Final Fantasy VIII - Balamb Garden (Harp Solo)

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I have many fond memories of my first playthrough of Final Fantasy 8. 'Twas a lovely spring season in 2002, when I was but a middle school girl. I'd sit in my basement eating vanilla sandwich creme cookies, running around in circles in Balamb Garden with absolute zero sense of purpose or direction. I didn't understand junctioning, but the music was so calming. And then I was eaten by a T-Rexaur.
Composed by: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged and performed by: Harpsibored
Hope you enjoy this performance! I kept the arrangement pretty minimal, mostly for the health of my wrist, but also because I felt like it allowed the soothing essence of the song to shrine through. Man, do I sound pretentious when I talk about harp arrangements. You'd think I was lounging in NORG's basement lair drinking port wine and moping about how sad it is that I had to sell my second vacation home in Winhill. Galbadia has RUINED this economy, I tell you. I think it's time for me to relocate to Esthar. A Dr. Odine-esque Elizabethan collar would do WONDERS for my bone structure, darling.
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@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Hello! If you're new here, welcome to my channel, where I am clearly the best looking guy here. Here are some other FFVIII tracks I've done you may enjoy: 🎣 Fisherman's Horizon: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FTSqtFBi2gs.html 🌊 Breezy: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1NfieKoWR24.html 🌹 Roses and Wine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4W4-LWrayAY.html ⏳ Compression of Time: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F8cRIaUCSJs.html 🎣 Fisherman's Horizon (extended): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5P6ke7zrBGg.html 🌊 Breezy (extended): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eikXCuni7z8.html ⏳ Compression of Time (extended): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B_AqHpk7RJg.html 📚 Balamb Garden (extended): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xSmDySbf5U.html 🦁 Playlist of FF8 Harp Songs: ru-vid.com/group/PL0mac6CZyN_uYQAvBYkCZh_M6oQIF_-Dk

@ThomasMHead 4 месяца назад

Ah, yes: the Draw Point listings for The Harp Closest to Hell. Very handy.

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

@@ThomasMHead Whatever.

@Brutusque 4 месяца назад

Reminded me of this meme I'm sure you've seen before 🤣 i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/825/bestlookingguyhere.jpg

@Frejborg 4 месяца назад

Guy? Nice track. :)

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Yes that's what I look like. My hair is much more pixelated up close

@DustyTurquoise Месяц назад

Blows my mind that Nobuo Uematsu was able to churn out new tunes for Square YEAR after YEAR nearly two decades!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Bro didn't get any help from other composers until FF10. CRAZY

@lloydnorval1989 Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored I wish he was involved with FFX-2 :( would've been somewhat amazing

@CoryJensen-ln2uz Месяц назад

He also was limited to composing on the chips of the respective consoles on top of it. I'm not complaining the original scores are phenomenal.

@birchthebirch4593 Месяц назад

That's what composers do

@EkimBlue-nt4pk Месяц назад

Then during the Wii era was like - let me flex a bit - Drops "Finial Destination" for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. 🤯

@Omegaroth666 3 месяца назад

This song is way more nostalgic than I thought it would be.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Well Balamb Garden is THE place you start off with in FF8, hehe 💖

@Ry91415 Месяц назад

This made me feel more nostalgic than the game ost itself

@adityawicaksono875 Месяц назад

Damn, didn't know I could feel this nostalgic. Running around in the garden chasing card player, Going up in the elevator. How time flies

@jamietaylor4023 Месяц назад

Fr , ah takes me back....still is my favourite ff game

@carloruisi3407 Месяц назад

Veramente, mi sembra sia passata un era geologica da quando mi immedesimavo in Squall nel Garden di Balamb.

@FreyVanir Месяц назад

I've no idea how the algorithm decided to throw this at my feed, but I'm glad it did.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

The algorithm gods have blessed us, as the hot dog gods have blessed Balamb Garden 🌭🌭🌭

@krikri3387 Месяц назад

Same here

@Zeul28 4 месяца назад

That's beautiful. 💙 I can hear Squall's footsteps

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Thank you ❤️ I know, it takes FOREVER to move around the garden hahahaha. Ngl I love the speed up mode in the rereleases..

@Zeul28 4 месяца назад

Haha yeah. Thats so useful when stocking up and drawing magics. I hope you do Ami someday. My fav piece of music for 8. *SeeD Salutes* 💙

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Someday I hope!! I love that song 💖

@philipp5756 Месяц назад

hey, wanna play cards?

