he is on the hammond orgel. Other dude plays regular keys :) Uematsu loves Deep Purple. Thats why he learned to play and its where the hard Keyboardideas came from :D THAT SHIT ROCKS!!!!
For the Primals, Soken plays electric guitar and on one track also plays trumpet. They honestly get some of the most talented composers and it shows in how a lot of the music hits. He even played Otamatone at Fan Fest.
Can’t say how many times this song saved my ass, failing a set and then this song comes on and I hear the limit break sound effect in my head and I do the last rep
@@JapanAlex01 Correct. My sister and I jam on this tune; she plays drums, I play the Hammond. Can confirm from watching, it’s definitely the ride cymbal, with no cowbell in sight.
This is, IMO, the definitive version of song. I stopped the music a few times in FF7R to put this one instead. It's become the benchmark by which I rate a new version. None has come even close.
Been trying to find a band that has the same mix of instrumental prog hard rock and metal similar to the Black Mages for a while now… guess I’ll just keep re-listening to their albums lol
@Quan Le Hoang Anh glad other people feel the same way. Even the Crisis Core version had more of that "classic rock" feel that the original clearly was trying to produce (or maybe CC version was metal, cant remember). I am hoping there is at least ONE fight somewhere in the remakes that does a rock version similar to this
this is such a picture perfect cover of the song that I quite literally can't imagine a better one. Guess it's fitting when it's the original composer's band! Uematsu is the greatest of all time. Koji who?
OMG, i played my first FF like 20 years ago, it was FF7 and when this song played on the scorpion fight I was like: OMG what that fuck is this and why does it feel so good!!!!!!!!!
I'm hoping that this arrangement is appropriately included in the upcoming remake! It is a timeless masterpiece that gets your heart pounding every time you hear it - right from that fateful first mission into a Midgar Mako reactor as "Ex-SOLDIER."
Really? I think it sounds more heroic than "fuck I'm gonna die" like something to get the main characters pumped up for the fight I know you said normal boss theme but just as an example i think One winged angel evokes more of a "oh fuck I'm gonna die" vibe than those who fight further Also i know this comment is late lets ignore that fact XD
@@satanasluciferi7278 Just 9 years late! LOL but yeah I agree this song PUMPS ME UP AF! Makes me feel like I can take on the entire world! Lezgooo! 🔥🔥🔥
+Heaven Knight Kaito Naw, his normal attacks he needs standard sword attacks then x2 /x4 cut, fire, ice, bolt, at least one summon and the more he takes damage the more likely he is to use a limit break and the more damaged he gets his limit breaks go from the braver to omnislash. His shield should appear to be like WALL (Barrier/MBarrier). Maybe even counter-attack trigger and defend an ally if they're in range.
I may be from Square Enix but I know that it won't be in because the Black Mages is Noubo Eumatsu's band and he wants nothing to do with any Final Fantasy music.
I hope you guys contacted Square Enix. So they can put this version in the game. It sounds like they may have modernized it way too much. But then again, I haven't heard the whole soundtrack of the game and it's quite possible. They may have saved version of this for a further boss battle. Anyway, fantastic job.
Hitting limit break balling a boss and having omni-slash ready to deal big fucking death, damn i need to replay this game 27 on tuesday and still loving it
This is so much better than the metal version in Advent Children because this actually is like the original the whole way through rather than just sounding like it once in a while.
I haven't shared how I did it, because my partner whom is a programmer, wrote in code for a WAV codec program he downloaded (for integration) and we moved the WAV files to game sound folder and it ran okay. I will see if he can give a tutorial or explanation, but unless you have done game or audio programming like my partner has done, you may not be able to do it? He is quite high level and is a contract programmer which has worked for the activision software company. He spent hours doing it and many attempts to get it working, as it was definitely not as straight forward as I even thought! I hope this shines some light on what he did :S
There are multiple versions of Those Who Fight Further. The demo gave us one which is a mashup with Bombing Mission. And there's one with an amazing electric guitar with Air Buster's boss.
@SoloWingPegasus just giving him an opinion. btw 1) amazing-ness isn't a word, i think you're looking for amazement. 2) that isn't the correct you're looking for, it's "enjoy its melody!"
