THE BOMBING MISSION! No game will ever have such an impact of excitment in a beginning/intro such as FF7 had. Right away when you start it, YOU ARE ON A FUCKING MISSION AND YOU HAVE TO PLANT A BOMB!!! A RPG GAME!! And the music just fills all that excitment to another level. It's perfect.

My favorite final fantasy song. If this doesn't get you ready for a 50+ hour game then I don't know what will

I remember... My Dad got the playstation 1 from one of his friend with Final Fantasy 7. I was addicted... Bombing Mission will guide me to my whole life until the end :)

Was here for this and it was amazing especially one winged angel right at the end

i love watching symphonies play video game music

日本が世界に誇るゲームになってしまったなぁ

Final Fantasy 7 is and allways will be THE best game with THE best music ever created by man.

The song is a constant reminder that epicness is about to ensue.

that conductor is a beast jeezus

The hair on my neck is standing up lol, chills 15 years later, damn.

Amazing! オケ版綺麗やな～

I can't believe I was there at the Opera House! Oh my body was ever so ready.

It was a lovely night to behold. Hope they come back....

This is incredible. Gave me chills.

Always play this at the beginning of anything

the beginning reminds me of the beginning to the star trek intro, where he says "to boldly go where no one has gone before!"

Awesome... beginning gives me chills every time.

Conductors are always awesome.

that was really perfect. really nice

Amazing...

great performance.

Chills.. Chills everywhere

excelente de principio a fin!

@biomecaNICK Classical isn't a genre, it's a time period. Classical music is music from the period of 1750 to 1830. This music was composed sometime in the mid 1990s, so it isn't classical. It's contemporary video game music in an orchestrated format. MechanicArm was 100% right.

CHILLS!

Okay. I'm gettin' tingles.

@Drakengard65 yu know whats crazy, how man has created. Games that have impacted our lives..

ワクワクするよなぁ😌 だけど、恐ろしいことが始まるみたいな😌

UNLEASH THE NOSTALGIA!

Beethoven and Wagner would be blown away if they heard this!

@DimDisaster same here bro, im from Sydney and had no idea.. i wish it was advertised.

Wow

I don't know! As a composer, you really can't count out the writer of the Super Mario 3 Airship theme or the amazingness from the freaking Zelda epic. Seriously... Let's give Koji Kondo his due!

0:00 オープニング 1:12 爆破ミッション

fuck yeay *.* love it evry time i gonna hear iti must think about this epic intro cutscene with cloud on top thetrain *.*

When I first heard this song, I didn't like it much, but the bit at 3:05 makes me feel happy and epic!

Super Mario Galaxy had it's own orchestra. But I agree, Final Fantasy has the best music around.

リメイクはエアリスさんと最後まで冒険させて

Final fantasy 7 4 ever

If you get a sound hall instead of a stadium, it's, basically... well this good

いいなぁそれ

Need a remake of this glorious game sharpish, the only game I think is a work of art that everyone should play

I doubt in the game its played by an orchestra, but fuck it sound so good to my hear. Btw guys, just to let you know this is classical music.

Nobuo Uematsu is my hero! T-T

WHAT!? THEY ARE!?!

... I live in Australia, HOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS!?

2020東京オリンピックの オープン二ング曲でもよくない？

1 person killed by Cloud Strife

Arnie Roth

I do not know when this particular performance was recorded, but watch this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZykq7mjlp6bnHk.html I don't know which one was recorded first, but this is clearly the same transcription. Also, to @rhythmandacoustics: sorry, I disagree. "One Winged Angel" is excellent, but it is not "way[y+] better" than this track. For one, both pieces are written with a different context in mind, and both do a great job rendering the context. But if I were to elect a favourite piece of music from Final Fantasy VII, it would be neither of those: it would be Heart of Anxiety. Tastes, you know :p

@biomecaNICK sorry for this bad english, *i think you dont* *even originally made in MIDI files (using orchestra instrument)* the genre is classical dude. Lots of music in MANY video games are considered classic. im young too but THIS is the kind of classic music I really appreciate.

6 people were Shinra advocates.

@MechanicArm alright I think U misunderstood me at the very beggining. The music from the game is Electronic but its style is classical just like the boss battle is a mix between electronic and rock music. I think i know what you mean by the period you stated. There is a classical era just like before that, its was baroque (i think) and Stravinsky or Satie writting dark music. I appologize I think it was only a misunderstanding. Well i hope it was.

@Dekar0011 same here dude,live in Brisbane but would have gone there!How the hell did we miss it???

Sounds great, wouldve been better if it wasnt recorded on a potato mic.

Halo is doing pretty good as well with both bands and symphonies covering their songs.

@MagmaDragoon96 me too D:

Tellem bro

@MechanicArm there is 4 style of music. Rock / Blues / Electronic and Classical music. And then there is genre and sub genre. So... in wich category this goes in ? Im just stating the obvious. Sorry have a nice day.

i like this version better than the Uematsu version somehow >

ssjx owes me a new pair of shorts.

They used this version in the trailer.

@MechanicArm Haha, poor guy. Keep fighting the good fight, though.

@TheSheenkai the paper of the orchestra director? What?

*cough* Silent Hill *cough*

@defcalledque cmon hes not a vampire, were not in twilight.

i still have probably a 6million gil XD in-game

*cough* Shadow of the Colossus *cough*

@MechanicArm well this is.... I think think you know anything about this genre. but this is classical. its one of the 4 musical genre . its not Electronic (even made with in MIDI) its not rock and not blues so what is it then ? It is classical. trust me.

@MechanicArm its classical music. stop using wikipedia im in the music industry.

well since we have the REAL life. music, why not the real life movie. with actual people not just japanese but like the actual game, Diversity. A blondey, a homie, and a vampire. Ah!!