Wednesday, August 25, 2021

MIDI Week Singles: "The Decisive Battle" - Final Fantasy VI / III (SNES)

 

"The Decisive Battle" from Final Fantasy VI / III on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, iOS, Android, Windows (1994)
Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Label: Squaresoft, NTT Publishing, Polystar
Publisher: Square
Developer: Square


When those first seven seconds from this track start, you know that this is not going to be your normal run-of-the-mill battle.  This is boss battle music.

For me, it is the bass and organ that stand out for nearly the entirety of the song.  The MIDI strings at around 0:30 do carry the melody for a while, really for the next 20 seconds, but I still tend to focus on the bass for the whole song.  I would be remiss to not point out the drums too because those are some great MIDI-sounding drums.  There are just so many memories that come back with this song (and really the whole Final Fantasy VI / III soundtrack.

That is really all I have until next week when the partial-real-reason for featuring "The Decisive Battle" will be made clear.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian

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