It seems ambitious even now, in a number of ways, but for 1994? For being just a few years removed from Final Fantasy as a series where the narrative was relatively thin, and you were free to customize characters to your heart’s desire? It’s astounding that the opera scene happened at all, in that context. No, the opera scene from Final Fantasy VI was an impressive feat in and of storytelling in video games.
It very easily could have just been a funny thing to do, an unexpected turn - opera? in a video game? what will they think of next? - but it had a purpose well beyond that or even then-series composer Nobuo Uematsu showing off his proficiency. I’d argue that there is none more effective in the long history of Final Fantasy, though, than the opera scene from Final Fantasy VI. The scene-setting opening to Final Fantasy IV, with airships on a mission, Final Fantasy VII’s chance to relax and bond with party members in the Gold Saucer, and so on. There is often some kind of set piece in a Final Fantasy game that grows in fame and notoriety, that persists well beyond the release date of the game, that fans of a particular game hold dear to them. Previous entries in the series can be found through this link. This column is “The music of,” in which I’ll go into detail on the soundtrack or a piece of music from a video game.
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