Songs mentioned in this video Shinobi III - Idaten th-cam.com/video/HBVkuL9BxQY/w-d-xo.html Dream Theater - Metropolis th-cam.com/video/IqqRx77T4Vo/w-d-xo.html Dream Theater - Ytse Jam th-cam.com/video/T5OmzUEm504/w-d-xo.html Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace th-cam.com/video/YFcS3nbHCCM/w-d-xo.html
idk if alex moukala done it yet or not but since he is a fan of final fantasy maybe ,but its full of spoiler of other final fantasy game music too so yea
The Airbuster theme is one of the things that made me, a horrendous hoarder of items in case I need them later, start scrolling through my inventory going "Screw it. _It's later."_
@@zachm2331 It was 2 others who helped with remake. Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu, they helped make the changes to the original sound track. (They helped make) key words there, these are Nobuo Uematsu’s tracks, he is the original composers. That’s why I said his name, he made these tracks the other 2 helped make changes with the sound of the original, they didn’t come up with The tracks. Nobuo Uematsu is always the main composer. What you thought this was a hot take. I never mentioned the other 2 because it ain’t their tracks, if you wanted to talk about those 2 so bad leave ya own comment. I’m talking about the God, not 2 helpers.
Just a minor apology to Jesse and you all for the abrupt ending to the OG track. Originally I had sent a link to a much better upload by Cloud183, but I believe that channel got taken down. I tried to find a replacement, but most of them were extended versions so they didn't really work. That was the best backup I could find at the time. I thought maybe it would feel less awkward than it did. Sorry please forgive me lol
I'm kinda glad that you had the abrupt ending because it lets you look the video while listening and it doesn't have that slow fade at the end like most versions do
I can tell you exactly 'what that was' Jesse. That was another perfect example of why you started reacting to Videogame Music. It's intense, it's emotion, and it's awesome. It deserves as much, and sometimes even MORE recognition than some of the world's most famous music.
"Can you imagine hearing this on its respective console, back in the day?" Uh, yeah, Jesse, I can. Also, it's Christmas, why you gotta call out my decrepit old man self like that?
Trust me, as someone who played this game as a child, the moment I heard the remake version I couldn't stop the tears flowing as I headbanged. It's too powerful for anyone's ears, no one is worthy, but we were given the gift anyway.
When i fought the Airbuster for the first time, i already had enough adrenaline in me to bring a dinosaur back to life. But when both Cloud and Barret were nearly dead, Tifas limit break was ready and her animation started at exactly 9:16 when the choir kicked in. I swear to god for a brief moment i entered the 4th dimension. Never has a video game done that to me before.
@@Da1337Man my absolute favorite part about this song, and your comment, is that I didn’t click the timestamp - I knew EXACTLY which part you were talking about, and I imagined how it played out, and having not even seen it happen, got chills anyway. This song is god tier with zero dificulty
Tadayoshi Makino went absolutely nuts on this. Before the FF series, I didn't know who he was. Turns out he's worked on games like the Monster Hunter series and Dragon's Dogma.
@@OkamiPrincess15 Tbh, I've yet to check them out since there's quite a bit to go through. But I've definitely heard good things about the music from those games, and those are huge and popular games too.
@@kieranray5340 Oh really? I haven't listened to DD2 music but I know Yoshitaka Suzuki composed mainly the cutscenes so I'm guessing at least those are good. Suzuki is one of my favourites and he never disappoints.
I really appreciate you listening to the original tracks before listening to the Remake versions for FF7 Remake's OST. That way you can hear the amount of production value that went into making what are already amazing songs even better, into what they were always meant to be if you will. It also helps to have an appreciation for how far these songs have come. A fun thing I did when the game first came out was listen for all the songs I recognized and hear how, for lack of a better term, upgraded they are now! Can't wait for the next 7R reaction, cause Jenova Quickening is my favorite track of the whole game personally!! 🤘🔥
I did my second playthrough with music only. No fx no voice. The music 100% is made purely for the story and takes all the proper cues for everything to hit how they should.
To answer your question at 7:25, we paused the game at the utter shock and awe of the banger that just crashed on us and unpaused after we had collected ourselves. I was still moving with the music during that entire fight...and holy crap, what a fight it was!
The best part about this is that in the original, this theme didn't play until you fought the Airbuster. In the remake, there's a few other bosses before you fight the Airbuster, but they don't use the boss theme. It's only once you fight the Airbuster in the remake, just like the original, do they let the theme out in all its glory
Airbuster in the remake made me so freaking happy. I was so busy headbanging that I could barely focus, lol. The other Those Who Fight Further variations in the remake are just as wicked.
It's insane how dynamic this track is. Everytime you think it's going to end, it keeps going. It throws another curveball, and then another. Another part, another section. Add some choir, why not? Just when you think it hit its climax, it raises the bar again for the next bit. It's incredible.
"How do people play this [while listening to this music]??" I suggest watching/listening to the video by Liam Triforce titled 'Understanding the Music of DOOM'. He gives a rather solid theory on why tracks like this (and in DOOM) are made this way; they push our mind to make decisions faster and snappier to go along with the adrenaline pumping music, especially in DOOM. But you can feel it here too. It has a crazy composition in the later phases that push you into making faster decisions. At least, that's what I think.
