Final Fantasy VII Rebirth OST - Her Final Prayer / Aerith's Theme - The White Materia 

Fun fact: noticed how everyone has their limit break cause of their emotions except Cloud cause he doesn’t believe she’s dead

You know what REALLY hit me emotionally? Barret: “I’LL KILL YOU!!!”

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CONCENTRATE ON FIGHTING WHILE CRYING !?

7:20 - this is where I completely lost it and couldn't hold back my tears. I had to press pause because I just couldn't fight yet. Well done SquareEnix...

This game had the FUCKING NERVE, THE GALL, THE AUDACITY to have you think there was a chance to save Aeirth.

My fingers are tingling. My mouth is dry. My eyes are burning!

The entire game goes so damn hard for the music. The choir singing when Cloud is *struggling* not to hurt Aerith was so intense. This game is a masterpiece

When 7:19 started playing during the fight, I had to pause the game and put my controller down because I couldn't see anything on my screen through my tears... I tried to fight while I was crying... but it was too hard for me to handle. The music is incredibly good in this game and Aerith's theme hit me really hard at that moment...

I'm so upset Aerith died- But the game, the characters, and the music treat her with such love and reverence. It makes her death so emotionally impactful. As a die-hard Aerith enjoyer, if she just had to die at least it was like this. Surrounded by people and a world that loved her. Unforgettable.

I’m sure like many others, playing Rebirth was to find out if Aerith was gonna live or die, and when the cutscene of Sephiroth coming down with his sword, I literally screamed at the top of my lungs like I was on a roller coaster. When it looked like Cloud saved Aerith by hitting Sephiroth’s sword away, I screamed a “Fuck yeah!!”. But once the blood appeared on the ground, I knew something wasn’t right. The slow motion kicked in with Aerith’s dying body falling forward with Cloud’s reaction of shock and horror. And then, those first notes of Aerith’s theme kicked in, I knew we had been tricked. We have been fooled. It was 1997 again. We then hear Sephiroth laughing at not only Cloud but also us, the gamers. Tears suddenly started flowing from my eyes into my face uncontrollably. 4 years since Remake. 27 years since OG. Countless hours playing Rebirth for this very moment and I felt everything I’ve done was gone to waste in a matter of seconds. And when I finished the game after trying again and again dying fighting Sephiroth, I cried when the credits rolled on screen with “No Promises to Keep” playing in the background. It was finally over. 70+ hours of gameplay. Me playing the game like a crazy maniac these last two weeks including staying up late and playing all day during the weekends. I will always remember Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. I will always remember those 7 seconds.

That choir did it for me..man i cant believe im alive to witness this moment. I dont care what anyone says about the ending to me it is one of the most beautiful endings i've ever seen in a videogame and its not even the actual ending of this story.. see y'all in 4 years.

No love for 7:59? That part is what made me emotional, it's so grand and feels like it was played with so much passion. It made that section my favorite part of Aerith's theme forever.

when 5:06 started playing I genuinely could feel myself breaking. Seeing Aerith live in a split-second reality, only to have her die, only to have Sephiroth laugh and flick her blood at us, only to have Cloud silently recite his laments from the og ff7, and then seeing Aerith reach up and tell US that IT'S OKAY??? NO AERITH. IT'S NOT OKAY. WE LOST YOU BEFORE, WE CAN'T LOSE YOU AGAIN also please just reply to this comment i need to come back and listen to this religiously pretty please

Every rendition of Aerith’s theme hits, and this one hits the hardest. Square Enix never misses with their music, it’s built different… 😭😭

This has to be one of the most beautiful, IF NOT the most beautiful theme in the whole soundtrack. Uematsu really poured all his love into this track.

27 years and..."Everything is going to be okay."

Aerith has to be the most loved character of all time, so many people mourning her death across the world… there’s just something about her purity, her innocence, she is what every human being should be. Now let me go cry… 😢😢😢

This whol scene alone was enough to emotionally criple me for the next year or so. Wonderful composition. They really outdid themselves with this soundtrack.

