Final Fantasy X - Otherworld | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

Imagine being a 10 year old, and this is your first Final Fantasy game. You turn it on and the game opens with this song and those graphics. So good!

dude, this is how the game fucking opens. It was instant hype at level red.

The hype of this song in the very beginning of FFX is legendary. Best intro for a FF game ever.

Uematsu loves metal and after this was such a popular song, he founded The Black Mages, a final fantasy metal band.

We called it ......Sin

Don't let the lack of FFX song requests fool you, the entire soundtrack is phenomenal and the main theme is probably the most iconic of the entire series.

FFX has a unique feel because it was developed in tandem with FFIX and FFXI, so the composers were split a bit. Uematsu contributed to this, and the rest of the soundtrack was composed by Junya Nakano and Masashi Hamauzu.

I love so much how the lyrics connect to the story. You hear the song at the beginning of the game, and hear it a second time at the very end. It was great realizing how much this song was a preamble for the main story beat throughout the game.

What's funny is that this song actually fits... Perfectly lmao. A huge WTF when you first hear it though.

here is anyone want it... Go now, if you want it An otherworld awaits you Don't you give up on it You bite the hand that feeds you All alone, cold fields you wander Memories of it, cloud your sight Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber Lost your way, a fallen knight Hold now, aim is steady An otherworld awaits you One thousand years, you ready? The otherworld, it takes you Go into the sand, and the dust, and the sky Go now, there's no better plan than to do or to die Free me, pray to the faith, in the face of the light Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight You know you will, you know you will You know, you know, you know You know that you will You know, you know, you know You know that you will You know you will Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight Hope dies and you wander The otherworld, it makes you Dreams, they rip asunder The otherworld, it hates you Free now, ride up on it Up to the heights, it takes you Go now, if you want it An otherworld awaits you

His face as the song starts is priceless. The lyrics to the song actually reference parts of the games story and foreshadows things.

This was the first mainline game with multiple composers. Noubu was still the main composer but had assistance with Masashi Hamauzu (the heavy piano influece that wrote the songs for FF13) and Juyna Nakano. FFX has a great soundtrack, known (in my head atleast) for its softer songs. That's probably why it doesn't get requested as much, despite it being so good.

Composer for this is good ol' Uematsu. :D Vocalist is Bill Muir from a band called xtilidiex There is also a persistent myth that this was played by Rammstein, likely a holdover from the days where people would download mp3s from kazaa, eMule, limewire etc where everything was mislabeled but everyone would just believe it, lol (idgi, this doesn't sound anything like Rammstein to me :'D )

“I thought it was gonna be a piano ballad” Not a bad assessment though, there are great piano ballads in FFX haha.

FFX has some great music. X was the 7 of its era and many growing up at that time hold it as their favorite.

FF music: "Reality can be whatever I want"

Fighting Braska's Final Aeon in the belly of SIn as this song played was a staple of my childhood, this song from the intro cinematic where it first played to the final moments of the game will forever be etched into my mind.

This song always specifically stood out to be simply because how insanely different it is than the rest of the games OST. It made it all the more badass.

Uematsu is a genius. After 9 games of creating some of the most memorable pieces of music. Just when you think he’s done it all this guy pulls out “Otherworld” proves that he isn’t to be strictly defined with any kind of music. That he is bigger than the sum of his parts. A total stunner this track is.

I love that Final Fantasy is so diverse and out of context, confusing. But, when you play the games it all just fits. I never felt this song was out of place in FFX.

The X is for X-TREEEEM! Or uh, ten. But yeah, none of us saw this coming at all.

I think I can safely say that FF fans were ALSO not expecting this! You hear it very very early game at first, but not the entire track. It's actually played again later as the "final boss" theme. I put quotations around that because the true final boss, as cool as it is, and as amazing as it's vgm is, it's basically just a playable cutscene you can't lose. I love this theme, and one of my friends also adores this theme and who it's associated with! Super glad somebody recommended this and I'm glad to see you enjoyed it while listening haha

It makes sense if you play the game and the lyrics ALIGN exactly with the games story. I wished SquareEnix made more heavy metal tracks like this for Final Fantasy, This song was PEAK (At least to me) and it's one of the heaviest tracks to ever grace a Final Fantasy game.

