heard the news that Uematsu is sick hope he recovers well

Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute legend of the industry, glad to see he seems to be doing better - one thing for sure the FF7 remake will have some great music

"There isn't any need for all the three of us" And yet when the three of you came together, something called Final Fantasy happened.

Ironically, the black screen at the start of the one winged angel fight was wonderfully suspenseful as tension built up in the fabulous score, finally revealing what players were up against.

Wow... What Nobuo said about loading the music on internal memory so it keeps playing during loading. I noticed that when playing amd it really keeps you in the game. Nobuo Uematsu; Saving our immersion since 1997.

The inside story is that he said "very good" because he actually got emotional seeing FF realized like he envisoned and had to leave the room. True story, Famitsu 2001 interview. Can source if necessary.

3 legendary game designers. 2 awesome interviewers = An interview for the history books.. Couldn't hold my tears when i heard FF7 music

Congrats, You alligned 3 planets and did what lots of us dream twice in a lifetime. I envy you SO much! >:C ;3

Just hearing them talk about how emotional the music is makes me want this remake so badly. I've been learning FF7 songs on piano and they are near and dear to me. Nobuo Uematsu is my favorite composer ever and I hope he is feeling better and makes more music

Nobuo Uematsu is the greatest orchestral composer of our time, strait up!

10:31 植松さんの、もう一度ファンタジーの曲を作りたかったって言う言葉、 坂口さんプローデュースのファンタジーゲームで是非実現してほしい

Those three gentlemen = my childhood memories.

really cool to see them all together after all this time , thx for sharing this with us

Funny how they worried about that black loading screen when One Winged Angel plays. If anything to me, that made it even more menacing. The way it fades to black when you think the first Sephiroth phase is done, then the music kicks in, reminding you it's not over.

Thank you so much for this interview. This was historical

I would give my leg for more videos of these three. Just awesome!

Wow! I'm in awe. Well done guys, they absolutly loved the interview! Fantastic!

This was fantastic. Great choice of questions, too, and hands off letting them talk with camaraderie and go where they wanted. 3 greats of the industry, so good.

13:20 - that's a small detail that makes a big difference, and I think really helped with the mood of FF VII... the way the music constantly played _through_ scenes but also how it picked up where you left of. soooo much of the greatness of VII is really mood and atmosphere, the tension... the frantic chase scenes, the ominous Sephiroth or Jenova scenes. you notice a lot of that lost in lower budget RPGs (e.g. later Suikodens) where there is bad silence between scenes... or the PS4 version of FF VII where the world map music restarts every time. it's a small thing but the seamless playing of music in VII was huge.

This has to be such a rare interview with these 3 together. Well done and thank you!

Trio behind the greatest game of all time.

What an incredible interview. Great job!

This is such an awesome candid interview, thanks!

You guys are so lucky! To be able to meet three out of five of the bigwigs of Final Fantasy is a blessing in and of itself! What would I give to be in your shoes...

I'm so grateful to them for all the entertainment and great memories they've given me. Bless them.

I would watch a Sakaguchi/Kitase stream of FF6 for DAYS. I'm happy for you guys that you got this amazing opportunity

i love these guys, i really hope they'll keep working together and make more masterpieces.

Dream Team :') I'm so happy to see the three of them still meet up. And to know that they still get together if not all but individually warms my heart. They seem like such good friends. Three of my favorite people in one room and you get to talk to all three of them^^ This video really made my day. Thank you!

I miss these 3 creating Final Fantasies together, they are absolute legends. I'm very happy to know that Kitase is the one in charge for the Remake instead of Nomura, Nomura should just stick to character design. #bringsakaguchiback

The 3 living legends

Why KZfaq algorithm bring this to me 2 years late.... maybe yesterday I watch an interview of Yoshitaka Amano. I can't thank them enough, they bring me so much joy to me over the last 25 years

wow, the big three. thanks for this

Amazing interview, guys!

thank you so much for making this video :D

Damn this is a good interview! You guys are so lucky

Legendary interview

This is so amazing!

If I managed to get this interview I would buy one of those digital picture frames that can play video clips and just run this interview all day, every day. Great interview, can’t believe you got these three in the same room!

2 many LEGENDS in one video!! Sakaguchi we need you back!

"that opening scene is perfection"

この３人に会えるカブキン羨ましいと共に尊敬します。

Great interview guys

Awesome Interview! FFVII is my favorite game of all time. To be in the same room with some of the people who helped create it is such an honor. Uematsu-san is the greatest musical artist of our lifetime. He seems like such a nice guy to boot. I've heard about his recent health issues, & that he has stepped away from work to take it easy. I wish that man all the best. It does suck that he was confirmed to be involved with the FFVII Remake but if he were to never make music again I wouldn't hold it against him. You have done enough already sir. But I really hope the music in VIIR was already done so we can get a great send off by Uematsu-san!

Awesome hehe, 3 legends reunite! Good health and take care always!

The three SANNIN of the Gaming industry, it is an incredible pleasure to see those 3 legends reunited

man...... i wish those people will comeback someday :') they made my best childhood memories ever ;-;

楽しいトークだった🎵

I nearly started to cry when i heard nobuo eumatsu fell ill and is taking time off work and is wondering if he will come back. Get well soon doctor eumatsu we love you and your music

It's okey, Uematsu! The black-screen with one-winged angel, made you sit right up, suspense feeling running inside (as i was playing the game myself 1 time, i still could feel stuff like, ohhh now he's coming, the big B).

This is the greatest thing I've seen on the Internet in ages. ^_^

One of the TOP10 most positive videos on KZfaq.