6:23 is when my tears start streaming and suppressed rage since childhood of losing aerith bubbles up from my heart

I was so sad and mad during the first phase. I couldn't even prep my party with buffs like I usually do with every battle. I just went berserk and hit the boss with every hard hitting atb command. I didn't even care that I wasn't playing optimally. I just wanted to attack the boss as much as possible.

For me the real recreation of Aerith's death was in the church when she gave Cloud the white materia. When she walked off into the sleeping forest I actually screamed and begged her not to go (my poor friends ears haha) but the moment the choir sings her theme I lost it again. This game is truly special ❤

3:18 how to go from extreme happiness to extreme sadness, in under 30 seconds

7:23 gives me that vibe that the heroes have come to save us, and i almost had tears. The final fantasy franchise always seems to touch my heart ff13, 15, 16, and now 7. I love this franchise!!!

People may say aeriths death was ruined, and to some extent I actually agree in the sense of recreating those same feelings, but I firmly believe they did so to set up something much more gut wrenching for the third game. I believe when the lifestream moment happens then, when Tifa helps cloud find himself, theyre also going to show this moment in full with aeriths death and her being put in the water, and cloud coming to terms with her death This has been hinted at in interviews too with the creators talking about how they don’t believe the big moment in FF7 is aeriths death but the lifestream moment. You may ask “why not just do it 1:1” and in many ways I can see why that could be preferable, but you have to realise that it would not feel the same as you felt back when you played the original FF7, there’s no way to fully recreate that. I also firmly believe her death was a product of its time, and new fans really wouldn’t be phased much by it. Aeriths death was huge not because a main character died in a rpg, but because it was one of the first to do so in the manner that it did in its FIRST DISC. Plus most people who have been gaming know about her death from the original

I don't think a video game has impacted me this much since i was a child (40 years old )

Jenova, Those chosen by the planet and Aerith are having a battle royale. I don't know how to feel about this but the Aerith Section is God tier.

Man, for a bit of context, I am a composer and long-time instrumentalist, so I analyse the structure and arrangement of songs from video game composers all week. I have, never in my life, heard something so gorgeous as the OST of FFVII: Rebirth. Literally, this is next level. The best OST I have ever heard and it is not even close.

7:21 Wow the grief and anger that’s conveyed here is brilliant

Seeing where we left at in terms of cloud's state of mind in at the ending of rebirth, i can't help but thinking that we'll be reliving a more complete version or Aerith's fate all over again in the lifestream.

it's sad, everyone gets to choose their fate, Aerith has to accept what comes to her.

8:35 was the moment for my tears to begin flooding. I had to pause the game because I was crying too much during this battle. That's how you know it's a powerful score, well done once again to Nobuo Uemastu 😪

The graphics, the animation, the music, the cinematography, this scene was epic! Just release the damn soundtrack already Square-Enix!!

The sound of a righteous rage for a beloved friend.

7:20 i remember this moment in the original game. As soon as the music hit i was transported back to 1997 fighting that boss as a kid. Shed a few tears for sure.

This is the best arrangement of Aerith’s theme. Wow! SO many emotions during listening to this.

これをずっと探してました😭今まで聞いたエアリスのテーマの中でもダントツで美しく壮大で戦闘中涙が止まらなかったです

7:19 the tears are coming 😢

Truly a work of art you don’t see this kind of effort for music in movies or games nowadays. Really beautiful soundtrack ❤❤

This theme is beautiful

5:23 - I can't *not* see Aerith's tender hand touching Cloud in this moment.

The ending is fricken brilliant I love seeing everyone complain and cry about it. It’s gonna all pay off in part 3 and it’s gonna hit even more than the og. I feel like the church scene where they say goodbye to each other is sadder than her death in general I’m excited to see how it all comes together.

This is the most epic, emotional, angry, loving, heart breaking music I have heard from final fantasy. All of the emotions running wild with it! Magnificent!

Man… that trumpet soloist nailed the absolute FUCK out of the emotion called for in that part. Nothing like advanced tears because a trumpet was so beautiful.

