ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Squaresoft Variation'

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Final Fantasy VI

Oh. My. God. For those unfamiliar with the name of Jeremy Soule, he's the composer of numerous great game soundtracks, a couple of which have been ReMixed here on OCR... and he has submitted what is singlehandedly one of the most awesome orchestral rearrangements I have ever heard. I literally kicked myself when I realized he had sent us this back around Christmas of last year, and extend my sincere apologies both to him and to all you listeners for whom, I can assure you, it would have been the best holiday present you could have hoped for. Quite simply, this is amazing. Soule accompanied this mix with the following words:

"I just wanted to let you know that I support what you're doing with game music. Here's something I just completed in both your honor and Nobuo Uematsu's."

So, another professional game composer who supports unofficial game arrangements and, furthermore, has created his own, in honor of the one and only Nobuo Uematsu. And, personally, if I were Uematsu, I'd be very honored. This is a lush, symphonic retelling of the Terra theme that has both triumphant, spine-tingling peaks and subtle, crystalline, subdued passages, and paints its musical colors with the broad but refined palette of someone who is clearly a master. It's amazingly cool that someone as talented and high-profile as Soule has acknowledged the game arrangement community, but even moreso that he has done so in this form, with what is a singular and epic piece of arrangement everyone and their grandmother should download NOW. My deepest thanks to Jeremy Soule for submitting this. Highest recommendations - superlative.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
This is the same style I know and love from Total Annihilation.
It is the same composer after all.
I normally don't download peaceful music like this but... I need to have this one.

- IrateResearchers on November 9, 2009
How is it that I'm just now discovering this remix? This is awesome, love the arrangement. And holy freaking crap, Jeremey Soule.

- nonsensicalexis on May 17, 2009
Jeremy Soule? Here? Damn. Piece is cool but way too short. When i get home this evening, i'll listen on better sound system (here i have only crappy 1-ear-mute headphones).

- kurokikaze on October 21, 2008
Well I must applaud to this, a very great song indeed. It feels like I'm listening to what Beethoven's 5th symphony Movement 1 and Terra's theme would sound like if they had a child. The theme is repeated and changed from instrument to instrument very nicely.
Very lovely.

- Wild Armor on October 19, 2008
This is single handed the greatest mix on this site. I remember listening to this many years ago and now that I'm a forum member, I felt obliged to comment. Incredible work. Hopefully Soule will bless us with another arrangment/orchestration in the near future.

- The Runaway Five on October 17, 2008
Wow wow wow. How the hell did I miss this? I love Terra's Theme, I'm not sure how I never spotted the JEREMY SOULE before though. I have a way of liking soundtracks and only later discovering he did them (such as Guild Wars titles). I adore the Oblivion soundtrack.
It really is cool that someone like that submitted a remix here, rather incredible, really. And this is even pretty old, before ocremix started to get more recognition.
It's a great piece, it's actually not my favorite Terra remix (that might still have to go to Ailsean's) but it is cool how noticeably his style it is. This mix would fit in Oblivion and no one but FF fans would even take notice.
Very cool.

- cloudkitt on September 18, 2008
This is incredible, Wow. I've flicked through the last 16 pages, and I have to say, there some real jealous people here. Bad EQ and reverb? Hardly. Relying on Gigasamples? hardly. This is orchestrated incredibly well, and rendered equally as well.
Congratulations to Mr Soule for this.
Chris

- Chris Hurn on June 3, 2008
This piece has a very subtle beauty that's common in most of Soule's work. It doesn't go out of its way to grab your attention, but there's plenty of quality to find if you look closely. While it may not stray far from the source, Soule did a really great job of reinforcing the strengths of the original melody.
All in all, this sort of mix is a real honor for our community; both as a contribution from the professional side of the fence and as a great piece of music. I'd love to hear more from Soule around here if he finds the time someday.

- sephfire on April 22, 2008
I could have sworn I'd written a review for this piece before.
It's not terrible, but it's bad. Horribly bland - which is a disappointment because I think Jeremy Soule is a fine composer. His work on Morrowind was exceptional, and Oblivion takes a close third (Secret of Evermore being his best).
But here it's just so uninspired! We have Terra's theme placed over generic filmy sounding crap. The piece never goes anywhere interesting or new. Heck, some of the chord choices just seem to clash, and that's sad.
And it seriously makes me sick to see the hero worship that goes on in this thread. Some of these posts in praise of the work are decent and well thought out, but good lord, some people are just trying to get in Jeremy's lap if you know what I mean.

- artemisjaeger on April 22, 2008
Anything made by this guy can be instantly recognized to have been made by him - this piece is certainly no exception. Interesting to hear this theme remixed into his style.

- Dafydd on December 1, 2007
I can listen to this and play Oblivion.
I think what I really like about this piece is the rhythm Jeremy had going.

- LongeBane on October 8, 2007
I disagree here. Yeah, I mean it's Jeremy Soule, but after listening to this a few times lately, I think there's just a lot of depth to this song that you find (in most of his song really) and can come to appreciate.
Anyway, maybe this isn't the most heartfelt song he's ever done, but I find that a lot of his songs concentrate on atmosphere more than what I'd call musical grandeur, and the atmosphere is really really awesome.
I love the soundscape created. It puts a lot of despair and urgency into the theme of Terra that I didn't know existed, but can now appreciate.

- Monobrow on October 6, 2007
When I read the writeup, I said that this was going on my mp3 without listening to it. After listening to it, I discovered that it wasn't the best out there. The song is good. I will give it that. But it doesn't capture much intensity that say, Philharmonic suite would do. It is a very high quality piece and interesting all the way through, but the song itself really isn't worth all the hype that people are making it out to be. Jeremy Soule did a great job, that much is certain. But the mix just doesn't seem very active(only word I can think of.)

- Thin Crust on March 15, 2007
This song actually makes me want an FFVI film for the 'soule' purpose of hearing this song in the credits, just like you said, Malice.
Ever since I first played FFVI this song has been stuck in my head, and there are no shortage of remixes of it, many of them fantastic. While some may be more "fun" to listen to, this is no doubt a very beautiful arrangement of it.

- cloudkitt on February 15, 2007
JEREMY SOULE!?!? (I didn't know about this until now!)
Well, all I can say is, if there were to be an FFVI film, this ought to make it in the soundtrack somewhere, simply because it's already got that niche of what cinematic music is known for. (One of the starting or credit segments?)
It's an epic arrangement, although yes it is a bit archetypal to the sense it's almost generically arranged, however given this being done by a pioneer of composing music of that sort in video games, that would be expected. Mr. Soule accomplished that.
Production is, commercial quality. Instrumentation is highly convincing to being realistic, the usual. What can I say? This HAD to make it somewhere there.
As a tribute piece, this works extremely well, and should not be left overlooked, because this is true quality despite the generic take of 'cinematic' arrangement.

- MaliceX on February 15, 2007

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