Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Recorded by VolcansMusic: youtube.com/c/VolcansMusic
This was one of my two contributions to the annual Mario Paint Secret Santa event. This year my gift recipient was El Regulus, whose channel you can find here: youtube.com/user/ElRegrs
I decided to do two songs in one gift this year, and this was the second of the two I did. I ended up getting this one done relatively quickly in the space of about four days or so.
What is there to say about this tune that hasn't already been said? It's the most well-known tune from this game, and many tout it as one of their favorite works Yoko Shimomura has ever done. And it really isn't hard to see why. On a console absolutely chock full of great tunes, this one stands head and shoulders above a great deal of them.
Well, enjoy!
Recorded by VolcansMusic: youtube.com/c/VolcansMusic
This was one of my two contributions to the annual Mario Paint Secret Santa event. This year my gift recipient was El Regulus, whose channel you can find here: youtube.com/user/ElRegrs
I decided to do two songs in one gift this year, and this was the second of the two I did. I ended up getting this one done relatively quickly in the space of about four days or so.
What is there to say about this tune that hasn't already been said? It's the most well-known tune from this game, and many tout it as one of their favorite works Yoko Shimomura has ever done. And it really isn't hard to see why. On a console absolutely chock full of great tunes, this one stands head and shoulders above a great deal of them.
Well, enjoy!

![Mario Paint Composer - Final Fantasy VIII - The Man with the Machine Gun
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Surprise [/spy]. Didnt see this coming, did you? Im back, bitches.
1. First, Id like to thank RehdBlob for recording in GLORIOUS HD.
2. Yes folks, Im back. Took me three months (damn you eataninja and your epic prediction skills) to even consider coming back, and somehow, I found out Ive still got some MPCing left in me. So I browsed some music and settled on this tune. Ive really been getting in to Final Fantasy music lately, and FFVIII houses one of my favorite tracks (hint: its this one).
3. Damn, this took much longer than I expected. So many instruments to get in, and so much percussion. The percussion was especially difficult, because there are so many different bits of percussion playing in the OST. I got it all down eventually, stepping out of my proverbial comfort zone and using faces and swans in one area. As for the percussion in files 4, 4a, 4b, and 4c, I have to give a HUGE thank you to Rehd, the only person who knew I was planning this, for assisting me. Most of what you see of the percussion in those files was added on by Rehd after I got the timing mostly down.
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
So thats where it stands for this. As for future MPCs, Im compiling a list of stuff I might want to do, so if you have suggestions, post them on my channel.
Well, hope you enjoy this; sure wasnt easy to make.
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