One of the best features of the soundtrack for Final Fantasy VI is the surprising amount of musical variety for a game where, at the time, game music had only begun to spread its wings and establish itself as an endeavour to be taken seriously. This means, then, that even for a game that was uncomfortably caught in the gap between fuzzy artificial MIDI synthesisers and pseudo-convincing sounding musical instruments, Final Fantasy VI has, perhaps unsurprisingly, held up remarkably well.
The point is that melodies are timeless - and the best ones have a habit of staying with the listener long after the track has finished playing. Even 8-bit chiptune music, while generally less complex and developed musically than its modern counterparts, is still worth listening to outside of a mere historical or nostalgic basis. It is now the norm for consoles to be able to reproduce the sound quality of live instruments and vocals with painfully high fidelity, but even music from what may be considered a bygone era of technology still shows signs of vitality. Though, of course, it must be taken into consideration that music, unlike games (generally speaking), doesn't age. It's been over two decades since one of his most celebrated soundtracks, Final Fantasy VI, was released, but does it still hold up? The short answer is yes, it does - and then some. Long-time contributor to the ever popular Final Fantasy series, Uematsu's oeuvre is both expansive and varied, his name often regarded as a byword for quality game music. For those familiar with video game music, composer Nobuo Uematsu needs no introduction.
0 kommentar(er)
