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Originally Posted by M-A-G
Listening to it now for the first time, I suppose I have to be honest in claiming ignorance as I'm sure listening to it out of context hurts it a tad. I've never played this game, or any Final Fantasy for that matter, so I'm bound to be missing out on the full gravity of the moment when this music plays. That said, it feels epic enough and certainly something I would imagine coming from a game like this.
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Context definitely helps. The party thought they had defeated Sephiroth at the base of Meteror. The screen goes black, this music starts with a black screen. You slowly see the new big bad in his final form descend and then the real fight begins.
But also, "newer" versions that are higher quality than what PS1 could push at the time also help. This is easily one of the best main villain themes to have ever hit gaming.