This is an arrangement of the final dungeon music from Final Fantasy 8. Here is the original. This was arranged entirely by ear. I love this theme because it's one of the times Uematsu got really classical sounding. In fact the soundtrack for FF8 is probably tied with FF6 for my favorite Uematsu soundtrack. I really didn't like the actual game though...

Anyway, I really wanted to do more variations on the themes the second time around, but I couldn't come up with much. I added some piano and filled up the counterpoint a little bit, and I added a short section in the fast bit just for fun. I couldn't find a good way to end it. One issue I ran into with this one is that it's in the key of A flat, which means at its highest notes means it goes one half-step above the actual range of an organ/harpsichord. Since Finale uses actual instrument samples, this meant my organ and harpsichord would miss that high note, but conveniently at it's lowest note the piece also one half-step above the lowest note in the actual instrument range, so I transposed the whole thing down to G, which I think sounds a bit more natural for this piece anyway.

Coincidentally, the oldest submission in my gallery is also from FF8; it's the final boss theme for two pianos. It still sounds decent to me after all these years.