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Now, really, I defy anyone to name another game with as many good music tracks as this game. I think that it tops even the brilliant Goldeneye. Picking out your favourite is like choosing your favourite son...

Right from the first "gong" that the opening track provides, you get the feeling that you're in for a musical treat. There are so many good tracks done in a variety of styles, ranging from the classical such as the operas and Spinach Rag, to the weird yet wonderful, like Devil's Lab (is this supposed to be a rap song?).

Then we have the songs that get your blood flowing, like Metamorphosis (the obligatory disaster theme), Floating Continent, Atma Weapon (don't you just hate beating that last statue...music's over!), and there are touching, delicate songs, like Relm's Theme (at least until the bagpipes stomp all over that one), and Forever Rachel. And of course we have the tribute to FF's tradition with Prelude and a touch of Prologue at the end.

When I'm playing the game, nothing makes me enjoy a boss fight more than the Atma Weapon music (now how did poor 'ol regular Atma get stuck with the lesser Boss Theme?...I wonder if a patch could take care of that). So in-game, this track gets my vote.

Listening to the tracks on their own, Forever Rachel is easily my favourite. It's so sad, yet so heroic and full of hope. I'm always amazed how much work went into this song when it only shows up once or twice in the game!

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I did one just like it for FF7, but there are so many cool songs in FF6 as well. I love them all! So tell us what are your favorite theme song in the game. my top 5 are
1)Shadow's
2)Cyan's
3)Gogo's
4)Terra's
5)Rachel's theme

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Lockes girl that ends up turning into the Phionex esper

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I think this is close enough to the existing music megatopic to be merged. -R51

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 26th May 2005 17:51

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My favorite song is Terra's theme. Shadow's and Celes' are also cool too though.

They all all so good that i cant choose! Well,actually i really like the WoR Music with the ship already aquired.

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Shadows theme is my favorite amongst all of them

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Lets see, connect the blue wire to the ...wait, why is it tick*boom*

I don't think I've responded to this topic, but if I have my opinions change weekly, anyway.

Terra's theme takes priority 'cause it's played so often in the game. Not just in its more complete incarnations (Awakening, WoB map, etc.), but also in other songs where the first five notes - played in order - are "hidden" somewhere in the melody. It's kinda entertaining just to listen for 'em. Also, that song's freakin' sweet, and I only reserve that rather unladylike phrase for REALLY special things. (Pffft...like I ever actually do or say anything ladylike...)

Other character themes that stand out:

- Kefka's theme
- Shadow's theme
- Locke's theme
- Gau's theme
- I can stop anytime, really!
- Celes' theme (which, by extension, would include Aria Di Mezzo Carattere since her theme's based off it)
- Mog's theme (I just like the moogle theme in general)
- I'll just keep it short-but-not-really and say all the character themes are awesome.

As for battle themes:

- Dancing Mad (!!!)
- The Fierce Battle (aka, "Atma Weapon's theme")
- The Decisive Battle

I even really like the theme for random battles, but like any random battle theme, it gets old quickly after starting a new game.

And, just in general:

- The entirety of the opera (Overture, Aria Di Mezzo Carattere, The Wedding, and Grand Finale?)
- Searching for Friends (aka, WoR theme after getting the Falcon)
- Blackjack
- Forever Rachel (I like how it's a somber remix of Locke's theme)
- Troops March On/Vector theme (it's eeeevil...)
- Epitaph (like with Forever Rachel, it's a kinda somber version of Setzer's theme)
- Devil's Lab
- Wild West/Veldt theme
- Metamorphosis

Believe it or not, I could go on. And on, and on, and on. But I think I know when it's a good time to shut up.

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Though I am a big fan of Gau's theme, Umaro's theme and the Veldt music, my favourite would have to be 'Serpent Trench.' I love it musically, but it fit the are so well, too.

I liked the boss battle song... The battle song was ok too, but it seems like its been used too many times. ;x

EDIT: Oh, my other fav is that cool song when you meet Gau. And everytime you land your airship on the Veldt..

This post has been edited by Ashura on 27th May 2005 15:15

My favorite music is the music and the begining and the final boss battle music. I also enjoyed the opera house music and the air ship music as well. But the alltime best music in FF VI is the ending music well the party is escaping from Keffka's tower.