Imagine spending the last few decade or so listening to the old song, still being hype about it. Getting a redo of the song every now and then for anniversaries or for the Advent Children movie. Only for the remake to drop such a faithful remake of a song while also taking it their own way. Even watching someone play it you just get excited when the music kicks in and you recognise what it is almost immediately and get hyped all over again like when the og game came out. Every time I hear the songs from the remake it tickles the nostalgia bone so hard it practically shatters it.
@@MajorShepard that was my experience! It’s so good! My brothers had me screen share so they could watch me play when I first experienced this amazing battle.
The first time I fought this guy, 9:16 hit and I got such a huge adrenaline rush for the rest of the battle. That's music man. It sweeps you up and empowers you.
Alex moukala did a really amazing breakdown of this song explaining a lot of what went into making it and all of the little nods to FF7 and other games that went into it if you want to dive into everything thats hidden in this track
I think the reason it's been recommended so much is because it is such a mish mash of rock, orchestral and bit-tune and it just works so well together.
The first time I fought Airbuster the music rolled in and I yelled out "HELL YEAH LET'S FUCKIN' GOOOOO!" This entire game was the world's best nostalgia trip and I love it.
I listened to the remake airbuster song literally all summer 2020 during the lockdown while working. And I totally relate to the "biggest niche" mostly because I know millions of people listen to the same stuff I do but no one I've actually met in real life does lol
Credit where credit is due. Nobuo was the original composer yes, but for Airbuster, Tadayoshi Makino arranged it. Super glad you got the chance to listen to it, and it's a great song to end the year on!
I’m glad you liked it. Theres something I need to tell you is that while the original is composed by Nobuo Uematsu, the remake is made mainly by Tadayoshi Makino (I imagine with Nobuo’s stamp of approval). Ofcourse without Nobuo’s original work, it wouldn’t exist but Tadayoshi knocked it out of the park so hard it nearly outclassed the original. Both are genius in their own way and deserve their fame.
I wouldn't say it outclassed the original completely, to me at least, with all the restrictions they had at the time, the original is one of the best songs of any video game music, because of the restrictions and overall song they had managed to output. That's just me though, I know a lot of people dislike using the age of a song to prop it up.
I think with a lot of FF7R songs its better because we heard the original, they did an awesome job of mixing in nostalgia but then turning it up a notch, in a way that I cant help but feel like most of these songs are the leveled up version of the original.
Well if you think about it, Nobuo Uematsu was constrained by the technology of the first PlayStation back in 97 with the original version. If he could have made the song with the technology available for the PS5, it’d probably be an entirely different beast. Especially since this version was arranged by someone else (Tadayoshi Makino).
If you want to hear something along those lines, listen to Steel Reason from Final Fantasy 14. It's one of the few songs in the game composed by Uematsu, and it's exactly the kind of song he puts together when tech limits aren't holding him back.
They recommend it because it is one of the best video game soundtracks ever made. ^^ The remake renditions absolutely blew me away. I had tears and chills the whole way through. ^^
Tadayoshi Makino did such a great job adding his flair to this song and J E N O V A - Quickening. I think these are my two favorite songs on the OST. Great stuff.
the original FFVII soundtrack is what got me really loving music and wanting to learn more and more about it until eventually I started picking up instruments, studied music theory, and am working towards a career in music. It holds a near and dear place in my heart and Nobuo Uematsu has had a bigger impact on me as a musician than anyone else. Every track you will hear from VII (or any FF game honestly) is pure gold. I know you also really like pretty piano music, and for that, I would recommend Tifa's Theme also from FFVII. The original is still really pretty despite being on the ps1, but the arrangement for remake is just absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend Tifa's Theme when you want a real pretty piano fix. Aerith's Theme is also really good for that, but that one makes me cry lol.
This song is an absolute masterpiece. Not much else to say honestly, musical craft brought to its finest. Every little piece comes in flawlessly, nothing feels out of place and it also blends in with the gameplay, I can't think of anything wrong to say about it except that it ends!
I just got through this fight a few days ago and I never even realized there was that whole extra section during the final phase. Like holy shit they just kept going! Awesome.
FF7 has some of my favourite music in the playstation era, the amount of absolute technological witchcraft they did to make it work with the console's memory is something else. I'm glad you listened to the original before the awesome as heck Airbuster remake version, as it gave you some context for the effort in the remake. As for how we play while listening, I dunno about others but it's usually a lot of head bobbing at the same time for me haha. Something fun about Airbuster version is, like with the other bosses, it's dynamic! The song only changes when you hit the next phase of the boss. No one that I know expected the last phases of the track on their first play and that's what knocked us right out about it! I hope that one day you get a chance to try the games you're always getting recommended, it's so good to hear a track while you play and it can often enhance the experience of both. Happy holidays, jesse, I hope you have a good year!
