Most annoying Uematsu composition?

There is no doubt that Nobuo Uematsu is one of the finest VGM composers to ever grace a game. But... sometimes he grinds out a tune that is just plain annoying! Please post your least favorite Uematsu song here, and explain why you hate it!

My least favourite of all time was the music in the Shinra HQ in FF7. There are at least a couple of hours of gameplay in this building, but it's theme is dull, boring, repetitive, and irratating. The drum track was terrible as well; I started improvising drum beats with my mouth to spice up the percussion.

And my runner-up least favorites? Wutia, from FF7; so boring and high-pitched; and Treno, from FF9. I do like Scott Joplin, and this song does sound a hell of a lot like Scott Joplin! But there is only so much Joplin you can take! I began to dread visiting Treno just because of that song!

It's ironic that all three of these least favourites come from soundtracks that I otherwise really enjoyed.

So, post your hated FF tunes here!

^^lol, I quite like the treno tune and the Shinra HQ tunes.

A song I find really annoying is the Hym of the the faith in FFX. You hear it way too much as well and it buzzes in your head like a mosquito. Damn that tune.

I didn't like it that much either, but I loved Song of Prayer~Spira and Summoned Beast Battle.

I also liked the theme "Infiltrating Shinra Tower". Summoned Beast Battle wasn't composed by Nobuo Uematsu, it was by Junya Nakano. My 3 least favorite songs by Uematsu:

3rd: Double Question Marks (??) (FFVI) - this song is just annoying and boring. It has a short drum part to create some variety, but after that, it goes back to the annoying part again.

2nd: What (FFV) - Similar to "??", except it's even more repetitive, which makes it even more annoying a song than "??", IMHO.

1st: Djose Temple (FFX) - Okay, I know this is quite an experimental song, but I just don't like this track at all. The strings in the beginning are quite annoying, and the song has a few random notes after that, and it doesn't really have any direction. The song sounds pretty much like a mess from a chaotic nightmare to me, and it wasn't even designed for that kind of scenes in the game.

There are some FF songs that I think are quite dry, but unlike these, I don't think they're that annoying. "Ceremony for the gods" from FFIX was quite annoying with those high-pitched instruments, but at least that song worked with the comic scenes where it played.

I liked most of the songs mentioned. Especially Wutai

To me the only song that comes close to annoying is another world of beasts FFVI. Its an ok song but its used in some of the longest dungeons which gets pretty annoying.

I disliked most of FFVII's music especially Shrina HQ just like you.

Most of the FFVIII soundtrack is pretty abysmal. "Blue Fields" probably takes the cake.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD

2nd: What (FFV) - Similar to "??", except it's even more repetitive, which makes it even more annoying a song than "??", IMHO.

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I love this song. It doesn't accomplish much on its own, but it's the perfect complement to the story scenes in which it's used.

I didn't like the Mythril Cave music in FFIII (It sounded way off pitch), the Cleft of Dimension music in FFV (it sounded quite pathetic compared to the other Final Dungeon musics from the other FFs), and the FFII Boss Music (the one where you're facing bosses like the Adamantoise and Borghen since it doesn't sound FFish).

That's all I can think of right now.

The music in Thamasa in FF6.
That song sucks. >_<

Basically anything from VII that isn't Cosmos Canyon.

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Originally Posted by Roto13

Basically anything from VII that isn't Cosmos Canyon.

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What? :eek:
The action theme right at the start of the game, Tifa's Theme, Still More Fighting and the Overworld Theme rock, ffs! :D

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Most of the FFVIII soundtrack is pretty abysmal. "Blue Fields" probably takes the cake.

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I agree with the "Blue Fields". I don't think the song is overly bad, but it's an extremely dry song for a world map theme.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD

2nd: What (FFV) - Similar to "??", except it's even more repetitive, which makes it even more annoying a song than "??", IMHO.

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I love this song. It doesn't accomplish much on its own, but it's the perfect complement to the story scenes in which it's used.

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Although I can't agree with loving the song, you have a good point there. I remember laughing at some of the scenes where it played, such as when Butz and Galuf kept swooning at Faris, who was sleeping in the Tule inn.

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Originally Posted by Peter_20

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Originally Posted by Roto13

Basically anything from VII that isn't Cosmos Canyon.

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What? :eek:
The action theme right at the start of the game, Tifa's Theme, Still More Fighting and the Overworld Theme rock, ffs! :D

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After I made that post I thought "Oh, yeah, the boss music kicks ass." But that's it.

I've just started VII, and most of the music I've heard is not incredibly promising, to be honest. The Wall Market theme bothered me. However, I think Blue Fields takes the cake. Even when I thought everything about VIII was perfect, I still hated that song. *shudders*
I was also not a huge fan of the FFX battle theme. Honestly, I think it totally wrecked the mood on a few occasions. I liked X because it was sort of a thought-provoking story (near the end, especially) and so I didn't quite appreciate the blasting brass music in the middle of the beautiful Gagazet theme as they solemnly finish the last leg of the journey. Plus I just heard it a few too many times when I was trying to power up Auron's stupid Masamune...:mad:

Wait, was the battle theme even composed by Uematsu, or am I off?

