Since the main composer of the music for the Final Fantasy games has been gone for quite some time none of the FF games hold the same appeal to me as they once did.  Is this the same way for you guys as well?
 
I mean the man was most certainly a key player of the franchise, but to me nothing can hold it's own against a lot of the tracks he's done like in FFVI or FFIV or VII.
 
I know it sounds radical but maybe the reason why JRPG developers are struggling now is not because of game design issues but maybe it's because they don't deliver everything as a whole and maybe a strong soundtrack means a lot more than people had previously thought.
 
I'm just saying the man IMO was a legend and only pushed up the games he delivered music for.

He did the full soundtrack for FFXIV, even if you don't want to play the game, I'd check out the soundtrack, he did a stellar job.   
 
I still think Zanarkand was one of his most beautiful pieces though, sad he didn't do the full soundtrack of that game.

He was certainly one of the best. 

" He did the full soundtrack for FFXIV, even if you don't want to play the game, I'd check out the soundtrack, he did a stellar job.    I still think Zanarkand was one of his most beautiful pieces though, sad he didn't do the full soundtrack of that game. "

Well, good thing you posted this, cause I didn't know either. He is definitely my top top all-time favorite, as far as games music is concerned.

I might be the only one who liked FFXIII's soundtrack. I don't want to hear battle music all day with an orchestra all day with songs that tries to make it self known like uematsu's music, like listen to me, I sound good, worship me.

" I am a big fan a Uematsu myself, but I gotta say that battle song from Blue Dragon with the washed up singer from that washed up rock band whose name I forgot made me want to kill myself. lol  I mean seriously, that has to be one of the most annoying, painfully bad songs ever made. "

"miss"? "was"? I'm sorry, but last I looked Uematsu was still very much composing music for games. He did Blue Dragon, he did Lost Odyssey, and all signs point to him doing The Last Story as well. 
 
Everything you liked about Squaresoft is now Mistwalker. I don't understand why people have such a hard time accepting that, and desperately cling to brand names.
 

 

" "miss"? "was"? I'm sorry, but last I looked Uematsu was still very much composing music for games. He did Blue Dragon, he did Lost Odyssey, and all signs point to him doing The Last Story as well. 
 
Everything you liked about Squaresoft is now Mistwalker. I don't understand why people have such a hard time accepting that, and desperately cling to brand names.    "

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I might be the only one who liked FFXIII's soundtrack. I don't want to hear battle music all day with an orchestra all day with songs that tries to make it self known like uematsu's music, like listen to me, I sound good, worship me.

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" @Meowayne: I'm still waiting for The Last Story to convince me of Mistwalker's worth as a developer--but in terms of music, at least, yes, what used to define Final Fantasy is now over there. "