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[Dragoon En Regalia]

I'm most fond of The Travel Agency, often an overlooked track in FFX. It's surprisingly well-developed for a minor theme befitting Rin's chain of stations; arrangement's both modern and infused with ethnic hints (all instruments featured would normally belong to the percussion in an orchestra), while the composition itself carries rhythm and melody while falling into the background of a player's mind. Turning on the agencies' tutorial lecterns to this tune always has me smiling.

 

[E-Cat]

Hope Given "Dance of the Dog's Howl" from Sigma Harmonics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kwA88IxdoQ&hd=1

Probably my fav track from Hamauzu, 0:12 is just crazy inventive.

 

[GreenMakoEyes]

Hamauzu did a fantastic job with FFXIII. The OST features a good mix of both memorable melodic pieces and excellent ambient tracks. And I love his FFX Remaster OST, much more better than the original. I hope to hear another full FF OST composed by Hamauzu in the future.

 

[Falk]

I hope to hear another full FF OST composed by Hamauzu in the future.

Legend of Legacy isn't FF but it's JRPG through and through.

 

[cafemomo]

Please check out a work he did for an animated short, Paulette's Chair.

I just watched this right now.

Damn, that is beautiful

 

[krossj]

His music is incredible. Been listening to a lot of it recently especially after finding out there is a lot more non video game stuff out there.

Been trying to find his "α" CLOCK work somewhere to purchase over the past couple of days.

 

[threelights]

Any man with a love for violins is a good man.

=P

Hamauzu is awesome. He's half the reason why I want Legend of Legacy.

One of the few composers that can live up to the FF soundtrack legacy (and he did).

 

[pje122]

I urinated next to this guy. True story.

 

[Aeana]

I've been listening to Wandering Flame for like half an hour.

 

[djtiesto]

For all the hate the 13 games get, it had some damn good music.

Ouroborus Festival from Lightning Returns - a mishmash of samba-influenced percs, choral 'ahhh's' out of progressive trance, and a house piano riff.

FFXIII-2 boss theme "Worlds Collide" - because I'd never expect to hear drum and bass with an MC in an RPG.

 

[Dragon1893]

One of the greats.
Loved his work in the FFXIII saga.

 

[wmlk]

He also made my favourite rendition to the Final Fantasy theme. By far.

My mind runs wild with imagination listening to this.

 

[cafemomo]

Been trying to find his "α" CLOCK work somewhere to purchase over the past couple of days.

His non videogame music is really hard to find/purchase stateside.

I had to get my friend in Japan to buy me his Vielen Dank album.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Battle Theme EX from Unlimited Saga is absolutely amazing and, to this day, one of his greatest pieces.

I am probably one of the biggest Hamauzu fanboys on this board, in all honesty. Absolutely love his work.

Uematsu has a bigger portfolio of work and is a chiptune master, but Hamauzu blows him out of the water when it comes to modern stuff. The leitmotif in Final Fantasy 13 is simply outstanding.

My favorites (apart from Battle Theme EX):
Dance of the Cornered Rat (Sigma Harmonics) < -------- fuckin amazing
Will to Fight (my favorite track in the game)
Sunleth Waterscape (will never forget the first time I heard this, Parish used a clip in Retronauts)

 

[Azure J]

Battle Theme EX from Unlimited Saga is absolutely amazing and, to this day, one of his greatest pieces.

I KNEW there was another track I forgot to bring up in this thread. This and the Last Battle track pretty much round out the selections I made above.

 

[cafemomo]

Sunleth Waterscape

I love that he snuck in prelude. And it sounds really familiar to the prelude used in the beginning of FFX

 

[wmlk]

Whoops, misread.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

I'm quite the fan of his work on FFX, FFXIII, and FFXIII-2. Felt that his work complimented Uematsu's very will.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

I KNEW there was another track I forgot to bring up in this thread. This and the Last Battle track pretty much round out the selections I made above.

I can listen to the extended version nonstop. It's just so magical.... ^-^

 

[Gaylord Sweetwood]

My favorite video game composer. SaGa Frontier 2 is probably my favorite OST overall.

This was the first track I heard from Mr. Hamauzu that immediately got me hooked back in 2000.
Abweichung

His tracks on FFX were the best of the 3 composers:
Wandering Flame
Scorching Desert
Macalania Woods

Too many great tracks to list:
Sadness
Listless
Weltall

 

[Falk]

Sunleth Waterscape

Is my jam

 

[GreenMakoEyes]

Legend of Legacy isn't FF but it's JRPG through and through.

thanks, didn't know that. Need to check this OST.

 

[Golnei]

He's amazing, definitely one of my favourite composers. I've tried to follow most of his scores and original work, but I've missed Binbougami, Samurai Legend and Unlimited Saga. More to listen to alongside Legend of Legacy, I guess.