@koleschlaw 6 дней назад

Yes, absolutely. very well played.

@indianajons5847 Месяц назад

We have to admit that FF games have amazingly amazing soundtracks... This songs take me back to my childhood...

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening ❤️🌭🎵

@shazbros Месяц назад

The nostalgia is beautiful it's hurt. Makes me want to back to time when things were easier.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖🌭

@troygess Месяц назад

Yeah, like in disc 1 when it all made sense

@nicholasjackson8709 Месяц назад

Squall: "Whatever"

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Go talk to a wall

@SuperMmmdelicious Месяц назад

Beginning of game.. End of game: (Silently smiles)

@SentientSandwich 23 дня назад

Wanna play cards?

@SuperMmmdelicious 22 дня назад

@@SentientSandwich depends on the rules.

@Phoenix1664 13 дней назад

@@HarpsiboredAre you finished?

@agelesskarate Месяц назад

We forget how much work was put into video games until I got older. Many games in the 90s were seriously musical masterpieces.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

I never forgot but then again a chunk of my frontal lobe has been replaced with the contents of FF Wiki

@agelesskarate Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored I’m a bit older. But i remember how amazing playing those games were. lol

@chidorisnake22 4 месяца назад

Ah, I love seeing my favorite FF get more love. This is such a heavenly cover as usual. Thank you! Er, I mean... "......whatever."

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! I loooooove FF8 too. It's not my #1 (I think everyone knows it's 9, hah) but it's in my top 3. I really love it. I guess. Whatever.

@blackwaltz3135 Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored FF8 was the first FF game i played in the series, absolutely loved it, then i went to FF7 what an introduction lol

@perezaraujo2890 Месяц назад

I personally believe that FF8 was the most fun of all that I played. I think 5 and 2 are the only ones I haven't played from the classics.

@chidorisnake22 Месяц назад

@@perezaraujo2890 How does it feel to be right?

@perezaraujo2890 Месяц назад

@chidorisnake22 weird. I can't forget the guy who borrowed it to me. He had finished the game without understanding junction, apparently. And he told me to rely on summons cause the chars didn't do damage.

@MrVariant 4 месяца назад

I see someone summoned siren to the garden 😊 that was crazy having to draw her out of an enemy.

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Biggs and Wedge were not expecting me

@idontwannatypeaname 4 месяца назад

silenced the enemies so they can listen to this masterpiece

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

And then found hidden Ultima draw points And then waited about five trillion years for them to refill

@MrVariant 3 месяца назад

@Harpsibored nice lol thanks for the role play 😇

@colpugno7 3 месяца назад

Your performance silenced me in awe 😳

@Cobretti1991 Месяц назад

Takes me right back to the year 2000. I was 9 years old and playing FFVIII for the first time and it became one of my fav games of all time. The soundtrack is amazing

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖 if you understood the junction system at 9 that's pretty impressive! I had issues at 12 hahahahaha

@Cobretti1991 Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored I actually didnt finish the game when I was 9. I made it all the way to the Edea battle at Garden but couldn't beat her, even after trying like 1000 times. I really had no clue how the junction worked and i'm actually surprised I somehow made it that far lol. I still loved the game though but I stopped playing it and then revisited it like 4 years later and finished it. Thats when I finally learned the junction system

@RebeccaETripp 4 месяца назад

I feel like it's melting all my stress away.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Glad to hear that 💖🎵

@TheRetroBassist Месяц назад

I'm literally in tears right now. Final Fantasy VIII is my all-time favorite video game and has been so since its release in 1999, I can't possibly express here how much this game means to me. IMO the Balamb Garden theme is the best song in the game aside from the two with vocals (namely Liberi Fatali and Eyes on Me) and your rendition was beyond beautiful. Thank you so much for this ❤

@amateurhuman2488 Месяц назад

Yooooo, no lie, I also started streaming tears while listening to this. Immediately transported me back to a different time. Much appreciation for the apparently shared experience.

@TheRetroBassist Месяц назад

@@amateurhuman2488 It never ceases to amaze me the power Art has to connect people and their experiences, it's crazy. Thank you for sharing this and for the sub, I really appreciate it!

@Kyatkin92 Месяц назад

I purchased the original psone and ffVII for the nostalgia makes me feel at peace it’s my little time travel machine ❤️☺️

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much for sharing 💖 This game holds a special place in my heart too. I thought I was super hot shit as a kid because I had the FF8 OST CDs. I'd just be chillin on the school bus with my discman playing Roses and Wine on repeat, being transported back to outer space.

