Alright, time to adjust my hipster glasses

I'm really not a fan of VIII's soundtrack


I enjoy the regular battle theme and the boss theme, but other than that, I feel that Uematsu kind of experimented a lot here with some much more ambient stuff and it didn't really work out. Also, the Balamb Garden theme does nothing to me, and I know that's a fan favorite. The melody is really simple - even primitive - and there's just too much bells and weird synth for it to make me think of anything other than, uh, hospitals? For some reason?

Also, don't get me started on Man With the Machine Gun. Waaaay too much 80s synth, and not in a cool way like in SMTIV. Though here, I really think this is because it's a really poor arrangement rather than poor composition, because the symphonic version is very nice.

Here's hoping Wolf Kanno doesn't hate me for this