@@MattAndre24 I don't know if you're trolling, but Nobuo works with different genres (the black mages is his group lol), he's absolutely not only an orchestral kind of guy.
They really should’ve just used this in the Remake. Though, i suppose, they could continue doing variations on it for the remaining parts for other bosses. That would be cool. I forgot why i was even commenting.
Rebirth is not going to have this kind of music (progressive rock/metal) though. It's been missing from the series since 2008 with the original XIV where Uematsu was the main composer of it.
C'est pas faux, mais ca veut dire que tu n'a jamais joué à Final Fantasy 7 et tout les goûts sont dans la nature mais tu es passé à coté d'un grand jeu !
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People don't realize that's Uematsu himself on the keys, dude is a born beast
he is on the hammond orgel. Other dude plays regular keys :) Uematsu loves Deep Purple. Thats why he learned to play and its where the hard Keyboardideas came from :D THAT SHIT ROCKS!!!!
i read that as "a *porn* beast" and I didn't even question it because this is a fuckin' song. :D
For the Primals, Soken plays electric guitar and on one track also plays trumpet. They honestly get some of the most talented composers and it shows in how a lot of the music hits. He even played Otamatone at Fan Fest.
@@AxisOAnarchy
Nobody was talking about The Primals.
@@budakbaongsiah I am aware. I was drawing a parallel between the two.
Oh man this takes me back to the 90s ❤ loved reliving it as a 40 year old 😂
I've played a buncha games but this one has the best boss battle theme I've ever heard.
This and one winged Angel is a masterpiece!!!
like forever 😍♥️
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I'd say this or one of the three from Ar Tonelico 2
You should listen to the FF VIII, Octopath Traveller (2 boss themes) and Blue Dragon's ones.
EVER!
2020 reporting in to let everyone know this track is still just as legendary as it was. Now go find J.E.N.O.V.A.
Too crazy
Dec 2023, still an absolute banger.
Listen to “Sentinel” from the Front Mission 2 OST. Listen to “Sealed Door” from Chrono Trigger that he helped his friend compose in his darkest hour.
Damn this still gets me so hype. Great song for a run/sprint.
I use this song at the end of most of my runs when working out.
This always used to be my go to music for raid bosses in world of warcraft, good times
Can’t say how many times this song saved my ass, failing a set and then this song comes on and I hear the limit break sound effect in my head and I do the last rep
Listening to the beginning gave me a bad fever. What's the prescription again? Oh yeah, more cowbell.
Jadex Srin never enough cowbell
Always more cowbell!!
@@AnIdiotOnline
NEW COWBELL OPTIONS
It's ride.
@@JapanAlex01 Correct. My sister and I jam on this tune; she plays drums, I play the Hammond. Can confirm from watching, it’s definitely the ride cymbal, with no cowbell in sight.
its 2021, life is crazy as hell but this song still rock the shit out of me every time I hear it
This is, IMO, the definitive version of song. I stopped the music a few times in FF7R to put this one instead. It's become the benchmark by which I rate a new version. None has come even close.
They should've used this in 7R, accurate
Tbh airbuster theme was really good and was exactly what I would have thought the original would sound like.
The Airbuster is a beast all of its own. Both of these are among the best things I've ever heard in my life.
Still trying to find a clean version of Earthbound Papas playing this at Magfest.
FF7R seems unable to do anything that's not over-orchestrated and has never heard of rock music.
I'm not really expecting it, but I would LOVE if it sounded like this in the remake
Narrator: And sounded it did....
Fighting
Still more Fighting
Those who fight further..
This version is the Platonic ideal of the song. It's the apotheosis of the piece.
THIS.
THIS is the kind of track, and the kind of mixing that makes you CRANK that volume.
Finally found this! I remember discovering these guys on iTunes years ago in college!
These guys?! You mean you found the boss himself. A level 99 Nobuo.
@@pp3k07 lol very true!
@@pp3k07 legendary comment lmao
Been trying to find a band that has the same mix of instrumental prog hard rock and metal similar to the Black Mages for a while now… guess I’ll just keep re-listening to their albums lol
Look up Dance with the Dead
I've played the game so much I can't listen to this without my brain adding the magic and limit sound effects
i finally founded this version!! i listened like 4 years ago, man this version is the best so far.
