What? VII had better characters? Mr. I have spooky mysterious past and Mr. T were better characters than a woman who was torn between her human side and her esper side and a man trying desperately to fight fate and bring his beloved back from the grave?

As for music, VII was weak. There were barely any memorable tunes, Aria De Mezzo Caraterre, Techno De Chocobo and Tina are easily on their own better than the entire FFVII soundtrack.

FFVII has its good points, but goddamn, characters and music aren't either of them! As for the bosses, I think they're pretty much equal only Kefka I hated more, I thought he was just a despicable person as opposed to generic evil force that does bad things.