Melodies of Life | English | HD | Final Fantasy IX

This is the HD (high definition) version of my Final Fantasy IX (9) music video (AMV/GMV), using select cutscenes from the game, featuring its theme song Melodies of Life (English), sung by Emiko Shiratori.

♫ Lyrics available via Subtitles/Closed Captions [CC] and Transcript.

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I hope you LIKE it. ^^

"In my dearest memories"
"Layers of harmony"

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Zidane Tribal
"Princess" Garnet Til Alexandros XVII / Dagger
Adelbert Steiner
"Queen" Brahne
Vivi Ornitier
Black Waltz
Freya Crescent
Kuja
Eiko Carol
Beatrix
Quina Quen
Amarant Coral

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MELODIES OF LIFE
Performed by: Emiko Shiratori
Composed by: Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics by: Alexander O. Smith (English), Hiroyuki Ito/Shiomi (Japanese)
Arranged by: Shirō Hamaguchi
Released by: King Records (2000)

FINAL FANTASY IX
© 2000 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
All Rights Reserved.
CHARACTER DESIGN: Yoshitaka Amano, Toshiyuki Itahana
FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd.

[diegola-bella]

Im 37 years old and I always cry to this. FF IX will always be my favorite

[justicetey]

32 years old now, still the same feeling when listening to this song. FF9 forever

[thenewalex]

I cried on the ending scene. FF6 and FF9 will always be the FF of my heart.

[anonymousperson]

2021, anyone?

I bought this game a few weeks ago, and I'm already at the end.

[QuayDawgg]

"How did you survive...?"

"I didn't have a choice. I had to live. I wanted to come home to you. So... I sang your song. Our song."

[Amsted]

The message of this game was so simple yet so powerful, I never thought a little boy in robes and a giant wizard hat would make me bawl like a baby, but here we are. I played this at the beginning of quarantine and it's now my favorite game for the story alone. It's a shame many people find the turn based jrpg genre boring and old, this game was so beautiful and so many would pass it up just because it's an old rpg. A remake would give this game a lot of needed love.

[DarthAlphaTheGreat]

A song from a mother to her daughter, then a song from a friend to another, then a song that binds everyone together.

[seliphgranvale]

My cousin got married last summer. She had this played on piano as she walked down the aisle.

[chabs]

Haha I just realized you’re the same guy who uploaded it 12 years ago!

[Chadiux]

Sorry again. I found another flaw/glitch on the video so I had to fix it and re-upload. Promise, this is FINAL! :D

[cuervokurai]

Alone for a while
I've been searching through the dark
for traces of the love you left
inside my lonely heart
to weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life, loves lost refrain...

Our paths they did cross
though I can not say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast
and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes
of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold

In my dearest memories
I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone
I still believe that you can call out my name

A voice from the past
joining yours and mine
adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes on and on
Melodies of life, to the sky
beyond the flying birds, forever and beyond...

So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
gliding through the shadows of
the clouds up in the sky
I've laid my memories
and dreams upon those wings
Leave them now and see
what tomorrow brings

In your dearest memories
Do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close
and now leaves me behind?

A voice from the past
joining yours and mine
adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes on and on
Melodies of life, to the sky
beyond the flying birds, forever and (on...)

If I should leave this lonely world behind
your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we'll carry on
Melodies of life, come circle round
and grow deep in our hearts
as long as we remember....

[macoycaingal]

24 yrs ago I played this game in my old ps 1, times where I play the game as if I'm part of the story it self...

[TheNecromorphkiller]

the inclusion of the amulet flying off her neck is SUCH a good idea, this is so gorgeous. truly such a wonderful piece of art youve made from this already incredible game. thank you so much.

also, definitely the scene of dagger cutting her hair got me to cut the mattes out of my hair randomly :p

[RomualdFlibustier]

I grew up in the 90s but totaly missed on the Final Fantasy hype. I finished FF9 a few months ago and now I can understand the blast it must have been playing it at the time. Even with the old 3D and dialogs without any voice acting some stories felt ten times more touching than many recent games I've played. I absolutely did not anticipated this but i'll probably remember this game for a long time.

[budakbaongsiah]

My mother loved this song. This and Eyes On Me.
This song worked very well with her voice, as her vocal range matched with this song. I even thought that if she was trained profesionally, she would be able to be a great substitute for Emiko Shiratori.

My mother's dead, but my father loves this song now and he has become quite acceptive of game music. He was astounded when he listened to several orchestral arrangement from Distant Worlds. Like many who did not know much about music from video games, he thought that game music were just bleeps and bloops from the late 80s.

I'm forever grateful for that to everyone that were involved in the creation of this song, especially to the composer.

By the way Chadiux, you really are something. I mean, THREE Melodies of Life? Not that I mind, I just found it quite interesting.

[jrryap]

Whenever i hear this song my heart aches. 😭 Childhood memories.

[zidanelionheart]

This game absolutely doesn’t need a remake, it’s at the sweet spot where, with this HD update, it looks perfect and classic, the pre-rendered backgrounds look timeless and the CGI is fantastic.

[miramoz]

Best game ever made still., .. nothing can beat this, , the story, the pureness, the evil and joyness, no game can achieve this.
Melodies of Life, growing up with this, priceless

[cactusman]

sad to think that some people will never be able to feel what we felt when we played this game

[mini_clip]

42yo and still play games, and maybe this was one of the best games I've ever played