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Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream album advance review photo

Music4Games has run their advance review of OverClocked Remix's super-ambitious upcoming album Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream, a massive 45-song re-imagining of Nobuo Uematsu's original score for the famed PlayStation role-playing game. 

M4G bravely attempts to cover the four-disc compilation, which clocks in at almost three-and-a-half hours of listening time. Everything from the "Overworld" to "Sephiroth's Theme" is covered by many genres of music, and reviewer Jayson Napolitano does his best to give us an idea of what we can expect from the collection, calling it "one of the most impressive and encompassing listening experiences in the world of video game music."

"It doesn’t get much better than this when it comes to arrangement albums," says Napolitano.  "Needless to say, if Square Enix does ever get around to a Final Fantasy VII remake, their new-and-improved score is ready to go.

This freely available, fan-made album will be available to download at OverClocked Remix starting on September 14th, so fans of Final Fantasy, Nobuo Uematsu, and game music in general should mark their calendars.  


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Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:06
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain
BREAKING NEWS™: VOICES OF THE LIFESTREAM CONFIRMED FOR ROCK BAND
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:09
madninja
Yay this will be awesome. Why are you so awesome Dale? Because everything you post turns into awesome. I actual like the song Overworld.
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:15
Dale North
I like this madninja guy!
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:15
Riser Glen
I'll download it, but I'm skeptical. Overclocked houses some of the most pretentious music ever. I'm still pissed about the Mother 2 remix album.
JaysonNapolitano's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:25
JaysonNapolitano
Riser, trust me. I had the same thing on my mind as well. This project rights all the wrongs of the past. =)
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:25
Riser Glen
I'll take your word for it. :)
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:56
kawitchate
what th-

IT'S REVIEWER JAYSON NAPOLITANO!
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2007 23:57
Zac Bentz
Great, just what the world needs. One MORE fan tribute to FFVII.

...

NOW NOW NOW!
Liontamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:01
Liontamer
I love how we didn't even make the Mother 2 album at OC ReMix, and we still get flack for it. It's a kickass album regardless.

As far I'm concerned, pretentiousness is great if it means this caliber of music. If it's wrong, I don't wanna be right.

It's right though.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:11
F Whipple
W-w-w-w-w-w-w-wwaaiit...hold the phone! Did you just say free???

Hells yeah!!!
NightDehumidifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:16
NightDehumidifier
To all the fans of FFVII: MOVE ON WITH YOUR FUCKING LIVES!
Aerox's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:19
Aerox
I love OCRemix
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:32
Riser Glen
@Liontamer

It's music, but it's not Mother 2 music. I tried so hard to like it, but the "fun" of Mother 2 didn't translate. At all. Why bother making tributes if it doesn't capture the feel of the thing they are making the tribute to? I'm not pissed that I didn't like the music, though. I'm pissed that they spent all that time and completely missed the point.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:41
Fading Star
It looks Dale won't be fired today. Don't worry. There is always tomorrow.

Good job. I enjoyed the original soundtrack. I might have to download this someday.
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:43
ShadowXOR
Would people shut the hell up about Final Fantasy VII for Christ's sake. It wasn't even that good I'm so sick of this game being bleed for eons.
sumfight's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 00:59
sumfight
Can't wait for it :)
CCGames Mike's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 01:08
CCGames Mike
Argh...I'm at a crossroads when it comes to this. Part of me wants to download this because not only is it free, but I did enjoy their Chrono Trigger fan album they put out awhile back =). On the other hand, however, I'm not the biggest FF7 fan. It was a decent game, sure, but it was hardly the second coming of Game Christ like everyone makes it out to be.

That title is purely reserved for the 2012 Game of the Year: Gears of War 4: Blood Dumpster Locust Babies
Lukich's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 01:12
Lukich
Who the hell are all these guys coming in here being negative about the fact that FFVII is still around? Fuck you :D.

I may check this out
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 01:18
Mxyzptlk
Free is exactly the right price for me, I'll be checking this out. While I don't care for Final Fantasy games, I still love the music.
Torzelan's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 01:44
Torzelan
Hoylsh**, I've heard a preview a long time ago and let's just say that this album will be put on infinite repeat on my mp3 player as soon as it's out.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 03:02
Wedge
But...but... what happened to the Tales of Phantasia remix album? I mean FF VII is nice and all, and I'm sure this will be phenomenal quality, but I've still heard it in a 1000 other forms already...
Azereki's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 03:20
Azereki
Is there some sort of line I can wait in?!
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 03:49
Justice
It's Jayson!
geronimo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 05:57
geronimo
If this really is as good as Jayson says, I will download it... for great justice!
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 06:08
brainderailment
no thanks.
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 08:26
catsithx
Yes I liked all FF music and most likely I will be getting this one to
mackisawesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 09:47
mackisawesome
what is this a guitar hero track?
TheDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 09:52
TheDragon
@NightDehumidifier

When someone makes a game that matches or surpasses FF7 on all fronts, we'll be able to move on partially. However, even then, FF7 will still hold a special place in all of our hearts.
Dhsu's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 12:05
Dhsu
"Why bother making tributes if it doesn't capture the feel of the thing they are making the tribute to?"
The traditional answer is that if all you want to do is "capture the feel," you might as well listen to the original soundtrack.

"I'm not pissed that I didn't like the music, though. I'm pissed that they spent all that time and completely missed the point."
On the contrary, it seems you're the one who spent all that time listening to the project and missed the point. Sorry you expected it to be something it wasn't.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2007 19:28
Wedge
OMG IT'S DHSU AND HIS ASIAN PIANIST!
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