All love from me (music is top-notch, gives big impact), i have been in love with the serie since i was a little girl, it all started early, watching my big brother playing the games, as he was playing ff7, i was still a young girl, not even coming so far with english in school, but still the effect of seeing Aerith selling flowers in the streets, did a big effect on me, we did'nt knew her name yet, and i instantly used to call her "the flower girl/flower girl" , and i looked upto her, she was my fav. It wase'nt like i always was freshly looking at him play, but somehow after some days/weeks of re-entering&watching him play, i remember asking my brother where the flower girl was, since she wasen't in his team, during his gameplay. She left such a big impact on me, during her death, i felt so much loss, like i lost someone important in my life, like a friend or family member. They really did well, according to me to make, Aerith likeable (aware that there's Aerith-haters out there, we can't love all, that's what i like about fictional characters, in fandom there's always going to be at least 1 person, who even can like the one, most people hate/dislike, or like the bland one, even the rich kid with a nasty attitude can be liked, cosplay them, it's like how we like ourselves&each others in real life, some traits&attributes among each others we like, can handle, some not). Anyway! in my young, girly heart, Aerith was there, being my fav. Still today, i can think how things would look like if she never died, her reaction to us gamers entering her birthhouse, looking at the tapes with Ifalna&Gast, fantazise Cloud&aerith the 1/2 cetra, settling down starting a family/still helping out kids with geostigma, since holy from ff7 plot would still probably be trapped, the same way, the same incidents with holy&lifestream would occur, since sephy is the one hindering Holy from spreading out, his barrier would still be needed to be taken down the same way.

I swear when they were asked how they met I expected Uematsu-san to tell that he joined Square for the text adventure Alpha on PC-88 which was the first Square game he composed music for. But it might be that he does not remember that game anymore. Pretty much all games of Square before Final Fantasy came out are like a myth. If there is any chance you can interview them again or some of them I hope we are allowed to ask some questions once more. This is such a special occasion and so much to be appreciated.

Awesome, three legends.

When he mentioned loading times and storing the music on Internal memory I just knew he'd bring up the One Winged Angel fight, having that music there whilst the penultimate battle was loading in really saved it and kept the tension high.

Seen these legends make me want to see more of FFVII Remake :) damn you SE you always put us in long waiting =_=.

Uematsu is my alltime favorite musician

im nerding out so hard right now

Wow the legendary team!

what a wholesome vid

Gosh i can't be any more jealous! REAL LEGENDS!

These guys are legendary! Awesome video to watch! Great job! Although I am pretty sour that it was you and not me!

They must have worked their asses off back in the day, under a lot of stress creating masterpiece after masterpiece. I guess all three had a lot of interaction then, sharing creativity and dedication to make the best, most refined product possible. With this sort of work environment, special friendships can form - you can see it in the video. For japanese people, the three are very jovial and serene with each other. I just love masters at their craft who are nice and polite, they are quite rare.

Holy crap this gets me excited. Uematsu is amazing, I just hope the music in the remake remains true to how it sounded just upgraded with what we have now.

I will say I feel the black screen with one winged angel playing actually added to the tension

i love these guys. i wish they got to make another final fantasy together

The presence in that room must have been huge. Just too much legend to fathom

I am so glad they were able to make so many great titles, of course I want more but the masterpieces they created live on forever. I started with 7 but it was very easy for me to get into the previous pixel art ones with 4 being my favorite next to 7. You can't recreate what these people did, it was all in the feeling

And after that, the born of Final Fantasy 7 remake which was a masterpiece in 2020 !

This is the best thing ever. Why didn't I find it earlier? I don't know. I don't care. I'm just happy I came across this.

How has this video not gone viral? Great viewing!

Uematsu is a master! I hope his vacation from the business helps him create more awe inspiring music! :)

Ff 16 please director sakaguchi san

The Tri-Force of gaming. Behold. The living legends.

legends, yet cool and charming . greetings from germany

ここに天野さんもいてほしかったなぁ

Legends!

This is epiccccccc

They are Holy Trinity of Final Fantasy

Legends

13:36 - I actually thought when that song kicked on during the black screen it was super effective in giving me chills. Cause it only last about 2-3 seconds and then you see Sephiroth's crazy ass.

So simply

Final Fantasy XVI with these 3 legends, please Square Enix !!!

Three Legends.

This should have one billion likes

True legends

It's the Final Fantasy Warring Triads... The Goddess (Uematsu) The Fiend (Sakaguchi) and The Demon (Kitase)

YES!!!!!!

I love you for this. Also, hoping the big man manages to recover. ALSO "Very good." EDIT: Philosophical game that's good would be NieR Automata and its predecessor, no?

Nobuo is in My top 3 composers of all time

Final Fantasy's holy trinity

These guys are so much fun!!! I need another big Mistwalker collaboration project from Sakaguchi and Uematsu. What are they doing now, and will they come out to do one big, final project together before they both retire? PLS??? I want another game from them on the scale of Lost Odyssey's effort.

Teasing with the opening sequence is killing me.

Kitase always smiling

Thanks for the video this gives me hope for 7 remake! Anyone know when the BRA BRA concert will be?

Sakaguchi's laugh is the best

Uematsu made some Kamehamehada with his hands. They are laughing a lot , this is fun !

Thank you for creating the greatest game ever (along with MGS). I will always cherish this game and everything surrounding it for the rest of my life ❤️

I remember when I met Uematsu, such a worthwhile and wonderful time. I'm glad I got to ask him a question. :')

I wish they would ask more technical questions, like the one about loading music at the beginning.