@Quan Le Hoang Anh Well it fit with Nobuo's style cause this is his band haha
@Quan Le Hoang Anh glad other people feel the same way. Even the Crisis Core version had more of that "classic rock" feel that the original clearly was trying to produce (or maybe CC version was metal, cant remember). I am hoping there is at least ONE fight somewhere in the remakes that does a rock version similar to this
The airbuster version was godlike
That opening riffage has major Metallica vibes and I love it
Who's Listening in 2024?
me
Me :D
Part of me likes this arrangement more than the remake. Keeps more of the OG instrumentation.
i like it
Me! It's the best
When I get MGSV, I'm gonna put this on Big Boss's walkman for boss fights.
awww yeaaaaaaah
that would be awesome
Funny thing is MGS V didn't have a decent Boss Fight
oh the innocence
@@Lysinder08 sahanthropus would like a word with you
this is such a picture perfect cover of the song that I quite literally can't imagine a better one. Guess it's fitting when it's the original composer's band! Uematsu is the greatest of all time. Koji who?
They need to have this badass version in the remake!
Fantastic music, I loved playing it, congratulations who posted these wonderful songs, a big hug here from Brazil 🇧🇷👍
tmj 👍👍👍
Did someone say FF7 remake?
n1ck2k FUCK YEAH!
n1ck2k REUNION!
Yeeaaaaaaaha
n1ck2k Its a good year to be a Gamer : )
That it is
You can hear Nobuo's prog rock influence from Boston's Foreplay
There might be some Kansas in this too, as well as some (Jon) Lordly Hammond riffs Uematsu's playing throughout.
This is what'll play in my head during finals this week.
OMG, i played my first FF like 20 years ago, it was FF7 and when this song played on the scorpion fight I was like: OMG what that fuck is this and why does it feel so good!!!!!!!!!
I'm hoping that this arrangement is appropriately included in the upcoming remake! It is a timeless masterpiece that gets your heart pounding every time you hear it - right from that fateful first mission into a Midgar Mako reactor as "Ex-SOLDIER."
Or they could make a version that didn't have a cowbell.
Nah it's not the remake version is good though
@@GeneralFatman27 no cowbell? how dare U?
I hope you weren't disappointed
I like the remastered rendition, but this one is pretty hard to top. And the cowbell went perfectly with it.
I have been playing games since I was 9, I am 33 now. I have never heard a theme like this for a fight that gets me all pumped up!
That's what Uematsu wanted, for you to be in the moment. Fun Fact: Did you know Uematsu likes different western bands like deep purple and Metallica
@@sukottothegamer524 nice bit of info
The theme tune to quite a lot of early TH-cam Final Fantasy VII PC videos
still the best boss battle theme of all history
I've had a fairly eventful life, and the worst moment of it, was the first time I saw advent children and didn't hear this song in it
🤣
From boss music in one the best ever games....And cheers to this...Deadly tune...Keyboard is super sick
this is a huge part of my work out routine gotta keep fighting
Best boss theme ever. Never has a game made me feel more "OMG! I'm going to die" then this. At least, in case of a normal boss battle.
Really? I think it sounds more heroic than "fuck I'm gonna die" like something to get the main characters pumped up for the fight
I know you said normal boss theme but just as an example i think One winged angel evokes more of a "oh fuck I'm gonna die" vibe than those who fight further
Also i know this comment is late lets ignore that fact XD
It's practically almost 20 years since I've played FFVII, every time I heard this, i was like ahhh time to kick ass!!!!
@@satanasluciferi7278 Just 9 years late! LOL but yeah I agree this song PUMPS ME UP AF! Makes me feel like I can take on the entire world! Lezgooo! 🔥🔥🔥
Wish i could make music like this, i love this kind of prog
I remember listening to this on the bus ride home from school every single day! Still love it! ❤️
Getting into fights in ff7 just to hear the music
The Emo Food Chain
Cloud>Squall>Lightning
You obviously haven't played ffvii if you think that Cloud is more edgy then Lightning and Squall
RedPwnage Cloud is not emo at all, more like detached from having most of his memories shrouded in fog >.
