How Nobuo Uematsu Composed FF7's "One-Winged Angel" 

How does this comment only have six likes after three years? You are also a legend your animations are halarious and awesome.

Looking forward to seeing his music in your upcoming animation ✌

Yes

The greatest music in gaming history.

LEGEND 🔥

And here I am listening to the song while playing smash. He makes great battle songs

Most Game/Movie composers don't get the recognition they should to be real honest. They make or break the game/movie, Good music can make a shitty actor look epic

Takeharu Ishimoto also did great soundtrack for crisis core.

Unbelievable range in his work is what strikes me most. His battle music and things like this are of course iconic, but his character themes and general background OSTs span such a range of styles and emotions. The live renditions of his songs really do the compositions justice.

I think he did kingdom hearts as well, not sure tho He didn't but he is still great

He did that in the last Distant Worlds concert in London. He asked us to sing Sephiroth too :) What a privilege

NOXXism kek let’s all gather in chorus for our lord and destroyer -Sephiroth!

Damn straight! lol

To be fair only a few humans in the history of the world have ever been that cool.

While there's a strong element of talent in musical composition, I'm sure Uematsu-san worked/listened harder than many because he's self-taught. That level of cool started as a 12-year-old boy trying to jam Elton John on a piano or keyboard.

Absolutely based

You'll never find musicians who don't love their jobs.

SuperAlphamale13 his wrestling entrance song/theme would be One Winged Angel.

SuperAlphamale13 So True !

I wish I loved making music as much as this guy. But it's too time-consuming for me, and I've kinda lost my motivation to make music now, even though I still have a bunch of tracks in my head that I want to get out. But since my channel is mostly gaming stuff, that's what my mind is set to. Now if only I could stop procrastinating.

@@mommozz123 Oh, they exist. DM Dokuro for example.

The final boss of musicians

He kinda has that Beethoven aesthetic to him too.

Nah ... whitebeard didn't had any white hair ... he didn't even had any beard! But nobody dare to say about it ... thats why he is what he was

@@tembakaugunung6139 he didn't mean literal. But most

The OP Grandpa Boss. Gotta have big buff Grandpa in an anime.

I feel like that's probably at least 30-40% true. As in, he'd be at least 30-40% less popular if this song didn't exist

one winged angel is the cherry at the top of the cake, it's just not the same without it

honestly... I don't think that's necessarily true. The song is neat, but nobody remembers the actual boss that happens while it's playing really. The most famous version of Sephiroth is the basic human looking version which is generally accompanied with "Those Chosen By the Planet" (its influence can be heard within this song even as well). I do think the song is bombastic enough to make people question where it comes from, but they don't see Safer Sephiroth when they hear it im sure.

@@m0002856 I'm not really sure if One Winged Angel takes from Those Chosen by the Planet leitmotif, or I would think Those Chosen by the Planet has One Winged Angel leitmotif in it to foreshadow the theme itself.

True. No other FF final bosses have their own theme song, thus nobody remember any of them beside Sephiroth.

Nah everyone would recognize him

@@AverageCatz this is literally the first time I've seen his face

@@lokijoker1878 same lol

@@lokijoker1878 same

I'd def recognize him, I met him in 2013 during a meet and greet for a Distant Worlds concert. So awesome.

Well, he's not wrong.

Yea can confirm. Crowd goes absolute crazy as soon as it starts. Its perfect live with a full orchestra

@@polmao I actually got to see the performance of One Winged Angel live at Otakon (an anime convention) and Nobuo Uematsu was there like 10 seats away from my right!

Yea I'd just get a big ass buster sword and cloud all over the place

My biggest takeaway from Dear Friends is that people indeed lose their fucking minds over this song.

It's the orchestral version of sampling, only he took samples from his own mind.

Simple bruh

@Kind Citizen me? I was attempting to be sarcastic lol

not in his head. he said he wrote them down.

This!

Cutest thing everrr❤❤❤

Bach was better than Mozart.

That is not the point of my comment.

