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Favorite Modern FF Ballad

 
Which was your favorite of these songs?
"Eyes On Me" (Final Fantasy VIII) [ 6 ]  [50.00%]
"Melodies of Life" (Final Fantasy IX) [ 2 ]  [16.67%]
"Suteki Da Ne" (Final Fantasy X) [ 4 ]  [33.33%]
"1,000 Words" (Final Fantasy X-2) [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
"Kiss Me Goodbye" (Final Fantasy XII) [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
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Posted: 30th April 2006 05:38

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Y'know, the ballad that serves as a sorta theme song for the game. These are all of the ones I can really think of, so...meh.

I personally can't decide. They're all genuinely purty, but I don't really think any of them particularly shine, either. They all seem to fulfill the purpose of portraying the basic theme of the story though, so meh.



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Posted: 30th April 2006 06:00
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Out of those five choices, I only played VIII and IX. I prefer VIII. Eyes on Me is one of the most charming and romantic songs I've heard. Melodies of Life was decent aswell.
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Posted: 30th April 2006 11:26

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It's between Eyes On Me and Melodies of Life. Both are great songs.

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Posted: 30th April 2006 12:34

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Personally, I prefer Suteki da ne, either because of my short memory that made me forget all the songs or because it is really the song I prefer. At least there's a 50% chance that it's my favorite. tongue.gif

Never gonna get FFXII so that only made 4 choices for me.

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Posted: 30th April 2006 15:23

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If it's the song I think it is then "Suteki Da Ne" gets my vote.....
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Posted: 30th April 2006 17:33

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"Eyes On Me" is my vote. I think it's a great ballad.

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Posted: 1st May 2006 09:56

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I have a soft spot for "Suteki Da Ne"... but for some reason I really like "1000 Words" too...

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Posted: 2nd May 2006 08:38

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Melodies of Life by far. It just fits the FFIX mood very well. -CSM

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Posted: 10th May 2006 14:48
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Melodies of life. I haven't heard the FFXII one yet. Melodies of life brings back good memories of FFIX whereas Eyes on me just brings me back a load of painful FFVIII memories haha..
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Posted: 10th May 2006 17:14

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I null voted.

The instrumental piece from FFX titled Zanarkand is my favorite. So much so that I tried to have it played at my wedding, but the misses wouldn't go for it. It's a beautiful piano piece, that reminds me a great deal of Pachabel's Canon in D.

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Posted: 15th May 2006 08:40

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I hate all those songs except for "Melodies of Life," which I find to be strangely gorgeous. Better in the Japanese vocal than the alternatives, but the pure instrumental part is very nice as well. They're all kind of two-person, romantically geared songs, but "Melodies" kind of transcended that boring niche and branched out to be about all life.

Part of my roleplaying tics is that I hate weak/banal phrasing, so maybe that's why I always prefer the Japanese versions. Can't understand what they're saying and can just focus on timbre and tonality. wink.gif

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