@amateurhuman2488 Месяц назад

@Harpsibored I literally started a new playthrough because of listening to you play the Balamb theme, thank you, I forgot how much this game meant to me. Definitely gained a new subscriber, and notifications are turned on lol

@Weirdman3214 4 месяца назад

I am a simple creature. I hear a Balamb Garden cover, I give it engagement. Fabulous work as always! Make sure you get to the cafeteria before all the hot dogs are gone!

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! 💖 oh no, I was playing cards with Trepie nutsos and missed out 😢

@ABendzify 4 месяца назад

Another beautiful take on, to me, a timeless classic. I also got eaten by a t-rex not knowing how to junction.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much 💖🦖💀

@nerdgasmicreview9598 3 месяца назад

I got goosebumps. It's so beautiful. Took me back to my 16 year old self. Oh the time was so good back then. Life was so simple.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much 💖

@SsnakeBite 3 месяца назад

Just when I thought this theme couldn't get any more relaxing. it's interesting how, with how many hang-ups our hero has, the soundtrack to this game often feels so homely and calming.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much 💖 hah Squall has major anxiety, so he needs it!

@DefenderX 3 месяца назад

The silence in between in this song is sublime 👌

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! Yeah I tried playing it at a slower tempo to let the harp resonate more between notes, hehe 💖

@Steak-Knife 2 месяца назад

Yooooo, that’s what I was saying!!

@otavianiluciano7397 4 месяца назад

The best memories of my childhood always come with a beautiful music like this one... Thanks for posting!

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you for listening 💖

@Golem29 Месяц назад

I havent heard this song in probably over twenty years and the nostalgia has come flooding back. Stunningly beautiful work

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much for listening ❤️🌭

@Futune_ 4 месяца назад

One of my favorite songs from FF8, I could let this song sit in the background of whatever I'm doing and just have good vibes all day long. You make this song sound like it was made for harp and I thank you for doing this. Absolutely beautiful.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Ah I'm glad to hear I played a favorite! 💖 Thank you so much!!!!

@wej0w Месяц назад

Having grown up with ff8 and it being one of my favorite childhood games and fav game in general. I have played the game so much as a kid, listening to the soundtrack functions almost like a lullaby, its just so relaxing and for some reason it is ingrained in my being as being relaxed while playing the game. Hearing/seeing people cover these and put their soul into it is just so soothing.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much for listening 💖 FF8 music is just so damn comforting to me I have to play it on the harp

@Kyuntanii 4 месяца назад

The Balamb Garden theme always reminds me of the good old days, when I played FF8 with my sister, and we had so much fun. Thank you for the beautiful memories, that was wonderful

@dagga19k 4 месяца назад

My thoughts exactly ! I could write eaxctly the same comment !

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! That sounds wonderful!!! 💖 ..........but don't tell me you both played it as a 2-player game, like in Charlie's Angels? 🤣 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EN0JaJN_fwU.html

@Kyuntanii 3 месяца назад

@@Harpsibored 😂

@johnfenske7764 4 месяца назад

viii really does have a lot of songs that I think lend themselves to harp really well. loved that super high twinkle at the end! icing on an already exquisite cake

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! 💖 that's a perfect way to describe those high plucky notes hehe. They're very sweet. And yes I loooooooooove FF8 songs on the harp. So many more on my to-do list (Find Your Way, Salt Flats, Blue Fields, etc........)

@johnfenske7764 3 месяца назад

@@Harpsibored that's so exciting! can't wait to see what you come up with. I think Blue Fields would be so freaking fantastic on harp!

@TaowerG 4 месяца назад

We're getting lost in the garden again to this banger!

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Yay! Just save before you go into the Training Center.........

@seansantos2738 День назад

Thank you for bringing us back to when we first picked Shiva and Quezacotl, and the Junction Tutorial.

@Harpsibored День назад

I love how people gave Shiva weird names just for the Ifrit Fire Cavern moment. My personal favorite is "BACON." Ifrit: "They have BACON?!" Ifrit: "...........Very well. I will join you."

@healthguy79 Месяц назад

15 years later this game still holds a special place in my heart

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Same. My introverted little heart really empathizes with Squall. Thank you for listening ❤️

@ThomasMHead 4 месяца назад

So pretty, gentle, and comforting. Your minimalist arrangement suits this piece quite well. Makes you forget all about the life-or-death training and tests.