+No Favrell And losing friends and family and enemies fucking with his mind... I'd be pretty "emo" too if that happened.
They're not emo at all. Cloud is a maniac, Squall is a mean moron and Lightning tries to hide her weaknesses by being cold and distant. I love them.
You described them in the best possible way (and yes, I love them too for the very same reasons, haha)
This one is closer to the original but i must say that the remake version is more epic. I cant imagine Airbuster battle with this one tbh.
SERIOUSLY; A COWBELL?!!! WHAT THE BELL?!!!
Needs more cowbell.
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
I just play this song over other games it makes them so much better. This and Hell March.
I used to prolong this Boss fight so I could hear this longer....yep.
What boss fight?
This was a majority of the boss fights, not one.
Do you even FF7?
@@omniheart2381 Do you? You should know what specific fight he is referring to.
Needs more cow bell!
@Behemog still more cow bell!!
@@TheMashmeister 2 years later!
It’s a virtual ride cymbal through a drum machine. Sorry for the loss of the non-existent cowbell.
Excellent! Just mythic!😍
Just have the feeling that I'll reach my limit soon!!!😡💥
Sonoridade monstra🔥
I don't know why, but when i listen to this, i imagine Cloud's Smash bros. trailer. Something like: Cloud Strife! Breakes his limmit!
His FS would be the Omnislash **o**
I have his moveset already:
Stand: Blade beam
Foward: Braver
Up: Finishing Touch
Down: Meteor Strike
and as you said:
Final Smash: Omnislash
SamuraiKamuiGakupo
The meteor strike is quite OP for a down I think x)
Or maybe cross-slash as a counter
+Heaven Knight Kaito Naw, his normal attacks he needs standard sword attacks then x2 /x4 cut, fire, ice, bolt, at least one summon and the more he takes damage the more likely he is to use a limit break and the more damaged he gets his limit breaks go from the braver to omnislash. His shield should appear to be like WALL (Barrier/MBarrier). Maybe even counter-attack trigger and defend an ally if they're in range.
I just realized the part 1:00 to 1:30 is exactly like part of the battle theme from Beyblade Burst whoa that's epic.
Ugh. Comparing Beyblade music to this masterpiece is an insult.
Put that song as it is in the Final Fantasy VII Remake boss battle please!!!
That would be perfect!
I may be from Square Enix but I know that it won't be in because the Black Mages is Noubo Eumatsu's band and he wants nothing to do with any Final Fantasy music.
Never gunna happen. You’ll have to recode your own copy of that episode of the remake to get this to happen.
How do you feel about this after the version we did get, aren't you glad we get to have both
just picking songs for the dnd bossfight :p
I hope you guys contacted Square Enix. So they can put this version in the game. It sounds like they may have modernized it way too much. But then again, I haven't heard the whole soundtrack of the game and it's quite possible. They may have saved version of this for a further boss battle. Anyway, fantastic job.
FF7 has some of my favorite music.
This is the version we should have gotten in the remake.
Agreed. This is the best version of the song. Same with Fight with Seymour.
for real
I was really hoping this would have happened. This version is best, aside from OG.
I don't know, I'm pretty damn satisfied with the one that we did get.
There's two More episodes. There's still hope
It is funny how the black mages version sounds like it was on Legend of the Dragoon. :) I remember hearing a similar version to this.
Hitting limit break balling a boss and having omni-slash ready to deal big fucking death, damn i need to replay this game 27 on tuesday and still loving it
Wow 9 years and it's still a masterpiece. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The remake version of the boss theme should sound morel like this!
You may want to check out the Airbuster version.
@@soundtea4939 That version does indeed rock hard.
I will be extremely put out if The Black Mages'/Earthbound Papas' covers don't end up in the remake.
How could i forget such a monument 🙏
This is so much better than the metal version in Advent Children because this actually is like the original the whole way through rather than just sounding like it once in a while.
they just rock...
Why are they not on any music streaming service 😪
This is my LIMIT BREAK!!!
Rainbow's influence all over this track! ❤❤❤❤
Did a recoded version of ff7 PC and added some of these tracks to play instead of the MIDI tracks which where included.
