Square Enix Music Online Forums http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/index.php The community for Square Enix Music Online. en-us Fri, 11 Jun 2008 23:24:51 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:27:38 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Weblog Editor 2.0 andrewog@mts.net chris@squareenixmusic.com 5 Copyright 2008 Square Enix Music Online New Contest Planning in the Making. NEED INPUT! http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87873#post87873 Post by user: Chip III (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:46:34) I vote for VGM.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:46:34 EST 87873 Welcome "Steve" http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87872#post87872 Post by user: Chip III (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:18:02) Congratulations, Steve! :)

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:18:02 EST 87872 How's the weather? http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87871#post87871 Post by user: Raze (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:04:53) I'm in Minnesota, so it's pretty chill (about 20 degrees average), but not that cold. When December and January comes, and it's -15 average (-30 wind chill)? Sucks! No snow yet, but that'll come soon enough..hopefully not.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:04:53 EST 87871 Crazy Answers! http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87870#post87870 Post by user: Raze (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:02:16) It may have been part of the answer, but I before E except after C doesn't lead to B! So we're all lost at this point (I think I just had an aneurysm).

Why does Don have the creature from Little Big Planet in his sig??

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:02:16 EST 87870 Welcome "Steve" http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87869#post87869 Post by user: Raze (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:55:32) Welcome to the squad Steve. I've been less active as of late, so I haven't mingled yet, but it'll be nice to get to know you in the near future.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:55:32 EST 87869 Your Favorite Composer http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87868#post87868 Post by user: MechaMerziloss (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:29:43) Mozart is my favorite. The tenderness of line, the sensitivity of shading, and the quality of expression in regard to melody, harmony, and orchestration is superhuman in terms of depth.

I acknowledge Bach to be objectively the greatest composer to ever live, but purely on a human level, Mozart is my true love.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:29:43 EST 87868 New Contest Planning in the Making. NEED INPUT! http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87867#post87867 Post by user: Jared (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:26:03) I'm up for that Battle Theme contest that we never had.... =/ So that definitely gets my vote!

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:26:03 EST 87867 How's the weather? http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87866#post87866 Post by user: Jared (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:24:38) The weather here is not too bad. Fairly cold for the southern U.S., but by no means really cold. No snow or rain =) but a great deal of wind lately.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:24:38 EST 87866 Welcome "Steve" http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87865#post87865 Post by user: Jared (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:23:28) Welcome buddy! You'll do great, and you're definitely deserving up a spot on staff! (unlike myself who's had one forever and is barely even around... >_< )

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:23:28 EST 87865 Best FF Piano Collection? http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87864#post87864 Post by user: Jared (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:22:04) Yea, basically everyone summed up my thoughts nicely. ^^

My personal favorite is probably between FFVIII and FFX-2. I like the melodies on VIII the most, but some of the arrangements on X-2 (most notably Eternity) just blow me away! So you can't go wrong with either. =)

Also, VI, IX, and X would make perfectly good choices. VII is ok, but IV and V are not very good.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:22:04 EST 87864 Welcome "Steve" http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87863#post87863 Post by user: Don (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:21:58) Congratulations! I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:21:58 EST 87863 Welcome "Steve" http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87862#post87862 Post by user: Muzza (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:19:51) Congratulations, Steve! I'm sure you'll do a great job. :)

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:19:51 EST 87862 Best FF Piano Collection? http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87861#post87861 Post by user: juan2darien (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:41) I'd probably say Final Fantasy X, because the arrangements are dazzling, inventive, complex, and have Hamauzu's "stamp" all over them. FFX-2's arrangements were good, but I would never rate it over FFX's because of the fact that FFX's had more personality--Hamauzu's true voice. However, knowing that not everybody likes Hamauzu's work as much as me, I would say, for nostalgia's sake, Final Fantasy VIII, although the arrangements are rather shallow at times. For the best of both worlds, personality, complexity, and nostalgia, go with Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections.

I'd stay as far away from FFIV, FFV, and FFVII's as possible (FFVII had VERY FEW arrangements that interested me. The rest were just--blegh!).

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:41 EST 87861 Your Favorite Composer http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87859#post87859 Post by user: TheShroud13 (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:11) Add another vote for Bach. Infectious melodies, phenomenal counterpoint, exciting rhythms, dancability, and a knowledge (sorely lacking in the romantic period) of when to shut up.

After that, probably Wagner and Brahms. Both of whom I would probably put as my number one if there works weren't so dreadfully long.

Edit: Forgot a biggie in Shostakovich.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:11 EST 87859 Quantum of Solace Discussion a.ka. There's a first time for everything... http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87858#post87858 Post by user: TheShroud13 (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:36) I really, really, really disliked going to this movie. Quoted from my Facebook rant about the film . . .

You know what I did when I wasn't watching The Office this weekend? I was watching Quantum of Solace. And it sucked. Never before in my life has a James Bond movie bored me. It may not have satisfied me, and it may have been kitsch, but I never yawned. I knew the movie was going to suck the moment I saw the movie poster with Bond proudly displaying his assault rifle, but I digress.

Granted, I was in a really crummy mood when I went to see the film, so if I didn't somehow get laid simply by watching the film, I was going to be disappointed, but still. I go to see a James Bond movie because I want to see him flirt with everything. Everything. Meaning the girls, the gadgets (of which there were none!), the villains, and most importantly himself. Instead I get a pretty bland action flick, complete with the shitty modern ten cuts a second and "hey a chase scene, what do the people want to see? the car's license plate!" shooting style. Not only that, but it tries (in very much vain) to actually move me. Yeah. Even if it were the best written movie of all time, which it certainly was not, the frame of mind I get into when watching a Bond movie means it ain't gonna happen no matter how hard you try. Casino Royale was a great example of how to make a more serious Bond movie. Quantum of Solace is a great example of the level of incompetence that makes me believe you deserve to be my sex slave.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:36 EST 87858 Best FF Piano Collection? http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87857#post87857 Post by user: Toma (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:54:01) I'd go more along [url=http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Preludes-Nocturnes-Waltzes-Schirmers/dp/0634099205/ref=pd_sim_b_4]these lines myself, but as far as the FFPCs are concerned, I'm in agreement with Shroud. VIII has my favorite themes in the series, and they're presented in a way that's true to the originals without sounding forced. "Silence And Motion" and "Blue Fields", two of the more bashed pieces of the FFVIII soundtrack, get arranged really well. As far as the Xes go, I more or less enjoyed them both. If you like Hamauzu, FFXPC is an album you should check out anyway, and X-2 was pretty hit and miss for me, though there were some great arrangements on there. X-2's PC, much like the OST, has a much more poppy approach.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:54:01 EST 87857 Your Favorite Composer http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87856#post87856 Post by user: Chris (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:44:01) I'll go with Bach. He made an amazing contribution to the development of musical harmony and form. I really enjoy a lot of his works, which can be so intricate and emotional.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:44:01 EST 87856 Quantum of Solace Discussion a.ka. There's a first time for everything... http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87855#post87855 Post by user: Dark Cloud (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:26:07) The film itself would've been better without the James Bond part.

Seriously, did anybody else think that it lacked the classic James Bond trademarks?

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:26:07 EST 87855 Your Favorite Composer http://www.squareenixmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87854#post87854 Post by user: Dark Cloud (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:24:56) Who is your favorite composer, and why?

Mine is F.F.Chopin. I first heard him in Eternal Sonata, and now all of his stuff I've listened to is pretty...emotional, you could say.

So, what about you?

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