Hi!,
This is about to get very nerdy/obsessive... you've been warned
Okay, so with the recent release of Final Fantasy X's double LP set I have noticed that there is something missing in the vinyl collection - FINAL FANTASY IX! I love the others but to see VII, VIII & now X makes me very concerned that IX may not get the attention it deserves... so I have been raking my brains on how to make a sales pitch to S-E to fix this tragedy! (I've basically done the work for them)
I have taken a lot of time to make a tracklist which represents the game and it's progression from start to finish - I've had to condense a lot of tracks to fit onto the LP size of 23 minutes but I've squeezed everything I can into the allotted time limit! I'll be interested to see how you feel I've done and if you think I should make any amendments!
Here to you is my pitch for the Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack on Vinyl!
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
SIDE A
01. A place called home (2:08)
02. Skies of Alexandria (0:54)
03. Vivi's Theme (3:11)
04. Vamo Alla Flamenco (1:52)
05. Battle 1 (2:40)
06. Fanfare (0:57)
07. Over the Hill (2:38)
08. Cids Theme (4:00)
09: Festival of the Hunt (3:47)
SIDE A - 20:41
SIDE B
10. Theme of Tantalus (2:21)
11. Freya's Theme (3:02)
12. Eternal Harvest (1:15)
13. Rose of May (2:34)
14. Black Mage Village (3:22)
15. Madain Sari (3:49)
16. Amarant's Theme (2:28)
17. Iifa Tree - (2:29)
SIDE B - 21:20 (RT - 42:01)
SIDE C
18. Devil's Ambition (2:19)
19. Someting to Protect (2:21)
20. Mount Gulug (2:07)
21. Aboard the Hilda Garde (4:07)
22. Terra (2:10)
23. Pandemonium (3:03)
24. Not Alone (2:36)
25. Unforgettable Sorrow (3:29)
SIDE C - 22:02 (RT - 01:04:02)
SIDE D
26. Silver Dragon (3:48)
27. Memoria (2:14)
28. The Darkness of Eternity (4:43)
29. The Final Battle (6:15)
30. Melodies Of Life - English Language Version (5:48)
SIDE D - 22:48 (RT - 01:26:50)
Design Choices
I wanted to talk about some of the design choices, being a picture disc release and a double-LP vinyl set I have a least 4 images to make use of. The important thing to keep in mind is consistency with the previous Picture Disc releases. the previous releases used the Promotional CGI art used for the games. So I have taken that idea and combined it with the CGI screens shown on FF9's title video:
The set back with this is that it only shows 4 of the main cast. I would like to have shown the other 4 but i feel the introductory cast makes sense. I would have liked to have included Kuja, this is something I am still debating but finding a suitable image is hard! If I were to do so, I think I would change Steiner for this image here:
But once again this then breaks the consistency of the title images and promotional CGI shots which the other picture discs used.
I have also thought about using environments - the VII LP set has a shot of Midgar, so I could include a shot of the Alexander Summon battle:
And have the flip-side include the opening shot:
I like this Idea but how could have match the other LP disc with the characters? The other image I have found which inclludes all the other characters is this:
While this would include the full cast on one LP I just feel the image doesn't have much OOMPH! Nor does it match the designs of the previous releases well...
That's my current thoughts on the design of the LP Discs. I also have ideas for the packaging! The previous releases are already inconsistent:
FFVII BLACK:
FFVIII - SLIVER:
FFX - BLACK:
Had FF8's Vinyl had the black packaging this wouldn't even be a debate but I wanted to even out FF8's oddity but I didn't want to copy the silver design so the next best suitable design seems in my mind to be gold.
Tracklisting Notes:
Here is a section to talk about the tracklisting!
My main objective is to have the order of the tracklisting follow the tracks as you would hear them in chronological order, so the listener follows the jounrey via the soundtrack.
Side A
- Opening with A Place Called Home is essential!
