The Nobuo Uematsu Appreciation Thread

[Teknoman]

Heres a few more:

Rebel Army: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnhX5KTpOuA ( I think Uematsu could really reach back into the past for future XIV track inspiration)

Ancient Castle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UTFx62k_Qc

Eternal Wind NES ver.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9xyV-Rz5Jk

Crystal Tower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdmqWICKtAc

Yes, I'm completely aware that Uematsu composed the soundtrack. That is why I'm so upset about it.

I agree with what you're saying though. Which is why I wonder why he chose to make the tracks so loopy and repetitive. Take the company themes for example; there are different stages of the pieces where the pace of the music changes and becomes a different tune for a while, then back again. That is perfect for something that's going to repeat. But for most of the themes the music just loops the same two things over. . . and over. . . and over again. What we need are longer pieces that contain more music that changes from time to time, instead of short loops. Maybe it was laziness or lack of interest in the project; maybe it was SE rushing the hell out of him (I'm guessing the latter), but either way, I believe that the musical pieces for this game are seriously lackluster for the most part. I will say, however, that it's gotten better since they've changed around some of the themes, and I know there are a lot of tracks he composed that aren't even in the game at all for whatever stupid reason; why don't they throw them in the mix?

Alot of the recent themes are showing the Uematsu everyone knows, but also keep in mind the whole situation with XIV in the first place. Besides, town music is going to be repetitive no matter what. Same with overworld music. I wouldnt really worry about it since if the Grand Company themes, two Chocobo themes ( wild west style for rentals, who knows for grand company issued), stronghold themes, dungeon music and dungeon boss theme are any indication, we'll really see some great scene setting tracks soon.