A Final Fantasy VII Retrospective as Told Through My Twenty Favorites From the Game's Soundtrack (Part Two of Four)

A Final Fantasy VII Retrospective as Told Through My Twenty Favorites From the Game's Soundtrack (Part One of Four)

Yesterday was Final Fantasy VII's eighteenth birthday. I'd never actually been cognizant of its anniversary until now, it had always been a thing that happened last week, or that I noticed was happening next week and then forgot about. Yesterday, I knew about it. I'd played the game too recently (and have too many other games to work on in its stead) to replay it in honor of the date, but didn't want to let the day pass me by without any special acknowledgement. I decided to listen to the game's soundtrack instead, which stands as one of my favorite in the medium. There's nothing more than can be said about Nobuo Uematsu that hasn't been written already, he's one of the living legends. Final Fantasy VII stands as one of his crowning achievements, though. It's always a joy to hear the game's music.

I decided to figure out my favorite twenty tracks and then write a little thing about each of them. Eventually, I realized the music often speaks for itself and I'm generally not very good at writing about music. Thus, in most cases, I've opted instead to write about what each song makes me think of, mostly memories about the game, but also some discussion of the game's themes and narrative, letting the songs dictate a more general retrospective of the game.