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[NinjaCoachZ]

No! Boo!

I wanted some Black Mage style remakes of the classic tracks from FF7.

This could still happen if they get Tsuyoshi Sekito involved. He was the guitarist for The Black Mages.

 

[Newtype-001]

Type-0 and CC also had great OSTs so no objections to Ishimoto
What becomes of Us

The Price of Freedom

 

[GaussTek]

Bummer. He did the composition/arrangements for Advent Children -and he did an epic job in my opinion- so I was expecting him to return for the remake

Oh well, I bet others can do a great job too, like Ishimoto, or the composer who did some of the G-Bike arrangements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyW6w-mKTQ0

So, I'm really ok if the remake sounds a bit like that heh

 

[ViciousDS]

Soken's got his hands full with XIV as is.

Yes.....sucks because he's really, really fucking good

 

[Stone Ocean]

Well between this and the "real time battle system" this remake is turning out to be a hot mess.

Oh cool, people are still bitching about a game they have zero info about.

 

[OBias]

Pass the torch to Takeharu Ishimoto, he's up to the task.

 

[qualitydisc]

demolished his name

god damn

This is taken from one of his fanclub DVDs which is jokingly titled "Nobiyo (his nickname) and Noubou Uametsu"

 

[Golnei]

They could always call Masashi Hamauzu back.

His Legend of legacy soundtrack is the perfect blend of electronic instruments and real instruments which I think would fit FF7 well.

I love Hamauzu, but his style doesn't mesh all that well with Uematsu's at the best of times, and he's especially ill-suited to the world of FF7 - look at how out of place Dirge of Cerberus' soundtrack was. For faithfulness to the original score, I actually think they should try to get ACE+ on board for the non-orchestrated pieces, they've arranged Uematsu's music before; and their work on Xenoblade should show how adept they are at that style.

 

[threelights]

Type-0 and CC also had a great OST so no objections to Ishimoto
What becomes of Us

Price of Freedom could easily have been a track from FFVII instead of CC.

Get Ishimoto on this job.

 

[Meccanical]

I love Hamauzu, but his style doesn't mesh all that well with Uematsu's at the best of times, and he's especially ill-suited to the world of FF7 - look at how out of place Dirge of Cerberus' soundtrack was.

Well Dirge of Cerberus itself is out of place.

 

[Zetta]

Shit this sucks.

 

[Yabberwocky]

I have to admit the VII rearrangements in CC didn't do a lot for me, so if Ishimoto does it, I hope he sticks very closely to the originals. I don't mind some of his orchestral work for Dissidia, but the heavy metal tracks in CC/Dissdia always felt quite jarring for me.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

They have all the songs written, they just need modernising, some of which has already been done, if not all. He is not needed for the project I would have to agree.

 

[show me your skeleton]

paging mick gordon.

 

[qualitydisc]

Ishimoto was good for CC but is he still at Square?

He is, probably the most talented guy they have "in house" (in my opinion). He's doing the Dissidia arcade soundtrack and recently did Rampage Land Rankers.

You can listen to a lot of his recent work here:
https://soundcloud.com/takeharu-ishimoto

 

[DrunkShogun]

Just make all the songs orchestrated and you really can't go wrong. Heard it battle song and main theme orchestrated and was still good to listen to.

 

[I am Christina Aguilera]

I mean, however they're making it, they may have the need to compose a few new interstitial "plot"/"mood" tracks, but Uematsu already made the game's soundtrack 18 years ago. I figure that it's like all of the remakes of Ys 1/2 not necessarily needing Yuzo Koshiro there to be able to arrange his soundtrack. Put sheet music of Uematsu's score in front of a live orchestra with someone else from Square in charge of the arrangements, and you're pretty good to go, right?

Edit:

Just make all the songs orchestrated and you really can't go wrong. Heard it battle song and main theme orchestrated and was still good to listen to.

Yeah, what he said

 

[Past]

People are going to shit on the rearrangement no matter what. I remember people on GAF saying they were going to boycott FFX HD because of the new OST.

 

[Meccanical]

People are going to shit on the rearrangement no matter what. I remember people on GAF saying they were going to boycott FFX HD because of the new OST.

Well some of the tracks could easily be perceived as worse.

 

[Newtype-001]

Price of Freedom could easily have been a track from FFVII instead of CC.

Get Ishimoto on this job.

His dissidia stuff is sounding pretty great so far as well.
The one in the latest trailer was really good.

https://youtu.be/M0oTJiy6j8g

 

[Neff]

That's incredibly disappointing.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Wonder how come. Just what is the man doing? Last I heard he was doing a mobile game, but thought that was done.

 

[Meccanical]

Wonder how come. Just what is the man doing? Last I heard he was doing a mobile game, but thought that was done.

Probably other things besides video game OSTs.

 

[mrmickfran]

If they're gonna give it the FFX HD treatment, then this gets a no from me.

