CoN 25th Anniversary: 1997-2022
Topic Closed New Topic New Poll
R1: #3 Loss of Me (FF9) v. #14 Temple of Chaos (FF1)

 
Which song is your favorite?
Loss of Me [ 7 ]  [53.85%]
Temple of Chaos [ 6 ]  [46.15%]
Total Votes: 13
  
Posted: 8th November 2017 19:32

Group Icon
Totes Adorbs
Posts: 9,223

Joined: 31/7/1997

Awards:
Second place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. First place in CoNCAA, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
First place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. Third place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. 
See More (Total 29)
Loss of Me from Final Fantasy IX comes in as a strong #3 seed, one of the two FF9 tracks to start so high but a step down from its #2 seed in 2010. Back then, it won two rounds before being blown out by Fight 2 from Final Fantasy IV. Also known as "Rose of May," this piano-heavy tune is closely tied to Beatrix' growth and is often referred to as her character theme, though it's not as explicitly defined as such within the scope of the game.

From the original Final Fantasy, Temple of Chaos plays as the party both enters its first dungeon and as it enters its last, creating an excellent set of bookends for the game. It's mysterious and a bit haunted, and a wonderful composition given the limitations of the time. It took out the final boss battle theme from Final Fantasy IV in 2010, not bad for a track from the first game in the series.
Post #213656
Top
Posted: 8th November 2017 19:32

Group Icon
Totes Adorbs
Posts: 9,223

Joined: 31/7/1997

Awards:
Second place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. First place in CoNCAA, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
First place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. Third place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. 
See More (Total 29)
Listen Here!
Loss of Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytvvE2QrvR4
Temple of Chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSlCBmL9ZwE

--------------------
"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?
Post #213657
Top
Posted: 8th November 2017 20:57

*
Red Wing Pilot
Posts: 524

Joined: 3/9/2002

Awards:
Second place in CoNCAA, 2019. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. 
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. Member of more than five years. Member of more than ten years. 
GO FF1! Temple of Chaos is plucky, hits the ears pretty decent, and feels adventurous. It will lose this one I'm sure because Loss of Me is better, but doesn't feel very fun compared to Temple of Chaos.
Post #213664
Top
Posted: 13th November 2017 23:06

*
Chimera
Posts: 1,095

Joined: 15/8/2005

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than ten years. 
Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 12)
This is a much closer match-up if you consider the PSX version of Temple of Chaos, and if I'm not mistaken, that's the version that was presented in the last competition. Regardless, I'm goin' with Rose of May in part cuz I'm familiar with how it was used in its respective game, and also cuz of my support for FF9's soundtrack overall.

--------------------
Post #213817
Top
Posted: 14th November 2017 10:45

*
Maniacal Clown
Posts: 5,394

Joined: 31/10/2003

Awards:
Third place in CoNCAA, 2019. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. 
User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than ten years. Contributed to the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 9)
Looks like all the FF1 uploads you're using have a weird left/right balance problem to them.

Here's an upload of the NES version without that problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXfrj7NeQfM

Here's the PS1/PSP version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyCi-xdjNo

Here's the GBA version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bO4bQsk4Ys

Anyway...

I've only briefly heard the Chaos Temple theme in-game, so I don't have much attachment to it. (And it was even the NES version.) And I haven't played FFIX.

Loss of Me is a pretty nice track, straightforward and strongly melodic. My main complaint with it is that the piano instrumentation is just...not very good, causing all the chords to sound too harsh.

FWIW, here's a chiptune version of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQoEzA63d0I

This particular version makes it sound nicer, by reducing the awkward harshness of the piano chords. Unfortunately there's no equivalently-unharsh version (by using alternate instruments) of the already-chiptune Chaos Temple theme, so I can't get a direct comparison.

I'll have to mull over this choice for a bit.

Edit: My vote goes to Temple of Chaos, which I think flows a little bit better.

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 14th November 2017 19:28

--------------------
current games (2024-02-19):
Fairy Fencer F ADF
Pokémon Perfect Crystal

finished so far this year:
Gato Roboto
drowning, drowning
New Super Mario Bros.
TMNT 3: Radical Rescue

tabled: Lost Ruins
Post #213826
Top
Posted: 14th November 2017 22:26

*
Disciplinary Committee Member
Posts: 689

Joined: 7/12/2004

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Contributed to the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
Member of more than five years. 
Lovely as Loss of Me is in its emotive way, Temple of Chaos has always just stuck out for me with its 80s-ish adventure vibe, made all the more 80s in the PS1 version, in my opinion.

--------------------
Games on the Go
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy: Four Warriors of Light
Baldur's Gate

Too much to play, so little time!

Greg
Post #213849
Top
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

Topic Closed New Topic New Poll