This is how the game opens.. kinda And also the "final boss" of this game... this is the music you fight to

The best part is that this song comes completely out of the left field in the game, too. The intro starts with a somber, slow piano piece, like you said you were expecting. Then you get something more modern, but still mild and calm, then you get another slow, calm theme, then about a minute with no BGM at all, and then the game hits you with this. And it is GLORIOUS. I normally don't listen to music of this kind, but this one is just special.

I hope you'll react to Seymour Battle theme from FFX. It's crazy !

The perfect song for Jecht in his Aeon form!❤❤❤❤

Looking at the cover art for the OST and then hearing this would probably confuse the hell out of the average person

This song is so special for a reason. Its not only different, but fits that moment in the game so well. Father and sons long awaited and final reunion. Love buried under a giant pile of hate for eachother.

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My favorite from X soundtrack is probably Auron’s theme but this kicks a lot of butt. Nobody expected that, which is funny cause this song is at the very beginning of the game xD Pretty sure this alienated a lot of fans back in the day. At first I wasn’t into it but multiple re-earring later it grew on me very fast.

Otherworld is sort of the OG Final Fantasy track that kicked off the series getting absolutely nutty with trying other musical genre's and styles. Every other track on the OST tries to have some degree of cohesive style or compliment each-other, but this track is truly alien amongst the rest of score. This track actually pretty much bookends the game, first playing when Tidus's life is suddenly turned upside-down, and later as the battle theme for boss rush at the end of the game.

This is another one of those songs where the visuals of the game playing along side the track, fulfills the impact. This is quite an easy scene to find, it's simply the opening scene of the game.

To be fair, the song fits the FMV that it goes with very well.

Well this was a long time coming. EDIT; The first time I heard this song, I was playing a demo for a game in a series I'd heard of, but knew absolutely nothing about, in a genre of games I'd never even heard of. My literal first introduction to anything rpg or Final Fantasy related was *that* opening cutscene, which was also the most amazing cinematic I'd ever seen in a game, accompanied by this song. As someone who also had no interest in music at that time, to say I was blown away by that first introduction is an understatement. After I was finished with the demo, I immediately went back and played it again about 10 times over, then went out and got the full game the moment it released. That opening cutscene and this song, literally got me into rpg's and Final Fantasy, and though it would take a few more years, eventually, metal and rock music too (Otherworld has been a staple of my favorite playlist since the first time I bought an ipod years ago). It helps that FFX is by far, my absolute favorite game ever, and its story is my favorite of ANY media.

Anyone else stand on their head to see the look of absolute horror on Tidus's face when he sees the projectiles coming at the stadium? 😂

I remember the first time I played ff10 and I heard this in the intro cut scene I legit did a double take at the game case to make sure I had the right game, otherworld is so different from what I was use to in a final fantasy game.

Honestly it's a miracle you didn't react to this one sooner. It's right up your alley! I absolutely love Otherworld. Hearing just the first few notes sent me right back into my childhood.

for context this is the theme for the fight against the main character's dad. the theme seems out of place in this OST but it fits the guy perfectly.

I kinda wish they linked you the version with the cinematic but then there is sound effects so I understand why they didn't. The cinematic is wicked cool though!

More importantly than playing in the intro, it plays during the (semi-)final boss - the culmination of Tidus's inner conflict, and conflicted feelings, with his father. So this sounding all rebellious and almost edgy is absolutely no coincidence.

I remember booting this game up as a wee ten year old and listening to the Final Fantasy arpeggio on the menu screen and then hearing this a minute later after starting the game, it was quite the surprise. I initially disliked this, but I had no music taste at ten years old and after years of playing this game while growing up it was sort of a gateway to metal music for me. This game and in particular this song will always hold a special place in my heart. Great reaction!

