Black Mages 2 Preview!

F-3582 · October 3rd, 2004

For all who don't know this, yet (music addicts should already do): The Black Mages is a prog rock band led and founded (?) by Nobuo Uematsu who can be blamed for making the amazing soundtracks in the Final Fantasy series. This very band rearranges tunes from Final Fantasy games to play them in their own special way which can already be heard in their first album "Black Mages".

If you head to this site, you'll find sneak previews of two songs being found in the next album "Black Mages 2".

The first one is a variation of "In Zanarkand", the piano tune that is used in Final Fantasy X: It is sung (by a singer who reminds me a bit of Joachim Cans from Hammerfall).

The second one is a variation of "The Man With The Machine Gun", the battle theme that was heard when fighting as Laguna in Final Fantasy VIII.

Enjoy.

hellmasterx · October 3rd, 2004

cool but this tread dont belong in this section

F-3582 · October 3rd, 2004

Oops... Sorry about this accident. Would someone please move this into the Game Discussions Forum?

Mako Eyes · October 3rd, 2004

Wow, this is great. I loved the first album, and the music in this one seems good so far.

I just hope they don't go to far with the vocal tracks :P

**Yeloazndevil** · October 3rd, 2004

I've been waiting for this

Cid Highwind · October 4th, 2004

THIS ROCKS

:guitar:

Really, this is great! too bad it's all in Jap... I wonder if it will be available in Europe...

F-3582 · October 4th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

THIS ROCKS

:guitar:

Really, this is great! too bad it's all in Jap... I wonder if it will be available in Europe...

Ebay, perhaps. Lik-Sang might ship it, too.

Cid Highwind · October 4th, 2004

I already checked ebay....
They didn't have it atm.

F-3582 · October 4th, 2004

I guess that this caused by the fact that the album isn't out, yet.

**Raziel** · October 4th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by F-3582

I guess that this caused by the fact that the album isn't out, yet.

Cid Highwind · October 4th, 2004

Well I've been looking for the first album as well, I should've mentioned that, hahaha!

I've listened to a few songs from the first album and it is great as well!

**Raziel** · October 4th, 2004

I have the first album, kicks major ass, but gotta say the first preview song here, with lyrics, was kinda giving me a bad feeling, didn't sound all that great.

F-3582 · October 5th, 2004

Ditto. I hope that this is just an exception.

Rhombus · October 6th, 2004

As others have mentioned, I thought the track selection on the demo was somewhat... dubious. I mean, Black Mages was all about recreating the BATTLE music of the FF series in prog rock fashion. I definitely wasn't feeling the To Zanarkand rearrangement... in fact, I like the original solo piano version from FFX much better.

Anyway, I also hope that this track is the exception... in both style of selection, and in vocals... yeah, I don't like vocals that much - I prefer instrumental tracks. Oh yeah, and this time there better be some FF4 boss music on there!

Esturk · October 6th, 2004

I wonder if there'll be any songs from FFIV.. There weren't any on the first album.

F-3582 · October 6th, 2004

Hmmm... The only song I could imagine would be the Boss battle theme (the melody played by a solo guitar), but IMhO that soundtrack has too much "orchestra" to be arranged for a rock band... maybe they'll get a little support - the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo would be cool

I hope that they will include some tracks from Final Fantasy IX which Black Mages I was appearently lacking of.

cloudvii · October 6th, 2004

Actually , I have the first one . Seymor battle was the best of their work . Btw , they did a good job reviving some not so awesome themes (like the ff6 battle one) .
Jenova , ff7's ff6's and ff8's boss battles were great as well .

For laguna's battle , the best remix was made by Nobuo but not through black mages . It was in that album with shiro hama (was that his name ? )

F-3582 · October 9th, 2004

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Originally Posted by cloudvii

Actually , I have the first one . Seymor battle was the best of their work .

I didn't notice much difference from the OST (except for the guitar

). May I add that the FFX OST (and FFX-2 even more) were technically outstanding? Considering that they are _just_ _simple_ _MIDI_...

