Regarding the poll... I see some of you already found it! Today I want to talk about the ramifications of a Final Fantasy Musical, but I don't want to give it all away at once, you know? Today I'm gonna talk about...
THE HEROES.
Final Fantasy IV (Terra). Tina, as the Japanese so lovingly call her (what? It's exotic...) would likely have something sullen and downbeat as a main recurring theme (I'm kind of talking in terms of Les Miserables as far is recurring themes, you know?)
Well, she's the first main female of the series, the next being the upcoming Lightning of FFXIII (excited!). She's also, for lack of spoilers, different. Ironically enough, as well, her main theme has an offshoot called "Awakening," the name of a song I wrote for the Phoenix Wright Musical. I could see the same instrumentation, but not the same optimism. For Terra's theme I hear something a little more... bleak, for lack of a better term, but empowered. A main synthesizer backing would help make it sound a little more unnatural and otherwordly, and I think bells bring it somewhat back down to earth. The listener should definitely feel distanced, but there's gotta be some room for hope.
Final Fantasy VII (Cloud) - Our very own spikey-haired protagonist, the original emo, Mr. Cloud Strife. (Strife? As a last name? Thinly-veiled. Good job Square). Almost as good as Tifa Lockheart. Or Cait Sith Beauregard (...what?)
Cloud's song I'd invision to have an interesting blend. I'm trying to think where he'd have a soliloquoy. Maybe after Aeris' death? Actually, that'd be kinda cool...
A kind of inspiring song to follow the death, to get himself reinspired and ready to defeat the baddies (unfortunately, the closest comparison I can think of [in terms of tone, not sound] would be "Bet On It" from High School Musical 2, hahaha.) But I want the song to incorporate both a rock edge, distortion guitars, bass and the like, but to also have an orchestral backing at some points. I imagine violins starting the song, a rock chorus, and then an intertwining rock orchestra through the rest. Get what I'm saying?
Cloud's voice part... Baritone to Rock Tenor. I guess. ...it's kind of hard to imagine Cloud singing, haha.
Hm. The snow stopped. I'll keep with this later. Think of game characters or events that you'd put a song for, maybe I'll update the blog with my ideas for those too, at some point.
Oh gosh, these are great!! I agree with Terra's totally! There are so many opportunities for great songs in that game. ^__^
ReplyDeleteCLOUD! Ah, he's so awesome. I agree with the fusion of strings and rock for his bits-- or maybe even the entire musical could be that way. Kind of off-Broadway esque (but not quite Rent... if that makes any sense?). Plus we could have some epic duets between Cloud and Tifa, or Cloud and Aeris... AND some epic flashbacks to Cloud and Zack!! (Only cuz Zack is awesome...)
On the topic of FF7... I wouldn't mind writing some melancholy song for Vincent. <3 His story is one of my favorites, and he's just so SAD! It might be like... Uh, the Beast's song ("If I Can't Love Her") from Beauty and the Beast? I think it'd be cool.
Whew, long post is long. >.<
OHHH going back to FF6, though!! ZOMG, Edgar!! So much awesome angst resides in his character, and I think exploring that would be great! What I like about Edgar is that his angst isn't totally overwhelming like most FF guys/girls (gawd, I'm looking at YOU Yuna...), but it's got enough substance that it makes you connect with him, y'know? I dunno, maybe it's just me loving Edgar's character, haha!
ReplyDeleteAnd as for other FF games, I think FF4 would be a good one to tackle too. Cecil's great, and the characters are fairly easy to identify with. (Gosh, I could go on for hours about every other FF game... Haha)
P.S. LIGHTNING! (Yeah, just a little bit excited... Considering they designed her based off of Cloud's design... OH YEAH. Though, I hear they're releasing two games of the same title? With different protagonists? That'll be interesting...)
I definitely agree about FF4, the duality of the Dark Knight vs. Paladin is a good one to play with.
ReplyDeleteI also LOVE "If I Can't Love Her," but I'm not sold whether or not that's a Vincent song in nature. I'll definitely do some research, though. I think he's cool enough to merit a song, haha.
You know you wanna give IX some love, A-man. You know you do.
ReplyDeleteI'll be keeping an eye on this blog. <3
~Kemi
Welcome, madam!
ReplyDeleteAnd I give IX enough love in any FF-related conversation I ever have ever, I figured I should let the others have some fun... Thanks for the blog support (or as we in the "blogonet" call it, "blogport".)
Actually, I don't think that's what it's called.
Haha, IX is good, too! I think Kuja is among my favorite FF villains! (After all, you have to be pretty confident in yourself to wear such an outfit...)
ReplyDeleteWhich is why his song will be called "Ode to the Manthong."
ReplyDeleteHAHA!! Oh jeez, Actorman! XD Is it bad that I can SEE THIS!?
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