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One of my favorite aspects of the FF series is the music. If FF4 got me interested in it, FF6, Chrono Trigger, and FF7 cemented that interest for a lifetime.

There's a wide variety of music out there that we could use in our games. I know one place in particular I've never mined (because the sheer volume of music is overwhelming) is ocremix.

I've seen people say they use Black Mage tracks and other interesting things, so I thought it would be cool to see what other people are using. By sharing our playlists, perhaps we can discover new and better selections for our music.

filename   -       OST title? - source
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aseri    -    Hurry! - Yamaha MU80
aseri2   -   Hurry Up! - Anxious Hearts
ayasi    -    Lurking in the Darkness - FF7 Remastered
barret   -    Barret's Theme - FF7 Remastered
bat      -    Fighting - Anxious Hearts
bee           -    Honeybee Manor - Anxious Hearts
bokujo   -    Farm Boy - FF7 Remastered
boo           -    Flow of Life - Anxious Hearts
cannon   -    The Mako Cannon Fires - Yamaha MU80
canyon   -    Canyon of the Falling Stars - Anxious Hearts
cephiros   -    The Planet's Chosen One - FF7 Remastered
chase   -    Crazy Motorcycle - Anxious Hearts
chu           -    Still More Fighting - FF7 Remastered
chu2           -    J-e-n-o-v-a - Anxious Hearts
cinco           -    Cinco de Chocobo - Yamaha MU80
cintro   -    The Planet's Chosen One (Loop ver.) - Anxious Hearts
comical   -    Untitled - Yamaha MU80*
condor   -    Fort Condor - Anxious Hearts
corel           -    Coal Mining Town - Anxious Hearts
corneo   -    Don of the Slums - Anxious Hearts
costa   -    Costa del Sol - FF7 Remastered
crlost   -    Tango of Tears - Yamaha MU80
crwin   -    Jackpot! - Anxious Hearts
date           -    Interrupted by Fireworks - NetHead
dokubo   -    Underneath the Rotting Pizza - Anxious Hearts
dun2   -    Chasing the Black-Caped Man - Anxious Hearts
earis           -    Aerith's Theme - Yamaha MU80
earislo   -    Flowers Blooming in the Church - FF7 Remastered
elec           -    Electric de Chocobo - FF7 Remastered
fan2           -    Fanfare - Anxious Hearts
fanfare   -    Fanfare (short) - Yamaha MU80
fiddle   -    Fiddle de Chocobo - Anxious Hearts
fin           -    Staff Roll - NetHead*
geki           -    Debut - FF7 Remastered
gold1   -    Gold Saucer - Anxious Hearts
guitar2   -    FF7 Remastered
gun           -    Shin-Ra Wages a Full-Scale Attack - Anxious Hearts
hen           -    Who am I? - FF7 Remastered
hiku           -    Highwind Takes the Skies - Anxious Hearts
horror   -    Horror - Anxious Hearts
iseki           -    You can Hear the Cry of the Planet - FF7 Remastered
jukai           -    Forest Temple - Yamaha MU80
junon   -    From the Depth of Despair - Anxious Hearts
jyro           -    Steal the Tiny Bronco! - FF7 Remastered
ketc           -    Cait Sith's Theme - Yamaha MU80
kita           -    Great Crater of the North - FF7 Remastered
kurai           -    Anxious Heart - Anxious Hearts
lb1           -    Birth of a God - Anxious Hearts
lb2           -    One-Winged Angel - Anxious Hearts
lb2_awe   -    One-Winged Angel - Anxious Hearts*
ld           -    Judgment Day - FF7 Remastered
makoro   -    Mako Reactor - Anxious Hearts
mati           -    While Travelling - FF7 Remastered
mekyu   -    Reunion - FF7 Remastered
mogu   -    Highwind of the Skies - Anxious Hearts
mura1   -    Frontier Village - FF7 Remastered
nointro   -    The Planet's Chosen One (No Intro) - FF7 Remastered
oa           -    Bombing Mission (a ver.) - Anxious Hearts*
ob           -    Bombing Mission - Anxious Hearts
odds           -    The Favorite Chocobo - Yamaha MU80
over2   -    Continue? - Yamaha MU80
parade   -    Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony - FF7 Remastered
pj           -    Jenova the Perfect - Anxious Hearts
pre           -    Prelude - FF7 Remastered
red           -    Red XIII's Theme - FF7 Remastered
rhythm   -    Turks' Theme - Anxious Hearts
riku           -    The Mako Cannon Fires - FF7 Remastered
ro           -    The Countdown Begins - Anxious Hearts
rocket   -    The Oppressed - Anxious Hearts
roll           -    Credit Roll - Anxious Hearts
rukei           -    Land of Exile in the Sand - FF7 Remastered
sadbar   -    Mark of a Traitor - FF7 Remastered
sadsid   -    A Dream of Space - Anxious Hearts
sea           -    The Secret Sleeping in the Deep - FF7 Remastered
seto           -    The Great Warrior - Anxious Hearts
si           -    Shin-Ra Explodes - FF7 Remastered
sid2           -    Cid's Theme - Anxious Hearts
sido           -    Standing on Two Feet is Hard! - Yamaha MU80
siera           -    If You Opened Up Your Heart - FF7 Remastered
sinra           -    Shin-Ra Company - Anxious Hearts
sinraslo    -    Infiltrating the Shin-Ra Building - FF7 Remastered
snow   -    Buried in Snow - NetHead
ta           -    Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII - FF7 Remastered
tb           -    Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII (b) - FF7 Remastered
tender   -    Treasured Memories - Anxious Hearts
tifa           -    Tifa's Theme - FF7 Remastered
tm           -    That Day Five Years Ago - FF7 Remastered
utai           -    Wutai - Anxious Hearts
vincent     -    Beginning of the Nightmare - NetHead
walz           -    Waltz de Chocobo - FF7 Remastered
weapon   -    Weapon Raid - FF7 Remastered
yado           -    Good Night, Until Tomorrow - Yamaha MU80
yufi           -    Decendant of Ninjas - FF7 Remastered
yufi2           -    Stolen Materia - FF7 Remastered
yume   -    Who Are You? - FF7 Remastered