I'm sure when you saw the cover art, this was exactly the kind of song you expected to hear😅

I just said the other day "We need to have Jesse Listen to Otherworld" on another video. I don't have a ton of good suggestions other than the final battle with Seymour, which is called "Fight with Seymour." Also I would strongly recommend "To Zanarkand." The Juxtaposition between this and to Zanarkand will blow you away as "To Zanarkand" is a beautiful piece on the Piano. I'll save further commentary for when you listen to "To Zanarkand." I will say... It might have helped Jesse if you watched one of the 2 instances this plays XD The opening Blitzball Cutscene OR the battle with Braska's Final Aeon. This song has a lot more emotion to it that you might first think as it's associated with the end of a world and a father's conflicted efforts to make his son a better man than he. Just to let you know too, in a friendly way, X is Ten. And this game came out in about... 2001. So your guess on the music era is spot on.

FFX was my childhood. I remember when I was in high school playing this song for my metalhead friend at the time and he was rocking out and when I told him he was like "This song is from a video game?".

First heard played this game and heard this track when I was like 12. I'm 32 now and it's still on my playlist.

Trust me, watching the initial cinematic this first plays to, PLUS eventually getting to what I consider to be the TRUE Final Boss battle of FFX...this song didn't just slap different, back then, but outright got me bloody AMPED!

FFX was my first FF game and Otherworld was wonderfully jarring the first time around. 13 year old me thought it was going to be sort-of woven throughout the game (like for major bosses) but no! You hear part of it at the start of the game and then it completely disappears until the end. I'm actually doing a new playthrough of this game (don't ask how many times I've played through this game, because I've lost count) and even though I know what's coming, I always cry at the end. So now I'm very tempted to request one of my favorite pieces for my March request.

This game when launched, on PS2, with insane graphics and this song for the intro, blown away

My dad played the end of this one or two days ago and I had the same reaction he did when it first started. I’m a metal head I didn’t expect that out of that final boss.

this damn song got me into metal as a whole. i had dissidia on psp and when this came on i replayed the shit out of the mission for days

you HAVE to see the scene this song plays!!

This song was such a crazy start to the game as it's so radically different to both of the prior Final Fantasy games that I played previously (Final Fantasy VII and VIII) and as a young man starting to get into Metal, this was an absolute shock and amazement at the quality of the banger early song. Unfortunately, until later games they didn't have anything that heavy in the game again :( I still love that song.

Yeah, this is still an Uematsu composition, as is the majority of the game's soundtrack, although it is the first Final Fantasy title where he wasn't the sole composer. He wrote about 60-70% of the music for FFX. It's after X that he took time off Final Fantasy. This particular song has a very specific place in the game and it's only played twice throughout, the rest of the soundtrack is quite unlike this and more in line with the other FF games as far as the music goes.

I got it back then for my PS2 and the game started with this song and the amazing Opening Cinematic to it. It was amazing ^^

this game opens with the apocalypse happening at a sports game with this song playing, can't get better than that !

Since this was requested somewhat very often, I was intrigued on what this would be and ... absolutely not what I expected :D Especially not since I know a few other tracks from this particular FF xD Your "calm down" towards the end of the track was really good xD

The second time you hear this theme, it's all over for you, nothing else can compare to a moment like that in gaming anymore.

I absolutely adore this song. It's so goofy and over the top, but it works so well thematically. You first here it as this fantasy sports player, getting ready for their next match against a rival team. The whole scene is there to be like the character getting pumped up, listening to this dumbass rock, thinking back on what brought them there. Specifically, they think about how their father was also a major "blitzball" star, and then just up and disappeared out of their life one day. Once the match actually starts, a massive disaster occurs, this giant monster tearing through the city and destroying everything in its path. You barely survive, being sucked up into the creature and transported to another world. After dozens upon dozens of hours venturing through this world, you find out your father also disappeared in a similar way, following the same path you followed in an attempt to destroy the monster. You find out he prevented the monster from returning, but only temporarily, by becoming its avatar. So in your final attempt to destroy the monster for good and stop the cycle, you fight your father, now twisted and malformed. And this track plays again for the boss fight. It's such a cheesy song, but the way it comes full circle after dozens of hours of beautiful orchestral tracks is such an amazing moment. It's like the character is throwing everything to the side, remembering where he came from, remembering how he's grown, and finally putting the past to rest. All with a dumbass buttrock track blaring in the background.