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much, glad to hear you appreciate the simplicity. Your kind review has resulted in my SeeD ranking going up. ❤️

@ThomasMHead 4 месяца назад

@@Harpsiboredmore pay and hot dog rations. 👍

@lierx.agerate8230 4 месяца назад

I remember being a kid when this game came out and this song was the reason i started piano lessons. Of all the many many versions of this song this is my favorite by far

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Hell yeah! Roses of May is what inspired me to get into piano! 💖 Thank you so much!

@matthewdrake1311 23 дня назад

Brings me back to childhood. Playing Final Fantasy 8 with my brother. 😊 thank you.

@marcelocasaispiano 3 месяца назад

Sounds absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing this fantastic performance and your marvelous talent. I love it. It was a wonderful musical experience to visit your channel. Great job. Greetings from Argentina 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@ChronoMune Месяц назад

Literally liked it 15 seconds in, knew it was gonna be something special. Beautiful playing!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much 💖

@rashad5010 Месяц назад

This is the single most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Thank you for doing this. This is soothing and peace-inducing, this is truly amazing!!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!! 😭

@XxDevilXNeverXCryxX Месяц назад

It was September 10th and I’m watching my Uncle play this game for the first time and at that moment, I fell in love with that song. What a beautiful peace to play on Harp.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖 What a lovely memory! Hope he taught you Triple Triad well.

@XxDevilXNeverXCryxX Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored I still play it til this day thanks to the game being available everywhere now 😁

@WandererNamedGuy Месяц назад

Even though IX is my favorite spent enough time I guess with VIII to get a Surge of nostalgia I didn’t know I was going to get. First the goosebumps, and then the tears weld up. Thank you for unlocking that piece of my childhood.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖 Saaame, IX is my favorite but I have a soft spot for VIII as well. Maybe I'm a lion.

@kev1734 Месяц назад

Harps are magical. So glad this randomly popped up in my feed. Brought back memories of when I first got this game as a kid.

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

I agree, I feel like Uematsu used harps a lot to convey both calm and magic and mystery. Thank you so much for listening 💖

@user-gm3vm8xt3m Месяц назад

Balamb Garden theme is one of the most memorable thing on FFVIII. The relaxing ambience really shape my imagination of what a Balamb Garden truly were, a place where you can call home. 😊

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖 Agreed, the song is so magical. Makes you forget that it's actually a school for mercenaries lmao

@AA-st2bc 11 дней назад

Ha sido escuchar tu maravillosa interpretación y transportarme automáticamente a mi primera partida al Final Fantasy VIII. Muchísimas gracias!

@Emilio1985 4 месяца назад

I've been watching a lot of FF8 speedrunning lately, so I've been hearing this song a lot lately. And yet, this gave me goosebumps. Absolutely beautiful.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

It NEVER gets old 💖

@joshuamorris8994 23 дня назад

Awesome! Final Fantasy Vlll was such a staple of my teenage years. Thanks for taking me back there. 👍🏾

@TheSamuraiLex 4 месяца назад

The amount of times I fell asleep to this song... glorious rendition, as always!

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

I can't tell you how many anxious nights of mine have been remedied by just leaving Squall standing there in Balamb Garden for an indeterminate period of time, hahahah. Thank you!

@Morbutt 3 месяца назад

Nah that was Ellone. She was trying to get you to learn about her past or something

@sumdawgtwigg Месяц назад

Sounds very similar to my experience with it. It was spring 02 when I first played it. This song will forever take me back to that time.

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Wow, we played it at the exact same time!!! ❤️🎶

@dagga19k 4 месяца назад

I was right, you did put SEEDs in your Garden. 😁 Did flowers bloom in it? Ahem. Whatever. Jokes aside, this is a gorgeous cover! ❤ You know how much I love FF8, and especially Squall !

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! 💖 Squall deserves more love! And card games at inappropriate moments!

@Betulaphobe 4 месяца назад

Great arrangement! Opening with that descending melodic line in the upper octave made me reflect on the delicate nature of life in Balamb Garden... it might be an idyllic boarding school where you enjoy hot dogs for lunch, fancy dances, state of the art technology, and more, but it's also a really dangerous place where the students are put in real danger. :P

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! 💖 yeah it's really deceptively peaceful. I like that disc 1 starts off relatively chill and by disc 2 it's complete madness

@GucciJ 3 месяца назад

Searching for another song today and stumbled on your videos. Then lo and behold the video you upload today is the song from my first, and favorite final fantasy. Love your channel and love how you highlight and show love to some lesser highlighted tracks in the series. Keep up the phenomenal pieces and interesting takes!

