Aerith’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
June 12th, 2008Who spells it Aeris anyway?
Well, I did up until now. However, Crisis Core has officially retconned her name completely, and I can no longer live in denial that my original translation name is the correct one. Which sucks. But let’s move on, because her theme is honestly one of my favourite pieces of videogame music ever. I love it. It’s beautiful, and it speaks volumes about her character.
We usually avoid covering tracks like this. It’s risky. If you bugger it up, it’s going to be collossal, and people are going to think you’re absolutely terrible. This time, I’m pretty glad we decided to bite the bullet and arrange this piece. And arrange is the word - this track features more predominant keyboard and synthesiser work than in any other Red Wings arrangement. I wanted to capture the feel and sound of the orchestra version of the piece, and then mix it with the acoustic guitar style of the Crisis Core version.
The result is the louder, more emotional parts of the piece being carried by the strings & woodwind (helped along by electric guitar, with the acoustic guitar strumming along in the background, and playing the lead line in the verse. The original is by Nobuo Uematsu and from Final Fantasy VII. But you likely already know that.
Did you know?
In Final Fantasy VII, Aerith actually has lines of dialogue after her death, suggesting that at one point in the game she was either meant to die later on, be ressurrected, or not die at all. Via use of a gameshark or PC mod to re-insert her back into the party after her death, you can view these lines.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Hi there, I was looking around for a while searching for acoustic guitar player and I happened upon this site and your post regarding Aerith’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII), I will definitely this to my acoustic guitar player bookmarks!
July 12th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Have to admit, when I heard the style of your remix’s and saw this page, I wasn’t expecting much. But wow, you guys managed to capture the feel of the original and the cheery feel of Crisis Core’s version in one song. Definitely adding this to my play list.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
[...] Final Fantasy VII again. There’s something about this game - while I prefer FF9’s soundtrack, FF7 has some truly phoenomenal pieces of music that give me shivers. This is one such tune. Ahead on Our Way is one of the stand-out tracks from FF7 that isn’t a pumping battle theme like Aerith’s Theme. [...]
August 27th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Love your covers of FF songs guys
January 21st, 2010 at 2:01 pm
thanks for that last bit of info.maybe I’m too late too try it out. Lets see where’s my gameshark.