It makes more sense during the scene its playing with. Opening with Blitzball which is a hype scene and why so many ppl loved Blitzball in the first game then seeing Auron not knowing who he is and the transition to a new world.

Yo, just stumbled across your channel for the first time. Just wanted to say that this song is deffs a massive contrast to the rest of the OST. Really threw me off when I first heard it, but I still loved it all the same. Great videos mate, keep it up.

i love how you have tekken 5 song music in the in the background, your the man , man

FFX has incredible music.

i have NEVER heard this in its entirety, only what plays to the intro hour of the game

Back in the old days on file sharing sites people would always list this as by Rammstein due to the vocals 😂

Oh I have been WAITING for this

Thanks for this, FFX is my favorite game of all time and hearing this always brings back those memories. Tidus theme and zanarkand are two good ones aswell.

When you see the blitzball tournament intro with Sin appearing the music make sense!

One of the things you have to keep in mind when listening to final fantasy music as a Abbott player of final fantasy for 20+ years now my self. Is that the music is always composed around an event within the game or the story. If you watch the actual clip from final fantasy 10 that has this music playing it makes way more sense. Even more so if you understand the events that are occurring then the lyrics make sense, In a nutshell understanding the lore of what's happening.

I had just started really getting into metal when FFX came out so this being the opening song for it was rad as hell for me. VERY unexpected though yes. It's kind of amazing that nothing else in the entire soundtrack sounds anything like this, and yet the song does not feel out of place at all when it does get used.

I remember thinking how cool this song was when I was like 7 seeing my older siblings play this game. Probably what got me into these games

9 was the last contractual game Nobuo did with SQEX actually. He's done work on the series after that obviously, but no longer as a direct employee , he went freelance has remained since. He's still up there as one of the best, but I would contend that Mizuta and Soken rival him now for their works on 11 and 14 respectively EDIT: The lyrics actually do make perfect sense, both within the opening FMV and the greater context of the plot. IIRC, Nobuo at the time was inspired by Limp Bizkit and wanted to try something similar for X's main theme , and so we got Otherworld.

I only found your channel a week ago and hoped that you would react to this considering the other FF videos. Thanks for making it come true. 😂😂

You absolutely have to experience this song in game. That opening scene and the boss where this plays. The music increases the hype 1000 fold.

I was in a Singapore airport. We had a layover and i found some PS2 set-ups. It had been a while since I'd played a FF game as 8 and 9 hadn't really clicked with me (though i enjoyed 9 more). Fired it up and was greeted with Otherworld. I was once again hooked on Final Fantasy.

This song actually does make sense in the context of the story and the character it represents.

It kind of is boss music. The first time you hear it in-game is right at the beginning when Sin (main antagonist) destroys a massive city and sends you to... another world. I highly recommend looking up "Sin attacks Zanarkand" and watching the cutscene.

EDIT: I just finished watching the video and now I have CFH & Walk queued up in my Spotify

A thing that i really love about this song it's that it was one of the first songs in the game and, at the same time, the song of one of the final battles. So, after having played a whole game with a totally different feel, almost out of the blue, you hear *this* during the boss battle, instead of the expected opera

Ah yes, the theme of underwater soccer

Never played a mainline FF game, but I played the crap out of Dissidia on the PSP, and I found I loved this track from it being Jecht's battle theme when you fight him in the story. Had about the same reaction you did when it started playing.

Great vid, watch this song over the intro cutscene. I did when I was 10 and it has burned into memory. Also it blends so perfectly with the game & story

While it was played in the intro of the game, it is also the end game boss fight music. It was basically the first real metal/thrash track in a Final Fantasy title at the time. I used to love replaying the end boss over and over just to hear the track.

This song awakened me to rock and metal

The most hype opening for any game!!

