Apparently this is also known as “As I Feel, You Feel”? I love how somber this is. Again, as we all know, I’m bad at words, I do not know what the main instrument is called, but I absolutely love it. I also feel like it has like, a dual meaning based on where you are in the dungeon. When you enter, it feels like a great forest where the main villain has come from, a place of evil. When it burns down, it gives you that sense of loss from an event of senseless evil.

Why does this bang? It has no right. I just think this is a fun, adventurous song. I love all the instruments in it, the guitar, the horn, the… banjo? the organ, it’s all very fun, very unique, and very stand-out for what it is and where it plays. It sticks out to me.

One word. The Drums. That’s two words. Whatever. This is SUCH a good Exdeath theme. Taking his main motif, and turning it into a battle with THE DRUMS (THE DRUMSSSSS), not to mention the part where it starts glitching out and getting chaotic, then going hard into the main melody again, holy shit this song is hype. It sounds super cool, it has amazing drums (I’m sorry I’ll stop), and it plays multiple times so you get to hear it over and over. Not to mention, one of those times is during one of the absolute best moments in the entire game. o7

The song. The man. The big man on the big bridge, the big song for the big man. Uematsu was absolutely cooking when he made this song, and I am so glad it continues to appear over and over again in future entries, it literally does not miss once at all. Special shoutouts to the PR, XII, XIII-2, XIV, and XV versions, and anti-shoutouts to the Theatrhythm All Star Carnival version cause it’s mean and hurts my fingies. I don’t even really know what to say cause like, everyone knows this song is fucking outstanding??? If you are reading this you know this song, it’s hype, it’s exciting, it’s catchy, it’s just, Amazing.

THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG IN ANY GAME EVER PIANO LESSON 1 ALL THE WAY

I’m sorry this joke sucks

ok the actual real #1 is…

I was struggling between picking this or Battle on the Big Bridge as the #1. But I think in this specific list when I’m trying to focus on V songs, this song just hits my emotions a little harder, and it is like, a summary of why I love FFV in general. It’s lighthearted, it’s fun, it feels like an adventure, however, right at the end of the song before it loops, this is the part that really makes me tear up, because it slows down, it feels emotional but in different ways depending on the context, like you’re looking back happily at your journey or feeling sadness over the loss and tragedy that does happen in this game. One of my absolute favorite versions of this song is the one from DIstant Worlds IV. It works so well in an orchestrated form, feeling triumphant and happy, but again! That one part before the loop! It slows down and brings a completely different level to the emotions. Especially at the end of the song when you just have a slow trumpet solo…. then the whole orchestra comes in, and a big triumphant finale. It’s a happy song that is deeper than it seems out the outside. Just like the game it’s meant for.