This might be one of the few genuinely "perfect" tracks out there, to where I'd probably be able to handwave _any thinkable_ subjective suggestion to change anyone might have and say I like it better as is. And there's honestly only three tracks I ever heard that I can think of about which I would say that. This is one of them.
3 renditions of a FFVII track that I really recommend you to check out Jesse: J-E-N-O-V-A (original version): th-cam.com/video/kRSsSLjfSPo/w-d-xo.html (2 minutes 31 seconds long) J-E-N-O-V-A (Advent Children version): th-cam.com/video/pyNcSC8J0g8/w-d-xo.html (2 minutes 46 seconds long) J.E.N.O.V.A Quickening (Final Fantasy VII Remake version): th-cam.com/video/dvFH4JKQfnQ/w-d-xo.html (8 minutes long)
This song slaps way too hard!! Playing the game will make you appreciate it even more, it switches during phases in the battle so you get soooo hyped by the end of it
When ff7 was released a lot of people were concerned it was a masterpiece because of the story, music, ambiance was so well put together. It pulled you into it, forgetting that you are holding a controller. They did the best they could with the system at hand but were limited. Now technology has come so far that they were able to make it as we all saw it back then. And how do we play while listening to the music? As the fight changes and transition happens the music changes with it, intensifying everything. I can only speak for a few when I say It pulls you into a trance that only breaks when the boss is defeated giving you a breather. Being the background to what's happening on screen but not playing second fiddle at the same time (for the lack of better words).
MAN! When I played FF7 on my Psp for the first time, not knowing for a clue what to expect, and when I realized this is the boss theme, -IT BLEW MY FLIPPING MIND!!!!!! I mean for the Ps1, I did not expect a RPG boss theme to be this epicly metal! 😎
I've been playing games for 30+ years and Those Who Fight Further was my favorite "Boss Theme" in any game ever. Then FF7R came and Airbuster somehow made it better.
The thing is, the airbuster in the original FFVII was a pretty simple boss. They went extra hard both on the music and the fight here. In a way they didn't need to. This fight, by the way, was Barret's time to shine.
@@SuzakuX not to mention the internet going all "Enemies like Hell House are too cartoony for this realistic take" and they went and made Hell House a full boss itself.
Turned a minor 2 minute fight into a 10-15 minute beast! And to think the remake only covers about 2 hours of the original game (at a casual play speed), we’ve got SO much more to go!!
Anyone who trashed FF7 Remake has shit taste lol. The soundtrack is incredible, I could barely make it through at times because I’d have to stop to just listen to an incredible rendition of a classic song, it was the closest to a spiritual experience I’ve ever felt in a video game lol
Seriously, It's the only game or even THING in recent memory where I just had a huge smile on my face and would just have to stop to bop my head, especially the Tifa and Aerith scene in Corneo's, I definitely stood there for a while to listen to that amazing song.
Best guess is because it's the first boss theme you get in FF VII and it just completely kicks your ass while fighting that boss and motivating you. It's classic textbook Nobuo prog rock epicness, and I'm guessing people wanted you to hear it and compare as an example of how fluidly Nobuo's compositions can be translated from synth to real live musicians so perfectly.
This track has almost an ELP, or Jethro Tull, 70s prog-rock feel to it. The first version more so obviously given the instrumentation, but the second as well. Love this track - great reaction.
It just never gets old seeing Jesse's face go directly into his palm after pressing the play button for the Remake version. Love ya man, absolutely love ur new found love for FF7
The whole FF7 remake/rebirth album (and Advent Children too) is basically Nobuo going apeshit on every genre concieved by mankind, I don't really think there's another way to describe it, except "Masterpiece" of course. This one in particular, it just keeps going... when you think it's peaking, it changes and goes even higher, over and over again. I can easily imagine a round table for Remake going pretty much like this: Producer: "What style are you thinking for the soundtracks?" Nobuo: "Yes."
Hey Good Uncle Jesse, been watching your channel for awhile. Nice playlist you got there ! Really like the reactions. It shows how much you are involved in music and how much you appreciate the art and the craft of others. Recently, I just remembered, there is another banger song from a franchise people would not guess at first. From Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: "Approaching Cynthia" theme. Very short, but very uplifting piano track. There is also "Cynthia battle theme" from the remake Brilliant Pearl and Shining Diamond (because the remake is orchestral, I think) which could make an interesting duo for a reaction. It's not the usual heartbreaking, mountain moving piece of music that you react to often, but I respect it nonetheless since, when I listen to it, it brings a smile. Cheers Good Uncle Jesse !
I've been binging your Final Fantasy videos for the past 2 hours or so, lol. You've got great content on your channel. I love seeing first time reactions to some of my favorite video game music. There's a suggestion I'd like to make, just in case you have time for it at some point: there's a great 20-minute mini documentary on Nobuo Uematsu, the main composer for the first ten FF games here on TH-cam. It's called G4 Icons, and it's from 2004. You'd get some good background info for some of the stuff you've already listened to or may still encounter. I've seen it dozens of times at this point because Uematsu is no doubt my favorite composer in gaming.