And to add to the specific tracks listed so far -

Dust to Dust
Missgestalt
Giant (I prefer the version from Opus 4, but I couldn't find a video...)
Final Battle of Revolution

 

[jurec84]

Unlimited SaGa thread OST? Unlimited SaGa OST thread.

Seriously though, the game was garbage, but that OST was amazing. Just listen to this amazing battle theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWISvgMETQ

 

[cafemomo]

Hamauzu made a new blinded by light arrangement

 

[Lumination]

I love Hamauzu's distinct style with strings.

FFX has my favorite OST, followed closely by the XIII and XIII-2.

edit: ^ loved it.

 

[jb1234]

Hamauzu made a new blinded by light arrangement

Great arrangement and well-performed. Kinda found the cellist's head banging distracting, though.

 

[jett]

Saga Frontier 2 - Piano Pieces and Final Fantasy X - Piano Collections are my favorite works of his.

He is a great talent.

 

[threelights]

Hamauzu made a new blinded by light arrangement

Damn, this sounds great.

I really hope he gets another chance at a FF game, even if it's in a non-mainline entry.

 

[WinterX]

Let's have a Hamauzu appreciation thread! I believe he has earned his place up in the top of the videogame music world alongside Uematsu

What are your favorites from him? Here are some of mine.

Final Fantasy X
Final Battle
Thunder Plains

Final Fantasy XIII
Blinded by Light
Lightning's Theme

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Radiance
Epilogue

Unlimited SaGa
Laura's Theme
The Sacred Starry Skies


oh and his version of Green Greens is wonderful

FFXIII music was great, especially the one from Oerba and Archylte steppe.

About FFX. This one is my favourite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3C8dyo5C7g&index=75&list=PLfseE3JLZwXzC7n7sJWxyClo90wk0_Sf_

Servants of the Mountain

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Gentle Timbre from Sigma Harmonics.

his best track

 

[WinterX]

I forgot he was also responsible for Dirge of Cerberus. My favs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzuLkfFuPg4&index=2&list=PL92392EB67C1C2042

Calm Before the Storm (awesome!!!)
Fragment of Memory
Forgotten Tears

 

[squall211]

I think I first heard of him back when SaGa Frontier 2 originally came out. Loved his music ever since. Every game music fan owes it to him or herself to listen to that entire soundtrack from start to finish, uninterrupted, at some point in their life.

 

[Koozek]

Don't even make me start posting his best songs, haha.

This man reignited my love for videogame music and reinforced my passion for music in general when I first read about his being involved in FFXIII back in '09 and got curious. As cliché as it sounds his music really helped me when I felt depressed for the first time in my life after a breakup. There's something about his trademark scales and harmonies that resonates so damn much with me. It's just so magical and beautiful.
I listened to nothing else but Vielen Dank, SaGa Frontier II, Unlimited SaGa, Sigma Harmonics, Musashiden II and Yasunori Mitsuda's Sailing To The World Piano Score album (arranged by Hamauzu) for months straight. That's also when I really started listening to game soundtracks in my spare time a lot, collecting my childhood favorites or other obscure OSTs and also started composing JRPG-like music with SNES/PSX Soundfonts/VSTs as a hobby.

So yeah, Hamauzu will always be very special for me


I'll just quote an old post of mine with some Sigma Harmonics stuff. I might add some of my other faves, too, later.

Sigma Harmonics - Rippling Dream
Sigma Harmonics - The Remains of Time
Sigma Harmonics - Flowing Time
Sigma Harmonics - Gentle Timbre
Sigma Harmonics - Hope Given "Dance of the Dog's Howl"
Sigma Harmonics - Bright Invitation "Dance of the Iron Ox"
Sigma Harmonics - Possession
Sigma Harmonics - Heartening "Dance of the Cornered Rat"
Sigma Harmonics - That Play "Demon Sonata"
Sigma Harmonics - The Screams of Time Rotating
Sigma Harmonics - Who is He Anyway

 

[cafemomo]

I really hope he gets another chance at a FF game, even if it's in a non-mainline entry.

Would be nice if he does the new Dissidia. I want that to happen because to hear his version of Man with the Machine Gun and The Decisive Battle.

 

[cafemomo]

Anyone else get his new album?

It's like Vielen Dank, there are some videogame related tracks in there from FFXIII, SaGa and LoL

 

[Etrian Oddity]

I'm bumping this years-old thread because goddammit, Hamauzu is a gem and I hope more people who are unfamiliar with his work can discover his genius.

Hamauzu made a new blinded by light arrangement

Just like this. Gorgeous shit.

In my dreams, Final Fantasy 16 is an Ivalice game with a script written by Matsuno and a soundtrack by Hamauzu. I can always dream, gaf

 

[jb1234]

I really want to hear his Alliance Alive soundtrack, which was released just a few days ago in Japan. There are game rips up on Youtube but I preferred a more structured listening, haha.