I had no idea where to post this.

Also I don't know if anyone's heard of him.

http://www.nobuouematsu.com/bio.html

This guy has written music for several video games, most notable is the Final Fantasy series. He even started a metal (which I haven't heard yet) and played keyboards for them. Only reason this is all shocking to me, this is an old guy who loves metal, and has gotten rich from doing something he loves.


In anycase, here's a couple versions of One Winged Angel

Final Fantasy VII One Winged Angel (Eminence Symphony)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn71hIsm0U8

Some random stuff with the best version of this piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRgN8EC4EjE

I bought the whole ff IX sound track and love it yo this guy is a legend.

God fucking damn it! Now I have to hate this! And I loved it!

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lol

I have the Advent Children Soundtrack, and I've heard some of the ff X soundtrack, there's hasn't been anything this guy has written, that I don't like.

I've only played FFX, and the soundtrack was pretty good. The Blitzball theme from it was definitely metal. It reminded me of Rammstein.

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I like rammstein but damn that gay headbang deal he does makes me laugh.

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It is amusing but they sure aren't my cup of tea.

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uematsu is for neeeerrrrddddsss

the only cool piece of music he wrote is the mario theme

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haha, well you do realize he wrote a song that Rammstein was featured on?


And for some strange reason they are listed in your favorite bands.

The FFVII soundrack is awesome. I occaisionally kick back and listen to the original midis.

The Black Mages is the rock/metal band he formed, and its really quite good. I would only recommend it to people who know they like FF music though. Most of the people I've played it to just find it annoying. I have both their albums.

The one winged angel links were great by the way.

he's a great composer to me.the thought of performing the sephiroth theme with a complete orchestra has got to be the most thrilling experience.

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Ah man, I love this guy's music. Obviously has to be a big influence on me as I was a total gaming nut when I was a kid, especially old-school RPGs. The Chrono Trigger soundtrack will always be one of my favorite things to listen to, ever.

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Yeah, he's cool. Too bad Final Fantasy is gay.

the fact that rammstein is an awesome band doesnt mean all they do is awesome

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The fact that the last time I heard Rammstein playing their own strange and bizarre (in a bad way) material, on MTV, and Sirius, verifies that they in fact could be an awesome band, if they had help writing all their songs. IMO

But all that is based only on three songs I've heard, so they might have some good material, but so far the best song I have heard them play wasn't even written by them.

Anyways you came in this thread with a negative, and pretty solid view on things, albeit ridiculous, but solid, so there's no reason to argue.


Have a nice day, or whatever the hell it is over there.

love his stuff, the dear friends collectio nof music from FFV was my fav of his. but the black mages' first cd is AWESOME

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Awesome, glad the majority of people here like his music. I'm certainly going to have to check out the rest of his works.

I am obsessed with the guy. I've been analyzing the music from FFVI in my free time for a couple of months now.

I'm getting ready to check out another album of his, any recommendations of which I should do next?

FF VI and VIII soundtracks are my favorite.

Check some of The Black Mages albums if you haven't already checked it. I have their "The Skies Above" album and it's fucking awesome.

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