- I decided to choose Sky of Alexandira over Memories Erased by a Storm for the opening, I know MoaS is prior but I think SoA has a much grander magical quality!
- I chose Cid's Theme over the actual Lindblum theme as It is the 1st theme your hear when entering Lindblum and it stands out more.
Side B
- I Wanted to present Tantalus Group and I think this jingle at the start of Side B works.
- I like how Freya's Theme & Eternal Harvest tie-together and present the transition from game disc 1 and 2
- I was debating Eiko's Theme as I wanted a lot of character themes in the listing but I feel Madain Sari's Theme presents the sense of the jounrey better along with Black Mage's Theme. These section presents that continent.
Side C
- I think after Iifa Tree's ending for Side B, Devil's Ambition gives a nice eriee continnuation from that.
- I struggled between Terra & Bran Bal.
- Unforgettable Sorrow offers a conclusion to Side C with a sense of hope.
Side D
- I wanted Side D to basically be the last part of the game Disc & feel the Silver Dragon Theme kicks that momentum off!
- Time is shorts as the tracks are long but as I have mentioned I would ike the English version of Melodies of life - The Japan OST version is 7:35 & would exceed the lenght of the LP Side.
Other tracks I would have liked to include!:
There's always going to be tracks you wish to include whne doing a task like this, here are some of mine which nearly made the cut!
Jesters of the Moon
Sleeping Forrest
Memories of that Day
Dali
A Face Forgotten
Daugerro
Treno
Songs of Memories
Aloha De Chocobo
Tetra Master Theme
My next step is to make a video on YouTube with 10-second samples of the full-track list and show an image of the side playing - I hope to progress this as a sales pitch to S-E! I really don't want Final Fantasy IX to be forgotten on this as the game is just as important as it's companions - As is the musIc!
So any thoughts? I've had this in my head-space all week and this weekend I've finally had the time to compose it all together! Any ideas on what to change would be greatly appreciated as I want to get a more finalised version before I push this forward! Thanks for your time!
This is about to get very nerdy/obsessive... you've been warned
Okay, so with the recent release of Final Fantasy X's double LP set I have noticed that there is something missing in the vinyl collection - FINAL FANTASY IX! I love the others but to see VII, VIII & now X makes me very concerned that IX may not get the attention it deserves... so I have been raking my brains on how to make a sales pitch to S-E to fix this tragedy! (I've basically done the work for them
)I have taken a lot of time to make a tracklist which represents the game and it's progression from start to finish - I've had to condense a lot of tracks to fit onto the LP size of 23 minutes but I've squeezed everything I can into the allotted time limit! I'll be interested to see how you feel I've done and if you think I should make any amendments!
Here to you is my pitch for the Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack on Vinyl!
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
SIDE A
01. A place called home (2:08)
02. Skies of Alexandria (0:54)
03. Vivi's Theme (3:11)
04. Vamo Alla Flamenco (1:52)
05. Battle 1 (2:40)
06. Fanfare (0:57)
07. Over the Hill (2:38)
08. Cids Theme (4:00)
09: Festival of the Hunt (3:47)
SIDE A - 20:41
SIDE B
10. Theme of Tantalus (2:21)
11. Freya's Theme (3:02)
12. Eternal Harvest (1:15)
13. Rose of May (2:34)
14. Black Mage Village (3:22)
15. Madain Sari (3:49)
16. Amarant's Theme (2:28)
17. Iifa Tree - (2:29)
SIDE B - 21:20 (RT - 42:01)
SIDE C
18. Devil's Ambition (2:19)
19. Someting to Protect (2:21)
20. Mount Gulug (2:07)
21. Aboard the Hilda Garde (4:07)
22. Terra (2:10)
23. Pandemonium (3:03)
24. Not Alone (2:36)
25. Unforgettable Sorrow (3:29)
SIDE C - 22:02 (RT - 01:04:02)
SIDE D
26. Silver Dragon (3:48)
27. Memoria (2:14)
28. The Darkness of Eternity (4:43)
29. The Final Battle (6:15)
30. Melodies Of Life - English Language Version (5:48)
SIDE D - 22:48 (RT - 01:26:50)
Design Choices
I wanted to talk about some of the design choices, being a picture disc release and a double-LP vinyl set I have a least 4 images to make use of. The important thing to keep in mind is consistency with the previous Picture Disc releases. the previous releases used the Promotional CGI art used for the games. So I have taken that idea and combined it with the CGI screens shown on FF9's title video:
The set back with this is that it only shows 4 of the main cast. I would like to have shown the other 4 but i feel the introductory cast makes sense. I would have liked to have included Kuja, this is something I am still debating but finding a suitable image is hard! If I were to do so, I think I would change Steiner for this image here:
But once again this then breaks the consistency of the title images and promotional CGI shots which the other picture discs used.
