Final Fantasy 4 or 6 overworld theme?

It's VI and it's not even close, I've never really cared for IV's overworld song at all.

well Terra's theme is arguably the best theme in the entire franchise, so

that one

Neither



But between these, VI.

Final Fantasy VI Terra's theme by far

FF4 OST was weak for 1991. It got steamrolled by Super Castlevania IV and ActRaiser around the same time.

Definitely VI, not even close. Add a poll.

Dark World theme >>>>

Of those two, I vote for Terra's theme. Big sucker for that flute, and I love the sort of marching beat to it. It contrasts really nicely.

The best overworld track is the World of Ruin, though. :p

Hearing both of those just brings back memories from when I played those as a kid. But as much as I love ff4s overworld theme I have to give it to 6 cause Terra's theme is amazing. FF9s might give it a run for its money tho

they are both really great

i think i lean slightly towards terra's them though

Terra's theme no contest.

They're both wonderful but VI edges it. I'd kill for an overworld theme that was even a fraction as good as these in DQXI.

Easy win for IV

Terra's theme is kinda bland

I'm torn... I love FF6, but I was never a fan of the overworld/Terra theme. FF4's overworld music is... okay. Honestly, there are far more interesting songs to compare between the two. Troia's theme versus Cele's theme for example.

If I had to choose from those 2 then I would pick FF VI, although there are games with much better overworld music from PS1/SNES gen.

I can't even remember 4.

Both are great but I really like IV.

VI of course.
Still haunts me nearly 25 years after

FF6 is a great, great piece of music. However, it isn't a great overworld theme. So I go with FF4.

Stand aside.

Definetly FF6. The whole soundtrack is fantastic. I never get tired of it.

FF6. Terra's Theme is just to awesome.

4 has a great melody but you can't beat Terra

Terra's theme is the superior song but I think it works better as an intro/character theme. It's kinda ruined by being constantly interrupted by battles

IV's is more suited for its actual purpose

Both of them I'd rank pretty low in terms of map themes from the series, though (VII is the best)

Terra's Theme by far.

FFVI, between those two choices. FFVII's is the best in the series. FFXV's Wanderlust is also fantastic if you have time to listen to it uninterrupted.

VI's main theme (and World of Ruin is no joke either for setting the mood of why it's such a shift) sets the bar for the franchise.

IV is pretty good, but VI's entire soundtrack is absurdly high grade.

Looking for Friends > Terra's Theme

Between those two, Terra. But personally, Searching for Friends.

Apart from mentioned FF VII and VIII:

I chose VI, because it is one of the best themes. But the IV overworld theme is still pretty iconic, and gives me feelings of games from that era as well.

Still, VI's tunes are special for me.

This is going to be such a one-sided poll that it's ridiculous.

I prefer FFIV's overworld theme but there's no way that it's going to win against FFVI of all things. At least do FFVI's overworld theme vs FFVII's. That would be a much more fair comparison.

IV's overworld theme felt like a grand adventure so going with that.

I prefer this one over the main theme for FFVI

Both terrific but Terra's theme might be my favourite FF tune altogether

ohhh gona have to give that to IV. Just sounds like being embarking on a big adventure

I love 6's more, but I prefer 5 and especially 9's over it. Nobuo Uematsu's best one isn't even from an official Final Fantasy game though.

IV and V have good music, but FFVI is in a great deal of ways the first time that the series came to understand itself as a modern product (Ito-driven sequences like the assorted party splitups/the Opera sequence, an emphasis on getting players to have favorite characters over perfect mechanical balance, a difficulty curve whose entire point is letting you feel really powerful in the endgame so you can just satisfyingly kick the shit out of Kefka, etc) and as a real showcase for production values and presentation over more traditional JRPG dungeon crawling.

The music being one of the stars of the game for the first time (and not just some really good set dressing) is a big part of that.

Terra's Theme is tragedy in musical form (the right way of course). A lone bugler at a funeral of a uniformed service member thing.

Looking for Friends > Terra's Theme > Overworld (FFIV)

Both candidates in the OP are amazing.

EDIT: I'm listening to Searching for Friends at work now and am 100% solidified on my above opinion.

Listening to both of those is making me tear up. I refuse to choose.

4

Gives me goosebumps.

How could you forget Dark World from FF6, OP? It's literally perfect.

FF6, but FF7 overworld is my fav

Terra's Theme, the best song in the franchise

Terra's theme is a fantastic character theme but IMO it doesn't work as well as an overworld theme.

Terra's theme is in a completely different league to be honest.

Searching for Friends is in that same league as well. It probably is the better song as opposed to Terra's Theme taken clinically, but I think i have to personally put Terra's Theme above it overall just due to the fact that it is associated in my mind with the much better (to me) first half of the game.

Terra's is a million times better, the gap would be shorter if you made a contest with Final Fantasy II Overworld Theme.

VI.

Though VII obliterates both of them in every area.