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MasterShaper

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It's been a while since I've been around these parts, it seems. And from what I've gathered by skimming through some threads, my housemates have been notoriously gossipy about me in my absence (probably only matched by the apparently missing Gossip Gardevoir/Rumour Roserade/Mysterious Masked Mon).

ANYWAY.

I'll be attending Distant Worlds: Kuala Lumpur this Sunday. Seeing as I'm a sick, sick fan of music from FF and KH, and love the orchestral versions even more, I decided to make a huge playlist of my favourite orchestrals from those two franchises. Each and every song has been placed based on the dominant instruments and mood, I suppose.

And all good music deserves to be shared :)

* All FF tracks marked as Orchestrals would be from Distant Worlds, all KH tracks marked as Orchestrals would be the opening sequences for the games, and those marked as Drammatica would be from that very performance. Anything left simply without a specific label would be an original soundtrack piece.

** For those who are interested, the composers are listed separately.

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And for those who are interested, the composer lists (just the primary composers). I believe in giving credit where it is due, after all.

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It's probably a whopper, at 3 hours and 24 minutes (or at least, that's on my computer, with the versions I have on file).

Hopefully, someone else would find as much enjoyment as I do from this... stew of music. I suppose it IS a stew, especially since it's more or less taken a year to put together :)

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Maybe someday you'll make it to one of their performances - Arnie Roth claimed at London that they'll be running it for quite a while to go :)

Hmm, perhaps some explanations are in order for the apparent hodgepodge of songs.

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For the starting, I wanted something distinctly FF/KH, and something that could get my attention. Sephiroth's theme fit the bill, so there it was. After that, I wanted something that fit an introductory theme, which resulted in the sequence for 2 and 3.

Enough with the introductions, then. I then moved on to something jumpy and lively to start the playlist for real. 4 and 5 were good for that. 6's choral bits went well with the guitar in 5, so I worked onwards from there, leading to the brief interlude with and the marching band sequence from 8 to 12.

Battle time, then. 13 to 16 were battle themes that went well in that order, and 17 was a fitting theme for a break in the battles. 18 and 19 wound down the battling bits somewhat, to be washed down with 20 and 21. 22 to 24 were intended to effectively mark the end of the first half of the playlist.

Yes, I use them to study. So the breaks in the playlist indicate it's time for a break (after approximately 90 minutes, attention starts fraying).

Onto the second half, the opening sequence - 25 and 26 - was energetic, just as in the first half. The following parts from 27 through 31 are mostly soothing tunes meant to ease me back into work (it's always harder to get back into the groove, somehow).

Then, once I'm back in the loop, 32 and 33 build-up for 34, which dovetails somewhat with 35 (also a good alarm clock, since I might nod off during the second half). 36 through 40 are faster-paced tracks that ease in some adrenaline, allowing me to accelerate my work a little.

41 is a brief breather, followed by 42, which is probably one of the finest dramatic pieces I've heard for FF/KH orchestral performances. 43 winds down the effect of 42 a little, followed by the depressing 44.

45 starts mellow but blasts its way to a nice finish, backed up by the final piece, the classical Victory Fanfare from FF. When I hear this, I either a) hit Play again, or B) am already done with my work, or c) switch playlists.

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And yes, it was designed to mimic the sequence of a regular orchestra. Have a friend who's a fiend for orchestrals, and he's been a bad influence on me.

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MasterShaper here yet again. Was lazy to log out from my housemates' account, though.

Starting to pick up the recorder again, after being inspired at Distant Worlds. Also, since FF turns 25 this December 18th, and I had nothing else to do wanted to celebrate, here's a three-part orchestral playlist for the whole FF series, with some KH thrown in as a sweetener :)

Happy Silver anniversary, FF!

PART I - SENTIMENTALS

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PART II - BATTLES

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PART III - WORLDS

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Note: All songs used were the Distant Worlds versions, except where noted in brackets in the song names.

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