*unused by the PC Re-release.

And a big thank you to the people who sequence this music and make it available for gameplay :)

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #1 on: 2012-09-13 21:52:40 »
So you vary a lot between Anxious heart and OST remastered ! Looks nice  :)
Personally, I was only on the OST remastered before discovering Anxious heart, and now I have selected this last in FF7Music, cause it sounds so 'woooow', awesome  :D
You have selected each music one by , comparing the best choice between both and configuring it ? It's great !

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #2 on: 2012-09-13 22:30:05 »
I'm mostly using stuff from my playlists. I have maybe a dozen or so original tracks remaining, everything else is replaced with tracks from other games and anime

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #3 on: 2012-09-14 02:18:53 »
So you vary a lot between Anxious heart and OST remastered ! Looks nice  :)
Personally, I was only on the OST remastered before discovering Anxious heart, and now I have selected this last in FF7Music, cause it sounds so 'woooow', awesome  :D
You have selected each music one by , comparing the best choice between both and configuring it ? It's great !
Yes, it turns out they mix and match very well. I don't have volume issues or anything!

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #4 on: 2015-03-10 22:30:46 »
Hi there,
I know it's been more than 2 years, but my question is directly related to this topic, so I will firstly asked it here before I create a new topic.

I installed the full bootleg thing, and I am not a really good computer geek I had help with the bootleg and now I was wondering how to change the music. I saw in the bootleg option that i could choose between many music compilation for the game. So I wanted to try another one. The problem is, when the bootleg is doing is job, at a moment, it ask you (another time) if you want the old timer music or the remastered....But I chose one in the bootleg!!

What am I supposed to do?

And can I just change it manualy by myself?

Thank you very much for your help.

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #5 on: 2015-03-11 21:39:31 »
Hello, with enourmous researches, I found how to do it manualy. but here is my second question!

is there a link to dowload mp3 from the anxious hearts compilation so I can mix my own choices with those?

I'm looking to make my own compilation...

Thank you very much!

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #6 on: 2017-01-11 10:37:08 »
Hey, i re-up this topic because after modding a perfect game (graphicals and modded gameplay) i'm working on doing a personal playlist like someone do, so like said the topic it should be great that people post their new added track

I start with this one, an epic battle music that could be great in a battle boss music or a weapon battle ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvL9rxViNN4

I think i will search for some of ff14 music who for some of them are so great and would be perfect in ff7, ff15 maybe have a lot of good music, but haven't the game so... ^^
Goal is to find epic music who correspond with the embiance of ff7 :) not necessary came from ff saga, maybe will search too with chrono cross music and some games like this
« Last Edit: 2017-01-11 10:44:22 by levantine »

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #7 on: 2017-01-11 18:04:15 »
The vanilla one. I can't stand those orchestral remixes. I like the FF VII Soundtrack with the original sample based instruments because they had character.

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #8 on: 2017-01-11 18:08:22 »
I mostly use the original game. Sometimes I use the selection I added for Anxious Heart, but that's my limit.  I find most of the remixes to be terrible and I think a lot of them suffer with the same issue graphic updates do - they don't fit in with the original style.

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« Reply #9 on: 2017-01-11 18:25:54 »
I kinda disagree with you in terms of graphics, but yeah, the remixes for FFVII Music tend to be not nearly as good as the original.
I do think "Those Who Fight Further" by the Black Mages, with some touch ups to be closer to the original in terms of emphasis on instruments, could be a legitimately good replacement for the boss theme (which I adore) but aside from that I'd never use them in-game.

