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.
