YOU HAVE 50 PHOENIX DOWNS!!!"

[Top100GameMusic]

lol!

[neclord87]

LEGENDARY moment in gaming history!!

[ragnaroktomorro]

@SXENedger lol i remember having those types of plot issues when i was a kid as well. I guess as we age the way the games work make more sense to us.

[bachkhoa85]

@SXENedger I also thought why we can't just use phonix down :))

[thewarrior195]

@SXENedger hahahahahahaha

[ScrewFearMe]

@SXENedger lol

[itsagainjustme89]

@SXENedger

well in battle the usually dont get stabbed with a 6 foot sword through the entire upper body, you just get bitchslapped by monsters REALLY hard

in battles you get ko'd, not killed =)

[penorcolada]

Aeris is overrated. The scene at the end of the Caves of the Gi with Nanaki brought tears to my eyes. This one? not close.

[Hoppaman23]

Aerith does not suck

I hold a special place in my heart with her because she got me Omnislash while I was still on the first disc of the game. :-)

May she rest in peace. :-P

[dbzelda123]

when i played ff7 it went like this:

1. aeris is missing. i guess i have to find her

2. there she is!

3. that did not just happen! O_O

4. fuck im gonna kill sephiroth!!!

ok lol :D

[jBdaboy]

I have this in an amazing piano version

=)

[ZXReaperZX]

Cloud was pretty much Zack back then.

[2ndbestgamer]

She's actually pretty godd when you get great gospel. Aside from that, yea she sucks. Thats a good point too. Why don't they do that stuff? In the middle of battle its ok but not when you have a good half an hour or so. Just take her to an inn to sleep, she'll be fine.

[Koopaboy]

question.....I never played FF7,so that's why I ask....why was it such a boom when Sephiroth killed Aeris?Can someone please explain?

[Leotribal]

Because, she was awesome.

[2ndbestgamer]

Many reasons ( forgive spelling for entire comment )

1. She was the only person in the game who could save the world from..........well since no spoilers should be said.............a problem.

2. Some people think aeris and cloud were the best couple. False in my opinion, but whatever.

3. In the game she had a kick-ass move. Sucked at everything else though.

4.She was someone in your team. I guess that counts.

There are probably more, but these seem to be some big ones.

[therpglover1]

i hate aeris not her theme but her she sucks in battle but i dont think it should be this high up maybe 25 but not 8

[RVJar]

Wow, cloud is emo.

[KiLLuCH]

It seems overrated to me as well these days. It was awesome at its time for sure, but ppl who consider this to be better than today's j-rpgs (especially some released on the ps2) are fanboys to me.

If you think of Megaten-, newer FF- or DQ-Games, you cannot seriously claim that FFVII would come anywhere near those games regarding emotionality, production values and storyline.

[GrzesiekCiezak]

It's funny how peope that claim to be jrpg fans know only FF and KH. Still, not an issue anymore, FF died after FFX

[2ndbestgamer]

ehh,,,,, I think 10 was still in the "good era" i guess you could say. Not by much though............

[KlonkaDonk]

it always annoyed me how cloud seemed to get stronger for this fight then went back to being a bit gay....

Always seemed to happen with mine and my brothers

[GrzesiekCiezak]

This game made me tbh...Still, Metal Gear Solid is A LOT sadder.

[bluexqueen]

metal gear solid is for people who play games for graphis, gore, and half naked chicks with no true story line.

[GrzesiekCiezak]

oh and bluexqueen, yeah, just like I cleared FF X-2 for Rikku's bikini. Ignorant fool

[2ndbestgamer]

what, you didnt? Just kidding. But seriosly, metal gear sadder then final fantasy?...............Still not too sure about that one. Maybe if you specified a little.

[egasyarg]

lol

shanked

[chinangel]

I know people are going to get upset at me for saying this, especially the FF7 fanboys, but this game really isn't that special.

In my opinion: it's kinda over-rated, and why? I will never know. But Sephiroth (as a villain) is boring, Aerith is unoriginal, and Cloud has no depth. In fact, the only person more depressing than cloud is Vincent.

[GaijinChi]

OMG chinangel as a massive ff myself I am so glad to hear someone finally agree with me..

Beside the retro FFs...I personally think 8,9 are the best...as for villians id probs have to say seymour is by far the most unique, has the most depth and is very intresting..

[assfuul]

True , its a overrated game as all fuck. Nonetheless i do like the game, the characters and the world the designers created where interesting atleast to me wich drove me trough playing it

[MMMMTOASTY]

I got so sad i was about to cry when suddenly jenova came out and i was like WTF BOSS?!?!

[K7E7I]

lol I just realized what you're talking about. NICE!

[K1kuch1]

I cryed a lot with this game!

[craigybaby007uk]

the scene on ff x was sad when yuna runs through tidus :(

[craigybaby007uk]

probably the saddest scene in any game

[lucas1121111]

Horray for Aeris' death! Hail Sephroph!

[Zyancali17]

y, tifa is more my type^^

[DanTheWarder]

Sends a shiver down my spine...still...first and only game to make me cry...

[lambskies]

same here.. i can't believe it. any game that can do that to you is genius

[DanTheWarder]

Truth and a half. That you genuinely cared about the characters is a testament to the game. I think for a lot of people, myself included this game...it was just a HUGE eye opener.

