I'll admit that one of my least favorite parts of RPGs is not only turn based combat, but random encounters. So it was my huge surprise that even after all of FFX I still hadn't had enough of this amazing song. It still pumped me up no matter how many encounters I ran into and how monotonous the fights might have ended up being. It's interesting to me that you know for all of these normal battle themes, Uematsu knew he had to make something that simply would not get old which really shows his genius since he was able to do it multiple times.
This week was tough as I had to churn this cover out around three days in a row of painful dental work and then having Smooth McGroove out to visit after that. Smooth, Adriana, and I had a great time exploring San Diego but it was important for me to make sure I could get this done around all of that. This arrangement was actually started by me grabbing the arrangement I did in 2016 for the Top 10 Battle Themes medley and essentially trying to extend it. These days most of the time goes into the arrangement process so it was nice to only have to worry about extending a previous arrangement this time around. Everything is re-recorded though, I used no audio from the original arrangement as I knew that I could play it way tighter this time around. I also didn't really try to force in a solo or anything fancy, I just decided to have some fun with the chords toward the end but then keep it pretty straight.
Hope you like it! I'm very excited for FFX on Switch so I hope those of you who are too will enjoy this cover. Thanks for watching!
