"The Universe" FF4 Orchestral Remix (Another Moon & Lunarians)

"The Universe" is my musical theme for the journey of beloved Cecil from Earth to the Moon, based on the tracks "Another Moon" and "Lunarians" from Final Fantasy 4 (originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu). In this arrangement, I wanted to convey several different aspects of the story sections, locales and characters concerned with the moon in FF4. Hopefully, there is a subtle aesthetic/emotional hint of Cecil, FuSoYa, Kluya, Golbez, Zemus or even the Namingway and sleeping Lunarians present in this remix.

At first, Cecil must journey outward into the great expanse. It is almost like the cracking of an egg or a plunge into a subterranean lake. Then, a heavenly body appears amid the chaos, whereupon the hero journeys inward, discovering the lunar core (which exists as shining crystal- a physical manifestation of the very essence of life).

The party's "outer" journey via the belly of the whale unto the stars has a similar trajectory to Cecil's "inner" journey as a knight. Like his dark armour, the exterior of the moon is crepuscular and raw, even though the Lunarians were advanced, wealthy and numerous; it is entirely possible that it was turned into a wasteland via the drastic actions and experiments carried out by desirous warlords, such as Zemus. Only within lies the vestige of the Lunarian culture, where the purer hearted mystics preserved, along with the bodies of the survivors, magic, truth and immeasurable beauty. Likewise, within every man and woman is both an enlightened "paladin" and a "dark knight". The path of the dark knight is one of immediate gratification, destructive impulses and shortsightedness in the guise of power and victory. It offers an enticing facsimile of what is truly enduring and fulfilling in life.

The video is meant to underscore the cyclical nature of growth and enlightenment within each "hero". The planet in the centre fades in an out, sometimes bright and sometimes dim- and sometimes (a la the first and last phases of a moon) seeming not to exist at all. At points, it appears as though the "dark knight" is growing and menacing, yet it is the nature of the ego to ebb and flow, for the purification of the "soul" or "mind" is an eternal balancing act; once must dance with one's shadow for the rest of his days or succumb to it utterly.

The art I used is a collage of space pictures, an official concept painting (link: https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/... ) and this piece of fan art: http://imgur.com/a/Gp80L (I don't know the name of the artist, though.)


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