Final Fantasy Vii Original Soundtrack -

Composed by Nobuo Uematsu | 1997 The Soundtrack That Redefined RPGs as Cinema

Before Final Fantasy VII , video game music was largely atmospheric—functional loops designed to fade into the background. Nobuo Uematsu’s score for Square’s 1997 PlayStation epic didn’t just break that mold; it shattered it. With a then-astonishing palette of sequenced synths, sampled orchestral hits, blues rock, trip-hop, and heartbreaking piano, Uematsu turned a polygonal world of eco-terrorists, corporate vampires, and alien angels into something achingly human.