Episode 13 - Masters of VGM I: First, Final (Nobuo Uematsu)

All your favorite VGM podcasters are doing a series called “Masters of VGM”, where we do episodes devoted to our four favorite video game composers. For my first entry into this series, I’m going through the greatest hits (and a few other songs) of my favorite VGM composer, Nobuo Uematsu.   Special thanks to Bedroth of Very Good Music and everyone else who’s set up the Masters of VGM project and all the podcasters who are participating. You can follow the project’s Twitter account @mastersofvgm or visit their website at mastersofvgm.com to see all the participating podcasts and episodes released to date.   If you like this episode and you want to hear some more obscure Nobuo Uematsu stuff, you should check out episode 3 of this show. It’s called “Before and Outside of Final” and it’s devoted to early songs he composed that are NOT from Final Fantasy games.    I mentioned a few songs or alternate versions of songs during the show. Here are links so you can hear them:   Final Fantasy I (PS1) - Matoya’s Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IfOsnBDd1c  The Black Mages - Matoya’s Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRaT0V5bSk (I love the organ in this version!) Love Will Grow (arranged version of Final Fantasy II’s “Ending”) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0wldsle-A0  Have You Ever Seen Me (arranged version of Final Fantasy III’s “Cute Little Tozas”) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxYH2TSU-eo  The Black Mages - Clash on the Big Bridge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KtKbcTSpp8    Also, if you love the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack and want to hear an interesting take on it, you should check out Mega Ran’s album Black Materia: The Remake. You can find it on Spotify, or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBMdS3ZaZQ.    Thanks to BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.    If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Twitter at @ShujinVGMClub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.   Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Final Fantasy (NES) - Opening Theme 01:29 - Talk Segment 1 05:54 - Final Fantasy (NES) - Matoya’s Cave  07:05 - Final Fantasy II (NES) - Finale 10:13 - Final Fantasy III (NES) - Cute Little Tozas 11:12 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Into the Darkness 12:33 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Illusionary World 13:46 - Final Fantasy V (SNES) - Battle on the Big Bridge 16:14 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Devil’s Lab 18:47 - Talk Segment 2 22:07 - Final Fantasy VII - One Winged Angel 29:20 - Final Fantasy VIII - Man With The Machine Gun 32:10 - Final Fantasy IX - Secret Library Daguerreo 34:11 - Final Fantasy IX - Vamo’ alla Flamenco 36:04 - Final Fantasy X - Zanarkind 39:08 - Final Fantasy X - Prelude 42:51 - Final Fantasy XI - Ronfaure 47:45 - Final Fantasy XIV - Contention 51:57 - Talk Segment 3 52:41 - Cruise Chaser Blassty - Main Theme 54:36 - Nobuo Uematsu’s 10 Short Stories - Here Comes Conga Boy 59:55 - Fantasian - Main Theme 1:03:10 - Show Outro 1:04:09 - Final Fantasy III - Chocobos!