+RedElm747 Bach was a barque musician, not a classical composer.

Still not the point of his comment.

Bach was baroque but still an 18th century composer.

tell me what you cherish most This legendary comment:

Sean Russel Dispo so that I’ll have the pleasure of taking it from you

Give me the pleasure of taking it away... I pitty you... You just don't get it at all

Nice! What part was he refering to with the half note singing. Is it that female voice ? I tried to find the notes on Keyboard, is it D C#, C#, F, E, D, C#?

Pics or it didn't happen. Provide links. There solved all the doubters and people defending her arguing. You're welcome.

Agree!!!!!

gamer

gamer

I'm not even a gamer and never played a single FF, but those two measures send me immediately in manic-panic-fangirl mode

Interestingly enough this recognizable first measure is from Rite of Spring by Stravinsky (mentioned in the video), here is how it sounds and looks in ballet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h-3wI3Upvpw.html

Though I swear they sounded a lot more different. Instead of a "Tun, Tun, Tun, Tun" it's something else. I dunno how to say it.

He made me want a piano, and i got one!

He made me join band in high school and now major in music composition

Joshua Mayo While it wasn't what got me to join band (geographical exception was my reason), his work on FFVII is absolutely what kept me there in high school.

Red88Rex and he just seems like a really happy, nice person to talk to as well.

Red88Rex he is completely self taught? that doesn't seem possible that he doesn't have a background in classical music

Frankenstein’s angel

@@alexanderarrington2393 Fitting, given who Sephiroth is and how he came to be.

It's alive ITS ALIVE

@@alexanderarrington2393 could be a cool name replacing Frankenstein with something else perhaps "A Cruel God's Angel" or something

Hojo really is like Frankenstein

Just imagine - there's a timeline out there that knows Nobuo Uematsu as a wrestling legend.

Imagine this guy entering the ring with One winged angel as his music. It would be both hilarious and terrifying.

and then he realized how fake that world is and turned to truth.

I wonder what he thought of Kenny Omega basically using a remixed version of his song and using the "One Winged Angel" as his finishing move.

And hulk hogan composes for final fantasy LOL

It's funny because even that word might be an understatement to his abilities👍😆

yo 😳 shes here

fact

Based

Step -2 know how to read music Step -1 know how to play the piano

That's the thing with FF7, it's become iconic to the point of losing a lot of its meaning. I mean, when I finally got around to playing it (5 years ago?) I occasionally had to step back from 'Final Fantasy VII: The Cultural Landmark' and look at things in light of 'Final Fantasy VII: A Game That Came Out In 1997'. And everything in it just seems like such a huge accomplishment. I was trying to imagine what it would be like to be around 10 years old or less and hearing that for the first time.

I was about 8 when my dad brought home FF7 from Blockbuster Video. It was hilarious. Boxed in three separate giant VHS style boxes hastily wrapped by a rubber band. Blockbuster used these back then for Playstation 1 Game rentals. I was tiny, and got stuck for ages on the Guard Scorpion boss because of the miss translation of Barret saying, "Cloud watch out! Attack while its tail is up! It's gonna counter attack with its laser!" I would always throw everything I had at that boss whenever Barrett said that and always got decimated and could never pass the boss haha! But I loved the game, and I played the beginning up to that boss like 60 times before it finally clicked that the game is Japanese in origin and something must have been lost in translation. My dad finally just buys me the game seeing I love it so much and I managed to beat the Scorpion. And from there it was smooth sailing until Materia Keeper (another scorpion that kicked my ass), then after that I hit Sephiroth. The feeling I can describe to you, I remember it well. I was probably about 10 by the time I beat the game the first time ( I was just learning how to play RPGs as FF7 was my first one. Took me a while). I defeated Bizzaro Sephiroth and the screen fades out. Then the music "Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba" and his final heavenly form appears (I was not prepared). I felt dread. Confusion. Anger at the villain for seeming so powerful. It was like, as a hero, everything I worked for was about to truly be tested, I felt fear and anxiety, but also a determined excitement. It wasn't over. It had just begun. What a feeling. Palpable excitement for a young me. I am quite excited to experience it all for the first time one more time with the Remake. I don't care how different it is my original and my memories of it will always be there. Haha that said, I discovered Ruby weapon after that and well...Suddenly Sephiroth wasn't such a big deal. ;)

