Theme of Hope: Final Fantasy VII Inspired Character Theme [Original] | Sab Irene
103Here's my Final Fantasy VII inspired video game composition, Theme of Hope! I'm Sab and I love saxophone and video games, so now I make compositions that combine two of my favorite things!
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I know I’ve done a Final Fantasy inspired track before, but I wanted to approach it from a different place. When we think of Final Fantasy, we often think of really heavy, fast, punchy battle themes. I wanted to think about the other parts of the game. And with Final Fantasy VII just releasing, I thought about how I would write a character theme, and knew I had to do my own take on Aerith’s Theme.
I decided to keep the instrumentation fairly simple on this one. There aren’t too many layers in the original Aerith Theme, and so I wanted my composition to reflect that. I kept going back and forth on adding more instruments after tracking the initial piano, flute, and vocals. But I honestly don’t think it needs anything more.
The mix was definitely a challenge for this. Because there are so few layers, I can’t mix certain instruments how I typically would. The piano had to fill a large space since it’s the primary instrument in the track and also plays the melody. The flute and vocals are there for countermelodies and texture. So striking the balance between the piano and other layers was a bit tricky. Making sure everything could be heard enough, but not take away from one another. It was definitely a good lesson in compression and EQ carving.
As for the video, I wanted something light and bright, since that embodies Aerith pretty strongly. She’s a light presence for Cloud, Tifa, and the others. Pink and red aren’t really my colors, so I opted to do a play on Aerith’s dress and cardigan in my own colors. It was really fun to tackle something more minimal this time around!
Hope you enjoy Theme of Hope~
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