Man.... Airbuster is my 2nd favorite piece of music of all time. It was first until I heard remake of One Winged Angel Edit: take your sub, friend. VGM is definitely in a genre of its own
I have played FF7 original (1997) so many times that each time I heard it, I was excited. But on the Remake, when I heard that version ... 😲😳🥺🤪 Man it's Godlike!!!!! Totally crazy. My arms, my mouth and my legs fell down. Jesse watching you liking the song, I was thinking: "he's gonna be almost speechless on the remake". Seriously I heard so many songs in video games, but nothing, absolutely nothing better than the Airbuster Remake. When I fight him, I hearing the song and it giving me a big boost 🙂
fun fact since you said you started to wear your glasses so we can't see you crying, barret the guy with the gatling gun on his hand wears glasses so people can't the kindness in his eyes
I think one of the reason beside being absolute a golden track would just be how much the melody just brings you with it on a ride of pure determination and fighting will!!!!! Also it’s catchy
One of the big classic boss themes of the Playstation one FFs. Has not only dancing mad vibes but also its FF8 successor (Force Your Way) also continues in the same vibe, maybe crazier
"Help me understand what that was". That's the Nobuo Uematsu effect. Guys a Legend with a capital L. On Final Fantasy VII: REMAKE, he returned, and he simply was UNHINGED AND UNLEASHED.
You really... REALLY... should check out Nobuo's old band "The Black Mages." They would do performances of FF songs throughout the series on 2 keyboards, 2 guitars, a bass and drums.
They also did a full rock opera version of 6’s “opera: maria and draco” titled “darkness and starlight” The band had the singers in costumes and it was a treat.
Also I know the live chat is over to answer your question on how we could play through that while a song like that is playing look how focused you are when listening to the song that's how focused we were playing it
Songs mentioned in this video
Shinobi III - Idaten
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Dream Theater - Metropolis
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Dream Theater - Ytse Jam
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Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace
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Shinobi 3 OST needs more love
idk if alex moukala done it yet or not but since he is a fan of final fantasy maybe ,but its full of spoiler of other final fantasy game music too so yea
You can do a reaction on the Valkyrie OST from FF7 Remake too.
Shinobi 3 is a masterpiece. Criminally underrated.
“How the hell do you guys play this while listening to this?”
It’s a really good adrenaline rush to take down a boss honestly.
💪 👊 ♫ D E T E R M I N A T I O N ♫ 🤛 💪
The Airbuster theme is one of the things that made me, a horrendous hoarder of items in case I need them later, start scrolling through my inventory going "Screw it. _It's later."_
I HAD 99 HI POTIONS AND POTIONS.
Nobuo Uematsu been putting out bangers since I was a kid, God tier composer.
Since I Was a kid... Those FF4 songs are something else.
@@r.f.switch5847 most def
There were two other main composers on Remake. From what I understand, Uematsu was not the main composer on Remake.
@@zachm2331 It was 2 others who helped with remake. Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu, they helped make the changes to the original sound track. (They helped make) key words there, these are Nobuo Uematsu’s tracks, he is the original composers. That’s why I said his name, he made these tracks the other 2 helped make changes with the sound of the original, they didn’t come up with The tracks. Nobuo Uematsu is always the main composer. What you thought this was a hot take. I never mentioned the other 2 because it ain’t their tracks, if you wanted to talk about those 2 so bad leave ya own comment. I’m talking about the God, not 2 helpers.
chill out a bit bruh
Just a minor apology to Jesse and you all for the abrupt ending to the OG track.
Originally I had sent a link to a much better upload by Cloud183, but I believe that channel got taken down. I tried to find a replacement, but most of them were extended versions so they didn't really work. That was the best backup I could find at the time. I thought maybe it would feel less awkward than it did. Sorry please forgive me lol
I'm kinda glad that you had the abrupt ending because it lets you look the video while listening and it doesn't have that slow fade at the end like most versions do
The best way for you to understand is to start playing. It’s the story, setting and characters that give rise to these works.
My 3 year old son is autistic, we watched this together and he plays this song ALL the time. He closes his eyes and literally feels the music.
As someone who is also autistic, I can’t blame him in the least. This song is an amazing sensory experience.
@@OkamiPrincess15 he listens to the entire soundtrack, loves chevelle, loves all kinds of music. He’s truly a special little boy and my best friend!
@@TheScablander
Speaking as an autistic woman who has been vibing on this specific song for 20 years now, I can relate.
@@r.f.switch5847 we play it almost every morning on the way to school, volume all the way up.
I can tell you exactly 'what that was' Jesse. That was another perfect example of why you started reacting to Videogame Music. It's intense, it's emotion, and it's awesome. It deserves as much, and sometimes even MORE recognition than some of the world's most famous music.
"Can you imagine hearing this on its respective console, back in the day?"
Uh, yeah, Jesse, I can. Also, it's Christmas, why you gotta call out my decrepit old man self like that?
A comment on another FFVIIR track called FFVII 'super old' and i died a little inside lol
Im with ya there. I played ffvii when it came out.
