The Musical Journey of Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy Composer

On this episode of Culture Explained, we'll take a look at Final Fantasy Composer, Nobuo Uematsu. He’s been the sole composer on the first 9 FF mainline games (as well as some FF spinoffs). Let’s see how the music of Final Fantasy came to be and how Uematsu created some of the best video game music soundtracks.

Also, ever wanted to know how One Winged Angel was composed? Well, we will also be taking a more focused look at the ost of ff7, to celebrate Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

0:00 Intro

1:00 Chapter 1: Beginning

3:15 Chapter 2: Start of Career

6:37 Chapter 3: Nes & SNES

10:21 Chapter 4: Final Fantasy 7

16:14 Chapter 5: Post FF7

19:53 Chapter 6: Leaving Square

22:00 Chapter 7: Fun Facts, Future

Big thank you to all the channels that allowed me to use their footage:
‪@LetsPlayWithBrigands‬
‪@SourceSpy91‬
‪@oldclassicgame‬
‪@LongnPlay‬

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Dog Ear Records: 10 Stories:    • 『植松伸夫の10ショート・ストーリーズ(DVD)』ダイジェスト  
https://vgmdb.net/album/17316

Links to most info:
(not secure): http://www.vgmonline.net/nobuouematsu/
https://www.originalsoundversion.com/...
https://www.squareenixmusic.com/featu...
https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/...
https://www.gameconcerts.com/en/backg....
https://screenrant.com/final-fantasy-....
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/to...
https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fanta...
https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en...
https://www.destructoid.com/the-story...
https://www.onemillionpower.com/a-top...
https://www.soundoflife.com/blogs/peo...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-...
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com...
https://www.squareenixmusic.com/compo...
https://www.destructoid.com/destructo...
https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_...

Video Interviews:
James Mielke Interview:    • 1up/James Mielke Interviews Nobuo Uem...  
   • Nobuo Uematsu  (final fantasy compose...  
   • EXCLUSIVE! FINAL FANTASY VII Legends ...  
   • Nobuo Uematsu & Masayoshi Soken: The ...  
   • Nobuo Uematsu Discusses The Final Fan...  
   • Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu ...  
   • How Nobuo Uematsu Composed FF7's "One...  
   • Nobuo Uematsu - Behind the Games: Mee...  

(I had a million tabs open, can’t include everything but this was the most useful stuff)

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