It was games before FF7 and then games after FF7

[KingdomHeartz93]

play the kh series

one of em is sure to make u cry

so pple even admit it and talk bout it on kh vids

[ObsideoNwizarD]

Agreed...makes u drop Jenova that much faster!! This song has to be one of the most heart felt and well known songs in gaming history!! I'm sure u real gamers out there agree!!

[eggsngaming]

What really made this great was that the music continued while you fought Jenova. You fight the boss but your mind is still on Aeris the whole time.

[elstormo]

Yep, same here. The music continuing through the boss battle is a stroke of genius.

[pjds88]

a couple hundred years later*

[craigybaby007uk]

soo sad :( <<passes the tissues around amazing!!!!

[Hubba542]

The scene just makes you hate Sephiroth alot.

[tk20028]

"Spoiler I guess" I have not played FF7 in a while and I was wondering if the materia that fell out was the one that stops the meteor. I'm not sure.

[pjds88]

No, it tries but it was going to fail so the Life Stream helps it and finishes off the meteor...however, Midgar gets destroyed by the meteor and is subsequently covered by foliage and moss a couple hundred years nature, symbolically showing that nature prevailed over Shinra and the Mako machines.

[tk20028]

Thanks!

[Top100GameMusic]

always got from FF7 that the ending was pretty ironic and tragic in a sense, that what you were trying to protect all the game basically gets the better of humanity because of Shinra abuse. I pretty much thought every human died at the end of FF7 and that the nature and the planet kinda took over. Advent Children kinda ruined that ending for me.

I just thought it made sense with the theme the game was leaning to, that one day humanity could destroy itself if it became too greedy

[geraldownsu]

Best song in the game

number 1 on my favorite game music

[ObsideoNwizarD]

He was right tho....u can play the music to listen...but u have to watch the scene to feel it...i'm sure all u gamers out there got choked up at this part to this music first time thru.

[deadlywizard234]

Holy spoiler alert batman.

[plutoniadotwad]

and wheres the 1st place?? o_o

[sora100100]

I remember blubering like a little girl at this!!!

You had to put this in didnt you

[Sniperchang]

I'm surprised you haven't done the final level in DKC on SNES yet. One of my favorites.

[AngelLikesMoney]

I was expecting this haha.

[Hazard590]

are the top 10 all going to be filled with FF themes because I have waited a long time and the list has been awesome so far but if they are all going to be FF themes I should just stop watching now

[effin0ninjas]

Arguably one of the best out of ANY FF. Good spot for the tune!

[ndschroede23]

First of all, I'm sure lots of people watching this video have never played FF7. So maybe you shouldn't put the most monumental plot twist of the entire game as the first scene. Or maybe at least a *SPOILERS!* alert.

That said, fuck, what an awesome song and awesome game. The music alone make me want to go back and play this game through for the umpteenth time. God. IMO, best game ever. Seriously.

[KiwiBarb]

so true man

[Irishfreedom]

Wow, just wow. This kind of moment was a first for me in gaming, I couldn't believe it when it happened. Probably the first and last time I actually felt genuinely sad about something in a video game.

Pity nobodies ever been able to top that, makes me wonder what songs beat it in this chart.

[Asteroidblues18]

When it comes to the best song in any video game...it's really hard to come close to this one.

This particular scene has the same impact on me now than it did during my first playthrough, and that was about 12 years ago. (I'm just finishing up my 6th playthrough now by the way).

[Shadowfax1313]

...Beautiful, just beautiful, one of the saddest and most beautiful moments in video game history...

[ofarinha]

The song is really beautiful. But i never liked FFVII, I got bored at CD1

[gogosimonadebisi]

I've always liked the way you fight the boss with Aeris' theme music still playin

[Primalinstincts101]

i actually liked the video itself instead of the music this time. lol

[bigjays622]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. The first time I saw this scene at the end of Disc 1, no less, I actually cried. It was the first time a game ever made my cry. I also like how the Aeris theme continues to play throughout the boss fight against the Jenova part.

[NYCPulpHero]

LOL LOL LOL. crying.. in a GAME

[KarateKidX]

lol, the opera theme from FFVI

[timothiess]

*Crying*

[NYCPulpHero]

crying? LOL laaaaaame

[timothiess]

Obviously you have never played FF7

[NYCPulpHero]

yes I have back in the day. In fact, my fave character was Sid, my fave part of the game was when the group was exploring that eerie abandoned village and my most hated monster was the ruby weapon

[SlavjanA]

WTF man this crap is retarded!!!!!!!!!!

[lionelchu]

It's final fantasy 7.

[KiwiBarb]

there needs to be more ff songs in the top 10 btw interesting choice

[justinfeldmann]

i hope lower norfair from super metroid makes the top ten and some zelda music

[superdragon4ever]

Yeah lower norfair!

[palmtreez101]

yep I cried too

[Xyless]

I hope the top 10 isn't all RPGs. There's so many other songs that are missing that need in.

[Kisarez]

I agree with you. The creator of this list placed so many spaces with RPG's, I've seen FF and Chrono Trigger too much now actually. There is so much more good music.

[Top100GameMusic]

yeah and no

[gatotsu911]

Well the fact of the matter is, the best of the best in terms of video game music is disproportionately located in the RPG genre.

Ahhhh... this part just reminds me how disappointed I am that Square (or any other company) has NEVER managed to top off this groundbreaking emotional moment in gaming, even 12 years later. I'm sure it's possible, I'm just waiting to see it.