This is the best Aerith's Theme i have ever Heard . Thank you for the Video 🩷 6:20

This sequence, and the music as Vincent is explaining how we found the Forgotten Capital as it had been lost to time “until today” are my favorite musical sections in the entire game. So well done.

Cried so much during this sequence and boss fight. What a beautiful game, loved every second of it.

Sobbing like a baby 😭😭

This part and this ost...absolute perfection. No other game have it!!!

I think this is my favourite game of all time. Absolute masterpiece from start to finish.

The music for this game is terrific… incredibly good. This one and the battle theme based on the main theme are a new level of peak… they really elevated Uematsu’s iconic scores

I cried all along the fight…

Square-Enix really said "Here's a faithful adaptation of the source material" and got everyone like "NOOOOOOOOOO"

this is the best music in the game, the music and the event that happened, it wanted to convey the sadness and anger into that fight, the same feeling the characters in the game would have had during that fight

songs of this magnitude go beyond a simple The Game awards, a greater recognition is needed

I don’t know if anyone noticed but Tifa doesn’t say a single thing during the entire battle but you can feel her fury.

How does a game that is not only a remake, but also the second part of a trilogy, a cursed position for storytelling, somehow approach greatness on an "of all time" scale? This is how. I really wonder how this all feels for people who weren't able to play the original on PS1.

Fighting Jenova Lifeclinger was so fucking hard to do when I was crying and crying, I swear Rebirth had me in tears of joy, full of laughter with moments and tons of tears of sadness. This game is a masterpiece ✨ They fooled me so much gave me that slice of hope that we could save Aerith. Then to snatch it away in the most mind blowing moment. I lost it. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is hands down my game of 2024.

6:21 is where you started to cry.

I cried for a good solid 5 minutes to this

Everyone: Noo! Cloud: She's fine. At least we can see Sephiroth happy and laugh.

My absolute favorite song in years. Totally pumped with emotion and the certain instruments give hints to whats going on. (Clouds perception is warped by denial in a world of his own making)

This whole sequence was incredible, cutscene direction and music wise especially

Such a masterpiece... I don't have the words to explain my feelings listening to this... Love this game so much !

I was crying and mashing square at the same time

Still cant listen to this without crying wow This music is like speaking facts of sorrow and desperation over anger. Guess that why Cloud is the only one whp doesnt get his limit in the first part of the battle

I played the OG for the first time after remake was announced, and her death almost brought me to tears even though I knew it was coming. But when Aerith’s theme started playing during the Jenova fight I couldn’t hold the tears, I was just swinging carelessly in sheer rage at the creature with no regard to my health bar Well done, Square

This is beautifully terrifying

I love the choir at the end

This soundtrack is insane.

The whole sequence when Cloud starts getting close to the altar until start of Jenova fight is peak gaming moment for me. Probably nothing will ever come close to this in terms of excitement and curiosity of what will happen next, tension, atmosphere, awe and dread. Perfectly executed in terms of visuals, music, direction, art on display.. Every time choir starts when Cloud gets close to altar i get chills.

It's interesting seeing how some people felt this moment was an emotional shotgun to the heart and then others saying it was completely weightless. I myself was somewhere in the middle and it's because of this. The sadness and heartbreak in the original was losing a character who was just wonderful and full of love and life. The sadness and heartbreak in the remake series is just wanting to do something, ANYTHING to save and help her, and even then it seems like she rejects that, insisting she does things the way she intends them to go. She's asking everyone to have faith in her, but rejecting anyone helping her... which is all the more crushing after seeing the moment of younger her begging people to help her mom, only to be ignored.

