About this episode
Mike and Jesse discuss the impactful score of Final Fantasy Tactics and reminisce about the game's challenges.
Send us Fan Mail Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata team up for one of gaming's finest scores. The Playstation 1 epic is chock full of medieval battles, corruption, greed and demons and this score captures it all. From fun romps in a wheat field to encountering horrific end-of-the-world demons, this score takes us from highs to lows and everywhere in-between. Mike and Jesse gush at the score's impact and reminisce about the game's unforgiving nature. Special shout to Jacob Shrum, who ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Mike, Jesse
Topics covered
- video game music
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- soundtrack analysis
- gaming nostalgia
- medieval themes
Keywords
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Hitoshi Sakimoto
- Masaharu Iwata
- video game score
- Playstation 1
- gaming music
- soundtrack
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