Awesome!
Please teach me!
Why not share?
I haven't shared how I did it, because my partner whom is a programmer, wrote in code for a WAV codec program he downloaded (for integration) and we moved the WAV files to game sound folder and it ran okay. I will see if he can give a tutorial or explanation, but unless you have done game or audio programming like my partner has done, you may not be able to do it? He is quite high level and is a contract programmer which has worked for the activision software company. He spent hours doing it and many attempts to get it working, as it was definitely not as straight forward as I even thought! I hope this shines some light on what he did :S
That's unfortunate. Sounds way too complicated for me lol
So this must be Megadeth inspiration for Blackmail the universe.....
For some reason, I see Fighting jetfighters in my head when I hear this.
This will be played continiously when I get my hand on the new Ace Combat.
that's because this song perfectly describes speed and urgency. I imagine being on a motorbike going 100km/h
This version better be in the remake.
Well as of now.... it's not. They're using an orchestrated version, but I hope they can change that before it releases
nah the orchestrated one is so divine😍
There are multiple versions of Those Who Fight Further.
The demo gave us one which is a mashup with Bombing Mission.
And there's one with an amazing electric guitar with Air Buster's boss.
It isn't. Fortunately the one that is is pretty fucking awesome.
@@akiinmoonlight79 Orchestra version is not bad. But I prefer this one :-)
weapons and sephiroth dislikes :P
Shoulda used this arrangement for remake
Best. cover. of this song.
@SoloWingPegasus just giving him an opinion. btw 1) amazing-ness isn't a word, i think you're looking for amazement. 2) that isn't the correct you're looking for, it's "enjoy its melody!"
Anyone going to the FF:Distant worlds orchestra concert at Blossom Music Center in Ohio in September?
The best version of the boss theme remastered!
This should be the boss theme in the Remake.
Sadly it isn't ;_; why they make the boss theme into some generic orchestral crap.
swordofkings128 Because that’s what Uematsu does..???
@@MattAndre24 I don't know if you're trolling, but Nobuo works with different genres (the black mages is his group lol), he's absolutely not only an orchestral kind of guy.
@@swordofkings128 if you’re talking about air buster then you’re entirely wrong
Memories...
This track got me through Planet Fitness
They really should’ve just used this in the Remake. Though, i suppose, they could continue doing variations on it for the remaining parts for other bosses. That would be cool. I forgot why i was even commenting.
Nobuo Uematsu is a musical god when it came to Final Fantasy
bar, nursing board, midterms, finals or any quiz applies with this song
the first video I ever came across with 0 dislikes; you better recognize
This must be literally the most fun song ever to play along on guitar. Wee!!!
My one and only complaint about FF7R is they’re not using this.
They definitely will, you don't hear it until the Air Buster fight in the original anyway.
It would be great if the classic versions of ff 7 (Nintendo switch) and smash bros ultimate have this track looped
DA DA DA DA DA LA LA LA LA LA
Who else is relistening to this in hype for FFVII: Rebirth?
Rebirth is not going to have this kind of music (progressive rock/metal) though. It's been missing from the series since 2008 with the original XIV where Uematsu was the main composer of it.
The music you hear when you know "It's On!"
hums songs* YEAHHHHH!!! kicks desk over* I FINISHED THE TEST!!!!!!! room is silent* Ehhhhhh..... oops?
oh hell yeah
Oh....Hell...Yeah
BOSSFIGHT!
After listening this, I finally have the energy to kick my lazy cousin out of the sofa!
C'est pas faux, mais ca veut dire que tu n'a jamais joué à Final Fantasy 7 et tout les goûts sont dans la nature mais tu es passé à coté d'un grand jeu !
Is that a cowbell i hear in the beginning?!
Nope. It’s one of the “cymbals” (this album was recorded with digital drum machine; Black Mages wouldn’t get a real drummer until their second album).
1:02 shuffle
Did Diablo Swing Orchestra nick the organ lick from this?
right up there with Will Power from persona 5
@iVelcro why dont u add a cowbell in your version?
Smiley: Battle for Smokes!
NEED MOAR COWBELL!!!!