I have also thought about using environments - the VII LP set has a shot of Midgar, so I could include a shot of the Alexander Summon battle:
I like this Idea but how could have match the other LP disc with the characters? The other image I have found which inclludes all the other characters is this:
While this would include the full cast on one LP I just feel the image doesn't have much OOMPH! Nor does it match the designs of the previous releases well...
That's my current thoughts on the design of the LP Discs. I also have ideas for the packaging! The previous releases are already inconsistent:
FFVII BLACK:
FFVIII - SLIVER:
FFX - BLACK:
Had FF8's Vinyl had the black packaging this wouldn't even be a debate but I wanted to even out FF8's oddity but I didn't want to copy the silver design so the next best suitable design seems in my mind to be gold.
Tracklisting Notes:
Here is a section to talk about the tracklisting!
My main objective is to have the order of the tracklisting follow the tracks as you would hear them in chronological order, so the listener follows the jounrey via the soundtrack.
Side A
- Opening with A Place Called Home is essential!
- I decided to choose Sky of Alexandira over Memories Erased by a Storm for the opening, I know MoaS is prior but I think SoA has a much grander magical quality!
- I chose Cid's Theme over the actual Lindblum theme as It is the 1st theme your hear when entering Lindblum and it stands out more.
Side B
- I Wanted to present Tantalus Group and I think this jingle at the start of Side B works.
- I like how Freya's Theme & Eternal Harvest tie-together and present the transition from game disc 1 and 2
- I was debating Eiko's Theme as I wanted a lot of character themes in the listing but I feel Madain Sari's Theme presents the sense of the jounrey better along with Black Mage's Theme. These section presents that continent.
Side C
- I think after Iifa Tree's ending for Side B, Devil's Ambition gives a nice eriee continnuation from that.
- I struggled between Terra & Bran Bal.
- Unforgettable Sorrow offers a conclusion to Side C with a sense of hope.
Side D
- I wanted Side D to basically be the last part of the game Disc & feel the Silver Dragon Theme kicks that momentum off!
- Time is shorts as the tracks are long but as I have mentioned I would ike the English version of Melodies of life - The Japan OST version is 7:35 & would exceed the lenght of the LP Side.
Other tracks I would have liked to include!:
There's always going to be tracks you wish to include whne doing a task like this, here are some of mine which nearly made the cut!
Jesters of the Moon
Sleeping Forrest
Memories of that Day
Dali
A Face Forgotten
Daugerro
Treno
Songs of Memories
Aloha De Chocobo
Tetra Master Theme
My next step is to make a video on YouTube with 10-second samples of the full-track list and show an image of the side playing - I hope to progress this as a sales pitch to S-E! I really don't want Final Fantasy IX to be forgotten on this as the game is just as important as it's companions - As is the musIc!
So any thoughts? I've had this in my head-space all week and this weekend I've finally had the time to compose it all together! Any ideas on what to change would be greatly appreciated as I want to get a more finalised version before I push this forward! Thanks for your time!
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