I did at christmas, got the console and ff7 and ff8 on christmas, the only problem was that my mom didnt know she had to buy a memory card too xD
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Funny since I was born in '96 so I guess 25 is super old.
“Can you imagine”
Buddy I don’t need to
[laughs in old man]
He’s gonna do it he’s gonna do it HE’S GONNA DO IT!
Pov: Limit Break finisher
"Can you imagine hearing this on its respective console back in the day".....yes, I did, in 1997, when I was 14.
Trust me, as someone who played this game as a child, the moment I heard the remake version I couldn't stop the tears flowing as I headbanged. It's too powerful for anyone's ears, no one is worthy, but we were given the gift anyway.
What about the JENOVA 3rd part? That thing just hits you in the guts... :)
When i fought the Airbuster for the first time, i already had enough adrenaline in me to bring a dinosaur back to life. But when both Cloud and Barret were nearly dead, Tifas limit break was ready and her animation started at exactly 9:16 when the choir kicked in. I swear to god for a brief moment i entered the 4th dimension. Never has a video game done that to me before.
@@Da1337Man my absolute favorite part about this song, and your comment, is that I didn’t click the timestamp - I knew EXACTLY which part you were talking about, and I imagined how it played out, and having not even seen it happen, got chills anyway. This song is god tier with zero dificulty
@@RTuga02 That was pure orgasmic
Amen!!!
Tadayoshi Makino went absolutely nuts on this. Before the FF series, I didn't know who he was. Turns out he's worked on games like the Monster Hunter series and Dragon's Dogma.
He do any other bangers like this in those series?
@@OkamiPrincess15 dragon’s dogma’s got really good combat music, that I can tell you.
The boss fights and sub-boss fights especially
@@OkamiPrincess15 Tbh, I've yet to check them out since there's quite a bit to go through. But I've definitely heard good things about the music from those games, and those are huge and popular games too.
I feel the need to drop by and say that Makino did not work on Dragon's Dogma 2. The downgrade in music is noticeable.
@@kieranray5340 Oh really? I haven't listened to DD2 music but I know Yoshitaka Suzuki composed mainly the cutscenes so I'm guessing at least those are good. Suzuki is one of my favourites and he never disappoints.
6:57 that realization that phase 1 was just the beginning of the awesomeness.
I really appreciate you listening to the original tracks before listening to the Remake versions for FF7 Remake's OST. That way you can hear the amount of production value that went into making what are already amazing songs even better, into what they were always meant to be if you will. It also helps to have an appreciation for how far these songs have come.
A fun thing I did when the game first came out was listen for all the songs I recognized and hear how, for lack of a better term, upgraded they are now! Can't wait for the next 7R reaction, cause Jenova Quickening is my favorite track of the whole game personally!! 🤘🔥
Big Facts!
I did my second playthrough with music only. No fx no voice. The music 100% is made purely for the story and takes all the proper cues for everything to hit how they should.
@@Lakross101 Absolutely! The music of 7 Remake has it's own form of storytelling and it's incredible!
To answer your question at 7:25, we paused the game at the utter shock and awe of the banger that just crashed on us and unpaused after we had collected ourselves. I was still moving with the music during that entire fight...and holy crap, what a fight it was!
The best part about this is that in the original, this theme didn't play until you fought the Airbuster. In the remake, there's a few other bosses before you fight the Airbuster, but they don't use the boss theme. It's only once you fight the Airbuster in the remake, just like the original, do they let the theme out in all its glory
Airbuster in the remake made me so freaking happy. I was so busy headbanging that I could barely focus, lol. The other Those Who Fight Further variations in the remake are just as wicked.
It's insane how dynamic this track is. Everytime you think it's going to end, it keeps going. It throws another curveball, and then another. Another part, another section. Add some choir, why not? Just when you think it hit its climax, it raises the bar again for the next bit. It's incredible.
"I am not worthy ... neither of us, are worthy" - Jesse 2021
"How do people play this [while listening to this music]??"
I suggest watching/listening to the video by Liam Triforce titled 'Understanding the Music of DOOM'. He gives a rather solid theory on why tracks like this (and in DOOM) are made this way; they push our mind to make decisions faster and snappier to go along with the adrenaline pumping music, especially in DOOM. But you can feel it here too. It has a crazy composition in the later phases that push you into making faster decisions. At least, that's what I think.
Imagine spending the last few decade or so listening to the old song, still being hype about it. Getting a redo of the song every now and then for anniversaries or for the Advent Children movie. Only for the remake to drop such a faithful remake of a song while also taking it their own way. Even watching someone play it you just get excited when the music kicks in and you recognise what it is almost immediately and get hyped all over again like when the og game came out. Every time I hear the songs from the remake it tickles the nostalgia bone so hard it practically shatters it.
@@MajorShepard that was my experience! It’s so good! My brothers had me screen share so they could watch me play when I first experienced this amazing battle.
The first time I fought this guy, 9:16 hit and I got such a huge adrenaline rush for the rest of the battle. That's music man. It sweeps you up and empowers you.
"I don't know how people can play this game while listening to this music".