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much, so glad you made it here!!! 💖 I loooooooooove FF8. It's in my top 3 hehe. Will definitely do what I can to honor more and more FF tracks!!!

@LadyBrightcynder Месяц назад

Oh, right in the nostalgia... this song gives me so much comfort.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Glad to hear that ❤️ 🦖

@SirVyre 4 месяца назад

You know, when my mother was pregnant with me, she said she got the craving to listen to harp music all throughout the pregnancy. This fills me with nostalgia and makes me think of that, in addition to FFVIII, of course.

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Wow, that's really interesting. I've never heard of a pregnancy musical craving! (just food haha) But it makes sense since the harp is so calming to listen to. ❤️

@BruceScottKennedy Месяц назад

I don't know why, but this music every time bring me to my childhood. Awesome!❤

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Understandable. Many of us now first played this game as kids of the 90s/2000s hehe. Thank you 💖

@estefencosta1835 3 месяца назад

Balamb Garden is so peaceful.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Minus the T-Rexaurs and NORG's lair of horrors

@wolkeN1g Месяц назад

I've spend a good chunk of my childhood in Balamb Garden, truly gives me a feeling of 'Home' whenever I listen to the OST.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Perfect description of this track ❤️

@armorvil 4 месяца назад

I tried to remix this one with Reason to upload it on my channel and it didn't sound good lol. It's a difficult tune to recreate and still keep the incredible vibe and you did it incredibly well with just a harp! Amazing !! I love your description too lol. You totally deserve the high likes-to-views ratio (because only a small percentage of people who watch leave likes or dislikes)

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! 💖 wow, I never thought of it that way ratio-wise. That's really nice to know!!! Good luck with your remix. I agree this can be something of a challenging song but it's definitely worth it

@karasushiro2636 4 месяца назад

I love FF8 music already, and your rendition with the harp is even better ! Good work there ! thanks you :)

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Damn, that's high praise, since the OST is already amazing. Thank you so much!!!!

@yurifan2537 Месяц назад

HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL! That was a fantastic performance on a fantastic piece, thank you for playing it for us!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!!! 💖

@msgforlife 26 дней назад

This takes me back all the way to 1999

@mattches6187 Месяц назад

I very rarely leave comments on videos. Final Fantasy VIII has a very special place in my heart. The music lives rent free in my head already. To hear you play it so brilliantly was an absolute delight. I was immediately returned to my childhood, sitting on my bed in front of my tube TV (right before I upgraded to my very first 720p tv), staying up far too late playing this game. Truly had goosebumps the entire time. Thank you for this.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment 💖 Same, FFVIII was my second FF and is very special to me. I mean.........I guess. Whatever.

@mahelious 4 месяца назад

*sigh* Guess I need to go back to the school Testing Center so I can get a raise for my job. If anything FF8 is about why you should never work in academia.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

But being in academia worked out for cool young instructors like Quistis! ...........................wait no

@jumaanecabrera8091 Месяц назад

As a kid, the pay mechanism had me on edge. Like anything I could do might drop my rank and pay 😭

@big-kinoko 28 дней назад

This makes my memories back that run across whole Balamb Garden playing card games with everyone. Nice harp performance.

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Thank you so much ❤️

@RandomClips2485 Месяц назад

It feels like 14 again .

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

I feel like I just wanna respond with "whatever" constantly 😎

@judoka1976 Месяц назад

Simply amazing! This song brings back many good memories from the past when I used to play Final Fantasy. If only I could turn back time...

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much 💖 I mean, you could KOMPRESS time?

@nickfarace9339 4 месяца назад

Gotta be honest, this song definitely highlights how great you are on the harp now. Its so wonderfully clean.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! 💖 that's one of the challenges of keeping an arrangement minimal......it's gotta be CLEAN. I tried!

@nickm2890 2 месяца назад

I was exactly right now years old (having played this game for 20 years) when I fully realized harp is the move for this song. I love it, dude. Amazing, truly amazing playing! That really brought me back.

@Harpsibored 2 месяца назад

Thank you thank you!!! Haha yeah it worked surprisingly well on the harp. I thought it would be more difficult for some reason since I tend to associate Balamb Garden with orchestral/piano stuff but here we are!