The first time I played it, somewhere around 2001, I wasn't really impressed with it. The games I spent my time on at the time were Gran Turismo, Spyro, MGS etc., but when I finally played the game one bored afternoon after school, and got past the first part of the game where you blow up the first reactor, I realised how deep an experience was embedded on that set of black-bottomed discs. I played the game every moment I was able to, and it was my favourite video game for many years after that. And even at the time the graphics were dated, but the story and the characters just carried it all through to the end.

Astfgl just reading your comment gave me goosebumps

absolutely this. I don't think I'll ever forget that sequence, as long as i live, and the feeling i felt when first playing it at 16 years old. I went down too early and got destroyed. then i got all my guys to 99, KotR and went back and destroyed him. The ending sequence of that game is just perfection.

Same! I actually first learned of the full song from Smooth McGroove'a cover!

I'm genuinely happy to hear that Nobuo Uematsu's music transcends its games to the point where people that have never played the games still recognize it. Because love it or hate it, Final Fantasy introduced us to Nobuo Uematsu. And now theres more than 3 songs from him in smash. It's been a while since I played smash, but now I'm hype to get some games in with my friends sometime soon.

Check out Advent: One Winged Angel with lyrics. It’s an amazing sequel song (I love sequel songs)

@@Haimi-fv5xj He talks about being influenced by Rite of Spring. That was originally written to go with stage performance illustrating its themes but the song itself far overshadowed any stage production and is a legendary piece with vast influence. I feel like this piece is moving in the same direction.

Fighting Frost lmao

@@niceyoutubehandle what are you gonna use to guarantee ? run them thangs

My brother got to this boss first, and was playing it again when I came into the room. "You're gonna like this song," he told me. That's the only time anyone told me that and was right.

Your dad wasn't Safer?

My mum would also comment on FFVII music, it was referred to as "the game with the nice music"

Already watched this years before, and now it's popped up again, reading comments now LOL!

He means that we get here because sepiroth was included in smash

@@achmadtitofauzan3809 Oh I remember that Sephiroth. Guess he didn’t stay a memory

Guilty as charged

does it kind of disappoint any of you as well that after one winged angel he never tried composing music this way ever again?

Who're you calling a sissy?!

Ok

🥰👍

Even better, he was part of Smash history since Brawl, since he composed its theme. One could say that everything FF in the franchise is Sakurai giving back to FF, and letting MORE players experience the beauty of his work, rearranged by other greats like Yoko Shimomura and Motoi Sakuraba.

Put Sans and Cuphead in there too

but, you have to admit that someone has to be somehow been born with a gift or talent to make such music, this is not something that you can learn. ( IMHO )

You can learn it from zero with no talent at all. Once you learn music theory you begin to understand how it molds music and how everything fits where it belongs. There are tons of people like Uematsu-san but only some of them had a chance to prove it and even less escape the mold.

+Pintkonan Saying his talent is a gift and that he was born with it is weakening all the years of work he did to be at this level.

It's likely the case that the greatest in any field have some inborn predisposition towards what they do. But only the ones who put in the effort and toil necessary to hone that potential will ever fulfil it.

Greatness is achieved with a combination of natural born talent and a lot of hard work.

I underestimated the impact FF music has on me. Nostalgia is huge and i am even close to crying. I loved this man but never knew him. What a legend.

Lol, this is too funny!

It doesn't help that Sephiroth normally begins (or is already using) Supernova around that time. In terms of how the song fits in context to the game, that's one of the best moments

"STEPPING ON THE BEACH!"

dodododooo

Luis Fernando well he is a musical genius

Aruberuto Einshutainu

DoppelgangerPlayer Asian Music Einstein!

