I'm almost certain everyone here enjoys the music of Final Fantasy – midi, synth, orchestrated or otherwise, so it's high time our favourite classics actually top the charts. The Classic FM Hall of Fame is taking votes for the best pieces of classical music and we're joining in by going with Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy VII.
Aerith's (or Aeris) Theme is a beautifully orchestrated piece scored by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu and has seen many an arrangement in a number of releases, including the original FFVII soundtrack, Crisis Core, Advent Children, Reunion Tracks, FFVII Piano Collections and as an additional vocal arrangement in RIKKI's Suteki Da Ne single, titled Pure Heart ~ Aerith's Theme.
The Classic FM Hall of Fame runs annually and selects 300 of the greatest classical music scored by amazing composers, including scores from films, but to our knowledge have yet to feature any music from video games.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is launching in Japan in about a month. Its US release will follow in late January. The fact that Final Fantasy has been topping the sales charts around the world for two decades makes it a rare and hallowed creation in the transitory medium of video gaming. But who's playing it these days? Are today's Final Fantasy fans the ones who started with the original game, or did those guys get tired of the whole thing along the way only to be replaced by youngsters who started playing more recently?
A new trailer has been released in preparation for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete's release on Blu-ray in April. GameTrailers.com has posted a new three minute trailer and it features a whole lot of new footage. Many scenes are redone, some are entirely new, and some are from On a Way to a Smile.
Yes, you heard correctly; Square Enix have placed some Final Fantasy VII t-shirts in their Japanese store. There is one t-shirt for Final Fantasy VII and one for Advent Children, so you're definitely spoilt for choice.
They're going to retain for ¥5,200 each, which is actually quite a lot of money for a t-shirt, so I wouldn't recommend purchasing one unless you're a seriously die hard fan.
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