Final Fantasy XIII: The Role Of Music In The Baroque Period

Music is the essential, universal language. It expresses emotion, a story, and records a generation in history. In the classical and baroque era, music was written to tell a story and emphasize the emotion within that story. Music still tells stories today; movies, games, and regular songs tell stories with emphasized emotions. Games require music to set the mood and energy for specific scenarios. One such game series is the Final Fantasy series. This game series is classified as a role-playing game, which is based entirely around a detailed story. With such a complex storyline, this series calls for a wide range of music. The composer that wrote the soundtrack, Nobuo Uematsu was the perfect composer to convey the events of each story to the players. Since the types of players are so broad, Uematsu had to describe each story event with an exaggerated theme. To each player that has experienced Final Fantasy, hearing a song from the game will instantly take the player back to a memory of …show more content…
Final Fantasy XIII is the thirteenth main installment, which includes various composers and artists to emphasize a complex, flourishing storyline based on the series’ original subject, crystals. The launch of Final Fantasy XIII was originally titled Fabula Nova Crystalis or “New Tale of the Crystal” because it was theorized to be a reboot of the original Final Fantasy games. Because of technological advances in the development of games, Masashi Hamauzu was the perfect choice for the lead designer. Although Hamauzu was not the only composer, his role in the composition of the soundtrack was crucial to illustrate the vivid environments and crystalline details through his music. Final Fantasy XIII’s soundtrack is composed entirely of recorded orchestration; lucid violins, heavy brass, and suspenseful percussion are heard throughout the storyline to convey the multiple extreme emotions and scenarios to the