BETTER
Alex moukala did a really amazing breakdown of this song explaining a lot of what went into making it and all of the little nods to FF7 and other games that went into it if you want to dive into everything thats hidden in this track
I remember when my older brother would ridicule me for listening to video game music and not "real music". If only he knew
No offence, but he was a fool.
I think the reason it's been recommended so much is because it is such a mish mash of rock, orchestral and bit-tune and it just works so well together.
The first time I fought Airbuster the music rolled in and I yelled out "HELL YEAH LET'S FUCKIN' GOOOOO!" This entire game was the world's best nostalgia trip and I love it.
This the one i've been waitin on
Feels like I need a cigarette every time I finish listening to this
Only one?
Such a perfect response to this song.
I may not be the biggest FF7 fan… but the second half of that song hit me in the SOUL!
I absolutely love how you can see Jesse go through all the stages of grief while listening to airbuster lmao
I listened to the remake airbuster song literally all summer 2020 during the lockdown while working.
And I totally relate to the "biggest niche" mostly because I know millions of people listen to the same stuff I do but no one I've actually met in real life does lol
Credit where credit is due. Nobuo was the original composer yes, but for Airbuster, Tadayoshi Makino arranged it. Super glad you got the chance to listen to it, and it's a great song to end the year on!
I’m glad you liked it. Theres something I need to tell you is that while the original is composed by Nobuo Uematsu, the remake is made mainly by Tadayoshi Makino (I imagine with Nobuo’s stamp of approval). Ofcourse without Nobuo’s original work, it wouldn’t exist but Tadayoshi knocked it out of the park so hard it nearly outclassed the original. Both are genius in their own way and deserve their fame.
I wouldn't say it outclassed the original completely, to me at least, with all the restrictions they had at the time, the original is one of the best songs of any video game music, because of the restrictions and overall song they had managed to output. That's just me though, I know a lot of people dislike using the age of a song to prop it up.
I think with a lot of FF7R songs its better because we heard the original, they did an awesome job of mixing in nostalgia but then turning it up a notch, in a way that I cant help but feel like most of these songs are the leveled up version of the original.
I couldn't not have thought of a better Christmas gift from this channel. Thank you for picking this one Jessie
Well if you think about it, Nobuo Uematsu was constrained by the technology of the first PlayStation back in 97 with the original version. If he could have made the song with the technology available for the PS5, it’d probably be an entirely different beast. Especially since this version was arranged by someone else (Tadayoshi Makino).
If you want to hear something along those lines, listen to Steel Reason from Final Fantasy 14. It's one of the few songs in the game composed by Uematsu, and it's exactly the kind of song he puts together when tech limits aren't holding him back.
4:46 The EXACT moment Jesse was blown away by the sheer spiritual force of Nobuo Uematsu
You can almost feel how much fun was had making this song
They recommend it because it is one of the best video game soundtracks ever made. ^^
The remake renditions absolutely blew me away. I had tears and chills the whole way through. ^^
to answer your question, we pause for a minute to listen and keep playing after the cleanup is done.
True i did that with jenova 3rd Phase XD
Honestly true tho, so many times I had to put down the controller because the music was so overwhelmingly incredible
Tadayoshi Makino did such a great job adding his flair to this song and J E N O V A - Quickening. I think these are my two favorite songs on the OST. Great stuff.
how we play while listen to this?
easy bro! we bangin our head hard the whole time!
follow your heart! let loose your body!
Mash the buttons harder for more damage 🤣
@@kaizerzero07 bring out the power of friendship!
As another fellow longtime musician, THIS SONG IS EPIC BEYOND EPIC
the original FFVII soundtrack is what got me really loving music and wanting to learn more and more about it until eventually I started picking up instruments, studied music theory, and am working towards a career in music. It holds a near and dear place in my heart and Nobuo Uematsu has had a bigger impact on me as a musician than anyone else.
Every track you will hear from VII (or any FF game honestly) is pure gold. I know you also really like pretty piano music, and for that, I would recommend Tifa's Theme also from FFVII. The original is still really pretty despite being on the ps1, but the arrangement for remake is just absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend Tifa's Theme when you want a real pretty piano fix. Aerith's Theme is also really good for that, but that one makes me cry lol.
That's awesome!! :D
Nobuo is a genius !
This song is an absolute masterpiece. Not much else to say honestly, musical craft brought to its finest. Every little piece comes in flawlessly, nothing feels out of place and it also blends in with the gameplay, I can't think of anything wrong to say about it except that it ends!
Aaah yes, the minor boss battle music. The first minor boss being, you guessed it, Airbuster.
I just got through this fight a few days ago and I never even realized there was that whole extra section during the final phase. Like holy shit they just kept going! Awesome.
This reaction made me appreciate this song even more.
Thank you, I swear everyone I knew fucking underreacted to this song. I WAS VIBING FOR A FULL 3 MONTHS after hearing this.
