Stuck In My Mind (My Mind) - Final Fantasy VIII

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When the OCR album project for Final Fantasy VIII restarted, I originally wanted to do a drum & bass track with vocals, mostly because I haven't really done that type of song yet, and because it had been a while since I last made a track with lyrics. I didn't want to go for one of the more obvious source tracks in the OST, yet I did want something that gave me enough melodic material to work with.

"My Mind", essentially the track that will become Squall and Rinoa's love theme and one of the variations of "Eyes On Me", stood out to me for its simple melodic lines and structure, and I figured it would be nice to play around with it. After a quick sketch I figured the idea would work well enough, so I started playing around with an idea for the lyrics, with Rinoa head over heels in love with Squall and unable to get him out of her mind. I wanted to keep things fun, upbeat, lighthearted and not taking itself too seriously. Just having fun. One could say "Heartily" enjoyable... (I'll see myself out).

Concept done, I started recruiting for a vocalist. I already knew I wanted to have female vocals on this track, so I was glad to have Natalie on board again, after our first Terranigma remix "Will We Meet Again?". Since she also knew and enjoyed the game (and at the end contributed her own track to the album!), it made collaborating fun and easy. It also meant that we could co-write the lyrics. Always a big help, because writing good lyrics that convey the right intent and flow well isn't easy. And of course we couldn't help sneak in a good amount of references to scenes and quotes from the game, see if you can spot them! Also enjoyed adding the dulcimer lick from the opening of "Eyes on Me" to various places in the track, as a bit of a sneaky reference and deep cut.

During production of the track I was already thinking that this track didn't really seem to be the original drum & bass track I had in mind, but when I wrote the ending lines with the spoken word and had Natalie record those, it finally clicked with us what the genre of this track actually is: "Anime Opening Anthem". Works for me!

Production itself was a bit of a struggle, since I did this track in Bitwig (my main DAW is Logic Pro). It was struggling with playing back the track without glitching, vocal editing was not very smooth either, and I'm still a bit unsure by how the mixing and routing works. So it was a bit of a rough journey and I couldn't *quite* get things to sound like I wanted. That's all on me though, I guess Logic Pro is just Stuck In My Mind...

Big thanks to Natalie for jumping on board with me on this track for the entire time it was in production (about a year, this was the first track I started for the album and the last one that got finished). Hope you enjoy what we created and get some positive vibes out of it too!

Credits:

Jorito: arrangement, lyrics, vocals, mixing, production
Sirenstar (https://www.youtube.com/@Sirenstarmusic): lyrics, vocals

Mastering by James Hoffman
Background animation by ChristianBodhi from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/videos/pier-girl-ocean-woman-stars-sky-101759)


Lyrics:

[Verse]

What did you think
when you saw me smile at you?
Maybe you’ll know
If we dance the night away

What's in your heart?
Do you wanna show me?
Just take a chance
On whatever comes our way

[Chorus]

You're stuck inside my mind
I think of you all the time
And when I see your face
I feel like I’m flying

I put my spell on you
The first time I met you (you’re mine!)
You’re stuck in my mind
And I feel like it could be magic

[Verse]

I felt you near
When everything was fading
Drifting alone
Never thought I’d be so lost

Time standing still
Darkness all around us
But you held me close
And now I’m feeling so alive

[Chorus]

Stuck in my mind
You're one of a kind
I'll make you mine
The best lookin' guy (round here)

I’ll never forget the day
The first time I met you (so cool!)
You’re stuck in my mind
And I feel like it could be magic

[Bridge]

Stuck in my mind [4x]

[Verse]

I know what I am
The future’s so uncertain
But here in my dreams
I will always find you

Promise you'll stay
And be my knight forever
'cause you give me hope
every time I see your smile

You're stuck in my mind…

[Coda]

I just know that, whatever comes our way, whenever I feel lost, you will be there for me, waiting at the lighthouse. And I will be there for you, I promise!







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