October 3rd, 2004	#1 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Black Mages 2 Preview! For all who don't know this, yet (music addicts should already do): The Black Mages is a prog rock band led and founded (?) by Nobuo Uematsu who can be blamed for making the amazing soundtracks in the Final Fantasy series. This very band rearranges tunes from Final Fantasy games to play them in their own special way which can already be heard in their first album "Black Mages". If you head to this site, you'll find sneak previews of two songs being found in the next album "Black Mages 2". The first one is a variation of "In Zanarkand", the piano tune that is used in Final Fantasy X: It is sung (by a singer who reminds me a bit of Joachim Cans from Hammerfall). The second one is a variation of "The Man With The Machine Gun", the battle theme that was heard when fighting as Laguna in Final Fantasy VIII. Enjoy. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

October 3rd, 2004	#2 (permalink)
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October 3rd, 2004	#3 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Oops... Sorry about this accident. Would someone please move this into the Game Discussions Forum? __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

October 4th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,678	THIS ROCKS :guitar: Really, this is great! too bad it's all in Jap... I wonder if it will be available in Europe... __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

October 4th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,678	I already checked ebay.... They didn't have it atm. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

October 3rd, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Mako Eyes Monkey Sundae Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Newfoundland, Canada. Posts: 1,062	Wow, this is great. I loved the first album, and the music in this one seems good so far. I just hope they don't go to far with the vocal tracks :P

October 3rd, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	I've been waiting for this

October 4th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	I guess that this caused by the fact that the album isn't out, yet. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

October 4th, 2004	#11 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,678	Well I've been looking for the first album as well, I should've mentioned that, hahaha! I've listened to a few songs from the first album and it is great as well! __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

October 4th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	I have the first album, kicks major ass, but gotta say the first preview song here, with lyrics, was kinda giving me a bad feeling, didn't sound all that great. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Last edited by Raziel; October 5th, 2004 at 12:26.

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F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Ditto. I hope that this is just an exception. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

October 6th, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Rhombus The Moogle Assassin Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 2,080	As others have mentioned, I thought the track selection on the demo was somewhat... dubious. I mean, Black Mages was all about recreating the BATTLE music of the FF series in prog rock fashion. I definitely wasn't feeling the To Zanarkand rearrangement... in fact, I like the original solo piano version from FFX much better. Anyway, I also hope that this track is the exception... in both style of selection, and in vocals... yeah, I don't like vocals that much - I prefer instrumental tracks. Oh yeah, and this time there better be some FF4 boss music on there! __________________ Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ Mobo: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM: 1 GB Corsair XMS GFX Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 ZS HDD1: Seagate 160MB 8MB 7200 HDD2: Seagate 80MB 8MB 7200 Burner: NEC 16x DVDR Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB Gamepad1: PS2 Dual Analog/KiKY X USB Gamepad2: Gravis GamePad Pro OS: Windows XP Pro sp2 *Tempus fugit et nos fugimus in illus.* *Fiat justitia; ruat coelum.*

October 6th, 2004	#15 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	I wonder if there'll be any songs from FFIV.. There weren't any on the first album. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

October 6th, 2004	#16 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Hmmm... The only song I could imagine would be the Boss battle theme (the melody played by a solo guitar), but IMhO that soundtrack has too much "orchestra" to be arranged for a rock band... maybe they'll get a little support - the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo would be cool I hope that they will include some tracks from Final Fantasy IX which Black Mages I was appearently lacking of. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

October 6th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,243	Actually , I have the first one . Seymor battle was the best of their work . Btw , they did a good job reviving some not so awesome themes (like the ff6 battle one) . Jenova , ff7's ff6's and ff8's boss battles were great as well . For laguna's battle , the best remix was made by Nobuo but not through black mages . It was in that album with shiro hama (was that his name ? ) __________________ Fekra Online magazine Fekra Magazine Fekra Magazine readers Facebook group

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