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One-Winged Angel ( sample^?) is a Latin choral track featured in the Square Co., Ltd. computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. It is played during the battle with Safer Sephiroth, and is the first music track in the Final Fantasy series to feature digitized voices. Image File history File links Final Fantasy VII battle against Sephiroth, the One-Winged Angel This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Image File history File links Final Fantasy VII battle against Sephiroth, the One-Winged Angel This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Safer Sephiroth is the final form of Sephiroth, the primary villain of Final Fantasy VII. Though one more battle follows Safer Sephiroths defeat, it is a staged, un-losable battle purely for plot purposes, so the fight with Safer Sephiroth is essentially (if not technically) the last one of... To play the audio file do not click on the -image. ... Image File history File links Final Fantasy VII - A One-Winged Angel. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... For the communications operator see Chorus Communications For the computer operating system see ChorusOS In classical music a chorus is any substantial group of performers in a play, revue, musical or opera who act more or less as one. ... Square Co. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally use gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... Final Fantasy VII is a computer role-playing game released by Square Co. ... Safer Sephiroth is the final form of Sephiroth, the primary villain of Final Fantasy VII. Though one more battle follows Safer Sephiroths defeat, it is a staged, un-losable battle purely for plot purposes, so the fight with Safer Sephiroth is essentially (if not technically) the last one of... Final Fantasy (Japanese: ãƒ•ã‚¡ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ«ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã‚¿ã‚¸ãƒ¼ Fainaru Fantajii) is a popular series of role playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ...

The music of One-Winged Angel was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, and the lyrics were taken from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Two special arrangements of the song appear on the album Final Fantasy VII Reunion Tracks: a fully orchestrated version sample^? by Shirou Hamaguchi, and an instrumental version (as a hidden track). Nobuo Uematsu Nobuo Uematsu (æ¤æ¾ ä¼¸å¤«; Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ... Lyric can have a number of meanings. ... Carl Orff Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a German composer born in Munich. ... The name Carmina Burana refers both to a collection of 13th-century songs and poetry, and a 20th-century musical setting of texts from it. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Final Fantasy VII Reunion Tracks is an arranged soundtrack album of video game music from the computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VII, produced by Square Co. ... To play the audio file do not click on the -image. ... Shirou Hamaguchi is a Japanese composer for various anime and arranger of songs from various Final Fantasy game. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or piece without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ... In recorded music, a hidden track is a song that is not listed as one that should appear on a compact disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other medium containing an musical album. ...

Latin lyrics with English translation

Latin	English
Estuans interius ira vehementi Estuans interius ira vehementi Sephiroth Sephiroth Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...	Burning inside With violent anger Burning inside With violent anger Sephiroth Sephiroth
Sors immanis Et inanis Sors immanis Et inanis	Fate – monstrous and empty Fate – monstrous and empty
Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias	Come, come, O come, do not let me die Come, come, O come, do not let me die
Gloriosa Generosa Gloriosa Generosa	Glorious Noble Glorious Noble
Sephiroth Sephiroth	Sephiroth Sephiroth

References

Patrick D. Ashmore. One Winged Angel, translation and background. The MIDI Shrine. Accessed on July 4, 2005.

Categories: Final Fantasy music | Final Fantasy VII

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