Top 10 FF7 Music - Round 7
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AvecAloes
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As difficult and somewhat frustrating as making these decisions can be, as soon as I see a new poll go up I stop whatever it is I'm doing - pause the game, mute the tv, stop the music, whatever - so that I can go through and listen to the tracks and then torture myself with having to decide between them.
This one was tough between The Great North Cave, Reunion, Weapon Raid, and Off the Edge of Despair.
Tonight, I go with Off the Edge of Despair.
This one was tough between The Great North Cave, Reunion, Weapon Raid, and Off the Edge of Despair.
Tonight, I go with Off the Edge of Despair.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
Weapon Raid, Parochial Town, and On the Other Side of the Mountain are my favorites of this bunch. I will always resent Off the Edge of Despair for deposing Oppressed People in Rocket Town 
But it's initial use is very apt and sad...
Parochial Town is a great relaxing town song but On the the other Side of the Mountain is a pretty song that fits so well with the sad Tifa memories that accompany it
Also it's easy and fun to play on guitar. I LOVE Weapon Raid...but I'm gonna put my vote for thsi one and hope Weapon Raid moves on anyway 
But it's initial use is very apt and sad...Parochial Town is a great relaxing town song but On the the other Side of the Mountain is a pretty song that fits so well with the sad Tifa memories that accompany it
Also it's easy and fun to play on guitar. I LOVE Weapon Raid...but I'm gonna put my vote for thsi one and hope Weapon Raid moves on anyway 
Elisa Maza
Whomst
The Great North Cave is deliciously ominous. It plays when you travel the map with the Highwind and it illustrates that Meteor is ahead and brings death and destruction. Even when I wanted to lose time in side quests (Chocobo breeding!), this music was always there to remind me what was truly happening. 
Who Am I? is a perversion, you could say, of the theme of FFVII, which could be called Cloud's theme as well and it fits so much Cloud's question that haunted him during the majority of the game. It shatters his mind, so his theme gets twisted too.
Weapon Raid is PANIC, DESTRUCTION, RUN!!!
Highwind Takes to the Skies is the breather we need. I always picture the airship flying in the sky, with the group reassembled, determined and going to kick ass. After a lot of doubt, failures and desperation, they face the future with guts and confidence: Cloud's back, there ain't offa this train we're on, let's mosey!
Off the Edge of Despair always brings me to mind the picture of Cloud as a puppet, walking with strings to the rhythm of this piece forced by an unseen force. (I have a lot of visuals, leave me alone!) It's creepy as hell to my ears.
On the Other Side of the Mountain is... nostalgia and casualty to me. After the tragedy and epicness, another breather, only of different nature. It gives the impression of normalcy, routine and while alone isn't much of an impressive piece, it works. It shows a time when things were simpler, more innocent, even.
THIS IS DIFFICULT, MAN.
Who Am I? is a perversion, you could say, of the theme of FFVII, which could be called Cloud's theme as well and it fits so much Cloud's question that haunted him during the majority of the game. It shatters his mind, so his theme gets twisted too.
Weapon Raid is PANIC, DESTRUCTION, RUN!!!
Highwind Takes to the Skies is the breather we need. I always picture the airship flying in the sky, with the group reassembled, determined and going to kick ass. After a lot of doubt, failures and desperation, they face the future with guts and confidence: Cloud's back, there ain't offa this train we're on, let's mosey!
Off the Edge of Despair always brings me to mind the picture of Cloud as a puppet, walking with strings to the rhythm of this piece forced by an unseen force. (I have a lot of visuals, leave me alone!) It's creepy as hell to my ears.
On the Other Side of the Mountain is... nostalgia and casualty to me. After the tragedy and epicness, another breather, only of different nature. It gives the impression of normalcy, routine and while alone isn't much of an impressive piece, it works. It shows a time when things were simpler, more innocent, even.
THIS IS DIFFICULT, MAN.
Dana Scully
Special Agent
- AKA
- YACCBS, Legato Bluesummers, Daenaerys Targaryen, Revy, Kate Beckett, Samantha Carter, Matsumoto Rangiku
No hesitation here, WEAPON Raid all the way.
Though I do love the Highwind theme and it's happiness.
Though I do love the Highwind theme and it's happiness.
Elysianist
Pro Adventurer
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- T, Zulo, Thomas
Hard ones to pick from.
It has to be Who Am I for me, great depth and emotion to represent that area of the story.
It has to be Who Am I for me, great depth and emotion to represent that area of the story.
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
I think Reunion is the best composition on the list, but the limitations of the way it was made let down the song itself somewhat. I find the 1-2-3-1-2-3 that repeats pretty much throughout the song to be too staccato. An orchestral version would be brilliant (and here's a pretty good effort on YouTube).
But I'm not voting for what the songs could be; I'm voting for what they are, and what they were at the time of the game's release. So my choice is A Secret Sleeping in the Deep Sea. It's actually got some similarities to Reunion, but I think it works better in its original format. It's so pure, if that can be said about a piece of music. With the world in turmoil above the surface, going underwater feels like a calming escape from it all (apart from Emerald Weapon), and that is largely due to the music. It also accompanies one of my favourite parts of the story: the events at the Forgotten Capital on disc 2 that require the Key to the Ancients to be found on the seabed.
But I'm not voting for what the songs could be; I'm voting for what they are, and what they were at the time of the game's release. So my choice is A Secret Sleeping in the Deep Sea. It's actually got some similarities to Reunion, but I think it works better in its original format. It's so pure, if that can be said about a piece of music. With the world in turmoil above the surface, going underwater feels like a calming escape from it all (apart from Emerald Weapon), and that is largely due to the music. It also accompanies one of my favourite parts of the story: the events at the Forgotten Capital on disc 2 that require the Key to the Ancients to be found on the seabed.
Gym Leader Devil
True Master of the Dark-type (suck it Piers)
- AKA
- So many names
Highwind all the way.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
It was an embarrassingly long time before I put together that the Highwind theme was jsut a very happy Main Theme.
Highwind Takes To The Skies is so encouraging and lively.I loved the contrast between this and The Great Northern Cave,to me it represents the gamy heroes of FF VII on the one hand,one the other hand with Northern Cave the place where Sephiroth waits to get destroyed and you can smell (and see) the danger in the air.But the heroic Highwind theme gave me the feeling I can stop Sephiroth´s plans and be a real hero.And I don´t know how often I´ve gone out of the Highwind and in again just to hear the beginning of the song because I think it´s awesome 