 

[Omadahl]

Just take the Distant Worlds recordings. Bam.

 

[entremet]

Why would he be?

Why not? He did the original score. And his name synonymous with the series.

Is this a serious question?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Disappointing but I'm not terribly shocked.

I just hope they don't pull a Dissidia where they remix his compositions without giving him proper credit (Uematsu's name doesn't appear anywhere in the original Dissidia OST liner notes despite most of the music being his original compositions.)

Oh yeah, good old Square banning composer names when they go freelance...

Chrono Trigger SNES:

Chrono Trigger PS1:

 

[Meccanical]

Why not? He did the original score. And his name synonymous with the series.

Is this a serious question?

Yeah, it is.

Why does he need to make the same song twice.

 

[entremet]

Yeah, it is.

Why does he need to make the same song twice.

They're not using the same PS1 arrangements.

I'd rather the dude responsible for the original rearrange his own work with better tools and hardware.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

This is not a concern, it's all good.

 

[AuthenticM]

Give the job to Shimomura or the XIII guy.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Why not? He did the original score. And his name synonymous with the series.

Is this a serious question?

This is a lot less of a reason when he didn't score/isn't scoring XII, XIII, and XV.

 

[CielTynave]

Not too concerned considering the soundtrack will mostly be remixes anyways but considering the quality of his work recently this isn't that much of a loss.

 

[Rizific]

Remix the ost, or make it orchestral. Whatever it is, just keep the essence of ff7s original music.

 

[Lights and Waves]

The song in the trailer is a rearranged version of the FF7 opening song. I knew the Nobuo Uematasu circle jerk would start before I could reply.

 

[footfunghi]

Oh yeah, good old Square banning composer names when they go freelance...

Chrono Trigger SNES:

Chrono Trigger PS1:

wow first time i see this

II actually think they should try to get ACE+ on board for the non-orchestrated pieces, they've arranged Uematsu's music before; and their work on Xenoblade should show how adept they are at that style.

Which tracks? I could not find anything witch a quick search. Can you give more Information? I would like to listen to it.

 

[entremet]

This is a lot less of a reason when he didn't score/isn't scoring XII, XIII, XIV, and XV.

He scored 10 FFs.

 

[Meccanical]

He scored 10 FFs.

Doesn't really matter because that was then and this is now.

 

[Timeaisis]

If they re-do the soundtrack on this game I am going to be so pissed.

 

[HatWobble]

I'm hoping this means that he's already busy with something else. It'd be awesome to have FFXVI scored by him.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

He scored 10 FFs.

I'm not denying he's an important dude but if he was so synonymous to the point of necessity he would still be doing them.

 

[e-gamer]

Why would he be?

"Uematsu did the arrangement for the original Final Fantasy VII that released in 1997."

This

 

[Meccanical]

If they re-do the soundtrack on this game I am going to be so pissed.

Do you honestly still want FFVII's funky ass sound font in a 2015 game.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

They're not using the same PS1 arrangements.

I'd rather the dude responsible for the original rearrange his own work with better tools and hardware.

Square-Enix got the original composers for Final Fantasy X, Uematsu, Hamauzu, and Nakano, to rearrange the soundtrack for the HD version, and plenty of people still disliked the new arrangements. It is likely that even if Uematsu handled the VII remake soundtrack singlehandedly, people here would end up disliking his work.

 

[entremet]

I'm not denying he's an important dude but if he was so synonymous to the point of necessity he would still be doing them.

Not at all. He moved on. But given this is a monumental remake, I would have loved him back for it.

I'm bummed out.

Square-Enix got the original composers for Final Fantasy X, Uematsu, Hamauzu, and Nakamo, to rearrange the soundtrack for the HD version, and plenty of people still disliked the new arrangements. It is likely that even if Uematsu handled the VII remake soundtrack singlehandedly, people here would end up disliking his work.

I enjoyed the arranged songs.

I'm not worried about the quality if he were back. You can't please everybody.

 

[Wasp]

He's not needed. The songs in FFVII are already perfect, they just need to be orchestrated and jobs done. Keep the remixing and rearranging to as little as possible. No electric guitars please.

 

[squall211]

Unless they are using the old tunes this sucks

After hearing FFX HDs god awful remixes I don't want a remix

Interesting. I thought most of X HD's remastered OST was quite good.

In any event, I'm not too disappointed Uematsu's not involved. It would have been nice, but it's not like the remake is going to have an all-new soundtrack. I'm sure the OST will be just fine.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Interesting. I thought most of X HD's remastered OST was quite good.

Me too, though I was never exposed to the originals until after playing X HD.

 

[New002]

Well between this and the "real time battle system" this remake is turning out to be a hot mess.

Yeah this game isn't turning out to be what I was hoping for, but hopefully it turns out well and people enjoy it for what it is.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I'm really not too bummed out, but I do wonder if SE didn't ask him or if they asked and he declined.