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #10 on: 2017-01-11 18:49:15 »
Sadly I lost my loop (or is it still on my external?), but I replaced Aerith theme with 'Farewell' from Within Temptation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EAFh8uWnk), which makes this special scene even more epic and absolutely fits the relationship between Cloud and Aerith. And I replaced 'Birth of a God' with 'Deceiver of Fools' from the same band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NJUKkz-Ps). It does fit for me for many reasons. One reason is the bell at the beginning and the less drum tempo. Another reason is, since I used 'farewell' it feels like Aerith is with you in the last battle. Oh, and my absolute favorite is Crazy Motorcycle by Dual Dragons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opIrllilfhI). If you drive a bike Metal is a must. 8-)
I also have a sharp eye on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czNsWS63mgk&index=8&list=PLMuzFojU54xbsu24a_cnWziu0qR7_HJR2

Hah, I forgot that I replaced One Winged Angel with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXOEohCijs
Sadly there is no better quality in the internet than this, but this is by far the best I have heard (for me even better as the original).
« Last Edit: 2017-01-11 18:55:38 by Kaldarasha »

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #11 on: 2017-01-11 20:16:12 »
I use FFTim's complete soundtrack replacement. Get the proper loop version if available. Only reason why it isn't more popular (I think) is because it's still built for FF7Music. You need to go in and manually rename all the tracks... still very much worth it.

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #12 on: 2017-01-11 20:57:25 »
How can i do for convert music mp3 in ogg format? I found 1 software, but the music doesn't re-start after this one is finish, sad to start battle with epic music and then nothing else :(
I understand that someone disaprove t change music, but personally music change procure more surprise and imercivity in the game

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #13 on: 2017-01-11 21:46:50 »
So:
1. Get Audacity (or literally anything that can open music and save it as something else)
2. Set loop (look up a guide for this, I don't remember how to do it off the top of my head)
3. Save as OGG
4. Rename the OGG file to whatever track you want it to replace (check the tracks if you're not sure)

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« Reply #14 on: 2017-01-11 22:26:16 »
Ehh "set loop" ? I don't understand

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« Reply #15 on: 2017-01-11 23:09:58 »
Music files also contain metadata. Data such as text. You can use a program - including Winamp - to add "LOOPSTART" text with a value (in this case, the sample offset). The ogg player (if it supports looping) will look for the text LOOPSTART and then return to the sample set here when the music ends. A LOOPEND can also be set if you require it.

You will need to go online and look this up. There are numerous tutorials.

You need: A program that can add tags, such as LOOPSTART with a value (like Winamp)
A player to test the looping ogg on (Winamp works well with plugin vgmstream)
A program to view the wave data with sample number in order to know where to set the loop point. I use Adobe Audition.
A program to save the ogg. I use Adobe Audition.
A good ear. I use mine.
A good eye. I use mine.
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« Reply #16 on: 2017-01-11 23:36:41 »
Oh my god, this looks so complicate, i have to do all of that just because the music don't want te repeat oO

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« Reply #17 on: 2017-01-11 23:51:07 »
Well, how else would your music know when and if to repeat?  This ain't Harry Potter Land.  :-D

It's not that difficult really... as long as you are reasonably PC savvy.  Look at some tutorials and get started.

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« Reply #18 on: 2017-01-12 00:01:06 »
There is not an easier method to convert mp3 to ogg with repeat function?

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« Reply #19 on: 2017-01-12 00:10:28 »
No. It has to be done mostly manually.

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« Reply #20 on: 2017-01-12 00:23:11 »
i see, but i really don't understand anything with audacity, i read, read, read tutorials but really i don't understand anything...

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« Reply #21 on: 2017-01-12 01:06:00 »
Really the most difficult part with looping is figuring out where the loop point should be, and adjusting it depending on how the loop sounds.
Sample accuracy can be really nice, but as long as the loop doesn't have a noticeable skip, it should be fine for you.
Really, the first couple times can be rather difficult, but as time goes on it gets easier.

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« Reply #22 on: 2017-01-12 01:14:20 »
I'm searching for video tuorial but still don't understand anything with this software

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« Reply #23 on: 2017-01-12 02:09:39 »
I fallow a tuto for using audacity for ff7 music, but after, yes the game read the song but same problem as the begining, music doesn't repeat at the end

DLPP, you loooks to use an other method than using audacity isn't it? Can you explain me more what should i do if i try with the 2 softwares you suggest?

Oh my god i finally do it ! music repeat itself and work fine, i give the tuto who helped me a lot for people who need :
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/9251-how-to-make-looping-music-the-right-way/

Thx you all guys for your support, time to select musics for my game know :)
« Last Edit: 2017-01-12 11:27:25 by levantine »

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Re: What music are you using? (FF7 Custom soundtracks)
« Reply #24 on: 2017-01-12 15:33:57 »
Oh my god i finally do it ! music repeat itself and work fine, i give the tuto who helped me a lot for people who need :
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/9251-how-to-make-looping-music-the-right-way/
Heh, I'm totally unsurprised it was an RPG Maker site that had this. IIRC, RPG Maker XP was the app that originated the looping OGG format in the first place, back in 2004. Took some time for it to catch on with anyone else.