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Originally Posted by jill

I've just started VII, and most of the music I've heard is not incredibly promising, to be honest. The Wall Market theme bothered me.

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But I really enjoyed the Wall Market theme! (It's called Oppressed People actually on the OST.) It sounded like something from the Monkey Island series, and besides, it was catchy. Pretty good percussion too.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Most of the FFVIII soundtrack is pretty abysmal. "Blue Fields" probably takes the cake.

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I agree with the "Blue Fields". I don't think the song is overly bad, but it's an extremely dry song for a world map theme.

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Urg... Blue Fields... I actually fell asleep once while listening to it because it's so dull.

I liked FFVIII's OST. :/

Anyway, whatever the song that plays in FFV when you escape Karnak Castle is definitely irritating. It worried me because the first time I played the game I thought it would be the normal battle theme (because it plays during the Goblins in the beginning), but thankfully that was much better.

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Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder God

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Originally Posted by jill

I've just started VII, and most of the music I've heard is not incredibly promising, to be honest. The Wall Market theme bothered me.

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But I really enjoyed the Wall Market theme! (It's called Oppressed People actually on the OST.) It sounded like something from the Monkey Island series, and besides, it was catchy. Pretty good percussion too.

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Ehh, now that I think about it, the melody wasn't bad. It was that little bit in the very beginning before the melody starts. Funny how it wrecked the whole song for me. =/
And I actually liked Treno! It grew on me after a while. Ah, well, to each his own.

most definetly a couple from the early FF games.

Did Uematsu do "Hymn of the Fayth"? I freaking can't stand that song. I mute the TV when it comes on now because I simply can't stand it anymore.

The Wall Market song is one of my favorite FF7 songs. FF7 had a great soundtrack. Not as good as FF6, but still excellent.

I also don't really like the World Map music in FF3 that much. It's a bit too jumpy.

The Hymn of the Fayth is composed by both Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu. However, the theme is also played in the song "Summoned Beast Battle", and there only Junya Nakano has been credited for the song.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD

1st: Djose Temple (FFX) - Okay, I know this is quite an experimental song, but I just don't like this track at all. The strings in the beginning are quite annoying, and the song has a few random notes after that, and it doesn't really have any direction. The song sounds pretty much like a mess from a chaotic nightmare to me, and it wasn't even designed for that kind of scenes in the game.

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Haha! I know. That's a crazy song! Pretty funny too.

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Originally Posted by Zeromus_X

Anyway, whatever the song that plays in FFV when you escape Karnak Castle is definitely irritating.

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Irritating is not a strong enough word to describe that piece. During the Karnak Castle escape scene, it made me more nervous than anything and got so panicky my whole party ended up dying. Especially when the pace quickens and then you're all "OMGOMGOMGMUSTGETOUTNOW".

Suffice to say, I put the sound on mute when I get to that part of the game. I don't need the music to make me more nervous. I already have the countdown and it's plenty enough to make me panic, thank you very much.

Most of VII's soundtrack i dislike, save for One Winged Angel and a few others i cant recall the names of.

I dont much care for X's soundtrack either, especially the music for the Cloisters and the blitzball music *shudders* and now that damn blitzball song is stuck in my head just from mentioning it....

This 'Uematsu' character is pitifully bad at creating interesting background music for towns and the world map. He manages to create something that is so inoccuous and mediocre that it renders me muting the television, sans the boss fights (If something is unbearably terrible, I will listen for the same reason people slow down to stare at an interstate wreck). Philip Glass creates more interesting variety than these ultra boring bastardizations of western music which assault my ears whenever I take a tour of a town. I get more out of 'Music in twelve parts' than, for example, the soft rock abomination which is the FFVIII music for Timber.

So my answer is the Wall Market music from FFVII. Sweet Jesus its awful.

In my opinion, Uematsu's music is excellent for the most part. I thought Timber was quite qood.

Ive heard some Philip Glass, and is sounded :skull::skull::skull::skull:. To me, minimalism is utter crap. Only better than serialism and perhaps experimentalism. I hate that style of music.

Blue Fields from FFVIII was almost remarkably bad. There are a few tracks that might have rivaled it in shear monotony but the fact that you had to listen to it each time you embarked on the world map (and thus very often) makes it by far the worst BGM in the series.

its not so much annoying but i found the final boss music from FFVIII dissappointing especially as I had completed VII the week before (i had nothing to do this summer!) for the 50th time and it was my first time at the end of VIII.

After one winged angel i was pretty dissappointed
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Cloister of Trials. This song got repetitive. Fast.

Hm... Blue fields... or Cloyster of trials... or Kuja's theme... or Esthar... Dude, there's too much to choose from! :( Meh, I say ESTHAR! May it rot in hell!

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Originally Posted by Silent Warrior

Hm... Blue fields... or Cloyster of trials... or Kuja's theme...

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Personally I liked Kuja's Theme quite a bit, but it does get annoying if you listen to it for too long (such as in that location where it's played in a loop).