FFX is my favorite Final Fantasy game, and my favorite piece of music from it, is the one called "To Zanarkand", but i honestly love all the music.

ooo tekken 5 moonlit wilderness... i love that song

It's funny, I remember haaaating this song back when I was 10 and playing this for the first time. Really dig it now as my tastes have changed.

This is qui vivra vera! I hope you have a chance to play the game or at least watch the opening FMV. It really makes more sense when you can see the actual song and what's happening in it. The song does fit the "world" it's played in. And it's an amazing cs for what was 2000 on a ps2!

Back in the early days of google, I tried to look information on this song and band, and the information I found was that when the song hit big after release, the band that played it was nowhere to be found, nor ever found again. You never know if it's true, but I always though it was an awesome legend that this band does such a unique FF tune, then disappears forever.

I didn't know you did twitch. I would love to see a link from now on in your description to definitely make it easier for others to follow you! :) Edit: I see your linktr links to everything! My bad :)

To explain the song would take a while. I'll try to sum it up. There was an ancient empire 1,000 years ago called Zanarkand that went to war and eventually lost against the Al Bhed. That's why it says "one thousand years you ready?" Before Zanarkand was destroyed in the war, it's leader Yu Yevon took all the inhabitants and put them all into a dream state, meanwhile Yu Yevon became a monster parasite that infects people and becomes a monster called Sin. The main character in FFX is Tidus and he's an imaginary person from the dream world (he doesn't actually exist.) His dad (Jecht) is also imaginary and escapes the dream world to hunt and kill Sin. Well a lot happens and Yu Yevon infects Jecht meaning Jecht becomes the monster called Sin. Sin (Jecht) comes to the dream world and somehow takes Tidus into the real world. Tidus and friends break the cycle by killing Yu Yevon and Sin, ending the dream and waking everyone up. Tidus and his dad Jecht meet each other in a blank white void and they live together forever as imaginary people in the void. If you listen to the lyrics of the song, it explains the whole story, such as the part that says "fill me with sin" meaning the parasite Yu Yevon possessing someone to become the next Sin. That's why it's called Otherworld. It's all about ending the dream, the "Otherworld."

I think the universal constant with Square Enix games that is even if the game isn't the greatest, the fucking soundtrack is gonna clap.

Oh and "A Thousand Words" from Final Fantasy X-2" but an understanding the story of the sequel is almost essential to understand why the song hits so hard :)

No one expects this level of metal in their Final Fantasy, but they'll get it anyway!

Ohh finally you took time to hear this masterpiece!

One of the most intersting themes from this games is the Seymour- final boss battle theme (aka Omnis Boss theme I think). It is so crazy.. I still love it ..over 20 years after the game came out .. Edit: nvm, I just noticed that you checked it out already. Good man :)

I keep hoping Soken will do a version of this for FFXIV.

Jecht's Theme is eternally 'Wth is happening?' and 'Plz, sir, give me some moar!'

This was the first Final Fantasy of the PS2, where they finally fully moved to audio recordings lol. Moving from 9 to 10 was kinda crazy in a few ways… There was voice acting, detailed facial animations outside of the completely CG cutscenes… First one with fully 3D environments too… At least in the mainline games… I forget when Crystal Chronicles came out and how many of those features it had… I need to try that game again… I’m not sure this is totally outside of the norm for Final Fantasy… While there wasn’t anything specifically along these lines, there were the odd similar tracks that got kinda heavy or had similar melodic themes or whatever… I’m not too surprised that it’s the same composer, even if it’s a bit of a surprise… But yeah, there is a fair amount of variety in Final Fantasy soundtracks anyway… As some have already said, this song kicks the game off in the futuristic city of Zanarkand, where the hero is getting ready to start a game of a crazy sport that’s kinda like handball, but inside a giant floating ball of water… Then a giant monster called Sin appears… Soon he’s transported to a new world… Or is it a new world? Could it be the past? The future? A parallel dimension? Or maybe it’s all a dream? Either way, the song comes back at the tail end of the game, as a boss theme… So good >_