# Final Fantasy Soundtrack Question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160 "2011-05-17T00:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/1 "2011-05-17T00:31:08Z")
This is driving my girlfriend, **Tracyfish** , and me insane. Well, maybe just me. We went to hear the Detroit Symphony Orchestra play Bolero on Saturday and when I heard it, I immediately thought of a song from a Final Fantasy game. I was going to start searching on my phone immediately afterwards, but was chided until she said it reminded her of Final Fantasy as well. Now I’m looking around, trying to find the damned song online somewhere to hear it, just to put this to rest. Help? Edited to add: My guess is that it’s the music that plays when you’re Locke, Shadow, and Cyan and you’re in the soldiers’ camp in the MagiTek armor before Kefa poisons the river. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/2 "2011-05-17T00:37:38Z")
Don’t have a ton of time right now, but is this the section? [FF6](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84hFitTXfjs) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/3 "2011-05-17T00:40:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Don’t have a ton of time right now, but is this the section? > > [FF6](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84hFitTXfjs) Crap. That’s the section, but that’s not quite the song I remember. Here’s the [Bolero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw) we heard. Now that I’m listening to it again, it’s driving me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/4 "2011-05-17T00:54:47Z")
Maybe the [Red Wings Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRhXc1S0_f0) from FF IV? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/5 "2011-05-17T01:05:17Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Maybe the [Red Wings Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRhXc1S0_f0) from FF IV? Nope. That’s not it either. Curses. At least, I’m very sure that wasn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/6 "2011-05-17T01:21:40Z")
How about the [FF 8 opening credits?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKCzDSJJxAE) EDIT: [This is how they sound in-game](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUa2kL8kOk4&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/7 "2011-05-17T01:27:42Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > How about the [FF 8 opening credits?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKCzDSJJxAE) > > EDIT: [This is how they sound in-game](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUa2kL8kOk4&feature=related) I never played that Final Fantasy game. Neither did she, so that one is out. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Tone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Lucas\_Tone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Tone)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/8 "2011-05-17T02:15:27Z")
My first thought was [Terra’s Theme](http://youtu.be/VqhZfNZ8y94), they’ve got a similar drumming pattern, but when I gave them both a good listen it really wasn’t the same. This is bothering me now, too. I feel like I’ve heard this before, but I’ve played Final Fantasy III and VI exclusively. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/9 "2011-05-17T02:17:49Z")
Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/10 "2011-05-17T02:22:26Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Here’s the [Bolero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw) we heard. Now that I’m listening to it again, it’s driving me nuts. What timestamp in that piece is familiar to you? To link to a specific timestamp, just add: #t=XmXs m= minutes s = seconds If you mean the first section of the song, I would think the main theme of FF6. [Listen to the similar part here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGC_EzojK6E#t=26s) ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/11 "2011-05-17T02:26:17Z")
I’ll take one more stab at it, since it’s bugging me too now. Thanks a lot 😃 [Mog’s Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5UeEUdPiMg) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/12 "2011-05-17T02:41:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What timestamp in that piece is familiar to you? To link to a specific timestamp, just add: > > #t=XmXs > > m= minutes > s = seconds > > If you mean the first section of the song, I would think the main theme of FF6. > > [Listen to the similar part here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGC_EzojK6E#t=26s) It’s not really any special time in there. It’s all just the same thing, just played with different clusters of instruments until the last part, where it’s all the instruments. The main theme of FF6 does sound a little like it, but that’s not currently what’s going to haunt my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/13 "2011-05-17T02:51:26Z")
Dude, I think it is just general, then. Nothing specific. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/14 "2011-05-17T08:29:43Z")
Either it’s [Under Martial Law](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AhqyAGGpog#t=0m14s) (especially starting at 15s, which I linked), which I think sounds very similar… … or I’m guessing what you’re remembering is a confluence of several of the memorable songs in the FFVI soundtrack. When I clicked on the Bolero Youtube link, I was immediately reminded so several different songs from FFVI, like part of the Zozo theme and even the overworld music from the Veldt. I can absolutely understand how you would immediately be reminded of the game, I totally got that too. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/15 "2011-05-17T10:19:36Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Either it’s [Under Martial Law](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AhqyAGGpog#t=0m14s) (especially starting at 15s, which I linked), which I think sounds very similar… > > … or I’m guessing what you’re remembering is a confluence of several of the memorable songs in the FFVI soundtrack. When I clicked on the Bolero Youtube link, I was immediately reminded so several different songs from FFVI, like part of the Zozo theme and even the overworld music from the Veldt. I can absolutely understand how you would immediately be reminded of the game, I totally got that too. That could also be it. Now that we’re taking this trip down memory lane, this appears to be the real answer. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/16 "2011-05-17T11:06:44Z")
If the OP is referencing the scene in the Imperial Camp before Kefka poisons Doma, then [Troops March On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9OhBqAMbU&playnext=1&list=PLC24FDEC50085CF98) is the piece that plays during that scene. It uses the same leitmotif as “Under Martial Law” linked to above, and it definitely has a Bolero-ish sound to it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/17 "2011-05-17T14:42:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If the OP is referencing the scene in the Imperial Camp before Kefka poisons Doma, then [Troops March On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9OhBqAMbU&playnext=1&list=PLC24FDEC50085CF98) is the piece that plays during that scene. It uses the same leitmotif as “Under Martial Law” linked to above, and it definitely has a Bolero-ish sound to it. I think the prevalence of that drum beat is also what’s throwing me off. I don’t think I realized how many songs on that soundtrack had that same base drum beat or a similar one. Perhaps I remember the song from Final Fantasy 2 and not 3. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/18 "2011-05-17T15:23:35Z")
Have you played FFIX? I didn’t like the game so much (too much movie, not enough game), but I love [Vamo Alla Flamenco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RtUTiz2zr4). Note that this is the Black Mages’ version, which rocks more than the game version. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/19 "2011-05-17T17:23:07Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Have you played FFIX? I didn’t like the game so much (too much movie, not enough game), but I love [Vamo Alla Flamenco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RtUTiz2zr4). Note that this is the Black Mages’ version, which rocks more than the game version. Wasn’t that when the series got MMORPG-y? In any case, if it was on PlayStation, I didn’t play it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160/20 "2011-05-17T17:24:13Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Wasn’t that when the series got MMORPG-y? In any case, if it was on PlayStation, I didn’t play it. IX was very much a standard Final Fantasy, with random battles and standard “classes” of characters. In fact, it may be my favorite Final Fantasy after VI. It’s definitely the best one on the PSone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-soundtrack-question/582160.md?page=2)