I see a lot of people not really liking Blue Fields, and I agree that the original is quite dull. But when you listen to the orchestrated version and the piano version, it's quite a good song -- very relaxing.

I think for me, it's the same for the majority of FF8's OST. It wasn't that great, but when you listen to all the other versions, that's when it really kicks off.

I think with a lot of his in-game music, a lot of good ideas and well thought out compositions were made -- but just the way it was implemented and created really wasn't too great. But when you look into why he's done something, or where he's got the influence from, they can be quite interesting. And in order to hear a lot of that you really need to listen to the arranged/orchestrated versions, or even the piano versions.

I really hope one day there's a classical guitar album released for some of the classical guitar pieces you can hear throughout the games that were pretty much ruined by the midi sound module technology back in those days.

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Originally Posted by Omecle

I see a lot of people not really liking Blue Fields, and I agree that the original is quite dull. But when you listen to the orchestrated version and the piano version, it's quite a good song -- very relaxing.

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I'll agree with Ome to an extent. I enjoy the orchestrated version of Blue Fields, but I can't say much about the others. Final Fantasy VIII had a lackluster soundtrack for sure, but nothing that jumped out at me as blaringly bad. I just consider the majority of the soundtrack to be mediocre, at best.

I can't think of any songs that I really, strongly dislike off the top of my head. I know there are some (there are certainly songs I skip over when I decide to listen to the soundtracks), but none that bother me so much that they're popping off the top of my head.

Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony.
Most.Annoying.Piece.Of.Music.Ever.

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Originally Posted by polonoid

Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony.
Most.Annoying.Piece.Of.Music.Ever.

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Haha...

I remember getting really tired of that in the long section of the game in which you're moving towards the boat to Costa Del Sol from Juno...

I was repulsed by One Winged Angel. It didn't accomplish much as far as atmosphere goes. Silence and motion may have a decent melody, but the way in which it is executed annoys the hell out of me.

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Originally Posted by polonoid

Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony.
Most.Annoying.Piece.Of.Music.Ever.

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My feelings exactly. Back in the day, a friend and I dubbed it "The Gay Pride Parade" theme (don't ask, I have no idea what was going through our minds...). And when I played FFIX for the first time... hearing that song recycled in that one location was too much for me.

It's been so long since I played that part of FFVIII, so I don't remember the location, but that tune called "The Spy" in the soundtrack. Does anyone else think it sounds sort of... pornoish? Seriously. Ugh.

Cloyster of Trials music was annoying, so is the chocobo theme in FF8, ummm Blue Fields, the Ragnarok theme in FF8 and i didnt really like most of the music in FF7 except of few songs...

I cant stand the track from FF9 called forgotten face (first plays when freya thinks of her lost love) and the reason i cant stand it is because it plays the same tune with the same tone over and over and over and over and then i cant stop whistling the damn tune...and its stuck in my head now *sobs* ;)

Wow. So suprised about the amount of FFVII bashing. Every time i play it's mainly for the music, I think it has some of the most beautiful pieces of music created in that game. I find pretty much every piece so nostalgic.

I don't particularly have a least favourite piece but the Chocobo theme pisses me off after a while!!

Nobuo Uematsu is, IMO, a genius of a composer and I think each soundtrack he composed has something worth listening. FFIV's soundtrack is my least favourite. It's not that it's bad, nut it contains two tracks that annoy me the most - 'Giott, the Great King' and 'Samba de Chocobo' (though I normally like the Chocobo theme).

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Most of the FFVIII soundtrack is pretty abysmal. "Blue Fields" probably takes the cake.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD

2nd: What (FFV) - Similar to "??", except it's even more repetitive, which makes it even more annoying a song than "??", IMHO.

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I love this song. It doesn't accomplish much on its own, but it's the perfect complement to the story scenes in which it's used.

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I don't find Blue Fields all that bad, and I think the FF8 OST overall is one of the better.

As for worst composition, no song names in particular comes to mind, I'll have to listen through a few OSTs first.

FFII's Chocobo Theme...*HEAD ASPLODES*

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Originally Posted by abrojtm

FFII's Chocobo Theme...*HEAD ASPLODES*

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Indeed! LOL it repeats the same thing about 20 times in a minute...

I will go for the Karnak escape too... Holy crap that is awful.. I was also scared to death when you first fight goblins in FFV cuz I thought it was the battle theme...

And the whole FF IX soundtrack was very boring... both battle and boss themes sucked... Specially after the rocking ones from FF VII/VIII

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Originally Posted by Frostwake

And the whole FF IX soundtrack was very boring... both battle and boss themes sucked... Specially after the rocking ones from FF VII/VIII

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Have you absolutely lost your mind? I have every FF Soundtrack and the IX Soundtrack is definetly one of the best. :mog:

The most annoying id say is, hm..., very hard to find one, I can't find one I don't like at the moment. Actually, i just remembered one that really got on my nerves after a while is the Cloyster of Trials. It drives you insane. It's annoying enough moving those dumb spheres all over the place. :mog:

Compression of Time at the end of FFVIII was a very strange one. I really liked the harp's melody, but that saxophone.... *SHIVERS* Oh, is it awful! It makes me cringe.