For my birthday, Vince got me The Last Story. I'm just a few hours into it (as I'm also trying to finish up Twilight Princess), but I really like it so far. Trying to figure out the battle system....
Here's the cover of my copy. If you look toward the bottom, you'll see "Music by Nobuo Uematsu." I can't remember buying a game before where the composer of the game was so prominently a selling point of the game on the cover of the game. I suppose there are others I've not thought about or known about, but Uematsu really made his name as a game music composer, and now he's considered so important that his music is a main selling feature for the game. It's definitely why Vince bought it for me!
As a gamer from the 80s, I'm completely surprised by games that don't have continuous music, but that's definitely not the trend now. So, while I wish I'd heard more music in my few hours of playing, I've got to say: I love the main theme of the game. Just give it a listen. The first 36 seconds are so brilliant-- so simple, so folklike, so Uematsu, shifting from minor to major, so classical in form (1st phrase, 2nd phrase repeats with ending going down, 1st phrase again, and then the B phrase with the double resolution that shifts to major), such clever instrumentation-- bringing the flute in right at the moment when it shifts from F minor to F major. Awesome. Looking forward to hearing more!
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