This piece was actually my sense of homage to it...and I did so about a year ago, perhaps longer. As I am an artist, in terms of things, I do still plan on putting lyrics to it, but for this contest, I chose the lyricless for obvious reasons. It is a piece close to my heart, as BoF3 is one of my favorite RPGs to this day.

This is a remix of the boss battle song "Turmoil" from Final Fantasy XI. This song always signals a desperate fight, especially when the Paladin realizes he forgot his potions!

I chose to do a industrial techno-ish remix which was rather a novelty for me. This style accurately depicts the intense action associated with the "turmoilific" (I just invented a new word) battles we're dealing with here. The vocal hits at 00:14 and 00:50 is me saying "the beat" with heavy filtering. The sound effect right after the countdown at 2:14 is a recording of the sword weapon skill "Vorpal Blade." Sound clips of a sword being drawn are also recorded from the game. The song ends on a slighty dissonant major chord that seems to say: "yea we won! but half our team is dead..."

Description: This piece marks my first foray into prog-rock arrangement as well as my first Sakimoto remix. Each and every note was lovingly hand-crafted with synth and sequencer; no live instruments, and no CD samples.