@RioFordays
8:40 'Rebirth often has its cake and eats it too' Man, you have no idea how true this statement applies to the whole thing and not just the music. ... for better or worse.
@party_boy69
Shotaro Shima's work on Remake and Rebirth is god-tier stuff. He is by far my favourite composer from this trilogy. I'm glad you used this analysis series as a vessel to show off his genius.
@Lyces
That Tifa rendition is so different and amazing.
@BenRitter
My god, this is my new favorite series.
@dardend4155
It's always nice to see a music analyst worth his salt, and your acumen shows. Video game music never gets the attention it should! Great work, and I can't wait to see more of what you have in store!
@BKMcGlynn
I'm ecstatic you're highlighting Shotaro Shima as one of the most amazing talents on Remake and Rebirth. I consider him one of the best VGM artists of this time. He definitely deserves that credit spot in the opening credits.
@mortsyn
It's very nice to hear someone give Shotaro Shima the flowers he deserves. I, too, am annoyed that so many of the composers and arrangers aren't as displayed as Suzuki, Hamauzu, and Uematsu. Doesn't help that many of the streaming services just credit Uematsu for every song that used his compositions, leading people to believe that he came back and did most of the soundtrack, when all he did was the main vocal theme, same as Remake. Anyway, back to Shima. When Remake's OST came out and I saw the proper composer credits, I instantly knew that Shima has a big future ahead of him. By far my favourite on the sound team. His arrangement of Let the Battles Begin (A Merc's Job) is basically as perfect as you can get, for me. Exactly how I imagined it would sound in a remake. On Our Way, likewise, is absolutely beautiful. And the constantly building Scorpion Sentinel and Rufus Shinra are chill inducing. I also really liked his original battle theme Tightrope, ever since I heard it in one of the trailers. It's simple, but very effective.
@kernkernsson
Wow, I just found your channel and these analysis videos - I love how you call out all the motifs and arrangements! Playing through rebirth I knew the music was amazing but it’s great to have you take us on this more thoughtful tour of all of it, like really slowing down to savor the musical buffet! And I’m with you for however long the ride takes, there’s so many stunning arrangements of Aerith’s theme (at least a dozen, probably more thinking off the cuff), Tifa’s theme, the Main theme etc and some stunning new tracks too! P.S. I’ve always personally considered the Main theme to be de facto Cloud’s theme
@Lyces
This deserves more views
@KRBM
This is really awesome! It's so much fun to find out or explicitly reflect on all of these musical references, your voice is well suited for this, and your editing is on point. It's also clearly your own style, which should help you in the long run. I was very surprised when I saw how little traffic this channel currently has – you could definitely do Alex Moukala numbers just by keeping up everything you do in these Rebirth analysis videos. I hope to see your channel grow, I really want to see more of your analyses. Good luck!
@icedragon4008
Thank you for making more videos of this series. Absolutely love this type of analysis.
@WaltherFeng
I really enjoyed your FF16 series. It made me appreciate the music in it even more than I already did. Analyzing music scene by scene is definitely something you should keep doing.
@ArtificialChaos80
Zangan's theme reminded me very strongly of the Veldt theme in FF6
@LiamBujold
Pumped for part 3 and a comprehensive breakdown of remake. Awesome work.
@dannysimion
OH yeah! You are so awesome explaining away your analysis - heck I don't even mind if you go over board on it, it just means we get to listen to more of your take. I love how the unknown tracks are given ratios as to who it could have been from and then your guess on the composer based on past tracks. The last track that involves Tifa's track being recontextualized I did not even catch the first time around - I just thought it sounded great but never realized that it represented an innocent times to her before life changes for the worst.
@jamestreat5496
Loving this series! Keep it going, Ive been looking for someone to analyze this!
@willuigi64
I love how you put so much respect on Shotaro Shima’s name. If only Square Enix did the same…
@eridanuskelpi3908
When you think it might be a bassoon, it is :) I'm a bassoonist and I really appreciate the rep in this game so far 😍🎉
@simoncss1
I love practically all arrangements to Tifa’s theme that Enix has to offer (…mayb bit less so for the original MIDI) & nother good handful from other fan sources. Personal top favorites being full orchestral, pure piano & guitar. Truly, a lovely tune to set the audience’s heart at ease, as to the lovely character, Tifa who’d definitely set companions’ hearts at ease & comfort any1 who hangs around her. Not much versed in music theory, so it’s great to hav folks who know their stuffs & do the breakdown. My hat tip to you, good Sir.
@shreedin