This week’s song is one of those beautiful, melancholy pieces I like so much — I’ve loved it for years, long before I touched the actual game. It’s another recurring fixture of Final Fantasy arranged concerts, and below, I’ve embedded both an orchestral version and a piano version that’s closer to the simplicity of the in-game song. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLU2xQ4nkk4
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I’ve recently been playing a bit of Imperialism II again, and was reminded that the soundtrack is a very good pastiche of Baroque music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYemw5S-dQ&list=PLcIT9O4a_ehDpzRx7okaZqnZATmGOk9-H).
Yes, it’s catchy! I still remember the motif at the beginning of these two tracks after all these years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6lvlqq3tg&list=PLcIT9O4a_ehDpzRx7okaZqnZATmGOk9-H