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"searching friends" is definitely way up there for me, along with the Phantom Forest theme.
Like some of you, I've been trying to play some of these on the piano too... but I haven't played the piano in yeaaaaaars, and I learned it when I was some sort of one-digit-year-old kid so I, ehm, for the most part sorta forgot how to play. Woops.

My favorite though is the ending theme.
Where Shadow's theme comes up in the ending theme is my favorite part within it

Personally, I liked Terra's theme and the Atma Weapon fight music.

My favorites:

-The music when Kefka attacks Narshe
-Tower of Fanatics
-First Airship Theme
-Kefka's Tower
-Zozo
-Phantom Train
-Narshe
-Vector
-MagiTek Factory
-When you fight Ultros in the Opera House

Some of you put "Dancing Mad" as your favorite. Can you tell me when in the game you hear that?

This post has been edited by DarkTonberry34 on 7th June 2005 22:38

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Ultimately a man must travel his chosen path alone.

Awakening is one of my favorites because the beginning has this very 1940's, damsel-in-distress sound. Like a detective movie.

Forever Rachel, Relm's theme, Veldt song, Owzer's house theme, Locke's theme, Cyan's theme, and the Phantom Train theme.

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Some of you put "Dancing Mad" as your favorite.  Can you tell me when in the game you hear that?

Final battle. The music for each of the 3 Tiers + Kefka = "Dancing Mad".

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Words of Wisdom:

If something can go wrong, it will.

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law

Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn

Many agree that Naubou Uematsu 's scrores in Final Fantasy 6 is condsiter one of his best music in all of the FF seriers, they are not lying. I have enjoy the music in FF6 so much because each score gives you so much emotions as you play thoughout the game. Here's a list of my favoirte songs in the game

Kefka, Celes, Locke, Edgar, Terra, Gogo, Umaro, Cyan, Relm and Shadow Themes.

Phatom Forest, Seraching For Friends(WOR overworld theme) Fierce Battle, boss battle thenme, Dancing Mad Teir 1 and 3 theme, and the ending theme.



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Life....Hopes...Dreams. Where did they came from and where are the headed? These Things...I am going to destory!
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Oh my favorites? I guess I will have to check my folder... I'm taking them from the OST . These are my personal rankings.
- Esper Girl (9/10)
- Terra Funk (8.5/10)
- Atma Weapon (8.5/10)
- Celes' Theme (Remix) (7.5/10)
- Cyan's Theme (7.5/10)
- Rachel (7.5/10)
- End of WOB (7/10)
- Vwahoo voo! The Veldt! (7/10)

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The third tier of Dancing Mad, Tina's (Terra in US) Theme, The Opera House sequences. Oh, and can't forget Atma weapon's theme either!

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The Ending Theme is a wonderfully put together version of all the character themes, and some sound better there than in their full glory (Shadow's in particular.) Other favorites are the Opening Theme (including the version of Terra's theme that plays during the magitek armor marching scene and credits).

I love all the character themes except for Strago's and the Brothers' Figaro, but my favorites are Relm, Gau and Setzer (ironically the three characters I never use...)

Other good ones are the Epilogue and the third (?) part of the Opera (when you fight Ultros)

My favourites are (off the top of my head) :

Celes' theme tune
Boss battle Music
Zozo
Terra's tune
The Prelude

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AAARGH! This is the main theme to the FF-games (I think), and it's terrible! It's not even a good riff. It's just a beginner piano student's warm up scale excercise! Up and down, up and down...

But that's like the best part of Final Fantasy!!!
You've made an enemy...

FFVI has the best music in the Final Fantasy series, IMO. My favorite songs are:
The Opening Theme
Terra's Theme (WoB Overworld theme)
Awakening (Terra's other theme)
Kefka's Theme
Shadow's Theme
The Fierce Battle (Atma Weapon and the Three Statues battle theme)
Metamorphosis
Catastrophe
Dancing Mad
and the Ending Theme.

Celes' theme is one of my alltime favorites, in all of its incarnations, but it is tied with Cyan's theme. In a way, I think both compliment each other.

Terra, Shadow, Gau, and Edgar/Sabin all have good themes as well. (Most of which at one time I could play on Tenor Sax)

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I'd have to say the best song (and one of my all-time favorite videogame songs period) is Terra's theme and its many variations. The Grande Finale version is AWESOME, but I think the Piano Collections one is even better. They're like exact opposites, the Grande Finale version symbolizes her courage and heroicness (is that a word?), while the Piano Collections one expresses her loneliness and mysteriousness.