FF7 has some of my favourite music in the playstation era, the amount of absolute technological witchcraft they did to make it work with the console's memory is something else. I'm glad you listened to the original before the awesome as heck Airbuster remake version, as it gave you some context for the effort in the remake. As for how we play while listening, I dunno about others but it's usually a lot of head bobbing at the same time for me haha. Something fun about Airbuster version is, like with the other bosses, it's dynamic! The song only changes when you hit the next phase of the boss. No one that I know expected the last phases of the track on their first play and that's what knocked us right out about it! I hope that one day you get a chance to try the games you're always getting recommended, it's so good to hear a track while you play and it can often enhance the experience of both.
Happy holidays, jesse, I hope you have a good year!
This might be one of the few genuinely "perfect" tracks out there, to where I'd probably be able to handwave _any thinkable_ subjective suggestion to change anyone might have and say I like it better as is.
And there's honestly only three tracks I ever heard that I can think of about which I would say that.
This is one of them.
3 renditions of a FFVII track that I really recommend you to check out Jesse:
J-E-N-O-V-A (original version): th-cam.com/video/kRSsSLjfSPo/w-d-xo.html (2 minutes 31 seconds long)
J-E-N-O-V-A (Advent Children version): th-cam.com/video/pyNcSC8J0g8/w-d-xo.html (2 minutes 46 seconds long)
J.E.N.O.V.A Quickening (Final Fantasy VII Remake version): th-cam.com/video/dvFH4JKQfnQ/w-d-xo.html (8 minutes long)
This song slaps way too hard!! Playing the game will make you appreciate it even more, it switches during phases in the battle so you get soooo hyped by the end of it
the ff7r airbuster theme fucking SLAPS. Awesome work, SE!
When ff7 was released a lot of people were concerned it was a masterpiece because of the story, music, ambiance was so well put together. It pulled you into it, forgetting that you are holding a controller. They did the best they could with the system at hand but were limited. Now technology has come so far that they were able to make it as we all saw it back then. And how do we play while listening to the music? As the fight changes and transition happens the music changes with it, intensifying everything. I can only speak for a few when I say It pulls you into a trance that only breaks when the boss is defeated giving you a breather. Being the background to what's happening on screen but not playing second fiddle at the same time (for the lack of better words).
I felt that swell the first time I heard Otherworld from FFX. It was my first Final Fantasy and the track was such a tone setter for me
Im just now playing and literally paused the fight in awe of what i was hearing the second i heard that powerful chorus. Crying too
MAN! When I played FF7 on my Psp for the first time, not knowing for a clue what to expect, and when I realized this is the boss theme, -IT BLEW MY FLIPPING MIND!!!!!! I mean for the Ps1, I did not expect a RPG boss theme to be this epicly metal! 😎
I've been playing games for 30+ years and Those Who Fight Further was my favorite "Boss Theme" in any game ever. Then FF7R came and Airbuster somehow made it better.
Thank you for this present! Your reaction was really fun to watch!
Whenever I hear the original version of this song always reminds me of Jordan Rudess, so I agree with the dream theater reference
The thing is, the airbuster in the original FFVII was a pretty simple boss. They went extra hard both on the music and the fight here. In a way they didn't need to.
This fight, by the way, was Barret's time to shine.
They turned every boss fight from the original into a massive multi-phase action setpiece.
@@SuzakuX not to mention the internet going all "Enemies like Hell House are too cartoony for this realistic take" and they went and made Hell House a full boss itself.
Turned a minor 2 minute fight into a 10-15 minute beast!
And to think the remake only covers about 2 hours of the original game (at a casual play speed), we’ve got SO much more to go!!
Lol, how the hell is Midgar just two hrs at a casual play speed? What?
@@SuzakuX The HEEEEEEEEELL HOOOOOOOOUSE!
Anyone who trashed FF7 Remake has shit taste lol. The soundtrack is incredible, I could barely make it through at times because I’d have to stop to just listen to an incredible rendition of a classic song, it was the closest to a spiritual experience I’ve ever felt in a video game lol
Seriously, It's the only game or even THING in recent memory where I just had a huge smile on my face and would just have to stop to bop my head, especially the Tifa and Aerith scene in Corneo's, I definitely stood there for a while to listen to that amazing song.
It won best soundtrack in a rigged game of the year, that says enough. The soundtrack was SO good, it beat the rigged system
Jesse "“How the hell do you guys play this while listening to this?”
Us "The music gives us strength, it powers us through sheer awesomeness."
Can’t wait!
Best moment of remake for me ❤️🔥
Best guess is because it's the first boss theme you get in FF VII and it just completely kicks your ass while fighting that boss and motivating you. It's classic textbook Nobuo prog rock epicness, and I'm guessing people wanted you to hear it and compare as an example of how fluidly Nobuo's compositions can be translated from synth to real live musicians so perfectly.
Bringing it back... my best freind purchased ff7 og on the ps1!
Every time this song started, we knew it was about to get down!
This is the song you play when life throws a boss fight at you.
The nostalgia comes from a feeling when I listen to foreplay/ longtime from Boston. Definitely
Oh man! If we're doing ff7 songs I'd highly recommend the song Birth of a God.
This track has almost an ELP, or Jethro Tull, 70s prog-rock feel to it. The first version more so obviously given the instrumentation, but the second as well. Love this track - great reaction.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! :D Your reactions to these drops were all awesome! Merry Christmas!