@GunbladeRevolver Месяц назад

OMG i swear i could hear this playing throughout a museum as I'm enjoying everything. This is beautiful.

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Thank you so much ❤️ what kind of museum? Perhaps a dinosaur one with T-Rexaur fossils?

@GunbladeRevolver 28 дней назад

@@Harpsibored now that would be a perfect fit for this

@sztrife1 22 дня назад

recentely fell in love with ff8. it was right at the build up towards the clash of the gardens. thats when the love starts emanating and everything starts coming together. it freaking rocks! also cried when i realized what the garden means to everyone involved and what they would do to protect it. it's all about home and finding home in others, thats what squall learns throughout the story and what the game is all about

@jonesy7425 3 месяца назад

You managed to make an extremely relaxing song even more relaxing. I feel like I'm 14 again.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! Glad to hear ☺️

@Renmazuo27 3 месяца назад

The first notes of the main melody gave me goosebumps... thank you!

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you for listening 💖 hehe I loved playing those high notes on the harp

@anubispatron 2 дня назад

Just discovered you today, how do you not have a million + subs!? Epic music, cant wait to explore it all.

@FreddyAMR90 Месяц назад

Oh, for God's sake. You have softened my heart. Thank you so much. Extremely beautiful.

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Thank you for listening ❤️

@Abdullah_A Месяц назад

Such a quiet and great music, I feel old days immediately when hearing it

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much 💖

@frostymourne867 Месяц назад

omg the nostalgia is all coming back to me... thank u

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖

@SummerByStyx 25 дней назад

Achingly beautiful rendition. One of fave tunes from viii Thanks for making

@oneshotonly7653 23 дня назад

My teen years 🥲 thank you for the joy you bring!!!

@thenamesconman Месяц назад

One of my favorite tracks from one of my favorite Final Fantasies and it's performed just marvelously!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much 💖 FF8 is in my top 3!!!

@Slasherx28 Месяц назад

This brings back so much memories of my childhood playing this game. Thanks for sharing this beautiful video and for rekindling some happy memories for me.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!!! ❤️🦖💀

@Slasherx28 Месяц назад

This video made my day :) ❤

@Soundole 2 месяца назад

I'm so glad you could join us for this competition again! This is such a great cover - the arrangement is thoughtful and idiomatic, your performance is accomplished and sensitive, and the production is great too - I love that spacious reverb, and the way that last chord just lingers! Top-notch work as always!

@Harpsibored 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much, I'm glad I could again too!!! ❤️ this arrangement was a bit on the simpler side so it was important for me to let it breathe. I'm glad you like it ❤️

@smashfoley7210 Месяц назад

That was the most beautiful Balamb Garden piece I have ever heard in my entire life I had this video on repeat

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Damn thank you so much!!! 💖 here's a looped version if you wanna hear! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xSmDySbf5U.html

@lorsVII Месяц назад

This gave me goosebumps and brought me back when I was still such a lil bean and experienced ff8 back then on psx.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Saaaaame, good times. Thank you for listening 💖

@Blagon Месяц назад

This is my favorite game of all time and I think this is a wonderful rendition of Balamb Garden. God bless!!!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Looooove FF8 🦁💖 Thank you so much!

@junkietv3381 Месяц назад

Song reminds me of when my grandmother was still alive. Thank you

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much, that sounds like a lovely memory 💖

@Romess1 3 месяца назад

I just can't aptly describe the feeling of nostalgia this induces. God I love this game.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

FF8 has a majorly calming ambiance 💕🎵

@Romess1 3 месяца назад

@@Harpsibored Excluding all sequences that are time-based, agreed! What part of FFVIII's story had the strongest impact on you emotionally?

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

That is a TOUGH question.........I'd say it's a tie between Squall having those flashbacks as a child going "I'm alone..." in the rain, and also Rinoa apparently lost in space forever in that black endless void and Squall jumps out of nowhere and rescues her. Still gets me.

@Romess1 3 месяца назад

@@Harpsibored Those went deep. I think it's easier to sympathize for Squall this way. People are usually just moaning about his personality but it's actually heartbreaking. Perfectly builds up to his growing love for Rinoa which is the ultimate extension of the Laguna/Julia lovestory. As a fellow musician covering game songs I appreciate your work so I thought I'd support it. Do you have a preference for Patreon of RU-vid? Not really familiar with their schemes.