@@nickzettas5220 Correction: "Arubaato Ainshutain"

I'd put Yoko shimomura right after him.

Yoko Shimomura is a very close second imo. And TBH every time I listen to the FFXV soundtrack I'd even go as far as to say that she is slightly better. Kingdom Hearts first got me into videogame music so I may be a little biased 😅 Still Uematsu will forever be a Fxxxing legend.

@@Toonami4EvaX sameeee. Kingdom hearts actually got me into final fantasy lol

@@synysterpain When I first played Kingdom Hearts I had no idea that some of the characters were Final Fantasy characters until my cousin told me to play FF7 lol 😅

@@Toonami4EvaX the only one I knew was cloud lmao just cause I knew of his character.

Uematsu is better imo

Black Domina him and Hans Zimmer

John Williams? Danny Elfman?

Then there’s Yoko Shimomozart

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Congratulations, you do.

Cardboard Stacker That's his magna opus.

The Black Mages version of Dancing Mad is incredible. I listen to it more than One-Winged Angel

@@donkinney143 There is a better version than that. The Symphonic Arrangement by Sangnoksu kicks all kinds of ass and is intentionally dissonant on the fourth movement. That said both are equally viable boss themes and, in my humble opinion, equally good. One's more classical and is more based upon horror whereas the other is basically a massive power flex with a rock-styled orchestra. You can't go wrong.

Came down here looking for this comment. For those who don't know, it's the FF6 final boss theme, and it might be the greatest thing he ever made for the series. You should seriously go check it out if you haven't heard it.

@@christian5256 i still think OWA is way better with dancing mad being a close second

I had the pleasure of meeting him while in Chicago. He dresses very plainly for his performances, and when doing solos, they are also quite plain. Uematsu is a very humble man. ♥

Ryukachoo saying that he dressed like a homeless man is a bit too much. maybe saying him dressed casually or plainly would be better.

Great things often comes from simple people

freiya vuisaki nah

It's the hair.

Weird, why do I thought of sora here?

Anakin is afraid of sand...

That was the best lol

@@lesangpro does it have to do with sora being the Japanese word for sky?

@@skyserpent14 yep , that's it . Beside , sora beats Sephiroth too

Quad Maxx I love the persona series and it's soundtrack.

I think that his SMT soundtracks'd be a better fit tbh

@@Deivid_Dono Especially nocturne. Holy hell that soundtrack was intense.

>persona trauma team would like to speak to you

+ΜrCookie But you aren't ;)

SsJ Abid Absolute delicious

Absolute unit!

Its not like being in smash is a special merit reward or something like that... His music was in lots of games and movies and concerts already. So it's just another thursday for him.

imagine Having a masteriece like this in that kiddie game filled generic anime girls and caliing that proud . must be delusional or something

Well, he's retired, with a guy named sokken taking over for him, who by no means is regarded as a downgrade, in fact, most people actually like sokken a lot, look up the music for ff14, as in up to heavenward, there was a lot of this man's music in the game, but once we started to go from the ends of stormblood and now into shadowbringers, the tune of music is mostly sokken now

Soken is brilliant in his own right (seriously look up finale fantasy 14 fan fest soken to see him play his music, bloody hilarious and awe inspiring) but Nobuo will always have a special place within the series history and the fan base

He did indeed retire. He got “sick” a little while back (I believe he had a strong bout with cancer), but he came back to recompose a lot of pieces of FF7’s remake. And man, do they sound amazing.

I also felt like it was remixed slightly to throw off expectation

Cannot forget about FFVI, my man.

Agreed. 8 is easily my favorite, with 6 close behind. 10 had some good tunes, too.

GeografoNerd GOD FORGIVE ME

“So basically, you know the song by now right? We thought it would be great to play it all the fucking time. The intro cutscene, play the theme! It’s Sephiroth! Play the theme! Huh? What do you mean it ruins the impact it should have by not saving it until the last boss fight on the last part? It’s the thing you know, consumer! Clap!”

Best RPG independently of the year, you mean.

Yes, in fact.