It just never gets old seeing Jesse's face go directly into his palm after pressing the play button for the Remake version. Love ya man, absolutely love ur new found love for FF7
The air buster is number 3 in my favorite boss in ff7 remake. Follow by 2 jenova and 1 sephiroth.
Yep. This is about what I expected when I imagined him hearing this for the first time.
The whole FF7 remake/rebirth album (and Advent Children too) is basically Nobuo going apeshit on every genre concieved by mankind, I don't really think there's another way to describe it, except "Masterpiece" of course.
This one in particular, it just keeps going... when you think it's peaking, it changes and goes even higher, over and over again.
I can easily imagine a round table for Remake going pretty much like this:
Producer: "What style are you thinking for the soundtracks?"
Nobuo: "Yes."
Hey Good Uncle Jesse, been watching your channel for awhile. Nice playlist you got there ! Really like the reactions. It shows how much you are involved in music and how much you appreciate the art and the craft of others.
Recently, I just remembered, there is another banger song from a franchise people would not guess at first. From Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: "Approaching Cynthia" theme. Very short, but very uplifting piano track.
There is also "Cynthia battle theme" from the remake Brilliant Pearl and Shining Diamond (because the remake is orchestral, I think) which could make an interesting duo for a reaction. It's not the usual heartbreaking, mountain moving piece of music that you react to often, but I respect it nonetheless since, when I listen to it, it brings a smile.
Cheers Good Uncle Jesse !
I've been binging your Final Fantasy videos for the past 2 hours or so, lol. You've got great content on your channel. I love seeing first time reactions to some of my favorite video game music.
There's a suggestion I'd like to make, just in case you have time for it at some point: there's a great 20-minute mini documentary on Nobuo Uematsu, the main composer for the first ten FF games here on TH-cam. It's called G4 Icons, and it's from 2004. You'd get some good background info for some of the stuff you've already listened to or may still encounter. I've seen it dozens of times at this point because Uematsu is no doubt my favorite composer in gaming.
Hell House is going to blow your mind
Man.... Airbuster is my 2nd favorite piece of music of all time. It was first until I heard remake of One Winged Angel
Edit: take your sub, friend. VGM is definitely in a genre of its own
worth the wait! Happy Holidays!
You don't so much listen to the music... You feel it as you play, like hearing your heart pounding in your ears.
I have played FF7 original (1997) so many times that each time I heard it, I was excited. But on the Remake, when I heard that version ... 😲😳🥺🤪 Man it's Godlike!!!!! Totally crazy. My arms, my mouth and my legs fell down. Jesse watching you liking the song, I was thinking: "he's gonna be almost speechless on the remake".
Seriously I heard so many songs in video games, but nothing, absolutely nothing better than the Airbuster Remake. When I fight him, I hearing the song and it giving me a big boost 🙂
Been waiting for this, great reaction, this is one of my favourite video game tracks of all time!
Glad you finally listened to it. I was one of those people pestering you to listen to it cause I knew. We all knew you would get your mind blown.
First time hearing this i just instinctively say "ok yeah you are sooo going down airbuster" while doing the most evil grin villain i can
fun fact since you said you started to wear your glasses so we can't see you crying, barret the guy with the gatling gun on his hand wears glasses so people can't the kindness in his eyes
This is what a fight for the planet sounds like.
The remake version is absolutely insane. It's just unrelentless the entire way through
I think we mainly request these songs jesse is that it has everything you said you like especially the final fantasy games
I think one of the reason beside being absolute a golden track would just be how much the melody just brings you with it on a ride of pure determination and fighting will!!!!!
Also it’s catchy
One of the big classic boss themes of the Playstation one FFs. Has not only dancing mad vibes but also its FF8 successor (Force Your Way) also continues in the same vibe, maybe crazier
"Help me understand what that was".
That's the Nobuo Uematsu effect. Guys a Legend with a capital L.
On Final Fantasy VII: REMAKE, he returned, and he simply was UNHINGED AND UNLEASHED.
As I listened to the remake version I came to realise that it went exactly where I expected and wanted it to go. And it felt so good when it did!
I love the OG one and The Black Mages one.. but the remake one was quite the journey 🥲
...Aaaand now I wanna play the remake game, damnit 😂
You really... REALLY... should check out Nobuo's old band "The Black Mages." They would do performances of FF songs throughout the series on 2 keyboards, 2 guitars, a bass and drums.
They also did a full rock opera version of 6’s “opera: maria and draco” titled “darkness and starlight”
The band had the singers in costumes and it was a treat.
Jesse should try "Assault of the Silver Dragons". The bass is cranked beyond max in that one
Came back here after he covered the music. Super epic!
Also I know the live chat is over to answer your question on how we could play through that while a song like that is playing look how focused you are when listening to the song that's how focused we were playing it
"I am once again asking: how the hell do you guys play this, while listening to this?"
By headbanging all the way, of course.
Should see people perform it on piano. The score itself is difficult, but it also has physical difficulties for performances.