Hi rockers,
This week, as Ines did, I'm going to show you something completly different: The Square Soundtracks. It seems this is the week of japanese recommendations. I have to say that for me it's important to mention that good games, series or film soundtracks, can sometines be the better medicine not to feel sad, or just to clear your own feelings. Those who like roll games or just have heard about Final Fantasy and Kingdom hearts will like this post. Even those who like to listen classical music sometimes or take a rest listening to something "different" should take a look to this.
Firstly, I'm going to explain briefly what now Square is. It's a major japanese company producer of manga(with its magazine Shonen Gangan) and video games. His main genre is RPG and its headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. Its origin is the result of the fussion of the companys Square Soft and Enix, which took place on 1 April 2003 and one of its most famous sagas are Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. This last one had an incredible succes due to the fussion with the company Walt Disney, which provided the japoneses with its famous characters Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy...
But, what makes these games so special? I think one of the most important things are their gorgeous soundtracks. Famous good scenes of all times won't be so great if we weren't listening to their background music. Those scenes wake up feelings inside of us, and we relive them listening to the soundtrack over and over again. But there's no need of having played these games to appreciate the quality of Square music. It takes us to places in our minds we could have never imagined.
One of the songs that touched thousands of players has been the famous theme To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X and its variations. This game was the presentation of Final Fantasy for Playstation 2 and is characterized by its incredible graphics for its time, its story, gameplay and wonderful soundtrack. It's considered as one of the bests roll games and even one of the best games ever. Final Fantasy X tells a tale of adventures, love and sorrow in the imagined world of Spira. Here I leave you the theme so you can listen to it.
However, Final fantasy is not the only square saga which has a great soundtrack. I must mention the recent game Kingdom Hearts. Emerged from the union of Square and Disney, it had a runaway success that many had not expected, just because they thought it was going to be a game for "kids". But what was the surprise when not only children found the game exciting, but all kinds of amateurs and even expert players of all ages. Its graphics weren`t perfect then, but its story and the soundtrack touched many.
Well, I hope this post will provide you new opportunities. Playing music of this kind is always helpful on many occasions. Enjoy.
Elena
This week, as Ines did, I'm going to show you something completly different: The Square Soundtracks. It seems this is the week of japanese recommendations. I have to say that for me it's important to mention that good games, series or film soundtracks, can sometines be the better medicine not to feel sad, or just to clear your own feelings. Those who like roll games or just have heard about Final Fantasy and Kingdom hearts will like this post. Even those who like to listen classical music sometimes or take a rest listening to something "different" should take a look to this.
Firstly, I'm going to explain briefly what now Square is. It's a major japanese company producer of manga(with its magazine Shonen Gangan) and video games. His main genre is RPG and its headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. Its origin is the result of the fussion of the companys Square Soft and Enix, which took place on 1 April 2003 and one of its most famous sagas are Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. This last one had an incredible succes due to the fussion with the company Walt Disney, which provided the japoneses with its famous characters Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy...
But, what makes these games so special? I think one of the most important things are their gorgeous soundtracks. Famous good scenes of all times won't be so great if we weren't listening to their background music. Those scenes wake up feelings inside of us, and we relive them listening to the soundtrack over and over again. But there's no need of having played these games to appreciate the quality of Square music. It takes us to places in our minds we could have never imagined.
One of the songs that touched thousands of players has been the famous theme To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X and its variations. This game was the presentation of Final Fantasy for Playstation 2 and is characterized by its incredible graphics for its time, its story, gameplay and wonderful soundtrack. It's considered as one of the bests roll games and even one of the best games ever. Final Fantasy X tells a tale of adventures, love and sorrow in the imagined world of Spira. Here I leave you the theme so you can listen to it.
However, Final fantasy is not the only square saga which has a great soundtrack. I must mention the recent game Kingdom Hearts. Emerged from the union of Square and Disney, it had a runaway success that many had not expected, just because they thought it was going to be a game for "kids". But what was the surprise when not only children found the game exciting, but all kinds of amateurs and even expert players of all ages. Its graphics weren`t perfect then, but its story and the soundtrack touched many.
Well, I hope this post will provide you new opportunities. Playing music of this kind is always helpful on many occasions. Enjoy.
Elena
1 comentario:
Yoko Shimomura is one of the best composers of videogames soundtracks! I love Kingdom Hearts OST, well, the saga in general, but with this soundtrack it get powerful and very magic. Deep Dive is my favorite song with the orchestra instrumental versions of Hikari and Passions.
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