Final Fantasy VII: "Victory Fanfare" Chiptune [Ringtone/WIP1]

Title: "Crunching Bits in Midgar"
Game(s): Final Fantasy VII
Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
Song(s): "Victory Fanfare"

Related Link(s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YCN-a0NsNk

Downloads:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32623763/00.%20Crunching%20Bits%20in%20Midgar.mp3

I've been playing around with chiptunes and electronic stuff lately, which is something Renoise is quite good at. I've generated samples with a function generator plugin and gone to town. I've done a few songs now and just came up with this short blurb. I've been using a bunch of the unfinished stuff (or excerpts of longer songs) as ringtones, so I'm calling this a work-in-progress and a ringtone! I used to use the original fanfare music as a ringtone, so this just seemed fitting.

Anyway, this is a short take on some very iconic fanfare! I emulated the classic opening pretty closely, and then just went nuts with the rest. I really like the drums and bass on this one, which you can't hear when this plays on a cellphone speaker, unfortunately. In fact, I spiked some of the mid frequencies on the bass to try to cut it through a bit more on tiny speakers (mostly to no avail).

It's pretty muddy, and there isn't a strong melody for the ear to grasp onto, but then again I don't think there was a very strong melody in the original either (it's not an easy song to hum or sing). The ending is a bit weak too, but it went beyond 30 seconds anyway, so I got lazy.

I once again nabbed some artwork from deviantART. This wonderful piece is by Risachantag and is a hilarious reference to the infamous tossing scene from Final Fantasy: Advent Children. I framed it in Paint.NET to better fit into a widescreen video.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Renoise
• Chiptune
• Soundtrack
• Final Fantasy
• Final Fantasy VII
• Nobuo Uematsu

[BrotherChimaobi]

This was such an awesome take on a short but sweet tune, I keep putting it on repeat. Memores from younger days! Please submit it to OCR or something, I think people would love this tune.

[ColdCity]

i want this as ring tone

[coldsp1d3r85]

I liked this, I actually thought the muddy sound made it more legit (I mean like as if it were straight out of an oldschool gameboy) And as far as the ringtone idea, that's also kinda cool, cause in AC it was the same tune that played on Cloud's phone. I think I might make it my ringtone too :) Thanks for the idea and keep up with the music

[Interesteb]

✯◡✯ I think my ears just had an orgasm......

[mysilverpsp]

That is the coolest victory ringtone ever!!