Next round, and its a musical number!

Favorite Final Fantasy Composition.

I totally should have limited this down to three entries. We had 51 distinct tracks, but thankfully some clear winners emerged from this crowded field.

Runner Ups (1 Vote)

Final Fantasy IV
Prologue/ The Main Theme of Final Fantasy
Welcome to our Town!
Prelude

I was a little disappointed that IV didn't get as much love.

Final Fantasy V
Dear Friends

I'm even more disappointed with V's showing.

Final Fantasy VI
Celes Theme
Decisive Battle
Grand Finale
Forever Rachael
Locke's Theme
Cyan's Theme

To no one's surprise, VI had the most tracks nominated overall. Hint hint... I'm sure a few people are rolling their eyes now, BoB and Karifean...

Final Fantasy VII
The Great Warrior
One Winged Angel (AC Version)
Those Chosen by the Planet
On Our Way
J-E-N-O-V-A
Those Who Fight On!

I was mainly surprised that some of these tracks didn't get more noms. I really thought most of the battle themes would get a second vote, and considering how well Cosmo Canyon did for locations, I was expecting The Great Warrior to do better. Of anything, with the VII hype going on, I was expecting this game to get more love. It ranked third overall.

Final Fantasy VIII
Roses and Wine
Compression of Time
Breezy
Balamb Garden
The Promise
The Stage is Set
The Extreme
The Castle

If I was Vivi22 and doing these announcements, I'd probably make a snappy comment about how a lot of you have terrible taste in music as VIII had the second highest amounts of noms overall. Granted, a good chunk of these noms came from like three people. I actually like a lot of these tracks, though I was really surprised that an obvious fan favorite didn't even rank. Looks like the VIII fans are becoming hipsters.

Final Fantasy IX
Melodies of Life
Freya's Theme
Over the Hills
Rose of May
Ukulele de Chocobo

This was another one that surprised me. Considering how much love this game gets in this forum, I was expecting a few more tracks from this.

Final Fantasy X
To Zanarkand
Via Purifico

Not my favorite score, but some solid choices none the less. I'm just grateful Thousand Words didn't make it here.

Final Fantasy XI
Ronfaure
Selbina

I honestly wasn't expecting something from XI, but I'm always happy to see some of the lesser loved entries get some love.

Final Fantasy XII
The Beginning of the End

XII has an underappreciated score, so happy to see it got at least one nom.

Final Fantasy XIII
Blinded by Light

Despite my animosity for this game, if there was a track to single out, this would be it. Surprised more by who voted for it honestly.

Final Fantasy XIV
Prelude ~ Discoveries (XIV)
Shadowbringers
Answers
Dragonsong

Wasn't surprised by XIV getting love since I knew a lot of the active forum plays it.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Crazy Chocobo

I would be surprised if I didn't know who voted for it.

Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning's Return
Meeting You

Was a little more surprised to see this one actually.


Fourth Place (2 Votes)




Man with the Machine Gun
The theme song for everyone's favorite doofus journalist. Most people would agree that the highlight of the Laguna sequences is getting to hear this awesome battle theme. I personally love it more than Don't be Afraid. This was the highest ranking FFVIII Track.


Aria di Mezzo Carattere
One of the most iconic tracks from Final Fantasy VI. How many of us were caught flat footed when the lyric option appeared on screen? Glad to see the song rose above the riff raff, but a little disappointed it didn't get any higher than fourth place.


Battle on the Big Bridge
At least you people didn't completely disappoint me on the FFV front by neglecting this awesome track. Associated now with the most spectacular joke villains in the series. It has the distinction of being one of the most well beloved battle themes that isn't a final boss theme.


Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII
I'm happy this track made it at least this far. This is probably my second favorite map theme in the series and it really embodies the feel of the game if you ask me. I still get chills leaving Midgar and hearing this theme start to play as you enter the world map for the first time. Sad it couldn't get any higher though...

Searching for Friends
What may come as a shock for some is that I'm indifferent to this track despite being attached to my fave entry in the series. It's a good track, don't get me wrong, but I actually liked Dark World better. I do appreciate its uplifting change to the World of Ruined though.


Dancing Mad
I'd be shocked that this wasn't higher on the list if it wasn't for the fact that final boss themes just didn't do well overall in this census. A real shame too since this track really does showcase Uematsu's skills. So much so that he was actually sweating bullets when it came to composing One Winged Angel cause he really wasn't sure he could top this track.


Third Place (3 Votes)


A Fleeting Dream
This is that moment where my dissenting opinion about this entry has me scratching my head, but hey some people love this track enough so that it got to have its very own tier. I do like the uplifting rise in the track though.


Second Place (4 Votes)


You're Not Alone
There's the IX love I was talking about. In the early tallies this was neck and neck with the top tier but just lost out at the very end. Easily one of the coolest tracks during an iconic moment in IX. While IX didn't get that many noms, at least it had one with a strong finish.


EoFF's Favorite Tracks (5 Votes)


Aerith's Theme
Easily one of the most iconic character themes from VII and the one associated with the biggest moment in the game. This is a gorgeous piece and no surprise for me that it reached number one. Everyone knows their going to ball their eyes out when the remake gets to this moment.


Terra's Theme
The actual most iconic theme from VI and the most beloved character theme from the game. I remember someone mentioning how this track was OCRemix's VGM equivalent to Freebird. Seriosuly, there are like a bajillion remixes of this song. Funny enough, I consider Awakenign to really be Terra's theme.