Other awesome ones would be Locke, Rachel, Relm, and Celes's theme (there's like... 3 variations that I can think of).

Oh, and Gau's theme. I always liked it, but the Grande Finale version is just AMAZING! So is that version of "Mystery Train." It's REALLY chaotic and awesome.

And as everyone else has said, Dancing Mad (tiers 3 and 4 mostly) and the Ending Theme are also uber-l337.

This post has been edited by Spiffyness on 17th July 2005 18:07

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Distant hills wear a shroud of grey
A lonely breeze whispers in the trees
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FFVI has some of the best songs in the series. It's my favorite FF soundtrack, hands down. There is a lot of diversity to each of the tracks, as oppossed to a soundtrack like FFVII's, where a lot of the tracks play off of the main theme. Each character has a unique soundtrack that comes up in the appropriate setting, and the other tracks match their environments perfectly.

"The Phantom Forest" is one of my all time favorite Uematsu tracks. Very haunting. I love the chanting in the beginning, and the acoustic guitar that leads perfectly into strings and what sounds like a flute (sometimes it's hard to tell...is there a place to find Uematsu instrumentation?).

"Relm's Theme" is another favorite of mine. It does a great job of conveying the sweeter, inner artistic side of Relm, as opposed to the foul-mouthed brat. Plus, synth bagpipes--now that's an original touch.

"The Awakening" (which should really be Terra's theme since it's always played when she's around) is another good one. The clarinet (?) makes for a great opening, and I like "Terra's Theme" played out on the piano while the strings and what sounds like a harp provide accompaniment in the background.

Of course, I can't forget "Dancing Mad." I think that needs very little commentary from me to convince others of its greatness.

Some others that I like:

Prelude
The Mines of Narshe
Shadow
Cyan
The Empire Gestahl
The Day After
Searching for Friends

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They're like exact opposites, the Grande Finale version symbolizes her courage and heroicness (is that a word?), while the Piano Collections one expresses her loneliness and mysteriousness.

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And as everyone else has said, Dancing Mad (tiers 3 and 4 mostly) and the Ending Theme are also uber-l337.

Off Topic: I believe its heroicism. (Which I probably slaughtered that word's spelling...)

On Topic.

Dancing Mad is good, but I must say, when NU had the Black Mages redo it? Good stuff right there.

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I'd say that my favorite themes are

1:the Blackjack

2:Kefka's theme

3:Setzer's theme (i once got it stuck in my head don't kno where it came from)

4:mog's theme

5: the ending theme

6:and celes' theme, the opera version.

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i think all the music in the game was pretty good overall but if i had to choose id probably say atmas music or terras theme or the battle music, ARGHHH i dont know.

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Owzer: P... please... Help that painting!!
"The painting!?"
Owzer: It's... There's a monster hiding in my prized painting of a goddess...
"A monster!?"
Owzer: Yes... And now it's nearly impossible to get it to show itself...
Relm: Ahhhhh!!

It's Hard to ansewer....


But I like the Shadow theme, the music JohnyCBad..., played on the Colosseum, the Prelude(Theme of final fantasy series...)and all musics....but this time I vote On Shadow's Theme

My favorite theme is the updated prelude because of the new parts that it plays! It is my favorite prelude in all of the final fantasies! I like it better than all of the ones in the past because of the added parts, and ones like FF7 and FF10 all sound too technological!

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a fox is sleek.
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Now, really, I defy anyone to name another game with as many good music tracks as this game. I think that it tops even the brilliant Goldeneye. Picking out your favourite is like choosing your favourite son...

I agree wholeheartedly. Final Fantasy VI has some of the most incredible and inspiring (being a musician) music of any game I have yet to play.

From each character's theme song to the battle music such as Atma or a normal boss battle, it's all really very great.

So many different instruments used also, for being an older game now. It's amazing.

My favorite piece would have to be "The Unforgiven" track, which I consider Sabin's theme song. Some may know it; when you

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are saving the house right before you reunite with Celes in the WoR.

Nobuo Uematsu is my hero.

This post has been edited by w00tah86 on 23rd October 2006 03:32

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I like them all.

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