@deskmanatee Месяц назад

I really can't begin to tell you how much I love this, the memories!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 🎵

@Steak-Knife 2 месяца назад

This is perfect. Around 1:10, especially that slliiight pause.... chills

@Harpsibored 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! Hehe that's my favorite part

@nishikazuhiro Месяц назад

Final Fantasy VII and VIII songs have a powerful nostalgic effect over me. I've played both games at their release years when I was about 9 and 10 years old and I was absolutely astounished by the story. FF 7 was my first RPG game and I can surely say that playing both games I've ended up looking up for both Cloud and Squall as role model as what how men should behave. This guided me into being more focused and disciplined at school. Also, brilliant harp cover! I've loved it!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Ahhh I'm so happy to hear that! Also good for you if you beat FF8 at that age, that must've been challenging hahaha. Thank you for listening 💖

@zangy3748 Месяц назад

This piece was always super soothing for me when I played this game as a kid. Thank your for playing it on a Harp. It sounds divine

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖 It's still soothing for me as an adult haha

@chrpan1 Месяц назад

Brings me back a couple years, very beautiful. Thank you :)

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you for listening 💖

@TheLastSOLDIER87 4 месяца назад

@Harpsibored This was ethereal. Your playing of the harp is magical. Thank you for sharing your gift with everyone. My favorite part of this song is at 1:10.

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much 💖 that was my favorite part to play!! I even made a dumbass smile there hahahaha

@Wave_Music_Library 3 месяца назад

I love it. I didn't usually hear harp music, but I love it. The cover song is such a great choice!!😊❤❤❤

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you thank you! I hope you enjoy more harp music to come! 💖

@leandroroth6571 26 дней назад

I simply opened RU-vid and this suddenly appeared. Just to say, to think and wish that remake of the game of my life. Im pretty sure that many here, feels the same I feel ❤

@StreetFighterJ Месяц назад

Man hearing this hit me right in the feels. Sad that video game pieces don't get the recognition they deserve. Orchestral scene busy mastering classics hundreds of years old while sleeping on the absolute genius ensembles made for games today. Thank you for using your talent for these arrangements, very beautiful ☺️

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

The only orchestra tickets I buy are Distant Worlds 😊 Thank you so much!!! 💖

@StreetFighterJ Месяц назад

@@Harpsibored check out Storm Peaks and Eversong Woods. 2 from the Word of Warcraft universe, so calming and serene, simple and beautiful. Have a great day!

@ATG913 Месяц назад

Your music calmed me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your music.

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

I'm so glad to hear that 💖 Thank you for listening!

@lifeisalie8922 21 день назад

This literally gave me chills. Im losing it over here like "WOW WOW". I fckin love the FF franchise. Grew up playing these. This was amazing hats off mate

@Harpsibored 12 дней назад

Thank you so much!!! ❤️🌭⚔️

@Zombies8MDingo Месяц назад

Instantly feeling like I'm back in the game again. ❤

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Yay! ❤️ Wanna play cards?

@erickrobson60 Месяц назад

I don’t know how you got in my RU-vid algorithm but I love it. God bless and can’t wait to hear more !

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Glad you made it here! Thank you for listening and definitely more FF music to come 💖

@tarrantparsons5289 Месяц назад

I absolutely love this song. You played it beautifully. FF8 tiggers the nostalgic feeling like nothing else!

@Harpsibored Месяц назад

Thank you so much 💖 Balamb Garden is a comforting place 🌭🌭🌭

@GrAyMaER 4 дня назад

I saw the title, clicked and never thought it would be this good. subscribed!

@Harpsibored 2 дня назад

Thank you so much!!! ❤️ Expect more FF8 from me! It's my favorite FF OST, hehe.

@Sinflux420 29 дней назад

So wonderfully played, brings me right back to childhood. Thank you for this!

@Harpsibored 28 дней назад

Thank you for listening 💖

@teohontech7141 3 месяца назад

I can totally imagine an NPC playing this song in Balamb Garden. This is so good! Thanks for covering FF8 songs!

@Harpsibored 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much!!! ❤️ Will do!!

@DancingMad8008 4 месяца назад

I'm excited for the hour version when it comes out. This was/is one my favorite laid back and calming pieces from all the FF music library. Thank you!

@Harpsibored 4 месяца назад

Yessssssss I love listening to so many FF8 songs extended to chill out. Will definitely loop this one as well!