Bruh, same. I’m almost done with TLOU2, and I intended to either get back to Death Stranding or start Doom Eternal, but I think I may start my Hard mode playthrough sooner than anticipated. The music alone is damn good.
Many people mistake this to be composed by Masashi Hamauzu (composer of FF13) but it is in fact composed by Mitsuto Suzuki (Final Fantasy Mobius and Parasite Eve 3rd Birthday) instead.
Like many of you guys, I played this game during the lock down following the COVID-19, there was a strange atmosphere about the world we were living in at that very moment. That feel was very uncommon, nothing like had ever happened in the past. I associate this ost with it, this song more specifically. It's engraved forever as the game that took me into a fantasy world while anxiety was everywhere around us. Truly unique feels to it.
Anxiety was one of the common themes and even a track name in the OG FF7 OST so it's fitting. Everybody is on edge and being crushed by the weight of the oppression of the city they live in.
This whole soundtrack man.... you can definitely tell when Suzuki’s the main composer and when Uematsu’s the main composer, and they do it effortlessly together. They revived this soundtrack and it sounds amazing. Every single song, but this track happens to be one of my faves. Gives me goosebumps
Midnight Rendezvous and the new Wall Market theme are the other ones composed by Suzuki in this part of the game. High Five and Due Recompense (old Wall Market theme) are Uematsu's.
@Daitana Uoswiir "High Five" was actually misdirected, Nobuo Uematsu didn't compose any music except Hollow and so the real composer is actually Mitsuto Suzuki. I think Uematsu only got credited because of the small reference to "Let the Battles Begin" at the end of the track... which is really silly... So even though Uematsu is credited in a lot of tracks, he's only done the original compositions (as in the PS1 ones) and not done any arranging.
@@bupbup7659 Oh wow, interesting. Yeah, many of them sound nothing like his older works so I was kinda surprised. But I could at least have seen Uematsu re-arranging and updating them. They're great tracks, either way.
The Collapsed Expressway theme is so fitting for the budding relationship between Aerith and Cloud when they explore the area for the first time, to me it evokes the sense of wonder and discovery of a new love. My chest tightens a little when I go there without her in the party.
These tracks are pure Hamauzu, and "out of place" or not they are phenomenal. I love having Hamauzu's fingerprints on FF7, it gives the remakes personality. As much as I love FF7's soundtrack, Hamauzu improves it with stuff like this. The people complaining sound like boomers.
Chap 9, Collapsed Expressway Song, Cloud and Aerith has been like burned into my mind for eternity. It was one of the MOST relaxing chapters when I played FF7: Remake. It was a long day at work, finally finished at fucking 10:30pm. Hopped on played this Chapter and I felt so relax and happy after. I think for me, Chap 9 is my most memorable.
Collapsed Expressway is a great track, but when I first heard High Five, I was blown away. That track is a true banger. Then after thinking about the story and knowing how things will end up between Cloud-Aerith, I was like damn this track and visuals hits right in the feels.
My first reaction to High Five was HOLY SHIT!! HOW?!? OMG!! THIS IS EPIC!! I ran back and forth at least 5 times through the area BEGGING for a fight! It's just too good! What a time to be alive!
You can tell that these tracks were unused FF 13-2 tracks. A walking synth-y theme, that's accompanied with an aggression version of it for battle. Gotta love it
This comes back in rebirth. So far it played on a side mission with aerith and cloud on the beach (avoiding spoilers). I’m so glad they brought back most of my favorite tracks from remake.
They did that with XIII trilogy too, so expect reappearances in 3rd part too. Part tracks always work great as filler music where they run out of budget for new songs
There's a lot of great music in FF7R's OST, but this is the only track that actually made me stop and listen in appreciation. It truly does sound magical.
I remember seeing the announcement for FF 7 remake but wasn’t interested since I never played FF and wasn’t into JRPGS. It wasn’t until yakuza 0 and kiwami that I got interested and as a result I ended up getting into persona 5, and FF 15 royal edition which got me excited for FF 7 remake. Finally I then got it for my birthday (fitting since I was born the same year the original came out) and I really enjoy it :)
My Japanese games experience in a nutshell. Except for FF15. Got into Yakuza 0. Played a bunch of it, got the 2 Kiwamis. Then I got Persona 5 Strikers on PS Plus. Don't say that it spoils the events of the main game. It didn't. And then I watched a bit of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Got interested in the story, and said. Fuck it. I'm gonna play the original. And here I am today. And now everytime I see the FF7R Opening I get goosebumps. The last 2 Months have been really good for me. I got into Yakuza last year.
@@MariusBoss11458 yakuza 7 is awesome though my personal favorite now is lost judgement 🙂 speaking of turn based shin megami tensei V is an awesome turn based rpg even if it’s story isn’t great 🙂
I say this as someone who considers FF7 original in the top 3 games of all time. This game and it's music are some of the greatest accomplishments of the 2000s for gaming as a whole. Top 10 easily.
I'm not the generation that experienced original ff7, but born an year before it. This just hits too damn hard and brings me back to The END OF CENTURY, the era I feel like I really belong to.
This is the segment that made me fall in love with this game. I went from thinking "Yeah, this is a good game but i'm not sure I'm gonna put the 30 hrs into it" to "I have never felt so in love with a video game world and its characters this much."
‘High Five’ and ‘Stand up’ are totally my top ff7 remake soundtracks simply cause High Five seems to give a fanfare vibe and ‘stand up’ is energetic and sounds nice.
I feel like this music is feeding my soul right now. It's soooooo goooood! I will definitely be buying the official soundtrack at some point, they really outdid themselves!
All I ever thought about was Driftveil City when I heard this for the first time Caught me off guard and loved it. On the road for platinum right now 👌🏼
This song brings up mixed memories. I was locked up in my place alone during covid 1000 miles away from family but I had this great game to help me cope with the times.
It's cool how they have the sound of several cultures in the themes throughout the game and they made it work somehow. These two tracks especially are lovely bangers!
Even though this area is pretty bland visual wise, this music saved it from feeling like filler. Can’t say the same for hunting down corneo in the sewers.