0:23 to 0:36 is hauntingly beautiful

The fact that they kept how Aerith's theme played during the Jenova fight was just perfection. I know that many purists are unhappy with these games but honestly the amount of stuff they added/improved/kept compared to the stuff that they removed is so much more than enough. Case in point: this song

recuerdo jugar esta parte del juego cuando era una niña, y pausar para escuchar por 10 minutos la misma melodia mientras mi mama estaba al lado de mi durmiendo, crei que le gustaria dentro de su sueño... mi mamá falleció hace 3 años, pero se siente como si hubiera sido ayer. y escucho ahora esta cancion y me recuerda tanto a ella me regresa a los tiempos felices de mi infancia, cuando era feliz, jugando en la cama frente la television final fantasy vii con mi madre durmiendo tranquilamente a mi lado :,)

I'm not crying, you're crying....😢😭😿

Not even going to lie. I’ve never fought a boss before while crying and at the same time having the amount of rage I had while fighting it. Square did it magnificently they actually got the players to feel the rage the characters were probably feeling.

엔딩 본지 며칠 됐는데 그때의 순간이 떠오르네요. good

One of the best soundtracks in the game, many emotions

8:00 is just perfection

Yeah ok this was f*cked I was crying like a baby

I think my favorite part is when her theme builds one last time at 9:48 mid-battle.

🥹 that chorus is especially beautiful.

I think Cloud does succeed in saving her, but that act creates another world where she lives. Sephiroth was talking about the reunion of worlds, so I can assume he was trying to kill all Aeriths at the same time, except the one Cloud saved. Though I still do not understand what he hopes to accomplish by this, as killing her still puts her in the lifestream. Wouldn't be more optimal for him to go after Tifa to ensure she doesn't fix Cloud's mind later on?

Man, what an emotional roller coaster. You've got the billion time ghosts swarming around Aerith, her not dying but then also actually dying somehow, fighting interdimensional super Sephiroth in space with alternate universe Zack, it's all such a masterpiece. The developers were geniuses to add time ghosts and multiverses to this iconic scene, it improves it so much! I hope in part 3 we finally get to pilot a Cloud shaped Gundam and throw Sephiroth into the Sun, and hear Cloud scream "How's that for a Supernova?!"

I think the fact cloud overcomes fate by saving her, so sephiroth then having to cheat the timeline to kill her will be his ultimate undoing - sephiroth is surprised to see Aerith as n the final battle and there’s a flicker of vulnerability before he escapes, it’s the first time we see him out of control just for a brief moment

Remember... this song may lead into Jenova, but it also returns to Aerith.

I cried while trying to fight jenova and fighting back the tears

While playing this I didn’t feel much because it’s gamer time but listening to it by itself I find myself crying like Cloud did in that scene. I don’t love Aerith that much but man this hits.😢

This game is hell of a lot different between veterans from the original and new players

"After all, you are just a puppet".

Been looking forever for this theme

I cryed like a baby in start of Jenova fight :( Aerith

Aerith’s fate, seems like a double edged sword, for the new fan who has no idea what’s coming it may sound like Aerith is about to do something godly, the way the choir slowly sings her theme, but to long time fans it’s haunting! It’s perfectly emotional

The strings on 6:35 made me start crying

that part starting at 7:20 ...my heart!

6:35 te toca el alma

2:10 this fcking part...ABSOLUTE MADNESS!!!!

Don't worry peeps--Aerith's alive, and no, not an alternate reality version either. There's no way they went through the trouble of animating that beautiful sequence of Cloud swinging the sword and deadlocking Sephiroth's stab for 7 seconds, finally fending it off... only for it to all be moot. Cloud DID save Aerith... BUT the Whispers intervened, copy pasting over reality--because Aerith's death is such a necessary plot point in the OG. If she never dies, she wouldn't be able to enter the Lifestream, and rally it to provide Holy with the support it needs to fend off Meteor at the end. All that goes to say--the Whispers copied her OG death, and pasted over reality. The only way to save Aerith was to do the impossible... and now, the impossible has happened. She's alive, but also not alive... She's Schroedinger's cat.

9:25 the piano in the background here is just… 😢❤

Call me clairvoyant but way before Rebirth after I finished Remake I said how emotional would it be if Aerith’s theme had a light choir backing cuz it would be so magical. You had no idea how broken I felt fighting Jenova Life hearing this here