This is a beautiful song. My most favorite part about it is the melody. I talk a lot about how some notes or arrangements just hit the ears just right and twinge the heartstrings, and I’m sure there’s a music theory concept that is why this is, and this song is definitely one that applies for me. (god I am so shit at wording things lmao). I love the marimba backing, the slow horn or whatever you’d call it, the wind, it’s so calming and peaceful. This is a song I listen to when I want some chill, yet still happy times.

Here comes another controversial opinion, my hottest take; I like Birth of a God more than One Winged Angel, and I think it is GREATLY underappreciated. It’s such a cool song! The creepy intro clashing against the upbeat drums, the organ absolutely rocking out, the weird up and down sound that plays before the main melody? This is a jam!!! Not to mention when it goes into Those Chosen By The Planet, linking it back to You Are Fighting Sephiroth? Bro. I know it’s not As Epic as OWA, but it slaps so fucking hard and I wish I could jam out half as hard as the melody does.

Also known as Crazy Motorcycle Chase depending on who’s translating the song! FFVII really suffers from “none of my songs really have a unified official translation” disease. When I say FFVII has a unique sound, this song is hard evidence of that. The weird little boops in the background, the UFO tractor beam, and then The FFVII Organ that is just the best, this sounds like an alien made music and I love it. I’m always bouncing around when I listen to it; this was also one of my like, first loves with FF music, I remember the days hoping that this would make it into Smash with Cloud (the miracle never happen..) and my love for this song has never decreased.

Alongside The Chase, J-E-N-O-V-A is another one of my first FF music loves. It also has a title that’s a nightmare to type so I’m going to try to minimize that. This is another extremely alien sounding song, with the constant BEE BEE bow boh boo boo in the back (you know what I mean), and the main melody sounds so menacing. Perfect for fighting a literal alien virus. I love the main synth noises, and I can’t quite describe them which sucks. The song also gives this big hopeful ending, like you are winning the fight, like you’re beating back this disgusting evil creature. This song is so cool and I will forever jam out to it.

Contender for my favorite FF overworld theme, but being barely beaten out by a song in a later entry. This is the epitome of the FFVII sound that I keep talking about that hopefully you understand what i mean. It has so many of the instruments that make this soundtrack so special, with a beautiful melody and a feeling that is haunting and uplifting at the same time. This song feels like a sun rising, friends traveling together, but also giving you that feeling of loss and that the world is literally going to end. It gives a very similar sound to Aerith’s theme, which is nice. The main melody, or the chorus as I almost want to call it, is one of my favorite arrangements of notes ever, and in the right mindset, I WILL tear up at it. I love how after the grand opening, it slows down, it gives you a menacing beating bass, before rising back up, sounding grand yet souring, and finally ending with a huge finale that just pulls at my heart in all of the best ways. This theme is a masterpiece. Fucking… I originally had this in the #2 spot, but as I was writing this, I realized Just How Much I loved this song, and so I bumped it up to #1.