wtogami (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wtogami) wrote,@ 2008-06-22 01:02:00 |
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素敵だね (Isn't It Wonderful?)
I did some random web surfing to get my mind off the pain.
I did some random web surfing to get my mind off the pain.
- I really like the musical themes from the Final Fantasy series. I was delighted to discover that people have been putting videos of themselves playing guitar arrangements on Youtube. Youtube a ton of this stuff. Amazing platform of creativity it is. A few that I liked...
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Tifa's Theme (FF7) Main Theme (FF7) Breezy (FF8) Eyes on Me (FF8)
- 600AD (Chronotrigger ... not FF but made by the same company and with equally memorable themes.)
- Melodies of Life (FF9) Check out this guy's playlist. He arranged and played 32 FF songs for solo guitar. Some are better than others, but I appreciate this guy's work.
- Electric Guitar:
- FF7 Battle Theme
- Chocobo Theme (This guy is playing bass and lead AT THE SAME TIME. His attitude is funny too. He has a few other videos where he does Zelda and Tetris with two guitars as well.)
- Chronotrigger Battle Theme (Entertaining watching the small kid play huge instruments. First he lays down the bass line in a loop, then goes nuts on the guitar part.)
- An attractive Japanese girl put a lot of effort into dressing up as the character Yuna from Final Fantasy X and singing 素敵だね (Suteki dane), the theme song from the game. I do admit that her face distracted me from a few anemic notes (...), but she did a good job reproducing the singing of Japanese folk singer Rikki. As a former musician I have a lot of respect for the skill and especially *guts* it takes to post yourself on Youtube.
During my most recent visit to Tokyo I was delighted to find that game music like this was somewhat mainstream, in the rotations of some radio stations and cafes. I heard the original version of this song and a few instrumental arrangements of other Final Fantasy themes. - 素敵だね acoustic guitar version. This guy does a good job playing this commercial arrangement from a song book.
