World of Ruin: Melancholy Music from Final Fantasy VI
TPR
2016
Quiet / Video Game Soundtracks / Contemplative
A little late to the party as real life things have had me away from music discovery for a bit and away from the computer as well. I do remember that I had promised to post another album after missing one a few weeks ago and did not, because, well, I just kept listening to Story by Jizue! It’s still on heavy rotation for me. That being said, that is not the focus of this post…
The weather the past few weeks has been a mix of lovely, sunny, mid-temperature days and others consisting of bleak clouds and saturating rain. I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately and the rain has certainly not helped. And for a soundtrack for this kind of day, I usually turn to the music of composer TPR, who takes well-known, classic soundtracks of video games and slows them down a bit, strips them of some of their gravitas, and re-interprets them in a sad-bastard fashion via synthesizer. His catalogue is vast and excellent and if you’re looking for sounds that match a mood or the weather, look no further.
His renditions of the music of the legendary FFVI soundtrack (which I discussed in December 2021) just get me in the feels. I know and love these songs but there is something about hearing them in a new, often sad, way. It’s helped me traverse the April rains and will get me through to the May sun. What can I say, I dig a sad song.
Standout Tracks – Dark World, Phantom Forest, Esper World
See you next week.